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SUMMER FAINFALL MEASURES RECORD LOW The following information regarding recorded rainfall for this section was issued from the office of the county agent recently. It shows what every farmers already knows all too well: it’s been a dry summer. 1945 IS mo. 57.56 inches 1946 is mo. 81.07 ' 1947 12 mo. 29.86 1948 12 mo. 45.76 1049 12 mo. 42.03 1950 12 mo. 30.68 1901 10 mo. 04.0 Yearly average about 35 in. August September 1045—4*17 7.84 1346— 2:25 4.73 1347— 4.91 4.51 1048— 7.78 4.28 1049— 7.85 .05 1950— 2.80 8.00 1951— 1.0 .50 To provide one-half inch of rainfall oa an acre of ground requires 18,572 gallons of water. That’s 802 barrels of 45 gallons each. An average of five inches of snow will do the
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