The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1875-05-13
SEMI-TROPICAL CALIFORNIA.
Advice to Those Contemplating ImRi-
grafton to that Section-Vho should
Go There and Who should Not.

Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.
SANTA BARBARA, Cal, April 20.-lt !:
safe TO assume that a few words competent
to judieiously guide the thoughts of those
tending towards Southern California will
be opportune. A former resident OF
Chicago, whose pecuniary interests still
attach TO that city, have care for this
region only on account of its real advan-
| tages to visitors and settlers. As an
eligible part of our common country. ii
has claims TO be known and justly appre-
ciated, but none to undue panegyric. i
am greatly opposed to the use of such re-
press nations and influences as will lead to
and indiscriminate and reckless immigra-
ton TO Southern California. Unless a
statement of the special attractions of
this region is counterbalanced by an ex-
| hibit of
ITS LIMITATIONS AND HINDRANCEs,
much injury may ensue. The Prairie
State will lose many useful citizen, and
the Golden State gain only discontented
incumberances. The law of intelligent
selection should govern the matter, and
thereby such unhappy results would be
avoided. In order to decide wisely in re-
gard to the policy of changing ones resi-
denCe from the Atlantic to the Pacific
Slope, few facts in the way of comparison
should be thoroughly understood.
The differences in soil, situation, and
climate, between the two regions, are
marked, but by no means antipOdal. The
contrasts between the latitude of the Great
Lakes and the Tropics are so sharp that
experience in the one is, on arrival in the
other, disalmed; and the new conner is
ready to acknowledge the novelty Of his
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speedily adapts himself to circumstances.
The radical nature of the transition regu-
lates itself. Southern California, how
ever, is only semi-Tropical; and while the
actual necessity of giving up old notions
and habits in many respects Is as great as
at the Equator, the apparent need of such
Is not CONSPICUOUS. The result is that
most new settlers here expend a great
deal of effort out of time and place.
THEY FAIL TO ADAPT THEMSELVES
to the notifications of familiar things
which this coast presents. Whether as
invalids in search of health, or as devotees
to business of any kind, they do not heed
with sufficient care the comparatively
slight change of conditions which sur
rounds them. Right here is a danger.
Let no one be deluded by the similarities
to his home region which will strike the
attention of a visitor from the Atlantic
States. 1t were better for such a one that
a milestone were hanged about his neck,
and that he were drowned in the depth of
the sea than that he should attempt 10
follow the wOnted methods of the Atlantic
Slope. He must learn to unlearn what he
has learned amiss-for this locality.
If an Illinois educated farmer puts in his
in flali xrrhap hn &c in,
splendid condition for plantage, alas
light will be the labOrs of the reaper !.
That seed should have been narrowed in
before the winter rains, on fallow ground I;
such a course would have put the crop out
of the way of the ensuing dry season.
Natures course in the production of Cali
fOrnia's famous volunteer crops must
furnish the hint for agricultural success
on this coast. So the invalid frequently
fails to secure the full sanative effects of
this climate by disregarding the variations
of temperature between day and night.
Until health is fully restored, out door life
must be limited to the sunlit hours.
Without multiplying instances, would
emphasize the fact that Southern Cali
fOrnia's gilts-either of health or business
success-are only attainable through
A STRICT OBSERVANCE OF THE SUBTLE LAWS
peculiar to this region.
Who, then, are likely to meet these con-
ditions, and be advantaged by adopting
this coast as their home?
Persons having a competent fortune,
who have found by experience that their
health cannot abide the rigors of your
climate, are earnestly advised to seek a
residence in Santa Barbara. | have an in
stance. among many others, in mind,
which | will cite. DIR. l.. n. Dimmick, of
Ottawa, ILL.,, gentleman of wealth and
culture, has, without question, saved his
life by removal hither. A bronchial af-
fectiOn hid reduced his voice to a mere
whisper, and, of course, his general health
was at low ebb. Two years in this at
mosphere has quite restored his voice, and
has enabled him to pursue his esthetic and
scientific tastes with satisfaction to him.
self and great benefit to the community.
With such persons there should be no
hesitation; let them come and enjoy the
''ethereal mildneSs' of this climate and the
bewitching influences of this scenery.
To another class | say Come; those
whose health demands change, even if
they are in very moderate circumstances
provided they have the tact and intel
ligence, not 10 say genius, TO interpret
region. recall an example to point my
meaning: Dana b. Clark who was
Well-knOwn resident ef LaSallc County,
in your Stat, for thirteen years, came to
this vicinity four years ago, utterly brok-
en- down in health, and with limited
means. To-day he is man of physical
vigor, and has laid the foundations of
handsome fortune. And not only so, but
his labors have made him public bene-
factor. He is supplying this and adjOin-
counties with fruit and shade trees of
kinds best adapted to this semi-Tropical
region, and in condition to thrive in this
peculiar climate and soil.
TREE-CULTURE
in Southern California is no superficial
art. Keen observation and sagacity,
united with patient experiment, are indis
pensable to success in arboriculture here.
The man who has these qualities and de-
votes them to the study of Natures laws
and limitations regarding the growth of
trees in region needing them so urgently
as does this Slope, confers great benefit
upon the community. Only trees that are
subjected to proper culture from the be-
ginning will permanently flourish through
the long-continued dry season of this
coast. Trees thus accustomed to with
stand the absence Of rain, however, pro-
duce better fruit, and are in every way
superior to those grown by irrigation.
How invaluable, then, the laborS of the
nursery man who has the judgment to Sc
lect the varieties of trees best adapted for
growth without irrigation, and starts
them out in life Alright, and fitted to thrive
under the conditions that await them.
The average tiller of the soil has neither
the time nor talent 70 determine upon, by
care and thorough tests, catalogue OF
plants practically reliable for use and or
namentatiOn in new country. lt1' great
economy to encourage and patronize the
right sort ofman for such important work.
And people are not slow in appreciating
and making use of the results of dis
eliminating and judiciOus propagator OF
trees. The demand from Clark's nursery
this season has exceeded that of the three
previous years sales will reach $4,000 10
$4,000. A growing faith in tree-culture
throughout Southern California is devel-
oping. 1t is beginning to be under
stood that the early failures in that direc-
ton were the result of an ignorant or
reckless violation OF the laws ard condi-