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AGRICULTURAL M : 



11. iv and mai'ket milk are prominent products, and poultry 

 raising occupies a leading place. This county ranks second m 

 production of* oats and buckwheat. Besides these, potatoes, which 

 are cultivated in all parts of the county, form a staple and valu- 

 able crop. Truck crops are largely raised in the vicinity of 

 Corning, Ilorncll, Atlanta, and Wayland. 



At Cohocton is a large mill engaged in producing buckwheat 

 flour. 



Manufactures within the county include silk and articles of 

 gla-s and wood. 



Hammondsport, in TJrbana, was the seat of suae of the earliest 

 aerial experiments, and at present the Curtis plant at that place 

 is almost entirely given over to aeroplane work. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



The meteorological records here given for Steuben County were 

 taken at Addison at an elevation of 1,000 feet. The present 

 observer is E. D. Crane. 



Average dates for the last killing frost in spring and the first in 

 fall are May 11 and October G, respectively, giving a growing 

 season of 148 days. 



The following table, compiled from observations covering the 

 period L890 to 101G, shows both normal and extreme temperatures 

 and precipitation : 



Record op Temperature an t d Precipitation at Addison 



January 



February 



March 



April 



-May 



June 



July 



August 



September. . . 



October 



November. . . 

 December 



Year 





TEMPERATURE 







Precipitation 





Highest 



Lowest 





Amount in 24 



Aver- 

 age 



maximum 



minimum 



Average 

 inches 



hours 



Degrees 



Year 



Degree^ 



Year 



< rreatesl 

 record, 

 inches 



Year 



25.4 



71 



1906 



—35 



1904 



2.27 



2 20 



1915 



24.1 



OS 



1906 



—20 



1899 



1.82 



1.40 



1S9G 



33 7 



85 



1905 



22 



1916 



2.38 



1.95 



1900 



46.2 



89 



1915 



13 



1909 



2.78 



2 12 



1910 



57.6 



98 



1911 



21 



1003 



3.88 



2.75 



1S93 



65 9 



99 



1911 



30 



1913 



3.71 



2.01 



1913 



70 .3 



100 



1911 



37 



1912 



3.45 



3.82 



1908 



lis 



102 



1909 



36 



1907 



3.55 



3.00 



Kill 



62 1 



98 



1913 



21 



1904 



2.90 



3.04 



1890 



50 7 



92 



1905 



15 



1904 



2.91 



3.30 



1896 



■ 



7s 



1909 



4 



1904 



1 s7 



2.32 



1900 



28 9 



65 



1912 



—20 



1891 



2.12 



2.00 



1894 



47.6 



100 



1911 



—35 



1901 



33.70 



3.82 



1908 



Snow, 

 average 



dl nth 

 in inches 



11.2 



10.5 



9.3 



3.4 



0.1 



T. 

 2.2 

 9.8 



46.5 





