Los Angeles herald., 1891-08-30


ers, ascertain positively where the trees
are grown before making contracts."
Commissioner Jones says he feels that
these warnings are important, as CO..
tracts are already being made for tFooB
to be planted during the coming rainy
season. There will be big demand,
and many trees will doubtless be i'm
ported from nurseries in the east Whez9
the yellows prevail. So far California
has been free from this destructive
disease.
PROGRESS OF IRRIGATION.
1t is nearly 81 years since irrigation
on large scale was first attempted in
this country. In 1870 the Greely Union
colony was founded in Northern Colo
RADIO on barren plain, and an expert
mental system of ditching was begun IN
imitation of the irrigation fields OF Utah
territory. Now, from 1900 to 1000 car
loads of potatoes year are shipI ! from
Greeley, says the New York Sun. At
the same time was founded the city and
colony of Riverside in Southern Califur-
MIA, now the center of the. Pacific coast
orange culture. the value of its ship
ments last year being nearly two mil
lion dollars. The next year saw
the foundation of the Fresno col
only in Central California, which
started the raisin industry, and pro-
duced some Is, ,000, 900 pounds of fruit.
The success of these undertakings has
been due entirely to artificial irrigation.
Their success led to similar ventures
throughout the area west of the Rocky
mountains, and today the secretary Of
agriculture reports that in Arizona, Cal
ifornia, Colorado, Idaho, Western Kan
sas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada. New
Mexico; Oregon, South Dakota, Texas.
Utah, Washington and Wyoming, oyer
subject to irrigation, and over 7,000, 600
acres are actually irrigated.
THE TIME TO PRUNE.
The time to prune your apricot trees
is now. The fruit is off, and your trees
are ready for the knife. You neglected
it last year till you had time, in Novem-
Der or December, and you had light
crop, or no crop, says the Covina Argus.
Just look the valley over and see who
had crop this year. Almost without
exception it was those who pruned m
July or August, if they pruned at all.
The latest and most successful method,
one that is practiced by the most intel
hgent and practical fruit-growers Of TO-
day, is to prune just as soon as the fruit
is off, water and cultivate. No more
water is necessary, as the winter rains
supply all the water that is needed until
the next crop is off, if we'll cultivated.
Don't neglect to prune at once.
pANCurp vs apopTsM AN
CIV. Bricker reports that much dam
age has been done his peach trees BY
the trespassing of deer from the foothills
near his home, says the Elsinore Pres.
The preservation of ones property ie
certainly not an offense against the lawn
Of the country, and undoubtedly Mr..
Bricker and others, who suffer from thu
depredations of both deer and quails,
have q pre-eminent right to rid them-
selves of these nuisances. If law ia to
be enforced in favor of few sportsmen,
and to the detriment of vast number
of farmers, it is high time that some
steps be taken to change legislation
which is so partial.
RANCH NOTES.
From conversation with many growers
we learn that the prospect for raisins
this year is uncommonly good, while
everyone predicts far better yield of
oranges than last year. The trees are
loaded with green fruit Redlands
Facts.
A fruit grower asks the question why,
it is that, Los Angeles buyers have
bought some peaches here at 2H cents
a pound, while our local buyers will not
offer over half a cent. Wewould like to
hear from the buyers themselves.-[P0-
mona Progress.
We learn that nurserymen are con-
tracting to sell native orange trees for
next seasons planting at 81 each. It is
probable that $50, 900 citrus fruit trees
will be set in this county during the
spring of 1872, which number is greater
than that of available native trees. The
deficit will be met with Florida stock,
the importation of which will probably
cease after next n.-[Ontario OBJ
server. a
There seems to be an attempt on the
part of wine makers and fruit men gen.
orally to hold the price of fruit and
grapes down to the lowest notch. Wine
makers are not offering more than SO
per ton for grapes, and in many in
stances they are offering only $6 per
ton. Grape growers, however, will not
submit to this combine, but will dry
their grapes and hold them until prices
come up.-TTimes Index.
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h0RSEMEM, il you have barbed wirs
about your place, keep HALLS tANrnzr-
T1c) CREAM SALvE FOR HoRsEs on hand. =
will cure cut when all others fail. It WIN
prevent proud flesh. 1t is better than lini-
ment. Try it.