EXTREMES OF HEAT AND COLD.—Continued.

July. Aug. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec.
Locality of Station c a b a b a b a b a b a b
Charleston, S. C. 12 94 69 96 69 94 64 89 49 81 33 78 22
Denver, Col. 12 91 59 93 60 93 51 84 38 73 23 69 1
Jacksonville, Fla. 12104 68100 66 98 56 92 40 84 30 81 19
L'S ANG'LES, CAL. 6 98 51100 50104 44 97 43 86 34 88 30
New Orleans, La. 13 96 70 97 69 92 58 89 40 82 32 78 20
Newport, R. I.9 87 56 85 45 77 39 75 29 62 17 56 *9
New York 13 99 57 96 53100 36 83 31 74 7 66 *6
Pensacola, Fla. 4 97 64 93 69 93 57 89 45 81 28 76 17
SAN DIEGO, CAL. 12 86 54 86 54101 50 92 44 85 38 82 32
San Francisco, Cal. 12 83 49 89 50 92 50 84 45 78 41 68 34

STATEMENTS OF SMALL CROPS.

The following statements of crops on small pieces of ground, mostly in Los Angeles County, in 1890, were furnished to the Chamber of Commerce in Los Angeles, and are entirely trustworthy. Nearly all of them bear date August 1st. This is a fair sample from all Southern California:

PEACHES.

Ernest Dewey, Pomona—Golden Cling Peaches, 10 acres, 7 years old, produced 47 tons green; sold dried for $4800; cost of production, $243.70; net profit, $4556.30. Soil, sandy loam; not irrigated. Amount of rain, 28 inches, winter of 1889-90.

H. H. Rose, Santa Anita Township (3/4 of a mile from Lamanda Park)—2-6/7 acres; produced 47,543 pounds; sold for $863.46; cost of production, $104; net profit, $759.46. Soil, light sandy loam; not irrigated. Produced in 1889 12,000 pounds, which sold at $1.70 per 100 pounds.

E. R. Thompson, Azusa (2 miles south of depot)—2-1/6 acres, 233 trees, produced 57,655 pounds; sold for $864.82-1/2; cost of production, $140; net profit, $724.82-1/2. Soil, sandy loam; irrigated three times in summer, 1 inch to 7 acres. Trees 7 years old, not more than two-thirds grown.

P. O'Connor, Downey—20 trees produced 4000 pounds; sold for $60; cost of production $5; net profit, $55. Soil, sandy loam; not irrigated. Crop sold on the ground.

H. Hood, Downey City (1/4 of a mile from depot)—1/4 of an acre produced 7-1/2 tons; sold for $150; cost of production, $10; net profit, $140. Damp sandy soil; not irrigated.