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mined that the reconnaissance, preliminary or state-wide survey should pre- 

 cede the detailed survey. The reason for this is, first, to enable us to select 

 areas for the detailed surveys in such a manner that they will be typical of 

 larger areas; and, second, to enable us to know within what boundaries the 



Less than 7 7-8 8-9 9-10 Over 10 



Scale of Shades in inches 



FIG. 12. PRECIPITATION. 



The distribution of the precipitation during the months of September, October 

 and November in Ohio is quite different from that for the summer, as Is indicated 

 In this figure. The total precipitation is less for this autumn quarter than for any 

 other, and the least rainfall is in south-central and southeast counties. The amount 

 of fall varies from somewhat below 6 inches to over 11 inches. 



conclusions of these detailed surveys may be applied. We very much fear 

 that these state-wide surveys will demonstrate to us that the value of many 

 of our previous field studies have been seriously affected by unfortunate se- 



