Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-02

lbuuSllleSi supply lHC cAliAO OAiAtcN O'e'eSS
| with sugar from the beet root.
The raisins grown in the San joaquin
valley, and especially in Fresno county,
| are equal to the finest products of Malaga.
Ten carloads of Fresno ralsins, put up in
London layers, sold in London at profit.
An evidence of the Incompatible fertility
of the soil is found in the fact that whereas
| in Spain five tons of grapes are required to
| produce one ton OF raisins, in California
| three tons of grapes will yield one ton OF
raisins. Instances of this kind could be
multiplied to show that fruits and vegeta-
| bles introduced from other countries bear
larger crops and attain larger size, a Dner
| form and color, and more delicious haVor
| than in the countries from which they
were introduced, and to which they are in
| digenous.
Citrus fruits, principal among them be-
| ing the orange and the lemon, are grown
in the southern part of the State and the
middle of the northern half with great
success and profit. In nearly all parts OF
the State these fruits will grow and bear.
| Prune-raising is great industry IN the
middle part of the State. Thousands OF
tons of prunes are dried every year, and as
the crop is sure from one year 10 another,
| and the dried product light and capable OF
| shipment to any part of the world without
danger of deterioration, the acreage IN
prunes is increasing with enormous rap
| idity.
1t is in the grape, however, that many
| believe the future of California to lie. 1t IS
easy to plant and cultivate; 1t yields
| profitable crop in five years.from the plant
| ing of the cuttings; it yields more and bet
| ter grapes from year to yesr indefinitely
| There are bearing vines in California over
! r,lI a,,A rhara 10 caI6 tn no
| one in France that was planted centuries
before the birth of Christi; it presents
| variety of products-raisins, table grapes
and wine-and there are so many kinds
that with judicious planting there need
never be any danger of the failure OF the
crop.
Raising fruits for use in a fresh state,
such as cherries, aprlcots, peaches, pears
and the like has brought snug fortunes to
MANY There is always market for them,
and what cannot be disposed of by local
| and Eastern table consumption are readily
| taken by the local canneries.
Nuts OF various kinds yield handsome re-
turns, the almond taking the lead.
Olives are receiving considerable atten-
ton, the olive farm of Elwood Cooper at
Santa Barbara being famous for the excel
lence of its oil. The Quito olive farm,
lear DAN JOSSy u llASh AoC a oOOANC Vi PAOAt-
| able revenue.
Small fruits, such as berries of various
kinds, are extensively cultivated. They
require irrigation. Vegetables, as the
whole world knows, grow to wonderful
! perfection, and hops yield abundantly and
bring handsome returns. it IS useless,
however, to attempt TO give list of all
! that California will produce with profit TO
the grower. Other matters will now re-
ceive attention.
From what has already been written it is
readily inferable that small body of land
small as compared with the great farms OF
| the Northwest-will be sufficient IN Callfor-
MIA. In the Santa Clara valley, for instance,
| land in many other parts OF the States, or
/ chards of twenty 10 forty acres are very
common, and one of eighty acres is large.
J a very interesting illustration of what can
/ be accomplished is related by G. E Pease
! in the San Bernardino Rural Californian.
He bought ten acres at $1O0 an acre, and
provided the necessary buildings and i'm
| plements. He had wife and three chill
dren, the eldest nine years old. He and his
| family did all the work on the place, with
| the exception OF that done by man hired
| for two months. He first set out walnut
| and mulberry trees along the line OF the
road The mulberries would yield fruit for
the chickens and the English walnuts
would sell rapidly. He planted three acres
/ in raisin grapes, one acre in assorted fruits
| for family consumption, three acres in al
| falfa, half an acres in strawberries and
| blackberries, one acre in wheat (Which, after
| being harvested, was followed by corn,
and TWO crops of grain were thus secured in
one year for the chickensl, half acre in
vegetables, and the remainder of the farm
was occupied by the house and shade trees.
/ He kept two good cows on the alfalfa, and
| for their yield of butter he received $50 IS.
He raised nearly one hundred pullets, and
| sold twenty dozen eggs a week for some
time, receiving S125 81 from that source.
| He sold nine dozen ROSTERS at 81 70 q
dozen, receiving from that source $40 y,
and had a dozen left He sowed barley
with the alfalfa and cut nine tons of barley
| hay. The alfalfa was cut three times,
yielding seven and a half tons.
Between the rows in the vineyard he
planted potatoes, and after blowing them
| out on the 10th of June he planted squasheS
| in every third Tow, securing twenty tons Of
them. Beets were sowed between the rows
| of trees in the one-acre orchard and they
| Welded twenty-five tons. A few strawber'
ries were raised, and some were sold. Ht
| had three swarms of bees, and the increase
was one swarm. From some of the honey
vinegar was made, the family used some
and 100 pounds was sold.
The summary of cash receipts from the
! ten acres for the first wear was as follows