The record-union., 1899-04-30
Agriculture
and
Horticulture.

All persons interested LII iiAeeSA7 -
tanning to the agriculture ana horu-
culture of the State will find vafue IN
the following newsy items from Can-
fornia exchanges:
FREE BEET SEED
Pomona Progress The Department OF
Agriculture has sent out a quantity
of sugar-beet seed for trial by farmers.
1t is for free distribution, on condl-
ton that those planting 1T shall keep
a record of the date of planting ana
method of culture and furnish TO the
local experiment station a sample for
analysis.
A FOREST RESERVE.
Auburn Republican Argus: Advices
come from Washington that the Pres1-
dent has set aside 135,000 acres of land
situated south of Lake Tahoe as a Tor
est reserve and public park. The land
lies in townships IL, u and Is north,
range is east; townships IL, II and IL
north range IL east, NJ. D. NJ, and as
much south of township III north, range
10 east as lies west of the Sierra Ne
vada range of mountains in Eli Do
RADIO County. This reservation includes
some of the grandest mountain scenery
in the State. Fallen Leaf Lake, Echo
Lake, or more properly the Two Echo
Lakes, and dozens of smaller though
not less beautiful mountain gems VIII
be within it's borders. Nearly every
guest at Tallac visits Fallen Leaf Lake,
and many ascend Mount Tallac; but
few take the rough trip through Dew
IFS Canyon and explore the wild region
to the west 1t abounds in small lakes
and Waterfalls and the sights are
worth the trip. To the south of Tallac
are Pyramid Peak, 10000 feet, and
Sawyer Peak also a sky-scraper. Echo
Lake lies hidden farther south. The
lake is we'll stocked with trout. Elk
Governor Budd is or was the proprietor
of a small rocky island in the western
portion of the lake. 1t is just big enough
for a small camp and ideal spot for
politicians retreat This entire country
is well wooded with stately pines and
talnaracks, and the reservation includes
some valuable timber. Lovers of the
grand in nature will take kindly to the
idea of having this favored region kept
forever in it's native state.
A DATE SCHEME.
Red Bluff Sentinel: The most expert
pathologist of the Agricultural Depart
mission which the department hopes
will launch a new and profitable indus
try in the most arid sections of our
Southwest 1t has been found that date
palms, with some irrigation, will grow
as we'll in Arizona as in Arabia Early
Mormon settlers in the Territory proved
this many years ago. but the trees We're
not of the best variety, and date-grow
i,,nr n ind TAr
Zwingle is making a close study of the
African date palm, selecting the very
finest varieties and those best adapted
to our arid region These young trees
will be carefully shipped to Arizona,
where they will be planted and cared
for under the close supervision of the
departments experts.
A BIG CATTLE PURCHASE.
Red Bluff News: One of the largest
purchases of cattle which has been
made in this section for a long time
occurred in Shingletown the fore part
of this week, when Douglas S. Cone
secured from cattlemen in that neigh
borhood about LOCO head of fine cat
tie for range purposes. The largest
number We're secured from Thomas
Armstrong, whose place is about twenty
miles east of Cottonwood on the Shin
gletown road. 1t is Mr.. Cones inten-
ton to put these cattle on pasture and
prepare them for the market, and as
they are sure to make an average gain
in weight of at least 100 pounds by fall
it will be readily seen that the new
owner will make a neat turn by his
transaction, even though he paid the
top prices for range cattle which are
now prevailing.
YUCAIPE VALLEY NEWS.
San Bernardino Times-Index: For the
past four or five years the Upper Yu-
caipe Valley has grown scarcely any
potatoes for the market, but last year
the crop did we'll and there will be con-
siderable more acres planted this
spring. Joseph E. Wiltshire harvested
400 sacks of large saleable potatoes off
of one and three-quarter acres Mr.
Wilshire's apple crop of 1898 was sold
for $500. the number of tons being
%; price per ton, $40. This fruit was
sold in the bins on the ranch, Mr. Will
shire not having even to deliver it. If
nothing happens to his apple crop this
season he says that he will have 100
tons to harvest this coming fall and
winter
A FEAT OF GOPHERS.
Pomona Progress: We are credibly
Informed that the Chino gophers have
come down out of the trees This news
ought to relieve greatly the anxiety of
any who have been worrying about
coming floods. 1t has never been def
nitely determined just how far up the
trees the gophers went. or whether they
ever climb trees at all. But on a dry
year it is pleasant to think about
gophers climbing trees to get out of the
wet
ANOTHER OILED ROAD
Redands Facts: Chairman Fowler
reported that he had accompanied the
roads where oil had been used He
said the full board of Los Angeles
County met them, and after lunch they
went to Alhambra, where a mile of
street had been sprinkled once, a year
ago, and it was in excellent condition:
there was no dust and it rode so easy
that 1t was like riding on rubber. An
other section was visited which had
been sprinkled for three weeks. on
which thirty-four barrels of oil had
been used, and it was a perfect piece
of road. Other sections had been visit
ed. There was not a particle of dust
and it was excellent. After hearing the
report Trustee Crisman moved and
Trustee Sprague seconded that the
Chairman and the City Clerk take steps
in the way of correspondence looking