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in the state. Aside from market milk, the principal cash 

 crops are hay, potatoes, and cabbage. There is a large amount of 

 small grains and other crops grown, mostly for feeding on the 

 farms. Poultry and eggs are largely produced in practically all 

 the towns. Maple sugar is also a valuable product. 



Forty years ago, when hops were profitable, they were grown 

 to a limited extent in the northern part of the county. 



Additional industries of importance in the county are as fol- 

 lows: The American Separator Company, Bainbridge; Norwich 

 Pharmacal Company, Norwich; Gladding Fish Line Factory, 

 South Otselic; Maydole Hammer Company, Norwich; Page Seed 

 Company, Greene. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



The climatological records here given* for Chenango County 

 were taken at Oxford at an elevation- of 976 feet. 



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

 in fall are May 17 and September 24, respectively, giving a grow- 

 ing season of 130 days. 



The following table, compiled from observations covering a 

 period of fifty-one years, ending January, 1914, shows both nor- 

 mal and extreme temperatures and precipitation: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Oxford 



January. . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October. . 

 November 

 December . 



Year 



Temperature 



Aver- 



22.6 

 22.4 

 31.4 

 43.8 

 55.7 

 64.0 

 68.4 

 65.8 

 59.1 

 47.3 

 36.1 

 26.0 



45.4 



HigheBt 

 maximum 



Degrees Year 



64 

 60 

 77 

 87 

 94 

 98 

 99 

 96 

 92 

 85 

 73 

 63 



99 



1833 



1840 



1905 



1899 



1895* 



1829 



1898 



1900 



1896 



1900 



1895 



1901 



1898 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degrees Year 



-36 



-33 



-19 



9 



•18 



28 



35 



30 



17 



17 



2 



-21 



-36 



1836 

 1836 

 1837 

 1836 

 1903 

 1843 

 1898 

 1832 

 1834 

 1904 

 1897 s 

 1841 



1836 



Precipitation 





Amount in 24 





Average 



hours 



Snow, 









inches 



Greatest 





depth 





record, 



Year 



in inches 





inches 







2.84 



1.20 



1910* 



17.4 



2.53 



1.37 



1890 



18.2 



2.74 



2.75 



1900 



13.7 



2.82 



2.15 



1898 



4.1 



3.72 



3.17 



1906 



T. 



3.76 



3.57 



1891 





3.73 



2.90 



1899 





3.80 



2.20 



1893 





3.41 



3:04 



1890 





3.17 



2.40 



1894 



1.2 



2.62 



1.80 



1898 



6.7 



2.83 



2.45 



1895 



16.5 



40.52 



3.57 



1891 



77.8 



Also earlier years. 



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