The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1851-03-15


Total proluct. s9Is.o5O
Exclusive Of many minor articles OF garden
truck
Mr. Homer proposed the present scasDn III
plnni fnnr hundred acres az potatoes, four
hundred arrrs Barley, &r., g., and "a illi
,-rh, II ar7iertae twenty ai lifFHHt = Ie,'s
california linuphs," A. S55 carhLOr bis own
rsr, aml says be- has Just receiycd an impar-
iaiiGil ~ "ien miles" of Iron fencing. ordered
y year since by him 10 Liycrpo0l, England,
AMI which Item alone c0sis him, pot down
hero, over $4,000, From these two items,
your readers will really perceive that o0gi-
M j. required here 10 carry on ihrminR' ~
vol ~ any other enterprise, though IL b said,
that Them are ll1nrrs Who madefrOm 100, ~
$4,000 on Of their land las year, This
look large, bDt ! give tho figures,
Mr. llorner b young man, md remarked
~ me TODAY, that hr hoped an0iheE year n
Be- aide (giih Others, who are going into the
business cXtonsiyrly,) ~ drive oil oil foreign
inparfaii0ns OF Vegetable, from the Islands
of the racifc and The Southern coast aud
Judging flom lhe yield Of above 80 acrcs,wo
have every reason io suppose that Il can be-
dnhc. The hct H. tho farming intorcsts anil
capady Of California have bcep altogether
overlooked and msytatod but the farmers
hru low httHUiUT ~ wake M, ann rflfInr
iho truth 40 IL y that uo best mine inEalifor-
MIA q ~ g0si 6iria,
Good farming lands. In rich yallGra. and
within Ghy nGics Of thin city, can boz pnrrhas-
eel NJ about SO per acre, or leased out on Ia
vorlblc terms upon sharcs-the owner fur
uishng all the stock, implements Of husband
~, ETC. aud the lnlorrr returning half the
i,rulurt of the soil know a. farm up0n
the Opposite coast, &c 100 acres, which IL Of
tered 10 rent for 5000 the drst wear, and for
the two succeeding YEAR,, Tor 0ne'hith OF the
crops.
There i one Gici connected with farming in
California that ~ entirely nycrlnoked hv no.
ricultursts Ia the Atlantic Stntcs, which i.
this; that cattle are not required to b. "tod
deT,F IN the Winter months ~ with vou.--
The Winters OF California arr more like thu
Spring Of the wear with Won The gra.g hers
begins tn start Immediately On the setting "
of the rainy season, about the last of N0vem
her or December, which II mr. seed time, ant
this continues for five or sy months, Then
tho wild oats upon n thousand hills, are suiii
cicut, with the native grass 10 supply all
their need, without any assistance from man
Hogs, too arr being rnisod here in inmcns,
quantities, Arorns being very abundant, On
which thew feed and grow lat Barley will
WELD here, from 80 IN ~ bushels per acrr,-
aud thousands uf arrcs will bc sown IN thii
State the present. season. Farmers nh1 shiu
pcrs will do well a. hear in mind tho innn
cncc which home production must have o.
futurr,priccs nf grain, Sc. From present in
dications potatoes will bc sold hero another
year Tor ono dollar per hushcl, mot Eve dol
lars, rs the average of tho last six months
though the present price uf 3 10 o.. per 10.
or what Is equal 90 92i per bushcl)
The increased attention which the cxtrav
arant rates obtained for al kinds Of vcgeta
hes, and the enormous profits realized hy
those engaged ~ the raising and cNpOrtAtiof
of them from the Sandwich Islands aud Var
Dicman's Land and other points on the Pa
cifC 20 California for two years past, will b,
quite sufficient, this aud another reason, /,
force down prices 10 rates equal IN those pait
hy the consumer IN Your city. Within ter
DAYS past there has arrived NJ san jose Val
ley over the plains from Santa Fo, 5000
sheep. They have boon on The roAd ncarl,
eight months, aRd yet they are In fair con
diton.
There arr numerous other valleys all owe,
this State, which are attracting the attention
OF farmers and others aud should the ap
preaching season prove favorable 10 the crop
such results will be obtained aud promplpat
81 ~ IN astONish the civilized world. Whoa
can ho raised To great profit, ~ experiment
made the past season will verify; Int ~ ",
Lagc- AnnEin,i- ailla-iR-
little will bo raised this season. Your read
crs may rely upon the iruthGlncss of m,
statements, and II any other proof is needed
Mr. Harh6r is % be found at his vegetable dr
pot here IN this city, whore he hopes to b,
-,-.l' -..f-f'ls
with good fresh vegetables for nr.ny year,
10 come. Yours truly.
ONTARIO.