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TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



LOS ANGELES COUNTY. 



Los Angeles Valley is the most productive probably in the State, and is 

 destined at no distant day to teem with a dense population. This valley 

 is over 50 miles long and about 20 wide, so that it contains 1,000 square 

 miles, or 640,000 acres. Of this land 160,000 may be classed as grazing, 

 160,000 grape and tropical fruit land, and 320,000 acres superior corn land, 

 equally adapted for barley, rye, oats, millet, potatoes, hops, etc. It is esti- 

 mated that at least 500,000 acres of land can be irrigated. It lies most 

 favorably for purposes of irrigation, being a level plain with a fall of 10 feet 

 per mile in a southerly direction. Many very large ditches are already 

 constructed in this valley, leading the water from the rivers, and many 

 are being dug at the present time. The supply of artesian water in this 

 valley is also the most prolific yet discovered in the State, flowing wells 

 being obtained over an immense area, at depths ranging from 40 to 200 

 feet. The soil, as a rule, is a rich, sandy loam, easily worked and very 

 productive. For richness of soil, variety of productions, favorable climate, 

 location, and, in many respects, this is by far the richest county in South- 

 ern California, especially in the production of semi-tropical fruits. It is 

 not extravagant to say there are over 2,000,000 orange trees in orchard 

 form in this county. 



Los Angeles Weather Summary for 1887. 



The following tabulated matter was compiled in the office of the officer 

 in charge of the Pacific Coast Division Signal Service, by H. E. Wilkin- 

 son, Observer Signal Corps: 



Table Showing, by Months, the Meteorological Conditions for the Year 1887, at Los Angeles, Cal- 

 ifornia, obtained from the Records of the United States Signal Service. 



