White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1868-02-13

and wine. will be the principal object here for
years to come.
Indigenous grasses and clovers flourish here,
and there Is no limit to the supply The grass
b now about six inches high. Next June il
vii be cured hay. with an abundance Of seeds.
and 20 remain until grass comes again, next
December. There vas druuth here. few
years ago. and the grating on the lover val
leys failed. but fanchmen found plenty By dri-
wing their stock up in the modntains. North
Of here. the cattle all died; and sisce then.
this has been she only County in Southern
California where eatt'e- -gro.ing /. extensively
followed. The raising Of sheep is the great
business everywhere. and engrosses must OF
the attention and capital Of the country.
have been told number Of time., BY intelli
gent sheep growers, that they cou'd raise them
pro6tably at 25 cents per head. The price of
fair Merino sheep is 81; herIers, $40 a
moth; and in this country, pastursge viii cost
nothing. Ewes are unusually prolific; many
dOcks lamb twice year. aud raise as many ~
four lambs.
The same conditions that make this good
sheep country. make it good cattle country
Beef is worth froiii to l2 cents. There are
numerous droves OF horses everywhere. They
are worth but little. Mares BY the drove have
sold As low as SO Pc: head, colts included.
A contract for army orses vas recently filled
in this County. At $40 per head
Nett to climate. the great charm Of this
'epsaAry lies 10 its fruit productions. Most Of
the fruits of the tropical and temperate zones
grow here, and iructify enormously. Oranges,
lines. lemons. olives, 6gs. pomegranates. cit
rons. aprico,s; all Of the peach. apple, pear
and plum family, and all Of the berry tribes;
every kind Of wine. table and raisin grapes;
and almonds. walnuts. 6iberts, and other vari
ties Of n .ts-in fact. nearly everything. Late
ly, bananas and piantains have been introduc.
ed. This country 10 almost without rival in
tropical fruit rsising. and has superior condi.
tions and facilities To any other. The orange
family. olives, figs. &C.. can be propagated
twice As easy as the apple, and the frui: will
always bring ten times as much. Figs and
rsisins will make returns in four years; the
other kinds require six or seven. Destructive
insects, such IS curculio and borer, are un.
known. Every one has heard of Californis
vine. At Anoheim, 50 miles north Of here
there is . community of 900 persons engaged
exclusively in wine producing; and delicious
article can be had At 50 cents gallon, or Il
cents BY the pipe.
The following extracts are taken from the
Assessors return of Los Angeles County, fo
this year-that is an adjoining County to this
The figures are all sworn to, and no doubt un
derstate the different amounts. They viii
give the reader better idea of the return. o
the soil. than mere words possibly could. TIT
population Of Los Angeles County is 20 900
two thirds are natives, and non producers
There ere in the County $1,000 acres of lane
under cultivation. The nett oft all arount
is $l26 to the acre. There are produc,t
900 900 GALLONS of vine, $4,000 GALLONS o
brandy, lS0 600 bushels of corn, Isl, 900 bush
els OF barley, and 1000 bushels of wheat
The orange crop sold. was worth 1927 600
wal'uts, $l05, 900; lemons, SIS 900; and 9th
er articles, hops. LINES, almonds, &C.. brough
large amounts. This vast sum of near mill
ion of dollars for fruits alone, is divided be
tween few hundred growers. and very feS o.
the escharis are a dozen years old Thi,
County is two degrees warner than Los A..
| geles. has better port to ship from. and be
fore many years will have as good a showing.
For the benefit of person. a5 wish to emi
CRATE here, will say that think this Coon,,
offers the beat facilities sor rai,ing fruit and
stock; Santa Barbara, San Luis Ot,isro. Mon
terey and Santa Cruz. Middle California. the
be for agriculture and dairy products, corr,
barley, and vegetables; and the S.cran n;o
valleys for wheat. Irrigation i. oaly plrti,Il,
'ecessary in the northern and middle Counties,
ami the man without means will do best in
that thick'y settled county Agricultural i'm
pements, and all the nccessaIie, Of life except
meat, are much dearer here than u, north;
and but little can be done without sutf}ciency
OF msans Game here is very plentiful, from
grizzly down to an Engl sh snipe. A hunter
can easily kill a wagon load of lid fowl in
day. Good, Industrious men are scarce here,
and IL would be great blessing 10 this secti u
if the populous West could spare it few.
Adios. L. H. U.