The San Francisco call., 1903-12-04
NJ 'ADIE DEALS
WITH CLIMATE
Fog Is Considered as an
Asset of City by the
Ocean.

The California Promotion Committee
has arranged with the Unitde States
Department OF Agriculture TO distrib-
ute bulletin on the "ClimatOiogy Of
California" BY Professor Alexander @.
McAdie, which embraces the work OF
more than 100 men and is the most per-
feet publication concerning climate that
has been issued relating 70 any State
The department, on the suggestion OF
Senators Perkins and Bard. determined
TO publish 1000 extra copies OF the bull
letin- The work consists Of 20 pages
with thirty-One Illustrations.
The California Promotion Committee
viii distribute these volumes at the
price OF 80 cents each. this amount be-
ing refunded TO the Government upon
sale Professor Meade has been able
to comprehensively utilize the reports
OF the many weather observers in ali
portions OF the State who have contrib
uted 10 this valuable work Many in
teresting subjects are treated in this
volume, among them being an extsn-
sive discussion OF movements OF storms
upon the Pacific Coast and the causes.
so far as known. OF dry periods. Rain
AdAA td0lCH dlE =INEI Ct HAEcA RI
the book containing possibly the most
complete and exhaustive tables OF this
sort in the United States.
Such tables for the last fifty years are
given for San Francisco. Sacramento
and San Diego. They are in fun for
every point in the State wherever the
records exceed five years. All the ele-
vations in California OF $3.50 feet are
published, having been brought down
to date and revised by Professors
George Davidson and ]. n. lie .Conte
of the University Of California Engin-
eers can find in this volume all the
rainfall data that has accumulated in
California for the last twenty years.
and also the excessive rates of rainfall.
Twenty-seven pages OF The Climat-
ology'' are devoted TO the northern and
central coasts. while the climate OF the
southern coast takes up thirty pages
There has been no discrimination in
the attention given to each locality.
Twenty -nineFages are devoted 70 the
climate Of the Sacramento and San Joa-
quin valleys and the Santa Clara Val
ley PrecipitatieA, are given for almost
every locality - the State Frost IS
quite CAt-ltEAN-Ay @ACalCL~ dAGO AlS-
Although people are won't TO complain
in regard to the fog" said Professor
McAdie yesterday, the fog IN san
Francisco is our greatest bank &C
count II keeps US cool IN summer and
strangely enough. il also keeps Us
warm in winter. More money viii be
spent by the travelling public in the
next ten years TO get cool In summer
than win be spent by frail people 10
get warm in winter. and during the hot
summer months. san Francisco has a
wonderful asset in her climate"
Unique features OF the volume are a
treatise on the protection OF oranges
from frost, eIaborately illustrated: an
accurate relief map OF California.
beautiful illustrations OF fog bIllOws.
clouds. etc. The volume is most con-
cisely indexed and a reference 10 the
index gives one an immediate line on
anything he wishes 20 know about the
climate in any part OF the State.
These volumes viii be available at
the headquarters OF the California Pro
motion Committee, No. 20 New Mont
g0meTy street.