Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-09
gos Aneeles Aemla.
California Resources.


counties, exhibiting the industries and
productions Of California. These sta
tistics are not fully complete, for the
reason that have not Us yet received
reports for 1873 from the counties of
Mariposa, Mendocino, Tehama, and
the county of Ventura, which fact,
while it may materially decrease the
totals of the State at large, will not
materially effect the comparative en-
hibit between counties. These reports
of the County Assessors are the only
data provided as the basis of my re-
port in this connection, and perhaps
no other system would be more adapt
able to the collection of such infOrma-
ton. Still | am positively of the opin-
ion that the showing made i'm this re-
port, and as previously made i'm the
reports of my predecessors, does not
exhibit results that do full justice to
the claims of California.
The details of these statistics, being
furnished by property owners to the
Assessor of this county, are too gener-
ally placed at the lowest possible esti-
mate, and given with the greatest re-
luctance, fearing their use as Il basis
of assessment for purposes of taxa
tion.
The resources of the State of Cali
fOrnia are perhaps more varied than
those of any other of the States i'm the
Union. Its very large area, its geo.
graphical position, and the high ele-
walton of it's mountain ranges bestow
upon it climatic advantages of the
highest order. In the extreme north
ern part of the State the temperature
is never so low as to necessitate the
precaution and Inconvenience to
which the middle States of the east
ern slope are subjected Neither is
the southern portion Of SO high tenn
perature as to propagate either the
malaria OF tropical country or the
lassitude and Incidence of its inhabit-
ants. Ever swept through her whole
length and breadth by moderate
winds, fresh from the blossom of the
Pacific Ocean, the extremes of heat
and cold are unknown to California.
The soil of California is as prolific
i'm its character as it is varied in its
adaptations, producing with equal
facility the vine of continental
Europe, the harlier cereals of north
ern America and the luxuriant fruits
and flowers incident to the topics. Her
mountain hills and streams are the de-
positories of gold, silver and valuable
minerals in quantities that have at
tracted the attention of the civilized
world. Her inhabitants are the repre-
sentatives of every nation on the globe
an enterprising, active people, that
have in few years erected prosper
Gus State upon the most remote bor-
ders of civilization.
With these natural advantages of
SOIL climate and mineral deposits, no
uncertainty as to the future of Califor-
mia can reasonably be entertained.
Her population is steadily increasing,
her resources are each year being
more completely developed, her i'm
mense area offers every inducement to
emigration, and judged by the Ameri-
can standard of progress, she is des-
tined, not only to maintain her past
proved position amongst her sister
State, but to attain a pre-eminence that
shall be as enviable as it is deserved.
AS shown by the statistics, 13, 343, 24O
bushels of wheat were produced dur
ing the year A. ID. 1871, and 26,S09,667
bushels during the year A. d. 1872.
This result, taken as correct, compares
very favorably with the production of
other States, while, at the same time,
n comparison of the number of acres
cultivated with the yield in bushels,
does not correctly show the average
per acre, either as general average
or as applied to any individual county,
for the reason that a very considerable
portion of this crop is i'm California di-
verted from the uses to which, in other
localities, it is invariably devoted, Il
very large amount thereof being cut 70 r
hay and much never cut at ALL but used
On the ground from which it is raised for
the fattening of hogs. These causes,
together with the low figures usually
furnished to the assessors, will warrant
that the average yield per acre is very
much larger than can be exhibited by
this report. The counties of Sonoma,
Santa Clara, Monterey, Butte and
iStanislaus stand ut the head of the
grain producing counties for 1871, and
the counties of Stanislaus, Colusa, San
Joaquin, Monterey and Contra Costa
for the year 1872. Together with this
yield of wheat, n large quantity of
barley has been raised, which, in this
State, is extensively used as substi-
tute for the corn and oats Of the East
ern States. The wheat of California
has attained a worldwide celebrity, it
commands always the highest market
price, and, as n crop, it is highly re-
munerative. Much of it is raised for
the market of Europe, and the ship
ping advantages and yearly increasing
foreign demand is causing this crop,
each year, to become more and more
the leading interest of the Pacific
coast. Grain of many other descrip-
tions is raised for home consumption,
and the supply of the several varie-
ties is limited only by the demand.
The fruit products of this State are
perhaps of greater variety than those
exhibited by any other branch of ag-
riculture, and, i'm their variety, are
more characteristic i'm their peculiari-
ties of California climate and soil than
any of the many evidences that have
yet attracted public attention. All
the fruits of the temperate zone are
produced in prOfusiOn and attain an
unusual size and flavor. In the more
southern counties many fruits incl
dent to tropical climates are produced
with profit and in abundance. Or
anges, lemons, figs, pomegranates,
lines and olives are yearly figuring
more extensively among California
productions. The fruits of this State
are demanded by the epicures of the
East, and are shipped in large quanti-
ties to all parts of the Union
The mountains of the Coast Range
and Of the Sierra Nevadas are covered
with almost virgin forests; embracing
valuable timber of endless variety.
the Coast Range producing an unlimit-