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Iffhe ,H;iirn. 
BUTTER DAIRYING IN SOUTHERN 
CALIFORNIA. 
By GKNtft.il, J. H. Sursi.n*. 
XtOs Alltel eft, June, 1W*0. i 
General J H, .Shields, 
Dear Sir: -Inquiries about llio Pain 
ludiihtry iiinl resources of our section me 
too frequent and detailed, to bn nonvt - 
iiiently answered in uiaiiusr ript lei ten*. 
Your experiences as an agriculturist, 
within our daily region, qualify you to write 
u general tiuswor to those inquiries, which, 
if published, w ould favor the inquirer, and 
relieve those to whom the inquiries are 
directed. 
We merely make the suggestion, truxtiug 
to your well known public spirit for the 
coti sequences. 
R. M. Wmstv, J. E. Hollenbeck, 
John G. Downev, Puinieas Basking, 
Geouoe Sto n km \ n, 
family, an illustration of the remedial 
ofTi'i ts (if the elinmte is the lmppy sequel 
to the faith, w hich moved him |.<j cross the 
continent. 
roitnsT UBOVK jersey farm. 
•Soon after Mr. Bnrretto's arrival in Los 
Anw he bought what, is now known a 
Purest Grove Jm cy l'.irro. ” This farm 
plc.isuro and benefit. The bull- are cons¬ 
tantly stalled. Art not allowed to run 
with the cows. The bull-, we fed, almost 
exelvsivly, on alfalfa bay. Thi r./srs run 
On the common pastures, among the 
willows of ihe lowlands, almi;' tlm Km 
Gabriel Hirer, a* long »» this nat oral 
pfi*tura n.ntiniif« green. during which 
is wtu.itodabout nine mile* South - ..-.t of j ,l '" wi,d P ,l *'“ r “ ” iL “ r onl . v 
Los An.-- I. - City, two miles Wt ! trf| A, "? ut w«w *»• w » d « antarKl 
Downey City, mid ru-ur the Anaheim 
Kroticb of the S. 1’. Railroad, The East- 
• in boundary of the farm is Hie Ban 
Gubnol River, a peu-iiniul ntn :.m, beau¬ 
tiful, n> the IIown (ro)ii Alleghany i-.-ih 
cade a, and whose a no vry winds, in vyldeh 
limy be found the t mil color of gold, flow 
ms (he waters How from I In- Golden .Sierras, 
PurestGroVeJuisey Farm m .Mr. Barrctto'© 
home. 
Florence, Cal., July, 1H80. 
Hon. R. M. Welney, J. I 1 ',. Moflonbeck 
Esq., Governor John (1 Downey, Gen- 
end Pliineas Banning, General George 
Ktouermuf: 
Gentlemen; Honored by your 
suggestion, I ael. upon it le ■- reluctantly a- 
upon turning to my tile, my ruusciencH is 
quickened bv uboost. forguLI.en, and un¬ 
answered inquiries id . out dairying in Houth- 
erti California. itenpc«ffully. 
John H Shikloh. 
Without repeating th« quentinim asked 
about our dairy rcsoim uml tbe present 
Hiatus of the dairy industry ol Southern 
California, 1 shall proceed to u Matemoni 
u( such facts, US a mount to aimwoi- to the 
various inquiries. 1 shall indul-;.. but 
little, if al. all, iii opinion, conjecture, 
fur ©catting, argument, o| Ooi|elu*iuu: shall 
Dimply state facts. If m sjnle of exn- 
IM»-OUTATfl)» OK JERHI) 'I UOROroii-lIKl 09. 
Hi fore leaving (ho East, Mr. Bnrretto 
selected and bought, regardless of expense, 
■ i cm load of tLuitmigh-bred Jersey cattle. 
These lire all register©.! in lln. heul book, 
and were soloctuil from dilVeicilt herds, 
between which there had been no crossing. 
Unexcelled butter qualities governed the 
selection. Among Mr. Bnrrotto's car-load, 
was the heifer, now Ilia cow Oharlruse, 
(J(!99), whose luuthur LTiutaluiim (1910). 
wua sued by Tauered (501), dam Lady 
Ella (114(1). OliAtalaine s butter capacity 
was eslimuted at, Tail lh per annum. Mr. 
liui ret to s Uhartaise, after her tteeond 
call’, fur .several months, yielded by uetuul 
weight thirl ecu pounds of butU-i per week, 
on ulfiilla and wddgrass of Forest Grove 
•Jeisi y I'm in. Also, in the same cur-loud, 
were i wo bulls and three heifers, t.huinugli- 
bl'ed, lineal descendants of Col, It. M. 
Umi-'h Jernt-y i'ihv •‘Alpheu, " us famous 
unioifg Jei -.cys, us t'ul. Hot h invention i 
among printing piesM-s, It is believed, 
'hut Vlpliea in-vet bad an equal, eiiher m 
America or elHewherc*. Alphea is fairly 
urco.lltoil Willi yielding from 20 to •.'•J quail 
<d milk per day, winch, owing to tin 
v© nuhufNN of Jersey infill, riehb-1 
caution, thrice brushed away ro»ml.© hum., 'at li,e rate rif hum 20 to 22 pounds of 
unbidden, re- suffus© a fart surface, it must butter pur wi-uk OiiH III \ Iplu ii grand 
per wink, fur a 
be accepted, u* ii repn -sitiJe. cental deep j daughter.. yn-lUnd 
trni.li, hi its own nat.it,d colors. It tin while, and' 20ll-, 
persistently tabooed boom, so ruiiolj it. 
whisper among the facta, the facts must 
la ur the responsibility, 1 shall not allege 
facta indefinitely ,,f the whole third ol a 
Ktale, leaving in© scutcher after truth, a 
on a buiuidlc : expanse, willioul uh.ui or 
compass, Imt Hindi direct, lln ...,ii,lui 
and raise a cloud nl w I tin. . bv neon- 
rately ih-Hi-riptive terms of ditto, «pot and 
ponton. 
KEfMODiL, 
F. J Barrel to, Esq . favorably kuoWli 
til III.: East, emigrat'd fiom lie ‘||„,j„> m 
N.-w Yolk City, in O.-tobei, IMTtl, „„d, 
with hut family, cam. dii.mtiy to Sun 
hiuncis.-,,, umi after a brief sojourn el the 
I aim . Hotel, he imihh on («>. I„,„ \, 
Mi Barrelto gnu- up ex,-, ||,.,,t 
iu New Yolk, hi seek a home 
2211 
ne hi ill s idler calving 
Tl" 1 leu thorough-bind Jeisey In-iters 
brought out front til' East by M. Barrelto, 
warn all in naif, cauli by a dlllurvtil, 
thorough ■ briii 1, eii -lei ii .1. is, v bull 
tWUUt-ASD OP lilt JHlibsi HIUM). 
The first eiilf Wu» droppi d oil llir 17(1. ,|,.t 
of U'i'i'IiiIm-i lHiti and, on the 1st of July 
tHHO, ll.c pure J e i... y . had . lie H Ip. I I loll mil,.I . 
two bulls mill tun le ifets, to 24 males nu.l t ulii t 
J" b males. It is plain, that tin- J«re-y j 
hi*id has men -.«*••. 1 llfill pm cunt in ij’jy I 
yenta. 
1-llA. Ill At. UA 
pax'.Uien bucuina dry, Urn cows sre f* !, at 
night in lb© corrals, with will* I alfsifa; 
that h, alfalfa cut otie day and ftd the 
nent, Uiib.-' s cattl© hnv© eaiiktont, fre- 
a- ce i to growing alfalfa, there i - mute 
danger of bloating which is n> »ide>l by a 
day's wilting. Null later in tbe season, 
win ii the dried, wild f.-cl is about i eiia 
tunned, a little tncul (though ool 1« nny 
me.um indiapeuaabla) is allowed d m , m 
addition to tii® alfalfa. Ths meal ih a 
mixture uf Indian corn aD-1 barley, ground 
together. In hen of rueal, pumpkins or 
beets are given in Unfit miiwu. The 
pumpkin ii in, from tb© List of Summer to 
the tir*t of Spring. Beets sr» iu nil the 
year, and III© good feed for u cow Mr. 
Bam-tto auasideta wilted alfalfa, with 
puinpkuta or with green corn, the beat 
feed fur making butter. 
In wet weal her, hi** cow* never leave, (he 
iNjrrula. The corral* are provided with 
rain proof shed*, and m ditched arround, 
that uo Water cunics in. In tin* warm 
climate, Mr. Barretto thinks, that cuit'c 
do butter iu (try open abed* than in utables. 
That milk town ought ucter to be t \p. ~©*l 
to onr chilling raiustOHQ*. Tt>at they 
ought always io have : ludler, and a dry 
place to lie down upou. 
um m- vi pi. nr stcal unj.-pi.ow, umt, 
Jtmn, vuvjvu m rcjultb, and iiinuiKc-i 
S".a.■ of Ur. B c..] 
Jei ,i v* yield from 12 to l ill- of butter per 
week, for from two to three mouths utter 
eulwiig. I lie entite band uf J©i**’y milk 
er* sy* rag© a pound of buttar a day. for 
tall luolillis ti'gatlli‘ 1 . l ew of tin c.iivD 
aim dry umvc than n mouth out of th* 
year Home of tin* omn l.,.. not Uvn 
di v »irt. i |itu tll»l calf, now atauil ten'.' 
ye.lt*. lit older to rest, and t" spring 
flag, tlie row ought to i cmain dry from 
fx.nii to six w»-« k». 
Tie climate, ami th*- long pcri.nl of 
green food, ol pumpkins and beets in tli© 
cooler mouth'*, and of l r> < u alfalfa in the 
d rissl and al«i in the 
early i*tat 
vity, perp 
per etuiaj 
;ld» -t 
lua ximllm 
*, all 
<Utu- 
dual flow of milk, 
u of nivuiii, and 
ag milk and making 
m* 
id 
w 
T he butt, i ft. 
Didifuruio, iruHting il.u 
g.-tiiul chniftte Mill.in 
iigem*. | 
HHMOCIHt 0)111 
m I.,i away 
tiwno of l ho, 
Mr. Ban.tta'r. 
in as milkt-M, at lliuupe of about two yimi 
The i-alvt-s an. w. am d at th© ago of 1 It ret 
tiy haml 
and skioi 
days- They are brought 
Have .lady allowan. .i of Ii 
milk Ar« telhcio.l o|i y.i,|ng 
ulliitlu, at v.hn-h they iiihl'lti 
uti.i tend* i 
with gi<i.i 
| ruK.r, 
hard, * 
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Io ... ornitiMl 
■ lA’itvilia 
i its t< 
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With the ©tp 
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demali 
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d and Itlglii v 
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Bu «i 
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1 for U)« 
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l.ve and 
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of oat tie. 
