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Agricultural Manual 



Records of Temperature and Precipitation at Indian Lake 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September. . . 



October 



November. . . 

 December 



Year 



Temperature 



Aver- 

 age 



16.3 

 14.8 

 26.2 

 39.2 

 52.2 

 59.5 

 65.2 

 62.4 

 56.1 

 45.6 

 32.0 

 20.0 



40.6 



Highest 

 maximum 



Degrees 



62 

 62 

 81 

 86 

 95 

 98 

 103 

 100 

 91 

 87 

 70 

 65 



103 



Year 



1906 



1906 



1905 



1915 



1911 



1907 



1911 



1916 



1913' 



1905 



1901 



1905 



1911 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degrees 



—40 



—42 



—27 



—6 



12 



21 



28 



20 



19 



9 



—16 



—41 



—42 



Year 



1904 

 1908 

 1912 

 1911 

 1903 

 1906 

 1912 

 1909 

 1904 

 1903 

 1914 

 1917 



1908 



Precipitation 



Average 

 inches 



2.95 

 2.83 

 2.91 

 2.71 

 3.52 

 3.88 

 3.59 

 3.47 

 3.83 

 3.93 

 3.21 

 3.19 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



.10 



.24 



.65 



.20 



.05 



13 



.84 



15 



.00 



2.87 



2.25 



1.50 



40.02 2.87 



Year 



1915 : 

 1900 

 1900 

 1913' 

 191C 1 

 1903 

 1902 

 1904 

 1913' 

 1904 

 1913 

 1908' 



1901 



Snow, 

 average 

 _ depth 

 in inches 



22.0 



15.9 



15.6 



4.8 



T. 



0.4 

 11.1 

 19.9 



89.7 



Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The surface is a rocky, mountainous, and hilly upland, about 

 25 per cent of that in the northern part still being covered with 

 the original forests. The mountains are divided into several 

 ranges. Within the valleys separating these ranges lie several 

 remarkable chains of lakes, many of them connected by streams 

 affording boat navigation. These lakes are generally long and 

 narrow, and are bordered by steep banks and high mountain 

 peaks. Although flowing in different directions, separated by 

 high mountains and extending over an area of more than sixty 

 miles, they have a nearly uniform elevation. 



This whole region is underlaid by crystalline rocks, principally 

 gneiss. Calcifcrous sandstone and Trenton limestone are found 

 on the Sacandaga River; white limestone is found in several 

 localities. Peat is abundant in the meadows extending along the 

 valleys. Iron ore and graphite are also found. The soil is a 

 light sandy loam, and, except in the valleys, is not susceptible 

 of profitable cultivation. But little agriculture is carried on 

 in the county. 



