Survey of the Concho Country. — Cummins-Lerch. 331 
orchard and field will serve as condensator, distributing the 
rainfall, preserving the moisture and causing frequent dews. 
In a country like this, situated in a southern latitude, with a 
RAINFALL AT FT. CONCHO, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, SINCE 
APRIL 1868. 
Year. 
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Total for 
the year. 
in. 
iu. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
in. 
1868 
3.27 
4.10 
.40 
7.30 
1.86 
2.35 
6.40 
3.75 
1.69 
'69 
2.55 
.20 
2.41 
1.10 
3.31 
3.76 
.43 
1.94 
.50 
.96 
1.59 
1.60 
19.82 
'70 
.16 
.16 
4,76 
.62 
.26 
4.36 
3.32 
6.90 
9.92 
5.44 
1.24 
.12 
37.26 
'71 
— 
.54 
2.75 
1.90 
4.40 
.42 
— 
2.04 
.90 
2.78 
.44 
.20 
16.37 
'72 
1.28 
1.20 
— 
1.12 
1.86 
1.50 
3.79 
2.60 
.85 
.66 
1.66 
.53 
17.05 
'73 
.16 
.33 
1.60 
4.56 
6.40 
.92 
1.46 
.44 
.08 
.25 
— 
16.20 
'74 
.25 
.25 
1.14 
.39 
3.29 
3.05 
.88 
,61 
5.58 
.64 
2.92 
5.80 
24.90 
'75 
.05 
1.75 
.12 
.50 
1,70 
.64 
5.67 
22 
1.22 
— 
.36 
2.47 
12.25 
'76 
1.00 
.32 
.36 
.50 
— 
1.52 
.78 
3 '.14 
2.84 
— 
.52 
.68 
11.68 
'77 
— 
.98 
.30 
.79 
2.12 
1.47 
.50 
2.32 
3.60 
1.50 
1.00 
2.00 
16.58 
'78 
— 
.10 
— 
2.32 
.02 
1.50 
4.55 
— 
6.70 
— 
1.10 
— 
17.29 
'79 
.50 
— 
.40 
1.70 
1.10 
3-80 
.50 
4.00 
1.00 
.20 
— 
— 
13.20 
'80 
3.90 
.60 
1.14 
.70 
1.15 
3.20 
7.60 
3.90 
7.20 
2.50 
.30 
.60 
32.79 
'81 
— 
— 
.20 
1.46 
6.10 
.10 
.40 
.20 
.70 
2,30 
.50 
1.80 
13.76 
'82 
.84 
3.38 
.35 
.09 
1.23 
2.09 
4.14 
8.46 
3.59 
.58 
2.05 

18.91 
'83 
— 
— 
3.16 
— 
— 
.76 
3.39 
2.20 
3.36 
6.04 
.50 
.60 
20.01 
'84 
.40 
.80 
.50 
4.60 
9.08 
1.87 
2.20 
.96 
2.00 
4.76 
1.86 
6.21 
35,24 
'85 
4.23 
2.]5 
1.35 
3.91 
2.33 
4.22 
1.08 
1.35 
1,94 
.75 
— 
.70 
34.01 
'86 
.15 
.80 
.75 
.48 
.76 
1.60 
.36 
3.74 
.56 
1.35 
— 
— 
9.55 
'87 
— 
.10 
— 
1.76 
2.86 
.66 
.93 
1.88 
2.81 
1.74 
1.36 
.98 
15.08 
'88 
1.10 
1.98 
.92 
3.63 
1.55 
2.50 
3.10 
2.50 
.48 
1.72 
2.20 
.40 
22.08 
'89 
1.94 
2.57 
1.15 
2.03 
2.28 
Average 19.95 
limited amount of rainfall, the farmer can not pay too much 
attention to deep and frequent plowing, to a careful cultivation 
and to setting out of fruit and shade trees. If this is done 
success will meet the effort. A careful cultivation in a loose 
soil will not only save the rainfall but also will utilize the dew. 
Water. — The Concho rivers are noted for the purity and fresh- 
ness of their water. Having their source in the Cretacic limestone 
of the Staked Plains, they drain their southeastern portion. 
Subterranean waters are generally found in sheets saturating 
sandy limestone, and sandstone or gravelly deposits; though 
frequently the well-drill strikes a subterranean stream flowing 
in fissures of the rocky deposits. Their depth varies from 25 
to 100 feet and more. The water procured at various depths 
is either the local rain which has filtered through the limestone, 
