V r M1 MOP ft' IM. IFGRNI . I. 
j^n a member of *ueh a society, that 
(Us time and money well spent to itftend 
/meetings. 
/ By the United aetion of a society a pres 
/ sure can be brought to bear that cannot be 
withstood, be it in marketing their products, 
or asking a law to protect. 
SEASON IflNTS 
It i» tius to inako arrangements for 
planting trees, to be looking around for 
grape cuttings, to be getting your orders 
ready for new and choice varieties of fruits 
—large and email. 
Theks by the roadside should be planted 
by every farmer or owner of a lot. The 
eucalyptus and pepper tree will grow almost 
without irrigation, if planted early, so as to 
get a good start from the late rains. 
Bx.VXr.BA** r».ATS can be started by 
sowing the seed during the rains. How 
beautiful a plat of grass is, and how easy 
it is to have one. The ground should b<- 
well broke and pulverized, and after sowing 
the seed, covered with well rotted straw 
and m inure. A sprinkling of the seed over 
the plat, during the late rains, will insure a 
good set. 
If tbe plat to be planted is exposed to 
the sun, sow cheat or barley with tln> first 
•owing of blue-grat* seed—t his forms a sod 
and protect* th-* young gras*. Cut the 
bnrley before it ripens, and water the plat 
well and often until well set. 
The planting of cereals should receive 
the prompt attention of every fanner who 
intend* to sow this season. Don't pul it 
off too long. 
ni rut l is a branch of budnaaa 
that is rapidly increasing in impnrtai 
each year. It is an excellent way for 
hem on the Pacific coast to got the <h«i«. 
varieties of small fruits that tho Km tern 
nurserymen lure brought to such n high 
standard. Strawberries, raspberries, rur 
rants, gotisuberma, cutting* of fiuita, 
grapes, ole.., etc. For obtaining -mall 
quantities *»f new and cb'-i. e varieties of 
fruits, it also proves a very cheap method 
for those nearer by, as quite a large nun 
ber or variety of plants can b« mail, d l„t 
fifty Bants' or one d.,ila f *» worth nf po.ug*. 
STRAWBERRIES. 
No me Oil men** should be without 
a strawberry bed. The farmer who of all 
j others should have an abundance, so gen 
! orally has no strawberries. We put in our 
plea fur hla family, and Instil that In- thall 
provide them with this excellent fruit -not 
only a few as a luxury, but an abundance 
The time is near at hand for tho setting ol 
the plants, and it is time to look roand for 
the choicest specimens. A fine variety rv 
quires ho more ground or Attention than a 
poor kind, and we advise every one who 
intends to grow this luscious fruit to be 
careful to got the belt, even if the first 
CO«t is much more than for an inferior 
quality. Much that has buen aaid about 
strawberry culture has conveyed the irn 
pres*itm that it is a great deal of trouble: 
that runners have to bo cut off and much 
care given otherwise, while in fact it is no 
more trouble to raise strawberries than it 
to grow carrots. Hut the cost is very 
litllo—nothing compared with the result in 
fruit. Oita can begin as small as he pleases; 
f he cannot afford the outlay for a large 
bed, lot him buy enough for a start and 
raise Ms own plants. It make-, no differ 
nice where the farmer may live, ho con get 
plants by mail by the hundred. Some of 
the ch 'iiu kitida they an? raising Ka»t —the 
Mt. V©rtmn or others — wilt do well here. 
It is tho first step which tolls. While 
wo have In view especially the family com- 
fort, it may bo well to consider that in moat 
localities enough berries can bo aohl from 
the find crop to pay for tho wbolo outlay- 
only don't sell and let tho family go with¬ 
out, but have enough for both demands. 
How mutiy shall l plant? will bo one of 
tho first questions to decide, An ordinary 
family should have id (oast two hundred 
plant*, and generally four hundred will not 
bo found too many, if the fruit is used 
freely. It Is belter to provide for an 
abundance. 
What kind*? If rcalnctod to one km l, 
w,» have no hesiuthm in saying Charles 
Downing. If there are *mw*»ful straw¬ 
berry-grower* in tho vicinity, find wh*t 
due* bast with them, and plant the *auu 
kind. If 4'1> plants am set thsrs may 
The 
sending 
or two. 
We Itopi 
will take uur advice and -lo something ma _ 
•> small bun* than they have done hereto 
We have a large let! of catalogue! 
nurserymen all over the , i iiry,, 
i s«i«n, (•.. b> p.Mgr, .uo«i | uM r ,m u "‘- 
3,000 (lilies awnv or onlv a - ore 'l‘ rttArr ’h of the West, Champion an 1 
** 3 1 * ai_i__ ..i i i. i 
many 
Sharpie 
ultu l ists I may be 
fore. 
that can bo 
office. 
grown, i» 
In qualit’ 
lied Iiv calling «■. this I any v 
II, 
Id bn a g.».,d 
varied and not gi 
i a gi»xl market berry, is r»> 
firm Mill ships well, and u Iar, 
we do not it a* go.*I 
i, but it j 
The 
rd . 
a plant: 
k-c» a g.**- h| bit of ' 
all the bettor If it wa*In potatoes last year, 
and If practicable, within sight of the 
bouse, and prepare it jest aa you would for 
a good crop of cabbages; this mesas an 
abundance of the beet manure well worked 
in. Mark out the rows two feet apart, 
three if a cultivator is to be used, am) set 
tl-<* plants one foot apart in the row, using 
a trowel to open the gmnud, and when 
the plant ia put in, crowd the anil down 
firmly over the roots with both beads. 
Thereafter ran the cultivator, hoe, or rake, 
often enough u> make the un\ mellow and 
keep down the weeds. The plants will by 
altd by throw oat runners. Tern them into 
the row and let them take root. Fur the 
after treatment of the bed, nonsuit “ N..t*s 
about Work ” at the proper season. 
liaising plants: If it ia preferred b> hey 
* few plants to start with, and raise a stock 
to put uut next year, set these two feet 
apart each way, and let runners form. 
As Ives are very useful to promote the 
growth nf runner*. 
Finally, plant strawberries, and do it this 
spring. ‘ 
(let ready for the Citrus Fair, March 
14th, at toe Pavilion. Selected oranges 
can be forwarded in their growth hy thin¬ 
ning out anJ only leaving a few an a branch. 
Partially girdling small branches with one 
or more oranges will also increase the sice. 
Remember that this fair will he of great 
importance to Southern California. Th* 
premium list will be large and complete, 
and all premiums guaranteed. 
BiruMi txti Cntvruis Wimmts,— 
\ M. Siuthworth in Herald. In March, 
1*711. 1 obtained from M -mrs. L>. h. Wue 
A Sons, of New Vurk, one pound each of 
Defiance and Champlain wheat*. The end 
of tl»e second harvest with this seed gives 
a net result from the pound of Iterance 
wheat, AuA lbs., with a voleittawr crop of 
TOO !h# lit* second year, or at the rate of 
■JO and 'i* centals to the acre. Frvm the 
pound of t hem plain wheat, .Hi it.* the 
first year, and a volunteer crop of JTO lbs. 
i hi- seevad year, or at the rate of J.1 and ‘f.» 
rentals per acre. Total remit «f second 
year's crop from two Mends wf wheat, 
V.’.HtW Iba. nf grain and 9 ) tows of bar. 
This was grown un a rich, safely Kan of 
bottom land, about wi ft to water, and two 
'miles south of sosl siJ# of nr# track I 
sowed four Scree u| White Australian on 
the same kind of land, and it rutted to be 
worthless. 
£»>uuf men grumble berause they hare 
no opportunity, while other men go to 
work to make opportunities f,< thems*lies 
It la a cm•■>.*» fact that fr.en «ire to 
* irtua the toad is a long and hard woe, whila 
from Virtue to *ke the road is very snort. 
