The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-07-20

/ "A " Of pEisfUB ( RoP ~ oLtsrssk GRAIN
WHICH WILL YIELD FORTY Bu, HELs TO TgE
! AoRR-InE VAIUR OF DrFP ifLorGHfSG. =
| from the San Luis Obispo (Ca.l Tribune
| l. IS 80 common an affair fol, US to hear OF a
Weld Of forty. sixty, and eighty bushels of
barley to the acre, and forty to fifty bushels
of wheat. that we had supposed that to be a
maximum in a favorable season, and under
good cultivation. The acceptance Of such
facts as max mum, under nyorauIe circum.
s.s,1ces even, only proves our simplicity. and
shows that great as our faith ia, 1t never quite
reaches tho ultimate. On Saturday last VIII
liam Dempsey, who lives on the Chorro.
shout six miles from San Luis, brought Into
orr Office samples of whca: and barley that
were astonishing 10 behold. One bundle OF
barley showed hat would have been the re-
suit OF 4 frost-bitten field had he not been
panic.Strlckcn and cut it FOR bay, OF when
he harvested three tons to tho acre. Another
bundle showed what the volunteer from the
y-heid i going to be.
Even in the interior valleys, removed from
the hentticcut influences Of the cool, l'e-
giving iogs. venetian shows wonderful vital
ity upou wrl!-,iilcd soil. Upon our visit to
Ell PaSo de Rubss last week we SAW gram
fields on the Santa Margsrita and Paso
Robes ranches that made the heart glad u
look at them. At MesSrs. Blackburn Bro
the,s' residence we saw as fine an orchard
and garden n exists in the country, and all
without irrigation. At the springs Mr..
,Iamcs has An elegant flower garden, crowded
with the choicest OF ornamental trees, shrubs.
and flowers. together with an orchard, and
all without irrigation. There seems to be q
peculiarity in vegetation in California
s hal ,,;c frp NJ
the leaves, and thus impoyerlShing and with
trinu the roots. rs in eastern countries, the
contrary prevails.
Now, 1t would seem absurd in any other
country than California to talk Of voun-
tcrr crain.crop after harvesting the field for
hav, but such is the vital energy Of soil and
climate here that nothing scarcely is impro-
babe. A. we before stated, after the late
~prrug frost, Mr.. Dempsey, believing his
barley crop ruined. Cut it for hay, harvesting
three tors to The AcTe. Since his bsyiDg, the
roots of the bari,y sent our new growth
and the result viii b" Il yield Of forty bush
els of good barley to the acre. 1t is Mr.
D,mpSc,'s opinion that had he let the barley
stand and not cut 1t for hay he might
have realized Seventy-tive to eighty bushels
10 the acre, and perhaps one hundred. The
ncadS that escaped the mower were iuiIy
tour inches long, heavy, thick'y set, and a
plunp ~ peas The second growth, when
ne brought u, showed he hay stubhie, viii
the pre>t Ut crop suckering out from among
it. The growth is comparatively short, but
The head, are medium and we'll filled.
samples of lis wheat showed heads July
six inches long. This was lateso~n, anu
had never had the benefit Of any rain what
ever. and yet he will get medium crop
say ioitv bushels to the acre. Taefe heed
not have been IN acre o: failure IN crops tue
present wear had our farmers used tue same
prccau,lon thu, the b,Ishandmen OF Inc
Great West are compe!lsd 10 Use every sea
son to insure their average crops OF twelve
and onc.naii blisbtl> of wheatto the acre ana
thirty bushels OF corn. There they rely
upon deep ploughiug. srlmm"r, following, ana
rotation OF crops. Deep pCuyhlng and thor
oush puyrr,z,ng the soil viii make our rlcn
valley lands prol fl: tor !elrS, ana lhos'
practiclny this system OF farming VIII ne
among he most independent men III the
community.