M orthern California 



are so blended as at once to challenge the admiration of the 

 beholder. 



The landscapes are paragons of rural lovliness. The 

 parks of great oaks dotting the hills and scattered over the 

 plains; the orchards and vineyards and patches of alfalfa 

 with their perpetual verdue ; the large flocks of sheep, herds 

 of cattle, and bands of horses here and there to be seen, 

 present a picture that few other localities can equal. 



CL I MATE 



The following table is taken from the U. S. Weather 

 Bureau report for 1902, and is here presented to show our 

 climatic conditions as compared with those of Los Angeles 

 and Southern California : 



Owing' to the peculiarities of topography, latitude does 

 not here control the climate, the conditions of which have 

 no parallel in the world. Our climate is, perhaps, our most 

 famous glory. It has given us our wonderful fruits and 

 flowers, and is a help and a blessing to every form of in- 

 dustry. In the climate of Tehama County one can work out 

 of doors every day in the year. The summer heat is dry 

 and sunstrokes are unknown. The thermometer may read 

 110 degrees, but owing to the dry atmosphere, the efifect 

 upon the body produces less., discomfort than would be felt 

 in a humid atmosphere at 90 degrees. In other words, 

 there are about 20 degrees between the "sensible" tempera- 

 ture and the actual reading of the thermometer. 



