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008T OF A VINEYARD. 
8a x Marino, Dec. *J, 1KH0. 
Editors Semi-Tropic: In answering 
yoiir inquiry as to the coal of eslabliahlng 
a vineyard I shall endeavor to give you in 
detuil such estimate# os may be relied on 
where the work is to be done by Contract. 
Plowing twice before plantlru'. hi f 2 per 
.. ft O'.) 
Harrowing and ntilvmirlng tin- vnm- 
(■'ottlnga(1,000 vines, II fed per ... r-t ,*» On 
Plnnllng, per acre. J on 
* Wf * plowing* after plaullDjr, at ft 50 per 
Cultivation nml fln«l puireflttllno, Vi cl 
l )tr "CTO. V) 
Total cost, end of the first year__ .fl.j no 
fivalfnu, ttc., plus the r.», ,.{ picking and 
delivering the grapes. This coat, of pick 
mg the grape*. per acre, can scarcely t.r , 
approximately given with any degree of! 
exactne**, aa I find thi# charge varies ermr ! 
mously from year to year, according to the 1 
quantity of grapes produced. 
In Napa and Sonoma nfiuutiss contract.. 1 
Itave hern let some rears ago, at a pn r of 
•*" per acre, covering t h* entire cost' 
pruning, cultivation, picking, and dclivsi 
mg the grapes at convenient distance* from 
»l'° vineyard. I can see no reaer.n why 
tlii# price cannot be always aaeumed as the 
total cnat all over the Sul* where all the 
Conditions me similar to our own. 
You will observe I ham made no aati 
matea fur tbe oust of irrigation, as this 
charge again will vary in widely, according 
to character of am! and price of water, that 
T5 
The ancients used to <ay „f , certain 
tmid qf man that he » u , of 
1 be expression left the matter a little in- 
!• finite, aa no one could fell exactly what 
metal «»• meant. The moderns arc a bit 
mote replied, and any olaarly that a certain 
man it a man of brass, 
<>fW* of the gentlemen wins pure hasp.) a 
■oedical certificate of *• Dr.” Buchanan de- 
clared, after a three monilw' course, that he 
*w quite able to cure a child ,.f any di«- 
*■«#*. and that in three months mum he 
H-ipod to ha aide to do the same for % f„||. 
Mr. T. K. Walker, lately of Anrm.a. I.«« 
purchased twenty acres of ('apt. Startler's 
ranch, eotjth of the city. He is making ct- 
St cCTtf r ear. 
Pruning, per acre . l no 
Plowing twice, ft no |jcr aero mwIi . -ion 
Cllllivnllon twice non* prr.urvciih 1 IS) 
fliNtlng near tho v|u«. f I |>cr acie i >*i 
Total cost, Kccond year 
Tk,r,t Tear. 
Pruning llm vines ainl reru n log 
$'J 80 prt self . 
Plowing twice, |l M) per sere each. 
CultlvnUon Iw Ice. ,'iil i Is. p r nr r. each 
ffoclng near Ilia vinre, #1 80 p> r wre 
♦fl Oil | 
Total a ml, third yiar.. fa Wl i 
In the fourth year the expense# of prun 
ing and rumoring the wood from the vino ! 
yard will be increased one dollar more, or 
to f.l 30 per acre, all the oilier oxpen-.'s re 
maining the sauin as during the third year, j 
From the fourth year on the expense*, 
■will be m charged to the fourth year s eul- j 
lliuiro, tb.iss, Hv> fhaacsCsu 
it would be difficult, if not imp 
give any reliable figure# thereon. 
It should always lx* borne in mind. In 
making estimates of the owl of cultivation 
of all the different productnms of our coun¬ 
try, that the character of the soil i» always 
an important factor in irwTveong or leaaeo 
ing such oust*. Kvery practical man who 
has handled a plow, •f who hue carefully 
observed others plowing, knows that the 
it# friability nr toughness depend*, often- 
limes makes a difference in it* cost of eel*' 
ration of from 30 to 100 per cent. 
1 believe tins answers all the question* 
you have asked, but should I have "in de l 
anything, will cheerfully supply the ouu* 
sk-irs. Hespwt fully yours, 
J. Dk Barth Suuk*. 
] tensive improvement*, and in lime will have 
one of the pleasantest homesteads tn the 
Mr J It Millard, who resides ov. the 
Hi.-sa Ut-d bordering ii Pieu street, finds 
j that piateau well adapted to the growth of 
semi tropical fruits. 11 .a orange treea, al¬ 
though gnUrwiy unprotected, escap'd all 
damage, and even the tender MM **» 
■ spare*. 
M ne« uiwa ms tui Nani r«orn- Ciu- 
' roast a. It will only c*a» you *1 SO for 
i the rear, and sere you many time# that 
amount* 
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