STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



355 



rather than water distilled through the pores of the vine, it may be a joke 

 that they can scarcely crack or a draught too large to swallow. 



In a few years the apricot will be cultivated to an equal extent with the 

 peach. The almond, being a hardy grower, will be planted more exten- 

 sively in the heavier soils, as will also the Bartlett pear. The aim, in gen- 

 eral, of our orchardists, has been to confine themselves to one line, rather 

 than to cover the whole field, and the wisdom of this decision appears 

 more fully when they come to count up the profits at the end of the year. 

 While the young trees aije growing into full bearing, which is usually from 

 three to five years, the ground is cultivated and usually planted to potatoes 

 and all kinds of garden vegetables, as beets, beans, cabbage, onions, toma- 

 toes, etc., two crops being frequently harvested in the same season — usually 

 a crop of late potatoes follow the early vegetables. One of the best crops 

 to raise among trees is peanuts, because they must be kept free from 

 weeds and require such thorough cultivation. 



Annual Meteorological Review. 



The following table shows the climatic condition in all its features for 

 ten years, from 1877 to 1887, both years inclusive, at Red Bluff, California, 

 compiled by George D. Boutcher, Observer Signal Corps: 



Annual Weather Review 

 Fob: 



1877.* 



1878. 



1879. 1880. 



1881. 



1SS2. 



1883. 1884 



1885. 



1880. 



1887. 



Average barometer 



Highest barometer 



Lowest barometer 



Range of barometer 



Average temperature 



Highest temperature 



Lowest temperature 



Range ol temperature 



Greatest monthly range of 



temperature 



Least monthly range of tem- 

 perature 



Average maximum temper- 

 ature 



Average minimum temper- 

 ature 



Average range of temperature 



Average humidity 



Average dew point 



Prevailing direction of wind < 



Total precipitation 



Total velocity of wind 



Maximum velocity of wind 



Direction at time of maxi-l 



mum velocity j 



Total number of clear days 



Total number of fair days 



Total number of cloudy days. 



Total number of foggy days 



Total number of days of pre- 

 cipitation 



Number of earthquakes 



Snow storms 



Thunder and lightning 



Number of solar halos 



Number of lunar halos 



Number of light frosts 



Number of killing frosts 



Number of days maximum 



temperature above 90° 



Number of days minimum 



temperature below 32° 



Highest water in the river 



during each year 



Lowest water in the river 



during each year 



Range of water in the river 



30.03 

 29.23 



108.0 

 32.0 



54.0 

 34.0 



N. 



8.54 



28.SO i 



30 



N. 



128 

 32 

 24 

 a 



27 

 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 



09 







29.58 

 30.14 

 29.00 

 1.14 

 04.0 

 110.5 

 25.0 

 85.5 



55.0 



25.0 



86.9 



41.4 



45.5 

 53.2 



N. 



49.01 



70.220 

 40 



S.E. 



232 

 72 

 61 



a 



79 

 2 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 



93 



12 



29.64 

 ::n.:;o 

 28.97 

 1.32 

 03.3 

 110.0 

 25.0 

 85.0 



54.0 



36.0 



89.2 



41.3 



47.8 

 52.5 



N. 



33.64 

 a 

 52 



207 



90 



68 



a 



83 

 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 



84 



16 



29.65 

 30.14 

 29.03 

 1.11 

 61.2 

 108.0 

 26.0 

 82.0 



53.5 



27.5 



86.7 



39.8 

 47.0 

 51.4 



N. 



20.53 

 620.379 



00 



S.E. 



230 



74 



55 



a 



GO 

 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 

 a 



71 



20 



29.05 

 30.12 

 29.19 

 .93 

 02.1 

 103.0 

 31.0 

 72.0 



53.0 



32.5 



86.0 



41.1 

 45.1 

 55.1 



N. 



24.93 



49. OSS 



42 



S. 



204 



103 



58 







72 

 2 



a 

 a 

 4 

 3 

 17 

 4 



59 



1 



C28.6 

 d.l 



29.64 

 30.14 

 29.30 

 .85 

 60.2 

 105.0 

 25.0 

 80.0 



57.0 



30.0 



83.7 



39.5 

 43.9 

 58.0 



29.67 

 30.34 

 29.21 

 1.13 

 61.5 

 107.0 

 19.0 

 88.0 



58.0 



39.0 



N. 



21.82 



45.879 



40 



S. 



215 

 89 

 43 







69 

 

 

 7 

 9 

 2 

 19 

 10 



60 



17 



C12.0 



eO.10 



(•27.5 el 1.2 



29.62 

 30.22 

 28.98 

 1.24 

 00.8 

 1ii7.ii 

 22.0 

 85.0 



57.0 



35.5 



87.2 72.0 



39.8 

 47.3 

 55.1 

 41.5 



N. 



13.76 



54.948 



36 



S. 



261 



67 



37 



5 



44 





 

 7 

 

 3 

 9 

 37 



94 



33 



C13.0 



rO.G 

 C12.6 



49.7 

 44.0 

 59.3 

 43.5 



N. 



S. 

 28.00 

 58.145 



48 



S. 



225 



84 



53 







71 

 1 

 1 



7 







5 

 21 

 15 



53 



15 



C21.0 



C0.10 

 620.2 



29.05 

 30.09 

 29.07 

 1.02 

 04.4 

 108.0 

 33.0 

 75.0 



5G.0 



32.5 



75.3 



52.8 

 44.8 

 57.5 

 45.2 



29.03 



51.924 



44 



S. 



223 

 90 

 46 



70 

 



(I 

 7 

 

 2 

 16 

 3 



77 







d21.1 



rf0.3 

 (220.8 



29.65 

 30.10 

 28.99 

 1.11 

 63.2 

 109.0 

 30.0 

 79.0 



54.4 



34.5 



70.2 



52.4 

 46.6 

 55.3 



42.8 



N. 



17.21 



54.690 



50 



S.E. 



212 



91 



59 



2 



03 

 



1 



3 







14 



14 

 6 



89 



7 



d20.5 



./,..:; 

 <*20.2 



29.04 

 30.14 

 29.08 

 1.06 

 64.4 

 111.5 

 27.3 

 84.2 



70.4 



35.9 



75.6 



51.4 



50.0 

 47.0 

 39.5 



N. 



13.60 

 63.705 



45 



N. 



S. 

 213 



98 



54 

 



57 



2 



2 



5 



2 

 14 

 10 

 18 



99 



12 



dlS.3 



d0.4 

 dl7.9 



* Station opened July 1,1877- 

 and tenths. 



•Six months, 1877. oNo record. 6Five months, c Feet and inches '/Feet 



