, 1877-03-15

grcstest lAxutsus,snrss. Forty and 's.ty bunh-
els 10 thc acre fs not MI MncafnInon yield for
WHEAT. vegetables grow 10 mammoth propot-
tlons, aud fruIt.trccs arc wonderfully prolific.
THE sAN JOAQUIN VALLEY,
Including 1miarc and Kern Valleys, arc tho gar
climate tho most kindly. II will produce every
product Of the temperate zonc, antl everything
gruwn IN scnEtrop!cal countries as we'll, nnd
ns' .e Eaas xGLo' v" en9s' evs, Gs t a.
peaches, quittces, figs wLlcli bear two crops 4
year, ncctarlnca, and po'negranatcs, growing,
beahlo wheat oats, eofu. appce. pears, cherries
lar to the Northern States. Tho yield Is cnor-
NOUS. both IN slze and quantity, md crops aro
t'evcr troubled Hlth tho Insect pests SO common
on grain and tr,.lt.lrccs in THO East: Tho farm:
that ls needed In the East. Forty acrcs OF Call.
fornIa soil viii produce double as much as tho
same area IN 1l!snols, and, Il hc desires, Tie
farmer may grow two crous year.
begin In October. Tic % gras. sprInes up, and
nature tlotts sts suit of brown, With which 1t
ns hce +. saa s!nco ea,ly summer piowlng BE-
Is done ns soon as tho ground can bc na'lo
ready. After tho middle Of April the rains
cease, mud enon tho harvest commences. The
TURNER ,!erer knows Witt i Is to % losc nis @ crop, e
the result Of months vi toll, by single storm,
as hare many EASTERN husbaud'uen. In nut,
c need bc "a no hurry about removing liis crons
laggc.l anil most always left on the GROUND until
marketed. Expensive granas!cs. asc not rs-
an'ire'l. Potatoes need not BE- dag untl tho
ntf ysseaes ssi MI M1e9 Sssn and erdTs nsS a n
tufbcd, 1or several years. Fruits Of all kinda
arc kei1t longer than In tho East without decay.
Farming here IS unattended BY t',o toll, anxc-
where. To be sure. Try winter will eo,o
sometimes, and then crops will partially fail,tut
tho wso iarn1cr wt1l hare provided against stleh
,,, az emergency witi ~ mean, Of irrigation,
In the han joaquin Valley
I FN05Ts NEvE1t CONE,
and this s tr,io us we'll of the lower part Of Sac
ralnento Valley anu the region about Sun Firm.
era AIln fnrc cxotlcs, which with lis hi ChltaY0
are confined to The coflseryatorics Of thc few,
here grow cut Ct doors, and hloom tho who!o
out-of-Aoos Mowers as arc vsolets In Chtea1o,
| and they bloom, winter and summer tnr SANE.
x1o, S s1sM d M :'rse F. acse seE T. o as' s n'nass 1s
| hcllotropc ten years old, that hal grown to be-
twelve feet high and six feet II oia1ncicr through
tho foliage, and thts Is not Faro or exceptional
| casc.
The amazing fccnnllty Of tho soi1 las not
surprtscl INC moro than Its nlaptabiIty 10 such
n wat variety Of prusucts. Tic farmer has a
wido range from which to choose. 4 lc should
fear wll:at would be nnpro1tnolc, l'o
bountiful crop, Or BIZ tan russe thu
sugar bcct, whIn produces larger percentage
OF sugar than In rranrc,-or lv nlay plant ttip
| or ralsc tho vino grape, turn his farm, 3nto al
orange grove, or sheen rauel,c aud uoubIo Gl5
Investment cvcry rear. but wheat Is the great
staple product as yc!.. 1t yiclls largcly aud
| brllga Enoa prirc. Llku EVERYTHING etse here,
wIic1t-tassltg is undertaken oil Blk seate fTc.
auc.,tly. hayu seer, ,nany farms OF frpn,
1u0oo to ao,Uj0 acres all sowcd to wheat.
Ali tic vegetables mud fruit Used 81 tc farmrr,
and all hls proyjat,.,s cor llay stI,l oats, wcrc
bought at lie ncurcst market. This IL often tho
case, cycu IL Ills y.!saso where garden vcseta-
ttis Is not rcco1nfncctl "a ti,c most econos,ical
Of profitable manner ot far,nt1,g.
/ ruE ABSENCE or rnosrs, AND sxows. AND ICE,
ts q great saving In Tho far1cr, as It is 10 all
classics Of Cnliloriiu,s. Cattlc mud shccn mnv
provision need 10 snuIo lor wintsr ctilcr for
tho family or farm. Calforntat,s wcar pretty
much tho f1D 1arq qnnty q clothing during az
and light suil,ncr su!ta arc Quite IS l.,,,yil out
and along tha coast Ii, tic nterIor wllilc Il d
higher, hutneycr to tic lc'x xht that We would eall
hos In Chlcuso Tue ,acun Temperature Of San
Francjsco for tho year ls abt'ut 81 DEGREES. Tho
mercury vcry rarely goes l.i:ler thai % deg, o.
| ycarly temperature Is nbout IT der. 1t is
seldom, calder than Is deg. or warmer than IS
deg. Tho Temperature Of Los Angeles is d fair
sntIlulc Of tho San ,toannfn Valley weather. nnIf
aacrur;,cnto Valley l,as ulout tlIo same weather
| as SIN Francisco EXCEPT TINT tlv mcrcl,ry rnnrcI
several degrees higher Ia tho Interior III sul,-
mcr. It ID not required to build such cxpensiYo
houses as with us, for tho reason Tint there is
not the same necessity to guarl against cold
People lire out Of doors much more than In tho
East, Which nccounts lor their clear, rudtty COM