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Show How Rainfall Affects Crops. The enormous value of rainfall to the agriculturist Is set forth by E. J. Cragoe in the Journal of Geography. He calculates that the Increase in the wheat crop in the Dakotas, California, Washington, Kansas and Nebraska for each inch of rainfall above four inches in Maf and June represents e value of about $15,000,000. The figures fig-ures for corn ana more Impressive; one Inch of rainfall above three Inches In July In Indiana. Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Ohio and Nebraska, Increases the value of the crop by $160,000,000, Moreover, It was found that when the July rainfall averaged less than 3.4 Inches the yield of corn averaged ten bushels less to the acre than when It was more than 4.4 inches. This rep-resents rep-resents an Increased value of about. (260.000.000. |