Los Angeles herald., 1891-05-24
AMONG THE RANCHES.
NEWS NOTES ABOUT SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS.

NEWS NOTES ABOUT SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA PRODUCTS.
The Number of Irrigation Districts
Formed-Results of Fruit Growing.
| Strawberries and Blackberries-High
Rates on Fruit, Etc.
There are thirty irrigation districts
now organized under the Wright act, rep
ting total acreage of 1,764 900.
Bonds have been issued to the amount
of SIC, 900. The following are the
districts;
Area in Bonds
Acres Issued
Turlock, stanislaus county 100000 100000
central. CoIusa. .--...-... ZOO.OOO 1oO,OOO
Anaheim, Orange ....... 81, 900 100000
Browns valley, Yuba...... 44,OO0 10000
Alto. Fresno MOI and Tulare. =. 1876, 900 $4,000
Escondido, San Diego, $4,000 100000
Modesto, stanlslaus 90. $500 100000
MADEIRA. Fresno. .....-.,... 305 900 $4,000
Tulare, Tula5e ............ $4,000 100000
Perris, San Diego 80. $4,000 $4,000
Vineland. Los Angeles 49,. 4.50O $4,000
Orland. Colusa. ............ 10000 100000
Craft, Colusa... ........... $4,000 10000
Colusa, Colusa .....-..... 100000 ........
Kern, Kern and Tuiare ~. $1,000 e5s,o0o
Rialtc, San Bernardino. ~ 1000 100000
Citrus Belt, San Bernardno $4,000 80O,0OO
Alessandro, San Bernardino 25,00O 100000
East Riverside g ...... 5000 250,000
Orange Belt Los Angeles. 4,50O 100000
Pamdaie Los Los Angeles ~. 10000 i75,ooo
Big Rock, Los Angeles. ...... 81 900 100000
Grapeland, San Bernardino III 900 100000
RESULTS OF PKUNE GROWING.
Thomas Holmes, of the eastern part Of
the county, in letter to the Lordsburg
Southern Californian, thus estimates
the cost and proceeds of q seven-acre
prune orchard he put out six years ago:
acres, at $120 per acre. .. $ $40 90
7s4 trees at Is cents (112 per acre). III 60
Grading and planting .......... -. 130 90
Care of orchard years, at $3.50 per
acre ....-.,..,-. ,-...,.-............,..... 457 so
At years old, fruit ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS rs 90
At years old, fruit ................ 40 90
At years old, fruit. it.............. 2223 35
The last crop sold at cents green,
delivered at the depot.
Deduct about 5000 for gathering crops
and you will get net for the three crops
to the sixth year. I figure at regular
price of labor. 1t cost me much less,
having my own teams and hiring by the
month.
Seven acres of land at 5000 per acre,
with water, can be planted and cared for
three years, or until they bear enough
to pay expenses, or nearly so, for $500;
or, in other words, the sixth year it will
pay for itself with interest on the in
vestment.
SOME STRAWBERRIES.
7. F. Griswold has taken from his
three acres of Strawberries 5000 pounds
as tie result of one picking. The fruit
is of superb quality and very large, some
having been picked measuring four and
one-half by five and one-half inches.-
ISan Gabriel Valley Argus.
A THOUSAND POUNDS A DAY.
There is magnificent showing of
fruit on the blackberry vines set out
last spring by w. E. Ferguson, OF Glen
dora. There seems to be perfect mass
of fruit from end to end of each symmet-
rical row. He will have about a thou
sand pounds day during the season,
which are already sold to Los Angeles
man, who virtually has control of the
crops of this variety in this vicinity,
there being only two other fields of this
kind, one at Alhambra, and one at Ban
ming, Cal.-ISan Gabriel Valley Argus.
HIGH RATES ON FRUIT.
One of our strawberry shippers pays
from 500 to $3.50 day for expressage
on his fruit. 1t is easy to see that the
express company is making the money.
Our growers should unite and demand
better rates. A move is on foot, how
ever, to ship by the carload to can
neries. We hope the arrangement,
which is nearly completed. will prove a
permanent advantage.
A PEST OF PRUNE TREES.
horticultural Commissioner Jones is |
receiving frequent inquiries regarding a
brown beetle which feeds upon the ten
der shoots of deciduous fruit trees, and |
is particularly fond of the foliage of the |
prune. Mr.. Jones, writing on the sub
ject, says.
its habit is to feed upon the foliage
in the night and it is seldom found on |
the tree in daylight If you find the
foliage OF your trees being destroyed and |
can find no insect on the tree, look at
the ground near the roots. You will |
find little depressions in the dry soil and
you will find the beetle, which will be OF /
snuff-brown color, from three-eighths to
fve-sixteenths of an inch long, with six
legs. The remedy is to spray the foliage
with Paris green, one tablespoonful to
two gallons OF water San Diego Sun.
Will Be Given Away.
Our enterprising druggists, R. w Ellis & Co.,
who carry the finest stock of drugs perfumer-
les, toilet articles, brushes, sponges, etc, are
giving away large number of trial bottles of
Dr.. Miles celebrated Restorat i've Nervine