Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-30
TEHANIA COUNTY.

Tehama county lies north OF Colusa and
Butte, south of Shasta, and extends from
Plumas on the east to Trinity and Mendo-
cino on the west. It has an area Of .. 800
square miles, and embraces a large extent
both of valley and foothiIl lands. Along
the eastern boundary extend the Sierra
Nevada and on the west the Coast Range
| The Sacramento river flows southwark
| through the county, along which the land
| is Of excellent quality for grain-raising as
| is, indeed, most of the valley land The
I~nches III this county have not as yet been
| SO generally segregated as in those to the
south ward, but await only the in
coming OF settlers TO be divided up
| into smaller tracts. The average area of
| land cultivated each year for some years
past is probably about 10000 acres, more
| than one-half of which is devoted to wheat,
| the yield Of that staple beingin the eighbor
hood of 1.5G00 O0 bushels. Tehama there
| fore, ranks high i'll the list of grain-grow-
ing counties of the State. Like Nevada,
Placer, FL Dorado, Butte, Yuba and Coiusa,
Teh2ma county embraces a vast extent of
foothill country, which offers splendid in
ducements to settlers. Throughout these
foothills, which are very fertile, are inter
sperscd a number of small and rich valleys,
which are susceptible of the highest cult
walton, and il the near future will doubtless
all be thickly settled.
WAREHOUSES;.
Tehama county is well watered. As be-
fore stated, the Sacramento river traverses
it from north to south, and is navigable for
some distance above Red Bluff. 1t is there
! broad, Geep stream, the water clear and
pure, and in no manner resembles that pOr-
ton which flows from Butte county down
to the bay. The Sacramento has many
tributaries flowing into it from the Tehama
and Shasta mountains on the west, promi-
nent among them being the south fork of
Cottonwood creek, Red creek Red Bank
creek, Elder creek, Dry creek, Regain river,
Moon river and Cayote creek. From the
Sierra side come Antelope creek Dry creek,
Mill creek and Deer creek. These are all
bold, clear, mountain streams, and can be
utilized i'll many ways, passing rs they do
through rich farming sections. These
streams nearly all abound with trout, and
many of them are favorite resorts of anglers
and pleasure-seekers. Wild game is also
plentiful in the hill section.
THE TIMBER REGION
OF Tehama is not the least of note or value
LAUNDERING has for many years been an
important industry in the county. The
mountains abound with pine, fir and oak
-Four years ago the lumber trade gave en-
ployment to more persons than did any
other industry in the county. The timber
is floated down from the hills through
fumes and natural Water-courses, and as
high as 100000 feet of lumber has been
turned out in one year by the several mills
One corporation, the Sierra Flume and
Lumber Company, has a flume 40 miles in
length, through which they sometimes float
upward Of 100000 feet of lumber per day
down to Chico, Butte comfy. Within the
last four years, however, the lumber bust
ness has been somewhat less active than
formerly, while more attention has been
paid to the development of the wonderful
AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES OF THE COUNTY.
Under this heading is also included horti-
culture, which at the present time is receiv-
ing much attention. The rich valley lands,
rs stated in the commencement of this
article, yield abundautly of all kinds of
cereals willie the sidehills are being ex-
tensively planted to fruit trees and vines.
All the ordinary fruits are grown success
fully, some even at an altitude of 1000 feet
irrigation is not essential in most parts of
the county, although water can be had
abund&ntly for that purpose when desired.
Should il ever be deemed advisable to re-
sort To irrigation the mining bitches that
abound in the footiiill section can, in add
ton to other water facilities, be protitably
and readily utilized for the purpose. The
general character OF the soil is rich, sandy
loan. bat in some localities there is consid-
cradle Of what Is knowa rs adobe land.
Formerly this quality Of soil was regarded
as almost worthless, and thousand of acres
in this and Butte counties were once sacri
feed for from s. so to So per acre,
which have since proved to be the most re-
liable and productive OF soils for wheat
growing. Corn, potatoes, hay, barley, oats,
rye, peanuts, etc, all yield abundantly i'll |
Tijuana county, and are grown TO a con-
siderable extent along the river banks.
vITICULTURE.
This industry, which is making such I
rapid strides in other parts of the State, is |
coming into prominencein Tehama county. |
1t is here that the immense vineyard owned :
by Governor Stanford is located-iu the I
southern portion of the county-and which |.
is destined to become the most stupendous (
enterprise of the kind in the world. This /,
year there will be 1900 acres of grapes .
gathered, which at an average yield ought .
to produce upward of 5000 tons. The im- /
petus thus given to the grape in that sec
ton IS sure TO be productive of good results !
OTHER INDUSTRIES.
Tehama is one of the foremost wool
producing counties in the State, the aver