Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
WATER COURSES.

WATER COURSES.
The Feather river, a navigable stream for
some miles above Marysville. courses on
the western side of the county, and Bear
river, a turbulent mountain stream, runs
along the lower line of the county, both of
which join the Sacramento. The Yuba,
which rises in the heart of the Sierra,
courses through the county in a westerly
direction. and JONES the Feather at the
point where the city of Marysviile is To-
Gated All these streams have tributaries
of considerable SIZE showing that the water
supply of the county is well distributed.
CLIMATE AND TEMPERATURES.
Like other portions of the Sacramento
valley Yuba is blessed with climate that
may without exaggeration be called glorl-
GUS" While the midsummer heat is often
quite severe in the daytime for brief spells,
the nights are always comfortably cool.
Flowers bloom nearly every month in the
year. while in the same latitude on the
eastern side of the continent the winters
are often excessively cold, and the summers
unbearably hot. Statistics running back
thirty wears show the mean annual tenn
perature for Yuba to be 800. For the spring
and summer months it is $3.50, for the
summer 71So. for autumn 61.6o. and for
winter 1929. This average OF temperature
is not excelled in any other part of the
United States or Europe. High winds or
hurricanes are unknown in that section,
as indeed is the case almost gener-
ally throughout the northern interior
of California The advantages of a
climate of this character over
that of sections where the winters
are of five or six months duration
car hardly be estimated from an economic
point of view, and are appreciated only by
those who have experienced both. Here live
stock require no particular care IL winter
and the saving in the one item of fuel alone
is an important consideration to families
Outdoor labor is scarcely interrupted
throughout the entire year, which means g
great deal to the class who depend on theii
labor alone for their livelihood. Who car
say that life is moi incomparably easier and
more replete with comfort and happiness
under the sunny skies of the Sacramento
valley than in those parts of the East anc
North where people are virtually housed
tor nearly one-haif the year?
RAINFALL.
The average annual rainfall for Yubs
county is - inches for the winter months
12.1 inches; for the spring months, SIS
for the summer months, Is, and for the
autuua months 46 inches The loves
temperature on record for Marysville, is
26o above zero, and the highest-where the
test was fair-l00o.
LUMBER AND FUEL.
The eastern portion of the county is
quite heavily timbered with spruce, fir and
pine. The valley portion is generously
dotted with oaks, while the water-courses
are bordered with variety of trees Of
smaller growth. Lumber and fuel are con.
sequently both abundant and cheap.
SOIL AND PRODUCTS.
Along the streams the soil is of vegeta
BILE mold. On the higher plains it con
tains sand, clay, lime, iron. and various
saline and alkaline matters. Fertility is
not its only claim upon the attention of the
agriculturist, for it possesses qualities of ar
enduring character. treated by iong,con-
tinued washings from the mountains above
it has great depth and richness. The sol
of the foothills is different, and is special,
adapted to horticulture, grape culture es
pecially.
The products of the soil embrace all the
usual semi-tropical grains, fruit, ETC.. Tn,
average yield of wheat is eighteen bushel:
to the acre, and of barley twenty-five. APP
pies. peaches, pears, plums. aprieots, cher
ries. nectarines, etc. are successfully grown
in all parts of The county. as well as the
smaller fruits and berries. The orange
lemon, olive, fig and almond are grown
without special c2re or effort, while wine
table and raisiif grapes of the choicest
varieties yield abundantly. As high as 81;
to S125 profit per acre has often been real
lied from vineyards of Muscat, Muscate
and other choice varieties. With all these
advantages. and inducements for people te
engage in fruit and grape culture, scarcely
more than one-eighth of the land in the
county have ever been cultivated. Here
surely, is something for the immigrant
and the struggling farmer of the East te
reflect upon.
LAND VALUES.
Land in the more improved portion o.
the county commands from s25 to $50 PEI
acre. according to local conditions. Fol-
sI0O0a person can purchase all the Ian.
needed for profitable orchard or vineyard
or both. As proof of this it may mentioned
that one orchard of thirty-two acres 6r1ngs
its owner an average net income OF about
5000 per annum. A twelve-acre orchard
rents for 81 900 cash year. 1t is estimated
that any we.l-cultivated orchard or vine
yard will return from 500 to 500 PEI