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Granville and Kingsbury have the largest number of cows, 

 although the county as a whole is predominantly a dairy section. 

 The rapid extension of this industry for the past twenty years, 

 especially along the lines of market milk production, has wrought 

 a great improvement in farm buildings. Many of them are 

 roofed with slate, this material being easily available from the 

 quarries at Granville. 



Hay is the principal cash crop; oats the leading plowland crop, 

 and potatoes the chief cultivated crop. 



Washington County has originated several varieties of potatoes. 

 Two standard market varieties that were originated in the town 

 of Hebron are the American Giant and the Hebron Beauty. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Washington County were taken at 

 the Carvers 'Falls station, at an elevation of 126 feet. 



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

 in fall are May 14 and September 29, respectively, giving a grow- 

 ing season of 138 days. 



The following table covers the period from 1898 to 1912: 



Records of Temperature and Precipitation at Carvers Falls 







Temperature 





1 



Precipitation 







Aver- 

 age 



Highest 

 maximum 



Lowest 

 minimum 



Average 



illllll-S 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Snow, 





Degrees 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest 



record, 



inckes 



Year 



depth 

 in inches 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



17.7 

 16.1 

 29.3 

 43.2 

 56.0 

 63.8 

 69.0 

 60.2 

 59.8 

 42.7 

 35.2 

 22.4 



43.5 



60 

 60 

 72 

 86 

 94 

 97 

 99 

 95 

 91 

 84 

 69 

 65 



99 



1900 

 1908 

 1905 



1908* 



1911 



1901 



1911 



1899 



1898 



1910 



1900 



1901 



1911 



—37 

 —35 



22 



~7 

 21 

 33 

 37 

 38 

 27 

 16 

 

 —25 



—37 



1904 

 1908 

 1912 

 1911 

 1903 

 1910 

 1907 

 1909 

 1901 

 1909 

 190-1 

 1902 



1904 



2.28 

 2 72 

 3.19 

 2.27 

 2.84 

 3.84 

 3.19 

 3.51 

 3.53 

 2.75 

 2.14 

 2.55 



34.81 



1.80 

 2.45 

 2.49 

 1.51 

 1.80 

 3.38 

 2.25 

 2.87 

 2.30 

 2.75 

 1.53 

 1.86 



3.38 



1909 

 1900 

 1900 

 1901 

 1906 

 1905 

 1905 

 1910 

 1904 

 1902 

 1901 

 1907 



1905 



14.6 



16.7 



9.9 



2.9 



T 



June 





Julv 





August 



September .... 



October 



November. . . . 

 December . 



Year 



T 



4.5 

 10.7 



59.3 







* Also earlier years. 



