Orleans County 



533 



Orleans County has more sheep in proportion to its area than 

 any other county in the state, and ranks third in the number of 

 sheep kept. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 

 The meterological records here given for Orleans County were 

 made at Millville under direction of the Regents of the University 

 of the state of New York. 



The following tables, compiled from observations covering the 

 period from 1840 to 1848, show both normal and extreme tem- 

 peratures and precipitation : 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Millville 







Temperature 





Precipi- 

 tation 





Aver- 

 age 



Highest 

 maximum 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Average 

 inches 





Degree 



Years 



Degree 



Years 





26.0 

 26.4 

 32.3 

 45.6 

 54.7 

 63.2 

 68.2 

 67.7 

 59.5 

 46.6 

 37.8 

 30.0 



46.1 



58 

 64 

 80 

 86 

 91 

 91 

 95 

 96 

 91 

 79 

 78 

 55 



96 



1843 



1845* 



1845 



1844 



1846 



1843 



1845* 



1845 



1846 



1846 



1841 



1847 



1845 



—6 



— 5 



—12 



12 



25 



32 



40 



42 



28 



18 



5 



3 



—12 



1840 



1846 



1841 



1844 



1841 



1844* 



1840 



1841 



1840 



1844 



1847 



1845* 



1841 



2.46 



February 



1.88 



March 



1.68 



April 



2.11 



May 



2.13 



June 



2.65 



July 



2.34 



August 



2.09 



September 



3.75 



October 



3.14 



Novembr-r 



2.75 



December 



1.95 



Year 



28.93 







Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



The surface is level or undulating, and, except in .the extreme 

 southern part, has a gradual slope toward the lake. It is divided 

 into three distinct plateaus by ridges extending east and west 

 through the county nearly parallel to the lake shore. 



The lower plateau slopes upward from the lake shore to the 

 lake ridge, a distance of six to eight miles, where it attains an 

 elevation of about 400 feet. This ridge, which is composed of 



