3 
BULLETIN 116, U. S. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 
Dekalb silt loam (locally known as white or yellow soil), 4l per 
cent. 
Upshur clay (locally known as red clay land) , 8 per cent. 
Meigs (locally known as mixed soil), 48 per cent. 
TOPOGRAPHY. 
The hill country proper of Ohio, which includes the township 
studied, is well described as consisting of a succession of hills and 
AVERAGE. 
Z4 YEAR5 
1893-1916 
RAINFALlI JAN 
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APR 
MAY |jUN |JUL.| AUG.|SEP. 
OCT. 
NOV. 
DEC. 
ANNUAL 
in 
u 4 J 
I z m 
38.60 IN. 
"3 days 
1912 
RAINFALL 
JAN 
FES 
MAR. 
APR 
MAY 
JUN. 
JUL 
AU6 
SEP 
OCT 
NOV. 
DEC 
ANNUAL 
2 « " 
Z 2. - 
" 37. Z3 IN. 
Apr. 15 j ,s 8 Growing days [ . 0cf , 
1913 
RAINFALlJjAN.I FEB. 
MAR. 
APR 
MAY 
JUN. 
JUL 
AUG 
SEP 
OCT 
NOV. 
DEC 
ANNUAL 
6 -Kg 
* 4 s 

- z H» 
. 45.56IN. 
May IZ j 'S3 Growing days \ 0cf _ /3 
Mav'6] /63 Growing days 
Oct. 27 
1915 
RAINFALL 
JAN 
FEB 
MAR 
apr.|may|jun.|oul.|aug.|sep 
OCT 
nov.|dec.| 
ANNUAL 
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i 2 • 
bJH|[ 42.73 IN. 
172 6 rowing days 
1916 
RAINFALL JAN. FEB MAR. APR. MAY JUN. JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV. DEC. ANNUAL 
39.79 IN 
Apr. / A ISS Gr ° w;r >g days \ Sep./ 9 
Fig. 4. — Monthly rainfall at Amesville, Ohio, for each year covered by the study, 1012 to 
1916, inclusive, and the 24-year average, together with the number of growing days 
from the date of the last killing frost in the spring to the first killing frost in the fall. 
sharp-winding ridges, separated by deep, narrow valleys. The hilly 
country represents the western extension of the Allegheny Plateau, 
which has been so deeply eroded and dissected that all remnants of 
the plateau surface have been removed. The greatest amount of dis- 
section has taken place along the Ohio River and its larger tribu- 
