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under cultivation. Marshfield, the county seat, is on Coos Bay and 

 near the ocean. The elevation of the Station is 34 feet. The annual 

 temperature is 49.4 degrees; that of January, 44.7; April, 50.4; July, 

 59.4; October, 54.8. Much of the Valley lands of the county are pro- 

 tected from ocean air by intervening ridges and have a warmer summer 

 than Marshfield. At Fairview the elevation is 142 feet; annual temper- 

 ature, 52.4 degrees; January, 44.4; April, 50.3; July, 61.4; October, 52.2; 

 annual rainfall, 69.48 inches. 



CROOK COUNTY. 



Crook is one of a number of very large counties in Oregon. It is 

 in the central portion of the State, east of the Cascade Mountains. 

 Prineville, the county seat, is at an elevation of 2,864 feet. The annual 

 temperature is 47.5 degrees; January, 33.2; April, 46.5; July, 66.2; 

 October, 49.9. The average period between killing frosts is 112 days. 

 The annual rainfall is 9.16 inches. The elevation at Bend is 3,629 

 feet; annual temperature, 44.8 degrees; January, 30.9; April, 43.4; 

 July, 62.7; October, 49.3; annual rainfall, 16.03 inches. At Warm- 

 spring the elevation is 1,600 feet; annual temperature, 50.7 degrees; 

 January, 32.8; April, 49.9; July, 69.9; October, 51.7; annual rainfall, 

 11.47 inches. 



CURRY COUNTY. 



Curry is in the southwestern corner of the State and a large portion 

 of the county is mountainous. At Port Orford on the Coast the annual 

 temperature for 1911 was 50.3 degrees; January, 43.7; April, 47; July, 

 57.6; October, 54.2. The rainfall for the year was 56.41 inches. At 

 Gold Beach, on the Coast, the annual temperature is 50.5 degrees; 

 February, 46.7; May, 53; August, 55.3; October, 53.2; annual rainfall, 

 83.43 inches. 



DOUGLAS COUNTY. 



Douglas is a very large county and so situated as to have quite 

 different climatic conditions in different portions. Drain is in the 

 northern part of the county at an elevation of 300 feet. The annual 

 temperature is 53.6 degrees; January, 42; April, 53; July, 67.1; October, 

 55.3; annual rainfall, 43.35 inches. At Gardiner near the coast the 

 elevation is 72 feet; the annual rainfall, 78.37 inches; temperature for 

 January, 44.7; April, 50.2; July, 60.3; October, 54.8. The average 

 length of the season between killing frosts is 246 days, or about the 

 same as at Dallas, Texas. At Roseburg, the county seat, near the 

 center of the county, the elevation is 510 feet; annual temperature is 

 52.6 degrees; January, 40.8; April, 50.9; July, 66.5; October, 52.8; 

 annual rainfall, 34.9 inches. The average period. between killing frosts 

 is 198 days, about the same as at Raleigh, North Carolina. At Glendale, 

 in the southern portion of the county, the elevation is 1,441 feet; annual 

 temperature, 54.1 in 1910; annual rainfall in 1910 was 27.55 inches 

 compared with 28.95 at Roseburg the same year. 



GILLIAM COUNTY. 



Gilliam County is on the northern boundary of the State in eastern 

 Oregon, and slopes toward the Columbia River. Blalock is on the 

 Columbia River at an elevation of 237 feet and the conditions are 



