The herald., 1898-03-16
CALIFORNIA CATTLE
NEED RELIEF FROM ACTION OF
QUARANTINE
THOUSANDS SURE TO STARvE
Unless the Nevada Pastures Can Be
Utilized in Defiance Of Present
Regulations

ASSOCIATED Press Speclal wire
SAN FRANCISCO. March 15.-The
Chronicle tomorrow will say:
Over 100000 head Of cattle will starve 20
death in California this year. unless the
government can be persuaded to speedily
modify the quarantine lines against the
splenetic, or southern, fever.
Nevada stockmen are desirous of pur-
chasing in California, and California stock
men are anxious to sell or to send their
horned stock to Nevada. but nothing can
be done, owing to the quarantine regula-
tions against disease which does not
exist in California, and which prevents
the transportation Of the animals to the
north or to the neighboring states on the
east.
Senator Stewart of Nevada and Governor
Budd of California have both taken up the
matter, and this evening j. r. Hebron
president of the Cattlemen's association
Of Monterey, left for Washington on an
errand of urgency. He represents the
stockmen Of Stanislaus, Merced, Monterey,
Santa Cruz, San Benito San Luis Obispo,
Tulare, Kings and adjoining counties most
particularly, and his object is to have the
secretary of agriculture move the quar-
antine line so far south as to permit the
cattlemen of the great central district Of
the state to send their stock to the grassy
mountains Of the north and the verdant
ranges of Nevada before they shall be-
come so weak that transportation will be
impossible.
A CHANCE FOR CROPS
STOCKTON, March 15.-According to
special messages received by the Mail to-
day from many points in this county and
from Modesto and Oakdale in Stanislaus
county, there is still a good chance of
,frst-rate crops of grain in this part of the
San Joaquin valley. In almost every in
stance the statement is made that grain
js still able to stand few days more, and,
provided there Is some rain within the
next week or ten days, there will be more
than an average crop. AS result of the
frost night before last, apricots were killed
at Linden, and 1t did some damage to that
fruit at Acampo. It rained a little in
Stockton today, and large flakes of snow
fell, though not enough to cover the
ground.
MORE RAIN NEEDED
FRESNO, March 15.-This mornings
rainfall of nearly u quarter of an inch has
added greatly to the crop prospects of
Fresno county, but still leaves them in
such condition that the final outcome de-
pends upon future showers. The ground
has not been wet to a sufficient depth to
assure the maturity of more than small
percentage of the grain without more rain.
If abundant showers come during the next
few weeks, there will be a fair yield of
grain, though not nearly SO good as was
expected early in the season.
The damage done to fruit by the frost of
Sunday night has not been great, though
the total loss Of apricots and early peaches
is reported in some localities. This loss
is not general and will probably be less
than first reported.
ANXIOUS FARMERS
SACRAMENTO, March 15.-The north
winds during the past week have caused
the farmers in this vicinity some anxiety.
Not that the growing grain has as yet been
injured, but the drying out effects Of these
winds leave the ground less fortified
against any lack of rain later in the sea-
son. The grain is so far advanced that
the ground is pretty well protected from
the sun, and but for the drying winds the
outlook for good crops in Sacramento and
the counties north would be quite satisfac-
tory. While rain is not just now neces-
sity, still it would do great deal of good,
and two or three inches would be very
welcome to the farmers. There have been
light frosts the last two nights, but it is
not thought that serious injury, if any,
has been done to the fruit crops. Almond,
cherry and apricot trees have been in blos-
som for three weeks, and the indications
are that the fruit crop will be heavy. OF
course, all depends on the weather for the
next few weeks, for If hard frost should
come the whole aspect of things would be
changed.