New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-14

,,.os, ~ tbrashingl He has sixty men at work. OF
hom forty are Chinese and he Is o iUopy
sixty acisS ne country which cuts the heads OF the
cain and throws them into large cart LOOKING IAv t
nns much saving ~ labor in it might be expected
The paid 81 90 tgoD day hG pp bt work
nroye excellent wOrkmen ordinary hahuS LOT nB -
receive 81 to 81 so day without ratlos bat the
icks alone for the wheat will cost this farmer s6o0o
7 was shown I'm one field unique sight V9uInieer
SToR 'ncntifated fro last years scattered seeds
so rich that would probably average ~ W 80 hlev
even I'm tbe nird year Of volunteer crop reacn 20
bushels where not touch OF human aDOr ha Dcen IN
upon IT, Let it be remembered that inc averago yoo
even OF the West wheat is only is bushels 70 the acre
and one understand what soil ana ornate s Ear
In one year Qs50 this gentleman states that nc hut
vested roo bushels Of potatoes to the acre RON neu Vi
e trasbing OF the wheat is done entirely by steam
The machines 20 around from farm to farm ana thrash
about 900 bushels day. The thrasher gets O per uay
and the cost is about cents Dushel lie pIoht on
wheat is about SIS acre here; and the cost OF pa
ing cuhvatng reaping, and sacks VIII reach $lo 'no'
During my Visit, We took drive through the Liver,
Valley. This was an agcHtu,a sghe saS ~ ta
other country present Think OF loVo acres " i
golden wheat without tree, or hedge or fence,
lag its yellow waving surface as ar as e eSv ,r
reach, and averaging seventy 1ushe,s 10 ne y Which
hundred thousand bushels in this petty valley, Oh WILL
no one ever heard. And five years ago. no one toEs'
this land worth cultlyating ana II cOuIu h"'o D'
bought for S. an acre-nov II Is worm SlOo'
In the conclusion of the volume Mr. Brace INDUCES
in some interesting spe uatOns concerning the enect
of climate and other external circumstances Oh INC
character of the race il. California 1t consists III
mart. of picked men from most European races VINO
have been occupied with mining, teamlng, farming
and other vigorous outdoor occupations. They nave
had the best food plenty Of fruit and meat ana the
finest climate which the Anglo Saxon has ever en-
loved. The effect on the physical type of California
is visible in the superior beauty of its men. One
sees great numbers Of handsome, manly profes,
with full, ruddy checks. and TALL vigorous forms
The spare. dry, nervous type Of the Eastern Amer
loan is not common in the interior The children in
the country, and from the Weather classes In
the city. appear more ruddv and healthy-looking
than in the Atlantic States The young girls show
great deal of beauty, and such rich bloom of COM
plexon as is rarely elsewhere in America. Other
distinctive characteristics alluded TO by Mr. Brace
seem to confirm the suppositiOn that higher form
of humanity will be developed in the New West,
although he does not hazard the opinion whether the
long hoped for Coming Man is to make his first APP
pearance in that quarter But at all events, We are
greatly indebted TO the author for the instructive
exposition Of facts. the precise and accurate details
and the frequent picturesque sketches, which give
his volume the combined value of utility and fasci-
nation.