The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1906-12-22

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tween zero and 1O degrees below. Aug
ust is the warmest month, with a nor
nal mean temperature of so degrees.
The coolest mean OF 36 degrees The
mean winter seasonal temepfature is
57S degrees; the highest winter mean
was Asa degrees IN 1856: the lowest
325 III 190d5 rhe mean spring sea
sonai temperature is 1913 degrees; the
higest spfihg mean was 62g deGees
In 1886: and the lowest SIS degrees
in 1906. The mean summer seasonal
summer mean was S2.5 degrees in
1901. and the lowest TIA degrees in
1902. The mean autumn seasonal
temperature is S19 degrees; the high
est autumn mean was 639 degrees in
1882 the lowest 596 degrees in 1903
It IS claimed from Is to 20 inches of
rainfsiil. If distributed at oppottme
intervals shorugh the growing sea-
nhtlaast y bhAlNiEnN AAA AtAt fiOWitE VI
tE6 staple crops Approximately,
two-thirds of the annual rainfall oc-
ours during the growing season--
March to September 80, Inclusive
If the statement mentioned above Is
true. any section of the country that
has an annual normal rainfall of less
than 25 to 80 inches cannot be ex-
pected to show entirely satisfactory
results in agricultural pursuite. year
after year, where natural rainfall
alone is depended upon; to obtain the
fullest measure Of success. irrigation
must be resorted to ia dry years and
during occasional dry periods Of years
that have the rains in excess Of nor
NAL.
The line OF thirty inches OF normal
annual rainfall passes through east
Grant county, thence southwest
through Garfield Kingfishor, western
Canadian, Caddo and Comanchc coun-
ties. The greater portion OF Grant,
Woods, Dewey Custer. Blaine Wash
ita, Kiowa the western third of Com
mche and the eastern half OF Greer
county have a normal annual rain
fall OF between twenty-five and thirty
inches.
Woodward, Day, Roger Mills and
the western half OF Greer county have
between twenty anl twenty-five inches
OF rain annually, on the average II
normal rainfall conditions prevailed
every year and IL rains would occur
at opportune intervals during the
growing season, there is but little oil
the states area where the staple crops
could not be raised successfully year
after year. Conditions are not. how
ever, quite as stable in that respect
as might be desired There are dry
and wes years and seasons. when the
normal rainfall lines shift eastward
and westward
For example, the year 1894 was
very dfy. Only the southern half OF
tho Cherokee nation, the Cnoctaw
nation and the eAstern half of the
Chickasaw nation had thirty inches
of rain. Practically the whole Of
what has been known as Oklahoma
Territory had less than twenty-five
inches, while the western aud north
western counties had less than TWEEN
" inehos.
During the growing season of this
year the average rainfall for the
whole state WAS less than eighteen
inches, while over The western half OF
the state the rainfall averaged be-
tween ten and fifteen inches.
The year 1902, on the other hand
was one OF heavy rainfall over the
entire state Two-thirds OF its area
had more than forty Inches of rain.
Only the extreme western counties
had less than thirty inches. There
was more than enough moisture to
grow crops ON the western border,
the section of least rainfall Another
wet year was 1905 During the grow
ing season, March to September, in
elusive the eastern half of the state
had twenty-five to thirty inches Of
rain The central and southern coun-
ties eighteen to twenty-five iKches
The rainfall over the greater part OF
the state during the growing season
OF 1905 was double the amount dur
ing The same months in 1894 The
year 1895 Illustrates the variability OF
rainfall in different parts OF the grow
ing season. The rainfall for the year
considered as whole was normal.
During March, April and May. the
first three months OF the growing sea-
son. the rainfall was less than four
inches, while the following three
months, June, July and August. had
dearly seventeen inches OF rain.
tgain. for the three months OF
March. April and May, 1905, the rain
fan was l6 inches. while June, July
and August, 1901, had only as inches
Illustrating the variability OF rainfall In
a particular locality. the Delnai "a
nual rainfall for Fort Sul, in Conan
che county, Is 80 i.lehes; ia 1908 the
annual rainfall was only 1875 inches,
which IN 1905 was over 80 inches.
Daring the last fourteen years there
have been several instances OF pro
longed drouth when crops suffered
more or less for want of moisture.
but there has been no year Of gem.
eiai failure OF all crops.
The conclusion ia be reached Is
that excess and deficiency In annual
ard seasonal rainfall e0uaiing in