New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-26
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repetition OF IT, should say him First-LO0k about
you for 2o or you oan co. picked mon, industrious,
saving and determined Form yourselves into society
Select the most trustworthy and experienced one OF
your number-one in whom you can all confde-O go to
California to sock out q place for you. Direct him
first to Sacramento. There, in tho land Office
Of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, he
can get the best general idea OF the land in the
state for in the local United States land Offices he gets
q view only of the lands in the limited jurisdiction of
each Having thus. the charts surveyed the ground
he should visit the spot which him most favor
able. SecOndThere no should inquire what facilities
there are for irrigation; what most suitable for the
company's purposes. plain foothl lauds-rememOer-
ing that for the present the foothills afford water more
handly And when he finds what he wants, he can buy
Of the railroad and Congress together as yet in many
places compact body Of land sufficient for oil pur-
poses Twenty families at 50 acres each, would need
1G0O of land, two and half sections Ihird-
When the land bought should be fenced as quickly
p0ssibe then the manager should at once DrhS do"h
waterand he will readily find engineers to manage TINS
cheaply and well An irrigation canal Is not very costly
where the soil is twenty feet deep, and without stones
A nursery should then be begun IN when ne
should plant orange lemon and citrOn seeds oVe CUT
tngs, and English wanus well as eucalyptus secuS'
These II watered will at once ana small nursery
will cheaply supply the whole colony. FOurth-NeNt
come grapesand here strongly advise the planting of
the White Malaga Tor rdlslnS lic ptob d"t"V4i'N' 80
sure me that the rasn crop will be very profitable here
rtclass raisns are now made in this state hut in lin
tied quantities. as but few vines of the Malaga kind are
in bearing The wine crop is in most places expensive
TO make the rasu crop needs casks, and costs less
TO send to market.
COLONIAL FARMING.
Fifth-The manager should survey out the 60aore
tracts and plant each one, in the suOtrop
zeal fruits-orange lemon ctrOn olive, English walnut
ten acres in grapes, an acre two in common fruit
trees put the remainder in barley to be cut for hay
If the favorable his hay crop will almost pay
the expenses of the year. At the same time he should
plant dividing fences of willow or cotton wood or both
from which, two years. the coOnists may cut theirtr
wood. He should also plant each lot at least
ten acres in eucalyptus should advise 1t
is a graceful evergreen tree, which grows with enor-
nous rapdity, and yields solid and valuable timber
have known a eucalyptus to grow II feet in year.
Sxth-Whatever he plants should be carefully done.
Deep blowing is almost unknown in California; yet
many shrewd farmers believe that if you pillow thor
oughly IS inches deep, you need not fear drouth
do not believe there is to-day subsOil pillow in the
whole San Joaquin valley; and if man pows five
inches Deep he thinks himself hero, Seventh-It is
easy in any part of California to get farm work, such
as fencing planting and vines and building done
by contract. 1t is not easy to hire competent farm
labOrers for the regular operations Of the farm. But
when the colonists on it will be easy enough for
each to take care OF his tract; and where COM
munity is thus formed, Indians who make good plow
men, are always attracted by the prospect Of work.
Eighth-The should continue sole charge for
al least three seasons the time he began operations
He should receive salary of course and he should be
carefully selected upon his aithfuness and capacity
the success the undertaking will greatly il not entirely
depend 1t Is not absolutely necessary that he should
be q farmer; but he should be competent business
man. A shrewd intelligent mechanic, perseyering and
with proper sense of responsibility to his companions
would do well He will not need to pow with his own
hands, but he look to the economical of money
in the operations he conducts. Ninth-The intending
coloniss should continue patiently work in their old
homes until the vines into bearing They would
have assessments to pay for the support of operations in
the colony and they should lay by money against
the time when they will remove to their new homes. If
their in the enterprise, If they have faith and
enthusiasm they will work the harder and save the
more for the incentive before them. Tenth-rhe man
ager Should nursery of trees; and in the
third year he should plOw deeply ten acres each lot
and SOW it alfalfa which will require watering lrr
eating the first year. Alfalfa is the Gillian clover It
is in fact kind OF lucerne. It yields crops
Of green grass hay and is reished by cattle, horses
and hogs. An acre Of it will maintain IL sheep.
Eleventh-When at last the cOlonsts on to take
possession town plot which ought to be laid out in
the beginning, will rapidly I'll up with mechanics; lam
Der eau bought wholesale for building, and houses
are very cheapy built in California.
CERTAIN RESULTS
Twelfth-Each settler should first make for himself
vegetable garden and plant besides in beets.
grow in the San Joaquin valley all the round
and with ten acres in alfalfa and in beets TO be
planted wherever they pulled off, half dozen head Of
good CATTLE span OF good horses and dozen twenty
sheep or pigs kept with expense except the
labor OF cutting the This is the country soil
cattle in the United States because you may cut
food all the year round cows and hogs sheep give
constant revenue, supply food and with vegetable
garden and chickens. ana fruit the farmer has almost
all he needs to eat on his own ground. At Ana
heinz though many of the cOlOnsts began with heavy
debt and had thus to struggle for years. there
was from the first settlement any question Of
bread and butter fact the bread and butter terror,
the struggle for food the vague fear that day there
may be enough to eat in the house. which stands be-
hind the chair Of many Woodworking in the East,
is not known in this land of plenty. ThrteenthI trust
every such colony would make abundant provision for
church and good school, FOurteenthI have allowed 80
to each cOOnis Forty enough but land in
the San joaquin valley cheap; and if party Of
can manage 20 improve so they will De the richer
in the end and with but little expense at first Fiji
teenthAvOid debt you can and If you must Dor
row to build your houses try to obtain 1t in the East
seven or eight per cent. Here you must pay ten or
twelve, and fifteen In fact in Southern California
large constantly borrowed at two per cent
per month"; andsuch the returns for industry there
the borrowers make money, and often get rich with
that enormous rate against them. SYSTEMATICALLY,
perseverance is the only requirement for success; but
persevering, patient work at thing is needed.
Opportunities stil abundant in the State that
exctable men fly OFF from pursuit TO another in
hopes Of a speedy oruneand for the most part fail be-
cause they do nothing thoroughly Ihave yet TO here
the first farmer sat down piece Of land for five
years and gave it patient and thorough age, who
not an independent man at the end. If any Eastern
mechanic, feeling the oppression Of his circumstances,
desires independence for himself and his children, he
has verify believe in this Southern California, and
especially in the San Joaquin Valley, the best oppor-
tunty in the world to acquire IT, OF Congress land he
can get 80 acres for nothing; Southern Pacific RarOad