Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-02-05

minister the government. The fruit-growers
were simple enough to suppose that because
they had entered into the general compact,
for the general benefit, they had right
to some of the benefits arising from that
compact. But it seems they have not
They must destroy their enemies, and they
will probably do it in their own way.
They viii try local application of remedies
till the opportunity is afforded for making
more general application. In the mean time
one of the industries that has promised so
much for the general prosperity of the people
of the State will be kept under ban by these
little insects, the means Of exterminating
which is denied the fruit-groWers on the
plea that each industry must take care of
itself; on the plea that wheat must not con-
tribute to the support Of the Government
if that Government is for the benefit Of
fruit; on the plea that the city must not
be taxed for the benefit of the country, the
prosperity of which alone renders The exist
ence of the city possible. On the ground
that one county is more largely interested in
fruit-culture than the adjoining county; on
the plea that the Government is a machine
for the benefit OF Lawmakers rather than
food-makers; on the plea that because we
have no weevils in our wheat we must not
spend any money or lend the aid OF the Gov
eminent to destroy the eodling moths in our
fruit. Where are the fruit enemies
The Wheat Crop for 1881.
There has been comparatively but little
wheat sown yet this fall and winter. The
rains have been 50 heavy since sufficient had
fallen to permit of blowing at all, that it has
been impossible to work the soil. It is now
February, and should there be no more rain
it would require a month for the land to be-
come sufficiently dry to start the plow. 1t
is not probable that there viii now be much
over half the area sown in wheat that was
sown last year. The wheat already sown
is not likely, moreover, to produce a
very good crop. The season so
far has been too wet for it. While
the wheat plant has been much injured
by too much moisture, the weeds of all kinds
viii be greatly benefited by this condition Of
weather. Between the delay in sowing and
wet weather, therefore, the prospect for
good wheat crop is exceedingly unsatisfactory
in this State at the present time. We may
yet need a considerable of the surplus on
hand for home consumption. Wheat in the
granary and warehouse is much better than
wheat IN the ground just now. Under the
present conditions of crops and weather it
behoves farmers, who have been waiting for
the soil to become in condition to cul-
tivate in wheat, to begin to think
about putting their land in some
other kinds of crops. The hay crop on the
bottom lands will necessarily be very light
All the alfalfa on the river bottoms will be
ruined, and the season will be so late that
but very little hay can be made from natural
grasses. The uplands will therefore have to
supply the principal hay for consumption this
year. Perhaps wheat may be the best crop
to raise for this purpose There is this in favor
of sowing wheat for hay. It may, even
if not sown before April, make good crop
of wheat, but if it should fail to do this it
will make crop of hay.