SL Vt.rnoi'IC CALIFORNIA 
15n 
These results arc the eropirings of quite 
poor soil, wittimil n shovelful of nmnmc or 
ii |".urul of any commercial fertilizer. 
My hybrid* nro not yot named, When ! 
" t-hej Income fixed in color, etc., I ahull 
give thorn 11 name. A, E. Br-outer. 
Jllnsltations. 
HORTICULTURAL FAIR. 
There are fit!,407 miles of railroad in 
operation in the United States 
There w ns 1,721 mile* constructed In, . 
1.870, and it ia believed that 1H80 will g- | e"''"" "" ,,m l< "I’ 1 ,"* 
a few miles better. i Hie fair. 
Nearly all the -nailable nrmrn for exhtb- 
TEMPLE BLOCK 
This magnificent building, shown in the 
i engraving on this page, is located in the 
| center ot out beautiful city Th» block is 
nt lienutifiil architeotural pni|iortimi« iim{ 
HwM.iouHl.ru) pavilion is being put in »nd would jb- a on -In . 
— • - ‘ city of our country. Iln block m the 
property of Mcsms’ H. Ken mark Jt Co.. 
. .'R«i i; mi MM MUIIUH'IIT I.N111' |U1 I'AIIJM . * 
The grons enruinpK of 84,233 miles, in ,l '"" purposes ho* been i.ikcri, niwl ov ry ; \ ^ ^ 11 " ‘ Vi" 
l7D amounted to the enormous figures "inn ation given of one of !ho finest exliib- J, • . . s . 
f.« mOOAQ, <1.. .. lls ci'cl ma.lo in I tin 
1871) . .. 
of $.729.012,090; the nr/ earnings union nt 
ing to $219,910,724. 
In 1871, only eight years before, the 
number of unlearn operation was -14,017; 
the ve/ earnings $1 tl,740,-104—showing n 
gain of $78,170,320. 
Ok tlio Pacific railroads the earnings ng. 
gregnted $30,854 241 inl87K; the m-/earn¬ 
ings were $16,489,425, 
The Atcliiaon, Topeka «V Saul a Fo and 
Southern Pacific rail roads will connect 
about the first of January. Through sleep¬ 
ing curs will run from Kansas city to Los 
Angeles. 
its ever made in the State. 
E.cry ■•minty and almost every locality 
"ill be represented, by their products, in 
our enterprising whoI-Milr. -rarpr-i, on Ixh 
lent lemon nm 
liforma aud her 
inciropolia by ie.rt-atiug inoncv o, -oh 
buildings, by conducting a largo bittiness, 
Hint is hardly excelb d I» v that of am tin 
friendly competition and comparison, re* • . , . 
Milting' in great good to exhibitors ami vis , * "! nc,w ;V " , " 1 " *' 1,,,1 - v 1,1 1 
ilorw who ure interested in horticulture. , b, , K "T , 
Our fi'a.r will be honored hv the prog- i, ’ block will show tc.. Lusteru r.ad- 
enco of President Hayes; W T.‘ SherLn. "* l 7 " ,,,W "V' " V ‘ "‘ 
general ol the army; Hon. Win. Haiioey, 1 * J **77 i n ? o ' a " ul ' ' V M 
secretary of war; Hon, W,n. <5. Le Due, i !*'-•"!>*<*• •*•••» >hat tin- i- « ««••> 1 < ‘■’•nlry for 
com mi K*i oner of agriculture, and mam! ™T k ' U , " , ’ 1 ' 
other distinguished^ vinihus. Southern ! nf '- r l,u «> 1( - f'™ «»■!*"- n- »»;<' 
C'ulifoniin should do herself homo by umk-1 ‘"7’ n " r “ f Mon. Spring, and I. mpk- 
lug - display of he, products worthy ll,i*r mN '* occu P u - 1 h f tU " 
distinguished visitation. L0 S inuri.es, ouvjttt visa 
w I 0f U0W «l ,n P? r nonc-pondents th ; 8 ,, ank U!1 , urj( , lliw]| lik „ nwrIf M 
I-os Angeles is thi: railroad center of of i«*/"l n" 7'? i -'*♦ i' ' l,lfc ' u California under tl. Stab 
the Pacific coast. e ° t ’ E,l8t " U ''' ' U 'Z law, ,n Jolv. 187f w dh , p-o l-„u c*p,.-,l 
T1 • T\ ‘ ll, T* n, ! H “ f t 0 U T-, «< WfW^Jli, gold com. ‘ 1 
“ ‘c'S'* 1 !l - Sl«»- law a bank wi,l» f!t«»0,. 
duty V Will von, reader, do what you ran ' *' , 1 ‘ 'i 1 ' ' , ’ o 'T w 
towards propc.lv representing to the world r -d tho bnuk 
what we can grow ? I ‘ ; "W ' “ **" n ^ " n ' 1 Ctl “' 
__”_ I mcrciul bunk, and the saving* department 
furnished ■ safe and protilitbln d-po-ilorv 
for men of small means. Owing to the 
wslrictione by the Lite I-ogUhilore placed 
upon savings banks, no.l the > iplf .1 .4 the 
hank being ample, in January. ISW. tire 
| bank determined to discontinue i.b< s«v- 
j inga department, and conduct simplv n 
I eoluuieiiinl business, and h i* jw«rd nit its 
savings depositors, and is now a bank of 
San Diego is to lie one of the terminus 
points of the Santa Fe railroad. 
i 
WHEAT. 
From tinnil Xow Yorker. 
It certainly is of great importance to 
farmers to know the “ bottom" facts of 
raising good crops of wheat -good in qiml- , 
ity and quantity. If my cxpi rinn nts tin's 
season will bt of any value to the many ! 
readers of the Jlurol , they may have them 
so far ns the results have yet been ascer¬ 
tained: lu 31 rows 100 feet long, ami 
about one arid two feet apart, on a plot, of i 
ground mx rods long, by three wide, I 
sowed .tl varieties of spring wheat, o|-< ' 
ounce only in each row, Half an ounce 
of each kind I wet. with aulphalouf-popptr; 
tho other half 1 sowed dry ; ll.ioe of the .Si 
smutted wet and dry; 11 smutted dry, but. 
Uut wet, ami 20 did not smut at all. 
J cut low with a sickle, find weighed Hie 
Hlraw, which enmo to 210 potimi*, yiam | 
21 / 2 ;. pounds; nil without am f. ilibz. i .ml 
on poor Moil. The largest |.| ptudneed j 
wah in pounds id Itro Ommle f...m om> j 
ounce Mowed, or 160 from one. Tfi. .mall 
l'h| yieJd Wft« s.-mnu, 56 from 11111 ', 
b" fai im Ihieli find thin solving gn (he 
result^is II. favor of the latter, ii, f u ,n 
lOWI;, 720 feel lllUg, 1 SOW.,I ulll. pofillll of 
> “d, and in live o.ivt of tie- ..»u.r |<ih, 
llglil b. side 111' Ollli r I .(.wi ll nine l/UUIlds 
of the Mftmo Boed, J'hc four nm-, Me|.|,,| 
Hie must Of the 711 Vail, I le a I „„'w |,ai. 
on c>iiil.ition (l || of which I rm 
tliche grounds Hie mi.Ht prolific and ul 
tractile me thi Uio (iramb A.nsiialimi, 
Dlaek Cnntcuiiial, Claws.-i, (If my |,i ' 
br.ds, Non. 10, lit 16 , 1H, 111, „nd 21, lh',*| 
by fur till tile Ml of am, No. 10 1 - m-u. ItIou 
SHERMAN, HYDE & GO. 
The Largest and Richest 
T S 
On the Coast, 
Will this Year Exhibit n Lar^e 
Stock of 
Pianos and Organs 
AT TilK 
FAIR IN LOS ANGELES. 
| 
I hose Piano- w ill lie Hold fit Whole 
1, and on N|() Monthly lnsl.il- 
I liH'lll M. Tin*m who intend to buy 
j .Musical Intlrtiinviit* Hhould now g,, t,. 
!lho I'nir and examine them 
Mr. F. R. Girard, 
Manager, will be hen Inm-elf 
^ l deposit* and discount 
j J Its stock is held by siih-Hn'ial lifiMio — 
men of I.om .\iigeh-* and Sir: I’r.iMeisiNi. 
I Thin bank, through all lb, lhe lu;ii n* .u.l 
nxci.trment, has uiailltailie.l a a ly and 
! Milbblmitial biisim as, and the (nil oonti- 
deno, of it- client- and the mu.mun.lv 
Mr, ,1 S SIhu.oii, tb. pri side nt. is know ii 
in linaneial oirrH- a- ,. 
! fill hanking men of t 
ircogm.-ed an rm autl 
quest ems ef the.lay, 1 
! Illl'ny* take high i ill 's 
1 underh I* HIUM 
tho cash tor, i« n tlior. 
i ami ul.lv endue! * hi* 
; I'ink. H S. Baker 
link, r block and otlu-r 
ritliohon, w Ho- vi.>.-pn* 
(or*, Mt ssi* J, S Hl,»,i*v 
V. A lloove., Hut,.,t 
nf III 
am try and is 
financial 
,nt\ on 
lo eountl 
l ink vill 
l. U «*fo» 
nvt it ut ion 
lieu. W 
all well 
ihllbd • 
Mr J M Elliott, 
ough I Min king man 
department of the 
i hr proprietor of 
r tim plops rlt and 
««d«lll. The direct* 
ull. \ U Bon man. 
H I! ,k.-r, .t Bivbv. 
Bn i .il, and If M idney 
know n biisim sm turn *i,J 
iu« 
A P- 
M. W 
Utli III LI 
on 
iTTnniiT ir mu, 
7.1, U ,Vil I 11 01,0. K 
UGOU* 
Mi Mitt hi 11 hrt • b«, ii n n - lout of l-v- 
