The Newtown bee., 1895-04-12
Talk of the Town.
CALIFORNIA,
WINTER SCENERY, RESOURCES AND
 PRODUCTS,

WINTER SCENERY, RESOURCES AND
 PRODUCTS.
 The winter climate and scenery in California is so delightful, the soil so productive, and all the people so we'll satisfied and happy, the natural inquiry is why in view of this, has there not been mo"e settlers come in and fill up the country, for the state outside of the towns are quite sparsely settled. A great many people go there for their health. Many well to do people own homes and ranches, to whom it makes very little difference whether the bal ance is on the right or wrong side of the ledger. There are many people of small means who have engaged in fruit farming, who we learned, from private sources, were not prosperous (boomers would only, of course, show the best side ) We'll it would be called quite un- wise for one of small means, to invest his all and run in debt besides for an orange ranch, and wait years for results. This method and hard times has swamped many, the high prices asked for the land, the exorbitant freight rates are serious obstacles. If the Nicaragua ca- nal ia ever completed it will be greater benefit to California, and also to the East. With judicious methods,
 AND PLENTY OF PUSH,
 good live Yankee farmers chances would be prettty good. They say one CT joys every day in the year there. As we travel towards the southern part the beauties of the country increase. The San Joquin and Santa Clara valleys are largely directed to general farming, grain and stock. Immense herds of stock are seen feeding in pastures green, looking as sleek as moles; occasionally 8 fruit ranch. In the Santa Clara valley are good many, considerable mining op- erations all along the coast range. They have the greatest extremes of altitude on the continent, from 17O00 feet above | to 400 feet below sea level. One can easy | find there greater extremes of tempera- ture. There are many localities where the climate is very much the same the year around. Such large fruit yields as are obtained, is as much the result of the method, as of climate or soil. Through irrigation the plant or tree Is always supplied with an abundance of food for their growth land development, giving decided advantage over places where the rain fall is irregular, excessive or inefficient, There is danger there from too much irrigation. Fruit is moi as good.
 THE ORANGE PRODUCT
 is estimated for this year at 10000 car loads. There are several fruit compa nies which handle the product, The Ear Fruit Co.,, Porter Brothers, Thacher Brothers. The California Fruit Trans portation Co.,, with headquarters al Chicago, furnish the refrigerator carr for transportation of nearly all the per isbable fruit. The dry climate enables farmers to dry their deciduous fruit with very little expense, which is done in the open fields in trays. The raisir grape is simply dried in these trays il the sun, no dew ever falling. Raisin csn be profitably made for two cents pc
 pound. They ship about 5000 car load
 of them year, two thirds of which ar' shipped from Fresno, raisin growing
 being the leading industry for this sec tion. Will mention some specimens o
 California farming causing our attention . Mrs Senator Johnston of Sacrament
 county keeps 200 cows and makes butte
 which she sells in Sacramento, for whicl < she averages 20 cents per pound. MT
 Starr runs a 200 acre ranch, from whicl
 she sold, last ear, 30 tons dried pruDes . 20 tons raisins. Mrs E Shields has IF : acre ranch which produces citrus and de ciduous fruits and Is very profitable