The Daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1845-1850, 1849-10-01

I 20 miles north and south there is perfect car.
rage road, with barely mould of earth to lift a
wheel It's advantages for gardens, fruits and
grams, are OF the highest order. Ii ouly awaits
those who are soon to be its owners, and it will
flourish in all its destined beauty and luxurIence
From Monterey 10 San Diego, every 20 to 80
miles there are large broken dow Missions each
so pleasantly located that they will intice people
10 settle near them
The port OF San Luis Obspo is half way from
Monterey to Santa Babara. II is an unsafe port
IN winter, and has an extensive farming country
around 1t, but is not very well watered.
santa Barbara is small town, pleasantly loca.
ted, surrounded by mountains, but affords little
lhuucement to the present settler.
San Pedro is the port of the Pueblo OF the An
gels, "a miles distant. This Pueblo is one of the
better cities of Cafornia-equal to the upper
Pueblo, and far preferable TO it for grapes and
wines. 1t is perhaps, equal for vintage to any
part oil the world. The present stirring times
anu people have not yet reached this valley the
land has therefore risen but little in value here
The rich Placers urge every new conner to the
north, but time will soon send thousands to this
Pueblo, to Santa Barbara, and to Monterey. The
neat and unhealthy climate of the San Joaquin
valley, and OF part OF the Sacramento, with the
cold there prevalent in winter, must check the
future settlement OF those valleys.
AGRlCULTURE.
The nei4hborhood of Bencia contains the bes,
OF grazing land, many places being covered with
clover and with wild oats. Cattle and horses lose
nesh but trifle in winter-hogs perhaps not at
all. In California, ior 10 40 not one horse or
hog out OF one hundred ever eat grain, and not
one bullock out OF one hundred thousand has vet
done so; yet the horses and cattle ate always
serviceable. The proper time for killing cattle
Is from May to September; June and July are
the best months Wheat produces well. Uis
sowed from October to January, and cut from
June 10 August. The yield is large, say 80 to go
tod Beans, Corn and Wheat keep four years
or more fruits and vegetable less time than thew
do in the Atlantic States.
Gardens in towns require wells, excepting at
the two Puebos and Sonoma where there are
good streams OF water, the country adjacent to
winch Is best adapted to grazing. The govern
nent have here horses and mules, kept M and
led on barley and wild oats, in May and June;
individuals will also do the same Oats and Glow
er grow spontaneously over the country, aud
within the reach Of every man. Formerly horses
aud bullocks were worked but few days, and
then turned out 10 Craze as many weeks, when
these animals sold for ten TO fifteen dollars each
and breeding mares from two to three dollars
This plan to Californian presented its advanta.
ges. The American farmer will do more work
aud to more advantage, with four or five horses
and twenty or thirty cows, and steers, than the
natives do this day with hundreds or thousands OF
stock.
Eggs are from 81 to So dozen hens, So to
81 each, turkeys S. to So apiece, butter ST. to
81 IL pound. potatoes by the pound to cts,
turniPs and cabbages, etc. still higher! opening
other advantages TO farmers than raising cattle
But lew or none have engagedin supplying towns
with the fruits OF gardens, orchards and the rich
products OF the dairy. THIS will al! be done at
less prices, but at very remunerating ones, even
when the golden sands OF California have been
turned over and over agan-washed aud re ash.
ed, and its soil deved deep into tor the precious
metal until n arly valueIess For some years,
however, the labors of the hard working and fru
gal gold digger will yell him fair compensation
II he can avoid the chills and fever of July, Au-
gust and September.
Timber is plenty. and much OF it is softer than
the white pine OF Maine.