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Agricultural Manual 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Number Four 



January. . . 

 February. . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 

 September . 

 October 

 November . 

 December . 



Year 



Temperattjbb 



Aver- 

 age 



16.9 

 16 6 

 26.5 

 39.4 

 52.5 

 60.9 

 64.3 

 61.9 

 55.9 

 44 6 

 31 4 

 20 9 



41 



Highest 

 maximum 



Degrees 



54 

 53 

 60 

 82 

 87 

 89 

 91 

 91 

 88 

 80 

 67 

 58 



91 



Year 



1890 



1902 



1902* 



1899 



1895 



1901 



1901 



1899 



1892 



1900 



1902 



1901 



1891* 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Degrees 



—31 



—31 



—17 



—2 



20 



29 



34 



33 



25 



14 



—10 



—28 



—31 



Year 



1896 



1900' 



1900 



1898 



1900 



1897 



1890 



1895 



1896 



1902 



1901 



1902 



1900' 



Precipitation 



Average 

 inches 



4.66 

 3.93 

 3.82 

 2 70 

 3.88 

 4.33 

 5.56 

 4.80 

 4.67 

 4.09 

 4.71 

 4.74 



51.89 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



1.75 



1.25 



2.60 



1.47 



2.50 



2.73 



2.88 



2 



2 



2 



3. 



2 



3.13 



Year 



1899 

 1900 

 1900 

 1902 

 1890 

 1889 

 1896 

 1897 

 1893 

 1903 

 1900 

 1898 



1900 



Snow, 

 average 



depth 

 in inches 



30.2 



29.9 



24.3 



9.0 



0.4 



0.2 



1.9 



14.3 



31.2 



141.4 



* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



The surface consists of broad intervales extending along the 

 west side of Black River and the uplands rising in the east and 

 west. 



The eastern half rises gradually to an elevation of about 1,400 

 feet above tide and forms a portion of the great wilderness of 

 northern New York. In many places, the surface is broken up by 

 low ridges or isolated masses of gneiss. The streams in the east- 

 ern part flow generally over sandy beds, and those in the west 

 over rocky or gravelly beds and often through wild ravines. The 

 soil in the eastern part is a light yellow sandy loam, unprofit- 

 able for cultivation. In the eastern part are several picturesque 

 and celebrated lakes that have been popular summer resorts. The 

 streams flowing from the lakes are generally rapid, and several 

 of them furnish valuable waterpower. Iron ore and lead have 

 been worked to some extent and many interesting minerals are 

 found. Gold deposits in the sand have been claimed and exploited 

 to the regret of many innocent purchasers of that stock. 



The western portion rises from the valley of Black River by a 

 series of terraces toward the center of the western part of the 



