The Great West: its attractions and resourcesContaining a popular description of the marvellous scenery, physical geography, fossils, and glaciers of this wonderful region; and the recent explorations in the Yellowstone park ..by ..Also, valuable information to travellers and settlers concerning climate, health, mining, husbandry, education, the Indians, Mormonism, the Chinese; with the homestead, pre-emption, land, and mining laws . ely hot, the mercury seldom indicating onehundred degrees in the shade during the day, while the nights are gen-erally cool enough to make a light b
The Great West: its attractions and resourcesContaining a popular description of the marvellous scenery, physical geography, fossils, and glaciers of this wonderful region; and the recent explorations in the Yellowstone park ..by ..Also, valuable information to travellers and settlers concerning climate, health, mining, husbandry, education, the Indians, Mormonism, the Chinese; with the homestead, pre-emption, land, and mining laws . ely hot, the mercury seldom indicating onehundred degrees in the shade during the day, while the nights are gen-erally cool enough to make a light blanket on the bed a necessity. Thedays and nights are never sultry and oppressive, as they are in theStates. The winters are, as a rule, short. During a residence of fifteenyears in Walla Walla Valley we have experienced but one hard was the winter of 1874-75. That winter commenced in Januaryand lasted until the latter part of February. During November andDecember of that year the farmers ploughed the ground and sowedgrain, and they resumed ploughing and sowing as soon as the snow dis-appeared in February. The work of ploughing is generally done dur-ing every month of the year. Asa rule, the mercury during the wintershere seldom indicates as great a degree of cold as zero, and hardly everbelow it. During our residence several of the winters have been so mildthat no ice was put up for summer use. Thousands of cattle, horses, and.
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