Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-01

chards Of Hon. b. ID. Wilson, Rose and others
and it may be safely asserted, without fear OF
successful contradiction, that no place in the
United States, and perhaps no place in the
world, can surpass this for the cultivation oi
all the varieties of the raisin grape. Wheat
if put in properly and timely. can be raised
here with success, as well as barley, rye, oats,
corn, etc.
Los ANGELES VALLEY (ENTIRE),
Including the portions already described, is
THE valley of southern California. 1t con-
tains upwards of12,00O square miles, or about
775,000 acres. The climate and soil are unsur-
passed. 1t has very large and fine sea-coast,
with three other points where good landings
can be made as the needs of the county may
demand, besides Wilmington and Anahelm
Landings, viz; Newport, or Q miles below
the mouth of the Santa Ana, river and two
West of Les Angeles-the one near Santa
Monica, the other near Centinela.
FRUITS OF ALL KINDS.
Nearly all kinds of fruits can be grown in
this valley with ease and profit. Orange,
lemon, lime, fig, walnut, chestnut, apricot,
almond, nectarine, apple, pear, peach, plum,
currant, black berry, raspberry, strawberry,
gooseberry, peanuts, etc.
VEGETABLES.
Nearly all kinds of vegetables can be raised
in abundance and of the very best quality,
and more, perhaps, per acre than can be
raised in any other valley in the State. These
may be made very valuable.
FRUrT-GROwING PROFITABLE.
At ten years of age each tree (orange, lime,
lemon or walnut will pay $40 per tree Iften
acres be planted with any one of the trees
named, with 70 trees per acre, he would have
700xl0 which makes $1,000 as the proceeds Of
his ten acres for one year, and yet have the
land and trees on it, which would be worth
$40 per tree. Seven hundred trees at $40 per
tree would give $4,000; add the proceeds to
this, $1,000, and we have $2l,OO what the ten
acres would bring the tenth year from the
time of purchase and planting. The expenses
would be as follows:
700 trees. enough to plant 10 acres 20
planting the same.................... 70
plowng and fencing the land...... 800
Interest on money invested for syears at
lper cent per month. ..:..........."........ 1000
Allowing So per day to the party engaged
AND aiioWng this for ten wears we hove SoS eS
The total of these very large'fgures for
expenses
Take this from the total value of trees and
land, and we have balance of So, 900 after
paying all expenses and good interest on the
investment and 5000 per year as a salary, be-
sides raising enough ON the land to support a
family. This is not hypothetical, but real
THE CULTIVATION OF THE RAIsIN GRAPE
May be considered with results equally as
f.ly ha ha .;
of the raisin grape is destined to profitable
industry in this county. Hundreds of thous-
ands of the best varieties have already been
planted. AS the Mission vine will produce
more pounds of the Muscats when grated on
to the Mission stock than it will of its own
kind, it is very strange that grape growers
have not thus produced the different varieties
of the raisin grape instead of the Mission,
which have not been profitable. Perhaps it
has not been generally known that the Mus
cats and other varieties of the raisin grape
could be grated onto the Mission stock with
success and great profit, but such is the fact.
THE QUESTION OF FREIGHT.
1t has been asserted by some that it will not
pay to raise any kind of produce to ship to
San Francisco, on account OF the exceedingly
high freights II may be admitted that
freights as a rule are too high; yet parties
have offered to take produce-corn, rye, bar
ley, potatoes, etc from Compton, on the IT,
A. & S. p. r. r., and lay it down on the wharf
in San Francisco for 81 80 per ton. Thus we
can, if we make the effort in that direction,
get our produce into San Francisco at less
expense than some of the Northern counties
which ship largely to that city. The farmer
here can afford TO raise small grain even and
ship them to San Francisco and make more
in the operation than the "up-country 4"
farmer, because the soil here is more product
i've and because the freight is less.
The conclusion of the whole matter, there
fore, is this; Los Angeles valley, with its sa-
lubrious climate, fertile soil, marvellous pro-
ductlons, excellent travelling facilities, favor
able surroundings, and where December is as
pleasant as May, must be very desirable
place for the immigrant.