Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-10-08

mains, and an almost daily expectation
exists Of coup d'etat which is. as by a
stroke Of magic. to transform his Excel
lency President Bonaparte into his Imperi.
al Majesty Napoleon Il. tina, we find any
easily recognizable traee Of the late great
republican consulsion. o. sz - ia. S.
AGRICULTURE SC. Of CALIFORNIA.
Ems. CUETlvAToR.--1'he following ex-
tracts nre from letter received by me
from my brother-i law, Joseph Aram,
who removed to California with his family
in 1876. The portion Of the letter which
relates 10 the agricultural resources of that
country, thought might not be uninterest-
ing TO many of the readers Of the Cultiva
tor. The letter is dated Pueblo de San
.Tose, Upper California, March Bib. ls49
Daniel II. Wright, CASTLE, " yorning
county, ..z.5. s. E
Can crops by raised in California with.
out irrigationq'' s.. s,,'s
Wheat, barley, corn and oats. need no
irrigation; they do well on the. prairies;
tut vegetables need water; though on low
damp ground, they 90 well.
@What do grnins WELD per acre?'
Wheat from, 25 to Is bushels per acre,
barley the same, corn from Is To 30 BUSH;
oats grow spontaneously over great
portion znl the couniry;-I have frequently
seen those that would yield from 60 to ~
bushels per acre All kinds Of grain are
scarce and denr.
Riowing. for wheat commences 10 De-
!. cember, md we sow from that till the first
of March. Farming has heen neglected
on account of the mines. Wheat is worth
81 n bushel,s corn So so, barley So. pota-
toes IA %, butter spef.pannd 81 eggs, per
doz. /. horses each $50 to 200, mules
500 10 $500. American oxen a yoke,
5000. California do. 500, beef cattie,
zach ss ia. .$l2, wagons, 5000 to $1,000.
The scarcity makes the price. There is
nothing chs mp but beef cattle. s
Lumber is worth So per thousand feet
md very scarce nj thai; it kas sold for
more. Mails 10 cents per pound by the
keg
Puehfa 2Doa, San Francisco Eve thousand. :.
s=s Fnrty.six vessels came INTO thepn Of
Monterey. ard eigh,y four into San Fran
sisfs during the past year, but no whalers
are afraid 10 camassin, for their
hands would ns.n AWAY 10 the mines. The
II ii sof Monterey is consider
IS Fifteen smiles across its month;
lhe harhors is a arrow neck running into
HE main land; il il prnpefiyan arm OF the
sea. saas rsaeisco has taken the lend the
i,ast year, being besser situated for the
In pariaras sde2end Or selling horses
1SIIsk II strs their subsistence. Fhe A..
5sIli A ileif sk1nning the
B 81 sefy indalenl, and
srsss kisen 81 afgb Itag S.
lfuit. g pears, the
q apples rather poor
daai rs graTnng; peaches very good;
ounces most sscxcellenl; grapes are very
Ksa,st, liesslafs mes and tigs, but not
4 Is II
IL s. sssrs. al seasons are MS FOL
tI,< 81 ills Comm nbonl the first of
3scessas6- Il ai.d sve have ns'c asiailal showers
ffas,,. tlaat tftne until the month Of March;
- TIE the ssear has -nn rain. But
xecaiaiis dnes no suffer as mucl, as you
tn,ys,t III y'ne aithe soil seems adapted to
the climate.
The Spaniartis blild altogether with
dlooLL;e & s.r sanblgnt bricks; most OF the A.
s,serlcars h,ili frame houses. Bat these
t.shies make n .nssst excellent house.
ssss 1frain rs ;,lways threshed Immediately
ofser il il et,,-irodn ont by ] o"ses.
There is some very good Water. end
g. considerable eery hasi--ihe springs are
s,od ff.,i many OF The wells are poor.
ss sI,ilioi,s diseases are the most common,
ssszst. he lace Oh. the country is ,noantainons.
win salievs t,stwee n. For agricultural
it,tlr,a,ses. she valleys are generally good.
s the hills and mountains are valuable Tor
grazing.
si.he people transport their ,prodnro in
tarts drawn by oxen. from The interior 10
the ieysis on the ct,as'.
as w hal i land worth ,'s s.
The price af lind is rising fist | have
4 t,ieee IL ,and containing between three
and fsafr ls.ndred acres, for which paid
i've, years since $500 newt would bring
8 100 I.a'. in Monterey nre worth from
&iO00 to ssaOu0 without buildings.
sssa ~ apen timber il sscnrcez near the coast,
hut In The vicinity OF The mines, there is an
nb,indance.
sass ~ q have plenty Of saw mills, hut they
ire standing idle, those who tended them
tIinring gone TO the mines
The tarest trees are oak, pine, cd.wood,
mandrone, cedar. slive-oak, white and red
"a fir. The timber is confined TO The hills:
lie rlains are generally open | have
seen abundance Of redwood timber three
Z hundred feet high. and from twelve TO
fifteen feet il, diameter at the base.
The streauas overflow 10 June and July,
when the snow melts on the high noun
= Trims, The rains during winter rise the
streanas. but not to overflow.
HI Is about 200 miles from the coast to
where the gold IS found The gold mines
run north and south, parallel with the
const. 80. -
sveiave plenty of fish, but. few fisher
men. Also deer, elk, antelope, grizzly
bear, md wild horses and cattle. But nc
one stops to hunt now-exeePt the Span,
1ards, who go out now and then to catch
wild horses, which are becoming so valuable
That ii is quite an object to catch them -