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California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. 



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S, HARRIS HEERIN& & CO., 



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OFFICE: Over tUe San .Jose Savings Banlc, 

 llalbat-lk'8 Building, Santa Claru Street, 

 near First, San Jose. 



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B£^ We are determined to adhere to to our resolution 

 to admi^ none but worthy business advertiKing in our 

 columns, and to kerp clt-ar of pritcnt mi'dicine, liquor, 

 and otber advertiHrmcnts of doiibtlnl iuHiicTice. 



I'he lart,'e circulation, the desir;ibl.,> cImkk of readers, 

 and the neat and convenient form, rembrH this Journal 

 a choice medium for reaching the attention of the 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



Save the straw and chaff, stack or cover 

 it iu a safe place. It will be needed after the 

 first fall raius destroy the dry feed. If you 

 haye no stock of your own, you can make 

 money by saving the straw this season. And 

 so long as it will be needed, it is wicked to 

 burn it, as has too long been the custom. 



The young man who inquires what sort of 

 trade he can learn, or business he can go into, 

 where he will not meet with enough comjie- 

 titiou to discourage him, is advised to learn 

 how to ijractice strict honesty and integrity 

 through life in every respect. He won't bo 

 likely to find enough compdUum among 

 mankind generally to hurt him or discourage 

 him iu this practice very much. 



The fruit crop is short this season. Our 

 principle orchards will not produce over half 

 to two-thirds of a crop on an average. The 

 severe spring frosts caused many aiiples and 

 pears to fall before they were half-grown, by 

 injuring the fruit in blossom. All kinds of 

 fruit have commanded higher prices than for 

 several years before. The prices in the mar- 

 kets are so high as to debar poor peoxile from 

 purchasing. 



The San Jose fruit-canning factory (Daw- 

 son & Co.) seems to bo doing a large business. 

 They were employing some 135 persons jiut- 

 ting up apricots the day we visited the factory. 

 Their fruit costs them on an average about 

 twice what it did last year. But thoy have 

 established a reputation that demands all they 

 can put up — and, we are glad to say, have 

 done so by deserving it. The Alden factory 

 will probably nnt do much, as there will bo 

 but little fruit to dry. 



This month has added another new corres- 

 psndent to the Household and Domestic col- 

 umns of our journal. We wish the farmers 

 would take as much interest in other depart- 

 ments as the wives and daughters do in theirs 

 — or at least were as good at corresponding. 

 But we (ire glad the ladies are bound to have 

 a good paper, and we are determined to en- 

 courage them, for the best part of every farm 

 is, or should be, in and about the house. 



The late rain did more injury to the dry 

 feed in stubble fields and pastures than to 

 grain and hay. The dry feed in our climate 

 is of as much importance as are the green 

 pastures of the Atlantic States. Grass dried 

 up very early this season, and the two da.y8' 

 rain dissolved away much of the gum and 

 and sugar, the soluble portion of the feed, but 

 it did not rot the feed as badly as a long con- 

 tinued rain would have done. Another rain 

 would set the stock to hunting for something 

 to eat. 



And now politics run high. The popular 

 and reform ideas of the jjeople find expression 

 through "platforms." Whether politicians 

 will continue to delude the people, as they 

 have always done, by reiterating the dem.and 

 for reform; or whether the people, as they 

 should do, will throw politicians overboard, 

 and vote only for modest, good and 2)ure men, 

 irrespective of party, remains to bo seen. You 

 have the tables sjjread before you, and can 

 swallow the whole bills of fare or take your 

 choice of the dishes. It is your own stomach, 

 not our, that you must consult. 



An Act Concerning Koads and Highways 

 in Santa Clara County — a 19-page pamphlet 

 — contains much that will be found interesting 

 to the public. It can be found on our table 

 by those wishing to see it. We quote the fol- 

 lowing: 



No stock of any kind whatever shall bo al- 

 lowed to pasture upon any highway. 



Any person or persons who shall wilfully 

 cut down or injure any living tree planted or 

 preserved as a shade or ornamental tree, 

 either iu or upon the border of any public 

 road, shall be guilty of malicious mischief. 



Persons causing water to flow ui>on or im- 

 pair any public highway shall be guilty of a 

 misdemeanor. 



A road not worked or used for a period of 

 five ye.ars ceases to be a highway. 



Colt-Breaking. — During the last two 

 months we have been stopping on a f.arm some 

 five miles from town, and have had occasion 

 to break four different horses to the saddle — 

 the last one a wild colt. It is a little risky, 

 unless one takes every advantage of the horse, 

 instead of being taken advantage of by him. 

 The nature of the horse we have made a pi-ac- 

 tical study for many years. If only one side 

 of a Iku'sc is trained, he will be as wild on 

 the other side as though he never knew train- 

 ing. If you gentle three of his legs and ne- 

 glect tho other one, don't take hold of the 

 uneducated log too confidently. Every mo- 

 tion, every word that you wish the horse to 

 know or bo familiar with, must bo repeated, 

 gently, but firmly. Get the horses confidence 

 first, then keep his confidence with kindness 

 and consistent treatment; and remember that 

 the horso knows just what he learns, good or 



bad, and no more, and he remembers every 

 trick, good or bad, also, that he ever learns. 

 It is easier to educate a green colt than to 

 break an old horse of bad faults. 



It is said that bad luck runs in streaks. 

 It does look like it sometimes. We have 

 known several cases where misfortune fol- 

 lowed misfortune, which the recipients there- 

 of could in no way foresee or avoid. We do 

 not regard such things as alw.ays sent for 

 punishment, but are willing to accept the 

 theory that even evils can be made to subserve 

 a good end if we do not succumb to them, but 

 with a high faith in the power of right, put 

 forth energy of goodness to triumph. Thd 

 soul's growth in weathering great tria'sis bet- 

 ter than riches, more lasting than friendship, 

 and as eternal as life eternal itself. 



A WORD TO OUR YOUNG FOLKS. 



A happy greeting to all. We wish to be- 

 come better acquainted with you, and to en- 

 .able you to form an acquaintance with each 

 other through these columns, in order that 

 you may assist each other iu attaining an ele- 

 vated plane of civilization and usefulness. 

 We invite you all to write short ancles for the 

 Boys and Girls Department, and to take a 

 special interest in its success. Tell us where 

 you live, what you are doing, and how you 

 are doing it, in as plain language as you can 

 use. Keep your eyes and ears open. Strive 

 to understand the cause of things. In con- 

 versation and writing, select the best words, 

 reject all slang phrases, and strive to learn 

 the true definition of words. There is no 

 study that will aid you more fully in becom- 

 ing a good talker, speaker or writer. Shun 

 all bad habits and practices, especially drink- 

 ing intoxicating liquors, the use of tobacco, 

 profane and vulgar language, etc. These 

 things, to say the least, will not elevate and 

 refine either young or old, and in very many 

 instances demoralize and degrade both old 

 and young. "Avoid the appearance of evil," 

 is a safe injunction. Be kind, truthful and 

 courteous at home and at school, and when 

 you enter society you ivill become useful, be- 

 loved and respected by all. 



Un'cle Ben. 



A DESERVING YOU NO MAN. 



Our readers will notice that Mr. Gaston has 

 entered into co-partnership with Dr. Mene- 

 fee, dentist. Several years since, the young 

 man entered Dr. Menefee's office as student 

 and assistant, and it speaks well for him that 

 he has so gained the esteem of his employer. 

 Any young man might be proud of such a 

 connection. Mcnefee & Gaston have already 

 the confidence of tho public as first-class dent- 

 ists, and ai-e as well prepared to give perfect 

 satisfaction in dental work as any dentists in 

 (his State. 



A great temperance revival took place lately 

 iu the tJathoIic church of Council lilulls, 

 Iowa. Many could not gain admittance. In 

 response to the fervent appeal of the priests, 

 over four huntlred and fifty signed the pledge, 

 and the work is still going on. — Tlw \V(stern 

 Weekly. 



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