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Climate.

From the observations made at the Military posts within the Territory, we are able to form a pretty correct estimate of the climate of Wisconsin; and by comparison with the observations reported to the Regents of the University of the State of New York we find a remarkable similarity between the climate of Wisconsin and that of the interior and western counties of that state. But as two of these military stations are much north of the most populous portions of Wisconsin, it is evident that the southern portions must have a climate rather warmer than New York; and this accords with the first impressions of most persons of intelligence and observation, who have had the opportunity of direct comparison. One person remarks that he passed the 23d, 24th, & 25th of June in the heat of the far farmed Genesee country, and then not one of the farmers in a dozen had hoed his corn the first time: On the third of July he landed at Milwaukee, and along

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