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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



Average monthly temperature, as deduced from fourteen years of ob- 

 servation: 



Months. 



Degrees. 



Months. 



Degrees. 



January.. 

 February .. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



44.0 

 49.8 

 56.5 

 61.9 

 68.7 

 78.0 

 83.2 



August 



September 

 October ... 

 November 

 December 

 Year 



81.9 

 75.3 

 64.8 

 52.3 

 46.1 

 63.5 



The following shows the mean temperature for each month during the 

 year 1887, at Chico, along with the average for the year, and the highest 

 and lowest temperatures: 



Months. 



Degrees. 



Months. 



Degrees. 



January . 

 February 

 March .-1 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August . . 



50.5 

 45.0 

 60.0 

 65.0 

 72.7 

 80.6 

 88.3 

 80.0 



September 

 October ... 

 November. 

 December 



Year 



Highest ... 

 Lowest 



77.7 

 70.5 

 55.2 

 48.5 

 62.2 

 114.0 

 28.0 



Lowest temperature in January, 1888, during the passage of the cold wave, was 18°. 



TEHAMA COUNTY. 



By Albert S. Foster. 



In the first settlement of this county the soil was thought to be adapted 

 only to purposes of grazing, to which it was put; but, in a few years, as 

 the herds began to multiply and the ranges became overstocked, some 

 attention was given to grain, but mostly for feed. It was soon found that 

 wheat and barley were more profitable than cattle and sheep — that is on 

 lands susceptible of cultivation. Then everything run to wheat as it had 

 previously to stock, and the most practical farmers began to turn their 

 attention to both. By and by, the raising of the more hardy fruits claimed 

 the attention of the more progressive men, who were amply rewarded for 

 perseverance and foresight. 



And now, since the thermal and chemical conditions of our soils are 

 more thoroughly understood, many farmers are turning their attention to 

 the cultivation of the more tender and valuable fruits, as the' orange, 

 lemon, olive, etc. Every year the operations of the farmer are becoming 

 more and more diversified. 



The natural result of all this is that farming is passing from the exten- 

 sive to the intensive. Men from the various vocations are buying small 

 tracts of ordinary land and putting more than the ordinary amount of 

 skill and earnest labor upon them, the result of which is to make the land 

 equal if not superior in productiveness to the very best lands under the 

 ordinary mode of cultivation. 



