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is in a citrus belt, and its oranges, lemons, grapefruit, and almonds 

 ripen early. Grain has been grown upon this land for years. Under 

 iirigation the staple crop has been alfalfa, and dairying is an impor- 

 tant industry. Practically all the lands have been filed upon and can 

 be acquired only by purchabc from the present owners, who have 

 subdiyidod their holdiuirs into farms of 40 acres or loss. 



croes east 9 miles to Hamilton 



beet to^\TL on the river. 



As Orland is left behind the Coast Range is in fuU view on the right. 



The foothills of this range show a certain evenness 



was 



almost level (a pcneplahi). This old surf ace was possibly at one time 

 continuous with the bench at the head of Sacramento Valley previ- 

 ously noted. West of Orland it cuts across the beveled edges of 

 upturned Cretaceous strata. The crest line of the Coast Range, 

 while less even than that of the foothills, is suggestive of the for- 



mer existence of a much 



extended 



over what are now the Klamath Mountains. In other words, both 

 ransres simnlv represent what is left after an old, srentlv rollincr sur- 



uplifted 



mountains standinir isolated in the mid 



iville Buttes, a roug 



above which they rise about 2,000 feet. These buttes are the eroded 

 remnants of an extinct volcano. 



From Greenwood, 3 miles beyond Orland, nearly to Colusa Junction, 

 a distance of 32 mUes, is another straight stretch of north-south track. 



German town is a typical village of the older type m the valley, 



some 



OT 



Germantown. by UTigation. On the right (west) as the train 



Elevation 15S feet. leaves the towTi may be seen the numerous pumping 



s^^tie rrTmii^es. pl^uts of the Shaw ranch. Artesian water was 



struck here at a depth of 800 feet and flows at the 



rate of 200 gallons a minute. 



Willows, the seat of Glemi County, is the headquarters of the 



Sacramento Valley Irrigation Co., whose operations are Imown as the 



Kuhn project. Water is pumped from Sacramento 



Willows. River above Hamilton and brought down in a great 



Elevation 134 feet. 



which 



popuiauon 1,139. Willows. The project covers 60,000 acres, and as 



Seattle 781 miles. 



oradu 



ii'rigation. Development by means 

 boring west and north of the town. 

 From Willows a branch hne froes 



