New-York tribune., 1872-07-03

we always ,ep nder blankets. Thus, there Is no
such exhafon rom restless nights, as IN tuo
East" In T. th, climate does not seem 10 DC
severe on lttchil'en, which Is. perhaps one OF ls
best tests AnNo clno travel anywhere In California
without nouciithathe forms OF the women, VINO nave
lived many yea he, are moro full and robust thiih
with US; wme chlrcn are universally CHUBBY iat'
and red checked l not remember soeing anywhere
in the State, sie Nakly, or what the Yankees call
"peaked" looklnhli The Spanish California women
begin TO take Olaf an early ago, and "loso their
fSurc," often be tht are 25 All animals also fatten
easily here, and hes a. very commonly so feshy that
they would DO t1oat unt to drive ride In the East
found, to my surbe tata good deal OF wine Is made
around Visaia. TBrap does admirably on the plains;
1t will do still bette th foothills which are as yet
but little occupiedA tcrman, some miles from the
town, makes reatlbly good wine; but none OF the
viIeyardists have discovered how to make mbd
table wine. Severa rm.rs make raisins, and at one
farm found them oLelltnt quality 1 was told that
snail crop had DeeIld at 25 cents per pound Inc
profess OF curing the pes is very simple, and easily
carried They arted partly in the sun, and after
ward under cOyer-as 40 loft OF barn. The Mission
Grape does not make grasln but in several parts OF
the state men have Ped the true raisiD grape OF
Malaga, and believe its well. The manufacture OF
rasih 0ughtto be as prbe as that OF wine, and far
more beneficial to the @. Dried grapes are very
commonly sold In the shoind for cooking do nearly as
well as raisnsi but they not very good to eat, ana
would ,Ot, imagine, bearusportation
FARMERS AN,ssIBulrIEs
Whcnone compares the pblties of this region with
whai he finds actually acctisbsI he ia always dis
appointed. The orange gr near Visalia the olive
would 0Urish there Of thtelish walnut there are
Some goOi trees, and IN the t-hls all these and the
almond ak0 would do well, n better I think, than
about LOsAngeles, for In the fhs they have scarcely
a touch offros But there art six orange trees, nor
a dozen Olives within 20 miles 0saa and the culture
Of these picitable fruits is scely known The old
settlers have but little energy f',ch fresh fields; and
IN general, where they do not CATTLE they content
themselves With wheat barley a,ther field crops, aud
do not plant trees. Yet the paIy OF trees for timber
and Gre-wOOd alone would be VI profitable all over
this valley; AID DO one who owiCO acres ought to
waste a veal without putting acres into such
trees as tie locust and the eucalys IL is not that
the farmers are unintegent. Astss. the men about
here who raise gram an admiral ct OF men, hardy
enterpnsing not easily dscourased,l with remark
able faculty for acting together fore general good
But they have lived a long time awayom the rest OF
tho State Until this year, one could ch visalia only
by tedious stage ride of SO hours ante people were
not sufficiently in contact with the OF the state
Moreov,r +, most of them poor. Thcs a great deal
OF wealth III ire llnnlCidtt oiSald, Out ~ -
chiefly in the hands Of the cattle-owl, who are the
least civilized rart of the community whose man.
ncr OF living is poor and common q worth from
$4,000 to 100000 i've in shanes, and from peach
orchard, have no sign OF Thrift or iOIOught about
their places.
The truth is that much OF this great wy is fit for
garden that il i wastefll to 1t for attic sheep
range ur for field crops. Wherever the her can have
water irrigation the careful culture small tracts
Will pay for many years to come extrdonIry pr0hts
The hop will grow well anywhere aboutere, and as
there is no ram to interfere with ITS matug and gath
crng. IL will some day be one OF the Pes OF ths
region
TIE NECESSITY OF IRRIGATlC
The vine grown for raisns will be iOumo yield here
five tlm the profit per acre Of wheat, nj it i as
cheaply cultivated. The true to keepte here Is
to soil then-for the beet and alfalfa groan the year
round. An intelligent sheep farmer rarked to me
that he thought the whole present system farming III
this valley-whch yet he foliows-was a stake " The
small farmers will make more money by)ling CATTLE
by-lnd-by than the great stockowners er made, ana
will drive them out of the market" he i'd. when /
asked him why be did not change his syst he REPLIED
IL is too late. | have grown old her and cannot
change. But the new people will drive all ont. In
be aggregate. the small farmers will raj many more
cattle aud sheep than do, and they wren ihem ior
higher price because they will be unifny In better
condition" This Judge to be true irdct 40 hoe
know a country which better adapted' Iarmilg' as
we understand the word in the East % seasons arc
such 10 ay into the farmers hands ;ie so - IIl'
and easily worked one may plOW iO.nic i
and with rrg;itiun every crop is surend everything
oyrs ,n"ryai0usIV Wtbout water ey. IN such years
~ tbis fl anJ very ,tnuneratiye Gro obtained
1t ihe farnr "a exnnsed to fhe risk ,droutbs and
ai,,i .ysrv nna win Comes Ia C,ufeil 10 farm 10
49, % 80, tiyyot Tho nioce be selects sl have sufficient
am, , ~ IT, ,I,ts co =, tbere arc as veO arteSian wells
ht ivi a. ~ ds bet w zen two lyr.alountlin ranges,
the is no reason To doubt tnat nOls Wei,s eau 10
got. Tnere has not been enterprise vi Ia to nlVo
valley 10 give artesdn boring trial iu Ia .is patc
ular IL is far behind San bernardo thIcn nag IN
abundance Of flowing wells. lhestoc, anu su1ooP- 1P
owners graZe ON these plains alt,
when tney have no natural water nj tihI'"'i ul-s45s
wells, aud pumpin, water for thelro AS ti'y az az
not own the Land, they Of cour cAfies aS u It's
permanent Improvement. lrriga)h IsiaIEcf pray
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