The morning call., 1894-01-28

ietlcs OF all kinds proves that they are no
| degenerate sons Of those pioneers who
| threw Injuries to the winds to assist at the
laborlous creation of the glorious Golden
State
In the foregoing enumerated features of
California many industries of large profit
| have, owing TO the eXigencies of space,
been too slightly touched upon.
Of these may be mentioned the great in
dustries of wool and lumber.
The principal wool producing counties
are Humboldt, Mendocino. Tehama, Butte.
Sacramento, Calaveras MERGED, Kern and
Los Angeles. The pioneers in this great
industry on this coast obtained their stock
sheep from Mexico, and the character of
wool which they produced was coarse and
very unsatisfactory for the manufacture Of
anything except common goods. But by
the importation of fine grade of Spanish
Merino sheep from Vermont and Ohio and
| the French Merino from France, and the
continual crossing of these fine wool-pro-
ducing sheep with our native herds, the
! character of wool was very materially
changed until we we're able to produce as
fine wool in this State as was to be found
anywhere. and as is shown by the record
in sufficient quantity to attract the atten-
| ton of the Eastern manufacturer, who
recognized in it, by reason of its fine fiber
! and long staple, superior merchantable
article, and it soon commanded its right
! full footing in the marke is of the world.
But during the last twelve years it has
not kept its place in this respect owing to
neglect on the part of growers and other
| eXtraneOus causes.
The president of the State Board of Az
riculture has this to say in the connection:
''The results of close attention and care
of sheep are more plainly to be seen in the
colony or settlement of some BASQUE
French in Kern County. They are not
citizens of the United States, nor do they
own any land; simply rent winter ranges
from the farmers, and in the summer they
run their large herds on Government land
in the mountains. They pay the strictest
attention to their sheep, and immediately
act when there is the slightest appearance
of ''scab," thereby keeping their focks IN
the best Of health and condition, which ac-
ton ena Dles them to run their sheen
twelve months without shearing. Bv this
method they save the expense of fall shear
! ing, and grow long staple that commands
the top market price They are at the
present time growing the finest wool that
is shipped out of California.
"By this procedure aliens are permitted
TO come right In among US and in from
| three to four years accumulate a fortune
and return to their native heath, and very
! few are even successful in mastering our
| language.
Another cause of the depression in this
| industry is the attempted use of lands for
other purposes when fit only for sheep
ranges. These experiments have cost the
| owners considerable money. and left them
with an opinion that agriculture is a
failure. 1t is here where fictitious values
of real property have been a detriment TO
an industry that could be made profitable
but for their existence. 1t is a conceded
| fact that land valued at over SIS per acre
| is too valuable for sheep-raising; but we
have yet thousands of acres not adapted
| for any other use than grazing, or which
/ by remOteness from market cannot be
| farmed with profit. but could be put to a
most profitable use in this industry. We
know of no better opening for the invest
ment of capital by steady-going, thrifty
| people than that of sheep husbandry,
which, with the proper care and attention,
will make better returns for the amount
| invested than almost any other branch of
agriculture.
As regards lumber and its kindred ill.,
! dustries the State witnesses large amount
Of capital sunk in these fields of enter
| prise. The rapid growth of Californian
/ vegetation is remarkable; the mountains
of the State are covered with forests of
pine, cedar and fir.
| In 1S4S there was not a single sa wmill in
California, what little lumber had previ-
ously been required having been whip
sawed, or, more generally, split or hewed
! out by hand, the whole of it being made
| from red wood where that timber could be
procured. Now the list is legion. While
nearly all the hardwood lumber used in
i the State is imported from the East
scarcely city in the Union is Supplied
with the several varieties of pine. fir,
spruce, cedar and redwood of better quail
! ity or at comparatively cheaper rates than
| San Francisco, the great entrepot for the
entire coast. Hither is shipped the i'm
mense products of the mills of Hum
boIdt and Mendocino, Port Oxford and Pu-
get Sound lying to the north, while the
redwoods of San Mateo and Santa Cruz
counties on the south make free contribu-
! tions from that direction.
Other industries of Importance here are
| the Union Iron Works, the woolen-mills.
! cotton manufactures, f0uripg-mills, sugar
refineries, boiler works, brass foundres.
| wire and rope works, cordage factories,
! tapneries. powder works. fuse factories,
! paper-mlllS, glass works, salt manufac-
| tories, matches. oil works. rcemills, lime
and cement, lead works, marble works
and quarries, potteries, boots and shoes,
! saddlery and harness. wagons, carriages,
cars, agricultural implements, furniture.
mating. pianos. organs. billiard-tabIes,
breweries and distilleries, brooms and
broom-corn, wood and willow ware, Cali
fornia type foundry, cigar manufactures.
manufacture of clothing. shirts, etc., furs,
meat packing and curing and many more
miscellaneous manufactures.