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when we look at the corn record the case is reversed; the price in 
our State is chiefly governed, to a large extent, by the crop of our 
State. In almost every case as the yield goes down the price goes 
up, and vice versa, only two exceptions occurring in the entire series. 
As means of reference and of such further comparison of seasons 
as the reader may desire to make, I insert here tables showing the 
average monthly rain-fall of Illinois, also for the seasons. The 
yearly average as given here will be found to differ slightly from 
that given in the preceding table; this is owing to the fact that 
some stations used for the former had to be omitted from these, 
the records I have at hand not giving the monthly rain-fall for 
them. I have thought it best to give them as they are, notwith¬ 
standing this variation: 
Table III. 
Average Monthly Rain-fall of Illinois. 
Years. 
» 
January.... 
February... 
March. 
April. 
May. 
June. 
July. 
August. 
September. 
October. 
I -=- 
November.. 
CD 
CD 
CD 
3 
o' 
CD 
i-j 
1854. 
1.33 
1.14 
2.40 
2.82 
6.43 
3.05 
2.64 
2.74 
1.68 
4.52 
1.09 
1.82 
1855. 
9.24 
.82 
2.66 
2.16 
5.10 
2.80 
6.20 
4.10 
2.60 
2.08 
2.81 
3.64 
1856. 
.96 
1.48 
0.50 
1.93 
4.40 
2.60 
3.60 
2.81 
3.00 
3.00 
3.62 
4.19 
1857. 
.72 
2.18 
2.42 
1.56 
2.90 
3.90 
2.10 
4.50 
2.20 
2.67 
2.67 
1.42 
1858. 
1.82 
1.76 
2.85 
5.17 
8.10 
5.80 
5.90 
3.00 
3.70 
3.60 
3.76 
2.98 
1859. 
1.78 
2.10 
4.94 
3.05 
4.30 
2.90 
1.70 
2.50 
3.00 
1.70 
2.90 
1.58 
1860 
1861 . 
___ _ 
1862. 
1863. 
3 .i3 
2.98 
2.71 
1.87 
3.40 
1.45 
3.87 
2.37 
3.07 
3.79 
1.35 
5.50 
1864. 
2 .17 
.80 
2.12 
4.39 
1.79 
2.29 
4 89 
1.72 
3.42 
2.13 
3.59 
3.02 
1865. 
.30 
4.09 
3.91 
4.79 
1.67 
4.49 
5.94 
4.88 
6.42 
2.56 
.43 
1.27 
1866. 
2.47 
1.17 
2.68 
2.33 
2 40 
3.30 
4.16 
4.20 
6.84 
2.89 
1.09 
2.91 
1867. 
1.81 
3.92 
2.11 
1.54 
5.86 
3.56 
2.82 
2.51 
.95 
1.06 
1.90 
1.39 
1868. 
1.07 
.79 
5.52 
5.07 
6.32 
2.78 
2.41 
3.13 
5.63 
1.23 
3.28 
1.70 
1869. 
1.80 
2.21 
2.46 
3.92 
5.48 
6.73 
4.99 
3.86 
2.05 
1.30 
3.48 
2.80 
1870. 
4. 59 
1.11 
3.82 
1.48 
1.60 
1.99 
2.85 
3.58 
3.36 
3.65 
1.63 
1.70 
1871. 
3. 86 
2.34 
2.97 
1.87 
2.57 
3.92 
2.23 
3.49 
.82 
3.60 
2.56 
1.96 
1872. 
1873... 
3.14 
.58 
.04 
5.26 
5.66 
1.60 
5.06 
.88 
2.30 
3.87 
1.56 
5.61 
1874. 
3.82 
1.38 
1.54 
2.57 
2.39 
5.21 
2.74 
3.57 
6.51 
1.92 
2.49 
.79 
1875. 
.64 
1.92 
1.96 
2.47 
3.69 
6.42 
5.60 
2.19 
3.95 
2.48 
.67 
2.71 
1876. 
3.48 
2.98 
4.82 
3.48 
4.41 
i 6.13 
5.49 
4.72 
5.69 
1.38 
2.51 
.39 
1877. 
1.36 
.32 
4.31 
3.07 
2.88 
6.22 
3.05 
3.11 
1.92 
5.41 
3.89 
3.00 
Table IV. 
Average Periodic Rainfall of Illinois. 
Spring. 
Summer. 
Autumn. 
Winter. 
April to 
Septemb’r 
Summer 
Half. 
October to 
March- 
Winter 
Half. 
i 
Yearly 
Average. 
Years. 
11.65 
8.43 
7.29 
4.29 
19.36 
12.30 
31.66 
.1854 
9.92 
13.10 
7.49 
13.70 
22.96 
21.25 
44.21 
.1855 
7.02 
9.00 
9.62 
6.63 
18.33 
13.84 
32.17 
.1856 
6.88 
10.50 
7.54 
7.32 
17.16 
15.08 
32.24 
.1857 
16.12 
14.70 
11.06 
6.67 
31.67 
16.77 
48.44 
.1858 
12.79 
7.10 
7.60 
5.46 
17.95 
15.00 
32.95 
.1859 
34.54 
.1860 
36.04 
.1S61 
46.30 
.1862 
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