The hydraulic press., 1859-04-30
AGRICuI,TURE I'M THE MINES.

We resume our sketches with very pref
ty little garden at tSebastopol, which isowned
by C. H. Hays, who lives upon it with his
family. 1t is situated ON the north side of a
hill, or rather at the foot of one, and consists
of few gently sloping acres, light and pro-
ductive, watered by perennial springs which
ripple through it musically. These springs
he has taken advantage of to make a dan
cling fountain, whose waters fall tinkling into
an earthly basin. He has only one acre titled
but on this small spot are upwards of hun
dred fruit trees of various kinds, 5000 trans
planted strawberry vines and about 1000
more yet to be set out from common bed
The ground is mostly planted with melons
and vegetables.
Northup's Ranch.
This is about one mile from town, on the
road to Rays. A fine black, loamy bottom,
plentifully watered by springs, and resting on
a bed of clay, is the portion titled and en-
braces about forty acres. Twelve acres are
under actual cultivation, chiefly planted with
vegetables which thrive splendidly and are
all sold at this market. Mr.. Northup has
thirty apple trees, forty grape vines, fifty
gooseberry bushes, fifty rasberry bushes and
a quantity of strawberry plants. Next fall
he intends setting out 1000 apple trees. He
has considerable amount of good grazing
land, well watered and capable of feeding
500 head of stock, all enclosed by stout
rail fence. On this enclosed land is growing
lot of noble pines, which, in compara-
lively few years, will be very valuable. Mr..
Northup's property is handsomely situated,
and will make him, if he retains and i'm
proves it, an Independent man in few
years.
Chadwick's Ranch.
Every piece of cultivated land in Califor-
MIA is called by the imposing Spanish name
Of a ranch, and we are in a manner COM
PEELED to retain word which has become so
common. Mr.. Chadwick's new farm, how
ever, better deserves the name than one
would suppose when told that this is only
the second year it has been cultivated. 1t
is very pleasantly situated at the lower end
of town, mostly on the hill side to the left
of the Sebastopol road and consists about
sixty enclosed acres, embracing cleared land
and forest. The richest and prettiest por-
ton of it is wide ravine of considerable
length, through which runs a nevcr-failing
streamlet of delicious water, fed by springs
from the hill that rises on the southern side,
and made prolific by the annual decay of
vegetable accumulations. There are fifteen
acres only of tt is farm under actual cultiva-
ton, ten of these being sowed to millet, and
five planted with a great variety of garden
stuff. On one portion of the ground there is
a nursery containing 5000 peach trees. Be-
sides these there are 100 grated peach trees,
just bearing, and few cherry, plum, necta-
rine and apple trees-all choice varieties
$50 grape vines, and 900 strawberry plants.
to the grape culture, and will plant the COM
ing fall at least 10000 vines. Only few
months have elapsed since he purchased the
property for $1,000, and was thought to
have paid heavy price; but he is now so
well satisfied with his bargain that he val
ues it at $4,000, is building on it a fine dwell
ling house, and will soon have his family
living on it. These apparently trivial cir
cumstances are mentioned to prove what we
have so often asserted in regard to the happy
change which is coming over the mining
communities. One popularity of Mr. Chad
wick's place remains to be told: there are
several small trees belonging to the maple
family growing indigenously upon it, which
he intends to transplant for shade and orna-
ment.
Evans Garden.
Perhaps this is the richest garden spot in
the immediate vicinity of San Juan. 1t lies
in little fiat just below the Grizzly Reser-
voir, the sipage from which keeps it con
stantly irrigated; and its natural fertility
the ground being black loan supporting a
stout growth of tuft grass-has been in
creased by repeated manuring. The cultiva-
ted enclosure does not embrace more than
two acres. 1t was first cultivated last year,
more as an experiment than with hope of
profit, and its productiveness was astonish.
ing. Sweet potatoes weighing four or five
pounds each, and of excellent quality, were
produced, besides Bodega potatoes of supe-
rior size and flavor, and several varieties of
culinary vegetables, all of which throve
equally well. One volunteer squash vine
covered the ground for about two hundred
feet in circumference, and bore forty-five