PLATEAU AND VALLEY LANDS

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Barley and Oats on the Government Experimental Farm, Terrace, B.C.

of the country to supply, which can only be done from such areas as this, an easy road
to comfort and affluence is suggested to those who locate in these favored valleys.

Temperatures, Etc.

From the latest record for the Bulkley Valley, taken at Aldermere during 1913, the
coldest day was twelve degrees below zero, and on seven other days only throughout
the winter the register showed below zero. All reports indicate that the cold is never
steady, and when extremely cold the atmosphere is clear, dry and still. The climate
in the Ootsa and Francois Lake districts is generally milder in winter. The Fraser
Lake, Nechako River and Prince George districts have a similar climate to that of the
Bulkley above referred to.

In summer the days are warm and the nights cool, conditions being very similar to
those prevailing over the wheat-growing Provinces of Western Canada.

Meteorological

No definite records have been kept of the annual precipitation in Central British
Columbia along the route of the Grand Trunk Pacific, but over the enormous area of
fertile lands there is no necessity for irrigation or even careful intense cultivation, as
the precipitation is always sufficient to insure requisite growth and maturity. Where
the rainfall is lightest in early summer, in the Nechako district, the dews are very
heavy, falling practically every night in density equal to light rain.

Summer frosts are not frequent, and owing to the warmth of the soil on the rare
occasions when they have been experienced, apparently they do no crop damage.
As the land comes under cultivation, naturally any danger from summer frosts should
disappear.