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Report on the Agriculture Experiment Stations of the University of California (PH 4-16)(1890) (211 pages)

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA. . PAGE. The lower foothills ._...... ...----------2-22 = 2 ne enn enn erase ene enn--ee-54 The “snow belt” -...----.-------------------2-22 neer nnn rrr te ceeeeeeee 54 Meteorological table...-.--.-----------------------tr errr rrr nner eee 54 Drainage .-------. ---.---------------+22 = enn enn nnn nner nee rece eee 55 Irrigation ditches -....-.....--.-----------------------------------------------55 The soils of the foothill region -....--.----------------------. -------------------55 Mhe granite s0ilic-----se eee ED cage (sta Si nee an Ee 55 Me sla Ge ONL a ee 55 “ Blue trap” or “ bastard rock” soil_.--.-..---------~-----------------------55 Timber and shrubs_...2 22 <2 oon cnn re won we S gee wr as =e nas eee 56 Agriculture in the foothills. -...----.--------------------------------+---------56 Developed later than mining--------------------------------------------------_ 56 Fruits—deciduous and semi-tropic-----.--------------------------------------56 Cereals and forage plants. _....-------_--------<<<a cnn nnn nnn oo no =< === 7 Vegetables -..-...----1-5 2} 1 = enn nw on nn nnn on nnn one === = 57 Occurrence of the several soils—cross-sections of the foothill belt at various points-57 Soils of the valley border---...--------------------------------------------++----57 Grayel plains and bedrock lands ---------------------------------------------57 Red loam soil from Wheatland, Yuba County---.------.----------------------58 Soils of bedrock lands, from Florin and Mayhew Stations-.----.-----------.---58 Loam soil from the “ Gravel Plains” near Galt ----.--..---------------.-------59 Loam soil from Huffmans, Merced County--------------------.---------------60 Table of analyses..--.-----------------------------2 + -25------. = -------61 DiscusSION Of ENG ROO VC) SOM Baan cc cane ete 62 Blasting “ bedrock lands” with giant powder--.---.--.-.---------.-------------62 Operationsiof Weinstock 0 Un bin a eee aren ena 62 Operations of Kroll do Ute rca nec er al et 62 Butte County section ---------~--------4 5 ----020-25 ~~ one ene = on == 63 Bitnation Of; Oroville Saas ee ca ere ede 63 Soil:fromnear Oroyille: (85> Boyntomicasococ eee 64 Soils from the Thermalito Colony; Hon. A. F. Jones_--_...----..---. 22-22. 2 2-64 Bottom soil from south of Oroville; S.S. Boynton --.-..-..-----... ---.-------64 Subsoil from high bottom land of Feather River; Messrs. White, Cooley & QOuttss Mary sivill 0c aco acer eer 64 SU TEMS BC TATE TT pe aes oes Se es eee ee ee 65 Discussion: of nam Corn anne ele rh re a ae ee ie a 65 Section of the foothills of Yuba and Nevada Counties. .......----------------------66 The bedrock Jandsiihel too oceee esa nese ce ee ee eee ees 66 The outer slate belt jon noe on ern ce nena ane ow mam enme 66 The blue trap oo seen eee oe cen ee ae Sone a epee enemas 66 The Penn Valley and Indian Springs region ...--.---..-.-------fe eae een 66 Pecrlinr soils oo 2 re re oy a ee eels ee area eae ees 66 The plateau of Nevada City, Grass Valley, and Chicago Park .----------------67 Deciduous fruits at high altitudes...----..-----..----------------------------67 Soils of the Yuba and Nevada section ....-.---------------------+ -----------+----67 Soil from the “lone tree tract,” southwest of Smartsville ------.--~-----.---..-7 Soil from the slopes of the Yuba, below Smartsville -----.--------------------67 Soil from Penn Valley, Montgomery's.-.--------------------------------------7 Bottom soil from Wagoner’s, Penn Valley.---------------------+-------------67 Red soil from near Reed’s place, south from Nevada City --------------------7 Soils from Grass Valley; H. H. Hanssen----------------+-¢-0007 *2222 e222 == 68 Table of analyses foo) S