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OBSERVATIONS ON SOIES. 
APRIL, 
1848. 
OBSERVATIONS 
OBSERVATIONS 
DAY OF MONTH. 
ON SOIL. 
ON TREES 
WEATHER. 
2 feet below 
Surface. 
4 feet below 
surface. 
Horse 
Chestnut. 
Black 
Walnut. 
Air. 
Direction of 
Wind. 
Force of 
Wind. 
Degree of 
cloudiness. 
Inches of 
Rain. 
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4 
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2 
21 
0.22 
2 
33 
33 
35 
31 
30 
50 
34 
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33 
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51 
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3 
34 
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19 
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40 
44 
37 
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30 
31 
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1 
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62 
50 
51 
74 
52 
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1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
24 
6.02 
23 
24 
47 
45 
52 
52 
50 
41 
60 
N 
W 
1 
1 
2 
48 
48 
45 
45 
55 
54? 
40 
52 
42 
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4 
5 
44 
2 
2 
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25 
47 
47 
45 
45 
46 
51 
46 
52 
36 
45 
62 
57 
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W 
1 
2 
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1 
1 
1 
26 
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2 
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5 
3 
4 
27 
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53 
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1 
1 
1 
0 
1 
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50 
56 
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29 
48 
48 
46 
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54 
53 
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51 
50 
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w 
5 
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5 
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30 
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2 
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Semi-monthly mean, 
44 f 
441 
48 
Observations. —1. Rain. 3. Smoky. 4. Rain. Thermometer 44°. 5. Smoky. 6. Smoky. 7. Smoky. 8 . Smoky. 
9. Smoky. 10. Smoky. 11. Smoky. 12. Rain early. 13. Rain from 11 a. m. to 6 p.m. 14. Rain and hail p. m. 
15. Buds of the Horse Chestnut begin to swell. 16. Morning foggy. Smoky. 17. Smoky. 18. Snow p. m. 20. 
Light dew. Smoky. 22. Rain p. m. 24. Rain early a. m. 25. Smoky. Leaves begin to show themselves on the 
Horse Chestnut. 26. Smoky. Lilac leaves f inch long. 29. Rain a. m. Ostrya virginica in llower. 30 Light dew. 
Currant and Gooseberry in flower. 
