Interregional Competition in Agriculture with Special Reference to Dairy Farming in the Lake States and New England

1952 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 275
Author(s):  
Loyal Durand ◽  
Ronald L. Mighell ◽  
John D. Black
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Dairy Farming ◽  
Lake States

Interregional Competition in Agriculture. With Special Reference to Dairy Farming in the Lake States and New England.

1952 ◽  
Vol 62 (248) ◽  
pp. 919
Author(s):  
Edith H. Whetham ◽  
Ronald L. Mighell ◽  
John D. Black
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Special Reference ◽  
Dairy Farming ◽  
Lake States

scholarly journals Fire scars reveal source of New England's 1780 Dark Day

2007 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin R. McMurry ◽  
Michael C. Stambaugh ◽  
Richard P. Guyette ◽  
Daniel C. Dey
Keyword(s):  
New England ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Atmospheric Conditions ◽  
Historical Evidence ◽  
Fire Scars ◽  
Fire Scar ◽  
Lake States

Historical evidence suggests that great wildfires burning in the Lake States and Canada can affect atmospheric conditions several hundred miles away (Smith 1950; Wexler 1950). Several ‘dark’ or ‘yellow’ days, as such events are commonly called, have been recorded, often with anecdotal or direct evidence pointing to wildfires as the source (Plummer 1912; Ludlum 1972). One such ‘dark day’ occurred across New England in 1780, a year in which people were technologically unable to confirm the source of such a phenomenon. Here we combine written accounts and fire scar evidence to document wildfire as the likely source of the infamous Dark Day of 1780.

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