Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1850-05-09

from the western States will be driven
annually by tens Of thousands 10 sup.
ply the new market.
IfCalifornia increases in population
as fast as the most moderate estimates
would lead US TO believe, it will not be
five years before she will require more
than 100000 head of beef cattle per
annum. from some quarter, TO supply
the wants of the pc eople.
1t must not be supposed that salt pro
visions may supply this vast demand
Those who have attempted to live on
such food, during the dry season, have
been attacked with scurvey and other
cutaneous diseases, of which many have
died. ......
There is no climate in the world
where fresh meat and vetelabes are
} more essential TO human health. Ia fact
they are Indispensable.
1t must not he inferred that cattle
driven across the plains and monniains,
from the western States, will be fit for
beef on their arrival in California. But
one winter and spring on The luxurant
pastures ofthat country, will put them
IN condition which would render them
acceptable in any Atlantic market.
These grazing grounds ATE extensive
enough TO support five times as many
cattle as may te annually required;
therefore, there will be no scarcity OF
food for them.
am acquainted With drover, who
left CaIlftrnia in December last, with
the intention of bringing in ten thou
sand sheep from New Mexico! This
shows that he hocks and herds. east Of
the Rocky Mountains. are looked to al
ready, as the source from which the
markets onrhe Pacific are TO be suppIi-
ed.
The climate and soil Of California.
are well suited to the growth of wheat
barley rye and oats, The temperature
along the coas, is too cool for the sue
cessiul culture of maize. as a field crop
The fact. that oais-lhe species which
is cultivated in the Atlantic States, are
annually self.sowed and produced, on
all the plains and hills along The coast,
and as far inland as the sea breeze has
Z. Is
sufficient prooCthat all the cereal grains,
may be successfully cultivated, with.
out The aid of irrigation.
II is quite trne tina, MtS 0urNia,r was
extensively employed al the missions,
and undoubtedly increased the product
of all crops TO which it was applied as
1t viii IN any country on earth Of skill.
fully used. This docs not prove. how.
ever, that il was essentially necessary to
the production cf an ample reward lo
the husbandman. The experience Of
all the old inhabitants is sufficient evi.
dcnce of this. If their imperfect mode
of culture secured satisfactory returns.
it is reasonable TO presume shat a more
perfect system would produce much
greater results. There is abundant evi.
dencc TO prove that. in the rich, aluval
valleys, wheat and barley have produ.
ced from forty 10 sixty bushels from
one bnshel Of seed, ,cHhom urjgQti0n.
Irish potatoes, turnipS unions, in fact all
the edible roots known and cultivated in
the Atlantic States are produced in great
perfection. In oil the valleys East OF the
! SO1SE iollSS VI LiIIS Nlc CliIHckt ls SLllCltnl-
y warm TO mature crops o. Indian corn,
rice and probably tobacco.
| The cultivation Of the grape has attracted
much attention al the missions, among lre
residents Of towns, and the rural popuIa-
ton, and been attended with muck success
wherever it las been attempted. The dry
season secures the fruit from those diseases
which are so fatal in the Atlantic States and
i atans very great perfection.
The wine made from it is OF excellent
quality, very palslab!e, and can be produced
in any quantity. The grapes are delicious
and produced with very lit!e labor. When
taken from the vines in punches and sus>
pended in dry room, by the stems, they
become partially dry, retain their flavor, and
remain several weeks, perhaps months, with
out decay.
Apples, pears and peaches are cultivated
with facility, and there is no reason TO doubt
that all the fruits Of the Atlantic States can
be produced in great plenty and perfection.
The grasses are very luZurant, and nu
trious, atfording excellent parture. The oats,
which spring up Ihe whole length OF the sea
coast, and from forty to sixty miles inland,
render the cultivation Of that crop entirely
unnecessary, and yield very great quaint.
ty Of nutritious food for horses, cattle, and
sheep. The dry season natures, and may
say, cures these grasses and oats, so that
they remain in an excellent state Of pres.
ervaton during the summer and autumn. and
afford an ample supply OF forage. While
the whole surface Of the country appears
paTched, and vegetation destroyed, the nu
merous flocks end herds, which roam over
it, continue in excellent condition.
Although the mildness OF the winter
months and the fertility Of soil secure to
California very decided agricultural advan.
tages, it is admitted that irrigation would
be Of very great importance, and necessari
Iy increase The product Of The soil in ouan,