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Avcic twenty-five years ago. Within the last two years, however, 

 interest in them has been revived, and new flocks have been estab- 

 lished. The poultry industry is one of considerable importance, 

 the white Leghorn breed being the most prominent. Records 

 have been made of a production of 281 eggs per year. 

 The leading farm crops are hay, oats, and potatoes. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 

 In Sullivan County the meteorological station is located at Jef- 

 fersonville, 1,'240 feet above sea level. The present observer is 

 Charles Wilfert, jr. 



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

 in fall are May 16 and September 25, respectively, giving a grow- 

 ing season of 132 days. 



The following table covers the period 1903 to 1918: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Jeffersonville 





'1 Eili'tliATrRE 





Precipitation 









Highest 

 maximum 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Average 

 inched 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Snow, 





Degrees 



Year 



Degrei • 



Year 



i Ireati it 

 record, 

 inches 



Year 



depth 



in inches 



January 



February 



March 



April 



23 

 20.3 

 31.0 

 44. S 

 56.1 

 63.3 

 68.4 

 66.3 

 59.9 

 49.3 

 36 6 

 25.7 



45 1 



63 

 58 

 82 

 91 

 96 

 94 

 99 

 99 

 91 

 90 



7^ 



91 



1906 

 1915 

 1905 

 1915 

 1911 

 1903 

 1911 

 1918 



l'.nr 



L908 

 1909 

 1914 



1918* 



—34 



—29 



—15 



15 



20 



32 



35 



35 



23 



17 



—1 



—27 



—34 



1907 



191S 



1907 



190S 



1911* 



1912* 



1909 



1912* 



1904 



1904 



1914 



1917 



1907 



3.07 

 2. S3 

 3.10 

 3.25 

 2.80 

 3.45 

 4.24 

 4.10 

 3.40 

 3.61 

 2 38 

 3.U2 



39.25 



1.60 



1.85 

 1.87 

 1.47 

 1.30 

 1.84 

 3.90 

 2.52 

 2.26 

 4.45 

 3.04 

 2.05 



4.45 



1913 

 1914 

 1913 

 1904 

 1914 

 1911 

 1904 

 1917 

 1908 

 1903 

 1913 

 1915 



1903 



10.6 



12.1 



10.6 



1.7 



May 



T. 



June 





July 





August 



. ber .... 



October 



November. . . . 

 December 



Year 



0.5 



4.1 



10.7 



50.3 







* Also earlier y< 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 

 The surface is generally very hilly, mountains rising along the 

 east border. The south and west consists chiefly of ridges 

 separated by narrow ravines. In the middle and north it assumes 

 tin- character of a rolling plateau. Near the northern border of 

 the county the southern slopes of the Catskilla divide the waters 

 flowing into the Hudson and Delaware rivers. From this elevated 



