The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-03-21
CALIFORNIA ITEMS.
Kern County Merino Farms.

March 10th, 1877.
Editor Rutland Globe 1t may seem
fabulous, to fixed Vermonter, to mention
what is common here, in this sslubrious
climate, of midwinter, where the honey
bee is daily gathering up its accustomed
stores, and where they swarm and fill hives
with honey; while yours are dormant.
The writer now looks upon bed of
strawberries in full blossom, while the
city markets keep them on sale, fresh from
the fields, every month in the year.
A large patch of English turnips are up,
and looking finely, the seed of which l
planted out since my arrival on this coast,
this winter.
A large farmer near, In the employ Of
II. P. Livermore, wholesale druggist of
San Francisco took his men and horses in
saddle out one morning, and drove on a
forced march his wild rabbits, into car
roll, and massacred 1853, at one haul. Then
our "heathen Chinee," went over the
ground, secured and filled common wag-
on with these animals of the bush, which
kept them in meat for long time. James
Crocker, in another district, is said to have
secured about 700 rabbits at one time.
Germans make it speciality to hunt them
for San francisco market, and deliver at
81 80 per d zen daily.
1t is not uncommon to see 100 squashes
lying together, in one field, that will aver
age in weight, about fifty pounds each, and
one that will settle balance of 100 pounds
weight is hardly noticed by an old Califor-
MAN.
Julius Chester, editor and proprietor of
"The Californian" raised and shipped to
market, sweet or California potatoes, five
of them would weigh 100 pounds have
seen may fruit and forest tree of only
two seast MS growth, that measured full four
inchts in diam, ter. GaIden vege ables,
are green, g'owing q, Common as 10 YER
mont June most anywhere on this c. asst.
Some best acres, of cultivated grasses.
will produce annually, ten tons of good hay;
and blk tons per acle, is as common as one
and one half tUns in Vermont. A lot, ad-
1uiunH thls farm, near The county seat, of
eighty acres, Mr.. HudnuIs one half in
brush wood, and not one half seeded to
grass, has wintered sixty horses, 30 far
without hay or other fed, in very good
condition. they are to be removed in
April. Then, almost Blk tons Of hay is ex-
pected to be- cut, as a summer crop, on
each acre of ground, seeded to alfalfa. A
party that couples portion of this farm,
paid out S400 for alfalfa clover seed TO
SOW. This would nearly break New Eng
land farmer.
often see five loaded hay wagons, at
tached one behind the otner, all moved by
one team OF twenty eight mules, lille one
diver takes the hay twelve miles to another
farm.
W. II. Souther, has constructed pillow,
which weighs one too, and 10 moved along
with the draft of eighty oxen. With this,
he constructs irrigatiDg canals and diIches,
can make mile Of water ditch per day,
uses il as "brtaking up plow," among
small forest trees. This instrument beats
the Webster pillow, which was on exhibition
at the centennial.
1t Is said that the largest and most mag
nihcent quarz crusher in the world 10 IN
working order in this county, near Kearn-
vile, on a quarlz ledge; crushing quartz
with eighty stamps.
Sky mule wagons. loaded with silver
DulllOn, ufaWn by oUU mules, come down
from the logo mountains, every week, to
the railway station, to unload their bull
lion.
By the industry and artifice of man,
these things have been brought to pass.
within the last ten years. Man in his pre-
sent wisdom, is not aware of the power
which he might use, and utilize, to his ad-
vantage.
The animal-horse, domesticated, with
comparatively small gifts, or endowments
by nature, knows and uses such powers,
within his bounds, more forcibly and fully.
than do humans, to- day. True great strides
in knowledge and useful application have
been made, within the last half-century.
Developments more wonderful than has
occurred, perhaps, during the eighteen hun
dred years previous, yet man is Ignorant of
what lies buried, but within his reach, and
will be loaned to him just as soon as he Is
fully developed up to standard, where he
will accept and command this useful knowl-
edRe-pOwer.
We often hear the remark, that II the
horse only knew his power. he would do
SO and 80; while l repeat, that this animal
makes more and better use of bis limited
gifts, than the crown of creation, at pre-
sent. 9. -.