Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-27
LIVESTOCK RAISING.

upon its attractiveness and its posi-
bilities. Not only are the people OF the
outside world far from being right in
thus refusing to accept our estimate OF
ourselves; but we ourselves do not yet
half know what lies in the future for
this unparalleled land. The popular
impression at the east is that Southern
California is, with rare exceptions in
occasional years, an arid land with very
little rainfall, where all agricultural en-
terprises are for the most part depend
ent on irrigation To make the state
ment that here is one Of the best pas
ture lands in the country in the face of
this false impression would be
to incur no end OF ridicule.
The claim would be laughed at as alb
surd. Yet in spite of the prejudice
growing out of a talse impression the fact
remains. and is so fixed that it cannot
be laughed away.
Look at the facts on which this claim
rests. When Americans first came to
California, forty years ago, they found
the northern part of the state almost a
desert, but the south was land under
cultivation, with vineyards and orange
groves, and cattle upon its thousand
hills. The miners of the central parts
of the state drew their supplies of beef
mutton, fruits and vegetables from
the south. Los Angeles was the
center of these industries, and
San Pedro was the shipping point. At
all times after the focks and herds Of
Los Angeles county We're almost count
less, until the land came into requisition
for more profitable branches of hus-
bandry. Fruit-growing became so profit
able that the herds and focks were
driven into the mountains.
This was so generally, but by no
means universally. There are large
areas of land in this and the adjoining
counties whose value will always depend
on their capability to produce fine lines
of live stock. Los Angeles county
horses, from the stables of Rose
and Baldwin, have carried off
the highest prizes on all the tracks of
the country. For the common grades of
draft animals, farm horses and road
sters, of course this country is as pre-
eminently suited as for the thorough
breds. The grass that will produce an
animal to win in races will produce one
for any purpose.
Los Angeles has always been noted as
an important center of the wool trade
1t is so still, and the spring and fall
clips handled in this city will aggregate
not less than 100000 pounds annually
The mutton of the section has always
ranked as high as the very best pro-
duced in the United States. Where
horses and sheep do so we'll, of course
cattle must thrive. This is fact the
large business done here in hides for a
century past will sufficiently attest with
out any appeal to any other testimony.
This business of raising livestock is
now taking a new start. During the
spring just passed very large business
has been done in shipping beef cattle
and mutton sheep away from Los An
geles. 1t would no doubt surprise those
who regard this as an arid section to learn
where the fat steers and fine mutton
have been shipped to. Seattle on Puget
sound in the new state of Washington,
Portland in Webfoot Oregon, and Sitka
in far-of Alaska have been benefited by
large invoices of fine beef from Los An
geles. Chicago has enjoyed the fat NUT
ton off OF our mesas clad in the lush,
sweet grasses for which they have been
noted time out of mind. The shipments
of mutton from Anaheim to Chicago in
a couple of months will aggregate per-
haps 100 carloads. Beef cattle have
been shipped away from here by the
hundred.
These are industries that will
grow. There is no winter here,
and no loss of stock resulting
from severe weather. The animals
range free all the year around, and the
cost of caring for them is the minimum.
In the damp lands of this section an
acre will feed more than five elsewhere
By the early spring weeks our lambs
dropped at Christmas are in prime con-
dition, and the bon viyants OF every city
in America will eagerly seek for din
ner off their fat ribs.
Here is an opening for big capital in
this section. With such perennial pas
lures as we may well boast of, there is an
opportunity to establish large factories
for the manufacture of cheese and con-
densed milk. Removal of the tariff from
sugar will make that commodity cheaper
here, and will afford better opportu-
nifty for the condensed milk business.
The fresh butter manufactured here all
through the winter months will be
eagerly sought after in all the markets
of the east. With a large business in
all sorts of livestock raising, there is an
opportunity to establish here a large
tannery for the production of all sorts
Of leather. These things require only
capital and pluck.
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limits the saloons to one to each five
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