The record-union., 1899-10-02

IlCQlIural matters VIII PANSS-S
found of general interest:
LOMPOC CREAMERY.
Iompoc Record: The railroad con-
tractors are all pleased with their new
contracts just entered upon. Roy,
Higbee & Carney have commenced
work on a four-mile contract, having
finished the tunnel in fine shape.
The heavily-loaded grain wagons are
playing havoc with the upper Santa
Ynez bridge. When the hauling season
is over the bridge will have to be re-
planked and ought to be covered with
asphaltum.
Ed Hollister was in from the Santa
Rosa ranch Thursday and is greatly
pleased with the fine crop harvested. 1t
is much in advance of expectations.
Several thousand acres more will go
into grain next year.
Cyrus Douglass has ten acres or un-
irrigated alfalfa on which he has kept
sixteen head OF stock during the past
year, and besides cut and cured TWEEN
ty tons of hay. 1t is the intention of
Mr.. Douglass to turn his entire farm
into alfalfa and orchard.
The best evidence of the value of a
creamery in our community is the out
put of butter in the last five years in
dollars and cents At the meeting of
the Directors on Monday last the re-
port Of output for the last five years
aggregated $4,000, an average of
1000 per annum. Lompoc could
easily sustain half a dozen such cream
cries. To be thrifty, a community
must work uD to the best Of its op
portunities.
Apples are rating higher than ever
before. Some orchardists have con-
tracted all varieties at $25 per ton
picked and delivered at the packing
house. The packers all say, our ex-
emption from the Goblin moth that
produce the apple worm, makes ours
the most valuable pack along the
coast. There will be planted 1000
acres to winter apples in this section
if the coming winter proves favorable
as to rain. There are acres of old
orchards where trees yield from ten
to twenty boxes per tree which will
give a net yield of between two and
three houndred dollars per acre at the
above price. The trouble with most
of the orchards is that the nom bear
ing varieties bring down the average
yield to the minimum. There are very
many choice eating apples that are
grown without profit and should never
be planted for the trade.
PRUNE PRICES.
San Jose Herald: The Directors of
the Pacific Coast Fruit Association
will hold a meeting early in October to
ron si0Qr T71atfarS
crop. In speaking of the prune mar
ket Professor c. W. Childs says the
outlook is bright for a material rise.
The demand" said he, will be larg-
er than ever before both from Europe
and the East. I get this from my
private correspondence from big deal
ers in New York and Philadelphia. I
am certain it will prove correct. Grow
ers should not rush their prunes to
market now but hold them. If they
only have a little backbone they will
get fair return
was offered by a buyer 23l net.
basis for my crop and 1 laughed at it.
He came back day or so later and
offered me cents which I again ra-
fused He offered me cents and then
~ cents for my peaches. This was
refused and 1 sold them to another
party for q cents. This was my ex-
perlence. l wish to urge all growers
not to be in hurry and hold out. The
conditions will bring the market to a.
fair place for the seller"
The Directors of the association ara
taking UP all these matters. The re-
ports to them is that the pr11ne cron
Is not SO large as has been estimated
early in the season, but quality splen-
did
FRUIT SHIPMENTS.
san Francisco Bulletin: This has
been the banner year for California in
the matter Of the expectation Of fruit,
and there is every evidence that next
season the shipments of citrus fruit
viii far exceed that of any preceding
year.
!. A. Fillmore said this morning: up
10 the end Of this month we shall have
shipped out $500 cars of green fruit
1 base this statement upon the fact
that we are now shipping from ten TO
H1teen cars a day. This is much bigger
than what we have ever done
We are getting our estimates re-
garding the orange crop on the coming
season, and unless there is some un-
toward weather, we shall ship East an
enormous number of oranges south of
the Tehachapi
The estimates now is that we shall
have $4,000 cars. OF course. there is
no knowing what wind and frost may
do, but that is the crop which is now
upon the trees. We have shipped in
the very best years before only from
$4,000 to $4,000 cars The lemon crop
is also said to be very large. This
does not represent the entire orange
crop Of the State. We expect TO have
heavy shipment from the Porterville
branch, probably some 300 or 400 cars.
There are a number of groves which
are coming into bearing between there
and Fresno, and these growers will
make considerable Shipments
We have as yet received no esti-
mate from Oroville and vicinity, but I
would not be surprised that we take
out at least 100 cars from there.
Rain is needed badly Nothing is
as yet suffering, but owing to the
drought OF the past two years several
mountain streams which have never
been known to go dry have completely
dried up.
1T is a good year all around for
California, and though, of course, the
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