Sc II l V l.l i: ( OUNTY 



653 



DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRY 



The agriculture of Schuyler County is of a general nature, with 

 hay, oats, beans, and buckwheat as the principal crops. The 

 principal animal industries are dairying and the raising of sheep 

 and swine. Fruit is extensively raised .in sections bordering 

 Seneca Lake. The well-known Milen's Grape Juice is manu- 

 factured at AVatkins in the town of Dix. 



Aside from agriculture the manufacture of salt is one of the 

 most important industries. The W.atkins Salt Company on the 

 east side of the lake produces about 200 tons, and the Interna- 

 tional Salt Company, on the west side, about 400 tons daily. 



At Montour Falls in the town of Dix is located the Shepard 

 Electric Crane and Hoist Manufacturing Plant, which employs 

 about 1,200 people.- 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Schuyler County are taken from the 

 Wedgewood station, at an elevation of 1,440 feet. 



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

 first in fall are May 10 and October 6, respectively, giving a 

 growing season of 149 days. 



The following table summarizes records made by O. F. Corwin 

 since the establishing of the station in 1889, and covering a period 

 of 27 years. 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Wedgewood 







Temperature 







Precipitatioiv 



F 





Aver- 

 age 



Highest 

 maximum 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Average 

 inches 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Snow, 





Degrees 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest 

 record, 

 inches 



Year 



depth in 

 inches 



February 



March 



23.2 

 21.8 

 31.1 

 43.9 

 55.8 

 65.2 

 69.9 

 67.7 

 61.8 

 49.4 

 38.4 

 27.7 



46.1 



67 

 62 

 83 

 87 

 93 

 96 

 101 

 103 

 99 

 91 

 73 

 66 



103 



1906 



1906 



1895 



1915* 



1911 



1899 



1911 



1916 



1900 



1891 



1909 



1911 



1916 



—16 



—17 



—7 



12 



23 



33 



43 



41 



29 



18 



6 



—8 



—17 



1914 



1896 



1916 



1909* 



1903 



1913 



1898* 



1907 



1894 



1893 



1905 



1894 



1896 



2.65 

 2.37 

 2.76 

 3.07 

 3.63 

 3.80 

 3.80 

 4.26 

 2.89 

 3.31 

 2.39 

 2.60 



37.49 



1.50 

 1.97 

 2.00 

 2.20 

 1.85 

 3.45 

 2.54 

 4.30 

 5.34 

 2.90 

 2.52 

 2.95 



5.43 



1915 

 1896 

 1900 

 1910 

 1893 

 1896 

 1902 

 1903 

 1890 

 1896 

 1900 

 1901 



1890 



14.5 



16.7 



13.6 



5.9 





3.1 



June 





July 



August 



September .... 



October 



November 



December 



Year 



4.0 

 5.5 

 13.9 



72.2 







Also earlier years. 



