Daily Los Angeles herald., 1882-02-28

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would nevertheless be abundant.
The gracious rains, which appear
not to be over as respects the cur
rent downpour, which began Sat-
ufday evening, and fell during
Saturday night and at intervals
during Sunday, have settled a
number Of things, which 1t is our
duty IS . chronicler Of local
events to pArticularize.
First.-Pasturags and hay are as
uured. Already all our hills are
donning their vernal garb and the
s'ssre and yellow" which we in
herited from last year, has already
almost entirely disappeared. It is
the fashion to give little attention
80 the prodigal crGe of spontaneous
grasses which is bsniguly accorded
to the people OF Southern Califer.
mia as largess of nature. This
grass. which perennially rsnews
and cures itself, II not depastured,
even on our hard and impactsd
mesa lands, IL equivalent to ton
and . half an acre; while, on the
bottom lands, 1t will double that
figure In WELD. We decline to
compute the money value of this
nearly always reliable voluntary
dispensatlon of nature.
Second.-Three weeks ago the
sheep Of Los Angeles county were
not worth four "bits" apiece, be-
cause 1t was supposed that We were
threatened with drear and grizzly
drouth, which would make the
best Of them only worth the value
ef their "pelts." Now sheep in
good condition are held at $3.50
apiece, an instantaneous advance
ct i've hundred per cent. within q
fortnight-simpIy that and Moth
ing more. And the end is not yet,
because the great diminution of
our locke will enormously en-
hance tho value of those which re-
main. We speak by authority
when we say that buyers for one
hundred thousand sheep are now
In Los Angeles county.
Third.-Whjle most of our vine.
yards were Independent Of the
rainfall-nine acres out OF ten be-
ing irrigated-an enormous area
has been set out to vines this year,
which will gain q strong and root
Cd permanence through the warm
and genial rains. In addition, we
have the authority of Mr.. L. J.
Rose for the statement that a lib.
eral rainfall means an addition Of
thirty-three and third per cent.
to the yield Of the vines even on
irrigated lands. In this single
proposition alone there is gain Of
: million dollars to our people.
Fourth. shall not only profit
BY the growth Of the spontaneous
grasses on the mesa and lowlands,
but our farmers, on the worst of
their grain lands, will make wheat
and barley hay. Not only that,
but barley, which is sown to-day
On ploughed lands, will at least
make hay.
Fifth.-There has been an un-
usual area sown to wheat this
year, not only In the neighborhood
Of NswhaIl and San Fernando, but
also on the Sausal Redondo, Cent?
nela and other ranches. 1t is no
exaggeration to say that our yield
Of wheat, owing to the increased
acreage, will be larger. by fully
Afty per cent, than has been
known In our previous history.
6ixth.-Ths corn lands of Los
Angeles county are reliable In any
event. They are moist in the dry
ct years; and, this time, corn will
be corn. It Is only fair, in this
connection, to state the fact that
Los Angeles county raises fully
half of the corn marketed on the
Pacific Coast. People who encoun-
ter vaporing in other quarters
should file this fact away for refer
ence. 1t is an unobtrusive but
powerful element of wealth.
Having gone through cur fifth
lies and sixthIies, in good old SER
moniztng style, 1t is only right
that we should take o glance at the
general outlook. Here we have q
county, the center of the most ex.
tensive railway system on the
American continent, which can
grow cotton, tobacco. wheat,
barley, oats aud corn and which,
besides, rejoices In bananas, olives,
pomegranates, oranges, limes,
lemons and an infinitude of other
temperate. semi-troplcal and tropi.
cal vegetation. The potato and the
pomegranate, the tomato and the
banana, grow side by side. In ad-
ditioD, our tables are graced, ON
Christmas and New Years, by
straw berries grown In the open air;
aud we have been q party person
ally to q Christmas dinner
in Los Angeles at which
- ripe and luscious water
melon, grown in the open air,
vas ana of thu incjdenta 40 Tn all