California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. 



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A Bit of Common Sense. 



"The biisj- da^-s are fast crowding 

 upon ns," says Ella, with a little sigh. 



"Yes," answered practical Etta, "and 

 now I am about to deliver a short lec- 

 ture;" sitting down and folding her 

 brown hands over her smooth white 

 apron. "Never do yonr work, but once, 

 Ella, and then do it well. A great many 

 do their work over six, eight, or ten 

 times by so much thinking and talking 

 about it. Now, to-day is Monday, and 

 you and I have done a heavy day's wash- 

 ing—" 



"Yes, I am perfectly conscious of it," 

 interruped Ella. 



"The clothes are out in the sunshine 

 drying," continued Etta; "do not give 

 them another thought until it is time to 

 bring them in. If you are very tired lie 

 down and go to sleep; if not, occupy 

 yourself with an interesting book. We 

 have done enough hard work today. You 

 well know mother does not expect us to 

 do anything more until supper time. To 

 be sure we must go to house-cleaning to- 

 morrow, but do not let the fact enter 

 your mind until after breakfast to-mor- 

 row morning; then it will not require ten 

 minutes to plan our work, and one can 

 see so clearly alter a good night's sleep. 

 Now, work in this way, Ella, and you 

 will soon find yourself singing all day 

 long, instead of wearing that ugly frown 

 upon your brow." 



"Yes, that's just it!" said their father, 

 who had been an amused listener to Et- 

 ta's lecture, opening the kitchen door ; 

 "there's a bit of common sense in that 

 small head of yours, my daughter." 



1776 AND 187G. — Here is a centennial 

 contrast — first as copied from Poor Rich- 

 ard's Almanack — 177G: 



Farmer at the plow, 

 Wife milking at the cow. 

 Daughter spiuuiug yam. 

 Son threshing in the barn. 

 All happy to a charm. 



And this is the modern improvement 

 —1876: 



Farmer gone to see a show. 

 Daughter at the piano. 

 Madam gayly dressed in satin. 

 All the boys learniug Latin. 

 With a mortg.lfje on the farm. 



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1 



Angora Coats and Mohair — Criti- 

 cisms Answered. 



li^^ARRISON G. OTIS, of the Santa 

 Barbara Press, thus answers an edi- 

 torial article on the mohair interest 

 ftfej'' which appeared in the Alia Califor- 

 Jt^ "if some time since, in which oc- 

 cur statements and hostile criticisms not 

 justified by the facts, in his opinion: 



The article makes the loose .assertion 

 "that there has been no mention in the 

 commercial statistics of any shipment of 

 goats' wool [from California], though 

 seventeen years have elapsed since the 

 importation of Angora goats w.as com- 

 menced, and though, .according to th<' 

 assessors' statistics, the State had 24,000 

 of them 1871." The impression here 

 conveyed is that breeding for fleece has 

 been prosecuted in this State for seven- 

 teen years. On the contrary, nearly all 

 the work in that direction has beeu done 

 within ten years. There were but few 

 imiiortati(]ns and but little breeding in 

 California prior to 18G7. The writer's 

 incorrect statement as to shipments of 

 Hcece is immediately followed by an ad- 

 mission which takes away half its force, 

 ' even if it were true. The admission is 

 in these words: "It is true that most of 



these were grades crossed with the com- 

 mon stock, no Angora she-goats having 

 been brought with the first bucks." 



It is just this fact, and her very small 

 and recent beginning in this necessarily 

 slow work, that has kept California back 

 in the jirosecution of this splendid in- 

 dustry. To breed from common, non- 

 iieece-bearing ewes large flocks of good 

 grade mohair-producing goats is not the 

 work of a day; it is a work of years. But 

 there was no other course for California 

 breeders to jjursue. The State could not 

 be stocked with pure mohair goats in a 

 century, if importations alone were to be 

 dejjended upon, unless they be more fre- 

 quent and extensive than they have been; 

 for the Angora comes from a distant, 

 hostile, and almost inaccessible region of 

 Turkey in Asia, ten thousand miles 

 away. 



The fact that a very large proportion 

 of all the ileece-bearing goats now in 

 California are only grade Angoias would 

 of itself be a sufficient answer to the 

 charge that no considerable shipments of 

 mohair appear in the official statistics, 

 under our economical system of breeding 

 by crosses of pure Angora bucks on the 

 native short-haired ewes, low grades 

 must of course come before high grades 

 — first light fleeces of short mohair inter- 

 mingled more or less with kemp, accord- 

 ing to grade, followed in the end by the 

 longer, finer, heavier and more lustrous 

 fleeces of the thoroughbreds. In other 

 words, each generation, under sctentiflc 

 breeding, becomes purer and its fleece 

 finer than its predecessor. 



But it is a great mistake to suppose 

 that there have not been any shipments 

 of mohair from California, and it is not 

 creditable to the Alia to make such an 

 assertion. Many such shipments are on 

 record, and we are satisfied that there 

 are many more which have not been re- 

 ported, because mohair is frequently 

 shipped as wool to avoid the higher 

 freight charges imposed by the railroads. 

 These charges are generallj' double those 

 on wool; and we have the record of an 

 instance where one lot of mohair was 

 charged 6J< cents per pound for freight 

 eastward, while wool was being carried 

 for 2 "4 cents per pound. The conse- 

 (juence was that the next lot sent by 

 these eye-opened shippers was marked 

 v'ool, and was of course quoted in the 

 commercial reports as wool. We may 

 reasonalily conclude that there have been 

 many similar cases, thus materiall re- 

 ducing the statistics of mohair exporta- 

 tions. Small as these shipments con- 

 fessedly are when compared with the 

 shijiments of our great staple, wool, they 

 have already been sufficient to prove that 

 the culture of the Angora in California 

 is an assured success. The results 

 achieved are reallj' adequate to the means 

 employed. 



It is a great mistake, too, if not a mis- 

 representation, to assert, as our cotem- 

 porary does, that "the wool sheared from 

 Angora goats in California is so small in 

 quantity that it is not considered worthy 

 of notice in commercial or official statis- 

 tics." There is abundant evidence to be 

 had that many very fair clips of Angora 

 fleece have been made yearly in Califor- 

 nia, and the mohair shipped for manu- 

 facture to rhiladelphia. New York, Bos- 

 ton, Jamestown, and Ijiverj^ool, England, 

 during the last riv(^ years. And we may 

 add that facts in our possession show the 

 demand iu those markets to be beyond 

 the supply. 



The Allit's information on the goat 

 subject is by no msMius confined to Cali- 

 fornia; such as it is, it extends all over 

 the world, as this extract indicates: 



fConthiucd in ncxC issue.) 



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THE ANGORA 



IE m m 



or SAN JOSE, CAL., 



Are making a Specialty of Hanufactnr- 



ing all styles of Gloves from the Angora 



Goat Skin, and claim for them: 



l8t.— They are cheaper ' ' j buckskin gloves. 



2cl. — The skins are tanned with the grain on. 

 and are very nearly ■water- proof, and ■when, hy 

 lon^ exposure, they are wet, they dry out per- 

 fectly 60ft — as good as new. 



3d.— They will out-wear the best buckskin 

 gloves. 



4th.— ForaHAEVFST GLOVE, they have no 

 equal. 



These articles are manufactured in all styles, 

 from the cheapest Laboring Glove to the Finest 

 Fur Gauntlet. Also, nil descriptions of 



rUES, EOBES, MATS, EUGS,Etc 



Wliich. for Beauty. Durability, and Cheapness, 

 are inferior to none. 



Buckskin Gloves, Mittens, Etc., 



In all verieties, and as ROiid as tlif best. 



FOR COITSUMPTIVES ! 



And others suffering from 



CHI\ONIC DISEASES 

 ZiAim TiiXZOS. 



SUFFERERS FROM ASTHMA, BRONCHITIS, 

 Consumption, all Lung Diseases and all 

 Chronic Diseases, are informed that DR. 

 BOURNE has devoted more than Two Years to a 

 careful study of the meteorological phenomeoa 

 of Lake Tahoe, with special reference to its dli- 

 matic value for sufferers from lung diseases. His 

 experience satisfies him that it probably is, from 

 its altitude and peculiar surroundings, tjnequal- 

 LEi> by auy other known region on earth for its 

 climatic aid in such diseases. 



VVitliout Medicines, Dr. Bourne eCfects 

 cures in cases considered hopeless under other 

 modes of treatment; his method being peculiar 

 to himself, and the result of an experience as a 

 Water-Cure Physician during more than a third 

 of a century. 



It is 1)1*. Boiime''s effort to mnke 

 quick cures i» all cnses* and ho always de- 

 signs to bo, and is, eminently successful; but 

 upon no condition will he accept a patient who 

 entertains the absurd opiniou that "sick people 

 must not eat." 



^^ Cures in Dyspepsia Guaranteed . 



The best of food, and plenty of it, will bo pro- 

 vided. 



A limited number of patients will be received 

 who may be willing to pass a few weeks iu re- 

 tirement and iirimitive simidicity. 



Address, 



DR. CEO. M. BOURNE, 



Tail. 



, Ciil. 



JOSEFK WOOIiT, 



3Iaiiul*ii('turer of TriisseH, Snspt'iider.s, 

 Artiliriiil Liiiil>s, e(r., 



No. 300 FIRST STRKKT, SAN JOSE. 



„- .„^rH> Are yuu Ruptured ? Come to me and 



^^^~^^^^^S\ g(-t a TrusK that will lit you, 



^^^^^ Radical Cures are effected with 

 Ij my Trusses. 



B^ The NationaKiold Medal was awHrdrd to 

 Bradely .St llulofsuu for the best Photographs in 

 ihe United States, and the Vienna medal for tho 

 best in tho world. 



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 Vice-Pre&ideut; W. D. Tiedale, Caslaier and Sec- 

 retary: L. G. Nesmith, Assistant Cashier. 



Directors;— C. Burrel, Wm. D. Tisdale, E. 

 L. Bradley. C. G.Harrison, E.G. Singletary.Wm. 

 L. Tisdale, John W. Hinds, W. H. Wing, T. B, 

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 (limited), San Francisco; First National Gold 

 Bank. H. F.; First National Bank, New York: 

 Anglo-Californiau Bank (limited) London. 



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 buy and sell Exchange, make collections, 

 loan money, and transact a General Banking 

 Business. Special inducements offered to mer- 

 chants, mechanics, and all classes for commer- 

 cial accounts. 

 S. W. Cor. First and Santa Clara Sts., 



SAN JOSE. 



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 SAVIi^CS BANK, 



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 8300,000 



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 with interest paid to holder. Interest also al- 

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 Cor. Second and Santa Clara Sts., 



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$100,000. 



President, 

 Mauat;cr 



CAPITAL 



WILLIAM ERKSON 

 H. E. HILLS 



DIRECTORS: 



Wm. Erkson, J. P. Dudley. 



L. F. Chipraan, David Campbell. 



Horace Little, James Singleton, 



C. T. Settle, E. A. Braley. 



Thomas E. Snell. 



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 will be allowed as may be agreed upon, and 

 make loans on approved security. 



mmmm Spanish k' 



OIXTY ONE AND TWO YEARS OLD 



O Tboroughlircd Spanish Merino Kains, for 

 sale. Al»i>, about IIHI KwcB and Lambs, nil 

 Oaliforuli bred, from stock imported from 

 Vermont, mid as good as tlieni is ou this Con»t. 

 Prices to suit the times. jc 



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