Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-09

great, rich and prosperous farming Sec
tion can BE- gathered Ill kinds and
varieties Of fruits and flowers, vegetables
and cereals that the world can hardly
surpass. - As'f f--es. r.. -ss~- eaae
After referring to visit to Sacra-
mento, he continued: I want to say .
word about this valley. / need not
assure you 1t IL the fairest spot in the
world. It is rich in soil and natural re-
sources, but it is not half worked, and
never will be until it is divided into ten
and twenty acre farms. Farmers should
take more pride in their valley. Theirs
in the most important, as it is the most
independent, avocation Of life. They
should study well the character of their
soil and its adaptation. They should
cultivate thoroughly and keep down the
everlasting weed; should use Just as
little water as possible. Good cultiva-
ton will take the place of irrigation. If
there had never ditch been taken out
of the San Gabriel river, this valley, if
properly cultivated, would yield more,
take it all in all, than it will today, with
all the water that is spread out over it.
Water used in limited quantities is all
right, but this flooding our land without
stint is the worst kind of farming and
vicious abuse of good land. The most
successful farmer in this valley is J. O.
Burke, and he don't irrigate. Mark that.
Take an interest in YOUR farm life, read up,
subscribe for some good California agri-
cultural paper. Read it. 1t will rouse
your pride; it will give you lots Of point
ers in your business. It will tell you the
best way to set q hen, or the best crops
to plant on different soils. 1 tell you
farmers must read, study and think. 1t
amt all muscle; brains must help it out
Why do you not realize the golden
opportunities Of q California farm? If
you do not and think it won't pay to raise
produce on q Los Angeles market, 90
back to the bleak, cold blizzard regions
east of the Rockies, where the ground is
snow and ice-bound third of the year.
There they raise chickens and turkeys
for our Christmas dinners, ship them
thousands Of miles and sell them to US,
who can't make it pay here, where hens
lay 1856 days in the year and chickens
hatch spontaneously, and without irriga-
ton. This is all wrong. Don't COM
plain Of your market or your opportuni-
ties while such things exist. Illinois
has no business raising our bacon and
ham, and selling it to US at Is to 18 cents
per pound, while We are ship.
ping hundreds Of carloads Of
corn from our valley at 80 cents
per hundredweixht. Improve your
chances and you are all right. As the
song says:
Never let your chances like the sunbeam pass
you by;
You viii never miss the water till the well runs
dry,
Plant out oranges and walnuts and
figs; they will make you rich bye and
bye. In the meantime, don't neglect
the little hen and chickens. Encourage
your swine to raise large families. Be
good to your COWS, and take good care of
the old mare and colt, and you will 60
on prosperously. You won't get rich all
ct once, but yoq will be thrifty, well-to-
do farmers, prosperous and happy,
envied by thousands less fortunate.
You need right here at Downey a
cannery. Tons and tons of fruit 60 to
waste here every year. For means of
preserving it you can afford to give one.
half OF your crop one year to encourage
some one to start cannery. You need
beet sugar factory. Hold meetings to
discuss the subject. Make an offer to
Spreckels or some one else, and assure
them what you can do. Pull, pull
hard, and all pull together, and you can
get it.
It is reported to me on good authority
that Mr.. Spreckels will be in Los Angeles
this week to meet the people and see
what inducements and opportunities offer
for building factories in this county. He
will be met with propositions from differ.
ent sections. Oahuenga valley, Chino
ranch and Compton, I am told, will try
to get factory. Mr.. Spreckels has a
company back of him with millions of
money. ! am told he is ready to contract
to take Ave years. crop at "a per ton for
IA per cent sugar beets, so cents per unit
for all over that; 30 if your beets yield
20 per cent. sugar they would bring you
81 per ton. I am told forty tons to the
acre is possible, but say one-half that,
and you have $l40 per acre. Now just
think what an important thing this would
be to you. If Mr.. Spreckels can be in
duced to come out here during the fair,
you may perhaps hear from his lips
much that will interest you and be of
great advantage to you. As soon as you
know when he will reach Los Angeles,
get ready to act. What he will want is a
contract on your part that you will sup
ply certain quantity of beets for four
years.
The speaker closed by saying: The
intelligent tourists want to see the
country. They want to see what is back
of that Vienna of America, Los Angeles.
Because of their superior cultivation and
improvement Pasadena and the foothills
have been the rage, but I want them to
see this rich and fertile valley, this gar
den spot of California. 1 want them to
see the Egypt. if you please, from whence
the corn and honey come. l want them
to see our grand walnut and orange
groves, our unequaled cornfelds. and all
the year round green meadows of alfalfa,
and 90 / propose to do all can to have
good roads leading from our city that
shall not make the road 10 monotonoue
as it seems now.
The speaker was greeted with frequent
spplause throughout.
THE ENTRIES.
Up to yesterday afternoon the follow
ing entries had been made by ex-
hibitors:
W. G. McGaugh, Compton, double
team.
Mrs. John Burcham, San Bernardino,
double team and saddle horse.
Andrew Lugo, Downey, saddle horse.
James A. Fyrer, yearling stallion.
w f RovnOlde 3-year old stallion