, 1881-02-21


structures OF ancient STORY; IL nus c'rc""s.e"
ar1e'y ~ o.her laaast ~ nas hesoaseo ~ so"'N
WeFee' u nus PfoMottH:.tt@ ~ ns's p".s W
ehu populated one OF INC Rteatese o1u!es VI tho
American Union. hus. "h''o hc" usseose.4eH
ihhS 10 'nnae, u h1no once "oeAeu out Gnu he's'
10 fcstoeKcd WIN lresn SUPP! VI ote' Auu'
win tue 9fadaat exhaustion u tho various mn.
eral work knRs, an advancc IN agf1ea'tura' puF.
aA'ts n"s oeeh r'"'','5 ua''tHe"' A"' nu"sos1 ~
acres III ~heht ms t9kcn ING p'nee VI iAo 'o"
per ol tohs oi oFe N TUG puo''o e7l''n"uoh " ~
u'ViuuhA We'4ea' ma "ltc pettna"t'l, p"s'' 10t
contlhuca pfospe'''S ~ tnoseps "hs"iHu'
WlEEAT-hA'alNu IN CALlFulsslA.
bupcrlor adFnHtaRcba arc ehJosoo Wy eue "hea.'
Ero"cra OF CALIFORNIA Inc sta&e rahs 1a1oukn
ten deRrces OF ini'tnde. and IL second otly 70
Texas Ill slze. Laf9cr thah I'LL mo ne" EttRlano
Suites, Now York aud IennsylVanA taken TO-
geshor, there Aro NJ least from .0ouuVVo 10 @h-
QO0.00 acres of tiiablo latid, ana 1'nto as ihnch
moro well adhpted to grazing Every Interior
y" so,,r" u ounall, ~ tn h,1Scss oni.ivnt,on:
~ ~ ..,n .t 10 I'D sar 1nan,n IN.
PRESTON @ SLOT i has 1 been Justly namrd rs ono Of tic
groatcst nrain~ producing SECTIONS IN tho world.
4 writer once said TINT God a" Nature had con N
adapt this ,mnonso arca to tho growth OF tho
,nrt hc,nc ,,,pnlIctl uv jrrIrntlug oltchcs at,l
r",,,. .ha ,,-oi,o,s n ~ .,,r, ou tn annd tov In
."''.''t Ne - - u, tt ~ - ,.n s "
where clso is farming conducted on mcro ex-
tenBLvc nud scientific scale: rowherg clsc .nro
such gigantic machines a1.d costly apparatus
emp'oSed. "nen inc oaFicr Na"olutnts n,at
turned thoir astcnaon TO tic cultivation OF tho
soil tho scarcity and hRh rrlCe Of labor caused
tha f,trnxt,,rt1on ot labor.snync rnnch!ncs, and
na n ,yns ncccxanry to muort Mi such from the
Fast nt n vrnnt cxncuso IL wus the truo policy to
,.sI.,,. nn,,s ~ hoet mt r,uuy ~ fhcsc
ptAh o"H Iuo o1't' ott '"n''s ~ ,.I,
being found tll-alaptcd TO tue industflal
development Of tho State. homo inventors
a ~. W ,o",' rro.
ihse"tloas Rna IMPROVEMENTS . ,''*.s.e -,
Introduced. In consequence, wheat- euit,.fo IN
California has n1uny pccultGrlttcs; and these urn
nuumcntcIi ,nruuly bv o,,,nu,.u coptl.tions. and
Mu ~" ,.s,n,n ~, tho .n In rrrIo,, ~ s,rh
Sust extent, stretching from tue paratlea ot sa,
vannah to nearly that Of l'osiot' and travoraett
BY mountain formed Of rocks Of every so'y
n1 sa ser.a SesT tStrgs caa frn1
ri faA Ma.Cr sen e e n,e tGi e o a. ad tic
rss Of April Th9 s M come ~, fron taG x1,s s
etes frssae,y three IL '9ts aass, s I'D senot@ss Wi
IKm. ., a1 ,'nu,nnna"tcd nj Nv i,htntnm' M,
they aro rnny hnart Il IL r,np this rasv INV
period tnat orops a1S @uv T.. ~ ~. 3ue - r.
petas tncn atveh 70 scsGtMt9h 9 t ust @ "
r. M iu tne ~ cnse yesnina TIM ',,tn
yle,d.'
rI.owtSd AND AoWlSo. ,-..
Tho California farmer generally plOws his land
md COWS Ills wheat as soUti ~ prauttelblc. lie
cNtl calculate with grenl degrees OF rertntpty
that tully sl1 nontha of tho year will lu practl-
Gully rainlcss; and during tho remaining six
mouths his la,,t is prepared aud crups nre fairly
sttrtcd. rho soil vnries frum rho rcd !oam OF
the H[grrA 8lOpe-whch Following the foothills
- 1raI1,,ni,V lfsst in Tho saI,1y dsnslts or tho
nr,,y nnti bincx or tho "atIObc" along tho San
.3ou1uIu md Kacrntnento-to tho sediment and
n,ntV snf nf tho tules. md from tho brown
Trrmrrilv fonm 40 uhnracterlstic OF Southern
f,siifornla II, Tho whtIs silts OF tho great dcs-
orta Thn nrrnHrniinn cf tho Rrtl1pd is usually
done by nvAns OF tho RRt,X. .rlow, and thla Ii
drawn by frnIn threo to fivo horses. my largo
ttcld Frequently hhlf-dozeh or moro oi tnosG
plows may bo seen a. work anu thoso' toloWe.N
by tho cehtrif1Kas an~Gr anu wnEoh 6l scca-
grain, together with tho lar1'W. transform ~
day forty to tItty ngros Of Gtubble INTO W9ll.