, 1875-03-19
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
Some Estimates Of tlls Profits Of Fruit
Culturs In Tint Favored Land,
Advantages Of the Cooperative System
Of Emigration.

Advantages Of the Cooperative System
Of Emigration.
To Tie HIitsr NJ The IAfsattJ TRIBUNE:
CIIHAao, March li.--Iio uuulorous replies to
my article IN Inst Sundays 1nInuxE hayo ia
dncctl me 10 place befoio your reaLora sorne Of
tho advantages Of going to California In body,
or OH
TIE COOPERATIVE PLAN.
II Ia not 10 ioceaaary TINT they 10 all At onoo,
~ that thoy llayn some te!inile place 10 70 to.
Oro writer SAYS: 'Thoro mrs fcu persons
who realize tho great profit Of emigratug to
any Statos In coautea. They thiuk that II! tint
IL necessary ss to purchase farm and 10 to
work. 1hey entIrety forRet that it they should
Join good colony, tlat they wonid llavo the MI.
vantego Of schools. churches, puod
and near neighbors, and that their
property would t1onblc III valno tho
tiiat year. And nllHtaso Tint In
too ofton nlaJe by colontaLs IL, that thny think
thoy iHilst 60 whore Government lan.ls rau 10
homos.cadod, and therefore 70 beyond the iim!;a
Of civilization. Le. tou, twou.y, forty, Or moro
purchase IN country that In partly eottled or il
suitable Government lands cat, be obtained in
n,,ch location, from 10 to % miles fso,n lot.
tloment town, pre-ompt by all mnans.
II this IL done, thoy Will mate tw,co
as much money aud ,ayo one.l,aIt lcss hard
uhtps than going entirely out Of the reach Of al
settlements or improyomCnts."
4 careful confederation Of the ilcaA sagyeatet|
by the abore nrttclo nltiut convince thothouplit-
fni roader that tho conclusions ars emtneutly
practical and correct, and, indars.ng hin Views,
wo would call attention 10 tic fact that, in aldi.
tiou to the advantages aboro onumesa:cd tho
"co.operative plan laS further advantages In
its favor. Parties Of two, fo,lr, OF more may t,o
to California as soon as thny ure ready. Tloy
will know Just where shoy aro going when they
start, tnd s1me competent person will b. thef1
to receive tona; aud, whilo tho sa.tle. viii gain
nll the benefit III increase III rnlne In his lHnt,
La will reap tho reward Of hiy own i,nluHtry, and
will be freq to do with bin owl, m Lo pleaRca.
Tho following. from tho SACRAMENTO Ltcord,
place 4o se,ntrop,eai frtt-trrr aii k,rs .,,aMy
af sliern hsarna. lie oxpaeta In fse ,"ars tu m
ceipt OF an annual net incone Ut $nttI fron, these
tfeos.
NiCIl RETURNS.
1t will DO difficult to find a1r other region
where tho labor of tic hnBGAndinan IL 70 Uolu-
tifuaiy repaid III III Southern California. The
publiahod BtatlHsics Of travellers md Uoyornmeut
officials praaant faata in relation to the profits
OF frutt~gToNing which vic with tho returns of
tho richeat gold and silver mi'!es. Says ono
wIiter: "T4oro IL . fottnne, IN every
aon. III his widely circulated letter on Southern
Calfot MIA. states tho average product of
Erova Of orango.trees at ,5lu eaclt. while ao.uc
reach M higi ay 4,0"0 Tile following estimates
taken from Nordror's late boo:; on CalIorma.
lio states thnt they aro considerably below tho
actual figures Of tie orchard books. II know"
no says, "shrowd men who aro planting
forty and oyen twenty acres with nl1londs, olive,
oranges, or EngliHh "alnnte. aud who OK
pect to aoeurc III aix or eight years handsome
aud permuncnt income.
THE oAaSHr,
at eight years fran, plaut.ng oNt the nursery
treees, ,ees, Or ton years 'lon, seo.', will yield
planted to tbs acro. These trecs ure
found In pract!ca 10 yield at least 10 clear
profit pos troe. Or :Goo per acre. Ths is far
below ; ~ the g, .p present actual yield OF orange
lie places tho valus Of tile product OF tho
lemon orchards Oh IN equality with illoso giyt,l
above. 1io estimates tho nycrago product of II,
almond orchard tho fuurtt .ynar at Sl0s per
acre tue sixth year ut s2lo' the ninth yeas
at *401 above sxpenHes.
:. or ttle oliyo, sixty trees 80 to tho acre. and
they boar profitable crop IN the eighth Or tenth
year, either for oil, or tor tablo ollsos. tin
trees SHOULD ten years from tho cutting, yield
ut least sa per treD clear profit (pcr acrc, s490).
Tho English walnut beots from soto II pounds
OF nuts twelyo ycars from the planting at If
teeu yeasa. from 100 to 100 pounds. Tho nuts
arc worth 10 to 121 conts por pound In tho
orchard; thirty trooS arc set to tho acro. Profit
at twelve years, from al60 to s295; at Aftee1,
years, a35Q to ?450.
William W., of los Angeles, considered
tho prasent profits OF the limo equal u tAose OF
tho orangc. It bears tho third year, aul yiells
agood crop tho fourth, and full crop tho tisth
year.
A correspondent Of tho San Francisco Butleiia
HtateH lit relation to tho profits Of tho orange
Tint. "at eight years from dato OF puntpG. these
This ~ no imaginary picture. There arc H.
Ell!nernGio instances IN Los Angctas aud Hall
Gabriel Valleys whore thcso sst,mateu havo been
rcAfixod. Al to
oyER.pnoDucTloS, ..
Nonlhon quotes aud approves this sensible
plauting, tbo sen,t.tropicat fruits raised
In California for tho next thirty
yoars will not Increase the quantity in propor-
tion with tim domaul for theIn ariaing from tho
1ncrGase,l ponnlaslon west Of Chicago aud 1T.
LouiH, oil OF which will bc tho market for thaae
In AuHwer to Mr.. 0entllo's article in Inst Mon
pose pags 1sf n1ee eea S i ~ syysu q 1s S,foay If
why, go" mud tllen, after staying thore tew
yoara, come to southoru California. 1 admit
thoro u much truth Eu Jus article. but We who
o of' ss tsk @ Il @si,s PjsS! H nHs GsiEa 9 ohso G,o
waa Ia tho employ Of land Hpocula-
tors nil ran aay IL that lo
represented their iutorost worry poorly.
No satisfactory answer could bs obtained from
the questions asked OF hiul, mud, furthermore,
lo did not apI'oar oyorwllipg to bo uommunl-
cativo, His lecture Ind no influence on myBolf
Or frlends in regard to o1lr going to California
our minds being ,nAdo up long ago, aud
NO wore. ~ 2 eeuaral thing, disappointed
In tho !oc:nre. No doubt there are ,na1ty mora
rcsso1a than those who llhye addressed mo de-
arous of Eolux. We propose to hold q meot,ug
so,uo cyellsg this weok, aill any Que wlplling to
attend Will DO Informed OF tho date and place by
allrehsng latter to ". II. Lanslng, No. 135 !
Htato strast, city.
ClFi MnrrtnEos i'll tacrsnany.
faH Mat Hatette. |
, The Berlin Gtaatsaasei9er publishes a ro7Al |
aecree laying down TUG particular conditions nn-
lQ lQ AQfHu LII tho prYstatl Mann rclIr frn1 iho