Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-27

The following estimate is that of J. B.
Haggin as the result of the cultivation of
1912 acres OF cotton in Kern county III
1850:
10 %
Hoeing 20 90
Picking. 5IS W
Ginning and 90 81
Rope and tWlne........ 81 70
Bura - 70
- -
In addition to the above the following
expenses are considered:
Hauling to SD 81
Railroad freight. Iuo II
Storage 10 20
commissions u %
Sales at from il to II cents per pound, 1890 %
Balance above cost. ......... $40 81
Cost per pound to make and bale at
c6 [an par acre to make and baie 81 ~ ~
Cost PER pound ITO make, bale and de
liver in San 90
Net profit per a
The yield and quality of cotton was
good A sample was sent to New Orleans,
and valued there at ~ cents. This was
the first year Of cultivation, and many dif-
| ticulties were encountered: First, the seed
was old; second, there was a difficulty in
having the cotton piclled-white men will
not pick, and not many Cinnamon were
found that could; third, the use of the gin
for the first time.
SOME CONCLUSIONS.
From the record above given it appears
that cotton has been successfully grown at
many points, practically covering the whole
of the great valley, part of the foothill
| lands OF Shasta and part of Napa county,
and to the southwark all the agricultural
portion of the southern region. By infer
ence drawn from similarity Of climate and
products, without direct test, we may in
clude within the possibly cotton-growiIis
! portions of the State the valleys OF Napa
and Sonoma, the agricultural portion of
Lake county, the foOthitl region of TehGma,
and the entire lower foothills " of the
Sierra. On the other hand, all the Bay
region, as well as the seward valleys of
TIE entire Coast Range, are excluded from
the cotton-grOwing area by reason of the
cool summers, trade-winds and fogs to
which they are subject.
In addition, it may be broadly stated
that in the Sacramento valley cotton may
on deep soils be grown without irrigation,
IL -, Wv '.''- ~ gu
nroGtoble returns The 6est evnarionae
seams moreover to indicoto tbot asIn tho
case of the vine fba minin,um irr;gation
that will enable the plant to develop IS
that which on the whole gives the best re-
suits, inaSmuch as late irrigation especially
tends TO retard the opening Of the bolls and
in the low portions of the fields to start
new growth, leaving the older bolls station
rrtp sr.-rcr,vn v,p1rr>,
r., -,
IS d nature mus laf wherever tiied' 1AaI
COTTON culture mas liot assumed ItrGer pro
POI I'olis ~ ma - % - "uei ""'GlE
eAila1lieu ny 'he i''cs thal tue nome iilF>e'
IS IN lac absence 81 c9Jtoh factories eA-
[ q IiIni,G 60 "i'' inc l9iiS diS'1lice
rom me World 1hi-.Net rehIefs coAlHetl-
'ioll WIN me AtithtIc co''oh states on the
one h "a ana WIN ihdla on tHe ether a
C'up'lui y niadter' W+lGi c"e'" he turned IN
favor OF California only by exceptional CIR
cuins'dnces' sue: Is peoui!ar excellence OF
tilc :'aPie' ~ iilS same enc cotton pro
tbo iowa -l Ioo,,d i 'o,'''''c }1 ''i e5
prices have been obtained; and when ex
ported the California stable has rated high
in comparison with the average product OF
the Gulf States.
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" nat t!ieli' are 'l.e Inducements toward
On eA 'iilT'oil III F}t''l CIi:'e III N~iiIoI
10 90 nv Fu@si'-0 e9'olIS'liiieHU o, Co'-
'H' 49,, ~ 2, VI INC C0sI 80 cIct''e " n"i-e
uC!i4''''t " ~! H-c Vq"lilA1uoli % me
p .lcvs ~ l9'?s III colSeque OF 'IG IN
c'c''al't t'ClI1ieS oi communication, 'hGFe
- Cei amy no Ica99h why me nome de-
~ i ~ tI.o-' 800 q.i llli "CiIlC cl1l
Sligu'4 mo- Iiut Oc 9"pPilt,' nom nome gro" III
:.i11 I anu JlIeIe Is iCa9oil ny
IL nli5ll' secure d L4Ie snare OF Jile A5!alic
ma f,ol ni'il iI'oi! IL - III me most uIIgcI
49,. i,'' IL II"g p5 1885, WY
ug - sUI9'l'uty d new ana oo,'ouui CUT
"a 49, IL "'iS .Ii "i'Ie9 IoI
49,, - III" hr9 an coy peOoli!c
'o''9 an" VI sJiHe % hlcIl IL mas prac'4
,..+ -, III pilg IlltT' 2.ates
-. 'liG 5s1ioi d uic ma 'lC = c"eeI
Wv ,".'e!4 u olo!'2 an" IlilustlIcS oI d
ToNn:'iI 'lc more IluGPelluenI ana lHG
iJs 100 ~ - ~ cIo!' IdlIUe q ol general
CiI''. 'isoIc are t"o PoiH'S Iil"I speak
s''i'aiS III i"F W % ~ least '1e 'aIuaI
SUBSTITUTION or COTTON FOR WHEAT.
One is the we'll known fact that wheat
culture is very exhaustive If Tho soil nota-
blv of the phosDbatcs especially when the
gra;n is chiefly uscd for cvnort little ar
nothing beine, riyen b,cL; to Tho soil and
the same cron heinz rencated vear affrr
wear in = wholesale fasIi1n Il is bardIy
necessary To eynatia1e mon the fact tbat
this kind of faininer or rather ,,Ionfirc, l.
doomed TO snocJv tarminotion md fh,t
while for tho fimn bninl, If nnricbns ;nIi
yiduals # is of :, very d1rbtfIi I,ern,ono,,+
benefit to the co1Intr, rho o,h i'a'r,ai4
wbrat-GrIis nus+ vait ia. Tho cT,i,,r, c,c,,
Grafton of more careful farmcrs-trnS Ius.
bandmcD NOT sl,inncrs of tho soil-fo he
rehabilitatcd into something like their
original productive value. That has been
the history of wheat-growing all over the
Atlantic States, and is certainly to be re-
peated in California When the wheat
helds cease to be 50 profitablv productive
IS to be able to compete with the fresh
lands of Washington, Montana, Dakota
and Minnesota what crop shall be substi-
tuted for that grain? 1t is idle to say that
there is plenty Of time yet before the ques-
| ton arises The truth is. that in the older