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snrr- tr< >r/c ca ufounta . 
PERMANENT RESOURCES OF 
CALIFORNIA 
’■pHK man who own* n good fftim in this 
I State. is out of debt, and baa bis farm 
well stocked, is Letter off -is worth more, 
aero formic, I ban any man who owns a like 
Dumber of acres in any one of the Western 
States. There may lie a few except inOP, 
but not enough to weaken this e'en cm I 
statement. Why in bolter off? Bemuse 
he win |innbire a greater value of ngricul- 
tiir.il product*, with ].-sg labor than he 
could c.-iat of the lb el; - Mountain* Not 
i very farm pay* ill California There are-j 
some fioor farina and u great deal of poor 
farming. These «r« the acknowledged 
drawback*. Now and then we lieur 
from some arm-ohon them ml that 
wheat farming dors not pay. In n few 
instances it doag not, Hut iin a general 
rule it has paid well here The value of 
the wheat emp in this Stale for the present 
year will probably evrcod $ 511 , 011 ( 1 , 000 . 
Ten or twelve millions of this mummf are 
ch ir profit. If t lie imp did not pay in the 
loop run, farmers would abandon itsculhvu 
tern 1 hey can find out what psis ami 
what does not a great deal quicker than 
the mere theorist can. The cost of pelting 
a bushel of grain to market comes out of 
the farmer The actual price is. in part, 
determined by the plain dealers «),„ lir< ’ 
buying .in foreign n. counl These prices 
are regulated by the rpiotuliiuiH, f,, r 
iiistanee, in Liverpool Tim fanner get* 
what his wheal is worth at tide wntei" or 
less the cost of getting it there. Now it is 
ease l to gel wheat to tide water in 
I 'aliforuia than it is from Illinois, Kuiwoa 
or Minnesota. 
The agriculture of California is u per- 
m a ini lit resource. The nunc , Ji!lv 
ihc picul t'omelook Lode goes/orniuiillis 
without paying a dividend The whole 
amount paid them this ye.„ j* U ut one per 
••-•nt on the capital invested. Itut farming 
"lien intelligently billowed, puvs bur 
dividends ...ne year with another;'uwl at 
tie: same tune the ftgie-iiJlural n.mmreoR 
"icieaso, A good farmer bn* a better farm 
!' Iu ' 1,1 ' ll BIUMeesiu- s.ur If Ju¬ 
lias not. lie does not d. ‘.-rve emcee** The 
all cereals, ULiugoD. year with 
limn „ I , IS better here than in any of Ih. 
I 1 **”* S -v-y to New York or 
‘bhang. I),, disUtiec varies froin 
, , , l,luc * lhtAV in. of < U | af a 
When IlmfHJ-iner can noli 
l i^'-oam but the price* at met, ,.l„.. , 
f .'TfJ 1 T,1|U " ’ A l, ' p I"■■duet at 
p r H ' % a 'n ,,uii ‘-'"h- •*.< 
abmc Tlus I ," thB ? iw >' nr * int-iwto 
1, "Uportalice tn day 
th i I M 'll. viliiultiuaj intorosUof all Urn 
m-m'i 'i. o t " " u ” 1 ' And 
. Mint- iiiii.real a, in it, ud^nev. 
hat eai, |,e done iu the way of vitic.il- 
. I .r s!. ° r,, v *»"« in the 
ii' i . ''p'*riiJir*ijtH havri lyrettv 
"'•II ''-tiled that 0)10.1,0),. .Semnlili - l ^ 
■ been going 
forty years, 
of that Statu. 
•■lie grape- 
•" in Ohio tor 
**t the wine 
■ hmh m of some 
local importance, cuts no figure in the 
wine marl'of the country. , i rape-growing 
for win* purposes lias been conducted for 
about as long a Lime m Missouri. Hut the 
results arc as y et insignificant Very good 
table grapes nre produced in most of tin 
Stole*, Vet the sorts imported from 
Malaga and from (iiliforom cannot be 
grown in most of (lie States. Every y• nr 
Oar-loud' of certain tropical table grape* 
ft" fit "' this Star* ,o plnees beyond the 
Rooky Mountains. That business is also 
in it 1 ? infancy fbere can never be any 
gn at amount of .JompMiUon. Malaga 
gnpis are brought into New York and 
sold Intel iu the acnmii at retail pries, 
averaging fiom 2')cents to l'-"i ( eota ajionud 
or about double the price for which 
>'alifonriia grapes can be laid dow n in flic 
-same markets Thereisatpros..ntnoliiiown 1 
limit to that busim-ts, ft i„ prosecuted 
m>w on a moderate scale- and with groat 
coition, l.i tl-c buriim s* is ulieiidv im- 
purtiiut enough to atlmet. ihc utl< ntiou of i 
Eastern fruit buyers to this market. 
ft is not likely that the viticulturul inter-' 
esia, i.t this Stale will ouhainutc during 
the next half century. VVImt they mav be 
at the expiration ,,f that period it is difli- 
■ oil to predict. There will be no Hiieh 
thing ns exhausting the resources in that 
direction Neither will wheat production 
culminate us long us there is a good mar-' 
ket and there is nu increasing breadth of 
new laud to be brought under old I i virion,; 
H is easy enough to overstock the local 
markets with cereals, grapes, wine and a 
graut variety of fruit-. But »o long as tie 
outside miukrto arc fairly good, the mam 
•j nest urn is one of adoptatioii of products 
to finch markets I’rodUcliun w ill go on 
and the ugregal., value, will I.t inomiwd. I 
I he men who hura taken -In to 50 hmdittl* 
frimi tub. landn thia HOftum, 
hml some nouipensation for yoara of dm ii. 
puiutnmdt Yet nothing like ono-tlurd of 
H.e tide I,unis of the Slate have ever b.,-„ 
iinidf. to produce e. ruals or have been fairly ' 
reclaiined. The m. U will) made 100 0l)il' 
bt ‘* M ,,f r,u ' ,i,,M I.Veal did well enough 
With then product yet all the prominent 
ra.-an-produeers m ( ilif.„ ,, m to-day can |. D 
•■minted on olio's lingers, excluding, of 
no"!'.?, the amaleiir produL-ern and the' 
me r. begin huh. H uW l oll g W ,I| it take t„ 
■•V". stock th. mail., la of III. 1'mi. ,| Si„t. s 
Winch tube, say. -1,IHHI,not) boxes • wlnil 
““•I* I'ffH'iti"" of acres run to .lay pro 
duemggrapa, suitable for roiftina ! ‘ 
m.i h'V“ , ‘ W 1 lnc,| ‘ iipjiarout than 
""" tU i nl ngi'eullijie and will I... « 
tuanno' souire , t ( prosperity, and that 
u e»nse which not munv wen; willing to 
'‘■s ept : ' I' " wn,v,c;.). The Jar-.- ||,„ f 
wlnul lops whlull Will II.„ v,„, „„ U 
uoiurrjcicmJ *«pitul ol Uregon could not b. 
. lawn there by any other inter, it. Utliis 
date a ,S doubtful if fillips enough are .... 
Ui" wav to Sad F ruiiei.scj M ,„| IWth,,,,! to 
U ' V . Q ^ ,l '' wheat eargoea which will |,„ 
"Ili;nnp for- a port. Wl,o,,. therefore one 
•onl another an taking gloomy views 
it be well «., look at the ,„|,Uiv u 
vidm, yf tbw lutereatH, » 0 far 
this State is concerned It is not at 
all likely Dial ruining interests have ii.-tn- 
ully g*WM over tin? glade. Only the (JtrutoiH 
if Hies, infereetc umy be shifted somewhat 
and be more remote from this city Ho 
l°"s : 's the value of the industrial produc¬ 
tions of <'(difornia lire on the increase, it 
ma.v bp assumed that there Ims bei u no 
failure of resources riffeotiiig t he permanent 
piOB]irrity of the State The giving out of a 
mine, lien- and then i- as mm h , lu j„,.j 
dent of that businesM and us confident I \ 
to be expected by close observers,, rtK 
th. r.j will be seasons of extraordinary agri¬ 
cultural production in California — Sm 
fV.'llt-M,7. UnUrhn 
Slpiarg department, 
Ei.ntu nv \ irvmiMi, 
DISTRICT CONVENTION OF BEE¬ 
KEEPERS. 
A! the suggestion of many npinruitn; 
\ who think that a convention of those 
engaged in honey producing should lie 
held tins fall, and believing that such a 
general meeting would materially advance 
the interests of this brauoli of industry in 
SoulImrii California. I name the 20tli and 
21st days of October, 1H8IJ, at Loh An¬ 
geles, Onli/ornift, a* the lime and place 
t>r holding such convention, that being 
i li ning th. session of the Horticultural 
and Agricultural Fairs. A cordial invita¬ 
tion is extended to all apiarists in (|,e 
State, ami to all ladies nud gentlemen 
who feel an interest in th.. science ol npi- 
I culture, 
C. J. Fax, 
Tics. District Uee-Kcepers's Association. 
, N Li vi iu\c., 
ber-y Los Angeles Bee-Keepers' Asso¬ 
ciation. 
I', marketing honey, two points .do.old 
m vc, be forgotten-that a good urlmle in 
I", atlmet,ve Hhapo will always command 
1 , '“V.bc't price, lie best repatati,.i, and 
a sternly demand. Wr see the facts ,|| n «- 
lateilevmj duv. I he conU ctioucrafisorts 
"> fact arranges 
*■ V'-< V long in los store, ||„, 
"I. style to captivate human, tastes and 
'•IT tiles. I hc. dniggiat adorn h hi* paek- 
I "’"' 1 " 1 the lithographs „f 
he,ii,|,|(ui women. his toilet soups u,e put, 
up in deln ufely pe. fumed bo.M - ; atid thus 
"I every bninub of linmnn indiir.liv the 
,l,c knowing .'lies is to loake 
things look alt,i,elive. 
Newport ci Ho shipping point fur a 
U-i'< ih th- 
ft™ 1 M, 11 ""■ crop promise 
vt-iu M excellent. No irrigation rc- 
1 'urad. ami the yield will be 75 to Inn 
Oll-liels per Here. 
us 
b I . I oiler, Har. F. rimndo, claiiim 
' I"'"'"''"' b-of OiW-n ,» enough 
'• v,w to thfl acre, where ,t renuiic.- 15 
pounds of other kinds. 
