Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-04-04
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G0e Cep Soe0f.
The rain on Sunday and yester.
day placed beyond peradventure
the outeome 40 respects the season
this year ia Les Angeles county.
The fact is that we are to have a
golden season, no matter how the
rainfall may figure in the Official
account. So suspicious were the
crop prospects In Los Angeles
county up to date that it required
but one good rainfall to make the
prospect certain. Taking into the
count the variations which are re-
corded eli over the county, We are
Inclined to think that there is not
. single barley or wheat field
which will fail to make splendid
record. The HERALD, some time
ago, expressed the opinion that We
should have copious Spring show
ers. In . leading article, some
days ago, headed "The Outlook, /"
we gave 1t as our opinion that
: rain was immediate. Since
that editorial outgiying We have
had y rain which removes all
doubts about the cereal crops.
The fact 10 that, as the case stands
to-day, the only possible drawback
as respects Los Angeles county is
that there may be so much rain
that the earlier sown crops may be
s'ledged." 1t is q matter that does
net admit of controversy that we
can almost always stand any draw
backs which are referable to .
cepious rainfall.
Though 1t is quite true that grain
may be "lodgsd," there is never
thslsss 80 large proportion Of the
cereal crops that need . great de-
gree Of moisture that, in the bal
ancing Of the outcome Of the sea.
SON, plenty Of rain will always be
accepted ~ . good thing. Some.
time In the near future early plow-
log and summer following will be
regarded ~ a prerequisite to
drops. Possessed of their imme-
mortal lazy habitudes, the average
Los Angeles farmers decline to req
egnize this fact. But there will,
In the csming years, be no such
slovenly farming in this county.
Our people will soon recognize the
fact that, through union of man.
" industry, sxerted early in the
season, with the marvellous pro.
ductive capabilities of our soil,
great and rsmunerative results are
Inevitable. Very shortly even the
fssblsst intellect will bee ome alive
to the truth that twenty acres of
productive land in Los Angeles
county will yield more money
than q farm of one hundred and
sixty acres in the Mississippi
valley.
Not only that, but. az respects
irrigated lands, it will shortly be
found that the figures conceded in
Spain will be realized in Southern
Californis, and far more. When a
Commission of Engineers Of the
United States Army was sent, by
the United States government, to
examine the irrIgating systems of
Spain and the South of France, it
was found, by the official report of
these gentlemen, that, even in
Spain, which was supposed to be
an antiquatsd country, irrigated
lands ranged from $soo to $1,000 an
acre in value. These lands, which
were mestly devoted to vineyard,
would not yield one half the
amount Of grapes to the acre which
sre reported frsm the deep, rich
soils Of Los Angeles county. AS
the people of the United States are
IN eminently go-ahead race, and as
capital is being multiplied in this
country at rate never heretofore
recorded In any land, it is not
straining the matter to say that,
when the situation is properly un-
dersteod hsreabouts, the figures
usual in Spain will be approached
II not much exceeded.
While there was some question
~ to whether the present would
bs what is knswn as q gesd year
that doubt is now entirely dis
PEELED. Al the HERALD intimateG
would be the case, some days ago
We have had q copious rain which
even il 1t is not followed by addi
tional showers-and it undeu btedly
will bs-has put the cap shea
upon . msmorabIy satisfactory
seasen. II We can only fight of
Hoods, everything will be lovely
And this 10 section In which ever
foods can be accepted with equa
nimity.
WHENRvER we encounter any