. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Niagara County: Its Agriculture and Its Farm Bureau 2083 improving farm home conditions and toward increasing social opportu- nities in the county. conditions that limit agriculture Climate, topography, and soil are the three important factors in de- termining crop adaptation. The proper fitting of crops to them opens the way to successful farming.
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Niagara County: Its Agriculture and Its Farm Bureau 2083 improving farm home conditions and toward increasing social opportu- nities in the county. conditions that limit agriculture Climate, topography, and soil are the three important factors in de- termining crop adaptation. The proper fitting of crops to them opens the way to successful farming. Climate The annual precipitation is a little over thirty-two inches, one-half of which falls in the five months from May to September, inclusive. The average date of the last killing frost in spring is in the last four days in April, and the first killing frost in the fall occurs about the six- teenth of October. This gives a growing season of over one hundred and seventy Fig. I.— Niagara County, showing the physical features of the land and the Erie Canal. The Ontario Plain is devoted chiefly to fruit growing, while the Erie Plain is given up to hay and grain raising The mean temperature in Niagara County is about ° F. The maximum temperature recorded is 99° F., and the minimum is —16° F., recorded at Lockport in the winter of 1914. Southwest, west, northwest, north, and northeast winds pass over water before reaching this county, thus modifying the temperature and checking frosts. Topography and soils Niagara County is divided by nature into two plains, the Ontario Plain and the Erie Plain. The Ontario, or lower, Plain is the northern two-thirds of the county. It slopes gradually toward Lake Ontario from the abrupt escarpment that divides the two plains and that passes through Lockport. The elevation of the Ontario Plain at Appleton, two miles from Lake Ontario, is 340 feet above sea level and 80 feet above the level. Please note that these images are extrac
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