Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-07-21
Pr-sbys~ry ana rr.+s, Barnea


We know of nothing that prom
ises So large u return for the labor
and capital expended as grape
growing. Theirs IL no crop that we
know anything about that is SO
There IS nothing else in sgrlcul-
ture, viticultufe or horticulture
that will yield so much money in
SO short a time at so little ext ense
Forty acres of good vineyard is
better than 400 acres of wheat land
The hills are said to be as good rs
the valleys for grapes, and that
land Dan be had Tor one -half the
price or even less, and con eoueut-
ly u man with very little means
can start vineyard. The
third year it Will pay. Iu
the meantime any Industrious
man can earn enough work.
Ing for oihers to support family.
Alter the third year the income
will increase rapidly, and 10 few
years II tweDty-scre vineyard will
be worth small fortune. State
Com IN issioner WetmoTe gives il as
his opinion that u vineyard will
yield 500 au acre net profit. for
wine purposes. 10 illustrate this:
J. 3 West, OF San Joaquin, is re-
ported to have sold 800 tons of
rrapes, | r1duo-d On only twenty
eight .cres, at $27 II ton, equal 10
nearly SIX thousand dollars for
twenty acres. Does man want
better chance than TINS? And he
can do still better than that, as We
have proof here in our own couuty,
by turning our grapes Into
raisins. Mr.. BlOw,rs, Mr..
Brggs, and perhaps soms
others, have cle,red over $500
TN acre r. N making rails n.
Practical men have sbun liant con-
fiience in this industry md are tn
largi " their viueJ ar,s year ~
year DR., Glenn, OF Co usa coun y,
who, ~ practical, scit ntitic flrmer
and fclose fguier, ia reported to
havs put out thousand.,c e viue'
yard, referring to which, Tho d ocx.
ton Independent say: "Dr
Glenn % no am atuer xps ri mental
let, but one of the m ,st practicsl
aud sagsoious OF farmers, aud would
not e. into the grape grow
ing business on 80 extended a
scale unless he could forsee that he
could make it pay. His example
on so large q scale will most likely
excite a fresh interest in this
branch of industry. After all that
has been said aud done, it is still u
matter of astonishment that q field
of wealth so inviting, expansive
and productive should not be more
largely occupied. There Is every
thing to encourage the vine-grow-
er in this State. The fact that we
have he finest soil and climate,
that the crop never fails aud needs
little irrigation, that the labor is
light, cheerful and healthy,
and that the reward is greater per
acre, is certainly great induce
ment. And then, hundr' d, of peo-
pie that are unable to do hard work
may find this q delightful aud
profitable employment" And to
this we desire to adj few words
from the San joe Mercury, as em
bOdyiug our ideas IN behalf Of the
pour man. That pap,r concludes
an artioe on the subject: "Her-,
then, is an inviting field for the
OvercrOwded labor market ia all ouI
large towns aud cities. Millions
of acres OF land, especially In
the I ,othili aud mountain oounties
can be had at from $4 to $12 pei
acre, that are the best OF grape
lands The grniu.riisiDg business
while one of the largest and mosl
remunerative Industries of tn.
8 ate, requires more land and cap
iGnl to make 1t prohtable than tns
average poor iaboier can cOmmsnh
but every mau who has u particle
OF energy may own little vine
yard and snug home u Yott
Democrat.