Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-31

Total al.......... 5l4. 3. .50S.4. 5l9.9
Average for eight months, 642. 63.5
and $40
1t may be said that these were cold
years, but such is not the case In look
ing back we find the year 1873 shows for
the came calendar months only GO. 8, and
at San Diego for the same months in
1883 the average temperature was 63
degrees.
The trouble with the gentleman who
furnished the figures for the Merchant
is, that he wrote about something that
he knew nothing about. and the hint
from our excellent friend that the HER.
AID might have been confused by the
differences between the degrees Of Cent?
grade aud Fahrenheit is well timed but
needless. The HERALD is not unfamil-
Iar with the relations between the Cent?
Grade and the Fahrenheit scale, and
stated in the article in November last,
touching this question, the ratio be-
tween the two systems. The formula
cannot be. expressed in q daily paper
where algebraic characters are not in
use, but in homely English it may be
said:
To find The degrees Of Fahreahea when
Centigrade is given, add Of The degrees
gicen nine .fffhs Of the number 10 80,
and the result ciH be the corresponding
degrees Fahrenheit.
This principle was stated in the pre-
vious article, and had the Merchant re-
read the article such hint would not
have appeared in its valuable columns.
The trouble is on the other side OF the
Atlantic. The olive does not need any
such temperature. The tree grows to
perfection in our uplands and is never
injured by frost, although our olive sea-
son of eight months cannot boast tenn
perature Of over 63 degrees. The figures
of Don Jose de Hidalgo Tablada are
erroneous. The olive grows and thrives
in Spain and Italy, where the average
eight months temperature is below GO
degrees.
The HERALD showed that If the figures
of Sefor Tablada were correct, that our
climate would not answer for such varie-
ties. but we are satisfied that the figures
of Tablada are wofully behind the mark.
There is no such place in Italy or Spain
giving 81 degrees average temperature
for eight months, and there is no place
in California where the temperature for
eight months will be 60 degrees.
The wild guesses at temperature, so
often given by persons without refer
ence to the record, are injurious in
many ways. 1t leads persons to serious
mistakes in planting tropical fruits
where they are sure to be frozen, and
keeps persons away from country be-
cause it is reported too hot for their
health and comfort. The figures of Los
Angeles temperature given in the
Merchant, are freak of the imagina-
ton. The facts are given above and
show that instead of temperature of
so degrees in August, as per the Merch-
ant, we have to struggle along on 63 to
SO degrees. That is somewhat different
from the torrid temperature Of the imag-
ination. Our summer temperature is
the finest in the world, ranging at about
65 degrees, and very conducive to health
and longevity. 1t is also the best kind
Of country for olives, although We can
not boast of an average temperature of
9l degrees Fahrenheit or 32.S Ceatigrade.
As a result Of these discussions, wetrust
that the truth will prevail. Halt of our
weather traditions are the sheerest fic-
ton, and are not borne out by the re-
ports Of the Signal Service. The heat
and cold, force Of wind. aud deluging
rains are often fabulous, and the Signal
Service Is doing good work in expos
ing ignorant delusions. 1t is tho aim of
the HERALD to give the whole truth and
nothing else. In the mean time we
trust it, readers will 60 on planting
olives on the highlands.