262 TRANSACTIONS OF THE 



COTTON CULTIVATION IN CALIFORNIA. 



STATEMENT OF A. E. JACKSON, 



IN REGARD TO THE COTTON CROP IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF CALIFORNIA. 



Sacramento, December 15tli, 18G5. 

 I. N. Hoag, Esq., 



Secretaiy State Board of Agriculture : 



Dear Sir : — Having visited the southern portion of this State recently, 

 and having seen most of the cotton fields now in cultivation there, I hand 

 you, at your request, the following brief statement in regard to them: 



COTTON CROP. 



In Los Angeles, Ignatio Monteo has twenty acres. Character and con- 

 dition of these crops not known, but w'ere said to be promising. Jose 

 Eubio has fifty-three acres, four miles west of Los Angeles — twenty-five 

 acres in one field, and twenty eight acres in another. The seed was 

 principally the green Tennessee Upland, a few rows of Sea Island, and a 

 few rows of seeds sent from the Patent Office, supposed to have come 

 from Texas. A part of this crop was planted in the last of April, and 

 the whole was completed on the tenth of May. The ground is a fine, 

 sandy loam, and vras not irrigated. The twenty-eight acres did not 

 produce a very even crop; apart appearing October twenty-fifth, vig- 

 orous and well 'matured, and a part stunted and impei-fect. The twenty- 

 five acres will, apparently, be remuherative, being a good stand, of vig- 

 orous growth, and of excellent fibre. The seed was planted in ridges, 

 four feet and a half feet apart, properl}' thinned and hoed, but not topped. 



Mr. Keller, some two miles north of Eubio's, has one hundred and 

 eight acres. Seed, Mexican, Tennessee, and Petit Gulf — the last two 

 varieties obtained at Salt Lake. The vrholc was planted in furrows, four 

 and a half feet apart. Planting closed in the latter part of April. Crop 

 irrigated twice. Soil sandy and gravelly. About twenty acres of Petit 

 Gulf, though the bolls are small, will make an excellent yield. This 

 variety appears most vigorous, matures early, and will unquestionably, 

 in our climate, insure a certain crop. The Mexican rijiens very slowly, 



