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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-25
San Joaquin Fruit.
Plant olive trees.
BY GEORGE f. WEEKS.

From horticultural standpoint that
part of the San Joaquin Valley lying south
of the latitude OF San Francisco is the
youngest portion of the State historically.
While orchards and vineyards were in sue
cessful cultivation in the extreme south,
along the coast, about the bay region, in
the Sacramento Valley and in the foothill
counties, the great southern San Joaquin
Valley was still a range for cattle and
sheep, and that it could ever be anything
else was secuted by those who should have
been the best acquainted with its resources
and possibilities.
The first experiments in the line of hor-
ticulture in the valley counties to the
south of San Joaquin were regarded almost
as the freaks of lunatics, and he was IN
deed a brave man and serenely disregard
full of the sneers and iibes of his neighbors
who, twenty years ago, made the venture
of planting orchard or vineyard on the
most limited scale anywhere in the greater
portion of that region.
But the agricultural and horticultural
history of California has been full of sur
prises. The ideas of the "oldest settlers
have in a great majority of cases come to
naught. The predictions of the most
skillful experts have proven unfounded.
The experience of the most experienced
elsewhere has been demonstrated as una
vailing here. Men of pluck, determine
ton and enterprise have experimental on
large scale, and though many mistakes
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the State of California, both north and
south. thus harmonizing those sections in
such manner as to place all dairymen on
an equal footing. After the incorporation
our first object in view was to introduce
such new methods as would improve upon
all existing methods. This, of course,
necessitated considerable of an outlay
financially to produce the desired results.
We are now in position to represent our
State as one of the leading dairy States in
the Union. At the time we formed this
corporation there was very little creamery
butter manufactured upon this coast, but
now we have in the neighborhood of LOO
creameries, some of which at the height OF
the past season turned out as much as $500
pounds OF butter daily, and by this we
were able to place all of our surplus stock
upon the Eastern market, thus relieving
ourselves of an oversupply which had been
accommodating for some time previously.
We now find California is looked upon to
supply certain amount of the Eastern re-
quirements.
The dairymen and the general public
did not realize the magnitude of this in
dustry until it was brought to their notice
by our labors. Statistics will show that
only one industry in the State OF Califor-
mia exceeds that OF dairying, and that is
wheat.
Another thing this com 5ination of dairy
men has endeavored to do has been to
prohibit the sale and manufacture of oleo-
margarine or imitation butter in this
State, and, although it took two years Of
hard work to bring this about, we now find
that very little Of this article is sold in our
market, and it Is only recently that ar
rests have been made in the Los Angeles
market by representative of the State
Dairy Bureau and the guilty parties made
to pay the fine imposed by the laws of the
State
1t is not to be supposed that the dairy
men have finished their work. There is
considerable to do yet, for even to-day we
find that inferior grades of butter are being
imported from the East into the City oil
San Francisco by parties who have not the
interest of the dairymen at heart and
which has detrimental effect on our mar
ket. There is great necessity for the fur
Their concentration of the dairymen's forces
for the purpose of insisting upon their
rights. Not until the dairymen had COM
bined did they appear to have any rights
whatever in this State outside of State
laws. Dealers in butter and other dairy
products invariably looked to their own
pecuniary benefits, ignoring those which
the dairymen were entitled to.
One fact that has been esta blished durin G
the past years has been that just as good
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Dairymen's Union.
BY WARREN BUTTON.

Several years ago the dairy business was
so prosperous there was no necessity for
the dairymen to look for better times or
for better market, and /, like my many
associates, did not endeavor to study up
new propositions or make any effort to
improve the manner in which we manu-
facture butter, relying principally upon
the fact that we could manufacture our
butter in almost any manner and secure
such prices as would enable us Mt the end
of the year to show handsome profit on
the investment. Gradually as time went
on, matters began to change. Four years
ago l saw the necessity of being associated
with great many OF our representative
dairymen for the purpose of placing our
industry in different light before the peo-
pie. 1t was also necessary to study better
methods for the manufacture OF an article
that would find market throughout the
whole world, as our own market was mad
equate.
To these ends there was formed a stock
corporation, composed wholly of dairy
men represen ting the different sections of
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enterprising beekeeper of our State, is the
fact of the depressed markets. The bee
keeper is offered often not mere than 3
cents per pound for his honey, while the
consumer pays three or four times the
same amount. The price of honey is
abominably low and the freight
rates East where most OF the
honey must seek a market, are
ruinously and exorbitantly high. The
orange men of Southern California,
through the Citrus Fruit Excha nge, are
successfully controlling similar evils that
confront their industry. The bee men
look hopefully for similar relief. Steps
were taken at the last meeting of the Cali
fornia State Association to form a Califor-
MIA Honey Exchange and movement was
inaugurated that promises much for the
honey producers. A committee of bright,
able, wide-aWake men are at work and it
is hoped and expected that an organiza-
ton will soon be in full working order
that shall bring as full relief to agriculture
as the Fruit Exchange has accom-
plished for the pomologist. The bee
keepers of all our southern counties
promise full cooperation, and pledge not
only patronage but all necessary financial
support. 1t is apparent, then, that a most
suspicious outlook speaks cheering words
to the beekeeper and gives rich promise
of improvement i'll every department of
the industry.
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100 colonies in one place are all that can
be kept with assurance of success. In
California five times as many are kept
and maximum yield secured, which is
four or five times that OF the best
localities and seasons of New York and
contiguous States. This seems to show
that the nectar is more abundant IN the
flowers of California, as well as more pro-
longed in its secretion. This feature is one
of no small Importance to the beekeeper.
In the East the beekeeper has his bees In
four or five localities, separated from each
other by two or three miles. In California
the same number of bees can be kept
proftably in one location. Thus much
labor, inconvenience and expense are
avoided,
There are seeming disadvantages in Cal
ifornia agriculture, which nevertheless
have their bright side. The apiaries are
usually in or near the mountain canyons,
and the beekeeper must, during the
months of summer, live far from society
and the comforts of civilization. But even
people of wealth prize such an experience,
and often suffer the inconvenience OF
temporary camp life to enjoy it. The bee
keeper can be better circumstanced and
can have his comfortable house and be
surrounded with the best of comforts, even
to the most choice literature, as all the
apiaries are hard by the railroad trains,
and in consequence, of the express and
mail service. He can be in a grand
gorge OF the mountain, and quench his
thirst from the beautiful and delightfully."-
cool streamlets, which, with the whisper
ing songs OF the mountain foliage, sing
charming duets, which lull him to sum-
Der after the hard Iabors Of the day are
ended. / have never been in more lovely
or in grander regions than when visiting
apiaries of Southern California. The iso-
lation, then, while it is to be regretted
and is often not appreciated or made to
serve its best usage, may be made rich
summer outing which shall give store OF
vigor that ought to insure hearty
physique for all the remainder of the year.
1t is also unfortunate that the bee
keeper is ofttimes from his "bee ranch"
almost exclusively, except from May to
August, when the work of the season is in
active progress. This "out of sight cut OF
mind" causes his bees to be neglected.
Indeed, neglect is perhaps more common
among California beekeepers than among
any other apiarists of the world. Thus
frequent losses occur-almost always from
tarvation-which could be prevented with
but little expense of money and labor.
The most serious obstacle in the way OF
high success. which the natural resources
abundantly promise to the intelligent and
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butter could be produced in the southern
sections of the State as is manufactured in
the northern counties and the. largest
creameries now being operated in the State
of California are situated in San Luis
Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.
AT the recent dairy convention held in
San Francisco there were several interest
ing papers read on the dairy industry. and
a very warm discussion took place regard
ing short-weight butter. The dairymen
have been accused by the consumers for
several years past of practiclng deception
by forcing upon the people short-weight
butter and obtaining as much for this
short-weight butter as they would for full
weight. The law recently enacted by the
Legislature prohibiting the sale Of short
weight butter does not seem to be perfect,
and consequently the sale Of butter has
not been affected by the law. In no way
are the dairymen responsible for butter
being made any less than full weight.
The consumers demand cheap article,
and the retailers, to offer a cheap article,
have the weight reduced for this purpose.
If the consumer was to insist upon receiv-
ing two pounds Of butter when purchasing
dairyman receives no benefit from putting
sixty-five rolls weighing 100 pounds in a
box, when by putting the same butter in
fifty rolls he could save about one yard of
cloth and about 10 or Is cents freight on
each box.
The amount of labor necessary to make
100 pounds of butter into sixty-tive rolls is
also considerably more than in making it
into fifty rolls. Nevertheless, the con-
sumner, the retailer or the wholesaler does
not seem to be overanxious to force deal
ers to sell nothing but full-weight butter,
and consequently it remains for the dairy
men to put this into effect, and to do so
the dairymen of the whole State should
make arrangements to hold regular con-
ventions semi-annually in their respective
districts, and when the annual convention
Is held in San Francisco make it an entire
success by having proper representatives
OF their districts at the convention By
this means they would be able to get the
views OF the producers of the whole
State at one time and act accordingly, and
also'formulate plans for future action.
Another point which would interest the
dalrymen very much is that the mode Of
manufacture which is being used now by a
great many of the dairymen can be i'm
proved upon by their manufacturers at
tending dairy school properly equipped
and taking regular course of instruction
In the same. However as this State has
no dairy school it is necessary to establish
one that Will do justice to the State, and
careful study of all such schools in other
States would enable rs to improve upOn
them. These schools have proved sue
cess throughout the whole United States
and wherever tried in foreign countries.
There is no reason why the intellectual
people we have in California should be
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the bottle. The berries must not be al
lowed to stand in heaps, or in sacks, or, ia
fact, in any sort of package long enough to
heat; otherwise the oil will become musty
or rancid. Absolute cleanliness should be
practiceu in every branch of the manufac-
ture.
The quantity of fruit of well-grown
tree from twelve to fifteen years old will
produce in good year is from 200 to 25o
pounds. Such results were not uncom-
mon in my neighborhood the past year.
The best results in the oil product the
same year, as weighed from the trees, was
eight and half pound of berries to the
large bottle of oil. These olives were of
the mission variety and the year an extra
ordinarily fruitful one.
In this brief account 1 cannot enter into
all the details of the olive industry. I
must therefore refer those who anticipate
planting to the compilations of the State
Board of Horticulture from 1885 down to
the present time. These books are access
sible in all the libraries of the State. If
can encourage planting by urging upon
the people the Importance of this industry
I will be amply repaid for this article. 1t
is not that we should plant merely for the
purpose of money-getting or of increasing
the prosperity of the community or State,
there is more involved. 1t is to be hoped
that the saying History repeats itself"
will prove true in the present instance,
and the uses of this valuable product will
be as well known as it was thousands of
years ago. The substitution of noxious
mixtures, introduced and falsely repre-
scented TO the consumer has well nIph de-
stroyed the true character of the pure
product. Let US encourage the production
of a substance of such economic value and
so highly nutritious.
Plant olive trees.
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California Olives.
By ELWOoD COOPER.

From the time of the occupation of the
coast of California by the Franciscan faith
ers and the founding of the mission
churches from San Diego to San Francisco,
until 1865, little progress was made in fruit
culture. From San Luis Obispo to the
southern boundary OF the State goodly
mum Der of olive trees were planted at every
mission. These trees were cared for and
the fruit harvested, being mostly made
into oil, which was used in the religious
services of the church. It also entered as
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backward in formulating such plans as
would bring about the erection of build
ings and the employment OF teachers for
this purpose.
Connected with the dairy school there
are subjects too numerous to mention that
would be of benefit to the general public
were they carefully studied. Our milk in
spector, who for the past few weeks has
been endeavoring TO aid our dairymen and
has filled his difficult position in such a
creditable manner, would, I believe, be
willing to aid the dairymen in every way
possible to have our State represented
properly in convention held at some To-
cality-this convention to be composed of
representatives from all the States of the
Union.
The dairymen, as well as the general
public, heartily appreciate the manner in
which the San Francisco CALL has endeav-
ored 70 place them before the world at
large, and it is evident if all the news
papers, both great and small, in the State
were to devote as much time and space to
the interests OF the State as they do to the
lighter, more sensational topics of public
interest there is no doubt but that their
calculations would increase, and that the
increase would be among people who
would not take the paper merely for the
sensational articles expected to appear
in it.
The dairymen have just passed through
a season that has proved, upon the whole,
Improbable to them, but the question is,
What could they have turned their hands
to that woulc have paid them any better?
There is no commodity that has COM
manded any better prices upon the mar
ket during the past season than butter.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-02-28

FREDERICK DOUGLASS, the best and
most prominent representative 81
the colored race in the United States
died Feb. 20, at his residence in :
suburb Of Washington. An an ora
tor and. q diplomat he had won for
himself both honor and distinction
He had served az presidential elector.
Y. =. marshal, minister to Hayti
and held other important positions.
Born Q slave, no managed to escape
to the northern states, whore eventu.
ally his freedom was procured for
him, and becamean earnest advocate
OF freedom for his race, He was ON
eloquent speaker, and we remember
well the impression he made before
che Republican National Convention
at Chicago in 'Ss. Robert Ingersoll
mad make his famous blunder. and
was compelled to retire from the
platform in disgust, the convention
refusing to hear him. Everything
was in turmoil and high state Of
excitement when Fred Douglass mp
peared and threw oil on the troubled
waters. 4 few words from him re-
stored order and brought men back
to their senses. He was a good man,
an able man, and an untiring work
or Tor the advancement OF the Afri-
can race.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-02-28
Good Horn. Sense In Burros,

The Mexican burros ascertain where
20 dig for water By closely Observing
the surface Of tho ground. We had
found in an arroyo sufficient quantity
Of water to make coffee when we OBJ.
served three burros searching for water
They passed several damp places, exam.
Ing the ground closely, when the leader
halted near ~ and commenced to paw q
hole in the dry, hot sand with his right
forefoot. After awhile he used his left
forefoot Having dug hole something
over q foot In depth. he backed out and
watched It intently. 70 our surprise, It
soon commenced to 1lll with water. Then
he advanced and took drink and step
ped aside, inviting, / think, the others
20 take drink At all events they
promptly did 20 and then went away.
when We got down and took q drink
from their we'll Theswater was oool
and acknowledgement better. in fact.
than we had found for many day.
There Is no witchcraft about the Mex
fcan burros, but they have good horse
sense. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-02-28
Notice Of MGR sc E Foreclosure
tSale.

s. Whereas. default has occurred IN the eondi
lions Of certain mortgage. executed and deitv.
cred by Martin GonchOrowski and Nary Couch
erowskt. his vile. as n,ortgaEors. to kxina i
Willy. an mortgages. supon tho i0Ilowfu1 de
arrii,ed real estate In the County Of Marshall
state ri Mtlnea0tA. namely: The Northwest
quarter Of Section eighteen. Township one husi.
trcsl and nifty six Ral:xs forty sisht. which sale
Der. 1892 and WAS recerdel In the ntiice Of thc
tse9istsr Of Deesss. IN tho Comfy =: MassslnH.
Stote 6 Aiinnesot tn al. the sscon.l day ot Jnnn-
AIRY. 1865. ut a:s0 cloak In the r oi 81 i: Of.
HI Iso1k \ 81 0f mortgages: page two hundred
Axltty seveA f2STl j. and. ss
Whereas Giid mort gagca haA. Er1.ir to he fiEft
nj t:lis notice paid eenersl tsxss u he
Minnesota IN the said property. t';r he ySs.rs
I'd tNg2. ntirg to IL rum OF Fifty sis
ss.. seysnt four Do lhrs
and.
ut the. date o sh;s notice. mon tho ACCOUNT OF
said NOR yNge and the e,tn occurred thereby. in-
EcsudlnE I he amount 40 paid fJr IN es AZ Ah0y0
srecited. the SUM OF Thirteen hundred seventy
and no action or proceeding has beru instituted
law or in equity IN recover the debt; secured
By, snis, mort gage. Of a my part thereof:
g NOW. Thers ft,re. Notice II hyreby esiyen. that
keOntaineal. and pursWant to hastatute IN shch
sea maI!e mi! provided Bstd mort gage will be
jOrsc!oscd. aud thoreal rrnperty therein deNcrlb
ed win be sold ct pubic yenne by the Sheriff g!
the !ri,ng DIOR Of the Court Holec III the city ol
Warren. IN said County aud state. on Saturday
tie serOEd day Gf arch, 1896. at ten o'clock u
the forenoon 81 That day TO pay. The amount
xethcr with tho coRtA 81 foreclosure. inclndine
tliA Attorney :s'jee stipulated ia snid mortSNss
rs paid IN case OF forsclo sures tn reof.
ss alma a. YyLLy. MORT
81 HOuPr u RAxrERs Attorneys Tor Mortgage
Fergus Falls. a Inn. r. .s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-02-28
Feather supsrstitior.

We have long BEEN acquainted with
the peacock feathar superstition, but
were not aware until few days ago
that It extended to all feathered crea-
tarea. a young girl admired the beau
tiful pigeons strutting. cooling and sum
uing themselves In the covert Of the
house where she was boarding and ask
ed tho landlady to sell her 5 pair TO take
homo with her. No, indeed, child, !"
was the immediate response Not for
any money would ! sell you those birds
When one person gives or sells an 40
quaintanoe 9 feathered thing, there is
sure to be trouble between them, and ]
do not want to fall out with you. ."
Philadelphia Times
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-02-28
Defender Documents

Numbers 5 and "a have Just been
issued by the American Protective
Tariff League. No. s, nineteen
pages, entitled Business Condition
or 1.-THE First Effect OF Free Trade. y
comprises careful review and COM
pilation OF statistics showing disas.
trous results OF a free trade admins
tration. No. 70, eight pages, enti-
tied Wages in the United Statess. .,
is the translation Of d paper by
Mons. 3. Levasseur. read at the an.
nual public meeting OF the Ave acad-
emies Of the Institute OF France.
Both documents are interesting and
valuable additions to Protection
literature. Will be sent to any adj
dress for two cents each. Address
w. F. Wakeman, Gen. Sec, 1875
Nest 23rd ST., New York.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-02-28

TEE TLUTED OR GoDET SKIRT WITH FIVE
PIECES.
bottom and 10 90 the top There Is one
dart In the front part. The two XX'sI
show where II joins the front The back
cores arc out from the full width Of 81
inoh material, with the front side against
tho salvage. with the thread straight by
the line. The hack Is slightly gored.
These cores measure u yards, so that the
skirt measures 1853 Inches around the bot
tom. The top Of each back breadth Is 90
inches. The material, II Of thick wool,
should have been eponged and shrunken
before cutting. Sewing seams up and
carefully pressing apart are done In this
skirt only after tho back portions have
been lined with horsehair cloth and faced
up with mohair and velutina facing. the
latter Z inches wid6 and the former TO-
The front parts should be- also interfaced
around the bottom with horsehair cloth to
the depth OF ten inches. The seams should
be taken In very accurately and pressed
until 1t looks as II the skirt had grown to-
gether. The placket may be on the side or
In the back. The seam along the bottom
must be sewed very exactly, 60 that when
turned and pressed 1t may present n
straight line all around. This skirt, like
the three piece, should be exactly the same
length all around IL for walking. II for
home. It may be graduated to the desired
length.
Whom all seams are sewed and the rest
Of the skirt hnished. those dreadful plaits
are to be laid in. This must be 1ono on a.
frame exactly adjusted to the slze Of the
wearer. The front breailths are fitted to
the figure by gathers. which Are sewed on,