Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-05-04

GNtTNMutl III itpN hHSftth t'hh'N ~
to be found the note of progress. IT is
now nm assured tact that we shall renp
the largest crop Of the cereals evor
known here only the largest but
the largest at great remove. Allowing
for all possible drawbacks which may be
referred to either rust or lodgmeni, our
own personal belief il that the crop OF
the current year will 10 quite double
that Of any previous season. We he
lieve that even this statement is within
the limits OF the celdest estimate. 1t is
not that the acreage devoted to grain has
been doubled, though il has been largely
increased. Probably forty per cent.
represents the outside additional area
Bown. The enormous increase in the
yield win come In from the fact that
there aro tons Of thousands OF acres
which last year produced only from ten
to twelve bushels which will run from
thirty TO fifty bushels this season. Tako
ott tuNtthtf l'piht i't'' ''' ''''
Centinela and Sausal Redondo ranches
about one hundred and twenty five thou
sand bags of grain were tbreshed out
This year, without doubt, twice and
probably thlice That amount will be
harvested on this property. The same
reports reach us from all quarters, with
tha difference that, in some Instances,
the ratio will be very much greater, ms in
tho case of tho Laguna ranch and tho
southern portion of the county gen'
orally. Taking the whole range of
Los Angeles county it is safe to
say that our farmers may conf
IDENTIFY look for from five to six million
bags of wheat aud barley. Here we have
tho certainty of employment for large
force Of laborers. and this lucrative and
inspiriting era will last well up to the
winter months, when the work of seed
ing will again begin. In every direction
comes the demand for wagons, headers
and agricultural implements OF every
description. While tho prices which
will rule for grain this year may not be
high, the sale of our enormous crop can
not fail to bring large sums OF money
into the county, and the assumption
that we shall be unusually prosperous is
q well warranted one. We have special
advantages in disposing of our crops.
Arizona aud the mining regions of south
western Nevada and Utah and Inyo and
Mono counties in Southern California
will look to Los Angeles for most OF
their supplies both of barley and flour.
The facilities for shipping such of our
surplus as may not be absorbed in the
sections named are all that could bc do
sired. The harbor OF Wilmington will
bo thronged with ships seeking cargocs
for Liverpool, while the bulk shipments
of wheat to New Orleans by rail with
transhipment ut that point for Europe
can be made with the advantage to the
Los Angeles farmer of his being almost
five hundred miles nearer to the Delta of
the Mississippi than the granger of the
Sacramento valley. 1t would be very
hard indeed to improve upon the purely
agricultural situation, while tremendous
strides have been made in orchard and
vineyard planting. All that our farmers
now. need is that they should apply
themselves with zeal to the planting of
alfalfa and the raising of graded cattle.
Here arc sources of wealth whose i'm
portance can scarcely be overesiimated,
We have long ago passed the stage OF
surrendering thousands and tens of
thousands of fertile acres to the nourish
ment of n few scrub cattle. In the line
of making our own hams and bacon and
cheese we have already made highly
gratifying progress and all that is now
requisite is that we should continue in
the good work.
In truth, when we think of the abun.
dance of good things, the corn, wine,
oil, wheat, barley, bacon, hams, honey
and what not, which are being stored
up in Los Angeles for the current year,
to say nothing of the products of our
redolent orange groves and orchards
OF the deciduous fruits, we are compelled
to believe that the Goshen of old was a
poor archetype of the delightful aud
prolific land in which we live.