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'J'iio discafics to which omngo tro. * ore 
subject, iiro directly traceable, first, to 1 
imperfect drainage; second, to improper 
planting; third, to exhaustion of the soil. 
Where noturnl drainage m insufficient,! 
which in not often the case, artificial 
mean* must bo reported to, n* -U un 
I "ini i m or wind mills, bill tin I .ifcii 
result. imiHt he attained in aonm lvoy or 
(he land had bettor he devoted to other 
iihoh. Improper planting coukikI in bury 
iriff tho Iron in n hole that eolh,--t* nil 
the Kiirface watei ami ai-alda th« roots Jn 
sandy soils the danger of thus planting i* 
not «o groat, hut. it ia it H.ift plan to adopt, 
to have the union of root and f ront «li, ; ]d 
ly above the level of tho nurroundiug 
ground. 
In oldon limru orapge trees w> rc plant¬ 
ed twelve, eighteen nnd twenty f< —I upcul 
While the trees weir young and tin.il 
nnsMpped, these did not xr.(*ni unn-i <m ■ I•)• 
distinct 8. But when the trees am red fit 
maturity its branches interlaced with itv 
neighbor, the sun could not penetrate tin 
dense shade thus formed, the limb* 
decayed and tho only fruit to be found 
was outlie extreme top. Had thirty or 
oven forty feet separated the tre*V the 
result would have been vastly dilTcn i.t, 
Tho lateral branchin would have extended 
to a considerable distance, fruit would 
have formed from base to summit, and 
every branch would have been roliuM 
with life .—Aluudarin Ahrchant. 
Tiiinmno FrtujT, V. gentleman said to 
us, in answer to the inquiry, *• Why don't 
you thin your peaches, mid prop tLero up • 
Your trees are all breaking down:" “ It is 
cheaper aud pays bellei to let them break 
down with a big crop every other year. " 
Wo differ from our friend, and have y. t to 
find another of the sains opinion u-* hr 
Wo believe it is hotter to have a fair crop 
of uico, good fruit, each year tint it an ' 
abundance of socoud-rnto fruit on nib i nab 
aeasous. The thoughtful build, i and 
skillful engineer put the philosophy of, 
meu'huuics in a iliiUhcll when they nay 
"What is gained in velocity is lost u, 
load, aud vvliat ia gained in load i* li.jl in 
velocity—the jloner remaining tin vim. 
Then- is a range for the velocity and a 
corresponding one fur the load, which in 
must economical, and outside of vvImh tin 
work done will, in llm end, coal m>,rn tl,,,u 
11 .. • lo It is the wise ami mil ctesful 
limn who run* Inn machine within tin 
IiiioIk of till an evlieuies. Every fruit trie 
iii the land is, to the owner of it a fruit 
prudmiiug Inn.-hill.'. Il hu its best 1 ml 
Wlueh It ivill hem with the roiiesp. ii liio 
"i“* Velocity t inier tin fmci d condill in 
■'Ill'll <ni| |,nil |,. i--, |l |. in- . 11 y 
the hand which has changed their imtlin 
yhouhl guide them in then ailitiuiid work 
In our estimation, one of the most, im¬ 
portant pray I ice* j„ hortniiltun i> the 
judicious thinning of fruit Fruit ciowi i ■ 
must learn that there is a limit'to the 
luiiper bearing of n lice, hevond which it 
mu -t siitl, i, ami nil it . m, uiI> rr dh it 
"tun "ill the liiNkon of find thinuitig he 
earned V I 
SEMI.THOPIC CAUFORSU. 
HERDMAN & JONES, GRAND CENTRAL hotel 
INSURANCE 
AND 
REAL ESTATE 
Under Cosmopolitan Hotel. 
LOS ANGELES. CAL. 
WALTER S. MAX WE IJi, 
COMMISSION MERCHANT, 
aki> i ■» ii » n 
Wool, Grain and Live Stock, 
GtJ Spring Street, 
Lob AngeleB. C*l 
COM iHESS HALL 
Oyster Saloon and Restaurant, 
Cornei ot M»in and Requenn Street*. 
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Buavl *iui B«t ui, $1 26 to $1.7*. |»,* ,tay. 
P.iMM*»ljpr» and amv'y'it t« Hotrt FREE 
Pnllt* Attention G««n,nl«l 
O. L. SCHMIDT. Proprietor. 
RUDOLPH WEINHOLD 
FLORIST NURSERYMAN. 
LOS AlfOELES. CAL 
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