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of the truck farmers are prosperous, and some of the general 

 farmers add one or more truck crops to their sources of income 

 with profit. 



As a source of cash income, poultry is important on many of 

 the general farms. A few farmers make chickens their main 

 source of income. Swine are few in number and are usually 

 kept as a market for unsalable products and for a supply of meat 

 for the farm family. Sheep arc more -numerous than swine, 

 although they are not found on so many farms. 



Commercial and manufacturing interests are of considerable 

 importance. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



The meteorological station in Broome County is located west of 

 Binghamton at an elevation of 790 feet, observations being con- 

 ducted by the United States Weather Bureau. 



Average dates for the last killing frost in spring and the first 

 in fall are May 6 .and October 3, respectively, giving a growing 

 season of 150 days. 



The following table, compiled from observations covering the 

 period 1890-1910, shows both -normal and extreme temperatures 

 and precipitation: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Binghamton 





Tempeiiati'iie 



Precipitation 





Aver- 

 age 



24.1 

 22.6 

 32.4 

 45.2 

 56.9 

 65.2 

 69.9 

 67.1 

 61.6 

 49.9 

 38.4 

 27.9 



46.8 



Highest 



maximum 



Lowest 



minimum 



Average 

 inches 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Snow, 





Degrees 



70 

 61 

 80 

 88 

 94 

 95 

 98 

 99 

 94 

 87 

 76 

 68 



99 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest. 



record, 



inches 



Year 



depth 



in inches 



January 



February 



March 



April 



1906 

 1903 

 1907 

 1915 

 1911 

 1895 

 1911 

 1916 

 1896 

 1905 

 1909 

 1914 



1916 



—28 



—21 



—11 



15 



23 



31 



40 



35 



27 



17 



5 



—18 



—28 



1893 

 1908 

 1900 

 1894 

 1903 

 1913 

 L898 

 1895 

 1904 

 1893 

 1895 

 1894 



1893 



2 34 

 2.30 

 2.81 

 2.46 

 3.19 

 3.10 

 3.34 

 3.52 

 2.97 

 2.78 

 1.98 

 2.39 



33.18 



1 91 

 1.93 



1.94 

 1.69 

 2.24 

 2.47 

 4.19 

 2.53 

 2.38 

 2.19 

 2.21 

 2.36 



4.19 



1915 

 1914 

 1900 

 1898 

 1910 

 1915 

 1915 

 1003 

 1896 

 1896 

 1910 

 1901 



1915 



11.6 



13.6 



10.6 



2.2 



May 



T. 



June 





July 





August 



September. . . . 



October 



November. . . . 

 December 



Year 



T. 

 4.9 

 10.7 



53.6 



