California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal 



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S. HARRIS HERRINrt. Editor. 

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fit?" We are determined to adhere to our resolu- 

 tion to admit none but worthy business advertis- 

 ing in our cidumns. and to keep clear of patent 

 medieine, liquor, and other advertisements of 

 doubtful influence. 



The large circulation, the desirable class of 

 readers, and the neat and convenient form, rend- 

 ers this .Journal ^ choice medium for reaching 

 the attention of the masses. 



Notice to Eastern Advertisers and 

 Advertising Agencies. 



tt^ Hereafter no proposition for advertising 

 in this journal will be entertained without pay 

 in advance. Onr published rates are the stand- 

 ard for all.l 



other fruits into iood, such as raisins, dried 

 fruits, canned fruits, pork anil other meats. 

 As thougli tliere were no nETTEii uses for 

 fruit than making liquors ! Verily, ".alcohol 

 is a tiling evolved out of a rotten substance. 

 It is the terrible essence of decay; it is the 

 very living spirit of the putrid. Science has 

 shown that it is neither iood nor fuel. It is 

 simply an irritant, and this was its effect from 

 its tir.st titillation to its last agony in delirium 

 tremens. It is a lying spirit. Its distilleries 

 can be honestly gauged by no government 

 under heaven, nor its treacherous drug fairly 

 meted out by any measure yet invented by 

 man, nor its la.xes honestly paid under auy 

 system of revenue. The worm of the still is 

 crooked in the grain and cannot be made 

 straight, and it is a worm that dieth not, tliat 

 gnaweth ever.'. It is a "business" by which 

 a few are trying to live oft' from others' deg- 

 radation and ruin. It is perfectly natural 

 that they should try to evade the tax. While 

 we are oppo-sed to licensing any evil, we 

 hope to see no special favor to .snch as are in 

 our own State and midst. By the way, we 

 notice that the fruit distillery No. 187, belong- 

 ing to T. A. Giai|ue and .situated at Ho; 

 Springs, Napa county, was seized last month 

 by Deputy Collector Frost, of Sacramento, 

 for violation of the revenue laws in shipping 

 liquors without stamps. The property seizad 

 is valued at about $St,OO0, and includes G.'jO 

 gallons of proof spirits and 26,4(10 gallons of 

 wine. The seizure was inude upon llie com- 

 plaint of agents Crane and Clark, and United 

 States District Attorney Coghlan has been no- 

 tified to begin proceeding.s for confiscation. 

 We wish theie was a law to destroy all such 

 confiscated stuff. 



EDITORIAL NOTES. 



What Ao you think of ' ' The Gipsy 

 Girl"? We .sliall never make an offer of any 

 premium of an inferior or "cheap" order. It 

 is as much for our interest as yours to give 

 satisfaction, and we shall ever aim to squarely 

 do it. 



To Our Friends. — Every one of our 

 subscribers who likes the Agriculturist is 

 specially requested to send us in the names 

 of friends and neighbors for three months on 

 trial. We mean liusiness, and know that 

 two thirds of all who read the California 

 AiiKiciii.TijRisT lliree months will subscribe 

 for a year. Rend us the names, and we will 

 \-aVv llic clianees. any way. 



The present hard times for money, 



low prices for produce, etc., get people to .se- 

 riously thinking about economi/.ing in every 

 way. Of course, no intelligent person looks 

 upon providing suitable reading for a family 

 as e.xti'avagauee. It is more of a necessity in 

 our present condition of civilization than a 

 mere lu.Nury. But _where the amount of 

 money to pay for reading is limited, this jour- 

 nal, at only $I..''>(1 a year, has stnmger claims 

 for patronage than many liiglier-priced ones. 

 Al any rate, it will give as much for a little 

 MS any other paper published. 



A Little More "Aid."— The bo- 



calliil "fruit distillers" are making extraor- 

 dinary cllbrtii to get clear of the government 

 la.x, and say that without such "aid" "this in- 

 terest must suffer," ele. Let is suffer, say we, 

 till lliey are driven to make a better use of it 

 lliaii rotting and manufacturing it into a pois 

 I" ruin mankuid. (Jonvert your grajies and 



"Hard times" is no idle cry. Times 

 are hard, and will be harder before tliey are 

 easier. The causes, which are national, will 

 not be removed by either the Democratic or 

 Republican parties, whichever may elect their 

 President. Both platforms are pledged to 

 "bard money and contraction," at the dicta- 

 tion of bondholders and Shylocks in both 

 Europe and America. The money power is 

 held, not by the people in the interests of the 

 people, but by their creditors, and in their in- 

 terests solely. Industry is ta.xed and nearly 

 strangled to death. Thousands are compelled 

 to be idle, and while real estate, and manu- 

 facturing and producing run people in debt, 

 and all real values depreciate, money extorts 

 luijust tribute and grinds into lower depths a 

 suffering people. GoM, which we have not, 

 is demanded for payment of bonds and inter- 

 est on debts contracted with paper money. 

 Our honest, non-interest-drawing national 

 paper is being withdrawn from circulation. 

 Bonds deposited with Government will draw 

 G percent, interest in gold, and an issue from 

 (;overnment of more than twice the amount 

 deposited in national bank notes, which are 

 drawing from borrowers I'J to '2-3 per cent, 

 more annually! This we mention as but a 

 sample of the way the financial affairs of this 

 Government are now being run. High sala- 

 ries and premiums for rascality, monopolies 

 and a hard-money aristocr.acy are in the as- 

 cendant, and are bouii<i to triumph until such 

 A revolution is inaugurated in this country as 

 shall sweep everytliing before it. The sooner 

 such of us as are in debt sacrifice wliafever is 

 necessary to get out, the bctler. No such 

 crushing force waB ever before set in motion 

 to despoil labor, rob industry ami discouragi' 

 honest enterprise. Such of our peojile as liave 

 homes and can make a living by producing 

 file most of what they consume, independeul 

 of tlie W(uld, are file ones wlui will suffer the 



least. It behooves everyone to husband his 

 resources, get of debt in. keepou!, 

 economize, and so ward oft from his own and 

 his family's heads as much of tlie surely im- 

 pending ruin as possble. Our nntion is al- 

 already bankrupt; our industries are paralized; 

 our people are virtually enslaved to the 

 money kings and their allies, who are in ev- 

 ery way drawing closer the sirings that en- 

 snare us, and who are squeezing out the earn- 

 ings and even the vitality of iiroductive labor. 

 It is none too soon to sound the tocsin of 

 alarm. Let him who is not blimlcil take 

 heed. 



Employ the Boys and Young Men. 



The fcdlowing circular explaiiis iImII, and 

 should be memorized; 



Youths' I>irectory and Boys' Sheltkr I 

 5'JO Bush St., S. F., Sept. 9, 1870, S 



In furtherance of a good cause, please in- 

 form your readers, especiitlly in the rural 

 ilistricis, that we constantly luive on hand a 

 large number of strong, active, honest, re- 

 sponsible young men from 1.5 to '-'I yeiirs of 

 age, most of whom were born in this country 

 (no hoodlums or puny striplings), who are 

 leady and eager for any opportunity to render 

 faithful service by contract at the rate of .'ill 

 cents per working day, beside board ami 

 lodging, w-ith fare advanced, the latter to be 

 deducted from their earnings. We make no 

 charges to employers or employees. This in 

 stitutiou is maintained by gratuitous contri 

 butions. 



Help our boys against the encroachments 

 of the Chinese coolies in their competition for 

 labor. In the battle of life and the struggle 

 for existence on this Coast, let the fitter race, 

 the higher tvpe of humanity survive. 



Respectfully yours, A. V. Deitz. 



We will add here that Judge Archer, of 

 San Jose, employed boys this season to gather 

 his cherry crop, which netted him over S3,000 

 clear of expenses, and he was well satisfied 

 with their work. Give the boys a chance to 

 make worthy, industrious men, by making a 

 living and learing how to do business for 

 themselves. Upon the saved earnings of a 

 few years, the young men who get steady 

 employment can go into business for them- 

 selves. The hope of tliis nation is young men 

 and boys. Let us all do our duty by ihem. 



TARLETON'S CLINGSTONE 

 FRUIT FITTER. 



Our friend Mr. G. W. Tarleton, a lead- 

 ing orchardist, has just invented a sim- 

 ple little device for removing pits from 

 cling-stoue fruits. The illustration we 

 here give will show what it consists of — 

 a half eircie cutting attachment to a com- 

 mon knife-blade, with this instrument 

 the fruit is halved and pitted at one ope- 

 ration is the knife is drawn around 

 the fruit, m the act of halving, the at- 

 txchment is drawn over 

 and fitted about the pit, 

 lud follows it around as 

 the knife is turned, so that 

 Mhen the fruit is cut in 

 two the pit is also scooped 

 out as clean and slick as 

 possible. Everyone who 

 sees it work is filled with 

 c \clamations as to its per- 

 fect working, simplicity 

 and excellence. The San 

 .lose canning and drying 

 factories have had a sup- 

 ply made at once, and are 

 highly pleased with them. 

 'The superior excellence, 

 firm flesh, and size .and 

 beauty of cling-stono 

 peaches and plums are 

 well knowE. Heretofore, 

 the trouble of pitting has been a serious 

 obieetion to them for canning and drying. 

 Now that this is overcome, there prom- 

 ises to be a revolution in orcharding and 

 in the nursery business. Clings will be 

 all the rage, and in demand at high 

 prices. 



Mr. Tarleton is a natural mechanic, 

 and has invented and improved several 

 useful implements before. This, we be- 

 lieve, is the first upon which he has ap- 

 plied for a patent. So struck were we 

 with it at once, on seeing it work, that 

 we exclaimed, "Mr. Tarleton, this little 

 invention is worth more than your $40,- 

 00(1 orchard, although yours is the best 

 in the State of its size." 



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Short-horn Beef and Milk Stock. 



We visited Col. Younger's lierd of Short hiirus 

 while they were in training for the State 

 Fair. There can be but one opinion concern 

 ing his stock by any unbiased judge of good 

 stock that visits and examines them on the 

 Forest Grove Farm. They are all carefully 

 bred, well cared for, and, by constant inter- 

 mingling of best strains of noted breeds, are 

 being constantly improved. The Col. makes 

 the science of breeding a study and practice. 

 While most herds of Short-horns are being 

 bred for beef-making points alone, or to 

 pedigree iricspective of points, this herd is 

 noted for its fine milking quidities. There are 

 several as fine milch cows among them as can 

 be found anywhere. 'I'his is of more real 

 value, .and a better recommendation to tlii.s 

 herd than many might imagine. In lacl, for 

 this State, eucli fine milk stock is iiiv ;du;ilde. 

 We did frame out a sp''ci;d arti.b- ou tins 

 subject, but other maltels pievelit its appi'ul 



Floral Work for the Month. Th. 



planlingof bulliB lor e;irly blooimug should 

 be done this luonth, in raised beds, so I hat no 

 water will sl:ind upon them during the win- 

 ter. I'repare the soil and |d.inl, ill this cli 

 male, just tlie same as Vick or Truudiulf advise 

 in tlieir catalogues , whidi may be liad for ihe 

 asking. Tliere is nolldng that will give bet- 

 ter salistactlcai in il gardin tluin ;l good selec 

 ti(ui of llowering bulbs, ju-operiy arranged 

 :ind c.ared'for. Send for tlio catalogues aud 

 be governed by advice found there. 



LETTER-WRITING. 



We receive a good many letters that 

 puzzle us to find out from where or whom 

 they come. Letter-writing is so simple 

 that everyone should know how to do it 

 so that nothing is left to guess at. If 

 Mr. Pooduc, of Pooducville, Hop-scotch 

 county, Alaska, were to sit down, the 

 L5th day of October, to write a letter, he 

 should commence thus: 



roodiu-v'Me, Hopscotch Co., Alaska. I 

 October 15»(, 1870. ) 



Then, were he addressing the pub- 

 lishers of this journal, he should next 

 say: 



Pub. Cal. Agriculturist: 



And go on in a direct manner to say 

 his say, as the business on hand may 

 demand. After he gets through lie 

 should wind up with 



lie.'qiectfuUy ymirs. 

 signing his name clearly in full, 



1101! AT 10 rooiivc. 



This will let the publishers know- 1 si 

 where the letter comes from; 'id, the 

 month, day and year it w;is written, ;!d, 

 who it is " to; 4th, what it eonfains, .and 

 .'ith, who the letter comes from— all of 

 which arc equally imjiortaiit in a busi- 

 ness letter. Observe these five rules, 

 count them on the five fingers of your 

 right hand, and wiien you write, si-e 

 that each rule is observed 

 our thanks. 



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