Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-06


FARMING IN CALIFoRNIA.-'rh, f,uo,r il,
this Stale is apcrson IT uncommon resource.
ann ingenuity. ! think he uses his brains
more MAN our EtStprn farmers. | do not mean
y" say Ilal lir lives better, for he does Lot His
nous" Is often shabby, even though he ia n mn 4,
oil wealth. aud his table is frequently without
milk; he buys his butter with his canned VEG
etaples III san Francisco, and bMad and mui
ION are NE chief part of his living, both beinp
universally good lcie. But In managing his
idhu ne displays great enterprise and knows
now to fit his efforts to the soil aud climate -
! nus ~ lhi tltle lands, when they are first
u'aiheu, ne hndS 1t impossible to work the soil
WIN cattle or horses; but this does not prevent
him from putting in a ciop, for after burning of
the tules, which are tall reeds, and the high
grasses, lie sowS his hundreds of acres with n
'oiiee-mlll wheat sowcr aud cooly turns flock
OF sheep ON the ground, driving them compact
y ana slowly over il, with the help of dogs TO
AeGp me hanks OF his flock from scattering
ana wheat thus "sheeped in as thew call IL has
borne sixty bushels per acre. Nor Is this all
ohiess lie depends upon volunteer crop next
year ne must pillow the ground. II ia still.
however, commonly too light TO boar IN horses
and so he shoes these animals with stont wood.
en- saDots, eleven inches long by eight broad.
and thus they can walk at leisure and drao the
| gang pillow after them.
The gathering Of the wheat crop goes on in
| ali The valley lands with headers, and You will
hiu on all the farms In Sacramento Valley the
pest iaeor-Savlng machinery employed, and hu-
man iaOor, winch is always the most COSTLY put
10 us best anu most profitable uses. they
td'k mere oil steam RlOw5 ana steam wagons FIR
common roads, and have no doubt the steam
piows VIII be first practically and generally
Used, so lar AS the United States aye concerned.
III these California valleys, where have saen
burrows two miles long, aud ten eipbt-horse
teams following each other.
tl,n1
pursuit OF wheat crop. You may see a farmer
who plows hundreds of acres, but he will have
iis wheat growing up to the edge of his veranda
II lie Keeps vegetable garden, lie has PERFORM
eu heroic act OF seltdenial; aud as for flowers.
tney must grow among the wheat or nowhere.
Moreover, while he las great ingenuity in his
methods the farmer of the Sacramento pIain
has but little originality in his planting. lie
raises wheat and barley. lie might raise dog
en-, a score, of other products, many moro
profitable, and all obliging him to cultivate less
ground, but it is only here and there YOU meet
with one who appreciates the remarkable cana
Dillties oil the soil and climate. Near Tehama
some Chinese have in the last two years grown
large crops OF peanuts, and have, was told
realized handsome profits from nut which will
De popular in America, l suppose, as long ma
There is pit and gallery in theatre hut
the peanut makes valuable OIL and as ii pro-
uuces enormously here, it will some day be
raised ior this use, as well as for the benefit of
the old women who keep fruit stands on the
street corners. 1t would not be surprising il
the Chinese who continue TO come over TO Cal.
iiornia in great numbers, should yet show the
farmers here what can be done on small farms
BY patient and thorough culture. As yet tLey
cohhne their culture of land mainly to vegeta.
BILE gardens.
10 the farmer the valleys and foot-hil lands
OF the SACRAMENTO will be the most attractive,
and there are still here thousands of acres In
the hands of the government and the railroad
company to be obtained SO cheaply that, wheth-
er for crops or for grazing, ii will be some time
before the mountainous lands and the pretty
valleys they contain north of Redding the pres-
cnt terminus Of the railroad, will attract settlers.
But for the traveller the region north of Reddiny
TO the State line offers uncommon attractions.
CHARLES GoRDuoFF, in Harper's Magazine
for November.