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A farm home in the hill country of New York State. .Frontispiece 



New York State presents a varied surface lb 



Soil< of New York State 28 



Climatic dii ons of New York 33 



Average January temperature 35 



Average April temperature 35 



Average July temperature 3fi 



Average < krtober temperature 36 



Absolute minimum temperature 37 



Average date of last killing frost in. spring 38 



Average date of first killing frost in fall 38 



Average number of clays between the last frost in spring 



and the first in fall 39 



Normal annual precipitation 41 



Average winter precipitation (December, January. February) 43 



Average spring precipitation (March, April, May) 43 



Average summer precipitation (June, July. August) 45 



Average fall precipitation (September. October. November). 45 

 Seasonal variation in length of day with total number of 



hours of possible sunshine in each month 49 



View on lower Au Sable lake, showing Colvin mountain. ... 51 

 A typical Adirondack forest, showing Sawtooth range and 



Santanoni mountain 51 



Alfalfa grows readily in New York State 68 



The oat crop of New York State leads in acreage among 



the grains 69 



Fig. 23. New York has excellent facilities for communication and 



transportation 84 



A poultry project 90 



Articles constructed in farm shop of high school 90 



Farm land near Berne 96 



Cattle on bank of Normans kill, near Albany 97 



Chart showing relative acreage of crops in Albany county. . 106 



View in valley west of Andover, Allegany county Ill 



Farm land near Belvidere Ill 



Chart showing relative acreage of crops in Allegany county. 120 



Cows at pasture in town of Chenango, Broome county 126 



Hay crop in town of Union, Broome county 126 



Chart showing relative acreage of crops in Broome county. . 133 



A progressive dairy farm at Salamanca, Cattaraugus county. 136 



Holsteins en Fancher farm, Sajamanca 137 



Chart showing relative acreage of crops in Cattaraugus 



county 150 



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