STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



397 



Rainfall at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County. 



The following figures, from February, 1S72, to June, 1S77, are from the 

 records of Mr. C. Duycommun, of Los Angeles; from July, 1877, to date, 

 from Signal Office records: 



* Total for eleven months. t Up to February 1, 1S88. 



SAN DIEGO COUNTY. 



San Diego was the last of the counties of Southern California to aban- 

 don stock raising as its leading interest. The immigration of 1868, 1869. 

 1870, and 1871, was drawn hither by the railroad inducements of that 

 period, and was mainly to the town; the interior was settled slowly. Many 

 of the old residents were skeptical regarding the adaptability of the soil 

 and climate to fruit culture. Yet there were some, even in the earlier days, 

 who believed that nature intended these lands for something better than 

 cattle and sheep pastures. Time has fully justified their belief. While 

 San Diego County began late, she has advanced rapidly. There are to-day 

 in this county, according to the latest statistics: Grapevines, 244,896; 

 apple trees, 22,725; peach, 25,520; pear, 19,125; plum, 3,258; cherry, 917; 



