Evening journal., 1888-06-27

But In course OF time change swept over
the Industrial landscape. Il was found that
another source Of wealth, as golden as that OF
the hills, existed in tho soil. AS the valleys
we're cleared OF their weeds rich grasses took
their place, the succulenco Of which invited
all them that chew the cud 70 I'll themselves
with the juices and hbers Of this tender vege-
table Life SO came the cattle, and so came
the sheep. Their name was legi0n-herds
here and herds there and herds everywhere.
They multiplied to thousands They lay like
shadows on the distant plain. They yielded
all manner Of profit TO the rancheroa, who
scarcely knew their own for multitude So
came the heyday Of cattle raising in the val
ley lands Of California. It was ono Of the
greatest Of harvests, but, Ike many other Of
the rich shings which crown the industry
and enterprise Of man, 1t endured but for
season Not, indeed, that the resources upon
which It was founded failed; not that the
products Of the herd, yielding some sixty,
some a hundred fold, were less valuable than
when tho new industry was in its prime, but
the epoch passed by natural evolution into a
new phase Of industrial life. And tho even
ing and the morning were the second day.
A third form Of enterprise now made its
appearance, promising, II possible, still
greater rewards 1t appears at the present
day, through our clear backsight Of the situ-
alton, that the great fertility OF the soil Of
these valleys would have been ono OF the
most patent facts, even to the first inhab.
tants, but such was not the case. Adyel4
turers ran pell NELL over tho riches under
foot 70 find the more glittering, butnot more
palpahle wealth Of the hills Long before
the beginning Of the decline OF the great
ftf
Of industry had appeared in the cultivation
Of tho soil The old Californians were at
first dependent upon importation for almost
everything which they consumed. They pro
duced nothing, and purchased everything.
The things eaten were a foreign product.
Even the meats. with the exception OF game,
which then nbounded, were brought from
foreign markets. But, with tho beating
about OF enterprise, the people came at length
to discover the wealth OF the soil, and here
began the third great era OF the Industrial
life OF tho Pacific coast It was farming on
large scale 1t is needless to say how great
was the yield in this form Of industry. The
leading products wero wheat and barley and
eats, and all the cereals caino 10 the train.
Then Il was that fields, the vastness OF which
made the eye of the beholder ache with tho
distance OF their further borders spread Qua
on every hand. The agricultural resources
Of the state became enormous, and Il was
not long until foreign and distant markets
felt the impact Of new tides, which had their
rise IN the granaries and mills of California.
And the evening and the morning wero ths
third day.
With tho increased agricultural develop
ment or the state thoro came % pass a con-
dict between tho farmers and the cattle
ranchers similar, somewhat, to that between
the riparians and the hydraulic miners This
Is 70 say that, as farming increased, the dihi.
Guilty Of conducting the cattle and sheep
ranches was augmented The fence question
was az the bottom OF it, The immense farrn.
ing regions could not be fenced In. Wbera
was tho timber for III Where was ANYTHING
else in sufl@ont abundance to bound 90 vnst
inclostresl The herds, wandering over tho
valley plains, drifted into the growing fields;
and the farmers cried out against the herds
men. About decade ago the no-fence law
was passed, by which the farmers were re-
heved OF the necessity Of fences, and tho
whole burden was thrown on the ranchers
u was crushing blow. Since that event
the business Of herding has, think. RAPIDLY
declined In nearly all parts Of California. II
has given place to the third, and more re-
ceutly to that fourth form Of industry which
remains to be noticed
This fourth form is the horticultural phase
suppose it originated in discovery; that is.
1t became, In the course OF time. a patank
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