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The spring continues cool and backward with abundance of rain. A white 

 frost occurred May 2d, but did no damage. There is considerable complaint 

 that cherries and other fruit have not set well, but those under observation of 

 the writer promise fairly. There will be scarcely any peaches in this vicinity 

 this year. The season has favored wheat, and corn, though backward, has as 

 yet abundance of time for a fine crop, but it will be harder to subdue the weeds. 



APRIL WINDS. 



S. A. MAXWELL. 



The following shows the average temperature at two P. M. of the April 

 winds at this place for the five years ending i884 : 



No. Observations. Temperature. 



7 43-85° 



28 50.64° 



15 53-66° 



14 60.50° 



20 63.10° 

 22 68.21° 



21 54-95° 



22 49-50° 

 Average, 55.55° 



From this it will be seen that the prevailing winds for April during these 

 years were from the Northeast, and fewest from the the North. These, however, 

 were the coldest, as might be supposed ; though the south winds were not the 

 warmest, being due, no doubt, to the fact that the plains of Kansas, Indian Ter- 

 ritory, and Texas are somewhat warmer than localities farther East over which 

 our South winds blow. The Southwest winds were much warmer than any oth- 

 ers. By striking an average I find that the warmest winds blow from a point 

 nine degrees West of South; and the coldest from eleven and one-half degrees 

 East of North. This is not true of all seasons, of course, there being little doubt 

 that the Northwest winds are coldest in winter. 



It is also interesting to notice that the range between North and South is 

 about twenty degrees, while that between East and West is but one and one-third 

 degrees. It is further noticeable that the West wind is nearest the general aver- 

 age ; and the sum of the North and South divided by two gives the general aver- 

 age within one-half a degree. 



Our Southwest breezes here in April tell us what spring weather is in Kansas 

 and those from the Northwest are the "warmed over" blizzards of Dakota, yet 

 the hegira from this state to the latter region is not yet checked. 



Morrison, Ills., May loth 1884. 



