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immense magnitude. The following
year he has but to harrow the field
the barley which drops from the heads
during harvesting seeding it so well
that the volunteer (or second years,
crop often exceeds the first.
is coming into favor rapidly on the
moist lands, and while Los Angeles
has always been the banner corn coun-
ty of California, her past is as nothing
to her future. 1t is estimated that the
area put under this staple is increased
fifty per cent. each year and yet the
supply is below the demand. The
product of the lands now under corn
is fifty to one hundred and twenty-five
bushels to the acre and the average
may be stated as seventy bushels, the
price never getting below one cent pei
pound. 1t is not customary to work
the crop after planting unless it gets
very weedy except where irrigation
has to be resorted to, in which case
the land must be plowed to prevent
baking.
IRISH POTATOES,
when first grown in this section were
unstable. Indifferent seed was put
in wet land, and sobby article filled
with fungi was the result. Planted
in favorable localities and handled
properly an excellent potato was soon
put on the market and the industry
has spread till it is in the front rank.
They may be planted at any time. be-
fore midsummer and an early crop
can be followed by q second. The
yield ranges from ten to thirty thou.
sand pounds to the acre, the largest on
rich sandy land. There is an unlimit.
ed field for the cultivation of this inn
portant article. The lands in the up.
per portion of the State have been
overtaxed and the potato disease is
prevailing so that there is a certainty
of q steady market. The average
price the past season was about one
and quarter cents per pound in Los
Angeles. 1t will be seen therefore
that an acre of potatoes will yield
from one to three hundred dollars, an
amount which seems almost incredi.
BILE.
BEANS.
The castor bean is grown to some ex.
tent, the yield averaging about fifteen
hundred pounds to the acre, worth
fifty-six dollars. White beans yield
a ton to the acre, worth about forty
dollars and as they are a second oil
third crop, pay very well.
are grown only to limited extent
but do well, the yield being as much
as 1000 and 5000 pounds to the acre
Our climate and soil are so well adapt
ed to this article that it must ulti.
mately becomean important industry
TOBACCO
growing while not complete success
as yet, is being developed and the
coming year will doubtless see it es.
tablished as one of our staple crops
The pioneers have met with ditficul.
ties but these are mostly overcome
Enough has already been demonstra.
ted to show that two crops can be cut
annually, and that the obstacles in
the way of curing the leaf can be re-
moved.
ALFALFA
is the most wonderful and valuable OF
our productions. 1t is a rich grass
grown from the seed, and of marvel
ously rapid growth. In summer i!
lengthens an inch a day, and in win.
ter half that, equal to twenty-five feet
in year. 1t progresses winter and
summer and does not require replant-
ing for years. Cutting is done month.
ly or quarterly, each acre yielding
twelve TO eighteen tons of rich hay
per annum. In its green state it is a
most nutritive diet tor all kinds Oi
stock, keeping them in good condition
without any other food. AS an aid in
hog raising there is nothing equal to
it. Fifteen hogs will keep in prime
condition upon each acre, and need
but little corn to fatten them for mar
ket. 1t is unsurpassed for dairy pur.
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poultry. Its culture is being extend.
ed rapidly. as it's many uses become
known. It is a succulant plant and
requires an abundance of water.
HORTICULTURE
disputes with agriculture the suprem.
acy in Semi-tropical California. Po.
mona has enshrined herself in the
hearts of our people. We bear the
palm as fruit grower without any
to contest it. In this line Nature has
been so lavish that we scarcely believe
what we see with our own eyes. The
fruits of all climes here flourish side
by side. Oranges, lemons, lines, ba.
nannas, citrons, figs, olives, walnuts,
almonds, grapes, apples, peaches,
pears, plums, cherries, nectarines,
prunes, apricots, ounces, and all va
rieties of berries embrace the list.
But it is the tropical fruits that have
attracted the most attention and
which have proven the most profita.
bic. The orange and the lemon occu-
py the first position and we shall pro.
ceed to speak of the former.
THE ORANGE
was introduced into California by the
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