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POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
rain give 1,441 casks of sugar per acre, while 79 inches give 1,559, or about one-tenth more. This means an increase in the value of the sugar-crop alone of £100,000.
| District. | Rainfall, inches. |
Sheep per sq. mile. |
Increased capacity for every inch of rain. |
| South Australia | 8 to 10 | 8 to 9 | 1 sheep per mile. |
| New South Wales (1) | 13 | 96 | 22 |
| New South Wales (2) | 20 | 640 | 70 |
| Buenos Ayres | 34 | 2630 | 140 |
Nor is the influence of rainfall on vegetable life alone to be considered, as is evident from the following data gathered by Wills con-
Table Comparing Rainfalls, Water-levels and Commercial Crises.
| Dates. | Departure from Normal. | Com- mercial Crises. |
Dates. | Departure from Normal. | Com- mercial Crises. | ||||
| Rainfall in the Ohio Valley (inches). |
Rainfall in the Miss. Valley (inches). |
Level of Lake Mich. (feet). |
Rainfall in the Ohio Valley (inches). |
Rainfall in the Miss. Valley (inches). |
Level of Lake Mich. (feet). | ||||
| 1830 | +2.0 | 1864 | -0.3 | -2.5 | -.08 | ||||
| 1831 | +5.1 | 1865 | +3.0 | -1.4 | -.32 | ||||
| 1832 | +1.9 | 1866 | +4.0 | -0.7 | -.65 | ||||
| 1833 | -1.9 | 1867 | +1.6 | -0.6 | -.21 | ||||
| 1834 | -6.1 | 1868 | +1.1 | +0.9 | -.70 | ||||
| 1835 | -6.8 | 1869 | -1.1 | +0.7 | -.58 | ||||
| 1836 | -4.5 | 1870 | -4.7 | -2.1 | +.33 | ||||
| 1837 | -0.4 | Panic | 1871 | -7.2 | -3.2 | +.26 | |||
| 1838 | -3.3 | 1872 | -6.0 | -2.7 | -1.02 | ||||
| 1839 | -4.5 | 1873 | -2.7 | -3.2 | -.37 | Panic | |||
| 1840 | -2.1 | 1874 | -0.5 | -2.6 | +.12 | ||||
| 1841 | +0.8 | 1875 | +0.5 | +1.5 | -.13 | ||||
| 1842 | +2.2 | 1876 | -0.3 | +5.5 | +1.00 | ||||
| 1843 | +2.1 | 1877 | -2.8 | +5.2 | +.77 | ||||
| 1844 | +0.9 | 1878 | -3.2 | +2.1 | +.46 | ||||
| 1845 | +1.9 | 1879 | -0.3 | +1.4 | -.46 | ||||
| 1846 | +6.0 | 1880 | +3.4 | +4.0 | -.32 | ||||
| 1847 | +8.3 | 1881 | +6.4 | +6.1 | +.20 | ||||
| 1848 | +7.6 | +6.8 | 1882 | +8.0 | +5.4 | +.57 | |||
| 1849 | +6.6 | +15.6 | 1883 | +6.6 | +3.9 | +.72 | |||
| 1850 | +4.7 | +22.8 | 1884 | +1.0 | +2.7 | +.82 | |||
| 1851 | +1.3 | +26.4 | 1885 | -2.4 | +0.4 | +1.07 | |||
| 1852 | -0.8 | +21.5 | 1886 | -2.8 | -1.8 | +1.31 | |||
| 1853 | 0.0 | +9.0 | 1887 | -1.5 | -3.4 | + .67 | |||
| 1854 | -0.4 | -1.0 | 1888 | +0.4 | -3.1 | + .06 | |||
| 1855 | -1.0 | -2.2 | 1889 | +2.9 | -3.0 | -.49 | |||
| 1856 | -2.4 | +2.1 | 1890 | +3.9 | -2.5 | -.40 | |||
| 1857 | +0.5 | +5.2 | Panic | 1891 | +1.9 | -1.4 | -1.16 | ||
| 1858 | +4.9 | +5.3 | 1892 | -1.7 | -1.0 | -1.27 | |||
| 1859 | +4.2 | +2.2 | 1893 | -4.7 | -2.8 | -.99 | Panic | ||
| 1860 | +0.9 | -0.1 | +1.07 | 1894 | -7.4 | -5.2 | -.87 | ||
| 1861 | -0.5 | +2.4 | +1.05 | 1895 | -8.1 | -6.0 | -1.91 | ||
| 1862 | -1.2 | +3.5 | +1.01 | 1896 | -6.4 | -5.2 | |||
| 1863 | -2.1 | 0.0 | +0.54 | 1897 | |||||
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