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GRAPES IN THE FOOTHILLS 
iwr.ijdHNiA lands iDAi-rrn to mi. err n ri ot 
Tlir. VINE. 
For grape culture, the foothills offer a 
fioil and temporal tu n which are itdm/mhly ; 
adapted to it. The bent raisin grumes in 
(hi- country urn raised fit IVuMilAi’n, and 
we have no doubt Unit vilifyard* phinb 1 
mi Hie 1 \ leii si vo bench tuch fokin-, 1 1 . 
base of the Sierra Mndre would |hnvi 
DESCRIPTION OF WINES 
l'ry Ue.l \\ mrs Variatics from Mis* , n 
grapcH and a fine, grade <A the /inland -1 
and others; th* latt,equal t„ ; ,nv lbnguo- 
dy. and Hed Concord and ( vtvthmna, el. 
•Ht,r known as native cla'ret, finer than 
the mi period elands 
Angelica \ film Udim’ w.nrnon and 
miturullv awci-t «,„) valuable in the ,„’k 
eharntuir, a* it i.mkew fine whvv*aisd ,fi|i«s 
I * . . . ll -• t 
other native grow*** gr-.w luxnnmdlr 
During a pD«»ant ,friv«ov OT ti,*'ranch 
a few day* .go, with ,. n e of th- ownar* 
Mv r.oweiler, Bitby, I had „p,„ lft , 
nity of *r-mg much that wa« inlereetiiig, 
nut learn what those entorpriaing gentle 
lu'n are doing in "fork raning ,n tSmitb 
*rn California Twenty live to thirty 
t 1 ’U-.ind head ..f slmep, ,.e 1 .evrjal r 
'.11 1 head <•» cattle are kept here the 
Hpii’jiiii.llv, ami prrlmps give ns , 
Ki'iljie superior to any have yet develop 
r-| l The wild grope grow* profundi in ill 
•lie (nrjyntiH running I IiidiiltIi flic rootliilU, 
n good aijY n; an,i Aipud HuinstfUiy im 
placed himself on rociml u*of opinion 1li.il 
a frond \\ mo grape can Im raised win iwer 
chaparral grown, and wc know fluit. our 
unoccupied foothills are deusely coveicj 
with that. class id vegetation. Whether 
there is any large amount of public land, 
in the foothills of this comity whidiir. open 
lo pre-empt ion, we are not pri-uuri il In *.iy, 
but wo believe that any one who wishes l.. 
Heeuro a vineyard site'on thin belt run do 
ho at a very small cost per acre. Spnii_'M 
arc easily developed i»l tin has- of uur 
gn at. munutnins, nud n» the vines only k- 
quirc irrigation l,bu first year, there arc few 
place* that would not afford iln WB u-i 
neceBHary to start their growth. With the 
Ibm prospect for grapi gri n ip future 
tlit-m is uo pycusc for wnsUil encivy ln*rt 
after iu L..s Angeles County. An. man 
who Im* pluck and industry' enu find a 
patch of ground suited to the growing of 
grapes. Ho will inquire levs capil d to 
I'nng n vineyard into maturity than to 
BueecHBfuIly engage in almost 'any other 
kind of agricnllmo. U the prices Ihul 
will rule hereafter for grape*, a vim-viml 
of twenty arms will afford iu? owner i 
llik ml noma iuoome, The crop* are suj. 
I hey never fail hero. They may bo more 
abundant "im year than another, but ut in 
a total fniluie. as has been the case with 
other crops We ham directed atli.ulion 
to our foothills in this connection, not 
much because they are wore di'ajoiblr 
than the valley lauds, tail b« cause the 
ruh’ cheaper: anil a liontt? can be motV 
ma.ldy secured on them than in th. v.,IU ,* 
" e should tiki to sc,, fverv mil nil n at, d 
q>ae, in ll,o ,’oUUlri divided 10(1.00 
culture. That is to be mally the , ,,‘a, 
ROUrce of w.-allli lien after-to our people 
and ll* there i-, nci limit to the market f,., 
'["• j"' 1 '' of the grape, Un-re is no dung, 1 
Hint 1 he industry may Im ny, idoiic /’■ 
prow, 
.. . ~ '"■“'"II nine, null I\I|| HOviptr 
tor cum mu mo n purpose 
-M.isoatel A light -oUm-d, higtih .r 
mnUc wine. Vary » 1 mi Ur to Ilia «•, bdnMed 
I okay. A great favorite on the table *, 
a *h .o rt win,, 
port Deep rod color, tine flavor, and 
hi many rt-qx. (a »iuiil«r to tl»- red 
which of Portugal, Very " ip- rior iu cur. 
of nicknau, baiDgof purr juice of thoor&jw. 
Sherry wine Fur <k«*ert wine there is 
none nnar. 
Sweet Catawba ha* l-oitne a national 
| wine. It in heavy, flnrly flavored, and will 
in every Mvlc< of jmrkAfp!, in any eli 
mate. 
Dry Cntawlm now ranks w ith many of the 
belter grade* of Bliinv wines, and U often 
preferred on nrenuot of its superior, fine. 
fn«Hy tlttvor. It is slightly arid, nnd not 
ho heavy* A»the»w,( t I'a!.** bn, an.J requires 
more careful bundling. 
drupe brandy is « pure distillation fr,m 
the wine. Itsgurity in nil r--*pimt* make 
it a fitliialilo medical egptit— equal to the 
b ( '*t foreign when hhJJoik.I t.y 
llelt wince mo made from grape* grown 
iu the “lootiicnnar or "]''ro*ll«*s 
of Wi *tern North <' iruhiiii. 
Mmobo wines aie made l.v limiting the 
ijnautity of grape* grown to a few buuchra 
of the vino, thereby ini'Tiaming the bouquet 
and flavor, vie, Improving Urn quality m 
the eapoQhv of the quantity, and, of course, 
cun tin produced in any (it-ciiim of the 
countiy. .Im,. evo, trmr 1 ,, , , , 
ar 
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Cut *ul*i, is siirro,Hided w,Ui 11 fru,e*. 
which i* the [ 1..11,r■ .>f 
of cattle thw •timmer 
herded in lianils and 
they arc guard,d at 1 
iriiin In our drive », 
or m, re at tliau sheen 
arte Wan will*. These 
informed no, awing*, 
dr»d fret in depth ,i/n| 
abundantlr ever 
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l«>red. 
unpreg- 
a lax in* 
(tiiAPKH is im I'oorimi* W ild grapix 
nrc found growing m grant abiunl.im, 
niiiong the finilhilla of II,e ( ,b<.. rm., 
•binge. The Mill, which i» gviireally id u 
• limp reddish loam 01 idobe, m , him well 
adapted to grape ,‘tiltiHo. Ttie null nil in 
generally sufficiently moist to riqnilO Uo 
imgaUou I. a Anceh s will Bomu day 
gather he. fiu»"t grapes amt brand her best 
winea from the foothill* The-, lands , u . 
very cheap, mud. of them still bnlongiu 
to the 1 dovorniuMt 
LOS CERRITOS RANCH 
r.i>iTi,H 8 «.W 1 Tmuic rujn mvu: Among 
Hi* number of large ranch, s that rare s.dl 
loud almost cs elusive tv >,.« atock rnngut in 
the great L,>“ Aiigulea Valley. them is not 
• tin, r oitii than tin I •. Omni.., owned 
by the Blila Horn., oiu itn.t between il „ 
Old Hull Oabiid Hud 1 . 0 * Angeles 
l liver* on the weal, amt the New 
[San < !.,bri> I Itiver on th,- e*»t, ,t lie* 
within tin bn*t iirte.mii t*i|> of t><<- splrn 
di.lly wittered 1 alley The ranch eviaml* 
from the si n north, half way .acrmn th* 
plain, ilmnI ten milr- T'lti* magni'icsiff 
••Mate coidaius •.'•>, 0 (Mt arnw of rich no- 
producing land, most . < ahn h 1* gn > n ad 
the,yen ivnutd witli the native gras-es, 
fur lilahing e» .'*111011 fee,I f.-i I he thou Vtinla 
of sharp and cuttle that nr* kept K« r• 
all the year, \lsmt one ttonl of ihe 
ranch minc-a, or Inhle |*ud af the • mth 
cud fronting ou Wiliningi u ll«y. Uni 
eria and lmir clover are the gi«*scs that 
thine best on the-... lands during tie 
w iiitei ami spring month*, wliib- on th* 
uppur [‘bdii, when* the -..>,1 1* more tu i- : ' 
during tin* sotoruvi. tin wild r_u ami 
Horn’ f tbern form brook* that run for 
•everwl miles arrow tha pUto i>n« ot 
Blew Iir-ir Ufa mean la airoi 
natfal with ntlphur anel fl 
■(MUD 
On] the mrrni, by tin* sen, air hand ml 
acre, of wheat and t»*r!cy »i-r» rnisist tins 
year that wilt yield an 
buahrU par Her 
her* now forth 
ha* ill w av « yia 
Urn aa*.| im 
1 -asl y«*«r, 000 of It 
in-rra , 
>1 i 
in« the 
the Lo* __ 
farmer* pnocipally 
corn. Ttiere u* at 
th* *et 
undar cultivation 
line ns any I p*rr 
a fair oat-muUr, im 
aerr, and tlltrw arv thouaauda 
mors* ou tin* splendid ranch that 
lac* MiualU an wolb 
Wheat ha* bee 
n ndaatl 
1 yr*r« In iiinsw 
in u, and 
1 t paying cr 
own in good 
.p when 
the renters who 
had NOo 
on iln* iu*'*a 
H'trvil 
T of the crip 
Adjoin 
1 the bottom 1 . 
anils ot 
kit t*f | w U 1,, * t ( 1 
bH>i,|kf r,# 
* 1 * 1 . i'" a ' 'ii* 
Im . __- - | , 
all* lit 1 JI 
1 % 10 
m Miller 
iiciijl (went? t «u 
A't 1 . ltd * |L|i -• . 
mi it** ui 
14 1 i«r#« 
The com k, 
«k«Hl ** 
'll. and will 
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lie VO lo tiunhel* furr 
u pi 
id. 
too y ab 
and will 
farmer. 
hat 
. c equally 
ll will wot b* many ytar». b»f RH1J 
like tliow, that will produre oiali nr»| 
nf the careal products, an<i tlo* great v»t 
etj of fruits that grow to perfection 1 
the L*'* Augrlos \alley, will lwi 
uable for ftbaxp arid c,title rang,-. 
!wool ,id the tmppv town,** of the 
dairyman and oichardist Then 
now « (ov»psi t of a jiwrt of thin fl 
I*mg scgrvgats'd into small fa 
will be oflervd at prices aud 
that will lw ten aj• sritaatwuua l • 
may reek this feiLila v«I, v _ 
cftuiiitc to lucks a borne I he eliieipr.*,', 
if >WI ril'd owl IM CVtlUrilplstid, would 
noiki* It it Hole i .etlcuiflit, atbud pie a*' 
• lit and pr-.litubla komweu i i« for the 
putcha^rr* .d the land*, vnd «Id wealth 
,’id 4 lumt d* nratile |ropul»tron to this 
/■lin’d vttllci l*v tin •• a Pi rltajs* by til* 
in it nuuibi r 0/ the Sum l'tomc, a more 
definite statement of ths nn>t< >. Uu.mg ran 
hu giveu. W E. Wiu*n»iUl. 
Hubacription* for tie **• an- T'vpvc '' . ■ 
""■•if, only $f ;>o per year. 
■in 1 si 
nna t 
'all who 
delightful 
