Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-25
4 uesa Move.

DQott0f Droa0Cast. we snOulu GER
|alnIy make some attempt to stim-
1lato immigration II we desire to
recover some portion of our old
lloe prosperity. Other sections
NJ 1t pains to advertise their at :
lsastlons. BY the people Of Oregon
|he work Of inducing immigrants
10 70 70 that State is carried on
with . thoroughness and energy
that puts u to shame. During the
past two years We have been actu-
ally In = comatose condition, and
" do not seem to have cared
Whethsr school kept or not. At
tAahod to the circular which is
belng distributed by the committee
b . map Of portions Of Los Ange-
ies and San Bsrnardino counties.
We and In this document some
statements which we can heartily
endosse and which will prove Of
1ntorsst to those who are seeking
70 acquire general idea of Los
Angeles and her productions. We
.qnots:
Les Angeles occupies . central
pooation In the valley ofthat name,
ani u the centre Of trade for the
nufrounding valleys of San Fer
nande. San Gabriel and San Ber-
nardino, with all Of which it enjoys
daily com by rail. The
average moderate temperature OF
this section Of country has won for
it The justly merited reputation OF
boimg the most agreeable and
hoolthful climate in the world. 1t
lIoo Immediately along the shore
az the Pacific Ocean, and, during
the entire year, is famed by the
sweet and health giving southwest
trade winds, which here have an
average velocity Of about twelve
and : half miles per hour. Deaths
~ lightning or sunstroke were
never known; winds 10 endanger
the frailest dwellings never occur;
SHOWS never fall, and with the ex-
eoption of In q few low places,
there II no frost to disturb the con-
iuuaI growth Of the tropical vege-
tAtion cultivated. There is no
mOnth In the year Ia which ripe
1rults may not be gathered from its
or0hards and gardens; and the or
dlnary table vegetables are always
attainabls fresh from the gather
5 Iug. On all lands supplied with ir-
lieating facilities two crops per
year can be raised-the Winter
crop nourished by the rain fall, and
the following by artificial moisture.
All cereal crops do we'll, but barley
and corn grow exceptionally well,
and many consider this locality un-
eKcellsd In the production of the
latter crop. Water for irrigating
70 obtained from the Los Angeles,
San Gabriel and Santa Ana rivers,
numsrous large springs which
break out at the base of the Sierra
Msdre mountains, AMI from mum
berlsss flowing wells, or from sup
plies raised by wind mills.
Not the least remarkable thing
about Los Angeles county is the
variety and opulence of our vegeta-
tlou. "rhe Bureau of Information"
In their circular truthfully say
that our county Is adapted to rails
Ing, In great perfection, everything
below enumerated:
Oranges, lemons, lines, olives,
Euglish walnutr, almonds, grapes,
ngs, plums, peaches, pears, apples,
epricofs, nsctarines, blackberries,
raspberries, strs wberries, bananas,
clDestnuts, peanuts, squashes,
pumpkins, cantaloupes, melons,
Uabbages, beets. beans, peas, tur-
ntps, Irish Potatoes, sweet pota
toos, Ia fiue, with few exceptions,
everything which will grow in the
to0psrsts and semi-lrOpic lati.
tudes. Barley yields an average Of
abOut seventy bushels to the acre,
and corn about eighty bushels.
Wine and superior raisins are
largely produced. Honey il abund-
ant aud the finest In the werld.
Wool II largely grown. The natural
grasses are aIfilerilla and Burr
clover. which furnish green feed
from Christmas to the end of May,
and tken cures on the ground, fur
Rtslling pastursge until the advent
Of the succeeding rainy sea-
san. PsrpetualIy green feed is OBJ
tAinvd by irrigating the alfalfa or
Chile clover, which grows luxu-
riAntiy and Yields about ten tons
per scre per annum. The climate
sud coll Of Los Angeles county has
proved highly favorable to the cul-
tivation of the orange, and the pro-
ductiOH Of this fruits 10 becoming
speciality with many.
We might supplement- these un-
doubted facts by the further state
ment that the dsirymen here can
pasture three times as many cows
on . given number of acres of
ground ~ he can In the East. That
6gurs 10 the lowest statement of
the case, and he can here have
green feed for his cows all the year
rousd. For dairy farmer or hog
ralser here, who owns his land out
right, who has a water privilege
and ths means to tide himself over
the inevitable delays which ac-
oosnpany beginning as u farmer
sny where. Los Angeles is simply
the best place OH the footstool. Not
ouly = living but u competency, in
. very few years, should be the re.
suit. Tie Instances whore farms
havs bssn paid for In this county
~ . single years. crop are by no
means few. But, waving such an
lxtEems view Of the matter as ex-
|oDtisnaI. and probably not within
- reach OF the ordinary set