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that peach orchard. A large lot o{ Chili dried 

 peaches arrived in Marysville in an unsalable 

 conilitiou. They had been dried pits and all. 

 Mr. Briggs bought the whole lot "for a song," 

 and planted them. After that, when he found 

 that many of the seeds grew, he sent East for 

 scions and young trees of best varieties, and 

 soon had a fine orchard as the result of fore- 

 thought and sagacity — for in those days it 

 was looked upon as a desperate experiment 

 and undertaking to try to raise fruit in Cali- 

 fornia. But, after all the experimenting and 

 successes in fruit culture for years in this 

 State, it should be a satisfaction to our peo- 

 ple to know that San Jose is yet to bring out 

 the finest orchard that the genius of a Briggs 

 has ever conceived. Success to the crowuing 



point. 



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HORTICULTTIEISTS, ATTENTION. 



The American Pomological Society will hold 

 its fifteenth biennial session in the city of 

 Chicago, September 8, 9 and 10, 1875. The 

 Society will hold its meeting for discussions. 

 Under the auspices of the Illinois State 

 Horticultural Society, there will also be held, 

 in the Inter-State Industrial Exposition build- 

 ing, a national exhibition of the fruits and 

 other horticultural products of North America. 

 Seven thousand square feet of space in the 

 south end of the main floor and gallery of the 

 great Exposition building will be assigned to 

 the various States, Territories and Provinces; 

 and in the space assigned to each State, Ter- 

 ritory or Province will be arranged the State, 

 county, society or individual coDections con- 

 tributed therefrom, from Nova Scotia to Cali- 

 foiaiia, and from Key West to Oregon. 



Upon the same day, and in the same build- 

 ing, the great Inter-State Exposition of the 

 Arts and Industries will begin its four weeks' 

 exhibition. In immediate proximity is the 

 floral and plant department of the exposition. 

 The Wilder medal of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society wiU be awarded for meritori- 

 ous objects. 



It is anticipated that hundreds of thousands 

 of people will visit this grand show of fruits 

 in connection with the great exposition. 



As the exposition will continue four weeks, 

 it is desirable that the collections should re- 

 main; and the Executive Board of the Illinois 

 State Horticultural Society, who have charge 

 of the fruits, will have a committee in attend- 

 ance during the entire time to see that all 

 collections are kept in good order — decaying 

 fruits removed and their places filled with 

 similar ones, as far as can bo done. 



Correspondence relating to the exhibition 

 should be addressed to O. B. Galusha, the 

 secretary of the State Society, at Normal, 

 McLean county, Illinois. Packages of fruits, 

 with the names of contributors, may be ad- 

 dressed as follows: American Pomological 

 Society, care 0. B. Galusha, Chicago, Illinois. 

 Shipments should be made in time for anival 

 by the Cth of September. 



We hope each of our horticultural readers 

 will try to represent California by sending 

 specimens of fruits, etc., as they may think 

 most worthy of attention. California should 

 be well represented. 



WINTER IRRIGATION, OR FLOOD- 

 ING. 



There is not a farmer of extensive experi- 

 ence in California but what will admit that if 

 the large majority of our dry soils were once 

 thoroughly saturated in \vinter by flooding 

 with water, they would produce good crops of 

 grain with the addition of what rain falls dur- 

 ing our driest seasons. There is no (juestion 

 about the jjracticability of filling the soil with 

 water where it can be obtained without great 

 cost. We know that in many localities water 

 is allowed to run to waste that could be 

 cheaply turned in ditches upon and led over 

 the farms. The same farms would not now 

 sell for one half they would bring if crops were 

 made sure in dry seasons, and with a system 

 of winter irrigation these same farms could 

 be made to yield three times what they now 

 do on an average. 



We have wiitten a good deal upon this very 

 STibject first and last, but find it necessary to 

 continually harp upon whatever subject is not 

 popular enough to be generally adopted. We 

 are satisfied that were a general system of 

 irrigation once appreciated in California, it 

 would nearly double the productive capacity 

 of our State, and be worth untold millions to 

 our people. Why our farmers do not combine 

 more generally and utilize the valuable water 

 that is now allowed to run to waste, can only 

 be because of a stupidity hardly pardonable. 

 There ought to be a "revival" in farming 

 matters, a grand waking up and taking hold 

 of the right end of things in this State, some- 

 thing better than the lazy method inherited 



from the slothful ranchers of the early days. 



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FENCING THE FARM. 



We believe in the justice of the no-fence 

 law — that is, in a law that does not compel a 

 farmer to fence his laud against another per- 

 son's stock. But, at the same time, we believe 

 that every good farmer should have his farm 

 well fenced into fields convenient for rotating 

 crops and keeping stock. Aside from the or- 

 chard and garden, which should always be 

 fenced against all stock, every field may at 

 some time duiing the season be used as a 

 pasture. Hay and grain stubble fields make 

 excellent pastures in our drying climate until 

 fall rains, or until they are cleaned by stock. 



Herding stock is time wasted; or, at any 

 rate, we would sooner put in our time building 

 fence than racing stock right and left out of a 

 grain field into an adjoining stubble or range. 

 Besides being bad for the ^ock, it is terribly 

 trying to the patience to do it. Cows in par- 

 ticular are liable to be injured by herding. 

 Thoy should bo kept perfectly tranquil and 

 quiet to get the bt'st yield of milk and to be 

 kind of disjiosition. Many farmers miss it 

 by not having cross fences, so as to utilize 

 their feed when it is most needed. 



A tea set — the Chinese. 



NEWS ABOUT NEWS PAPERS. 



Geo. p. Kowell & Co's Amkeican Newspa- 

 PEK Diuectoby: containing accurate lists 

 of all the newspapers and periodicals 

 published in the United States and Ter- 

 ritories and the Dominion of Canada. 

 New York; Geo. P. Kowell & Co., pub- 

 lishers. 

 This is a book of nearly a thousand pages, 

 published in the interests, and especially for 

 newspapers and advertisers. We find it a 

 valuable book of reference. From the pre- 

 face we subjoin the following interesting in- 

 formation : 



The seventh (1875) edition of the American 

 Newspaper Directory contains the description 

 of 771 daily, 100 tri-weekly, 121 semi-weekly, 

 6,287 weekly, 27 bi-weekly, 108 semi-monthly, 

 850 monthly, 10 bi-monthly, and 71 quarterly 

 publications; a total of 8,318, being an in- 

 crease 5G1 over last year, 1,057 over 1873, 

 1,426 over 1872, and 1,910 over the edition 

 for 1871. 



An unusual number of newspapers have 

 been reduced in size, changed proprietorship, 

 or suspended publication during the year just 

 past, indicating that it has not been one of 

 prosperity, notwithstanding the fact that the 

 actual increase in the number printed has ex- 

 ceeded any previous year since the establish- 

 ment of the Directory. 



Circulations have materially decreased. 

 With the exception of two Sunday-school 

 papers, no periodical issued west of New York 

 City sustains a claim to a regular issue of 

 40,000 copies. 



The number of newspapers commencing 

 publication during the year jiist passed has 

 averaged within a fraction of six each work- 

 ing-day, but owing to suspensions and con- 

 solidations the actual increase has been less 

 than one-third of the number established. 

 California has one less paper than last year. 



Number of papers published in this State: 

 Daily, 24; tri-weekly, 2; semi- weekly, or 

 weekly, 82 ; bi-weekly, 1; monthly, 24; total, 

 211. The book contains a list of 123 agricul- 

 tural papers; California has six, and Oregon 

 one. 



It looks bad to see a dog preceding his mas- 

 ter down street, and calmly turn into the first 

 saloon he approaches. It shows there is 

 something wrong, something lacking, a de- 

 I)lorable tendency on the part of the dog. 



The farmer who has established his reputa- 

 tion for having the best marketable products, 

 will always command an extra price for all his 

 crops. 



YOUNG STOCK WITH COWS. 



Calves and yearlings that have not been so 

 thoroughly weaned as to forget the cows 

 should never be allowed to run in pasture 

 amongst them. We have lately had a little 

 experience in this matter. Some young stock 

 were turned amongst cows that we are milk- 

 ing, and among them hajipened to be some 

 yearlings belonging to the cows. Although 

 the cows had yoirng calves, they recognized 

 their own, and by licking and mooing about 

 them got the animals to sucking. As soon as 

 we found it out the young stock were removed, 

 but the cows held up their milk, disliked to 

 be milked, and acted mean in everj- waj'. Be- 

 fore the young cattle had access to them they 

 were models of kindness and content. The 

 residt is, they persist in bad behavior, and 

 the milk has depreciated in quantity and 

 quality, although they have good feed and 

 treatment. 



WoKMs IN Obchaeds. — We notice that there 

 are some Western orchardists who sprinkle 

 the trees with water poisoned with Paris 

 Green. They say one good sprinkling with 

 Paris Green water cleans the worms out com- 

 pletely. A good garden syringe or a watering 

 pump will throw water over the highest ap- 

 ple tree. They use a tablespoonful of Paris 

 Green to a bucketful of water. — Ex. 



