The daily gazette., 1877-09-17
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Fruit trees were injured by our late sig.
ua5 northern 50 degrees Of hat just IN pre-
portion to the care ,besto wed ou then. -
rre"% whose stems were barrel 70 ehe sun
| on the southwestern side, Coaster fashion. !
havsn? tire bark cracked and fadherent al
ready, was SO stricken as to b, unfit for
tuture fruitage, and ttiis years promising
| crop Is wthersd and sunbaktd. But wne, q
aitise was muched by straw thickly strewn
Found the stem 1t fared better. Psacl.
latrees were most affected. Aged trees,
weake1ed by years Oh contlnuol ,arlDg,
yielded to the dess:c iting bla.t Neglected
orchards since the siroco are easily distin
! guished from those that have had care.u
treatmenf. Their vitality has been SO
| weakened that they cannot resist the at
tack. of INSECTS; parasites yof,ail kinds ill.,
Fest l-ave' and bark The young spring
shoots are withered, ana next years fruits
age'is sadly imperiled. The present years
crop is s'sJ visioly shol tened.
The June rain, or rawberry freshet, OF
the Atlantic Slater, mas its ANALOGOUS her.
NJ r'in fills, OF course, there lore some new
mode OF demonstration h. to be contrivtd.
All our rivers rise by Il melting SHOWS
from the Nevada mountains Evaporation
quicker and a IN sty veil shelters the
ten days, This parasol gives grateful re-
ffeshmant to all life. At,er tnls The sun
hast air play all summer, brit so very dry is
Inc air that woI kmen rarely sutier rom
sum t'Oke IN Jae ii, Ids, and hvdrophobla ls
unknown among our dogs.
Maggie abounds in some parts OF Central
California. Tney have welf NAKED lin
us which they never 20 beyond, bot they
assert dominion there by driving of other
birds that intrude' Blackbirds wander np !
darken the air by their mullitudes. Whe,-
ever the plow goes thy Gear 'h- furrows.
Last week in tie Vale of N,p,a white
bIackbIrd (hiiheIto uoknown) was spied in
a aocK and aptured. Not "a bllck leather
WAS found on him. Yet his comp .nions
eDed To maSe no obje Hion to his color.
Granite comes from China, ready dres-
sed, for clrb,tonesl aud cubical block
pavement. 1t Is preferred to all others.
The city advertised for proposals for paw
ing. The lowest bid for best material
was about to be awarded when a sup, r.
visor objected to using any article com
ing from China on the ground that sever
al of his friends had interest in natl We
quarries, and public sentiment favored
the exclusion of the Chinese article
awe don't want anything from China. ,
Yet our best customers are the Chinese
Every steamer takes to that country large
invoices Of -four, quicksilver, leather
&c. Per onally Cinnamon a g no liked
But trade shoult be reciprocal.
Ground squirrels above aud gophers
under ground are the great pests of farm.
ers in California. The former levies as.
sessments or grain fields and Other
visible growths. The later ives snd
burrows under ground, cutting root, and
d, stroying plants. He is as big as a raj
and pugnacious. From all parts of Cali.
fornia infested by the bob-tailed, non.
climbing squirrel complaints come OF
their unIlsual numbers and extraordinary
devastations. A wet season browns
them ou5 and relives the farmers. But q
dry winter doubles their increase. Every
month this squirrel produces six young
ones. 1t is estimated that colony of l0(
consumes two tons of wheat in a week
Col. Bee is the official representative oi
the five Chinese merchant companies, to
one of which every working Coolie be-
longs. He says that we have 10000 Idle
Cinnamon. If this amy were employed
in a war of determination against
these pests il would earn federation and
welcome. Cooked in pits; like clans are
baked on. Coney Island, squirrels and
gophers make better food than rabbits
and their skins are finer. Ehinamer
prize fat rats smothered in rice and gar
| lick. If they would establish a regular
market for gophers and squirrels, alway.
fat, farmers would be reconciled to theil
presence. B.