SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HORTICULTURIST, 
LOS ANGELES, CAL., JUNE, 18*1. 
PROFITS IN RAISIN CULTURE. 
A. 11. Westbrook, Riverside, who has 000 
vines, not quite ono aero (670 vines eight 
feet apart each way cover an acre) one-half 
the vines five years old, the balance six 
years, makes the following report: 
07 boxet, 1st class, nl $2 per box. . fill I 00 
«8 “ •* nl |2.I5 “ . .. 
100 l { " » at $2.85 " . 
50 boxes, 3d doss, at $1.50 " . _ 
9.108 70 
Pruning nn<l cultivating vinoynril. $10 00 
Water for irrigation. . 5 00 
Picking grape* and citrine. 25 0 ft 
Boxes amt packing paper. 54 8ft 
Pocking 205 boxes at 0“ ;l o per box.15 fin 
|8R 40 
Deducting the expenses from the cash 
receipts leaves a net balance of $1110.25 for 
the <100 vines, or 51§c per vine. 
It. 11. Henderson, of the same place, lias 
1,200 vinca (nearly two acres) four years 
old from cuttings, which is tine of the finest 
vineyards in the settlement. He made 450 
boxes of raisins: 
300 boxes, l»t class, sold nt $2. 
150 boxes 2d class, sold at $150 . 
WORTH KN0WIN0. 
ufactured in this rity by two 
.ml sold at one and two cents 
Expenses deducted leaves Mr. Combs a 
profit of $441.25, he performing all the 
labor of curing and packing. Adding to 
his profit that of Shugart & Wait's, we oh- cotnpan 
tain tho handsome result of $666.85 from per pound 
R00 six-year-old vines, or nearly 75c per j Gas is sold by the present company at 
vine and 1500 per acre. $4.50 per 1,000 feet, but a new 
We have printed those statements be¬ 
fore, but reprint them for the benefit of our 
Eastern readers, as wo circulate several 
thousand copies of this edition East. 
KXl'KXHEs. 
t’ost of boxes. at 1 1j'c cat'll ... 
Packing paper, etc. 
Water fur irrigating. 
$H3 7 
til Sc pe 
Leaving a profit of $742.25, 
vine. 
The next statement ia that nf a small 
vineyard of acres, containing 890 vinos, 
six years old, owned by Shugart & Wait, 
Riverside. The yield wh* twelve tons of 
grapos, or about 27 pounds to the vine. 
The grapea were sole! to A. I*. Combs for 
$20 per ton on the vinos, which i a $210 for 
the crop. The expanse of taking care i 
the vineyard and water was $15, which il. 
dueled leaves a net profit of $325 to the 
owners of this littln vineyard. Mi. Comb* 
converted the grapes into raisin-., with the 
following very satisfactory result a* his 
share of the profits: 
2*2 boxes, l*t class, sold at to, . gftfH 
88 M „ " " I* u . iol no 
H ' U *■ft B 117 60 
ITHU 00 
WHERE SHALL I GO ? 
I am going to California, but what part 
of the State must I go to ? 
The combined judgment of those who 
have gone before and looked the field over 
should be evidence enough to convince you, 
if you have never been in the State. Tlie’AV 
wtircer of Uat\f»rni’i, a paper published in 
San Francisco, says in an extract copied in 
this number, that Southern California—Li 
making contracts at $3 per 1,000. 
Water of a good quality is supplied at 
$2 per month for family use, extra for yard 
and bath. 
Taxes in the city, all told, amount to 
$2.70 on the hundred; outside of the cor- 
porntion, $1.50. Taxes are paid on a valua¬ 
tion of from one-half to two thirds; the 
former valuation is general in the counter. 
HoMKMEAn— California is very liberal 
and allows the head of a family property to 
the value of $5,000, which consists of a 
dwelling-house in which the claimant fives, 
and the land on which it i* situated. A 
declaration of homestead must he made and 
. . - . - .. —; filed for record with (lie Cmmly Reorder 
r»r In nlJilk ,. lo,l„ |K«~1«4 , ||. Wlo.: 
part of the State, etc. See wTiat ex-Gov. 
Downey and others say of this county. 
We believe every immigrant to this coast 
will find it to their advantage to conic here. . 
Once Imre they ran visit the counties of „ 
S«„u Jlarbtra, V,,«».« I.„, 4-In, S.n u,r kogi „„1 ,I. P „ , 
Bernardino, «nd San Diego. Visit River- . '■ 
side, Orange, Pasadena, Anaheim, San 
Gabriel V alley, San Dingo, Santa Barbara 
mg property is exempt from execution: 
Chairs, tables, desks, books and to the 
volue of $300, necessary household goods, 
sewing machine, pictures, drawings, three 
tha* provisions, throe 
.... them 
month. The farming utensils, two 
oxen, two horses, two uiulex and their har¬ 
ness, one cart or wagon, food fur stock one 
month, seed, grain, or vegetables. Tho 
as to tho locality they will make their home. | !an, p'r!,f "«,!Vi'al Hbranr* TJ^'iJ ' I V.ul 
Oiuhok Of are compelled g S^^^or b.^ 
to change the color of our cover this month, I amply protected. V f.. v l rvsllv 
because tho colored paper we had been •niotinU to a cash valuation of $10.1X10, 
using uould not bo had In San Krauotiuo. "idea* it is Texas, offer 
10 tKJ Santa Aim, Duarta, Downey, Westminster 
“ d other place* and ilecidn for thenmelv 
Packing paper. 
Inspector's fees ami learning.. 
.$240 00 
.. 28 IK) 
.. 62 00 
. 12 00 
$447 
The Urge editinns of tllQ Skmi TlCOl'IC 
liHiixted their supply before a now slock 
could bo received from the manufacturers. 
Evnuv kind of business ia well repre 
aented in thia city. Wo have II shoe 
dealers, 17 clothing dealers, 21 dressmakers, 
R rlrng stores, 18 dry goods, 15 groom ie*. 
8 hardware, » harness and saddle, 53 
lawyers, IK meat marknts, 31 physicians, 
55 saloons, 17 tailors and 13 jewelers. 
pie provisions for a.. __ 
of tho ill winds that frequently IraVe a 
family homeless, sa does California- 
MN. Ciia*. K. Johnson is the authonred 
agent for two of the best and most rrliablu 
fire insurance companies in the world. The 
I’h.t-nix Insurance Company of Hartford 
and Home of New York issue joint policies, 
offering thus a safe and satisfactory plan of 
Tim true vineyard belt of thla continent I S.noor I‘k 
ia only ten degrees wido. Fertilizers for j , | l0 .1/,, . . , 
grape-vines should bn ashes, calcined bones .. , 
and nitrate of potash, which is best uf all. j ’ ' r "*' 
1’Iip refuse trimmings should be burnt no | ^oinpcl.’d for 
the ground and tin- ashes returned to tho I Sept. 5 -10, si 
.1.. J..I, s«„ 
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