SEMI- TROPIC C. (LIFORS / /. 
83 
We Will imncr nil -• ram antes 0o an eMn »» ,| „ 
rr.firente (n C*Uf- tii>» tlirmittb lt,i< ati|nn>D ll<- will an 
»■'" r"ir>>»r *ut- rlbtr- by piTMIMl |nit<r, nlim, fl.mi, |g 
iQclotMl f..r 
O. M G., CmLUQOTBr, 0 - Some of 
rour quflutionH have been answered iu 
former issues, but, ny rending this number 
of the Sj mi-Tropic, ‘you will find them |»U 
answered again iu a general way m» mi- 
merona other inquiries also «r<‘. 
SuBsoittBcn, Oramub.—" Ensilage" js the 
name of u process of preserving fodder 
end other feed i*ut in n green slate. The 
inventor is a Frenchman, by name Af 
Auguste Goffnrd. A trench About ten feet, 
square is dug, walled with lirick ami 
cement, to bo made air-tight and free from 
moisture, and called a alias. The fodder 
ia compactly laid, and the whole covered 
witli earth to u Ruffieii nl depth to prevent 
freezing. Of course wn have no use for 
‘‘oueilage" in California, whore we can 
raise green fodder, alfalfa and grass nil 
the year round. 
HOMESTEADS. 
The question has been asked us bo often 
Are there imy ijnnrl homestead lands in 
Southern California? Wn have hud an 
experienced land man at work in the 
United States Land Office this city, for 
thin district drawing oil and mapping .ill 
Ihf vacant lands in Southern California, 
visiting them and noting down llieir value 
We me now prepared to answer under* 
standingly. Our answc-r is—Hint a great 
deal of Government lam) iacipeu for til.- 
mcnl. Much of these lands are only lit 
for pasturage, and book- of thorn not even 
for that. Some are very valuable, and 
will make ns good much' , for the growth 
of the vine, orange lemon and grain as 
am in Southern Califor nia, 
Tlieae vacant hinds we hare Iho numbers 
"I he m Sun Diego, Kan Hortiarditio, and 
Los AUgoh'H counties. 
In one countV is a large tract of A I 
land, open li i home -tend or pi- emplinn 
that we would like |., M u colony occupy. 
iiere are several thousand acres of good 
land, well adapted l„ the plowing of 
grape*, oranges, wheat, hurley, ole.; - f -li- 
ijmt.i as linn in. silk; water can tin <unolv 
•level,,, ,ed by . . . . a eidm.v or 
company Monies or peace and plenty 
r. 1 ;; """ l « '•> 'box" "ho ,iii ... 
* l '. nou "» money and strong anus and 
willing In , nl , I,, ,/„,/•( and wait until (hr 
Miiea I'egin to pro In • Mmir Iiim 'it Mm 
du tern lo wait until ||,f, nrau n Iimml-s 
wealth with it* golden frilif. W,i lullin' 
tl" colony in advance AVmi-JWym- r,,/. 
t/m-nm Vulony, and will show the spot w, 
talk a I'OUt to til, mo who rotaii huainc.s 
ami help then, all we („ ull ,j 
not eliargn a cent 
AV •• want to win thin tiiagiljlieont country 
hettied Up with induMirioufl, hard working 
men and women, 
Men who can bring not less than *1 mwi cifmt troutf civti iisdo.t.. 
to go on a homestead; non with not U- ' ' MI ‘^V^n C0UJr - 
II'"" * 2r,,m *■« l ‘»v a small p|, . marc, T '‘ A n™^wrru H rT LL ® E 
town, school and church; men with fii.OOft - UUfl£ WITH IT. 
;aml upwards to improve vineyard* and ''IMTERF bn. been for , , , * 
1 orntige orchards, mid makn for iheine. Ives I , • , , 1 two year-a 
cornfortalde and happy homes are w„n ed „f., V' ,? '" "3,11Vt M . *" 
M. n with brains monm and mn-c|e „ rr . 3 t ? f '^ i ' d 
. 
* - j" 0 tbftt ixngation at proved to lie not a 
THE TWO FAIRS. j r "T'’ wll > • toT ‘■•‘Inn fruit# in their 
Everybody and their neighbors can go! For the past ten rear# various r„>, n 
o sec tl.n two fairs it. Ibis city oonuneueiug mont* hnv I.,. n tiie.'l and »,n, ,s ,. r ' ■„,* 
v-ilVh f’m. ' ‘ n Sorghum, Soga- &,, n. S„Ar f#m 
will be held Dm same week. The time of f.,, „U, Sh., p and She.,, «* ’ » 
yn,„- w plciisnnt; the night - iiionolight. and mond* Olir, s, Walnuts. |( n 
Ove.y body Bhiiu d take a week for,.njoying I*,-,nuts, I'empeiul- Zone F|.n*. 
the ram cxlululs to 1«, ( Shown this fall l m „, IVrfum. rv Flan.- A I " 
lllo Ijianngnmouta of |hc> two fairs have hem I, some r 
hen, active and niiergctm, ami w,1l offer quanliti.s; „m, ,|„ s.,.,, , |: rt ,.,, „ 
at raetions, at the coming fa U -s that will iculto. ,1 Society gath- nn " f. '• , n 
The Premium Luts arc larger, with a 1 ' - • - ' 1,1 
' o * "HU tl 
guarantee given that all premiums will be 
paid in full aud iiromplly at, the close of 
the fair. 
Never in the history of Southern f'i,|- 
lonkiug for that valuable Unkmiwu'quan¬ 
tity, ‘' \V hat Pays. “ 
A large proportion of oor MgriciiUoxisU 
have in tin- mean time b«e» solving a 
nem-m- problem, “• daily br«..,l ,nd how to 
•C l ,, , '■""'T'" ni aror urouiem, ••daily I.r« -:, 1 uid i,,.-.. i n 
' r . P " " 1 ' uipn beautiful geLit.’ and waving liH,|s of Itarlci Wheat 
nor llio iirosncats briL'hlcr fm- an inn.i.mjn i . . w 
nor tlm prosper!t.s brighter for an immense 
yield of fruits. We arc on tho r-ve of great 
prospe rity, and I lie* world looks to ns for 
mu- supplies. There is no bettor way to 
advertise our products, our lands,‘our 
cliiiiatu, than iu exhibiting (ho beat of 
everything we produce at our annual fairs 
It is li duty that, every citizen owes his 
(kiuntv, hi# locality, his neighbor, his city 
of commerce arid liiimwlf, to bring to his 
<’oi»ntv. Diet riel, or Slat® fair#, tho bed of 
every thing he run produce. 
Not for the purpose only of getting tlm 
highest awards, for every one can not have 
the beat. 
•bit, by competition, you learn tin. 
defective points lo guard against, nml the 
good points to adopt, in the future 
Nut only Hint, Ini I the men' inhibiting 
! ami competition stimulate* every one to 
put forllt renewed effort", and those cIVovIm 
redound to the bunnlit of tho exhibitor 
| «o iiiMpirod. „ K 
l ..fits deiivrd by gathering n. ut.l, nquir.-l 
together at our foil . one of tilt! great nmikrt 
jleinrn to our c.'ipabilil.ies as „ self govern 
Hi;' people I, hua been uaiil of Eligl ind. 
dlmt willioiil, tier fair# aim would go back 
Milo ilcupotmni, and barluiiwni 
I •bi i v mall hIuhi|i| providn for taking . . 
>i" family to the fair# In which his section from tint- lilt.. 
■ f Dm Kt-.t. i H inteiesled as a duly, as a from tnelvi to 
[ ploasilfi* and an a paving bumne-.. 
and Corn, greet I ho c»bs*wr. i on nil .idc# 
together with Potatoes an I Ifeans wiibout 
liroifc. lunch beyond local d> manib. I ben 
0An, ° b ,w pricufl and high IraiiHpurtatioo, 
nml with it a eoinpl, te di-gu-l wilh farming 
ami il - ,i suits, and those oclv who »rre 
out of debt and datcrinin. d to lemaiu no, 
could «t ind this condition of tilings,, out 
of tliicr grew A deeper iub rc#t iu •oiua 
pniduct- Worth enough to pny liunsport- 
Htiim and Irani a margin, and it In .-oiucs 
a question of highest nlvility to this Coantv 
to make this discovery. There ha. loon 
a kI range iudispo*lii 0 n to pUnt alow gt,.vy¬ 
ing fruits, notably Walnuts, ttbv.s, cte 
d’h" avnrnga minds, dislike waiting' and 
com.eque.itly, nr-' now over whelnn d lo tho 
result# of Ihmr far-ighbd n» hb.o suc¬ 
cess, who nro rosuing return, from their 
pat tent w aiting Noblr W.lnots of 
of ten year- and over are giving from fiftv 
<o min hundred pound* of nut. 
thwaiudvea and 
not long 
an vo m 
of 
iin 
ibrlling 
npe use or 
r them for 
Sonic of 
give them i 
etiug 
Dos prodne 
addl'd Veilrs. 
our mont careful producer* 
chj/ht bles' lung l»l"n> m rk- 
u« adding to tin ir alt rn, live ness 
I Ain. C F, AV'iiKisH of Kan Francisco, 
the pioincr pliottigniphm of Unlifiunin, 
Inr-. epent about, two umnih. in this count! 
and Arizona, lakiuj \\ almll |,«m 
• *• , i| of tin in cugr m d for our p-ijier, .and 
! Al, < oler i- also humic a huge ouniDr 
L'cndlli.; 
pound. 
1 Inn 
Mi < o. 
M f| 
of 1 II 
I# l« rge I 
ml the m 
cell cents 
Afti-Mi 
w a I nut 
ixnn »t 
mcrvo.i.1 >*ith 
ki I price mining 
r (MjiHid, usually 
cut#, since the 
at 7 to h ejj per 
. lit if il 1 fa, m 
in 11 in 
it " SI wood, " 
\V luiHs. «,x 
’ (two Veal, of 
a tins 
•pem b, 
mi the tIHlisp 
#|'i‘ then) beiiring a veil v M'spcetabb’ j issti- 
mianry nop, tin Htetnyti i-iui u||< bo l-dd 
.■» .. ... li»I»'I III till* •s'eytion. 
; made for tin at-I'opiie.in, to . xhilut. Fad I hr- i, . had ,.|1 M.c imnl ivm tl.no. 
or. Watkins place of biisinc . c. at la* mi 
Montgomery Stru t 
*■>«•• OOIU x# *■ ' 
< i>qn had been m,>c| I., twn !| tbctu, 
and therefore this early timwiiig. 
