Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-07

tr;ss IN LIVERPOOL until within few years
u u.as and it wogld 5 and the same to-day but
20 tbs caresssness of our farmers and ship
Us ~, in cleaning ard mixing the good
PEP bad together and thus reduc-
az; az the general standard of the whole.
Or barley is also at the head OF all other
hsrIeys for brewing and other purposes,
wherever it has come in competition with
barley produced elsewhere. The same with
our oats and corn. Ii we turn our attention
to the line Of vegetable productions we also
find California taking the lead. Our toma-
toes. potatoes, cabbage, onions melons Of all
varieties. and IN fact nearly al the vegetables
known or produced tor table use ard for
feed for stock, grow to grester perfection in
California tsau in most any other country
Now it Is one Of the aiaxims Of the farmer
that Ike produces like. Ii than we want to
have the best quality of any Of the cereals or
of any Of TIE vegetables, where should we go
for the sesG? Should we reject our plump
wheat, he Wy barley aud superior cats and
corn, and use inferior grains that have been
imported for seed? Should we do the same
with reference to our melons, tomatoes, pota-
toes and other kinds of vegetables? This
would bs in direct opposition TO the best
teachings OF nature IN the whole rage of the
veget lble aud animal kingdom, that from the
best Crews the bzst, OF tbs best produces the
best. We will not admit that any other
c uatTy can produce better seed wheat or
seed barley, or better seeds Of any other
kind Of cereal OF vegetable uuti, We md a
country that will produce wheat, barley and
vegetables in greater perfection than can be
produced IN California WhIie. however, we
sdhere 10 the rule that like produces IKE or
from tie best grows the bess, we .lus5 not
forget the other equally certain ard inlpor-
t.- tlFs . =
follow too l0Hg continuance 81 the same
product in the same soil and cliuate- Change
IS one Of the necessary laws OF nature. This
law holds good in all animal an vegetable
productions. The principal r5ss II Why the
domesticated horse, sheep aud COW are suPa-
rio7 TO the same animals 10 a wild state IS due
to the crosses Of different families, rs found
ia o wild state, introduced by man. ADDED
to this, we may name the changes OF io0d and
cinste TO which man hes treated the animals
domest,cated by him. Our various cereal
and forage plant and tbs different kinds OF
fruits and vegetables IL their high state OF
cultivation, have all been very much i'm
proved since man found them in natural
state and began their culture. THIS improve
ment has been brought abou. nol Only 5y Selec-
ton Of the best from which TO propagate, but
bv change Of climate and soil aud general
Improvement Of SURROUNDINGS. Any lm-
provement IN the future must Sc brought
about in the same manner. No farmer should
sow seed raised by himsslt on the same farm
and in the same climate more than two sue
| cessiye seasons. There are such great differ
ences il climates and soils in different Sec
lions of7the State. that we have 3 very wide
scope Of interchange of SEED without going
out OF the State. The argument il favor of
| the importation of seed wheat aud seed of
any kind for use in California found It's force
not in the fact Of obtaining m.re perfect
seed but in the fact Of change. On this &C
count the importation Of seed of al kinds
should be kept up. We should. however,
raise our own seed OF al kinds for exchange
among ourselves and foz export TO other
countries. California wheat should, In ac-
eordance with both the l,w Of the best pro-
ducss the best, and OF necessity Of change,
be d great Improvement over seed whest
grown in all the country east of the Rocky
Mountains and in Europe So of seed bar.
ley, oats and corn, as we'll SIS the seed for all
our vegetables. There is no reason why Cal
ifornia should net become very important
factor in the Improvement Of nearly all the
| cereals and vegetables raised for the food Of
man and beast the world over. There IS no
reason why seed gardens should not be made
very profitable in California, and we think
here is an upening IN this direction not offered
by any other State ~ the Union.