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I'lKI-D ()PKR.\TIONS OF THK MTRKAIT of SOIT.S, IM^). 



Tlic follow inir tiilik', ^i\in^' normal monthly, seasonal, and annual 

 Irmix'iatiiic and pivcipitation, is taken from the records of the 

 \\'catlier llui'caii stalion at Hclinond: 



.\(>nii(tl inoiillihi, scdminiil. tnid (iiniKdl hiii iicnit tire inul prrripitnt inn (it 



r>i IukdkI. 



(KlPMition, 1,205 feet.) 



AGRICULTURE. 



The agricultural development of Wrifrht Countj^ began in 1854 

 with the incoming of the first settlers. The first farms Avere situated 

 along the wooded streams, and it was only after the developmenr, 

 of artificial drainage that settlers in any number attempted to farm 

 the heavy, black, flat prairie land. Patches of barley, flax, and 

 wheat for home use were the first cro])s grown. Flax Avas soon aban- 

 doned because it was so hard on the Avheat crop following, making a 

 differance of about one-third in the grain yield. Corn and oats were 

 not brought in until 1875 to 1880. As late as the nineties, part of the 

 prairie land, with its luxuriant growth of nutritious grasses, re- 



