The Placer herald., 1874-07-04

VALUE OF THE Foor-Hr-Ls.--The Record,
,hongh seltishly. says truthfully, follows:
The level country in most all States has
be,n settled first and considered of the nost
value, and yet IN most all States the hlly coun-
ry has proved III the end, If not the most pro-
luctve, still the most conducive to general pros
perty and high state Of civilization. The
Illly country being posse ssed of greater varie-
~ OF soils and exposures, is better adapted to
diversified and consequently more generally
successful agriculture. 1t is true that this cal.
not be cultivated in unbroken fields of ten to
twenty thousand acres each, on the plains;
hat tens of thousands of cattle cannot b,
n rded III one band all within the scope of th,
Vision of the owner; but it is true that the pru-
lent practical farmer, who owns from one t.
ave hundred acres OF land III the foothills o.
California, can produce almost everything that
rows from the SOIL III any part of the world
md that with n comparatively small amount OF
abOr. The best potatoes ever ate in tn,
State were raised III the foot hls of the Sierras
It an elevation of , 900 feet, and the Weld wa
tbundant. The best cultivated blackberries ano
strawberries we have ever tasted grown AT
n elevation of from 900 to 5000 feet, ana
he best apples and peaches come from tn,
jOOt-hIs.
Chalmers vineyard at Coloma, the Natoma
vineyard neag Folso II, \ ckerson's IL ar Lincoln
he Orleans ii lis vineyard, III the foothills o
he Coast Range, III Yolo; j. Il. Snyder's an,
hat of the Buena Y sta Vim cultural Association
n the hills of the same range, in Sonoma coun-
y, nre al distinguished for producing the bes,
brands OF wine III the State, as well rs for max
ny nlislns equal, If hot superior, to any i'm
'Orted. Oranges and lemons, and indeed al
he sem-trCpcal fruits, are produced in tn
,Oot-his all the way from Los Angeles to Butte
county, even without III CATION i'll the creates
Jeriecuon. Silk culture, 50 far as the producl
If good article with the least possible risk Is
eonctlned, has already been proved succ 81
here, and Only req II, S time and population to
Gender 1t TN .ncially Alfalfa, wherever sowh
~ tar soil III these hills, has proved successful.
Vegetables OF tvery kind are grown i'll the great
st profuson and in great perfection at al
POINTS IN the foothills, and from many locaties
he Sc iud the way into our city markets tive
weeks earlier than from any other section
vhe State. The purest and coolest water abounds
n all po tons of THIS belt of country, and ma,
oe conducted by natural gravity to most any
,ont it may be desired for irrigation or dcmvs
lc purposes. The many waterfalls that abound
n these hills present the greatest advantages
Or The establishment of manufactures of every
description and thus the producer and manu-
ftcturer and consurreT may and will be brough,
loser together and will mutually benefit eacl
,ther. Indeed, III whatever light we may look
It this country, We may see its advantages. and
Ne have no ht station IN advancing the opinion
hat the foot hills of California will at no very
lstant day contain the most generally prosper
pus and mtellig' mt peonle in the State.