Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-08-20
The Seasons in Nebraska.


Long and dreary winters and short and
hot summers are not conducive TO health
wealth and happincss-that is To say n
pleasant life AMI Il long one, which all
mankind Except the few To whom living
at all is IA bore) are seeking after. 4
correspondent in Nebraska, who claims
that that State is very tolerabIe part of
the earth, has prepared the following ar
ticle to show that the summers are not
too hot nor the winters too cold. and
that, at all events, the crops ripcn and
are harvested in their season. He saws
The following facts are from carefully
recorded observations made in Cass coun-
ty-a county lying south of the Platte
ltlver, and b0Tdered on the east by the
Missouri. The county is one of the most
hnurlshing in the State of Nebraska, the
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad.
Which runs through it, having greatly as
sisted III the development of its fine re-
sources. On the whole its climate is
not so genial as that OF the Republican
Valley: but all that can be said in favor
OF Ca>s county is, at least, true of the
whole southeastern portion of Nebraska
all the way to Fort Kearney. In consid-
ering the following figures and dates.
however, the reader must remember that
anielIorallng Influences are RAPIDLY and
continuously at work in Nebraska. Set
Element modifies climate The alantinr
of forest trees and orchards, and the
general cultivation of the soil bring al,
increased rain fall in the prairie regions,
and trees check the winds which are now
and again boisterous. 1t must also be
borne III mind that though the wild gras-
ses OF tine plains afford rich nutriment Cor
live stock and abundant hay, these are
not green i'll the Spring as early as the
tame grasses, and they whittier sooner i'm
the Fall. Nevertheless in the Nebraska
climate, and especially in the Republican
Valley and the western counties, the gras-
ses cure on the stalk; and cattle will
browse upon them and among the corn
stalks until late in the winter ana some
times the winter through.
Taking period of eight years 1866 to
1S.3--tEe prairie grass began To show
green from about the middle of March to
about April l0.h /; the same grass to sup
port cattle from the middle of April to
May 10Th willows were green before the
end of April or at the beginning of Nav:
wild plums ripe during August: wild
cherries ripe early in July; yiolets bloom
in April ; and apples in bloom between
May lst and May 2Sth. Birds appeared
IN these years In the following order
The robin between the middle and the
end OF March; wrens and cat birds at the
close OF April and the beginning of Nav
bobolinks and swallows from the begin. |
ming or May 10 about the middle of the
month.
Calling Deceno Der. January and Febru- |
airy, Winter; March, April and Nav. |
Spring June, July and August, Summer;
and September, October and November,
Autumn. The following were the meal I
temperatures OF the seasons in the above |
ears: 1866. Winter 1899, Spring 47.O3. |
Summer 1913, Fall 40 10; 1867, Winter
20.15, Spring 1920 Summer 74.3l, and
Fall 80 81; 1868. Winter 2O.S5. Spring
5l.o3, Summer 7513, Fall 400: 1869. /
Winter 2LSl, Spring 47.75, Summer 70
"A, Fall 45.10; 1870 Winter % IA, Spring
46.l7, Simmer 1000, Fall 1854: 1871 |
Winter 22.2S, Spring 1852, Summer II .97.
Fall AZ 1872, Winter % 81, Spring 81.
So Summer 74.22, Fall 47.7l; and 1872.
Winter l7.75, Spring 46 90, Summer 1922,
Fall 43 70.
The rain and snow tall (12 inches of
snow equal one of rain,) for these eight
years, was as follows: 1866, rain 47.53
md snow 1l.55 inches; 1867, rain 1857
ind snow 2555 inches; 1868, rain 1884
md snow 1920 inches; 1869, rain 47.75
md snow 5000 inches; 1870, rain 46 81
md snow 22.00 inches; 1877, rain 46.a |;
md snow 1890 inches; 1872, rain 1850
md snow 1880 inches; and 1873, rain Al
)S and snow 1000 inches.
There is always sufficient sun in Ne.
'raska to :ipen corn perfectly, With the J.
imperfect cultivation incident to new
country, the average corn crop of the
State is forty bushels per acre; but care
ul farming will achieve much better re-
'ult, and in Cass county (where the above
record was made) the pre-
mum corn crop Of the State, grown in
.073, averaged 81 bushels to the acre
The soil and climate also suit wheat and
he other smaller grains, Nebraska wheat /.
selling in st. Lo lis for 8 cents per bushel
more than is given for the wheat of any
leighboring State. As regards the rain {
all, it is marvellously adapted to meet {
he requirements of vegetation. The fig !
Tres represent the total quantities for the
'ears named but it is worth noting that
more than two thirds ofthc rain fan of
my given year falls during the agricultu ]
al months-that is during April, May, ,
'une, July, August and September, which
popularity in the climatology of the State
ENSURES moisture sufficient for the growth 1
II all kinds of crons .