The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-02-18

glad that We came. We are glad to be with
you and TO see the welcome which shines in all
your races. We come as fruit growers and
Ct rdeners and forest planters and builders OF
neHes, 10 greet our brethren IN a land whose
conditions of culture have long enYted. We
hs,ye come to study ths So new conditions for
ourselves; TO gain new ideas which we may
alply where our surroundings ~ less feVOra~
bic to compare views as to I.iany questions re-
gfIrding which we have q common interest, and
tc drink with you at the f 5untaius OF enthusi-
ssiu which have inspired sou to SO many bril-
liant enterprises all along this golden coast.
Tie President also urged Congressional
legislation TO prevent @anton destruction of
forests, anu sue discussion which ensuex
showed strong sentiment IN favor of such d
course, and resolutions requesting legislation
were adopted A paper from J. u. Smith, of
Wisconsin, fayorei fertlizing the soil, but
the discussion which followed showed there
was no such necessity III California
Mr.. WILCOX said the soil of great part oS
Santa Clara County was inexhaustible. In
boring artesIan wells Ii had been found that
good garden soil extended 10 depth of over
f-e hundred feet Five crops of alfalfa
could he produced III one year without mate
rally dlmlnishing the production As much
IS eighty-iye bushels of wheat had been
raised to the acre, but email fruits, etc, were
found TO be more valuable, and people quit
raising wheat He had raised, he said, 1000
pounds OF onion seed from two acres
At various stages OF the proceedings there
were similar developments, showing that the
labor and care required for the production OF
fruit in the East wss very much moro than in
California, and the Cailfornians, being on
their native heath, clnched their arguments
by citations and illustrations Of practical ex-
perierIce
AT HORTICULTURAL HALL
The people of san Jose have erected per-
nanent building, 50 feet wide by loo feet
long, in which 70 make the Citrus and Horti-
cultural exhibits. The proceedings of the
National Association were made especially In-
ter6stIrg By having Citrus Fair ID progress
at horticultural Hall at the same Tune.
Though held st the most unfavorable hme
of the year the Easteru visitors were greatly
astonished at what they saw Santa Clara
County does not make great prstensIons to
being citrus region, because tbs people
frankly ssy they can make more money out
of less perishable fruit but the
exhibit here this week shows that
il is citrus region without
Stunning to be. There are several canning
factories here and so while citrus fruits grow
In the county IN considerable quantities. the
staples are prunes, apricots, pears, peaches,
cherries, figs olives, etc The exhibit of these
fruits, canned or dried. or both, was some
thing astonishing. N She smaller fruits,
strawberries, raspberries, &C., the production
is large, and especially Of suaTbcrrle Aine-
tenths of all the Strawberries IN ths State are
grown in this county, two crops year being
secured, the market time ranging from May
to January.
There was also an exhibit of almonds, Eng
hsh walnuts, pecans, and other varieties OF
mute, all produced in profuslOn IN Santa Clara
Valley. & pyramid of vegetables rising twenty
five feet high, and containing $50 TO 200
pound squashes and 1oO-pound beets (as
large III circumference &C a mans body, at
tracted good deal of attention from the
Eastern visitors To enumerats all the at
fractions of the exhibit would require vol
une, but il a happy tribute 10 place
before the National horticultural Aseecia-
ton.
THE TEMPERATURE.
Nan Jose proposes to let her light shine, and
has an energetic Board of Trade, whose rooms
are constantly open to supply visitors with all
kinds of information relative to lands, prices,
products, etc.
One of the most comprehensive little VOL
umes l have seen is issued by this Board for
general circulation, de scriptive of Santa Clara
County. In talking with the Secretary, Mr.
Edward u. Lewis, he showed me the follow
ing thermometrIcal record:
The highest temperature during 1856 was %
degrees at II o'clock, June s; and the lowest
was . degrees above zero on Jan: !, at a N
p m., June 10 and the lowest was - degrees
above zero on Jan. 2S, at a.
They take their observations four times
day, and every day in the year, and these fig
ures are not the acreage, but the actual high
est Snd lowest points reached during the years
named
Mr.. Lewis told me that the price of land IN
the county ranged from $40 to sou per acre,
according TO location and amount Of improve
ment There is, of course land held at lower
and also at higher figures, but give an aver
age range. To realize 10 per cent interest ON
$1,000 from the products of single acre is
quite moderate, and oftentimes double that
amount is produced. In fac, five acres, well
handled viii support family.
The Horticultural Association lid not con-
clude It's session here, but adjourned to meet
at Riverside, in the southern part of the
State, on February 6, and in the meantime
the delegates will roam about viewing other
wonders as well as the products of Santa
Clara Valley, though these have nearly filed
their capacity TO the utmost limit