New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-07-11

diseases except in vicinity fsBakerseld; lovely
mountain scenery the capacity for great variety OF
products and water enough, flowing from the noun
tains each sde II IL Is properly saved to rigate
every acre OF soil which needstt.
AGRICULTURAL MISSIONARIES WANTED.
An English engineer Mr. Brereon. long experienced in
irrigation works in India last made at the cost OF
San Francisco capitalists careful reconnaissance Of the
valley. foothills, and mountains; he ascerained the
levels OF Tulare Kern and Vista Lakes and his
report (which have seem asserts thht the wafer winch
comes from the mountains and lakes ia more than su
cent for irrigation. and he has proposed Reheray5
tenn OF canals to be carried out this Summer In small
part only, but to be completed as population comes IN
which will supply the entire valley with water. Enc
moneyed men OF California begin 10 comprehend thatH
they were shortsghted they would have perceived
long ago. that far profitable to build canal
for irrigation than for mining purposes fet'
bring and sell water TO miners, numerous Oh
miles OF canals and expensive fumes have been
dug and built and at far greater cost than
IA necessary for irrigation. Yet mine Is al
ways uncertain and is sure, some day, to peter out"
while irrigated land ceases to be productive But
the truth is that agriculture yet In It's infancy IN ths
State. Mining and trading have long been the chet oc
equations for capital and enterprise Deep thorough
blowing Ia almost unknown in the State have seen
dozen alfalfa fields prepared this Winter-alfaa Is the
Gillian clover which sends it's roots down to water
gives enormous crops and will last twenty years. 1t Is
a most important crop have no doubt that good
alfalfa field will keep fifteen sheep to tho acre
the year round. Yet have not seen one such Held SUD
soied and scarcely plowed five inches deep. Alf-
lera the important native grass here is probably
the richest food for cattle the world The pastures
have been tramped for years. until the soil is as
hard as brick and you wonder that bears anything
1t is well known that to run pow only three Inches
deep through field will cause the alhllera to come up
breast high to the next season. have seen this
myself Yet doubt II dozen men in the whole state
have ever taken the trouble turn their sheep cattle
pastures over with pillow. i have not seen sub-sOl
pillow in the whole Joaquin valley, and donot
believe there is one.
WHERE TO GET RICH
Repeated experiment small scale has proved that
land plowed inches deep will give more than half
CROP without irrigation in the dryest season ana
1t is very well known that the Summer following nsures
a CROP no matter how the drouth. But Summer
following is practiced to only limited extent and as
for deep plowing, farmer is so sure OF good crop
with only tolerable season, that he will risk failure
rather than be the trouble OF sending his plOw down
eight ten inches There is magnificent opportunity In
this great valley for industrious and thrifty farmers
Millions Of acres OF fertile land lie open to settlement
and are reserved by Government, at low price,
for actual settlers Horses, cattle, and sheep are
cheap, and cheaply kept, needing no costly barns,
any expensive storage Of food; the climate Is so
mild that the saved the tedious trouble OF lay
ing In huge stores Of Winter frew0Od ana his 1amys
clothing need not cost half what it must cost in the
East The most valuable fruits and other products
known to commerce grow here safely and easily; life
and property seeure there is nothing here except
idleness ignorance and unthrift to prevent farmers
in few years, becoming rich Everything that Is
planted beaIs with rapidity surprising to an Eastern
man. A peach orchard begins to bear the
second year after planting the pits; 1 layc
seen vines - such as grow only in hotl'
with us at hOme-which bore and n
clusters Of grapes the same year in which the Gu
were planted the apple bears handsomely at
years from the nursery; the dwarf pear which la
generally failed with US everybody tells bears here
constantly in the vegetable garden the tomato ripens
almost every month Of the year. the strawberry bios
in February. and there is month in which. with
but little care. the family cannot get abundant and
varied supply of vegetables from the garden But the
farming is, for the most part, spshod and disgraceu
In the whole San Joaquin Valley, from Stockton to
the TETON pass, / have not seen even half a
dozen welkept farms, and yet have travelled slowly
and kept my eyes open. In some other parts Of the
State have thorough and intelligent farming-and
have always found the who practced IL not merely
comfortable but rich, rapidly becoming rich. IL
should DO said that the valley hitherto attracted but
litto attention farmers with capital without rail-
road communications, IL did not tempt Them and it
must be added that great many people have quietly
got rich in IL 10y the most slipshod farming IOu would
lie surprised how much wealth ~ in the hands OF
farmers and graZiers about place like Nlsalla-and
what poor use they make OF 1t. CT