San Andreas independent., 1857-10-10

at million of dollars, a sum paid annually for
that which can be produced as cheapiy and of
as good quality at home The rich alluvial
soil on the banks of our rivers, would be pecu-
iarly adapted to its cultivation.
The great objection to the cultivation OF
many of the trees, and plants, have enumer-
ated, is, that it will require many years Tor
them to mature, and that this is too last
country for such slow operations a beaulAul
story is told of an Eastern Caliph, who one
day saw as he was riding in the country an
old man bowed down with the weight OF more
than eighty years, engaged in planting rig
tree, the Caiph laughed at his folly ! the Old
man mildly told him be was only doing Tor 9th
ers, what had been done for him; the Cahph
felt rebuked, and passed on, years rolled Dy,
and the Caliph was waited upon by the same
old man, presenting to him basket OF hgS
the product of the tree he had planted he re-
ceived the old mans gift with thankfulness, and
gave in return a rich reward, at the same time
observing that he had learned that it was never
too late to do good.
few years since, distinguished English
nobleman and his lady, sailed in a yatch, on the
ocean, built from English oak raised from
acorns planted by his own hands, The cele-
brated forests of England have all been plan
ted by the hand OF man, and her still more
celebrated wooden walls which so long have
stemmed the battle and the ~breeze," are
mainly built of oak, planted by Englishmen
whose forethought extended beyond the pres
ent time, and who wisely provided for the fu-
ture Will not CALIFORNIA; be as patriotic
provident and thoughtful?
The attention of farmers should also be di-
rected to the importation of improved breeds
of horses, cattle and sheep, and all domestic
animals whose use ministers to comfort and
welfare. The public spirited farmers of Ken
lucky, Ohio, and Illinois. who at an immense
expense, have imported horses, cattle, sheep
; and swine, have added to the wealth OF those
States thousand fold more than the first
) COST but there are other animals not
! in common use or known in our Stale, which,
can, perhaps, be proftably introduced into it.
The United States government have imported
fifty or sixty cames, which it is expected can
be advantageousy used for transporting COM
moditles across our great plains and deserts.
In Arabia, the camel is poeticaly called the
"Ship Of the Desert" In Tuscany, bordering
: on the Mediterranean, they were introduced
two hundred years ago. The Grand Duke OF
Tuscany, is the owner of two hundred and fifty
which it is said will do the work of thousand
: horses The Llama of South America, wond
undoubtedly thrive here. And in many parts
of South America they are extensively used
as beast of burden in preference to horses
and cattle. The Thibet, or cashmere goat
was imported into South Carolina, severa
? years since, and would, in California, find q
climate congenial to its habits. The ladies o
California are interested in this matter. A
real cashmere shawl now costs more than some
fathers and husbands find it convenient to pay
:, I, But California cashmere shawl would be
! novelty, which the Doblest lady in the Stat
!. !. might feel proud to wear. The patriotism AM
: enterprise Of some of our wealthy Caiiorni
J ans may, perhaps, make the day, when it vii
be worn, not very distant one. All the do
mestic animals used by US in the United State:
, have been imported into it, and the numbe
. can very probably be increased, thereby ac
ding to our comfort, wealth, and prosperity
. To the enterprise of California gentleman
. we are indebted for the honey bee, which a
: ready has been acclmated. There is no stin
:. " of reproach attendant upon obtaining wealt
by such means. Teeming with animal lif
as California is and abounding almost to So
. tiety with every thing to crafty the taste an
: please the eye, yet we sadly miss the song G
} birds. Why cannot they, too, be imported
> | do not mean the screaming parrot or the ca
} nara, brought to us from China, Germany, an
!. . other countries, to be kept imprisoned IN ea
i ges, but birds which will make vocal on
groves and orchards, and our woodlands, to b
imported from those countries where they ar
to be found, and given their freedom " to wal
: : BILE their native wood notes wild" If this wa
- - done, they would obey the command given {
- man almost the only one he does obey to il
= crease and multiply / see DO eparab
% difficulty in the way This may excite mirtl
- mayhap sneer. 1t may be said, it is too tr
= fling to be mentioned or thought Of But tr
, fes make up the sum of human happiness
trihes have changed the face of nations. Lttl
: things, trifling in their nature, sometimes ez
= ert great moral influence. A well authent
= Gated anecdote is given of a man determine
} to commit murder He was on his way t
3 accomplish the dreadful act. The warbling
:, :, of bird arrested his attention. 1t reminde
' him of his early childhood, when an innocen
: boy be reclined on the banks of puriny
! brook, in his own distant land he thought 0
: home and the associations that clustered aroun,
! it. he faltered, repented and turned back i:
: changed and better man. The rugged IA
:. ture OF man requires some soothing, softenibs
/, Influences; lnere is no SOD OF JOll so rude O
+ rough, but as he passes to his daily toll woulC
;, = be cheered by the song of the lark in tht
] morning, and who would not, when resting
. from the labors of the day, listen with delight
= ed pleasure to the plaintive notes of tbs
: nightingale. The expense of importing hun
q dreds, and | might say thousands of featherec
: songsters, would not be more than is incurred
/ in supporting a corps of Italian vocalists fol
) week. This is an enterprise for the ladieso
q California to engage in. California men hav,
q too much Of what they call the stern duties
+ of life speculation and poitics) to engage
), ip business unless it yields power or pei
! centage.
; The Executive Committee of this Society
have wisely offered prizes for floral culture
D The love and taste for what is fair, beautiful
D and graceful in nature, should be cultivated
0 for where it is found, there will be cherished
j greater regard for proprety and good order
4 Domestic flower culture, the growing of rar,
t and ornamental varieties and other plants il
4 an employment which should, under alnps
Y any circumstances, engage the attention of iht