1 
s km/, t/ topic ca uponxi. t. 
WfNE INTERESTS IN CALIFORNIA. 
and other tju’H'iif*:- from S20 In * JI per . ton* of foreign-made Migur 
ton. Anti the crop this jr<mr will be eon- at on average above K cant* per pmttid. A 
sidernbly l;n j "r Ilian il ever Ijii- been 
before. l'lio beat niitlmritii • • «l»rtitito tlmt 
the total vintnge of the season will exceed 
hundred million dolluis n yeai linn not 
mu "h more than paid for our migar imports 
chinny the bis! ten vcnr.s. If we mu save 
rilHE wines and brandies of ('■iliforma 
I are everywhere asserting I hei'iselves 
Bueeessfullr in roiupcfitirui with those of 
foreign production. There is evidently n 
growing taste among the people for the , , ,, , , - ..... ... 
nii.iduhe.native „rn, h Tie lot'll - ' • r " n ! ,h -'* "-'"'7/ "‘t grape-groM mg ec.rn-grmvmg states, rtw.il amount to more 
is not only very profitable, lint Mid ii wilt fm onr farmer than the culm yearly gold 
soon be equal in value to some of the 
reieuls, so far a* the agrinult.Uie of the 
importation of foreign win*"* im<> Piuifi't- 
ni i in 1*71 win 801,801' ilium 1 . in 1-STK it 
wa» onlvJIHo.OOO gallons, ur h •> limn one 
hall And this tendency is even more 
•driving when the import* of the whole 
country are taken info coiisiih ration. In 
It'd’.! lie importation of wires into tlm 
1 idled Stales was 7,0811,11(11) gallon* ,ml H?7 
it wits oiily 2.430,1.100, a falling off'of more 
than two-third'. it is to this iinpithved 
public taste that the wilitMimkcrs of (hrli- 
fiirnin nnisf address I IiemseUcs. ThfiV 
sis millions of gallon*. It will easily be this bv the cultivation of sorghum, in tho 
eorti-groiving states, it will iimOllt 
for onr fanners than the entire u 
mid silver yield of all our mini's. Indeed, 
the Washington Bureau of Agrioitltirro 
1st ate is concerned. And from this tinin stales as a fact that uin foreign sugar im- 
forward (here is likely to be a eoiilimial ports have cost us more siuce IM'I than nil 
increase in consumption,•&<! eouBPi|U0tilljf the money our gold mid *ilvi t mines have 
A greater demand for gmpos, and an in¬ 
creased profit to the riimmltuiists.—Nan 
produced, 
The point, to which tho t '/mimefe directs 
ti e attention of its lenders is this, that if 
fltinoia or any other of the coin atates of 
the west can sure* '"fully cultivate norglium 
OUR WINES. 
t'rtlifnrnia witK H are lluding goad nmrket' fot sugar, there arc ten* of thousamlt. of 
nm.-l shell how lo luiprmc rheir ii.nnulne- 1,1 l*"" \»g< les it is staled then • acres in lIlls Slate that could In* more 
tine in every possible way. both a* rap. - I,m Oovr 211,0"" gallons of marketable profitably tinned to that noimimt; and the 
mill wine nmnufaelnrei - Thei "ine in the relhu-. so great has been the home market is NUttjctettt for all that call 
g> 
can sum.quire the sole control of tho ''“'ll for it in the I,ust, both for . .msiirnp-i be prod tired fur many yuiu* to come, at 
If the resource- ..r the Stale me The fruit, crop of the Stale at large have ,h * K ,v,prn States. Tho leading 
jierly manng.d and fnllv developed, l... ijr.i . ,, . ••••rti counties were; Honoiun, GO,"00 am»; 
in order to I d will .‘ ^ . ^ 23,000 averaging I.. 
II,,. most »iul almondH lire alike 'promising, and r„ the acre. Ventura, 8000 acre**, with 50 
the yn 
before. 
home ihmIuI, i I they will only use their Bon aud evport 
advantage'■' wisely. N'o country ull II eum 
pete with California in Him branch of in- 
ilustn 
I M'l i 
bit 
to watch 
hi’i ujiiilouK carp, uTid weiii 
thatis not strictly first-, la** in every ina* 
l'ict. If this is done for ti few yi.'iuoi, the 
suprt inacy of the market will Imve been 
gamed am] do compel " inn need be feared. 
Thin iuduMiry m the more In he nhcoiir- 
uged because, if Humisalul, it will 
matelj hi come I he mainstay of the people 
Already, m its very infancy, it has at mined 
proportions Hint nre not to be dripmiuj. 
\ comparison of tlm wine ami binmly • \- 
porte by sea ami land during the lad nil 
b'ouHin, with those of years past, mil give 
some nii ■ of its wonderful progress They 
nre as follows: 
SATISFACTORY. 
rates above the aieruge rd the east. Ill 
IsTN ivi had 120,1100 acres cultivated in 
corn, the in erage per acre biiug above that 
every process wiHi HH umm — -. ..—- »•", .»« 
I out not n gallon I"] " ,l1 niucl1 1 "g ,,< r than ever Imdicls per acre; Sun Bernardino, iJOUO 
urns, SO bushelH to tho acre Amador, 
S:e i'imi-nlo, Santa Barbara, Napa, Merci .l, 
Monterey, Han Benito and ninny other 
' "untie' produced each over 800 lurch at 
a fair average per acre. Tulare, which, 
• , , , trow ite "oil and climate, mIiiiuUI bo u 
fill show!d r,55 &rr .:Z C r /' " Corn 1400 m res. with 
tul.l shonml rust Jhc results at harn-sf, average above the Stab „f lUinuis; and 
sno and Kern, also well adapted in all 
is 
Mn RrnimoN, of Spa.Ira. I. os Angeles 
t Sou lily, plan led hcven acres of ground, 
1* pounds to tlm acre, with Odessa wheal 
V part of it was Irrigated, the wheal- full 
mlts at liaru-st „ 
dig were 11 bushels.>f good wheat io the j.,.., 
note, mid six Slicks uf cleanings 
r*l5, 
J*f.O 
*i»»u***ji u>-1 
Win.*,, 
T dnl i/Vft- 
. I .IS11 *< .7 
I “I l.l .7 
ii 11 1 
1 mii.lt' x 
TnUI va It.. 
f>y avri 
j i :j | . r ri -jiK'tKlu corn, iil'oditc^d iiom* Then. 1 
tir In'iirz " Cn I : h V l1 ' 1 to believe I hut. Ill- alluvial and im- 
nv fanm if i - \7Z V 'T !«“»«' . .. "f »v„. Tula,., F.esno, Me,- 
•rhirer, of llm -, im.-nU ami"‘ mw, t V f'- 1 ,, "‘ l L "- Hie as good irn tlm 
el'am l.nrii stiul .eat or. the COi.tinw.fc for iiq«t. Thmorop, 
thi 
evci v 
an 
in gram 
SORGHUM SUOAR. 
like Miiglium. requires warm nights In 
[icifi.l ii.s growth. Hence il does nutria 
i v o r.,,,,. ,,, „ , . along llieeuiml, nornt altitude" uliovu 
r | ,, We.f.r, Olio of tlm rnimt ‘2000 feet, l.e.-aime tin-re the nights are ould 
dclaih-d I lie,life,I, , ill "l .. hl ' 1 ' c “'««“Oba| JOUlllflls in the I ml. -I Ihroughouf the nensriu of ite growth. Tho 
portulioli for the fust . '.mint")’,.".',!" IH • 9 '' \ ill " fTl I‘'’"‘‘I'"' f '"' “'h'' lli "« •"*«?» law applies to *..rgh.»„. WIlBrUver, 
"vvr U,,' lint „ Itl,, i S T 1 i I tnl, T 1 "1 11 r VS * st, V' Bo- Angelo., i„ Bat, Be, mini,no, 
IKTH over ]H77 
esp.nts for iIn- year; explain* Hint ".nvlium msuijccM>.fullv 
Jt m ii eteadv 
l- <P forward in the tir-t hull of il,i- year ,n.e a il , r . iiIIiimIiom i*. tlm ter than any other crop now rnlln 
Tins is a very .-mUfving nromev, . . o i i.'. ’ ' / '’I' 1 «'.e least dang, r of nieihtoi 
• *'.dif*.min He -f wl,ut »« Ihl* Sfit.i, to the t 
met br.unly prod,u-ing „ <JOn1|) „. a on .- mi ate. ji in be in the itmn of trntl "porlutii 
N-ai. Ih. adraniu;,. . , IIm : pru. . law nost .... unm- to get a ten or 
" ' "il'm.-.I I,, ii.amilueiurer . *otli'.it noli - .|.•/' ,.' p' l pound; Hl)U, to nun kel, lli.iu a loiM-f 
twoomm, i,ue •■! the m , V - . h ,'" 1 in tllujoi' would proiluer, all that wa« i.i'o.l,., ed - ,s' /' 
tifvin;- proginHi, niui if it j age acre of eon,, -iuy lit Ualmis on good 
*1 it V ill lie l-ifnl I . idnill. I. .1 i ..ii. 
of 
th< 
I" 
lluln f' 
variolic 
w ux a > 
yaw Sj 
*(|G l.e 
He 
Urupe 
of tl„ 
gnwiHtire 
prim- of 
mnieiiiieiurei. 
owing is rupidljr 
lieisl p.ofitiible 
As Ih buoiiutK" 
rai.mi ndviL.. l„ 
upper 
> ruivn <ptln mid 'Tulare I, dm eonnlrv, com dm-i 
my but 
U vatii.l, 
anger of melstm king 
•he rnarkot with its produel, HUgar. fine 
1 ‘ulnm ol tin" 
farmer Would 
llntum It, ivoitbl 
uugar, wo 11 h 
.... fwliCflt.Worl.h 
>-*M niirl tlm dnriteatu- inaik. l would lake 
all il ( .,t was produce.! ..y /.' Chiimtilr. 
,ong, up, 
■ii in lie 
mueb m error, 
V-.I..U emu land in Illinois w.mb| pruiline, 
planted and ciilliiaUtl m aorghuiii, ^Ittii 
peraero, Of «oum> than, i* trouble and ex¬ 
pense in H.e ejpr.iw.menl and boiling of 
u .,, ,- c^.-. 
j tlm market, U m imliiuiled. Th« 
| btutee Ih iim, and for years haw been, im- 
prne of on grapes rungml 
•i i to #10 per ton, 
Horn $1J | 
>f uMrer ] 
Mu, Trij.Ru Mays lie flluls Hint ono of tlm 
from »U to 
•g ‘iuijji is 
that, hi 
mid 
V<»if i 
• ..'V'"" ' "IUUIIUHI If, 
he eunies around early in tho morning 
iv.ik-N tlm funner up to „„|| H,,.,,, 
tallies 
1 
labor 
up 
•'Ill'll pel' til.Ill tlltV 
1 , i.i..I” 1 iue* fan latHO 
mt'd them OH llicu own land, with their owu 
