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tions of the northern and northwestern parts were never exten- 

 sively developed in agriculture and lumbering has remained the 

 chief occupation in these sections. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Saratoga County are taken from 

 the Spier Falls station, the elevation of which is 400 feet. The 

 present observer is Thomas I\ Malone. 



The average dates for the last killing frost in spring and the 

 first in fall are May 9 and September 2G respectively, giving a 

 growing season of 140 days. 



In the following table the records cover the period 1902 to 

 1918, with the exception of the snowfall, the records for which 

 began in 1904: 



Records of Temperature and Precipitation at Spier Falls 





Tkmperature 



Precipitation 





Aver- 

 age 



Highest 

 maximum 



Lowest 



minimum 



Average 

 inches 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Snow, 





Degrees 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest 



record, 

 inches 



Year 



depth 

 in inches 



January 



19.9 



60 



1906 



—32 



1914* 



3.06 



1.46 



1909 



15.5 



February 



17.8 



57 



1911 



—31 



1908 



3 40 



3.70 



1914 



19.2 



March 



31.4 



75 



1910 



—18 



1918 



3.34 



2.55 



1913 



11.4 



April 



43.9 

 57.4 

 64.3 

 70.1 

 67.4 



92 



95 



95 



102 



100 



1915 

 1911 

 1913 

 1911 

 1917 



8 

 24 

 31 

 43 

 35 



1911 



1911* 



1912 



1913* 



1911 



2.60 

 3.33 

 3.76 

 3 27 

 2.80 



1.70 

 2.48 

 3.74 

 1.85 



2.68 



1910 

 1906 

 1904 

 1915 

 1914 



3.0 



May 



T. 



June 





July 





August 





September .... 



59.9 



92 



1916* 



19 



1911 



3.69 



3.45 



1912 





October 



49.6 



82 



1913 



17 



1907 



3.55 



2.74 



1912 



T. 



November. . . . 



35.9 



77 



1911 



— 



1914 



2.24 



2.37 



1912 



5.0 



December 



24.3 



66 



1912 



—39 



1917 



3.47 



2.00 



1906 



14.7 



Year 



45.2 



102 



1911 



—39 



1917 



38.51 



3.74 



1904 



69.4 







* Also earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The surface of Saratoga County is hilly or undulating in the 

 south and mountainous in the north. The Palmertown or Luzerne 

 Mountains extend from Warren County through the western 

 part of Morean and Wilton and the eastern part of Corinth into 

 Greenfield, where they terminate in a series of low, irregular 

 hills. The Hudson River breaks through this range on the 



