New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-11-08

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Us" - - residence a temporary resort for the
rcoye-y of health or a field for agricultural expert
mt Mr. Nordhof does not attempt to begulle ms
audience by any flights Of fancy, or spaSins u |
6pesvrting He is ALWAYS simple, straightforward
intent on business and earnest in expression ITO
has no doubt certain tincture OF enthusiasm :"
o+or,nlotine the plories of FL Dorado, land more
wonderful in reality than it has been faeo III s'oty'
INT he never permits his imagination to oVeIlaS us
.oon,,,on sensc He recites what he has seen, ana |
hoard and felt. but without any touch OF aruhcial
oD,bollislrpent His Dorc planness OF speech !
a,yalens a confidence in the accuracy OF his stale
,roDts while his evident kecnness Of observation |
oives authority TO his descriptions
noipt Of peculiar interest to many persons IN tho
Atlantic states is the adaptation of the California
Innate to the restoration of chronic nvalids' The
southern part of the State in this respect IS con-
siaered by Mr. Nordhof as superior to the Mediter-
,.nean shore in Italy and France. San Diego pos |
,osscs the mildest and sunniest winter climate on /
the coast Ii is the most southern town IN the STATE
aud warmer than either Santa Barbara or san ber- |
nardino The climate is singuarly free from sud !
den changes especially at Santa Barbara Whlch !
has the most uniform good weather OF any pace
on the coast You can sit out of doors almost every
dav in the year. There are but few rainy days and
il no sooner stops raining than the sun shines out
with the kndliest briliancy. In the evening yon
will sal by a wood-ire, mostly with the doors ana
windows open. and at night you sleep very COM
for.ably under blankets. There are no gloomy days.
md the focs which occasionally prevail IN the NOM
ing are not cold, but rather dry aud warm Inc
saluIrious effects of the climate are toTcDly MUS
trated by an example within the authors personal
experience. "A friend and neighbor OF my oWn'
cousumptive for some years, and struggling for ms
life in a Winter residence for two wears at Nice ana
Mcp+onc and during third at Aiken. in South Caro-
lima came last October to Southern California. lie
lad been losing ground, as he said, and as has APP
pearance showed. for two years, and last summer
suffered so severely from night sweats, sleepeSness
continual coughing and lack of appetite, that II was
doubtful whether ne would live through the Winter
anywhere; and il was ratherin desperation than win
much hope of prolonged comfortable life that he
made ready for the journey across the continent Win
his family. In January was one day standing in
the doorway Of a hotel at Los Angeles when saw
wagon drive up; the driver jumped out, held out bis
hand to me, and sung out in hearty voice, HOW DO
Won dOl' Ii was my cOnsumptve friend hut a
changed man. lie had Just driven sixty miles IN two
days. over a rough road. from San Bernardino; he
walked with me several miles on the evening we
met; he ate heartily and slept well. enjoyed his
life and cOughcd hardly at all II was an
amazing change 10 come abont In three
months and in a man i'll as he had been
shall never be a sound man. Of course, he s1d to
me when / spont some days with him. later, at san
Beuardino; hut this climate has added ten years TO
my life; il has given me ease and comfort; and
neither Nice, nor Mentoue nor Aiken are, IN my
opinion, 10 be compared with some parts ct Southern
California In point of climate for cOnsumptiyes'
The agricultural resources of California are almost
JauuiUus, ,,a,...~. i;o~ rrntlroAe for +haiv
successful development The rains begin late VI
October. The grass is green al winter long; ploWrg
commences on tie first of December; wheat, barley,
oats and other crops soon as the land can
be got ready and sowing and planting are continued
as late as March The farmer has thus three or four
months u put III his crops. South of san Fran
cisco frost is rarely known Roses bloom through
out the Winter The fower-earden is constantly
full of flowers. The acacias the pepper-trees, the
live-oaks and many other shade trees keep their
foliage green the year round Indian corn is planted
from March to May and harvested a. late as De-
cembe1. Wheat and barley are commonly sOwn for
hay. and cut before their heads iii in April or May.
When the hay crop is cut corn is planted on the
same ground so that two valuable cropsare obtained
from the same field.
whole harvest season absolutely witlOut rain. Thus
tie farmer not hurried aud the harvest proceeds win
Of that haste and anxiety about Tic weather which
trouble the Eastern farmer. The small grains are usu-
ANY gn 6g ~ ~ ha e of the ' srsh k What da
eft either ON the field along the railroad for weeks
often, in the open air, and until the crop IS sold
ana shipped The grain does not sweat, nor Is il liable
to injury from tins eNposure. Hay, too is balcd or
stacked on the held left there until 10 IL wanted
Potatoes often left the ground long after they arc
fit for'dicring Thus IL is evident the farmer has, in
the long. dry California summer an immense advantage
over his Eastern COMPETITOR He needs fever hands be
is not hurried aud he requns no costly granaTles or
barns TO shelter the products OF his fields.
does he need 10 put away much food for his cattle
quarter Of Of beets, repnted they used
will support two. COWS during the whole year. Work
receive barley and hay but sheep never fed
cattle faten in the pastures and horses not Of
get food except what they pick in the fields
In Winter well Summer. The alfalfa or
sOwn, does well TO feed to pigs, to cows and even
10 pillow horses and bears enormous crops. On low
ground, where Il be irrigated, much hfeen
tuns have been taken from an acre II IL not cut from
December April but yields from six 10 eight cuttings
IN the year Cattle and horses moro easily kept in
good condition iu California than elsewhere in the
stables as IN the Eastern states.
The cultivation Of fruit must always form an i'm
rorant element in the agricultural industry of Cali
fornia Fruit trees bear much earlier than in the
East. The peach beans peek in the second year
from planting the pit The apple begins 10
bear at three years and gives a crop at five.
The cUIcUlio is unknown. The variety of
fruits cultivated in the farmers orchard is
much greater than with us. 1t is common
TO see the apple, pear, peach cherry ounce plum
nectarine and pomegTanate the latter most lovely
tree or tal shrub when in bloom. The orange
lemon lime almond olive, English walnut, and april
cot grow freely, and yOu may eat Strawberries in
every mOnth.of the year. Our cOstiest and rarest
greenhouse flowers grow here Out-Of-doOrs all Winter
almost without care. Ia the vineyards planted
by theacre the grapes which at home found only
in the hOt-hOuses Of the wealthy. The soil is so
fertile, that il Is a common saying in the great
valleys that The ground is better after it has
yielded two crOps than at the first blowing;