Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-04-02
Crops in the County.

=, Mr.. Compton, from Compton on the
The line of the railroad to Wilmington
twelve miles south of the city gives us
the following facts: On account of the
heavy rains the ground is too wet, and
the crops are more backward than in
other parts of the county. There is q
larger area sown than last year and
it is in fine condition to make the best
crop ever produced by the farmers.
All the artesian wells are flowing, none
having given out. One new artesian
well will be sunk by Mr. Rusk; grass
is about two and half feet high
where not eaten off by stock. Mr..
Compton will plant about sixty acres
of beans this year. He and Mr.. Bon
sell are starting a nursery for every
variety of fruit and valuable trees for
farmers, designing to supply farmers
at greatly reduced terms. On his
place he has orange and lemon trees
planted three years ago which are
now in bloom. The frost has never
hurt them. One lemon tree planted
from the cutting three years ago
is seven feet high and in bloom.
Last year he irrigated them but
once, and this year expects to
do without irrigation. They are on
land about fifteen feet above the
low lands at the depot. The farmers
in his vicinity have a large amount of
last years grain on hand; barley is
now ST. % per hundred pounds; corn,
81 80. Mr.. Sanor sold his crop of bar
ley cut from twenty-three acres for
81, 100, coin. The same person is now
Smelling his crop of corn gathered from
forty acres of land. He thinks it will
yield one hundred bushels per acre.
Sanor has been farming four years,
and each year has made enough to
more than pay the purchase price of
his land. There are more lands there
for sale at from SIS to $50 per acre on
which the yearly crop will more than
pay for the land.
Mr.. Mckinley, living three miles
south of the city, informs us that lie
is now cutting a crop of barley hay
sowed the barley last September, hav-
ing first irrigated the ground, then
ploughed it, since which time it has
had no irrigation. lie cuts three tons
per acre, and is now selling it at SIG
per ton, delivered ,fn Los Angeles. He
has also eighty acres of barley, some
of which is now heading out and is
four feet high. ( He will plant twenty
acres in potatoes and twenty acres in
beans. The crops in the neighborhood
are all looking well; the wild grass is
about one TO two feet high, will cut
from one t5 two tons per acre. Last
year he raised about fifteen acres of
potatoes, sShich yielded from 5000 to
10000 ibS .frg acre. Has sold most of
the crop at fEyn one to two cents per
pound3 has about 200 sacks on hand.
Has PLANTED 500 almond trees; also
planted other trees. Paid $l2 per acre
for HIS land four years ago-would not
sell flor less than SIS per acre, exclud-
ing his Improvements.
N.r. Bixby, near Wilmington, says
THE wild grass where not eaten down
by stock is two feet high. Crops most
excellent; stock in the best condition.;
ewool will be much cleaner and more
marketable. Has nine flowing arte-
sian wells, in depth from 100 to 200
Meet. These wells are one to three
Smiles apart, thus showing an immense
underground river. The water flows
over a seven-inch pipe in streams of
one to two inches deep.