Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-07-27
california Correspondence.
CnowcmLLA CREEK, Fresno Co..

about 600 acres out OF liZOV sOWcu' luV iVou
not being worth harvesting. We. had about
800 acres of summor-ialowed land, on which
the grain was, perhaps, an average oil the
usual yield in good season. The rest was
very light We hope to get some 2,OOO
bushels, which will seem ike small renumer-
alton for labor that would have produced H.
600 in a favorable year But, from my per-
sonal observation and what have learned by
persons travelling through this valley lthe
San Joaquin this crop is a good average
by some called more than will be generally
raised this year. The whole State has SUI
lcred severely from drouth, newspaper state
mouts to the contrary Notwithstanding
Whcat-growiug has been a great, though
not o total, failure this year. The weather
has been excessively hot a number of days
chi. month thc mercury rising to III in the
shade it. being only S or 10 degrees hotter
in the sun.
California seems to be very unsettled this
year in her weather arrangements. Usually,
after the hot days begin the sky is almost
cloudc., till the rainy season commences,
with nights very cool and pleasant. This
summer. two.thirds of the days have been
moro or less cloudy aud about the middle Of
june we had quite a fine shower, with heavy
thunder, which is still more out Of the usual
order of things, being almost uuheard Of
here; and a. lorhotnights, we have had some
pretty fair specimens this month. ! do not
find the climate as Gne as | expected, nor the
country as beautiful The winds are fire.
quently hot, aud blow like young hurricanes
filling the air and every imaginable thing
with dust, so that eating or drinking, sleep
ing or waking it is dust, dust. and not that
that glipcry either used to be told when
young that one had to eat peck of dirt be-
fore they died II the dying comes when
the eating Of that amount Of earth is accom-.
plished California never would boast an in
habitaut Of more than years standing
Truly never lived in more unpleasant
climate, aud have been in a good many o
the States and territories east west nor'l
aud south.
Many Of the people here seem to like Ga,
heat, dirt, winds etc, as well as do' am.
numbers have told me that NOT more than on
in twenty OF the people here intend to maxi
this their home only so long as % wall tax
them to-" make stake Gas the saying Is :
then away for their old homes and asso'ia
tons in the east or wherever they may be.
BY the way, this Is very poor place TO
a man with small means to emigrate to, wit
the intention OF living by any agrculiurl
pursuit California will be some day,
there Is not different course pursued as oa
for poor man to 1--we III as Is Ireland or an
OF the countries OF Europe The hrst settler
here bought large tracts oil the most yaluaoI
lands in the country, for grazing purposes, a
very low figures. They have been continual
ly increasing their herds aud acres and no
are determined, by fair means or otherwis
that iarmer-one who comes here with tf
purpose OF improving the country, lWhlc
stock-ralsers do Hsf by bringing the soil VI
der cultiyatlon,-shall not flourish. They q
low their herds to oyerrun his heds- or con
pei him to keep a small army Of men to pro
teet his property. Fencing is out Of tn
question as timber Is not to be had at price
that can warrant "a man to enclose his graz
e Last spring the wheat growers IN MERGED eoui
'y guarded their heIda with powder aud lea
they being strong enough IN numbers to aIlo
them to KILL instead OF driving on The
have a " no fence law IN that county nov
aud are not troubled IN the least. How
shall get along IN this county (Fresno) ne'
year, Is yet to be proved. We have bee
badly enough oyerrun tins season Two spe
linens OF the landed mouopollsts Will be sun
Client to give you an idea Of the extent
some OF their possessions Our neighbor on Il
west S'ue' whose lauu JOINS 'n'' rancn' Is ou'''
, ing iorty miles oil fence inns season. ana on
expects TO get round TWO sides oil his pasture
Inc north line runs nineteen miles east iroI
'he river lie mas also large iarm und'
cultivation sixteen miles north oil here an
sun another sixteen miles north oil mat
one''ng on 'ne MERGED river lis stock
e mostly mere ana 'ney no IKE wheat appa
e eu''y' oo''cr 'nan any o'ner loou 'hey &c
e As he mas about 2t'ooo mead oil cattle II
damage they can do IN a night II not watched
ia" "a'u'y Dc 'a''u'a.eu nc haa ',oo
caves 10 Drand tn'' spring miller y Luz
va ''' oPPoS',o sue VI inc i''''' almost Il'e
any Wv" "'' 'i' '''' ''''' Jo'"' ''e''' Tue
"'"V'y 'u'''' rounu IT, ln'y enclosed a nj
ucru OF antelope "neh lehcihg' lher catt