The San Francisco call., 1895-05-23

The wheat crop of the Argentine Repub-
lie, according to latest reports, will be
about so per cent short, as result of
droughts.
The destruction OF Eastern fruits by the
recent cold wave assures greater demand
| this year for California fruits, and makes
better prices certainty
Scatter air-slaked lime freely around the
grape vines, so as to cover every portion of
| the ground 1t is excellent in assisting to
| destroy the spores of the grape rot.
| Twenty years ago the forest area Of this
country amounted to 10000, 900 acres.
| Ten years later there were left but 620, ,OOO,-
900 acres, while this year there can be
| measured up in the entire country not
more than 10000, 900 acres, and the daily
destruction is going on at the rate of q 500
| acres.
| The question OF wages to be paid to men
working in the harvest field is becoming
an important one in Tulare County. At
Porterville the consensus OF opinion seems
| to be 81 IS for ordinary farm laborers in
| harvest. At Tulare the farmers who ex-
pressed themselves at the meeting on Sat
| urday favored 81 50.-Fresno Expositor.
The prices of land in some parts of the
State are such that they appall the man
with moderate means, and he gives up
! in despair of ever attaining home,
SAYS the MADEIRA Mercury. 1t is not so in
MADEIRA County, for good land may be had
here from SIS to $40 an acre. The soil is
capable of raising all kinds OF fruits to per-
fection.
Molasses as food for cattle is very little
known in this country. It has been fed in
Europe for years and in quantities, says
Colman's Rural World, particularly IN
| Great Britain. where vessels daily arrive
| from the West Indies, and at times bring
molasses as ballast and therefore at very
| low rate of freight. 1t Is usually mixed
| with cut feed, much as the same is sprinkied
with salted water by some in this country
| and fed to cattle.
Sugar can be made from many varieties
of sorghum, but the processes of manu-
facture are complicated and the requisite
machinery costly. In consequence, it has
never yet been found profitable to make
sorghum sugar. The United States De-
partment of Agriculture has done a great
| deal of experimental work in this line, and
for a time the experts in charge of the
work were very hopeful of being able to
| demonstrate that sugar can be protitably
made from sorghum, but they have never
| succeeded.
| Reports from different parts of Fresno
County, says the Expositor, show that the
army worm is doing considerable damage
At the Minneola vineyard it was found
necessary to run small ditch around the
| whole place to check the advance of the
devastating army. Some of the worms try
| to cross the stream, but most of them are
| drowned. Twenty men have been put to
| work in this vineyard alone TO kill the
| worms. A large pair of shears is the in
| strument used. The worms resemble the
| tomato or tobacco worm, some with yellow
| stripes and others black.
The farmer has to contend against many
| discouragements and enemies. Insects,
droughts, floods are natural enemies, and
these must be met with skill, patience and
courage. He has right to expect them
and should make no complaint. But
! there is one enemy against which he
| should contend, not only with skill, pa
| tlence and courage, but also with red-hot
| indignation. That enemy is the adultera-
| ton of food in any form. On that question
he has no business to be tolerant. His in
| dignation should mete out swift and GER
| tain punishment to every legislator, State
or National, who by his vote or voice ex-
cuses or defends this fraud; to every
| Judge, politician or paper who gives ut
| terance in its favor.-Hoard's Dairyman
| While Eastern Washington will cultivate
a larger area than ever this year, the wheat
acreage will be much less than that of last
year. In fact the farmers of that country
| have become alive to the necessity OF diver
| sified farming to secure prosperity. The
Seattle Post-Intelligencer says in this re-
gard: With diversified farming there is a
! prospect that Eastern Washington farmers
/ in the future may see better times than
| they ever have in the past. AT least there
| will be something coming in at all times in
| tie year; their families will fare better.
| their store bills will be lighter, and they
| will not be completely ruined if their great
| staple crop drops in price below the cost OF
| production. Fruit, vegetable eggs, poul-
| try and stock are the matters to which the
Eastern Washington farmer is now deyot-
| ing his attention, and the time is close at
| hand when there will be a change in the
| course of trade, and Washington will be an
| exporter instead of an importer of all these
| classes of produce.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Embas-
sador, has furnished to the Department of
State copy of circular issued by the
West India committee of London concern
ing sugar production. The Embassador
| explains that it is not to be regarded as an
expression Of opinion by his Government
of the committees views. The circular
| calls attention to the fact that the sugar
| industry, beet as well as cane, is passing
through crisis of the most serious de-
scription, and expresses the hope that in
attempting to provide q remedy the various
Governments should avoid taking anv
steps which may aggravate the crisis in
stead of relieving it. 1t is shown that
| while the production is increasing at the
| rate of LOCO 900 tons per annum the con-
sumption grows slowly at the rate OF only
| 250, 600 tons per annum. Naturally prices
are depressed and the bounty system is
! ascribed as the cause OF this state of affairs.
Therefore, it advises the entire abolitio..
| of the bounty and the stimulation of con
| sumption by the reduction of the duties
levied on sugar, which are excessive in
Europe and prevent the people Is a whole
| from using sugar.
Timely Advice.
@. ]. Berry gives some sound advice to
| Tulare County farmers through the col
| umns of the Visalia Times, which is appl;-