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A.GRICULTTTRAL MANUAL 



while the uplands were devoted to stock and wool growing and 

 dairying. At the present time dairy products and eggs are the 

 chief money crops. The products arc similar throughout the 

 various towns. In addition to dairy and poultry products, there 

 are generally produced hay, oats, buckwheat, corn, pototaes, 

 wheat, rye, barley, and beans. Tobacco is grown along the Sus- 

 quehanna River. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 

 Climatological records for Tioga County have been taken from 

 the Waverly station, the elevation of which is 824 feet. 



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

 in fall are May 11 and October 3, respectively, giving a growing 

 season of 145 days. 



The following table summarizes records made during a period 

 of 33 years extending from 1882 to 1915: 



Record of Temperature and Precipitation at Waverly 



January. . 

 February . 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . . 

 September 

 October. . 

 November 

 December . 



Year 





Te 



MPERATURE 







Precipitation 





Highest 



Lowest 





Amoun 



in 24 



Aver- 

 age 



maximum 



minimum 



Average 

 inches 



hours 



Degrees 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest 

 record, 



Year 















inches 





24.1 



71 



1906 



—31 



1904 



2.32 



1.88 



1915 



23.7 



65 



1906 



—25 



1914 



2.06 



2.10 



1914 



32.9 



86 



1905 



—17 



1900 



2.69 



2.74 



1900 



45.6 



90 



1902* 



12 



1894 



2.80 



2.38 



1898 



58.0 



97 



1911 



20 



1903 



3.36 



2.68 



1893 



66.4 



98 



1908 



28 



1913 



3.50 



2.62 



1913 



70.5 



102 



1891 



35 



1909 



3.67 



2.10 



1905 



67.7 



101 



1900 



33 



1907 



3.42 



3.46 



1889 



61.7 



97 



1900* 



23 



1904 



3.08 



3.21 



1893 



49.8 



91 



1900 



15 



1904 



2.95 



2.28 



1896 



38.5 



76 



1909 



6 



1914 



2.25 



2.32 



1900 



2S.3 



69 



1914* 



—25 



1914 



2.45 



2.75 



1901 



47.3 



102 



1894 



—31 



1904 



3-1.55 



3.46 



1889 



Snow, 



average 



depth 



in inches 



11.6 



12.4 



9.2 



3.4 



0.1 



0.2 



3.6 



11.5 



52.0 



* AI30 earlier years. 



TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL CHARACTERISTICS 



The surface is broken by ridges extending northerly through 



the county from Pennsylvania. The summits of these ridges have 



a nearly uniform elevation of 1,200 to 1,000 feet above tide. 



The valley of the Susquehanna cuts them diagonally, and numer- 



