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A<;ki< ll. i DEAL M A.NTJAL 



part to dairying, especially in and around Arcade. As an illus- 

 tration of the extent of the dairy Industry in this section, the 

 Merrill-Soule Company of Arcade, Attica, and the -lavas receives 

 daily during the summer L5O,0O0 pounds of milk, which, in addi- 

 tion to a large amount of condensed and skimmed milk, is made 

 into milk powder. The Merrill-Soule powdered milk plant was 

 the first of its kind in the United States. 



In the western part of the county considerable maple sugar is 

 produced. 



The Worcester Salt Company has an- extensive salt-producing 

 establishment near Silver Lake. 



CLIMATE AND RAINFALL 



Climatological records for Wyoming County are taken from 

 the Arcade station, at an elevation of 1,707 feet. 



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

 in fall are May 24 and September 2G, respectively, giving a 

 growing season of 125 days. 



The following table taken from records covering the period 

 1889-1907, shows both normal and extreme temperatures and 

 precipitation: 



Record op Temperaturs and Precipitation at Arcade 







Te 



MPERATl 



RE 







Precipitation 







Aver- 

 age 



Highest 

 maximum 



Lowest 



minimum 



Average 

 inchi a 



Amount in 24 

 hours 



Snow, 





Degrees 



Year 



Degrees 



Year 



Greatest 



record, 



inches 



Year 



depth 

 in inches 



January 



February 



March 



April 



20.6 

 20 5 

 2!) . 3 

 42.0 

 51 2 

 62.7 

 67.4 

 65 . 1 

 58.8 

 47.0 

 35.9 

 24.7 



65 

 62 

 79 

 84 

 90 

 90 

 95 

 92 

 89 

 83 

 69 

 57 



1906 

 1908 

 1905 

 1899 



loot 



1901* 



1897 



1899 



1906' 



1905 



1902 



1899* 



—38 



— 22 



—15 



8 



20 



30 



35 



32 



22 



19 



—12 



— 22 



1904 



1906 



1906 



1898 



1903 



1902* 



1898 



1906 



1905 



1905 



1904 



1906 



3.36 

 2.63 



2.80 

 2 . 63 

 4 55 

 4.55 

 4.71 

 3.81 

 3.68 

 3 49 

 2.74 

 2.97 



1.01 

 1.52 

 1.34 

 1.40 

 2 40 

 2.57 

 2.97 

 3.55 

 1.08 

 1.51 

 1.49 

 1.51 



1901 

 1892 



1900 

 1894 

 1894 

 1892 

 1897 

 1893 

 1S96 

 1892 

 1890 

 1895 



23.3 



15.5 



11.8 



5.6 



May 



0.3 



June 



T 



Julv 





August 



September. . . . 



October 



November. . . . 

 December 



T 



2.4 



8.3 



18.8 



Year 



44.0 



95 



1897 



— 3<s 



1904 



41.92 



3.55 



1893 



86.0 







* Also earlier years. 



