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OREGON FARMER 



WIDE VARIATION OF RAINFALL. 



In the thickly populated interior valleys of Western Oregon, the precipitation is about 

 the same as in the Atlantic and Central states (New York, 44.8; Chicago, 33.4; Des 

 Moines, 32.4). 



In Eastern and Central Oregon the rainfall is about the same as in Colorado, Montana, 

 Utah, Western Texas and the Coast counties of Southern California. (Denver, 13.7; Salt 

 Lake City, 15.8). 



