Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1864-03-16
The Weather, Crops and Earth
QuakeS.

The Alameda lSan Lrantro) Gazette OF l2th
March SAYS: The grain crop i'll this locality l.
looking quite well Vet. IhU tops of the hills are
brown - in August. hut the foot hills ar" stu!
pretty green. Ii we have rain in a week or tive.
the crop OF cereals will be saved, As vel! rs the
grass and vegetables In the valley.
The Costa lPachrcu) Gazette "t the same date
saws: Don Salvio P,chec". an old resident OF
California, and very Intelligent and reliable Etn'
tlruan. states. as we are informed. thni from thc
wear 1921 to Is:6 scarcely any rain whatever f"I
iha, cattle died by thousands and that earth
uuakeS were frequent and 50 severe that in some
instances adobe buildings Were thrown down and
the inmates buried in theig ruins
The Napa Reporter OF the SAME date says In
,irv weather all signs iail-Sucu is IN Old saying.
\ long spell Of dry weather has cuSued and many
prophesed that on Mondar-rhe day Of tile
moons chancr-rain wUuld come. II tue eN'
trene heavy winds that visited us from the nOrt'l,
ward gu that day aud the following night and
dav were OF u puvial character tue weather
sr,.rs would have had II feather 10 put III thcif
hats. but the winds Were of 50 dry nature thht
they sucked up and carried away all the surface
moisture OF the country. The hope HOW prev ais
tua: the old belief in an eluinoctiai storm may
this wear benefit Us By giving the whole state
plentiful drenchiug showers.
The So!auo (Suisun) Press Of the same date
SAYS la Snlauo county a great many OF tie
farmers have already given up all hopes Of raising
u crup-eXprc>sing themselves 20 be very thank
full ii they can raise enough 70 nlaNr their own
flour ami save seed sufficient for the next season.
Most ot them have put OF plowng-lt being NJ
,,r,y impossible TO soften the baked earth What
lityie grain has sprung up Is rapidly whitening be-
f5r. The. fierce north winds that have ragged 81 de-
,rructivrlv lately The frut i also going TO suffer
in "A great measure Not near the usual quantity
will br raised. and even what fruit is produced
will mature much earlier and he ~ much smaller
size than usual. We hear that cattle are dying
-,.si1l la nFt S4sr tDttsrs q
from; wan; o; water and feed. In short time
there will be no pasture LETT whatever, In some
portions, even if the glorious storms 81 ram should
gladden. now. nothing will bv raised. In SrE.
er,l sections, however. the fading waters
would MAKE it possible 10 raise far crops. and,
bc>iles the hills would again br clad in their YER
Lnrt and stock would lind The subsistence OF life.
The ~TochtVa Independent OF llth March re-
mark: The time EaS gone 10y whrn tue gram
already suwn could have been materially Uenr.
Et-rl by rain. The next year crop may Il" SCI
down a. a failure W. SAY mis- in no spirit o:
croakius The most experienced farmers through
out this valley axe our authority Tor pronnunc'
il.s the crop II total failure. But il is not the
failure OF the grain crap alone which troubles
California There vii, Nc 10 hay, no grass, ls''N"
in highly favored locaiiies) aId no sort u; food!
for stock. Tl:, farmers i'll this county ARE driv'
Ing their cattle. out OF their dusty fields and con-
rlCas il the tule lands, where. however, long the
drought may last, owing 10 the tides, there WI!
be good grazing. This is Pr"videniiaI: bnt 1t Is
providence OF no avail 10 those whose vast herds
aud !i"cks range along ;hc upper San joaquin
There the drought will very soon be n tdt;il 7"
c;.;tr il already has been i'll the counties 81
Los Angeles. San Bernardino Santa Barbara and
san LUIS Obispo Everybody
should begin now to economist the stock OF sup
plirs on hand and the best way to begin is by
curtaiiing the number Of cattle and horses which
consume hay and grain, down the very lowest
standard consistent with the requirements oG far
mers and treiShterS.
The ViSaia Delta OF 10Th March says: Des.
pairing Ui rain. and unable TO procure water from
The creeks Us usual, our farmers have banded
themselves together for the purpose OF cutting
tw or three big bitches, from the running streams.
I'D among the foothills down 10 the plains. One
Of these. bitches in which over hnndieG farmers
are Interested. is IL feet wide ~ the bottom, -
feet wide 4; the top and - miles long. l. vii! be
finished III three weeks, and with its ad Ina!y
fair crops OF wheat will yet be r;s.Sed.
The 5. +, Bulletin, OF March lIth also remarks
on this subject. Evidently California has not had
her annual average OF rain during lne present sea
sou. and the croaAers-consistInS FOR the greater
part OF farmers and Others who have wheat, bar
lev and other farlnacrous grains III store, and the
civ railroad men who fancy the scarcity Of feed
will help raise their fares--have determined that
We are To have more rain till next Fail Ccnst
uuently the crops must fail, aud consequently
Hour should sell AZ twenty dollars barrel. and
consequently again, barle:- oueh; 10 advance IN
StauIiy i've cents pound. and by speca! act o!
the Legislature railroad fares be doubled for
| the next - years. The consideration OF u frw
well settled scientific facts may serve to alleviate
| the pressure of ANY merely speculative fears on
This subject. While Humboldt WAS i'll the prime
of his powers AID of his fame, and possessed his
faculties and aptitudrs Tor observation and geucr
za,ion in their greatest perfection, he determined
az scientific fact. that the average fall Of tain va
ries with the latitude being CREATES; NJ the equator
and diminishing towards tile poles III the following
ratio namely: st inches ANNUALLY ~ the equa'
tor 80 inches at latitude 20 dc., ~ inches ~ !ati
| tude A. deg and IL inches at latitude to deg.
some variation is to be expected in these proper
| tons from exceptional natural causes which
operate with great regularity in certain locations,
| and also from Phenomena which are cNtraOrdina'
| ~ as 20 he ciassed among accdents-such as the
| fall of $50 inches OF rain in Brazil ls2l-5ut
Humboldts proposition has received q general ac'
| ceptance from she scientific world 1t is conce.
,Ied that our annual average OF rain has not yet
fallen The prediction that We shall not have any
more rain is not pralicated upon the fact that we
have already had all the rain are entitled to
but rather singularly upon the fact that We have
NOT had the quantity which usually falls before
this time of the year; a style of argument which
an, acts attention rather than admiration con
viction And these very prophets OF evil them
selves admit tina; there will doubtless be some
rains. but like the hopeful genius who was refused
admission into Noah's ark, they don't believe
there will be mucl of shower after ALL and
that it is 700 late for any rains may get 10 do
much good We doubt if such persons have ever
properly estimated the capacity of clouds To dis
till the gentle rains Of heaven.