The union Democrat., 1870-04-09
Farmer. Reply 20 v.

In your paper of March 10Th from a person
signing V. Said person has attacked my
former article with a good deal of vim, and
iabored hard and long to prove good tres
pass law would be great benefit to this coun-
fy. Judging from the tone and some few re-
marks he must be person engaged ia horti-
culture, residing in or near village and of
limited experience, wishing to introduce a
new order of things. aud fatty contradic,ing
plain and long established facts; !; or he may
be some one writing for amusement. but
Incline 10 the former opinion. Years ago,
man titled tho soil, another raised stock.
There was then good deal of enmity be-
tween the parties, and the farmer, in speak
ing Of the stock man, used to apply such
epithets as pirate and the like, but time has
regulated that, in a measure, as it does all
CULINARY things, and now the farmer finds
it to his interest to raise stcc.; MS well as plow
land and cow grimm fac. he can not live
without doing it. If farmer devotes him
self solely to raising grain and fruit, he will
freeze out in spite of fate. There is more
real profit in the few cows he keeps than in
all the other farm products beside.
lie has proven to his own satisfaction, from
statistics, tha: this county is not adapted to
raising stock because they tell him stock has
decreased lately. If he had continued with
them he might have proven this is not an
agricultural county. Why did he not tell us
how many head of stock are pastured in this
county and assessed in others? Simply be-
cause the book was silent on that part of the
subject. 1t is not my purpose to use statis-
tics, although nothing is easier. | have a
copy lying on my table. Tuolumne county
does not look well in statistics. | do not
wish to flourish them. And to show how
,much reliance can be placed on them he tells
us of man who has had COW ten years
and hns paid but two years taxes on her.
Now, if she was not on the tax list, is it
likely she will be among the statistics? |
should say not. And if one COW has escaped
taxation eight years, is it not probable others
may have escaped also. | know from per-
sonal observation there are more cattle to-day
in the hands Of small farmers AM other poor
people than two years ago. There is no
market fcr our farm products, nor is it likely
there will be for long time TO come.
Now, if we don't raise cattle, what shall
we do? | am at loss TO know. recon-
meaded the rolling up Of sleeves to secure
what crops we had from destruction. see
v. goes in for the sleeve-rolling business too.
but it is to plant the kills with the grape and
eother fruits. Some have done this years ago,
and have rolled their sleeves down again. and
let their grapes and other fruits 90 to grass,
and turned their attention to raising few
cattle they have something to live
upon. Now. if ", in place of telling us to
plant the hills to grape and other fruits would
tell us where to find II market at anything
like remuneratve prices for what we already
have, he would be a real benefnctor; or if he
will tell me where l can find market for
something. less than ton of dried fruit
will be willing to pay him good percentage.
lie tells ns there arc u million acres in this
county suitable for the vine, nearly quarter
ms much as there were in the whole Of France
n short time ago. We will suppose this mil
lion acres divided into farms quarter section
each, one family a. least living on farm,
and all engaged in crltivating the vine, .here
would 20 {, go families engaged in this in
dnstry alone. Why, V. it nearly makes me
tpsy to contemplate it. Now, if you will
tell us the number Of gallons of wine. beside
the brandy, these will produce, you will COM
pletely floor us. Ii occurs to me the Legisla-
ture might with profit send you tc Europe as
commissioner of immigration to induce those
families to come right along, and don't be
alarmed for Uncle Sam has land enough to
give them all farm, and in Tuolumnc coun-
". IL we can make this thing work, Mrs.
.Iellahy's project of having two hundred
healthy families cultivatins the coffee berry
IN Boorioboola-G Cha would not he flea bite
in comparison, and as you seem ANXIOUS to
pay off the county debt, it could be done in
no time, rs it would not amount to more than
twenty dollars to family. Before those
families arrive suppose you 60 in with me for
"a good fence law, then afterwards. when ali
the land shall be occupied, promise to 20 in
with you for n trespass law. We will ignore
fences altogether. and compel every man who
keeps cow to keep her on C rope. BY so
doing q new industry may be developed.
This will he the raising of hemp, fer we will
have need Of good deal of that material
Yes, v. let us fix up our fences and keen the
cattle on the outside it will be SO much
cheaper, FOX you must bear in mind we have
fences already. have no idea that any one
will be rash enough to take ap piece of land
thinking to make home of it while ou. taxes
nre nt the present pitch still some are throw
ing fences around huge tracts for specula-
tive purposes, such as ranching stock, and
,rousiIerable stock are brought from other
counties to be pastured here, Notwithstanding