Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-01-22

English walnuts, almonds. cocoanuts,
apples and pears plentiful yet from the
fall crop.
The farmers began to put in their
crops of wheat, barley, oats. etc, dur
ing November and the prospect fer
bountiful harvest was never better.
Alfalfa, species Of clover and
native of Brazil, is raised here extern
sivelv in low and marshy or we'll /
watched places. This grass can be cut
four or FIVE times year, each time
three to four feet high, and very pro-
itable crop it is, as it is a perpetual
plant, and the roots have been known
to penetrate fifteen feet seeking for
moisture.
Prices of land range about the same
as in Tennessee, according to quality,
water facilities and distance from
market. There are tracts subdivided
into 5, 10, 20 or 40 acres, sold almost
every day, and at the present time. sell
rather below last years value on ac-
count of stringency in the money
market, crops having been rather short
last year. 1t may seem strange to
Tennessee farmer to be told that farm
ers make good living off five or ten
acres, but such is nevertheless the case
here In many localities. for it is sus-
ceptable of raising a crop Of corn and
barley, or some other crop off the same
piece of ground in twelve months, and
when you consider that stock requires
scarcely any attention or feeding, as
they are thriving on the commons, you
will perceive the correctness of this
statement. have seen many beets,
each one of which weighed from 70 to
140 pounds pumpkins grow also to
considerable size. One beet was on
exhibition at the St. Charles Hotel
here, which weighed 1876 pounds. The
yield in corn ranges from rs to 125
bushels per acre; wheat 30 to so bush
els. Some newspapers exaggerate
upon this country, whilst others are
striving to run it down / am trying
to give you the unvarnished truth, for
have no interest in misrepresenting
it either way. This country has GER
tainly its drawbacks, for instance a
dry season, which is experienced about
once in four or five years is detrimental
to the farmer and consequently affects
all other pursuits either directly or in
directly to more or less extent, but
considering all in all, believe that
Southern California, and particularly
this portion of it, is more desirable to
live in than any other place | have
ever seen. Still / would not advise
persons migrating hither unless they
have some means for investing either
in real estate or merchandising, and a
surplus fund to live upon for a year or
two.
Mechanics and professional men are
plentiful in cities and the large towns,
but settlements and towns are spring
ing up magic-like all around, and per-
sons settling in such places and grow
ing up with the town, may do we'll.
| This city is improving rapidly, and
with the transportation facilities by
rail and ocean, and factories starting
on every hand and of various kinds, is
destined to become the metropolis of
Southern California, having fine large
valley from the ocean to the noun
tains, some 60 or IS miles in length, to
back it, and this valley dotted with
small towns and hamlets. In the bust
ness part of the city, room IA feet
square will rent from $25 to $40 per
month payable in advance. I hold a
lease, which was given Is months ago,
for five years at $50 per month. which
[ could sell to-day at $50 per month.
| sub-ren portion of the store at
$65, consequently it reduces my portion
to SIS per month.
Thunder are unknown here !;
had two slight earthquakes since we
are here, but they were very slight.
The mercury stands from co. to 750
during the day in winter, and from 3S0
to 450 at night. In summer the mer-
curry ranges from 750 to $50, and in rare
instances 1922 in day time, and from
450 to 55o at night Fuel is high-wood,
So per cord F.; coal correspondingly
high meat and flour same as in Tenn
essee. Vegetables are very cheap
fruit, moderate oranges, Is to % cts
per dozen; lines and lemons 6 to Is
cents per dozen walnuts 10 to IL cts.
per pound.
Business has been steadily improv-
ing with me, and [ am very we'll salts
fed with it. Business generally is
dull here this winter, owing to tight
ness In money matters, the short crop
last year and the falling off of visitors.
The railroad Southern Pacific has
gap of about 60 miles to be completed
to give us through line to San Fran
cisco and the East. This gap is to be
finished by the first of July next. We
have two lines of railroad to the ocean,
one % miles and the other Is miles in
length, and other roads running into
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