AN AMAZING VARIETY OF PRODUCTS IS GROWN IN THE FERTILE SOIL THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY 



General Location 



Yolo County is situated in the very heart of the Sacramento Valley and 

 therefore is almost in the center of California. The Sacramento River, the 

 fifth largest river in the United States, separates the county from Sacra- 

 mento, the capital city of the State. 



The landed area of Yolo County is 1,014 square miles, and the population 

 approximates 16,000. Within the borders of this county is the largest con- 

 tiguous body of unbroken fertile land in the State. The southern lioundary 

 of the county is Putah Creek, the Coast Range mountains are on the west, 

 Colusa County is on the north and the Sacramento River marks the 

 boundary of the east. The county-seat of Yolo, Woodland, is twenty miles 

 distant from Sacramento and eighty-six miles from San Francisco. 



The river is one of the county's natural advantages. This body of water 

 changes its course from a southerly to a westerly course on its way to the 

 Pacific, and washes Yolo shores for a distance of ninety miles. Rich sedi- 

 mentary deposits have formed the delta lands along the river. About 

 seventy-five per cent, of the county consists of level land, the balance being 

 gently sloping hills and mountains. 



Soil Conditions 



The soil of Yolo County can not be excelled. While it may not all be 

 classified alike, it is all rich in the elements required for plant growth. On 

 a great portion of the land is a sedimentary deposit, left there in ages agone 

 by Putah and Cache creeks and the Sacramento River. Speaking of this 

 soil, Mr. J. M. Wilson, a government expert, after an examination of the 

 soil reported : 



"There is no finer agricultural land than this sedimentary deposit. It is 

 mellow, warm and fertile with good drainage, yet holding a reserve of 

 moisture to resist drought." 



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