St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1872-04-26

the patient industry of the Chinese. OF
course. if You ask him, he tells Nou that
he Is ruined by Chinese cheap labor
- \ on could no more get these fellows
to work than You could get glaSshop-
pers out OF IL vineyard said ii farmer
to me: ''hut they sit III the saloons, and
grOwl about the unfair competition of
the Chinese. one Chinaman is worth
Il whole regiment of them" OF course.
while the politicians of the hnscr sort
cry out against the Chinese. sensible
men. whether Democrats or Rrpubli-
cans. employ them: not because they
work cheaper than white men. for they
/ ,lo not : they exact just l> high wages
az ANY body else: but they work Stc:ldi-
/ lN. and do not 90 oft at five minutes no
/ ticr. or get drunk two or three times Il
/ week. "DIivc the Chinese ont of the
/ state. aS these NagahomdS demand, and
/ You would put California twenty Years
back i'll her prosperity" said Il very i'll
/ tcllIgrnt Democrat to me. The respect
able classes. though too often silent. are
utterly opposed to the crV against the
Chinese and Gov. Booth >ignaliZcd his
entrance upon office hy appointing as
/ District Judge. to fill Il vacancy i'll this
Southern country. Judge Widncy. an
able lawyer. who had the courage to 90
out. pistol III hand, among the Los An
gclc> mob. and save the life of one Chi
naman who had already rope about
his neck
WONDERFUL SOIL AND ITS PRICE.
The architecture of this region will
remind You that YOU are in IL land
L Il -.1
ling is Il secondary matter here. and it
results that many people are satisfied To
live i'll very small and slight houses.
Cloth and paper walls. inside are com
mon: IL barn Is like Jack Straw'S house.
neither wimd-tight nor watcr-tight. In
the Pico House. at Los Angeles. YOU
must walk across an open hrick-paVtd
court, containing il fountain and flow
crS. to get from yOIrr room to the din
ing room: at san Bernandino. most of
the rooms in the hotel have nocntrimcc
from within at all: You 90 on to an
open corridor and enter your chamber
from that and as the stores and shops
are mostly without chimncyS. at san
Bernardino ! saw clerks and Shopkecp-
erS on a cold day warming their coat
tails 10y fire built i'll the middle of the
broad business street. | should say
that what II farmer from the East would
spend in bringing his family ont here
he would more than save in the cost OF
his farm buildings.
The price of land at first strikes the
stranger as high. About Los Angeles
they ask from 80 to 800 per acre for
unimpr",rd farming land. | thought
they were already discounting the rail
road which is coming to them. and
which will no doubt cause this part of
the country to increase rapidly in pop
ulatinn and wealth. Every body is
talking railroad" \ corps of rmgi-
nccrS of the southern Pacific Company i
now near the town completing surveys
for the road; and aS had seen in the
East the rise i'll prices following the
mere announcement of Il new railroad.
II waS natural for me to think that pri
CeS here had been affected 10y the same
cause. But | am satisfied that they
are. on the whole. not high. IF can
make an acre of ground produce me.
after seven OF even sin wears. with Il
slight expenditure of money. 5000 per
annum for Il long term of Years. ought
to hesitate to pay 800 for il ,! asked Il
farmer tn whom told MY impressions.
''it | can get two crops Il wear from
farming land which buy already clear
ed. and can pillow i'll Dcccmhcr: ii can
TIl>c from - to 20 tons of alfalfa hay
10y successive cuttings i'll Il wear. If | can
support two COWS from il quarter ut lU
acre OF hr"t>: if my peach tees bean Il
peck Ia Il tree in the second lcLr from
thr pit my apple trees give Il iull crop
in five Years: my Vines WELD grapes the
second l,ar after plant them; and if
IA! kitchen garden i -rccn and prnduc-
tive al the >r,tr round. and need not
provide @h,lIrt for stock on tircN cod
FOL ny mouse. why ana foolish /" pay
500 per acne ," said another
CKuI> AND IREr,ArIo>.
| reserve ton another letter some de
tailed aud tIu>r-Wnrthy statements ir-
gar,llm% the pr"ntIhlcurS~ of th. cal
lrIrc "t such fruits a> the almond. ihc
orange. olive. and English walnut.
These are now dc>crNcdly attractiugut-
tcttInm in this and other of the >nuth
CIn counties of California. When
come to tell yuu OF the actual Weld at
some orchards OF these trees. NOW in
bearing. shall surprise You: and
mean therefore. to hc on my guard. and
give You. hereafter. Il full but trust
worthy account. In the mean time
may say that the rapiditN and certain
~ with which trees grow in this region
Is amazing. am writing this letter in
the open air. under the shade of an aC;i-
Ella tree which is six inches in diameter
1T the base. and comes from seed
planted three Years ago. and never
u.
green. and one of the most beautiful
shade trees. can he trlnSplantrd safely
and easily when nine inches in diane
ter and being closely trimmed will
make Il grateful shade the first season.
Vines do actually bear at two years
from the cutting. Strawberries ripcn
ahundantly in January. Mr.. Rose. ut
the Mission San Gabriel. has Il EHcdiWp
tons tree (thc Australian blue gum
which in eight wears from the cutting
has made IL sound and stately growth of
- feet, with trunk proportioncd to its
hight. | accepted the invitation of IL
farmer to see Il field of mangel wurzcls,
half an acre. which he said were las
hig round as Il nail key and mostly tw"
feet and IL half long" and | SAW them.
Il should add that they had been Il
months growing.) Ii is the universal
testimony that corn yields from 30 to
100 bushels an acre on moist land, and
whcat-this country isnot ii wheat coun
trv-from :}5 to 80 bushels. 1t is the
habit of farmers to put i'll barley when
the Winter rains begin, cut that down
for hay in April or May, and plant ii
crop of corn on the same field without
manure. with ii certainty, if the season
is good, of 40 or 80 bushels to the acre
for this second crop. OF course, when