•S'/: Ml- Tit OF ft • r illf-i tflX/.i 
vineyard* more rich than those of T.-eho], courugintr from 
clod in emerald robes and decked in bridal with-', n.ln^. r 
blossoms which the golden orange Inis in t.’l.T, j , ,i ( 
brought to her coronation; and the vision |,i, 1 >|ic Ii 
is rounded and complete. 
“I know nut lir.w in other Unit* 
The changing tnswoM coin* and ti"\ 
Wlmt x|il> inlur (.ill* mi Syrian •aniln, 
What purple light* on Alpine •now; 
Not hew Hi" Ol mins' will* 
On Venice at her waUi-y , .ti «; 
A ilrr,nn to mo i* Ann.* vale, 
AlliHinl.ru - linll- nre hot a traveler* tali. 
1 Vet on life's i iirn ht lie who drift* 
1* one with him who rows or nub, 
And be who wiinderu widest, lifts 
NirjnWo nl lieauty'* jenlona veil* 
Than lie « ho from hi« door-way tei* 
Thi* mirticle of llow. r* and tree*; 
The i,ye may well lie gllill that lni}lt« 
Where I'liarpar'a fountains rise and fall. 
Hilt, lie wllO sees there native lirm.k- 
lanell in the ami, An* Mm (Arm till “ 
; needs only to 1« 
HO 
young a 
report* 
HUll 
ilie* nlre 
ho- 
Ititf (P a 
■ re 
pealed tu 
I over-production is a serious draft up 
| vital energies of either animal cir 
ninl that vine, life is as surely rood 
as that of n.au. Health and lonraj 
OVERLAND- 
prematura deny, nnd de 
Time permitting, pi 
tlT 
khl 
RAISINS. 
Ennoius Sfmi-Tropii?: The vary¬ 
ing natural conditions in soils, cli¬ 
mate, altitude, temperature, moist- 
mo, etc., in the most, attractive and 
prominent localities favorably men¬ 
tioned for homes in our Semi-Tropin 
region, render* it highly essential to 
speak more in exact rueanun- of these 
differences than is usual in the ex¬ 
travagant hyperboles too commnnly 
indulged in. But apace precludes. 
in tin's article, an attempt nt a dis- 
ttusMon of then* various inten ding qii. i - 1 1 hi vine, tbiuf.T. -h-.-nld l„- pi,,p< 
fiiona, A few exponents of the .. 
product the past season are herein eul- 1 f.u ,c f. v, :m, ;u,.| .... t!,, ,, V i!:, .1 ..., 
initted as an appetizer to the hungry m . - 
of the amhitioiis in the specialty of r.udn 
making, and also to stimulate ex¬ 
periments on untried soils, without 
irrigation, leaving tlie text proper 
for another occasion. 
My vines are of the Muscat van- ' J 
ety, and three years from ouitiiigti, 
and ahin without irrigation from the H 
setting. Former care of the name 
has not been with Hie view of raisin- 
making; limine it is safe to assert 
that they have lacked t he pmper at¬ 
tention in sonic respects that would 
hftvo been to their advantage. But 
Mich as it has been, 1 am mm en¬ 
abled to present tlie following ns tin 
n t.iiniH foi tlm crop just marketed 
fUiiM rtM'ni|it" fieiii nu«i>i» |i'r a..,, ■ail 7 >; 
" ST 'I'I ' " 1.1.1»l 
“ " " cutting* “ I3.VW 
Total .... gait 74 
Deducting the Mini of $25 per acre 
for the entire expense of wue of 
vineyard ami marketing crop, which 
include* everything connected with 
curing and packing the raisins box. - 
wrappers, etc., which is >i liberal 
allowance, and tlm net returns show fe 1.7 | 
I"' 1 note. Now, ordinary farming l have 
bad no experience in, and tlunefoin leave 
to those xv bo have, the Pompni woii nf tlm 
abim figures with llie grain return per a. re 
The above is highly natist,.-tui v and en 
tic] Pt v ent. ill*, k vuur 1st , . llm.ibl. 
iltul 
1 »n v 
oor arrival at Conn<? 
tl lUttJVfe, ♦ k* 
f tii*- I’vciti, | , 
Wl.p, L J ...... 
a * 1 i* 1 i 1 1 ? v»ra* i, 1 
d bo on hand wrir 
1 ' 11 * -v ix i nif 
1 IOC 
at nm in the ear a* « 
■ •’ft 1 1 » • M 
peddler* 
at aiiiK~t i 
■ 
it. ni nxnf 
We ml 
| VM ,„ fAiiuliea 
v ft ft IPJ 
t forma t 
U IMUUP bv l it 
Tl.es ar« 
_ a i_»i- 
it 11 -llllt «CU»k » 
isiiie the whole subject may f 
abate of attention. 
!** 
SDi'IMVI 
>u a atgbt. 
and a r>d« on -ui 
the n'd t'oegU- I K« HU 
. _ ____... _iU evntwin a »\uupiit« 
guide to tii» journey Mrrosei the cooUnvui 
1IV llul, 
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