60 



innual and mean annual precipitation at stations of the Signal Service, U. S. 

 piled from the commencement of observations to 1884, inclusive. 



rmy, com- 



Stations. 



Established. 



1871. 



1872. 



1873. 



1874. 



1875. 



1876. 



1877. 



1878. 



Northern Plateau: 

 Boise City, Id Aho. 



July 1,1877 

 July 1,1879 



Oct. 6,1879 



Oct. 11, 1879 



Dec. 5,1878 

 Oct. 15, 1879 



July 14, 1882 



May 1,1882 

 April 1,1880 

 Nov. 1,1870 



Nov. 19, 1871 

 Nov. 1,1873 



Oct. 1 1881 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches, 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 



Inches. 

 10 21 



















Northern Slope: 

 AssinniboineFort, 

 Mont 



















Benton, Fort 





12.32 



11.95 



10.45 



12 75 



(') 



(') 







(1) 



Cu.ster, Fort 























Masinnis, Fort, 

 Mont 



















Poplar Kiver, 

 Mont 



















Shaw,Fort,Mont. 

 Cheyenne, AVyo. 

 Middle Slope: 



Denver Colo 



Pike's Peak, Colo. 



















9.23 



13.48 



18.05 



i 10. 01 

 11.81 



9.71 



13.46 

 26. 80 



12.10 



17.25 

 24.74 



5.03 



20.12 

 23.87 



11.71 



16. 38 

 25.58 



12.64 



15.51 



42. 87 



West Las Ani- 

 mas Colo 





1 



1 











1 1 











Stations. 



Established. 



1879. 



1880. 



1881. 



1882. 



1883. 



1884. 



Mean annual. 



Years. 



Inches. 



Northerri Plateau : 

 Bois6 City.Idaho. 

 Lewiston, Idaho. 



Northern Slope: 

 Assinnihoine, 



Julv 1,1877 

 July 1,1879 



Oct. 6,1879 



Oct. 11, 1879 



Dec. 5,1878 

 Oct 15,1879 



July 14, 1882 



May 1,1882 

 April 1,1880 

 Nov. 1,1870 



Nov. 19, 1871 

 Nov. 1,1873 



Oct. 1,1881 



Inches. 

 17.63 



Inches. 

 10.66 

 17.41 



Inches. 

 13.50 

 20.56 



Inches. 

 14. 43 

 14.74 



12.76 



10.18 



12. 05 

 10.32 



Inclcs. 

 (') 

 15.^3 



15. 10 



Inches. 

 21.05 

 21.71 



25. 67 







5 



3 



7 



5 

 3 



2 



2 

 4 

 14 



13 

 11 



3 



14 59 

 18.05 



17.84 



Benton, Fort, 







(•) 

 19.65 



16.81 



11.88 

 19.94 



13.01 (') 



12.50 



Custer, Fort, 



13.84 

 (') 



13.29 



6.22 

 12.64 

 19.24 



19.49 



18.17 



11.12 



16.60 

 19.18 



9.00 



10.25 

 13.64 

 15.54 



15.07 

 9.28 



15.70 



14.80 



Helena, Mont... 

 Maffinnis, Fort, 



16.48 

 11.14 



Poplar River, 













8.24 



Shaw,Fort,Mont. 

 Chevenne, Wyo. 

 Middle Slope : 



Denver, Colo 



Pike's Peak, Colo. 

 AVest Las Ani- 







14.77 

 11.88 



12. 78 

 U.bl 



14.21 

 8.64 



14.40 



28.82 



13. 82 



7.34 



10.86 

 39. 82 



8.38 



9.58 

 40.65 



11.07 



14.99 



29. 57 



13.41 





















Eecord incon)plet( 



AGRICUIiTURAL CONDITIONS. 



A well-kuown writer speaks of the agricultural resources of the 

 Eocky Mouutaiu region as follows; 



Generally speakiug, tlioso best acquainted witli tbc West make the largest esti- 

 mates of its resources ami liave the most faith in its future. Land, on first sight, of- 

 ten appears worthless, which experiment afterwards proves to be fertile. I instance 

 the ''Great Columbia Plains" of eastern Wa.shington, where the soil, which \aries 

 from 1 foot to 20 in depth, is, except in the bottom-lands, a very light-colored lonm, 

 containing an unusually largo iicrcentagc of alkalies and fixed acids. A few years 

 ago sowing wheat on the soil wonl d have been deemed throwing it away; but the 

 experiment resulted in a revelation, viz, that these 14,000,000 acres of peculiar soil 

 are probably the best wheat fields in all the world. Other illustrations equally strik- 

 ing might be given, f * * " 



