A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Silver Lake, Barnard, Windsor County An effort is being made for the construction of permanentroadbeds along the common highways and, to encourage suchimprovements, a law w^as enacted in 1892 levying a tax an-nually for this purpose. The Legislatures of 1906, 1910 and1912 greatly aided the cause of good roads by making gen-erous appropriations and by providing for their constructionu
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Silver Lake, Barnard, Windsor County An effort is being made for the construction of permanentroadbeds along the common highways and, to encourage suchimprovements, a law w^as enacted in 1892 levying a tax an-nually for this purpose. The Legislatures of 1906, 1910 and1912 greatly aided the cause of good roads by making gen-erous appropriations and by providing for their constructionunder experts in road-making. Climate 49 CHAPTER VI Climate Vermont is near the middle of the North TempernteZone and is in the region of westerly winds. The tem-perature, the amount of moisture and the winds are favor-able to the health of the people and to the productivenessof the soil. The mean annual temperature for the differentparts of the State varies from forty degrees to forty-sevendegrees; the highest temperature varies from ninety to onehundred degrees; and the lowest from thirty to forty-fivedegrees below U. S. weather signals, established 1870; forecast of weather pub-lished every day; first official record sent out from stationat Burlington, March 30, 1906. The average annual rainfall is from thirty inches in theportion of the State having the least rainfall to forty-fiveinches in the portion having the greatest amount of the valleys the direction and force of the winds aregreatly modified by the adjacent mountains and hills; how-ever, rain and snow storms come mostly from the west and •^o Geography of Vermont are usiiall\ preceded and, in tlie be^inninji:, accompaniedby soutli winds. North-easterly and south-easterly stormssometimes occur, but they are not frequent, West, north-uest and north winds indicate fair weather. Snow usually appears In October, but it does not comefo stay until December, and, in the northern part of theState, .generally s
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