 | Pacific northwest - 1882 - 156 pages
...plough, and the ground quickly crumbles on exposure to the atmosphere. Although the dry season continues for months, this light porous land retains and absorbs...susceptible of explanation. In spite of the fact that there is scarcely a shower between May and the following October, and that the average rainfall for the year... | |
 | Oregon. State Board of Immigration, Oregon. Bureau of Immigration - Natural resources - 1882 - 148 pages
...on exposure to the atmosphere. Although the dry season continues for months, this light porous laud retains and absorbs enough moisture from the atmosphere,...susceptible of explanation. In spite of the fact that there is scarcely a shower between May and the following October, and that the average rainfall for the year... | |
 | Eugene Virgil Smalley - Northwest, Pacific - 1883 - 582 pages
...plow, and the ground quickly crumbles on exposure to the atmosphere. Although the dry season continues for months, this light porous land retains and absorbs...susceptible of explanation. In spite of the fact that there is scarcely a shower between May and the following October, and that the average rain-fall for the... | |
 | Dallam, Ansell & Edwards, Spokane - Spokane (Wash.) - 1885 - 118 pages
...light, porous land absorbs and retains enough moisture from the atmosphere to insure perfect growth and full harvests. This assertion is so at variance...susceptible of explanation. In spite of the fact that there is scarcely a shower between May and the following September and that the average rainfall for the... | |
 | Oliver Woodson Nixon - Northwestern States - 1895 - 388 pages
...atmosphere. In Northwestern Oregon, adjacent to the Columbia River, although the dry season continues for months, this light porous land retains and absorbs enough moisture from the atmosphere, after the particles have been partly disintegrated, to insure perfect development and full harvests. In Southeastern... | |
 | Oregon. State Board of Agriculture - Oregon - 1898 - 216 pages
...atmosphere. in Northwestern Oregon, adjacent to the Columbia river, although the dry season continues for months, this light, porous land retains and absorbs enough moisture from the THE RESOURCES OF OREGON. POPULATION BY COUNTIES— CONCLUDED. 9 i Countiet. Population. Klamath 2 500... | |
 | Oregon. Office of the Secretary of State - Oregon - 1911 - 718 pages
...atmosphere. In Northwestern Oregon, adjacent to the Columbia River, although the dry season continues for months, this light, porous land retains and absorbs enough moisture from the atmosphere, after the particles have been partially disintegrated, to insure perfect development and full harvest. In... | |
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Although the dry season continues for months, this light porous land retains and absorbs enough moisture from the atmosphere, after its particles have been partially disintegrated, to insure perfect growths and full harvests. This assertion is so at variance... 