The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-08-07
California Correspondence.
CRessEY STATION, Ierced Co., CAL.
July IN 1874

NREssEf STATION, MERGED Co, Cal,
July 30, 1874.
DEAR FREENAr-I am waiting with much
anxiety to hear and read of your trip to Oma-
h-,,I ha' IL you fell through bridge anything,
AT LOSS.
am at a loss To know what TO write about
max "ouid interest your readers. l took a
hearty laugh over the ''dilapidated linen" etc
Horace GFeeley's appointment 10 lecture.
- sNAIx.
Inere arc no snakes lat all a'moSt'' in this
country On the Aerced river have Travelled
through weeds ard briars ten feet high gat her
Ihg berries and sich like, but have never seen
a snake yet; On the plains saw one small rat
tieSnake, which makes me think that St. Pat
TICK TICK was never here although he must have
dangerous here, except near drinking saloons
Ihe same may be said of insects. The tarantu-
Ia IS found here and there, but scarcely once il;
a thousand miles. Bedbugs are unknown /
do not think dozen of these pests could be
ny and mosquito are bad along the river bot
toms, where the lands were Hooded, out not
HORSE DISEASES.
There Is some epizooty in the north of the
they had the distemper, but they have no dis
charges from the nose. There is a kind or weed
horSes sets them crazy The Spanish call the
disease produced by it TOGO, and the English call
your rattle-wecd. Horses that go crazy are
said to be i0coed, from which they never rceov-
er.
FRUITS
The san francisco Chronicle estimates that
~ du' ioh W what Will De used Tor nome con-
So u9inpuon, oyer three millions of dollars worth
OF fruits will be canned and exported this wear
consisting of either canned or dried tdcsSicgtgdj
ralslnS, nSs, pruneS, apples, peaches, apricots
wainuts, etc, etc. This is another source of
income for California. Honey is still another
Take wheat, barley, gold, silver, quicksilver
eud Other metals, sheep. cattle, wool, W inc md
fruits OF various Kinds, and the entire products
OF California Will reach over one hundred mil
lions of dollars annually. The wheat crop this
year i5 estimated to be worth $40 900 600 th,.
barley $50 pO0, 900, the fruit 10000, ,o0O and the
balance is made up by mining and grape grow
ing and wine making.
ABOUT sHEEP.
Your farmers would call shearing a hundred
sheep mighty big days work for one man,
but it has often been done here with ease. Men
get only seven cents a sheep for sbeariUC nd
yet they make good wages Vt the business our
owner, who is to bring $500 sheep here next
week to pasture. They will clean up about 10
acres per day, or go acres in ninety days. In
this way sheep are kept until pasture springs
up on the low lands in December. AL the stub
bic that can he obtained is thus hired and di.
posed OF. The farmers are glad to get their
fields cleaned up and made ready for the piOw
in this way, while the income from this source
is sufficient TO pay their taxes at least.
WHAT REMARKABLE.
1t is thought that the sheep make the ground
weedy where they lie at night. but this is fully
made up for 10y the destruction of the weeds
everywhere else. What is remarkable is that
there is no cheat (chcsSl nor cookie in the wheat
out here ! have not seen q stock of either on
this or any other ranch have visited.
tCHICKESs.
Chickens grow here spontaneously. ! can
count two hundred from where l am sitting.
This is a great advantage, as we can have fresh
III eat and sound eggs all the time.
Hoping to hear from you on the Omaha trip.
] am, sir, yours with the greatest considera-
tiou. ROB ROY