Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-12-27

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Soils Best kdap.cd to tho Vine-No Eecss-
slty for Irrigation.
EDITOR HERALD: Sunday morn
Ing, after the rain, again all is
lovely. The rain has made good
season almost assured, and all is
brightness and contentment. Even
the air is washed out clear and
pure. The land is covered in every
part by the tender green of the
new growing grass; flowers have
their faces washed and the rose,
jasmine, heliotrope and geranium
have fresher and brighter look
and with fresh fragrance perfume
the air. Even the birds are ami
mated by a new life and fit in and
out among the branches of the
pepper trees, almost bursting their
throats with their spring melodies.
The sun shines brightly, the air is
soft and balmy, and not breath
of wind is stirring; the bee huns
lazily in the easement; the eagle
scars slowly over Sierra Madre
Villa, and even restless man par
takes of the quiet and contentment
all around him and stops, while
| the smoke of his pipe makes
ascending circles in the air, and
feels that it is pleasant to he and
that this ia a good land TO live in.
The higher peaks of the noun
taine, like San Gargonio, In the
San Jacinto range, ninety miles
away, ard Ba 'dy," nearer by,
have their winter caps of snow,
giving US winter pleasantly dis
tant, while here til orange tree is
loaded with its go len fruit and
the kitchen garden is in full
| growth. Here 1t is spring; there
it is winter. Little do we realize
the many advantages and blessings
we are enjoying. The farner here
| has all winter to plant and all
summer to reap, enabling him to
accomplish twice the work and
twice the production that he could
anywhere outside of the Pacific
Coast, aud that with the least pos
sible amount of sickness. Here
every day brings with it to him re-
newed life and health.
These are facts that are nothing
| new to any one of us. We all
know them if we but stop to think.
Many Of us may be hard pressed
for money; we may have been too
sanguine, and have gone too fast;
we may be in present difficulties;
but, If the past lessons are needed,
bright future Is all before us, aud
that the future of our county is
very bright Is to me a certainty.
Never has the immediate prospect
for the Southern counties been so
full of promise. The "boomu
seems to be here. In year we
will probably have u new railroad;
certainly railroad connections.
Already we are beginning to feel
the trade that ia coming to us from
Arizona, and each mile of new
road increases it. Arizona, New
Mexico and Colorado are countries
of limited agricultural resources,
but large population, by reason of
their mines, will be consumers.
Southern California is great in ag.
rlcultural resources and it is the
nearest place for them to get their
supplies. The railroad company
have given US favorable tariff of
freights. In the near future our
harbor will be improved, so that
it will be sufficient for all our
wants. We will have rail and ship
connection aud do away with
lighterage, in all of which the rail-
road company have kindly prom
ised to aid us. Then we will have
direct shipping to all countries.
We will be on the free highway of
the worlds commerce. We will
have all that country can have.
With these advantages, with q
most fertile soil and climate un-
surpassed in the world, what is to
prevent Us from being the richest
and the happiest people on the
globe?
But l am reminded that you
wished me to write about the
grape, and that l am spinning out
these pleasing prospects and self
evidsnt facts too long. turn with
pleasure to that subject, not that 1
believe will say much that is
new. Many of my confreres who
may read this may smile at the
many details as being an old story
to them, yet few may find some
thing to think about. and to the
beginner it will be some guide by
which he can profit; for, If he fol-
lows the directions given, he will
have some assurance that this
same mode has raised vineyards.
We haye thousands of acres of land
which will raise grapes in paying
quantities without irrigation, and
make pleasant and happy ho-res
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