ANNUAL MEETING OHIO STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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twenty to forty thousand dollars and in from two to four years' time we shall 

 be able to complete a general soil survey of this state that will answer the present 

 needs of our farmers almost as well as would a detailed survey of the state 

 that would cost a much larger sum and take a correspondingly longer time; and, 



'Less than 20 20-30 30-40 40-50 Over 50 



Scale of Shades in inches 



FIG. 14. SNOW FALL. 



In this chart we have shown the distribution of the amount of unmelted snow 

 that averages to fall each year. Lines are drawn for each difference of 10 inches 

 and then the areas shaded as in the preceding charts. This shows that the/average 

 snowfall is less than 20 inches in the extreme southern counties, and over (JO inches 

 over a small area in the northeast. This district of greatest snowfall corresponds 

 with or is just to the north of ;he highest land between the southern and northern 

 watersheds. , COi 



that if it were decided later to make an accurate detailed survey of the state, 

 it could be completed for much less money and would be much more valuable 

 in the light of what had preceded than- had it been undertaken first. In other 



