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apricot can be successfully grown in the foothills without irrigation, but to 

 attain the largest measure of profit the use of water seems to be demanded. 

 The need of irrigation upon any given spot in the foothills is usually 

 dependent, as in other situations, upon the depth and composition of the 

 soil and subsoil. 



HEALTH OF YUBA AND SUTTER COUNTIES. 



The stranger in search of a place to locate and establish a home for 

 himself and his family, will endeavor to reach a locality where he will 

 find the most favorable sanitary and climatic conditions. That country pre- 

 sents the greatest attractions to him which promises the best returns from 

 his investments, profitable recompense for labor and enterprise, superior 

 educational and social advantages for his family; which has productive- 

 ness of soil, large resources, material wealth, and prosperous industrial 

 and commercial interests; but, above all, which possesses a climate con- 

 ducive to the highest development of physical strength, and the enjoy- 

 ment of robust health. 



Where, then, shall the home-seeker be directed? Crowded out of the 

 over populous countries of Europe, tired of the rigorous winters and the 

 sultry summers of the east, he seeks, and not in vain, for his ideal home 

 upon the Pacific Coast. For here he will surely find a happy combination 

 of all the amenities of life. 



California has long been justly celebrated for the salubrity and beauty 

 of her climate. Among all her sister States she has been conceded the 

 first rank in this regard. In fact, few, if any, of the popular health re- 

 sorts of the world can boast of climatic influences so favorable to the res- 

 toration of health in the invalid, or to the full enjoyment and maintenance 

 of health in the vigorous and well. And from a sanitary point of view, 

 there is not a more inviting region in the whole State of California than 

 the counties of Yuba and Sutter. There are many conditions in their 

 location and topography which contribute to render these counties among 

 the most attractive and healthy on the Pacific Slope. 



Extending from the Bear River on the south, and the Feather River on 

 the west, almost to the summit of the Sierra Nevada Range of mountains, 

 well watered by numerous streams flowing from the mountain sides, its 

 valleys bounded and traversed by rivers of no inconsiderable size, whose 

 waters, together with that of their tributaries, in a large degree, modify 

 the extreme heat of summer experienced in other and less favored parts 

 of the State, its mountain climate always delightful and refreshing, with 

 its pure water and invigorating atmosphere, Yuba County combines within 

 itself all that can be desired in variety and healthfulness of climate. 



Sutter County, too, stretching from the Feather River on the east, to the 

 Sacramento River on the west, differs in its topography from most of the 

 other interior counties of the State. 



An attractive range of mountains of considerable elevation, rising ab- 

 ruptly from the surrounding level country, occupies the northwestern part 

 of the county, and materially affects its climate, both in regard to tempera- 

 ture and annual fall of rain, with a gradual slope from north to south, drain- 

 ing all the superfluous surface water, with its impurities, into the rivers 

 and tule basins below. With an abundance of pure water for domestic 

 purposes easily accessible, it presents every feature calculated to promote 

 and maintain the healthfulness of its citizens. 



The fact that here, in common with all other parts of the State, we have 

 but two seasons — wet and dry, or spring and summer — accounts for the 



