Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-07-29
The Season I'm Nebraska.

The Season I'm Nebraska.
Long and dreary winters and short an
hot summers are not conducive to health
wealth and happiness-that is to say to
pleasant life and a long one, which al
mankind Except the few to whom liviu
at all is a bore are seeking after. 4
correspondent in Nebraska. who claim
that that State is very tolerable part o
the earth, has prepared the following arti
Gle to show that the summers are not to,
hot nor the winters too cold, and that, a
all events, the crops ripen and are harvest
cd in their season. lie says:
The following facts are from carefully
recorded observations made in Cass county
"a county lying south of the Platte river,
and bordered on the east by the Missouri
The county is one Of the most fourishing
in the State of Nebraska, the Burlington
and Missouri River Railroad, which runs
through it, having greatly assisted in the
development of its fine resources. On the
whole its climate is not SO genial as that
of the Republican Valley; but all that
can be said 10 favor of Cass county, is, at
least, true Of the whole southeastern por.
ton of Nebraska all the way to Fort Kear.
uey. In considering the following figures
and dates, however, the reader must re-
member that ameliorating influences are
rapidly aud continuously at work in Ne
braska. Settlement modifes climate.
The planting Of forest trees and orchards,
and the general cultivation of the soil
bring an increased rainfall in the prairie
regions, and the trees check the winds
which are now and again boistrous. l,
must also be borne IN mind that though
the wild grasses Of the plains afford rich
nutriment for livestock and abuudont hay,
these are not green in the Spring as early
as the tame-grasses, and they withcr soon.
er in the Fall. Nevertheless 10 the Ne
oraska climate, and especially in the Re-
publican Valley and the western counties,
he grasses cure on the stalk; and cattle
will browse upon them and amoug the corn
stalks until late in the winter and some.
lines the winter through.
Taking period of eight years-1S66
o lS72-the prairie grasses began to show
,reen from about the middle of March to
bout April 10th; the same grass to sup.
ort cattle from the middle of April to
Nay 10Th; willows were green before the
nd Of April rat the beginning of May
Wild rlums ripe during August; wild
herries ripe early in July; violeis bloom
April; and apples in bloom between
day LIST and May 2Sth. Birds appeared
these years in the following order:
he Robin between the middle end the
nd of March ; wrens and cat birds at the
lose of April and the beginning of May;
obolinks and swallows from the beginning
t May to about the middle of the month.
Calling December, January and Febru.
ry, Winter; March, April and May,
pring; June, July and August, Summer;
nd September, October and November,
utumn. the following were the mean
mpcratures Of the seasons in the above
ears: 1866, Winter 1899, Spring
7.03, Summer 1878, Fall 40. rs; 1867, l.
'inter 20.l5. Spring 1920, Summer
i.3l, and Fall 52.57; 1868. Winter s
D.S5, Spring 5l.53, Summer 1918. Fall
100, 1869, Winter 21.Sl, Spring 47,75. {
,mmer 1914, Fall 1910; 1870, Win. Q
+ % IA. Spring 46.17, Summer 1000, :
all 1854; 1871, Winter % %, Spring |
9,52, Summer 1877, Fall 1894 1872,
Inter 22.Sl, Spring 1880, Summer :
%, Fall All and 1874, Winter S
us, Spring 1922. Summer 1922, Fall q
$40
The ram ana snow fall IL inches Of 9
ow equal ono Of rain, for these eight y
'ars, was as follows: 1866, rain 1853 I
ID snow IL .55 inches 1867, rain 40 81
ID snow 25.55 inches 1858, rain 4S "a T
ID snow 27.20 inches 1869, rain Ats \
ID snow 5000 inches; 1870, rain 1861 i
ID snow 22.00 inches 1871, rain 1852
ID snow 1890 inches; 1879, rain 1896 {
ID snow 1850 inches; and 1873, rain :
'.5S and snow 1000 inches. :
There is always sufficient sun in Nebras. i
to ripen corn perfectly. With the i'm i
rfect cultivation incident to new coup-
Y, the average corn crop of the State is u
rty bushels per acre but careful farm.
: will achieve a much better result, and D
Cass county where the above meteoro-l