The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-11-12

~r,...taro~xsmg tm CALIFORNIA;.
IA. .xh,bitton Of the California state AFT"
..,,.r,, Society showed some interesting rae"
80. 70 the agricultural rosources OF tnss
'a"se s,.,a Hon. wiIssn Flint, OF Caiiforr .
mM.~ou ,ssore the sscsaty, stated that VIM.
-. .o,,,..s, at no distsnt day, to surpass IL
sro"s Al, ra,aiag pursuits, and no imped-
my. -. s,thar a. regards climate or soil, &c
.o-,h Of suoru,ous quantities OF other irniss'
- =, ,hs apple, plum, peach aud prune' TOT eA-
ro,tstiou to all those portions OF t"e "','" mo'
...,h,s from the Pacific coast. sor productive
.,,.n, variety and exemption from the
49,, o.,,nss,aIes OF weather, the great val
''..s nv TIM Sacramento aud San Joaquin
~ 49,. unriysiIed: aud there are extensive
,-..,. Of country bordering upon tho sierra Nesaos
,.our,.ios comparable only With New England, a.
a. .x,snt and salubri,y Of climate which are SUI
oo,.rsd by the primevai forest, iuterspersed VIII
usadovs To the latter, attention isnow oIfecteo'
for the locations Of apple orchards IS she 'a''"e
,ssious already occupied are not so veil adspte"
n the growth OF hardy fruit most sutaoie io'
shipment. a.,.,
The a,tsrioration Of soil, under a supefncis'
cultivation, 10 the older portions OF state' nv
Flint says, 10 already Observable. But wine grow"
ing gives to the sgricultura'iss an aoond"n' re-
vsr8 The vine, Il is said. f,urishes 10 ever'
mart Of the State, exeapt where exposed 70 '''
bumid innusnce Of the coast, aud vineyards VT
b.ius planted with wonderful rapidity-the pro
duettoa already exceeding the means at comman'
for converting tho rich jaioe into mercha"'Ao'
firm. The return of Wfnsor CAUSES no cessa''o'
sf,ab>r, and the dry uniform Temperature OF t"'"
mar. and the absence of destructive insects o.
contribute to ensure = substantial remuhe'a'''
70 The agricuiturist. 1t 10 asserted that ou'''s
.,,,,x.,,on of nsa, q century at some OF the OF"
u,..,o, ,i,sysrd,. the grape has never failed &c
1910. a, abundant crop. Mr. Flint cited an
charity 70 show that the annual value OF the Crap
.ron NJ Los Angele.f)r wine purposes, was at 'eas
q, ooo mar acre. and that fair crop can be nae
three wears after planting the cuttings 1t
.,..sd tina. land, Of this character, "sutficient u
employ millions of people" can be had al hoi"'
nal price, MIR. Flint says that were the so'u niue
IN rive out tomorrow, tho various ca"ais anu
ai.ebes. which aave cost so many millions 10 con-
struct would DO Of nearly equal valne 20 'rriga'e
VINEYARDS should the miners turn their a''en''o"
70 this branch of industry instead OF gold digging.
Eliminating tue number of actual miuers AT ioras
thousand among which to divide the gold crop OF
sixty millions. this would average TO each mao
I'll 500 a. the result OF his years iaoor' most %
them, however, hardly maks subsistence. "F'
Flint then shows what the same number OF men
eould do at vine dressing: "0no man VIII easily
plant, tend, prune, and ship to the wine mann'ac-
turer Eve acres Of grapes. Five acres OF grp al
pr,ess which undoubted authority has showr'
will yield one thousand dollars to the acre.
giving I've thousand dollars as the result OF the
wears labor, making sum total on forty Thousand
l.borers Of the astounding sum Of two hundred
,n,,lious of dollars annually" This beats gold
hunting all hollow and surpssses all the marv els
which California, that land of prodigies, has yet
produced.