STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



337 



Temperature and Rainfall at Wheatland. 



The following monthly record of temperature and rainfall at Wheatland, 

 Vuba County, was compiled and forwarded by Mr. William Lumbard, and 

 shows the highest, lowest, mean temperature, and total rainfall for each 

 month, and for the year 1887: 



Month. 



Highest 



Temperature. 



Lowest Mean 



Temperature. Temperature. 



Rainfall, 

 in Inches. 



January . 

 February 

 March ... 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . 

 September 

 October .. 

 November 

 December 



Sums . . 



Means . 



74 



68 



79 



84 



106 



110 



100 



101 



103 



95 



78 



62 



30 

 31 

 40 

 41 

 41 

 52 

 55 

 52 

 51 

 42 

 29 

 30 



47.3 

 44.1 

 54.2 



58.8 

 66.8 

 73.2 

 77.2 

 74.1 

 72.8 

 67.0 

 54.7 

 45.4 



1,066 



494 



41.1 



73.56 



61.3 



U.94 



5.37 



1.33 



2.15 



0.10 



0.57 



.00 



.00 



o.ui; 



.00 



0.50 



2.01 



13.03 



COLUSA COUNTY. 



By W. S. Green, of the "Colusa Sun." 



Colusa County lies in the central part of the Sacramento Valley, with its 

 southern boundary 80 miles due north from San Francisco, and 40 miles 

 northwesterly from Sacramento City. The Sacramento River flows through 

 the eastern portion of the county a distance of 25 miles and forms the 

 eastern boundary, the remainder of its 60 miles of length from north to 

 south. The county averages about 45 miles in width from east to west, 

 and contains an area of 1,700,000 acres of land, of which about 800,000 acres 

 are level valley lands; 350,000 acres are foothill lands; and 550,000 acres 

 are mountainous lands of the Coast Range. The county is bounded on the 

 north by Tehama County; on the east by Butte and Sutter Counties; on 

 the south by Yolo County; and on the west by Lake and Mendocino 

 Counties. The eastern half of the county is in the Sacramento Valley 

 proper, and is mostly under cultivation. Running north and south through 

 this great stretch of fertile lands is the Northern Railroad, one of the lines 

 connecting the great Northwest with San Francisco and Sacramento; run- 

 ning east and west through the county is the Colusa and Lake Railroad, 

 22'-° 



