Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-12

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will not only vfatifg the natural desires for social
intercourse, IT At the time quicken the whole
Deing. The social life OF the rural districts
must be organized by repeated Efforts into
! forms tnat will delight and elevate. That the
State Grange has done much in this direction will
be thankfully admitted by all who love their kind
and 1t has done enough to prove that still grander
resu s in this direction can be accomplished by the
same and other instrument1litles.
But more must be done, il the producing class is
to take its proper place as the leading and nolding
| influence Of our people.
It is not enough that among our formers can be
found some Of The ablest thinkers upon polit al
| subjects. broader range Of thought can and
must be had. No faculty can be safely neglected.
| The dwaried faculty will always wreck It's ven
geance upon the guilty one And we have no
right to despise any faculty that has been implant-
| ed in US by the great Creator. That it exists is
| enough to command respect The artistic sense,
the poetical gift, the imagination and fancy, the
love Of exquisite literature the outcome of fac
ulties that imperative in their claims as the
faculty that invents piece OF machinery. The fac
ulties that push onwards to the study of the
crets nature the nature Of soil, the character of
/ aaimlls-are qgite us honorable and as wor.hy of
cultivation the faculty hat teaches how to buy
| in the cheapest markets and sell in the dearest
and the obligation to develop all these facu ties is
as binding upon the farmer as upon the citizen
of the CITY, and the farm life that fails to recog-
uz this truth contains the sources oil its own deca
| deuce.
The mental life of the farm it must be admitted,
Is one-sided and warped, and the children see it,
/ aud fee from it.
! But let me come to some special point for
| speak upon this occasion, not to amuse, but, in
| SO far as il lies in me- TO add something to the
! thoughts Of the people upon these grave sub
jects
Ii there is to be any fundamental change in the
mental life Of farm rs, such change will lift
them 9 a class TO the place that belongs to them,
they must broaden their mental life.
I Frst-The public and private schools must be i'm
proved and used In this there must be no false
economy Competent teachers and abundant appa.
ratus for instruction must be supplied, matter
what the cost. The farmer must have, ami ought
10 have, better schools than the inhabitants Of cities
and towns.
Second-The schools preparatory to the Univer-
sty which were outlined by the last Legislature,
must be built up. Every child must have an oppor-
tunity to pursue the higher education. The many
will not do so; but each one must be permitted to
take all that he and will receive In no other
way g people be lifted into high mental and
social condition 1t is useless TO say that the bright
ones vii take care OF themselves, for they will.
1t is the average mind that is to be cared for for
upon that average mind depends the well-beng Of a
people,
Third-Your State University, manned by the
abest of men, must be used by the farming classes
And why should it not be? 1t is your University
and it has been fOstered by healthy agricultural
sentiment Y need not fear that your children
will become impracti able men for it Is a we'll.
known fact that the graduates of University are
practical men-more abe than the average man
with equal ability to fight successfully the battle Of
life.
Ii possible, every farmers child should ATTEMPT
to use the University. Ii they cannot take a full
course, they should lake special course and at
the least they should master some one subject.
Bat above all things, the former should tIke hold
cf the College OF Agriculture, and make it what it
ought to be, by fl ing it with students
They should master the chemistry of agriculture
| they should learn how plants feed and grow they
should b5 taught to comprehend eut jmology, ana
] 4 -f Tho
agriculture, and be prepared TO read uteligently
| all the works that treat OF these subjects.
In this way they will obtain knowledge of the
unoerying facts Of Nature that viii make farm life
! vigorous with exhilarating thought
! The entire nation will 6e enlarged by such a
course and farm life will become more attractive
more enjoyable than that of the towns and cities
Preiudicss viii be dissid ated the farmers will be
brought into ieep and enj 'yable sympathy with a /
progressive life; power will be impaired and the
farmer will become the conservator Of noble .
! hood.
The outlook upon the future is invigorating, and
gives hope Of success in the effort transfer the
attractions of town AID city to the life OF the
country.
10 my judgment, we have right to expect such a
Development To what does the invention OF labor
saving machinery pointi Doe- it not point to de.
| crease OF druigery, and, ther FORE to an oppor-
/ tunlty for all the forms OF hum,n culture? Does
not quick Transportation, the multiplication OF
kets and sp edy returns point TO the same glorious
end
! This State sends more wheat to Europe through
her principal port than any her in the Union. OF
course ne shipments Of New York are larger, but
they are the F. gregate Of crops OF several States
while the wheat crop tnat goes Of San Francisco
harbor is all raised Ia this State Allow here to
give you few hgnres to show wbatC Caforna's solid
wealth is composed Of Wheat, Of course, comes
first aud if It not for the unusual hot wave that
passed over some parts Of the State in June, our
wheat crop would astOnish all the old Sites We
will, however, harvest 30,oo0,0o0 bushels-and it
can be safely estimat at 30 600. Barley comes
! next and while it suffered from hot weather we
will have between ltO00 000aud 16 coo, eco bushels
that viii be W rth at least 100000. Oats the
crep j. good average and viii be worth 81 5000 900
Corn crop IS good, and can reasonably be estimated
at 81 100000 Rye 1t Sj00,0o0 Wool will be larger
clip than last year by from 5000 600 10 COO 900
pounds S2 Quo, 900 wilt be small amount for this
years clip Wiue viii estimate low at g, coo o0J
hops, S2,00O0O0; hogs S2,C0J,000; canned fruit,
81 COO 010 raisins $1,000 0U0; canned fish, 81 600 :
600 powder, s. 050,O0O cattle, So 600 600; horses
aud mules 81 500, ,OG0; sheep 50 zoo OgO; poultry,
100000; butter, $l,500O00; fax, six, Angora
goats l,o00 GOO lime, hair, etc, 81 GOO GOO The
California mines viii produce this year about
I SlI0OO,coO. This makes total for agricut-
urel and kindred pursuits Of S5S OOO, coo,
and a grand total for all of sl05 O0O GoO,
and it is estimated that there is not over 10000
people engaged in agriculture. This is proof enough
OF the prosperity Of your young State. Let the
farmers along the Sacramento ami all other rivers
and navigahle streams see that they kept clear
ana Nv 4OF uANlGdLl9flt as LheY are worth more "a
You than all the Railroad Commissioners you will
! have for long time TO come.
The great industry Of California will be the grow
lug al fruits In time every part OF the State viii
be teemlnS with dense population; will be dotted
With cottages, powered with trees and vines with
happy homes Of small fruit farms, where each mem.
ber, even the children, will hud some easy aud
pleasant task IN cuitiyatng and gathering some
beautiful trut for the consumption Of some less IA
y0red s1ot Ii the world, OF al the beautiful gifts
OF P1mona, the grape, with its beautiful coors and
blnches, VIII be most important Even now, it i.
assuming large proportions with large investment
/, ( and maintaining considerable popu ation With
out being exact, for sucn data is not vet obt nab
| there are now $4,000 acres of grapes planted
which are used for vine and brandy-making fol
r4Isiu-ruaSing ana for shipping TO Eastern cities.
OF this number OF vines about oue-third are 81
| yet oly in fu OF partial bearing, and this yearl
pr duct, from these 100 0000O vines may be est
mated TO make 100000 gallons OF VINE an.
1 brandy 10000 boxes Of raisins besides grape,
which are shipped to Eastern cities IN their 1stura
condition. This product may, at a Low estimate b,
valued at s., 5,0000O0. This isf9r this year But th
ratio Of Increase viii b. very rapid You take tn,
| present planting 100000 acres-lld in fsur year
from nov the income from the present plsntin.
should be 2o000, 90, aad this Industry is only
its beginning.
The investments in this industry are getting to b.
. | very large. Take 10000 acres of vineyard; at
[ valuation Of $500, l. makes total yaluition o
| $50 co1o00 Il Is a fair e-tmAt4 to say that th
wine cellars presses, engines and ether nachner-
! LQOlt, TBDre-
sent fuIlF an equal sum, and It gives a grand tota
Of 500 eco O0e invested the grape aud wine indus
try 1t may be taken as reasonable estimate tha
this requires the labor OF 1000 men in The care O
the vineyards, cellars, drying-hCusos, etc, and /
Que man represents five Of population, then Their
is now a population Of 100000 people who get
good support from the vine.
Take shis estimate, and you ind that the ineo,n
per capita, with the present yet luse1 income o
COO Ool, is $3.50 year This, Of course, Is small
but il must be remembered that they are now ye
growing the young plants; that they are creating
capital for future iucome that in four years thi
income viii be ss0000,O60, instead Of s5,o00.000
and the labor the same; tbst then the income 0
each viii be 81 000, instead Of $3.50 to-day:
There are fears that this industry will be over
doue. What the future viii evolve, Of course, ]
only eonject re-; but there are certain facts ol
which We may bass an opinion Of the future. l
is fact THAI France, Germany, and other gine
producing countries, by reasons Of phyl0Xera an
bad seasons, have not produced hait of crop
where's, their wants are increasing. To MI thi
void they are lengthening their snort crops by al
| tfcia means-by aduterltion. This is gettlng t
be vel understood, aud consumers are beginning
70 look 10 other sources for supply. California
stepping out to III this place, snd think If To
. people arc only true to themselves if they wi