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near Utioa and in Ilion. Junket, rennet, and similar products 

 are manufactured at Little Falls. Remington typewriters are 

 manufactured at Ilion. Herkimer produces one-third of all the 

 desks produced in the United States. Extensive paper and 

 excelsior manufacturing and lumbering operations are conducted 

 in the county. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Herkimer County are taken from 

 the Salisbury station, at an elevation of 1,300 feet above sea level. 

 The present observer is Frank Barragan. 



Average dates of the last killing frost in spring and the 

 first in fall are May 22 and September 20, respectively, giving a 

 growing season of 120 days. 



The following table summarizes records from January, 1897, 

 to December, 1918, inclusive: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Salisbury 



January. . 

 February . 

 March .... 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October. . 

 November 

 December 



Year 



Temperature 



Aver- 

 age 



17.8 

 16.1 

 27.4 

 41.0 

 53.4 

 61.2 

 67.6 

 65.2 

 58.3 

 47.9 

 34.0 

 21.0 



42.6 



Highest 

 maximum 



Degrees Year 



62 

 56 

 75 

 86 

 92 

 92 

 94 

 95 

 94 

 87 

 70 

 64 



95 



1903 

 1903 

 1903 

 1903 

 1911 

 1901 

 1911 

 1913 

 1898 

 1905 

 1909 

 1908 



1913 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degree? Year 



—36 



—33 



—16 



3 



17 



26 



36 



34 



22 



15 



—6 



—35 



—36 



1904 

 1914 s 

 1916 

 1897 

 1903 

 1913 

 1913= 

 1915 s 

 1913 s 

 1916 

 1904 

 1917 



1904 



Precipitation 



Average 

 inches 



4.71 

 4.24 

 4.45 

 3.29 

 3.86 



47.98 



Amount in 2-1 

 hours 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



1.51 



1.78 

 2.75 

 1.78 

 1.96 

 2 



4.60 



Year 



1910 

 1910 

 1913 

 1914 

 1906 

 1903 

 1905 

 1908 

 1915 

 1903 

 1913 

 1905 



1908 



Snow, 

 average 



depth 

 in inches 



21.6 



19.4 



17.7 



3.4 



0.5 



0.3 

 10.9 

 19.6 



93.4 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The surface of Herkimer County is a hilly upland with a 

 series of ridges extending generally north and south. The 

 Mohawk River flows easterly across the southern end of the 

 'county. Tlhe valley is 1>road through the west side of the 

 county to a point near Little Falls, where the stream breaks 



