Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-10-28

Tor the future. IneSe small FARMS Will
insure variety of crops and develop
and utilize our water system, which,
above all, is worthy of the highest
consideration of the patriot, humani-
tartan and philosopher. We have
good soil everywhere, on the hilltop
and valley. Moisture is the consider
alton to be added, and should engage
the ingenuity and skill of our people.
Los Angeles is the
NATURAL HOME OF THE GRAPE.
1t thriyes better, grows larger and
sweeter here than anywhere else. The
dryness of our climate at the period OF
maturing and gathering guarantees a
crop of excellent quality, free from
disease or mildew. The long contin-
ued Summer heat favors the develop
ment of grape sugar and aromas, and
should necessarily warrant q most adj
mirable quality of wine. If we have
not the experience in making an ac-
ceptable and palatable table wine, 1t
is not the fault of our soil or climate.
We should send our sons to France and
the Rhein country and regularly ap-
prentice them to the business. We have
now the experience before us that vines
which have here been fruiting for sew
enty years still continue to yield with
out ever having missed a crop in their
long life of productive usefulness. One
acre Of our soil will produce more than
anywhere else and at less cost and
sounder and freer from disease. Why
not then rival France in this great
branch of wealth? 1t will only require
the intelligent effort of our people to
so make it. regard this source of our
wealth in this District as destined to
surpass oil others. Let each farmer
plant few acres in grape-vines.
HORSES AND TOBACCO.
After setting forth the advantage s
that result from horse racing, the
speaker called attention to tobacco
culture. Our new industry, the to-
bacco crop, will prove one of great
value. The superiority of the article
now produced is beyond question. The
adaptability of our soil and climate for
producing delicate and highly fla
vored quality is no longer a question;
it is solved fact. The value per pound
of good article of tobacco is so much
greater than that of any of the cereals,
or even that of the fruits or wine, that
it will well bear the cost of transporta-
ton, freights and dcommissions, leaving
such margin of profit to the producer
as to justify our people in engaging in
its cultivation to such an extent as
will warrant the belief that before
many years it will be one of our most
valuable exports, besides keeping
much money at home heretofore sent
abroad for cigars and tobacco. We
will have large factories devoted to the
manufacture of it into the various
forms in which the article is so extern
sively used, thus giving employment
she circulation of money among our
laboring and mercantile classes.
THE PERORATIoN.
The pleasure of living in q country
like this, where all men are the arbi-
ters of their own fortunes and social
positions, is great, and has an irresist-
ible charm for that manhood developed
in this nineteenth century, the civil
ization of which stands out in grand
relief in comparison with the past,
marking distinctly our humanity in
contradistinction to the bigotry and
fanatacism that made life torture to
the bulk of those of our race who have
gono before us. Let US not forget that
we have duty to perform; that our
proudest ambition should be to ad-
vance the happiness of our race, and
to-inculcate the divine maxim of Him
who never said anything without
divine significance, "Let as love one
dnOther.n
THE DISPLAY.
In the absence of more appropri-
ate building, the Rink-by far the
largest auditorium in the city-has
been extemporized as q pavilion for
the exhibition of the art department
of the Fair. All of the available
space in the large gallery was engaged
some time before the beginning of the
present week and the exhibitors were
actively employed in arranging their
goods in place during Monday aad
Tuesday. Last evening everything
was in order and the result proved
very creditable exhibition. If not
full, there was at least a fair, showing
of farm and orchard products, works
Of art, manufactures, machinery mu-
sical instruments, etc. The walls of
the hall were decorated with speci-
mems of fine-art, ladies' needle-wOrk
and fancy articles. Along the four
sides goods were arranged for exhibit
ton to the best advantage, and also
through the centre of the hall. Pass
ing to the right from the entrance,
the attention was first attracted by a
fine display of dried fruits from
THE ALDEN FRUIT DRYING WORKS
of Mr.. Geo. b. Davis. Arranged in
boxes of convenient size with glass
covers were samples of dried apples,
pears and grapes so inviting i'll their
appearance as almost to make ones
mouth water upon seeing them. The
apples and pears were cut into thin
circular slices by machinery designed
for the purpose, and were dried with a
cleanly and fresh appearance altOgeth-
er unknown to that prepared by the
old process. Mr.. Davis informed us
that this fruit was still on the trees
last Monday morning. 1t was picked,
prepared and dried in one day-the
drying process being performed in
three hours, and the whole ready
packed in boxes Tuesday morning.
The raisins exhibited were those made
from the Mission grapes only, Mr..
Davies not having sufficient time to
prepare specimens from Muscat grapes
as he desired. The raisins were pre-
pared in about six hours after enter
ing the evaporators. Owing to the
late date at which the works were
completed and placed in operation, the