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reference to every farm was the amount of grass and hay that 

 could be obtained for the cows. The usual daily milking was from 

 six to ten quarts. From this, with the best success, about 100 

 pounds of butter would be made during the season. In 1860 this 

 county stood second only to St. Lawrence in the amount of butter 

 produced. In 1918 it ranked first in the production of milk; it 

 also stood second in the number of cattle, as well as in the amount 

 of maple sirup produced. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Olimatological records for Delaware County are taken from the 

 station at Griffin Corners, at an elevation of 2,260 feet. 



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

 in fall are May 24 and September 16, respectively, giving a 

 growing season of 115 days. 



The following table summarizes records from March, 1900, to 

 April, 1913, inclusive: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Griffin Corners 







Te 



MPERATUKE 







FKECII'irATIO.N 









ffig 



best 



Lowest 





Amoun 



t in 24 







Aver- 



maximum 



minimum 



Average 



hou 



rs 



Snow, 





















age 











inches 



Greatest 





deptli 







Decrees 



Year 



Degree 



Year 





record, 

 inches 



Year 



in inches 



January 



212 



6") 



1906 



—31 



1904 



2 51 



1 31 



1905 



12.1 



February 



18.6 



63 



1906 



— 23 



1908 



2.61 



1.70 



1909 



11.1 



March 



31.6 



79 



1905 



—15 



1907 



3 04 



1.45 



1903 



7.3 



April 



42 



81 



1913 



6 



1911 



3 41 



2.98 



1901 



3.1 



May 



54.3 

 60.6 

 65.7 



94 



94 



100 



1911 

 1901 

 1911 



15 

 29 

 33 



1907 

 1907 

 1912 



2.88 

 3.63 

 3.70 



1.88 

 3.12 

 2.86 



1906 

 1903 

 1905 



T. 



June 





July 





August 



62.8 



91 



1909* 



32 



1912 



4 07 



1.65 



1911 





September .... 



58.3 



88 



190S 



20 



1904 



3.78 



2.38 



1908 





October 



46.4 



84 



1908 



11 



1907 



3.79 



4.84 



1903 



1.0 



November. . . . 



31.1 



73 



1909 



— i 



1903 



2.51 



2 01 



1906 



8.5 



December 



26.0 



61 



1901 



—17 



1904* 



3.42 



3.05 



1901 



14.1 



Year 



43.2 



100 



1911 



—31 



1904 



39.35 



4.84 



1903 



57.2 







* Abo earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The surface is a hilly and mountainous upland, divided into 

 three general ridges by the valleys of the two principal branches 

 of the Delaware River. In the southern part of the county these 



