California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. 



COMING STOCK SALES. 



We gather from advertisement in the Ka- 

 tional Live Stock Journal the following an- 

 nouucemeut3 of sales of fine Btock to take 

 place at public auction during April and May, 

 1875. 



April fith— C. C. Parks & Co., Waukougan, III.; 

 30 head of Clydesdale horses and over 50 Cots- 

 wold slieep. 



April 7th— C. C. Parks sells the entire Glen 

 Flora herd of Shorthorns— l'J6 head. 



April 8th— Elliott &. Kent will sell the entire 

 Elm Grove lierd of Short-horn cattle, at Dexter 

 Park Stock Yards, Chicago; 111—65 head, 



April 9th — J. H. Lissinger & Co. sells Short- 

 horns at Dexter Park, Chicago, III. — 45 head. 



April 14th— S. VV. Jacobs, West Liberty, Iowa; 

 Short horns of the " Wapsie Heril" — 70 head. 



April l.'ith— Milton Briggs, Kellogg Station, Jas- 

 per county, Iowa, will sell, OB Oak Hill Stock- 

 farm, 140 head of Short-homa and 100 head of 

 Berkshire swine. 



April 2lst — .lohn Dolese &, Co., Sammit, 111.; 54 

 head Grade Norman horses. 



April ■J7lh— J. H. PicUerell, Decatur, III.; 23 

 head of the Harriatown heul of .Shorthorns. Also 

 22 Southdown ewes, and 12 Berkshire swine. 



April 28th— Messrs. Duncan, Suiith, Franklin & 

 Nichols, Deciitur, 111., will sell 130 head of Short- 

 horns. 



April 29th — J. H. Spears &l Son, Bloomiugtou, 

 III., 40 head Shorthorns. 



April 30th — Jlessrs. Prather & Foster will sell 

 70 head of Shorthorns, at Springfield, III. Also, 

 W. Black of Carrallton, 111., will sell Shorl-hoius 

 at same time and place- 



M.-iy 3d— W. 6. Harding, Nashville, Teun., 30 

 head fine bred hor.ses. 



May 7th — S. Meredith &. Son, at Cambridge 

 City, Ind., will sell a lot of Shorthorns. 



May ISth— James H. Davis, Danville, Ky., will 

 sell 50 head of Short horn cattle. 



There will also be sales of Short-horns at Dexter 

 Park Stock Yards, Chicago. On May 19th, L. W. 

 Thorn, 30 head; 20lh, J. P. .Sanborn, 75 head; 

 21st, Avery & Murphy, 75 head; 22d, J. R. Shelly, 

 110 head. 



M.iy 27— Cbiis. Lowder, Plaintield, Ind., will 

 sell 70 head of .Short-horns and 50 Berkshire Pigs. 



Our readers will be interested in Dr. 

 Scott's article in this number on " The Culti- 

 vation of the Olive in California." What- 

 ever subject ha "touches pen to" is ably 

 handled. 



BEAUTIFUL SCULPTURE. 



At the well-known marble works of Field, 

 Combs & Gregory, San Jose, we lately noticed 

 a piece of monumental work that surpassed 

 anything of the kind we ever saw. It was de- 

 signed by Norman Porter, Esq., for his wife's 

 grave. The design was unique, and showed 

 originality and genius, while the work exhib- 

 ited skill of a high order. A heavy shield, 

 bearing an inscription, framed in a border of 

 scroll work, was surmounted by an exquisite 

 wreath of flowers, which were brought out, 

 leaves and petals, from the stone as natural 

 a.s possible, looking rich enough to ornament 

 a parlor vase, and too delicate for out-of- 

 doors, even in our fine climate, where real 

 flowers are almost perjjetual. Evidently Mr. 

 Comb's own hand wrought out this wonderful 

 wreath, for who else but him, on this Coast, 

 could do such equisite work? 



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TUE SAN' JO SB BEAUTY. 



Prof. A. H. Rockwell met not only with 

 gi'and success in his excursion through our 

 section of country, giving lessons on horse 

 training to large enthusiastic classes of citi- 

 zens, but his second advent in San Jose was 

 an ovation. He obtained many more new 

 members to his large class here, and man- 

 aged to interest large audiences all the time, 

 not only with exhibitions of his skill in hand- 

 ling wild and vicious horses, but by giving 

 rational, common sense instruction and ex- 

 planations of his methods. 



As a token of the estimation in which Mr. 

 Kockwell was held by his class, several mem- 

 bers clubbed together and purchased of Mr. 

 Benj. Fish, of Santa Clara, a high-bred 

 Comet colt for $200 and presented it to Mr. 

 Rockwell on the last evening of his visit. The 

 colt was named the "San Jose Beauty, " and 

 declared by all present to be a perfect beauty 

 and wonderful for his age. We shall expect 

 to hear from this colt at some future time, as 

 a credit to its name. The colt was worth 

 much more than was paid lor him, but Mr. 

 Fish generously consented to contribute a 

 liberal share of the gift. We understand that 

 Mr. Rockwell, before leaving this county, re- 

 fused an offer of $1,000 for the colt. He 

 says that he will make it worth over §10,000 

 in three years' time, and we believe him. 



The presentation, though a perfect surprise, 

 was a nice little affair. Lawyer Gibson made 

 a fine little speech,, and Mr. Kockwell, evi- 

 dently embarrassed, returned his compliments 

 iu a modest manner indicative of the "inner 

 man." ' 



TUE BEST HORSE-POWER. 



Our readejs will notice Mr. Pelton's adver- 

 tisement of his six-fold horse-power, which, 

 in mechanical construction, is very nearly 

 perfect. The powers have also stood the test 

 of trial; and the evenness of pressure upon 

 the numerous bearings is so balanced that 

 there is less friction to be overcome to a given 

 amount of power than in any horse-power we 

 have ever seen. Fourteen horses h.ive 

 threshed 2,000 bushels of wheat within ten 

 hours, in good threshing, with a Peltou six- 

 fold power more than once. We have exam- 

 ined testimonials of practical men whom we 

 bslieve to be reliable, and also talked with 

 men who know what the machine will do. 

 The manufacture of these powers in San Jose 

 is an industry we feel proud to note. 



TUE GREAT MENAGERIE AND CIRCUS. 



Montgomery Queen's great menagerie and 

 circus, which has been wintering at Havward's, 

 California, is about to enter the field for a sea- 

 son's show in this State. Several new and 

 valuable animals and birds have lately been 

 added to the grand collection at great expense, 

 and the best performers in America have been 

 added to the circus troupe, which is now the 



best that ever performed on this continent. 



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Lompoc. 



A correspondent of the Santa Clara Argiis 

 writes as follows ot this new and flourishing 

 colony in Santa Barbara County. 



If there are any of our friends that wish i 



to purchase lauds of the company, they 

 would do well to come down before the sales 

 which begin on the 26th of April, as there 

 are only about 2,000 acres of the main valley 

 left. The prices for choice laud range from 

 $23 to $7.5 per acre. Purchasers have ten 

 years in which to pay for their lands. There 

 are over 30,000 acres of grazing lands for 

 sale, including the table-lands near the beach 

 and the rich Hondo valley. The Santa Inez 

 river bounds the land on the east and north. 

 The rivtr is a large stream of clear, pure wa- 

 ter, its banks lined with heavy timber. There 

 is a belt of timber running through the mid- 

 dle of the main valley twelve miles long. 

 No purchaser will be more than one mile from 

 timber. 



There are four large creeks and numerous 

 springs on the ranch. The deepest well is 

 thirty-two feet, the shallowest eight. Every 

 acre of the valley will produce a paying crop 

 of corn, tobacco, flax, barley, wheat or veg- 

 etables, without irrigation. The unplowed 

 lands are covered with a heavy growth of oats, 

 clover and filaria. There is no alkali, no 

 worthless land. Those who do not purchase 

 wiU at least have the pleasure of seeing the 

 most fertile spot of the State. The t<jwn 

 site is the handsomest and best laid out of 

 any on the coast. It is well supplied with 

 the best water by the San Miguelitik Since 

 Jinuary 330 lots have been sold at frum 51 100 

 to $000. Every lot that has changed hands 

 sinie the sale has been at an advance. 



The contractors are ready to begin the 

 wharf, and expect to finish by the 1st of May, 

 1875. Freight from here to San Francisco 

 will not exceed $2.50 per ton by schooners. 

 Persons shipping should send their freight by 

 Mr. Clayton, of San Francisco, to Point Sal. 

 There is a good road from here to Point Sal. 

 Teams should come by Guadalupe and strike 

 the Point Sal road. It will not be necessary 

 to bring hay or barley, the grass is good and 

 abundant. It will be well for parties coming 

 to bring tents ; house-room is very scarce just 

 now. 



There are four stores, three boarding- 

 houses and three blacksmith shops. No 

 whiskey will over be sold on the rancho ; 

 families ought to think of this as one of the 

 best recommendations. The company hiis 

 made ample provision for the future accom- 

 modation of schoolchildren. 



Thorough Culture. 



The theory that there can be no drought in 

 the soil which is plowed so deeply and com- 

 minuted or pulverized so thoroughly th:il tho 

 air can strike down into it far enough to coma 

 to a temperature below tho dew point, is 

 nothing new. That theory, says the Mary- 

 land Farmer, has been familiar to scientific ag- 

 riculturists for years. It is founded on the 

 fact that whenever the atmosphere comes iu 

 contact with a substance colder than itself, 

 moisture is precipitated, no matter how dry 

 the season may be. So, if a soil be so pre- 

 pared that the atmosphere can penetrate it to 

 a point where the soil is colder than atmos- 

 phere, moisture will be precipit«ted at that 

 point, and then, by capillary attraction, be 

 drawn through the soil to the surface, whereby 

 whatever is growing or planted in the soil 

 will be refreshed. 



This is all very fine where the dew point is 

 above tho temperature of moist earth, and the 

 atmosphere is loaded with moisture, but in 

 our Jrj% suiuiy climate the dew point is lower 

 than the moist soil, and the soil would dry 

 out instead of collecting moisture from the at- 

 mosphere. 



10. O, T.— GR.\NGEai LODGE, No. 295, meets 

 • eveay MOXD.W evepinR. at 8 o'clock, in their 

 Hall. No -iM Haijta Clam etTe«-t, over the S. J. Savings 

 Bauk. Mi-mbere of sister Lodges and sojourDing 

 memberE in good standing are invited to attend. 



S. B. CUjDWELL, W. C. T. 

 Jobs B. Stevens, W. Secy. 



