SEMI-TIM!• TC CALTFOftSlA. 
*7 
MtHCELLANEOt'S. 
Mr8, Catherine Boyd, of Riverside, ex¬ 
hibited orunjfPB. .lm». Boyd mad® v display 
of citrus fruits. T. W and I’. It C-nnttr 
exhibited limes of the best quality. Mrs 
Catherine Boyd exhibited lime syrup. Jan 
Boyd exhibited grape jelly, pres-rved 
poaches, fig* preserved in grape jm • •• 
cun nod pcaolx s and Sr chid pears The 
preserved fly is or«c of tip ben <f prr- 
HCWVI-H, ftlid OllO of the least I", pen-IVI’. 
boenuse naturally BOfinred. A J. Two. I 
exhibited titmice almond*. (. N. Collins 
exhibited the downiest of pampas plun 
.7 8. Ward, of Colton, the purest of alfrtfu 
seed; .1 nines Tans it sample of vdi- .1 of a 
yield id .'Hi bushels per aer* 1 . Am u H .r- 
rihcm exhibited tempting bananas; John 
T Rend a fine collection of minei.d-. The 
Summit Coal Co. liwul" n display ot San 
Bernardino coal. 
rwB. 
R. W. Waterman, of Waterman's II d 
Springs, San Bernardino county, evliitt.l a 
school of I'firp. Tin' carp were set free in 
the basin of Benmly FouuLuiu, a mitiinlurc 
hike iu Exposition Hull. No exhibits wen 
lively after the manner of Wu termini'.-t 
carp, ami none attracted more attention. 
There was nnoiher admirable display of 
carp from San Bernardino, made by J. H. 
Pettit. 
CONCLUSION OF THE nP.VIETV. 
This is the last of the. lengthy senes of 
papers reviewing the Exposition 
It lias been the custom to review the 
annual Los Angeles Exposition in flic 
"Horticulturist," the organ of the South¬ 
ern California Horticultural Bocii ty. The 
Into editor insisted that 1 should writ*' up 
♦ lie review just concluded. I cona-util 
reluctantly. Had I forecasted tlm tidi.au 
ness of tho somew hat peculiar plun of Hi. 
review, my reluctance would have b*on 
greater. But, once begun, I could ot 
very well change the plan, inUrli 
ubauilon the undertaking altogether. 
Those who perceive the ilefecln of the 
review will try to forget them, in tin 
effort to realise how few would i-voi Un¬ 
dertake such a free will eth nii|; to tYie* 
and Pomona. 
THE COST OF IRRIGATION. 
r IMIK cost id irrigation to one comiii- 
1 from a legion where the summi-i urn 
fall (without cost) is relied upon to supply 
the needed UlOl -inl «•, is, hi lorti "I ml} Hi;; 111< 
subject, in having my i xpcronce u ill 
artificial irrigation, gemnallv looked ujmui 
as a serious matter It ■ * h •.eiiou* inn I In 
nnd any ona who trie- Isdh plan- tbuouv 
artificial irrigation, being an iiitwlhgi-nt 
II;;e of bruiin and hand; the. ollu i Bain, 
a I' liauce iipou the fickle element* soon 
learns wh it serious he may me.-I by 
a long "dry spoil" or an oxcc-sire rain 
fall. Th® first is ever nt your servio®. and 
reliable, the latter Inin be withhold, and 
you get UOcrop, or, a freqiieidly happens, 
when u good crop is le.idy for the harvest, 
a heavy rain storm sets m, di> in hnii; and 
destroying it, 
The cost of the-., hi —. is Boon found to I 
be greater than the rest of truL-r. 
An old irrigator, and a close /.l» 
THE OLIVE, 
nw cmnt roa wabki 
iwth of the Olive dextinsd 
on uiu irugaior, atm a ci.>»« oiiacrvcr, 
said to us not long oiiwe, “Why, nwig , r :Jrow '" ' Hjv.- »•!• ■ 
crops by arrifirial irrigation is by far ii,’- 11 I• -'uif yt place iu the pn 
way to raise them!” and he hd i ' . u ? ** 
lifidA fill rrai . t .a a a..,!.. I I “TVlin ill^ ' , AM WCll M 
In 
ivr of mi ring thffi 
front rank in tin 
the first plane 
i in picking ih* 
at and finest f«r 
hex> nbtnihl be , 
cn fully grown. 
The principal t 
(are 
w 
■nil 
removal 
nng in 
the t>ilt 
effected by th 
to mutt 1 « M...I 
been, till past middle age, a careful at Ij ’ 
economical farmer in New York and Peuu- 
aylvaui®. 
i The cost of irrigation depends op-n 
coTiiIilioos: If one own* hi a wati r *uriplv. 
rile cost Is often less thun when water l» 
bought: but not always for. the co-t of 
"developing,' making d .ms. digging 
ditehcs or tunnels. or laying pipe, nr • V 
I have liecu so great that ihe iu?»re»4 on j . 
, such cost exceed* the annual expenditure , |V ' V 
for baying water, ■ 1 ™* ,u “* 
{him® noils ar® much mor® retentive of p'" *"[/ ' * 1 ’*' ' l 
( moisture than Other® and h<no® need 1 1 l‘ r t ,_r ’ 
\ irrigating fewer times each seasoo 
Frequently the supply ditch i» *wr®r»l| rPn " r ‘" ,HjiS l u 
| nnlav long, bringing water from canons, ■"* 1 d* r ' T " ,,n 
along the face of a niwuul-viu, ncroM bed* 
| of gravel in fltuns® or costly nip*, making, . . 
1 the cost per “head " of water miicli greatri [ k ' rr '*, ,,r "f 
ihnu fur shorter line* or art* siao wells 1 * 111 . ■’I'"’' ' 
At present we will lab® the average ditch ,Um 1 
or rvckniimg th® c*.»t of a " head ‘ , ’ 
of w ater at f 'J 00 for twelve hours. 
The figures Is low are Dinde up fruu * ,* 
statements made by (utalhgeot men who!/ 
are careful in taith their figures arid slat. 
d»U|r, Many culhrrlnrr have only an . 
indcfiuit® idea of the co«t of irrigation, L’ ’ 1 ' 
aopnrate from tfi® total cost of cultivation , ‘ 
A* winter cultivation is generally dot 
independent of irrigation, we hav* no tiling 
to do with it her**, neither will wa i nter 1 f 
upon the doimln i f the w iorWyorvlinniist, 1 . 
with his scores or handled* at acre* and 
I in 
shite. 
np^T) 
lUff. 
• cnn>tifl«r*t 
* ii 
Tina 
r oik u 
th, 
i pn 
on 
fun 
I till 
iglil hours, the fluid should 
uve penetrated 
l»eS fur 
fruit.) H 
dlSl' 
the 
nr® of 
»1 for 
hour®, they mm 
111 fir-til ti if t r f, 
■ 1 Mkff 
f_ . . .< 
nove.1 
Ivfl (41 
1 11 Ill’ll ’» lltr ( 11 
io water b®mg eh 
daily, or until th' 
id® red. Th® u|i 
brine of the sire 
1.1 
9 AAlPf | 
!▼> - Afli 
Mfft). ll| |A 
then 
t Will 
in th 
open mouthed bottl* 
fruit. 
fill ' 
shaking them w.U rluwi 
viol and pour in tt 
»r. take 
rer 
gangs of coulia Utsuvrs, but take th® 
average cost per sen? for tract* containing 
from one to ten acres, reckoning labor 
nt 91.50 per day and Mater at |'2 til for 
Iwelvti hour*, giving th® avrrng® coat of 
each irrigation for each acre of orange 
orchard. 
lull'll euvrnng th® ft® 
of atn.iut a half im-h fr- 
win. h should b® good and 
After prn*aing the work wall 
it. 
in aicli 
. 1 . 
air wit 
or »vax cumposoil of bli 
wax. and laiml. 
ciiimitm. i/'tim 
Water. IS 
Pitpsdn® tor W«t#r, 10 
At'pljn h Wi.t.r, JS|, 
• iri-t l 'iltnaUuU, 
uiunr-r. vvsaoi 
W 
a* i' 
l.tki 
t» 
in 
lisa 
W. E M 
WANTS TO COME BACK 
MiCuim: I s.tpp.we if ei 
Wh to I'altfuniia w> 
dd 
ii 
I Wl 
• p»» yesr, *.» 
irrigating orange 
• Lit^mrv DiirMo H 
wadI to tjHir fn>M y 
flfi.lB per art®. 
caiuilfj. Mt hutififf i 
. ililnrllwn Of til® 
111*'* hO thrill, wllil’h 
ilir l-l'v 
wiiii( ti* ijfi i j th«i ¥ 
ti» liii) irntAt turn 
vt,\\ tn^ttsblr-h 2- intf 
4versu* cl's! of tsu h lrfL-«*i 
I Ar*rj<« nuud" i im«.«ii«' 
including Ihe thorough 
uiooitnt. lit *it» light, Cindy and gnmdiv 0 » ■ 
-mis, the */"/•».• ■'*i''.i/i"*i in ‘J not *lway* I 
| lie done so wo will deduct it from tl 
a bo vo total, leaving fl t ‘iti per »cr® for thr | 
1 ear. 
) The nrier ciiBivali ui as »bov* 
’ noted) hi niri follow rich mi.u'inn or tt>, 
orchard will mkiu l"* ruined and t* 
whnt moil expensive than tin- Himple use 
; of ih® cultivator If th- xroun t u (1 "T*l*d 
lit must (ok should) l«' p/imW afteiw.-od 
| If wnt. i ia applied In niniui)g it m furnm* 
along each side of •* row ot trvi-», or 
i'll-! Mil 
. 111it ‘ca for **!«>. 
in \ 
r pica-ant 
1 1:- 
it® a fin® or 
...._ti... .ii.i 
still ami wc «le 
* L rli’i .l.iiu sit 
Itr Jx» 1 Is 4*1 t 
Hi) i» 
* * *S * — X’ s 
! i. -1 i > i iktifi 
“P 
tv 1 tl X l Vi 1 • i 
ill the fruit 
uvy j- 
aid 
nl 
rnu 
a in 
ui il 
• (ti v^rnnlifeii 
11 
||4 (44*1 
IB 
■ r 
|»ftfT < 
1 t 
* *, | ■ 
rtn.4 M 
I it 
f hfr* 
id 
ft 
i 
in*'® l« that of V 
a tin 
,‘d fl 
«PI 
)*• f) A ■ 
It b*< 
j baaint around «.wh tnu-. thv mibivator ad haw i -nrplus bit to- o. 
I will stir th® ground auttlcioaUy , *t* ,t a caioiety r 
fitly. *nd 
-t m Cah- 
Eu.-sud 
i l* I im.kf r* 
J w. 
hipiWsl to 
mold put 
demand, 
\t Uu will 
