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W« Will tnHu.r >11 r..nirniinf<*«tt"n« >/1<lr.,».,1 | n ... In 
ref'-ri-iiMi In (!«Iif.Tiil» tiiroin-B till-. 1 'lmo w. till ■... 
nnrt r.-vul.r mtoerltiro I 17 errwn.l MUr, w>irr, . K 
llUllUr*.! fnl JnmlMyr 
Tuk jirimado n* cull " fnaUftgp “ 
euHihige find " Kilim” Hila* laafc month. 
HuMfhh-^ukii -We finnwer yon in full 
in fin article elsewhere in this midilifr 
Wo do not adviae any one to go on flu 
holm Head area wo spoke of in tlm .July 
millibar A colonv could settle n|j II. 
mid, by co-operation, succeed; individual 
effort would fail. A colony from Jllinui*, 
who contemplate coming to Southern Cali¬ 
fornia, arc going to investigate the Nujijci l , 
and aw soon ns they, or any other colony, 
ore muly to locate, wo will publish maps 
of the lamia,and help the sGtlcinentahiiig. 
Cf course, you or any one else could join 
the colony. 
AmuisT, A>'.>hum, — Hold your hooey 
until later in the season, for better prict ■ 
will certainly bn realized. Honey is not 
nearly so plentiful as supposed bv buyer*; 
the yield throughout the Kast is short A 
greater demnnd, and especially for Cali 
fornfa honey, will ,-.t lengthen pries. If 
you tuuHt have money, you can store ynur 
honey with merchants in your city or in 
this, that, will give you ft liberal adrunc 
at a moderate rate of iutercal 
A. S. T.—We are most emphatically of 
the opinion that tin raising of grapes f. r 
wine and raisins will be a paying luisiiu-s 
in Southern California. \s for location, 
hcc* articles in this issue; nlao sec our 
March number, with Mr. Rose's article on 
grape culture. We will publish a grape 
and wine number about the firat of Pe 
(.•ember, which will bo in time for practical 
work, and will fully answer all i|uc«1iuii*. 
Si iiKeiiim a, Los Amu 11 - If, as yon 
say, the agent induced you to subsonb' 
for a book and lithograph by misnpr< 
Hontalion, and that the picture i- not 
collect, you me not obliged to pay f- r it. 
We understand they have met with 
great deal of tsiicli trouble in "ilni 
count ies, Uni prion for a better i ri; r.ivm 
is just one bull the price you n< to p.y, 
oin cireulalion live tunes as huge; and tin 
engraving euu he ten d to punt on Irlti i 
papar or in a newspaper. 
L 1<, I.rsue, I'rn v, \. Y The i,>t. 
of fare mid freight to L. Angeh • you 
MUi obtain by wriling to the neuo ,i of 
liny of t he agents, whose uddli v 1 . Me 
give under loading, "In /'■!-' I lie 
diffcrtiiee of fare between cmiiuig dirvel 
Los Angeles and going e>.| San I’• on 
and the steamship line, is live dollar* inm, 
I’in tho lultei route You me entitled to 
first e.Juaw pa-saj'o on the ship. 
Mns It vino 1 1 I M.h* Ism 11 -.1’iMia 
For rules of fare and freight bv w-.itei 
from New York, address I'iuuIh Mail 
Kteumnliip Co., New York Your mute 
would bt Oil till) IsthlllUH to SaU 1'litli 
cisco (that lino does mg atop here). You 
would have l<> return from Kua Franeiseo 
t** here bv another line. Onr p.,>rt is Sun 
I’edro, or Wilmington, connected by nil 
, (21 miha). Sants Mom. , only neWn'-cri 
miles by rail, but nt present not a dopi ing 
place for ship- It may b*> by the time 
(flimate. 
von come 
as n vr 
arf is 
built 
POPULATION 
corvms. Ig"0. tvsn. 
T.os Angeles 15.JRK) 31.000 
San Lnia Obispo 4,722 ‘.m l 
San Diego, 4,97,1 s.fhjO 
Santa Barbara, S.ilHH 7,MWi 
Totals, .,. C**,5»7lt 5!I.4M 
Gains, 30,M4; gum percent . Hi A 
nm ecus us *howu that Southern c ; 
forma has grown fadei tlran my otl 
port of the Stall,; Hint no agrii-ult 
county in the State slew 
and steady growth than Lies Yi 
certainly apeak* volum 
California, that hoi weulth of 
should induce u larger pruj 
seltleiy thau any other portion of lb 
Pacific coast, and yet our county O' in 
known, comparatively speaking, 
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F« 
FRUIT PACKING 
In niir February ntue we kutb advice i 
•o the " preparation for lonrkri of tl 
orange crop Tim luaiu puinla of which I .1« wi-li 
were, honest packing l< ll forma 
To gather tin- ornDjfes, *.>rt tl - m n- t. •, n-.t u 
fcizo and ipiality, wrap each orange in n / i ■» i::. 
paper, packing them -< punite, aud dup ••ildb. 
ping your l-cwt fruit n- first cla- i through uu pn»i- 
and til rough, mid get tirvl-cho— pm is oo . tom 
As an o.v.iinpla wo lofor I--All-rt di up 
uf Orango, who packed In*. fruit in first 
Mi 
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Mi Nocdi 
■ k of lh« 
ind vonr 
luote {Oil 
Had I 
Oil 
r ti 
class stylo, using 
11 upper v th \b ut- 
the following printed on it 
This fruit is from tlm evdabrnU'd 
YALK 
OR\NG 1. GROY l 
It is W 11 milted to b. Sound Jill V 
mi<l sired Clnovn by 
aliuht a. llama. 
< hung i- I-os Angebm county, 4'ai 
Mi. (.’lark iacci>cd H vary highest 
pnets for his uiangi-. kb(< aitm • 
of wrappers and | nullng i aving well. 
What i- 1 1 tl# of p i km, oroi) • • f >r 
nniikd is cnunlly ImBofall fnnt* Mn 
Oh II Ills Who buy. .Old thill' ClUti'im I ,S 
Ii on. Unit Mi, So and S.. > p !. i 
fruit uc na iron senli <1 by tin - imp 
tup, the bin lit! i* Moll • •iddi-i.id, 
handsome pc.dll i>« made, and a dt 
• -tritdinliod (hot i» a irw u d for hoi 
or Id ns coll U good bumm - • -• u •< 
Tb* mb' of limn t nsnuituiMi 
hold gotnl uvau if in aonm years 
pack ago III tell can be biillebd \ 
Finn 
that 
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scarcer the line fruita th 
piiec they bung 
\ man tells us i h 
fruit I- the best poll 
Santa Mu nidi, the Ncvvpu 
I'm die coast. is hiiving good 
visitors notwithstanding the cm 
we arc liuimg 
it «hi>» 
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