Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-09-02
LETTER FROM COMPTON.
Progress of the Tcwn-Higb Aspira.
tiOns-PrO6ts from the Cultivation
of AlfaIfa-The Crops Generally
Churches and Schools.

EDITOR HERALD: Some things
worthy of note occasionally transpire
in our community, and have chroni-
cled few of them for the benefit of
your readers. Mr.. H. Burlingame,
one of our most enterprising citizens,
has just finished boring an artesian
well on the Downey tract, and OBJ
tanned large flow of water-in fact,
one of the largest wells in this neigh
borhood, flowing four and one-half
inches above the pipe, seven feet from
the ground. &.
Business has so increased of late
that Messrs. Grand & Newmark find
their old quarters entirely too small,
and so have gone to work to enlarge
their store-house, which is being done
by putting on large addition to their
already commodious building. We
learn from these gentlemen that busi-
ness never was more lively than at the
present time. They are going to
bring on large stock of general mer-
chandise, which they say they are
going to sell cheaper than the Grange
store of Los Angeles. We also hear
that there will soon be q carpenters
shop established near the depot.
Now, sir, in view of3all these facts,
who dare say that Compton will not
yet be successful rival of Downey
City, Truxton City, and many others
of the large cities of Southern Califor-
MIA?
Threshing is progressing rather slow
in our neighborhood, and the yield is
hardly up to the expectation of the
farmers. In fact, raising small grain
can never be made profitable. We
have to handle too much straw for the
amount of grain. This locality is
better adapted to the raising of corn,
pumpkins, beets, alfalfa and all kinds
of northern fruits; and, L think, for
dairying, this locality is hard to beat.
am now cutting the third crop of al
falfa without irrigation, which will
make four to five tons to the acre of
green feed; and each ton is worth two
dollars. l expect to cut it twice more
this season, which will make q total
of twenty-five to forty tons per acre
of green feed, worth, at So per ton,
from $50 to $50 per acre each year.
And now, sir, if these figures are
correct (and verify believe they are)
is not our land cheap at $40 to $75 per
acre? OF course, to make the feed re-
ferred to worth the amount named,
q man must keep cows and hogs to eat
it. Green alfalfa is good feed for hogs
and there is no better feed grows for
making cows give large flow of rich
milk.
1 think am speaking within bounds
when L say that SO tons of beets per
acre can be easily raised in this local
ity. Last year raised several beets
that weighed over 100 pounds each,
and it is well known that beets are
excellent feed for cows and hogs. Here
also we have an abundance of good
willow wood, and good artesian wells
can be had on almost every forty acres
of land in this vicinity. l will say in
conclusion to those seeking homes in
this fair valley, in addition to the
above facts, that we have here a good
church building and large congrega-
tions in regular attendance. We also
have good school-house and q well
conducted school, taught by Prof. r..
b. Warren, who is an honorable gen
tleman, and as teacher has no supe-
rior in this county. We also have q
good Board of Trustees, who know
their duty, and ably second the teacher
in his arduous duties.
Yours, for progress,
GRANGER.
Compton, August %, 1874.