The record-union., 1899-05-06

rocks enough in sight to stock Con-
necticut farm
Yet this is cosmopolitan California
Cosmopolitan by nature. cosmopolitan
by population, great, glorious Califor-
MIA, commonwealth which contains
the potency of development the like
of which the world has not seen
AMANTON ORANGES.
Red Bluff News: Stage Driver Harri-
son, who came in from Manton ON
Wednesday afternoon, tells us that a
frost visitation there the latter part Of
last week did a great deal of damage
to the growing fruit, but the real ex-
tent of the damage is not yet known.
Some of the orchardists think that all
the fruit is affected while others place
better light upon conditions. The or
chards have not been fully examined as
to the true amount of damage done to
each, and it seems that some have suf-
fered more than others. The blow IS a
a very hard one, especially as there was
the finest prospects for an immense
yield, but Mr. Harrison says that #
nine-tenths of the fruit is destroyed
there will be an immense yield The
trees were overloaded with fruit, and =
been plucked from the trees, and future
inspections of the orchards may prove
that the first reports were exaggerated
beyond reason. Other portions of the
county do not seem to have suffered
from the frosts, and we hope that when
the crops are harvested the Manton sec
ton will be found all right, too.
GOOD CROPS.
ID
the past week, amounting to about 50
of an inch, was very beneficial to all of
the crops and was especially the means
of making the hay crop on the foothills
grow enough so that it can be cut for
hay. Some of the hay on the low lands
has lodged somewhat, but the outlook
is much better now for all crops than
was thought possible a week ago.
A few beans are coming up and quite
a bit of planting will be- done this week
The acreage of beans will be very small
and mostly devoted to contract beans
for seed and otherwise. A great per-
centage of the best bean land is already
in hay and will not be used for beans
this year. =
Apricot thinning is in order. This
section Of the country is in great luck
so many other places have had their
apricots frozen. The crop of apricots is
very good this season and will bring
good prices.
Soft-shell walnuts are setting very
well, but hardshells are coming out
slowly, and as the catkins that furnish
the pollen are very scarce (having drop
ped very early, the chances are that
the crop will be very light
Some varieties of apples are not
blooming as they should, especially is
this the case with the red Astrakans.
and early apples will be scarce as
consequence.
Pears are blooming full and setting
well.
Grapes promise well. Peaches and
plums are unevenly set and the crop
Will be light.
This climate is too dry for the success
fud growing of all varieties of stone
fruits, but is a great success for april
cots, lemons, oranges and walnuts.
NEVADA CATTLE.
Carson Appeal: There were more
dollars worth of cattle sold and shipped
out of Nevada in 1898 than We're as
sessed for that year. No wonder that
the assessment rolls of Nevada show
but twenty-three millions of property
for 1898, and the highest rate of taxa
ton of any State or Territory. And yet
the cattlemen pay on as much property
as any other class of property holders.
No man can offer any substantial rea-
son why all the property should not be
assessed at its full cash value and the
tax rate correspondingly reduced.