Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-12-31
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idsncss Of the prosperity of any farming
community and the productivity Of tbs
soil Of the section i found in the qusn.
tity and charsc cter Of its marketable ex.
ports above the prodacts used for homo
consumption. Judged by this standard
the region tributary to Norwalk, ~ .
railroad chipping point. is entitled to :
high rank among the most fourishing
oommunities Of Southern California. 1t
should not be forgotten that the close
proximity Of other stations on the rail.
road, limits somewhat the area Of the
region paying railway tribute At this sta
tion. Downsy being only four miles
above, Costa six and Anahsim nine miles
below. Besides, there il not one-tenth
part Of the soil under cultivation. As it
10. however, there has been shipped by
rail from this station during the yesr
1886 up to yesterday i trifls short of
4, 600, 600 pounds, products of the soil.
These consist chiefly Of corn, barley,
hay, potatoes, hve hogs, lard, wine,
cheese, butter, eggs, etc, and fruit of all
kinds. and do not include the copsidera-
BILE exports shipped by express, nor the
large quantities, owing 10 the short and
easy drive. baulsd 10 wagons to Los An
geles. This il pre.eminently fine stock
country, and daring the past few years
much attentipn has been paid to the in
PRODUCTION Of The best breeds of horses
and cattle. The sales made OF these. a.
well az Of beeves, do not appear among
the outgoing reilfoad frsights. although
the rearing a ilne horses Is ONE of the
most profitsble and rapidly increasing
Jndustliss of this section. A certain en-.
courage cent has been given to dairy
farming by the prosperous cheese factory
Of Messrs. johnson & Hubbard of Nor.
walk, althopgh il IL an industry not yet
suffi ffidently appreciated by the farmers
in general Thus far during the year
1888 this firm has consumed $40, 1863
pounds Of milk, manufacturing lC4 S69}
popndsof cheese. from which has been
realize 81 the snug liylls sum of Sll, $685.
|02. The cheese iAlexoellent in quality
and commands ready market
at tho highest prices. There
seems TO bs an increasing
aisposstion 10 add to the acreage Of vine-
yards. During the past year q large
number o. vines have been planted,
and pre- esratiens for many more are
making. That this viii in time become
perhaps the lesdipg industry Of this
region may he {nfe1ed from the extra
ordinary yfelds Of the vines already in
bearing. Mr. Huber's vineyard If forty-
i've acres. fitSSa of which are young
yines r.akipg their fret partial crop this
year, Situated closely BY Norwaik, has
yielded in hies winery 26 900 gallous Of
Wines Tht 6xop Of the Baker vineyard
Of thirty a1pa has been pressed into
sl8, 600 Gallo66 The johnson and other
vineyards have yielded equally we'll.
None OF thepo vines have ever received
: drop of water BY irrigAtions Those
having the largest experiences and most
extended observation are earnestly OF
the opinion that the whole OF this sec
tion cannot be anywhere surpassed in
grape culture. aud it will be an unac-
countable surprise if some Of the thou
sands'sf acres now la the market, IN
both small snd large tracts. At aston
ishingly low prices, are not snapped
up before the new year rolls by.
Among some of the marvellous
groHths are few young orchards Of
English walnut trees. The soil and
climate appear to be especially adapted
to their rapid and healthy devel opment.
A sprig The size of ones finger which
grows into branching tree IN two years,
without artificial application Of water,
to the height of over 20 feet, having :
trunk 10 inohss in cireumference. would
be : curiosity anywhere else than in the
neigh borhood Of Norwalk. The decid<
uoss fruit trees are almost equally rapid
IL growth and fruitful In bearing. Some.
thing of thS rapid progreus going ON In
the portions The county trayeTsed by
this branch Of the s. p. r. r. may be
Witnessed jn the large and increasing
freight traf{io Of the road. This morn.
ing thelonk line Of freight cars leaving
your city numbered 81; and the weekly
cash freight receipts at this Office aver
age about 81 800. v. s..