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and Hudson railway. After the giant pines were cut off, the 

 area west of Glens Falls produced good crops of potatoes and 

 grain. Fifty years ago this region supplied the rye straw that 

 kept the paper mills running at Glens Falls and Hudson Falls. 

 Continuous cropping to rye having decreased the yield, the paper 

 mills changed to wood pulp, and the people left their farms 

 for more profitable employment in the lumber woods or in mills. 

 Since then most of this land has been idle, although a few success- 

 ful farms prove that there are advantages in the sandy, well- 

 drained soil, which permits its being worked immediately after 

 a heavy rain. The fact that the earliest sweet corn, the only 

 muskmelons, and the best alfalfa in the county are produced on 

 this type of soil proves its value. 



At the present time, on the level fields north of Glens Falls, 

 hay, potatoes, and milk are the chief cash crops. Wheat and 

 oats yield well. The demand for fresh vegetables in Glens Falls 

 makes market gardening profitable, and celery and onions raised 

 on the muck beds just outside the city limits are shipped by 

 the carload. The townships of Chester, Horicon, Johnsburg, and 

 Thurman form the sheep section of the county, as well as the 

 maple sugar section. Mackintosh Red and similar apples can 

 be grown extremely well in the townships of Caldwell, Bolton, and 

 Hague, due to the tempering influence of the lake on the climate. 

 Undeveloped muck beds on which onions and celery might be 

 raised are to be found in the towns of Stony Creek and Warrens- 

 burg. In the latter town is land unusually well suited to the 

 cultivation of potatoes. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Warren County records were taken at Lake George, the eleva- 

 tion being 350 feet. The present observer is Charles Forsell. 



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

 in fall are May 13 and October 1, respectively, giving a growing 

 season of 141 days. 



The following table covers the period 1907 to 1918, with 

 the exception of the average temperature and precipitation, these 

 records beginning in 1896: 



