The record-union., 1899-06-17
Agriculture
and
Horticulture.

The following concerning agriculture
and horticulture will doubtless prove OF
general interest:
ARMADA'S FRUIT.
Armada correspondent Riverside
Press: Active work in preparation of
the various dryers have begun, and it
- expected that the apricot season will
DeG1n IN three weeks. Many of our cit
liens wre so fortunate as to secure
Storm water at the time of the recent
rain. and the apricots, which have also
been especially favored by the long
cool wave, are swelling finely, and it
seems probable that the valley will send
out a fine grade of deciduous fruit de-
spite the lack of water.
THE BLANCo DISTRICT.
Salinas Index: Henry Bardin farms
1oO acres to Chevalier barley and 100
acres to sugar beets. He has beauti-
ful residence the grounds surrounding
which are laid out with much care and
filled with choice roses, dhhlas, etc, his
wife giving much attention to her flow
er garden. His fruit is of the choicest
variety. Hundreds of acres of grain
along the road leading to the Moro
Colo warehouse would have been cut
for hay but for the recent rain.
John Suckow has 75 acres Of Cheval-
ier barley that he thinks will average
forty sacks to the acre. Alex. King
has forty acres that will average 30
sacks to the acre, Sanchez's 80 acres will
average probably 40 sacks to the acre.
M. Vierra also has 40 acres, some to
Chevalier, as also Joe Bornges.
~ BEET SEED.
Lehi Banner: For two weeks a gang
of 40 men and boys have been at work
digging out Of the pits, sorting, test
ing and planting mother beets' for
seed. Last fall 10 tons of the best
beets brought to the factory were pitted
in the field south of the factory. Out
Of these 125 tons were found to be in
good condition and were up to the
standard in sugar. This is the first
year the beets have been pitted, hay-
ing BEEN stored in the sheds before, but
it is found that they keep much better
in the pits. The 125 tons have been
planted, covering about 45 acres. which
is the largest acreage of seed beets ever
planted here. These have been put on
the choicest land and will yield many
tons Of seed. Lehi grown seed has pro-
d0ICQ SPlCllQlQ RESULTS III lIlG PAST, diIu
the growing of seed promises to be an
important branch of the industry.
FARM LABOR.
Napa Register: The labor question is
a preplexing one to the California farm
er. Men wanted in the hay field, Or
chard or vineyard are not always to
be found They must as rule be
drawn from the army of tramps Chap
PLY not SO large as it used to be) and
tested under conditions that demand re-
liable help. If the farmer is not partic-
ular and has no preference for his
white brother, he can shorten the bridge
of difficulty by applying at a Chinese
OF Japanese labor bureau, name the
nurnbr of hands wanted, guarantee the
rice-eating grade of wages asked, and
have his workers in the field without
delay. Sometimes he is driven to this
solution of the problem whether or no.
VIII it always be so? just SO long
as white men refuse to learn the China
mans ways in this regard, and fail to
organize their forces in anticipation of
the seasons demand. The recent agita-
ton over the proposed Importation of !.
negro laborrs in the San Joaquin val
ley, prompts the Fresno Republican
MANY of our industries require a
large supply of unskilled labor during
a small part of each year and very
small supply the rest of the year.
Fortunately too, nearly every month
in the year is the busy season in some
part of the State, and the idle season
in other parts If the job and the man
could always be brought together there
would thus be permanent employment
for the entire floating population, which,
as is the case in all warm countries, is
a large one.
The Chinese and japanese have
solved the problem to their own salts
faction. They are organized so that the
workmen can always know where there
is work and the employer can always
find labor Employers who wish to use
Monaghan labor have no difficulty in
finding men and in keeping them until
the work is done. 1t is this fact more
than lower wages. that give the China
man advantage in the competition"
VINEYARDS THREATENED.
Once a Week: A new and dam
gerous pest has made it's appearance
in the valley. 1t is an insect of the
leaf-hopper family, and feeds upon
the young growth of vines. IT'S
operations have thus far been con-
fined to three ranches, those of Garrett
eon, McKoon and Harry Corbet be-
tween El Cajon and Santee. On these |
places it has killed five acres of vines