anaheim-gazette 1899-07-13

CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY Anaheim VOLUME XXIX. Dr. A. W. Bickford. OFFICE OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE. Telephone Central. Residence near Christian Church. Telephone 671. ANAHEIM, CAL. G. S. EDDY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE—First door East of Boston Bakery. Residence—The Wilte residence on Center St., opposite Catholic Church. CALLS ANSWERED AT ALL HOURS. ANAHEIM CAL. HERBERT JOHNSTON, M. D. PKYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Office and Residence: Los Angeles St., 3 doors south of Boyd's store. Open Day and Night. Tel. 656. I. L. Menges, DENTIST. Metz Building, Anaheim feb24 DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE NEXT DOOR to P. O. (Federman Block, up stairs.) HOURS 9 to 5. ANAHEIM CAL. S. G. WILSON, M. D. Office and Residence: Over H. A. Dickel's Store. OVIMULSION (Cod Liver Oil, Eggs and Brandy) IS EASY TO TAKE Its highly nutritive properties recommend its use to the convalescent, to those who are run down, to those suffering from wasting diseases, to all who turn to Cod Liver Oil for the nourishment and tissue-building qualities it is so well known to possess. Yet, after attacks of La Grippe and all other diseases that have reduced vitality to a low degree, something more efficient and easily digested than simple Cod Liver Oil is required. Ovimulsion combines all the elements of the pure oil, egg yolks and prime brandy. It is stimulating to a small degree, but there is no reaction. It is easily digested and of pleasant taste and odor. Two tablespoonfuls of pure oil are contained in each tablespoonful of Ovimulsion. Unlike other Cod Liver Oil preparations, its tissue-building properties are entirely assimilated. There is no waste. Physicians Prescribe it. Druggists Sell It. $1. ANAHEIM BREWERY DR. F. H. HOUCK DENTIST. OFFICE NEXT DOOR to P. O. (Federman, Block, up stairs.) HOURS 9 to 5. ANAHEIM CAL. jy154f S. G. WILSON, M. D. Office and Residence: Over H. A. Dickel's Store. CENTER ST., - - ANAHEIM. Sutch & Deering. UNDERTAKING PARLORS. 506 South Broadway, Los Angeles. Paul A. Derge. Graduate in Pharmacy. DRUGS, MEDICINES, Perfumes and Toilet Articles. BEST 5-CENT CIGAR IN TOWN MEDICAL HALL, KOLL BLOCK. PUBLIC TELEPHONE OFFICE. RICHARDMELROSE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW And Notary Public. Special attention given to Probate Matters. —Center Street, Anaheim. Z. B. WEST. E. T. LANGLEY. West & Langley, Attorneys at Law. No. 113 West Fourth street, Santa Ana. Rooms 1, 2 and 3. Will practice in all States and Federal courts. F.Jungbluth MERCHANT TAILOR. A fine line of samples of Spring and Summer goods just received. Perfect fit guaranteed. Clothes cleaned and repaired to the satisfaction of patrons. Having acquired the business of the late F. Crist, I take this means of informing my friends and the public generally that I will continue the business at the old stand. A share of the public patronage is solicited. L.GUNTHER. PIONEER BOOT AND SHOE MAKER. Corner Adele and Los Angeles Sts. L.NEMETZ, Carriage Painting & Trimming New Buggies for Sale. Shop on Center St., near Opera-house, Anaheim. LITTLE GEM Druggists Sell It. $1. ANAHEIM BREWERY Pure Lager Beer Made from Pure Malt, For Sale by the Bottle or by the Keg. PURE CRYSTAL ICE DELIVERED TO ANY PART OF THE CITY AT ONE CENT PER POUND. The Patronage of the Public is Solicited. F. CONRAD, - - Proprietor ONLY FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT! -IN TOWNIn Connection with Boston Bakery. S. KISTLER, PROPRIETOR. A. FREISE, ...KEEP'S THE FINEST OF... Wines, Liquors And Cigars. LOS ANGELES BEER ON DRAUGHT. Koll Block, Los Angeles Street. J.M.Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Neer Railroad Depot, Anaheim, keep constantly on hand Doors, Blinds, Windows, Mouldings, Posts, Shakes, Shingles, Lath, Hair Plaster of Paris. Anahelm Grist Mills operating on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week. Grain feed, meal, etc., of all varieties. Cornshelled and shipped. The Weekly Gazette. Established 1870. SUBSCRIPTION, - $1 50 Per Year. Six months.....$1 00 Three months.....75 Payable invariably in advance. Transient advertising rates,$1 per inch per month. The GAZETTE is issued every Thursday morning. Entered at the Anaheim Postoffice as second-class matter. Items of news and correspondence on all live subjects are solicited by the editor. RAILWAY TIME TABLE. Time of Arrival and Departure of Trains. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. Trains on the Southern Pacific pass Anaheim as follows: To Los Angeles....From Los Angeles. Daily.....7:54 am Daily.....9:45 am Daily.....4:25 pm Daily.....6:01 pm Train leaving Anaheim at 9:45 a.m. connects at Miramar for Tustin, except Sunday. Daily connections at Studebaker for Whittler. LOS ALAMITOS TRAINS. Leave for— 9:48 a.m. Sugar Factory 6:02 p.m. In effect Nov. 1st, 1898 Street cars connect with all trains. Alamitos trains do not run on Sundays. NEWPORT BEACH RAILWAY. Daily Schedule. Leave Anaheim. Arrive Anaheim. 9:45 a.m. 7:54 a.m. 6:01 p.m. All trains connect at Santa Ana with Newport trains. PIONEER BOOT AND SHOP MAKER. Corner Adele and Los Angeles Sts. L. NEMETZ, Carriage Painting & Trimming New Buggies for Sale. Shop on Center St., near Opera-house, Anaheim. LITTLE GEM BARBER SHOP Frank Dyer, Prop. First-Class Tonsorial Artists. Shop 1 door east of McCollum's cycleery. We keep constantly on hand the best of Hair Restorer, Dandruff Cures, and other articles found in a well-appointed barber shops. A share of the public patronage solicited GO TO THE Oak Barber Shop FOR A FIRST-CLASS SHAVE OR HAIR CUT. TWO DOORS 7EST OF BANK. HUSMANN BROS. JOSEPH BACKS, Undertaker and Embalmer DEALER IN Furniture and Bedding Repairing Done. je15 FRED PRESSEL Blacksmithing and Wagon-Making HORSE-SHOEING A SPECIALTY. Shop on Center street, opposite Metropolitan Block. je15 City Stables, L. F. Lewis, Proprietor. Center St, opp. Kroeger Block Single and Double Teams ON DRAUGHT. Koll Block, Los Angeles Street. J.M.Griffith Company A CORPORATION LUMBER DEALERS Neer Railroad Depot, Anaheim, keep constantly on hand Doors, Blinds, Windows, Mouldings, Posts, Shakes, Shingles, Lath, Hair Plaster of Paris. Anaheim Grist Mills operating on Wednesdays and Saturdays of each week. Grain, feed, meal, etc., of all varieties. Cornshellled and shipped. W. T. BROWN, Agent. N. HART'S PLACE. SCHLitz MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT. ...DEALER IN... FINE LIQUORS! AND... Choice Wines FOR MEDICINAL PURPOSES, Fine Domestic and Imported Cigars. Headquarters for the famo & Schlitz, Milwaukee, beer. F. BACKS, UNDERTAKER And Dealer in FURNITURE. Wall Paper, Cornices, Window Shades, Picture Frames, Upholstery Goods, Paints, Oils and Glass Sewing Machine Supplies, Etc. Cor. Los Angeles & Chartres Sts. H. A. STOUGH. GENERAL BLACKSMITHING 1 All work done in first-class manner, and at prices as low as the lowest. Horse-Shoeing Neatly and Promptly Done. — Shop in Har Block, Center St., Anaheim. SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD. Trains on the Southern Pacific pass Anaheim as follows: To Los Angeles. Daily.....7:54 am Dally.....9:45 am Daily.....4:25 pm Dally.....6:01 pm Train leaving Anaheim at 9:45 a.m. connects at Miranfores for Tustin, except Sunday. Stady connections at Studebaker for Whittler. LOS ALAMITOS TRAINS. Leave for—Sugar Factory Arrive from—9:48 a.m. 7:52 a.m. 6:02 p.m. In effect Nov. 1st, 1898. Street cars connect with all trains. Alamitos trains do not run on Sundays. NEWPORT BEACH RAILWAY. Daily Schedule. Leave Anaheim. Arrive Anaheim. 9:45 a.m. 7:54 a.m. 6:01 p.m. 4:25 p.m. All trains connect at Santa Ana with Newport trains. Sundays only. Leave Anaheim. Arrive Anaheim. 9:45 a.m. 7:54 a.m. 6:01 p.m. 4:25 p.m. 7:30 p.m. The last train is a through train to and from Newport. SANTA FE ROUTE. Local time table. In effect Sunday, June 4. Trains on the Santa Fe route leave Anaheim as follows for points named: Los Angeles—7:58 am, 10:15 am, 5:05 pm. Pasadena, Asusa, Redondo. San Bernardino—7:58 am, 10:15 am, 5:05 pm. To Pasadena Sunday only. San Bernardino and Riverside (via Orange)—9:55 am, 5:54 pm. San Diego—9:55 am, *2*:50 pm. Santa Ana—9:55 am, 2:50 pm, 5:54 pm. Redlands—9:55 am. San Jacinto, Elsinore, Perris, Temecula—9:55 am. Escondido *2*:50 pm. Failbrook *9*:55 am. Chicago, Denver, St. Louis, Kansas City and all points East—7:55 am, 9:55 am. Trains marked with a * are daily except Sunday. All others daily. CALIFORNIA'S Great Tonic-Laxative Cascade Gerrine BITTERS CURES POSITIVELY CONSTIPATION AND PILES Indigestion, Billousness, Dyspepsia Headache, Malaria and all Stomach and Bowel Troubles As a Liver Remedy and Blood Purifier it has no equal The ONLY TONIC LAXATIVE in the WORLD Tones and Builds Up while It Regulates SOLD BY P. A. DERGE. ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1899. AUSTRALIAN SALT-BUSHES. Results of Eighteen Years' Tests—Characteristics, Propagation, and Field Experiments. By Charles H. Shinn, Agricultural Experiment Station, University of California. The story of the introduction of various species of Australian salt-bush, of the tests made at many places and on a great variety of soils, of the difficulties encountered, and of the ultimate proof of the great value of some species to California, is both interesting and instructive. It serves to show that much time and patience are requisite in work of this kind, and it should also encourage local experimenters to renewed efforts. The Australian salt-bushes seem to have been first mentioned in the report of the College of Agriculture for 1882. Dr. H. Behr, of San Francisco, had long advocated the trial of the Australian atriplexes, and in June, 1881, through his correspondence with the late Baron Von Mueller, seeds of two species, A. vesicaria and A. nummularia, were obtained and sent to the university for propagation. The first seeds obtained were badly mixed, and it took some time to determine the species, since herbarium specimens were lacking. But Baron Von Mueller, having begun to supply California with these plants, continued to send seeds every year as long as he lived; these included new species as fast as they were received from the deserts, and, through specimens of plants, and his publications, aided in identifying those previously sent. In the spring of 1882, the late W. G. Klee sent plants of two atriplexes, one a tall species, A. nummularia, to the salt marshes near Alvarado, where they were planted on the lands of G. Schofol. A. nummularia grew very well station, needing more land, secured the use of six acres of unproductive alkali soil, on which to make a field test. Salt-bush seed was drilled here on the surface, in rows eight feet apart, and by September, when visited, the surface was nearly covered. A part of the crop was cut twice, yielding at the rate of four tons of hay per acre; the rest being allowed to ripen seed for distribution and exchange, was cut late and stacked for feeding to sheep. The surplus not required by the station was given to farmers, who hauled it home, fed it to cattle, and reported that it was excellent. A large irrigation ditch broke in 1897, flooding the low basin of this field, and destroying most of the salt-bush, thus preventing another season's results and emphasizing the evil of giving too much moisture to this desert plant. Successful field-tests in tracts of five acres and upwards have been reported from Bishop, Inyo county; from Byron, Contra Costa county; Wilmington and many other places in Los Angeles county; Arbuckle and Colusa, in Colusa county; Bakersfield, Kern county; Traver, Kingsburg, Visalia, Tulare and Goshen in the upper San Joaquin Valley. A. V. Stubenrauch, then foreman of the Paso Robles sub-station, sowed seed of a semibaccata in April, 1896, in boxes, transplanting them to the open ground the first week in June. About 100 plants were thus established, some under a large oak, others close to the county road. By November 10 each plant was a mass of growth three feet in diameter. The following winter hundreds of volunteer plants sprang up, and both seeds and plants were freely distributed in the district. Late in the spring of 1898, Mr. Sedgwick, then foreman, sowed A. halimoides, A. vesicaria, and A. hortensis as well as a larger area of A. semibaccata. The season was so dry that the results were extremely instructive. The total rainfall at the Paso Robles station for the season of 1897-98 was 3.24 inches, to March; April and May showers brought this to 4.75. The season was marked by very strong "northers." None of the native spring stations needed more land, secured the use of six acres of unproductive alkali soil, on which to make a field test. Salt-bush seed was drilled here on the surface, in rows eight feet apart, and by September, when visited, the surface was nearly covered. A part of the crop was cut twice, yielding at the rate of four tons of hay per acre; the rest being allowed to ripen seed for distribution and exchange, was cut late and stacked for feeding to sheep. The surplus not required by the station was given to farmers, who hauled it home, fed it to cattle, and reported that it was excellent. A large irrigation ditch broke in 1897, flooding the low basin of this field, and destroying most of the salt-bush, thus preventing another season's results and emphasizing the evil of giving too much moisture to this desert plant. Successful field-tests in tracts of five acres and upwards have been reported from Bishop, Inyo county; from Byron, Contra Costa county; Wilmington and many other places in Los Angeles county; Arbuckle and Colusa, in Colusa county; Bakersfield, Kern county; Traver, Kingsburg, Visalia, Tulare and Goshen in the upper San Joaquin Valley. A. V. Stubenrauch, then foreman of the Paso Robles sub-station, sowed seed of a semibaccata in April, 1896, in boxes, transplanting them to the open ground the first week in June. About 100 plants were thus established, some under a large oak, others close to the county road. By November 10 each plant was a mass of growth three feet in diameter. The following winter hundreds of volunteer plants sprang up, and both seeds and plants were freely distributed in the district. Late in the spring of 1898, Mr. Sedgwick, then foreman, sowed A. halimoides, A. vesicaria, and A. hortensis as well as a larger area of A. semibaccata. The season was so dry that the results were extremely instructive. The total rainfall at the Paso Robles station for the season of 1897-98 was 3.24 inches, to March; April and May showers brought this to 4.75. The season was marked by very strong "northers." None of the native spring stations needed more land, secured the use of six acres of unproductive alkali soil, on which to make a field test. Salt-bush seed was drilled here on the surface, in rows eight feet apart, and by September, when visited, the surface was nearly covered. A part of the crop was cut twice, yielding at the rate of four tons of hay per acre; the rest being allowed to ripen seed for distribution and exchange, was cut late and stacked for feeding to sheep. The surplus not required by the station was given to farmers, who hauled it home, fed it to cattle, and reported that it was excellent. A large irrigation ditch broke in 1897, flooding the low basin of this field, and destroying most of the salt-bush thus preventing another season's results and emphasizing the evil of giving too much moisture to this desert plant. Successful field-tests in tracts of five acres and upwards have been reported from Bishop, Inyo county; from Byron, Contra Costa county; Wilmington and many other places in Los Angeles county; Arbuckle and Colusa, in Colusa county; Bakersfield, Kern county; Traver，Kingsburg，Visalia，Tulare和Goshen在the upperSanJoaquinValley. A.V.Stubenrauch,theforemanofthePasoRoblessub-station,sowedsedofasemiabaccatainApril，1896，inboxes,transplantingthemtotheopengroundthefirstweekinJune.Absurdinthecounyroad.ByNovember10eachplantwasamassofgrowththreefeetindiameter.Thefollowingwinterhundredsofvolunteerplantssprangup,andbothseedsandplantswerefreelydistributedindistrict.Lateinthenspringof1898Mr.Sedgwick,theforeman,sowedsA.halimoides,A.vesicaria,andA.hortensisaswellasalargerareaofA.semiabaccata. The season was so dry that the results were extremely instructive. The total rainfall at the Paso Robles station for the season of 1897-98 was 3.24 inches，to March；April和May showers brought this to 4.75.The season was marked by very strong "northers."Noneofthenativespringstationsneededmorelandsecuredtheuseofsixacresofunproductivealkali soil.onwhichtostmakeafieldtest.Salt-bushseedwasdrilledhereonthesurface.inrows eightfeetapart,andbySeptemberwhenvisited,thesurfacewasnearlycovered.Apartofthecropwascuttwice,yieldingattherateoffourtonsofhayperacre;therestbeingallowedtoripenseedfordistributionandexchange.wascutlateandstackedfordfeedingtosheep.Thesurplusnotrequiredbythestationwasgiventofarmerswhohauledithome,fedittocattle,andreportedthatitwasexcellent.Alargeirrigationditchbrokein1897,floodingthelowbasinofthisfield,anddestroyingmostofthesalt-bush thus preventinganotherseason'sresultsandemphasizingtheevilofgivingtomuchmoisturetothisdesertplant. Successful field-tests in tracts of five acres and upwards have been reported from Bishop，Inyo county；from Byron，Contra Costa county；WilmingtonandmanyotherplacesinLosAngelescounty；ArbuckleandColusa，inColusacounty；Bakersfield，Kerncounty；Traver，Kingsburg，Visalia，TulareandGoshenintheupperSanJoaquinValley. A.V.Stubenrauch,theforemanofthePasoRoblessub-station,sowedsedofasemiabaccatainApril，1896，inboxes,transplantingthemtotheopengroundthefirstweekinJune.Absurdinthecounyroad.ByNovember10eachplantwasamassofgrowththreefeetindiameter.Thefollowingwinterhundredsofvolunteerplantssprangup,andbothseedsandplantswerefreelydistributedindistrict.Lateinthenspringof1898Mr.Sedgwick,theforeman,sowedsA.halimoides,A.vesicaria,andA.hortensisaswellasalargerareaofA.semiabaccata. The season was so dry that the results were extremely instructive. The total rainfall at the Paso Robles station for the season of 1897-98 was 3.24 inches，to March；April和May showers brought this to 4.75.The season was marked by very strong "northers."Noneofthenativespringstationsneededmorelandsecuredtheuseofsixacresofunproductivealkali soil.onwhichtostmakeafieldtest.Salt-bushseedwasdrilledhereonthesurface.inrows eightfeetapart,andbySeptemberwhenvisited,thesurfacewasnearlycovered.Apartofthecropwascuttwice,yieldingattherateoffourtonsofhayperacre;therestbeingallowedtoripenseedfordistributionandexchange.wascutlateandstackedfordfeedingtosheep.Thesurplusnotrequiredbythestationwasgiventofarmerswhohauledithome,fedittocattle,andreportedthatitwasexcellent.Alargeirrigationditchbrokein1897,floodingthelowbasinofthisfield,anddestroyingmostofthesalt-bush thus preventinganotherseason'sresultsandemphasizingtheevilofgivingtomuchmoisturetothisdesertplant. Successful field-tests in tracts of five acres and upwards have been reported from Bishop，Inyo county；from Byron，Contra Costa county；WilmingtonandmanyotherplacesinLosAngelescounty；ArbuckleandColusa，inColusacounty；Bakersfield，Kerncounty；Traver，Kingsburg，Visalia，TulareandGoshenintheupperSanJoaquinValley. A.V.Stubenrauch,theforemanofthePasoRoblessub-station,sowedsedofasemiabaccatainApril，1896，inboxes,transplantingthemtotheopengroundthefirstweekinJune.Absurdinthecounyroad.ByNovember10eachplantwasamassofgrowththreefeetindiameter.Thefollowingwinterhundredsofvolunteerplantssprangup,andbothseedsandplantswerefreelydistributedindistrict.Lateinthenspringof1898Mr.Sedgwick,theforeman,sowedsA.halimoides,A.vesicaria,andA.hortensisaswellasalargerareaofA.semiabaccata. The season was so dry that the results were extremely instructive. The total rainfall at the Paso Robles station for the season of 1897-98 was 3.24 inches，to March；April和May showers brought this to 4.75.The season was marked by very strong "northers."Noneofthenativespringstationsneededmorelandsecuredtheuseofsixacresofunproductivealkali soil.onwhichtostmakeafieldtest.Salt-bushseedwasdrilledhereonthesurface.inrows eightfeetapart,andbySeptemberwhenvisited,thesurfacewasnearlycovered.Apartofthecropwascuttwice,yieldingattherateoffourtonsofhayperacre;therestbeingallowedtoripenseedfordistributionandexchange.wascutlateandstackedfordfeedingtosheep.Thesurplusnotrequiredbythestationwasgiventofarmerswhohauledithome,fedittocattle,andreportedthatitwasexcellent.Alargeirrigationditchbrokein1897,floodingthelowbasinofthisfield,anddestroyingmostofthesalt-bush thus preventinganotherseason'sresultsandemphasizingtheevilofgivingtomuchmoisturetothisdesertplant. Successful field-tests in tracts of five acres and upwards have been reported from Bishop，Inyo county；from Byron，Contra Costa county；WilmingtonandmanyotherplacesinLosAngelescounty；ArbuckleandColusa，inColusacounty；Bakersfield，Kerncounty；Traver，Kingsburg，Visalia，TulareandGoshenintheupperSanJoaquinValley. A.V.Stubenrauch,theforemanofthePasoRoblessub-station,sowedsedofasemiabaccatainApril，1896，inboxes,transplantingthemtotheopengroundthefirstweekinJune.Absurdinthecounyroad.ByNovember10eachplantwasamassofgrowththreefeetindiameter.Thefollowingwinterhundredsofvolunteerplantssprangup,andbothseedsandplantswerefreelydistributedindistrict.Lateinthenspringof1898Mr.Sedgwick,theforeman,sowedsA.halimoides,A.vesicaria,andA.hortensisaswellasalargerareaofA.semiabaccata. The season was so dry that the results were extremely instructive. The total rainfall at the Paso Robles station for the season of 1897-98 was 3.24 inches，to March；April和May showers brought this to 4.75.The season was marked by very strong "northers."Noneofthenativespringstationsneededmorelandsecuredtheuseofsixacresofunproductivealkali soil.onwhichtostmakeafieldtest.Salt-bushseedwasdrilledhereonthesurface.inrows eightfeetapart,andbySeptemberwhenvisited,thesurfacewasnearlycovered.Apartofthecropwascuttwice,yieldingattherateoffourtonsofhayperacre;therestbeingallowedtoripenseedfordistributionandexchange.wascutlateandstackedfordfeedingtosheep.Thesurplusnotrequiredbythestationwasgiventofarmerswhohauledithome,fedittocattle,andreportedthatitwasexcellent.Alargeirrigationditchbrokein1897,floodingthelowbasinofthisfield,anddestroyingmostofthesalt-bush thus preventinganotherseason'sresultsandemphasizingtheevilofgivingtomuchmoisturetothisdesertplant. Successful field-tests in tracts of five acres and upwards have been reported from Bishop，Inyo county；from Byron，Contra Costa county；WilmingtonandmanyotherplacesinLosAngelescounty；ArbuckleandColusa，inColusacounty；Bakersfield，Kerncounty；Traver，Kingsburg，Visalia，TulareandGoshenintheupperSanJoaquinValley. A.V.Stubenrauch,theforemanofthePasoRoblessub-station,sowedsedofasemiabaccatainApril，1896，inboxes,transplantingthemtotheopengroundthefirstweekinJune.Absurdinthecounyroad.ByNovember10eachplantwasamassOfgrowththreefeetindiameter.Thefollowingwinterhundredsofvolunteerplantssprangup,andbothseedsandplantswerefreelydistributedindistrict.Lateinthenspringof1898Mr.Sedgwick,theforeman,sowedsA.halimoides,A.vesicaria,andA.hortensisaswellasalargerareaofA.semiabaccata. The season was so dry that the results were extremely instructive. The total rainfall at the Paso Robles station for the season of 1897-98 was 3.24 inches，to March；April和May showers brought this to 4.75.The season was marked by very strong "northers."NoneofthenativespringstationsneededmorelandsecuredtheuseofsixacresOfunproductivealkali soil.onwhichtostmakeafieldtest.Salt-bushseedwasdrilledhereonthesurface.inrows eightfeetapart,andbySeptemberwhenvisited,thesurfacewasnearlycovered.Apartofthecropwascuttwice,yieldingattherate-offourtonsOfhayperacre;therestbeingallowedtoripenseedfordistributionandexchange.wascutlateandstackedfordfeedingtosheep.Thesurplusnotrequiredbythestationwasgiventofarmerswhohauledithome,fedittocattle,andreportedthatitwasexcellent.Alargeirrigationditchbrokein1897,floodingthelowbasinOfthisfield,anddestroyingmostofthesalt-bush thus preventinganotherseason'sresultsandemphasizingtheevilOfgivingToMainsOilAndMarshAdvisor,BasedOnLaboratoryDataAndAnalysisForCruiseDiversions.IncludingThose previously sent. In the spring of 1882,the late W.G.Klee sent plants of two atriplexes,一earl species,A.nummularia,tothe salt marshes near Alvarado,name planted on the lands of G.Schooff.A.nummularia grew very well Station,nothing more land secured,the use of six acres of unproductive alkali soil.on which to make about a other.No.2 (A.leptocarpa) was just about a failure.Miss A.E.E.Wheatson.OldSan Luis Obispo County,bourse is in many places and on a great variety of soils,a few difficult conditions before the seed is planted.Miss A.E.E.Wheatson.OldSan Luis Obispo County,bourse is in many places and on a great variety of soils,a few difficult conditions before the seed is planted.Miss A.E.E.Wheatson.OldSan Luis Obispo County,bourse is in many places and on a great variety of soils,a few difficult conditions before the seed is planted.Miss A.E.E.Wheatson.OldSan Luis Obispo County,bourse is in many places and on a great variety of soils,a few difficult conditions before the seed is planted.Miss A.E.E.Wheatson.OldSan Luis Obispo County,bourse is in many places and on a great variety of soils,a few difficult conditions before the seed is planted.Miss A.E.E.Wheatson.OldSan Luis Obispo County,bourse is in many places and on a great variety of soils,a few difficult conditions before In the spring of 1882, the late W. G. Klee sent plants of two atriplexes, one a tall species, A. nummularia, to the salt marshes near Alvarado, where they were planted on the lands of G. Schoolf. A. nummularia grew very well indeed, was propagated with ease from cuttings, and throve "in decidedly alkaline lands where hardly anything but Samphire (Salicornia) would grow." Mr. Klee wrote (Report of 1882): "The relish with which cows eat every particle would seem to make it a pasture plant worthy of extensive culture." In Bulletin No. 2 of the Agricultural College, under date of January 15, 1883, A. nummularia was first offered—ten plants to each applicant. This is the species of which Baron Von Mueller says: "One of the tallest and most fattening and wholesome of Australian pastoral salt-bushes, also highly recommended for artificial rearing." Even in 1879, when this was written, the more valuable species of atriplex were rapidly disappearing over the wide areas of Australia. In a "Report on grasses, forage plants, and cereals," made in 1886, by Professor E. J. Wickson, a number of letters were printed from those who received A. nummularia for trial. Four farmers reported that horses, cattle, and sheep were fond of the plant, and that it was a decided acquisition. Two farmers reported that animals would not eat it. S. G. Baker, of Norwalk, Los Angeles county, wrote that this atriplex grew "in soil containing thirty per cent of salt, but it died in soil containing sixty-five per cent of salt and eleven per cent of soda." This probably refers to the alkali crust, certainly not to the mass of the soil. On the whole, the Department, in 1886, considered A. nummularia more useful than any other species, although by that time A. halimoides and A. vestecaria were also being grown. In 1888, Baron Von Mueller sent seed of Atriplex semibaccata, with the remark that it might fill some place in California, but was quite small, and not so desirable as the tall salt-bushes such as nummularia. He also sent two species of Kochia, which, so far, seem to propagate too slowly to have much practical value, although they are still in the economic garden with various atriplexes and other salt-bushes. The same year (1888) one species of Kochia and several other salt-bushes, including Atriplex semibaccata, were planted at the newly-established substation near Tulare. Mr. Julius Forrer, foreman of the sub-station since its establishment, saved seed of Atriplex semibaccata in 1889, and sowed it as a border to some of the roads. Since the ground was very "spotty," having different degrees of saline strength, this soon showed roughly the alkali tolerance of the plant, and it was found to be extremely high. Mr. Forrer continued to sow seeds in test plots on other parts of the tract, and made local tests in the district. In the autumn of 1890 he called the attention of the inspector to the value of Atriplex semibaccata, declaring that it was much the best of the salt-bushes, as it could be handled like alfalfa on account of its numerous thin, flexible stems, while most of the others were suitable only for browsing. The total rainfall at the Paso Robles station for the season of 1897-98 was but 3.24 inches, to March; April and May showers brought this to 4.75. The season was marked by very strong "northers." None of the native spring bulbs, such as Calochorti, Brodinaas, etc., bloomed, and few even made leaves. By the first of April, the roadside were brown and barren. On unirrigated land there was no green fodder-plant excepting salt-bush, in the entire region. The growth of A. semibaccata on this poor and arid soil was a revelation to every farmer. Seed sown in December, 1897, made a foot of growth by April 12, branching and covering the ground. After being cut back for sheep feed, it made a second growth of six inches by the end of May, and was cut a third time before the end of summer. All that was sown in December, as well as plants that were two years of age, throve without irrigation and found the small rainfall of less than five inches sufficient. In fact, two-year-old plants which were in rows two feet apart, covered the ground and yielded a large crop of seed. One-fifth of an acre, sown in December yielded 100 lbs. of seed. This plot was cut in September and cured for fodder; yielded at the rate of five and one-half tons of hay per acre. Three such cuttings were practicable on this light, granitic, sandy loam, underlaid by hardpan, during the driest season known. The January and February sowing of盐bush nearly failed, and on April 12, 1898, were dying. The average plants were then from one to two inches high with single roots descending two to three inches deep in the dry soil, which since sowing had received less than three and one-half inches of rain, and no cultivation. These plots were given by measurement, water equivalent to one inch of rain and were then thinned and hood. On May 28th the average plants were eight to nine inches high—some twelve inches—and all were many-branched, showing from six to fifteen succulent growths from each crown, the roots had penetrated from ten to eighteen inches. No more irrigation or cultivation was required. Out of the numerous letters received regarding the value of the salt-bush, a few are given here to show the range of the plant. From the west side of the Sacramento Valley, at Arbuckle, Colusa county, under the date of December 26, 1898, W.C Bradford writes: "The salt-bush grew from a few inches to three feet in diameter on hard, dry clay land where even weeds did not grow; and it volunteered from self-sown seeds in the hard road and walk, growing slowly all summer." Jasper Kolplen, of Grimes, also in Colusa county, writes: "Grows well here, and about every farmer is growing some this year, as a good many tried it last year, and all praise it." J.Lewis, of Maxwell, Colusa county, and others in the same district say: "The salt-bush will be the salvation of the 'goose lands'" (hard clay soil with white alkali). Success in the Sierra foothills is reported by W.C Cockrill, of Latrobe El Dorado county. In December, 1898 he wrote: "It does well in this locality under a large oak, others close to the county road. By November 10 each plant was a mass of growth three feet in diameter. The following winter hundreds of volunteer plants sprang up,and both seeds and plants were freely distributed in the district. Late in the spring of 1898,Mr. Sedgwick, then foreman,sowed A. halimoides,A.vestecaria,and A.hortensis as well as a larger area of A. semibaccata. The season was so dry that the results were extremely instructive. The total rainfall at the Paso Robles station for the season of 1897-98 was but 3.24 inches, to March; April and May showers brought this to 4.75. The season was marked by very strong "northers." None of the native spring bulbs such as Calochorti,Brodinaas,ect., bloomed,and few even made leaves. By the first of April,the roadside were brown and barren.On unirrigated land there was no green fodder-plant excepting salt-bush,在the entire region. The growth of A. semibaccata on this poor and arid soil was a revelation to every farmer.Seed sown in December，1897,made a foot of growth by April 12，branching and covering the ground.After being cut back for sheep feed，它made a second growth of six inches bythe endofMay,andwascutathirdtimebeforetheendofsummer.AllthatwassowninDecember，aswellasplantsthatweretwoyearsofage，throveswithoutirrigationandfoundthesmallrainfalloflessthanfiveinchessufficient.Infact,two-year-oldplantswhichwereinrowstwofeetapart,coveredthegroundandyieldedalargecropofseed. One-fifthofanacre,sowninDecember,yielded100lbs.ofseedThisplotwascutinSeptemberandcuredforfodder.yieldedattherateoffiveandone-halftonsofhayperacre.Theresuchcuttingswerepracticableonthislight,sanitic,sandyloamunderlaidbyhardpan,duringthedriestseasonknown. TheJanuaryandFebruarysowingof盐bushnearlyfailed,andonApril12，1898，weredying.Theaverageplantswerethenfromonetotwicehighwithsinglerootsdescendingtwotothreeinchesdeepinthedrysoilwhichsince sowinghadreceivedlessthanthreeandone-halfinchesofrain,andnocultivationTheseplotsweregivenbymeasurement,水 equivalenttooneinhindraindewenedthrownandthrewedthisyear.asagoodmanytrieditlastyear,andallpraiseit."J.Lewis，ofMaxwell，Colusacounty，andothersinthesamedistrictsay:"Thesaltbushwillbewheathadentertainmentoftheeffectsalkaliisverysatisfactory. AtTularesub-stationsalt-bushwasfedtosheep,cattle,horses,andhogs.Withthesheep,the rationwasincreaseduntilsomereceivednearlywholesustenanceformonthsatatimefromthisplant,kepinginexcellentcondition,andbeingturnedofftothebutcheras"fatmutton"withoutanyotherfoodexcepta littlestraw. Stilltheremustbeareasonablefoundationforsomeofthe difficultiesthatfarmershaveexperiencedinfeedtingsalbuses.Infact,saltbushprobablyvaryinedibilityattacentseasonsoftheyearalkali soll.Alltheavailableevidencegoestoshowthatonlyasmallproportionofthemanyspeciesofalkali-bushesoftheworldarereallyacceptabletolivestock.Kochiapyramidaea,areportedbyJ.H.Maiden,cainthirty-sevenpercentoftuneablematerial. K.aphyllaissofibrousthatitformebezourosinthe stomachsofsheep,andoftenkillthems.Oftheatriclesareseldomtouchedexceptintimesofgreatnecessity. VEGETATIVECHARACTERISTICSOFTHESALT-BUSHES. ThestudiesofalkalisoilsmadeatdifferenttimesatTularesub-stationbyDirectorHilgard,Faroughridge,andothermembersofthestationstaff,haveshowntheresistanceofsalt-bushtotheeffectsalkaliisverysatisfactory.Theisofcourse,tsuchresistance.Somecorrespondentsreportthattheyplantedinithabalktrust,andweredisappointedatits failure.Othersearmays:"Thealkalidestroyed,andateoff,thestemsofthe盐bush:it didnotseemgetastartatall."Expectationsofsuccessinsuchcaptionsnotofcourse,berealized.Onlandofwhichthesurfacefootcontainsone-thirdofonepercent.of盐,theyoungplantwasfoundtocomeupeasily,但 sufferedwhenthe盐contentsreachednearlyeight-tenthsofonepercontinentabout311000 poundsofsaltstotheupperacre-foot.Someoftheoldplant livedwellinsoilshavingatotalof92000poundsperacreindepthofthreefeet.ofwhich23000poundswas"blackalkali."Wherethesurfacecrust.orupperhalfincloundeightpercentofsalts,theyoungplantwasfoundtocomeupeasily,但 sufferedwhenthe盐contentsreachednearlyeight-tenthsofonepercontinentabout311000 poundsofsaltstotheupperacre-foot.Someoftheoldplant livedwellinsoilshavingatotalof92000poundsperacreindepthofthreefeet.ofwhich23000poundswas"blackalkali."Wherethesurfacecrust.orupperhalfincloundeightpercentofsalts,theyoungplantwasfoundtocomeupeasily,但 sufferedwhenthe盐contentsreachednearlyeight-tenthsofonepercontinentabout311000 poundsofsaltstotheupperacre-foot.Someoftheoldplant livedwellinsoilshavingatotalof92000poundsperacreindepthofthreefeet.ofwhich23000poundswas"blackalkali."Wherethesurfacecrust.orupperhalfincloundeightpercentofsalts,theyoungplantwasfoundtocomeupeasily,但 sufferedwhenthe盐contentsreachednearlyeight-tenthsofonepercontinentabout311000 poundsofsaltstotheupperacre-foot.Someoftheoldplant livedwellinsoilshavingatotalof92000poundsperacreindepthofthreefeet.ofwhich23000poundswas"blackalkali."Wherethesurfacecrust.orupperhalfincloundeightpercentofsalts,theyoungplantwasfoundtocomeupeasily但 sufferedwhenthe盐contentsreachednearlyeight-tenthsofonepercontinentabout311000 poundsofsaltstotheupperacre-foot.Someoftheoldplant livedwellinsoilshavingatotalof92000poundsperacreindepthofthreefeet.ofwhich23000poundswas"blackalkali."Wherethesurfacecrust.orupperhalfincloundeightpercentofsalts,theyoungplantwasfoundtocomeupeasily但 sufferedwhenthe盐contentsreachednearlyeight-tenthsOfonepercontinentabout311000 poundsofsaltstotheupperacre-foot.Someoftheoldplant livedwellinsoilshavingatotalof92000poundsperacreindepthofthreefeet.ofwhich23000poundswas"blackalkali."Wherethesurfacecrust.orupperhalfincloundeightpercentOfsalts,theyoungplantwasfoundtocomeupeasily但 sufferedwhenthe盐contentsreachednearlyeight-tenthsOfonepercontinentabout311000 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After Atriplex semibaccata had been thoroughly tested in plots at Tulare sub-station, a carload of volunteer plants was (1894) given to the Kern County Land company, who planted about forty acres in one field and many small plots in different locations. The plants thrive everywhere and were reported to be a great acquisition. Some individual plants attained a diameter of eighteen feet in one year. The main field was partly pastured, partly used to secure seed, and a large crop was gathered and sold at considerable profit. The tract was then irrigated and partly sown to alfalfa. A great deal of the salt-bush remained when the place was visited in 1898, and improved the pasture. Other and larger plantations of salt-bush have since been made on more arid ground. Mr. Turner, of Tulare, planted a large pasture about the same time, which still remains in use. Mr. Welch, of East Oakland, planted about 50 acres in the same county, and like Mr. Turner has found it profitable for pasture. Neither of these gentlemen irrigated at all. In February, 1896, the Tulare sub- From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received. Many such were printed by Professor E. J. Wickson in recent annual reports. Mr. G. F. Donkin, of Grayson, Stanislaus county, writes, in December, 1898: "I only succeeded in raising one plant in 1897, which spread out six feet and seeded heavily. In 1898 a number of young plants came up around the old one and I furnished plants to my neighbors, besides planting 125 small ones in the field. They are a success, and my chickens, turkeys, horses, and cows all like it. Turkeys invariably go the salt-bushes. A cattle raiser here told me it is excellent feed for cattle, and he intends to grow some on the hillsides." Experiments with salt-bush in the Coast Ranges have not been so numerous as in the San Joaquin Valley, but promise equally satisfactory results. In December, 1898, T. E. Rice, of Livermore, Alameda county, wrote: "I have grown Australian salt-bush (A. semibaccata) for two years, and am well pleased with it. It seems to stand the drought better than either of the others. Mealy salt-bush (A halimoides) grew about two feet high, but does not from a few inches to three feet in diameter on hard, dry clay land where even weeds did not grow; and it volunteered from self-sown seeds in the hard road and walk, growing slowly all summer." Jasper Kolplen, of Grimes, also in Colusa county, writes: "Grows well here, and about every farmer is growing some this year, as a good man tried it last year, and all praise it." J. Lewis, of Maxwell, Colusa county, and others in the same district say: "The salt-bush will be the salvation of the 'goose lands'" (hard clay soil, with white alkali). Success in the Sierra foothills is reported by W. C. Cockrill, of Latrobe, El Dorado county. In December, 1898, he wrote: "It does well in this locality. I planted it in boxes, and transplanted it in April on very dry ground. It made a growth of about two feet without any irrigation. In August the cattle broke in and ate it all off, but it commenced to grow again, and remained green all fall, and is green yet." Thus far no alkali has been found here. Many excellent reports come from the alkali districts of Honey Lake and other valleys of Lassen county. A typical letter is from Tully DuVall, of Datura, Lassen county, written in February, 1899. He says: "Australian salt-bush sowed June 1, sprouted June 11; then spread two feet in diameter. From one plant I gathered a quart of seed. Though sowed so late it stood the frost better than alfalfa. In October it was still green, when the alfalfa had withered away. It stood the severe winter of 1897-98 and is now growing." The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received. Many such were printed by Professor E. J. Wickson in recent annual reports. Mr. G. F. Donkin, of Grayson, Stanislaus county, writes, in December, 1898: "I only succeeded in raising one plant in 1897, which spread out six feet and seeded heavily. In 1898 a number of young plants came up around the old one and I furnished plants to my neighbors, besides planting 125 small ones in the field. They are a success, and my chickens, turkeys, horses, and cows all like it. Turkeys invariably go the salt-bushes. A cattle raiser here told me it is excellent feed for cattle, and he intends to grow some on the hillsides." Experiments with salt-bush in the Coast Ranges have not been so numerous as in the San Joaquin Valley, but promise equally satisfactory results. In December, 1898, T. E. Rice, of Livermore, Alameda county, wrote: "I have grown Australian salt-bush (A. semibaccata) for two years, and am well pleased with it. It seems to stand the drought better than either of the others. Mealy salt-bush (A halimoides) grew about two feet high, but does not from a few inches to three feet in diameter on hard, dry clay land where even weeds did not grow; and it volunteered from self-sown seeds in the hard road and walk, growing slowly all summer." Jasper Kolplen, of Grimes, also in Colusa county, writes: "Grows well here, and about every farmer is growing some this year, as a good man tried it last year, and all praise it." J. Lewis, of Maxwell, Colusa county, and others in the same district say: "The salt-bush will be the salvation of the 'goose lands'" (hard clay soil, with white alkali). Success in the Sierra foothills is reported by W. C. Cockrill, of Latrobe, El Dorado county. In December, 1898, he wrote: "It does well in this locality. I planted it in boxes, and transplanted it in April on very dry ground. It made a growth of about two feet without any irrigation. In August the cattle broke in and ate it all off, but it commenced to grow again, and remained green all fall,and is green yet." Thus far no alkali has been found here. Many excellent reports come from the alkali districts of Honey Lake and other valleys of Lassen county. A typical letter is from Tully DuVall, of Datura,Lassen county,twites in December，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathered a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredaway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathered a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredaway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathered a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredaway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathered a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredaway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathered a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredaway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathered a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredaway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathering a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredaway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathering a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredaway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathering a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathering a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealfalfahadwitheredway.Istoodthesewinterof1897-98andisnowgrowing."The soil was alkali. From many places in the San Joaquin Valley and its adjacent foothills favorable accounts have been received.Many such were printed by Professor E.J.Wickson in recent annual reports.Mr.G.F.Donkin.ofGrayson Stanislauscounty,twitesinDecember，1898.Hews says:"Australian salt-bush sowed June 1sprouted June 11;then spread two feetin diameter.From one plant I gathering a quartof seedThough sowed so lateit stoodthe frostbetterthanalfalfa.InOctoberitwasstillgreenwhenthealf半afollowingyear.The saline fields are suitable for crops on land containing over 30,000 pounds of total salts per acre. Since 1894 the continued experience of several hundred farmers in the San Joaquin Valley has emphasized the same points showing that Atriplex semibaccata is the best species yet tested for alkali soils in regions of hot,dry summers and light rainfall. Though in such districts it responds readily to irrigation it seems to be easily "drowned out" or rotted by too much water. It thrives on the banks of irrigating ditches,and aids to bind the soil-forming where pasture is kept close,yet the amount of salts near the surface was 25 per cent they perished.Nevertheless,the are cases at the Tulare sub-station,mwhere single plants under favoring circumstances,b obtain root and thrive where the amount of alkali approaches these highest limits.Certainly no other useful plant so sturdily withstands "black alkali." Barley for instance does not make a crop on land containing over 30,000 pounds of total salts per acre. Since 1894 the continued experience of several hundred farmers in the San Joaquin Valley has emphasized the same points showing that Atriplex semibaccata is the best species yet tested for alkali soils in regions of hot,dry summers and light rainfall. Though in such districts it responds readily to irrigation it seems to be easily "drowned out" or rotted by too much water. It thrives on the banks of irrigating ditches,and aids to bind the soil-forming where pasture is kept close,yet the amount of salts near the surface was 25 per cent they perished.Nevertheless,the are cases at the Tulare sub-station,mwhere single plants under favoring circumstances,b obtain root and thrive where the amount of alkali approaches these highest limits.Certainly no other useful plant so sturdily withstands "black alkali." Barley for instance does not make a crop on land containing over 30,000 pounds of total salts per acre. Salt-bushes grow extremely well on the ten-acre tract near Chino,California sub-station.Areas well as the handsomest,and others are invited to call on any druggist and get free trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and Lungs,a remedy that is guaranteed to cure and relieve all Chronic and Acute Coughs,Asthma,Bronchitis and Consumption.Price 25c,and 50c. jan26-1p Gazette. 1899. NUMBER 38 ABSCONDING RUSSIANS As Sugar Beet Growers. EDITOR GAZETTE.—It has been asserted that the Russians who lately absconded from Orange county had been brought to grief because of their heavy losses as sugar-beet growers. Their names, I believe, are Otto Dargatz, G. Spingath, Jos. Riemland, Louis Riemland, John Grauman, H. Erdtman, L. Prope and A. Rerder. Of the eight, the last three named never attempted to grow beets in Orange county. John Grauman planted a small acreage last year for the Los Alamitos factory, but owing to the dry year his crop was a failure, and he received a check for only $51 for the entire field. This year he planted 24 acres for the Chino company, but left the county as soon as they were planted. It can be seen by the table given below that all the land ever planted to beets by the absconders was 112 acres, of which they only cultivated 69 acres, and received, after all expenses of freight seed, dump and rent, were deducted (except as to rent of Dargatz and Spingath in 1898), $1790 30: NAMES OF ALL OF THE RUSSIAN BEET GROWERS WHO HAVE ABSCONDED, AND THEIR ENTIRE TRANSACTIONS AS BEET GROWERS. Year. Acres planted. Acres that came up. Gross tons. Gross proceeds. Net proceeds after deducting all expenses except labor. L. Riemland, renter ... 8 5 15½ 859 88 J. Riemland, owner of land ... 7 7 9 36 30 J. Riemland, renter and owner ... 10 10 109 419 48 J. Riemland, owner ... 4 2 17 61 86 In 1897, three men, two of whom were O. Dargatz and G. Spingath, formed a co-partnership to rent and cultivate 46 acres to beets. Hence the figures opposite the two following names represent their one-third interest: O. Dargatz, renter ... 15½ 13 106 442 86 258 32 You are an OCR engine for a region cropped from a scanned historical newspaper page. Transcribe ALL legible text exactly as printed, top-to-bottom. Their average tonnage per acre was nearly nine, and had they hired all of their work done by outside parties, it could have been done at $20 per acre, or $1380. They received for their crops, over and above all expenses except their labor, $1790, leaving them $410 for plowing and seeding the 42 acres that did not come up. These men did not hire their work done, but did nearly all of it by their own and their family's labor; and in 1898 they were not charged for any beet seed except that planted on the acres that produced a good stand. In other words, they planted seed upon 69 acres, 1032 pounds, but were charged with only 180 pounds, at 12 cents per pound, the Chino company losing the balance. Nor did the company charge any beet grower for seed that year where it failed to grow and produce beets. If the absconding Russians did not lose by beet growing, what was the matter with them? If anything, it was because of the dry year. O. Dargatz and G. Spingath were the only ones who had planted beets of any account. They being fairly successful in 1897, thought that the time had come to branch out and become large farmers. They did it by renting, with two neighbors, 500 acres for barley and beets. They provided themselves with additional horses until each had six; also good sulky plows and all tools necessary for successful farming on a large scale. They bought ten tons of barley for seed, also feed in proportion; plowed with six-horse sulky plows 200 acres and planted it to barley, but sold neither grain nor hay. The only sale made was beets from twelve acres, which brought the four $335. I should say an unfortunate speculation of a dry season was what stranded these men, who were equal in energy and industry to any of their neighbors. But this is no blot upon the sugar-beet industry any more than failure to realize one's expectations is upon any other industry. Mr. Gus Hansen, in your issue of June 29th, states that it costs $30 per acre to grow sugar beets. From my observation of work in beet fields, and my knowledge of what has been paid for work per acre and per ton, I am sure that any farmer who wants to hire his work done per acre or per ton, can do so at the following prices. If land is exceedingly hard to work, it may cost a little more; if light and easily worked, it will cost less. This is for average hand: L. Riemland, renter... J. Riemland, owner of land... J. Riemland, renter and owner... J. Riemland, owner In 1897 three men, two of whom were O. Dargatz and G. Spingath, formed a partnership to rent and cultivate 46 acres to beets. Hence the figures opposite the two following names represent their one-third interest: O. Dargatz, renter... A. Spingath, renter... In 1898 four men, two of whom were O. Dargatz and A. Spingath, formed a partnership to farm 500 acres to barley and beets. They planted 65 acres to beets. The next figures represent one-fourth of the transaction: O. Dargatz, renter... G. Spingath, renter... O. Dargatz, owner... O. Dargatz, owner... O. Dargatz, owner... and Benedict, there will probably be 3000 tons delivered. In all the fields I look after there is a fair prospect of a yield of over 6,000 tons. I repeat a statement from your issue of June 22d: "There are thousands of acres in our county divided among owners of small ranches, where good and profitable crops can be grown. Such ranches can produce more from beets than from any other crop." I will illustrate this by giving returns from a small tract owned by a Russian. He is one who has not thought that the time has come for him to expand and farm on a large scale. When he has no work on his own little ranch, he hunts for it somewhere else, especially in the beet-thinning and harvest time, and in fruit and nut picking time, at which occupations he and four of his children are a success. In 1896 Charles Riemland planted ten acres to beets, for which he received $320 net. In 1897 he planted the same ten acres and received for his labors $660 net. Last year and this have been nearly a blank to him, except that he may get from one to two hundred dollars for beets now growing. But nothing daunted by the dry years, he says that if it rains next winter he will repeat his crop of 1897. These absolutely dry years don't often come to California; so let us all continue to hope for the return of prosperity, and the beet crop will do its part in adding thereto. If a man can produce from his land in good seasons an average of $50 per acre, certainly the merchant and mechanic, as well as the farmer, will be benefited. I cannot believe that Mr. Hansen can find many business men to agree with him that an industry that will more than double the return from many ranches will be the means of depreciating values and impoverishing merchants. They had rain in the north last spring, and heavy crops have made light hearts. Every beet factory has an abundance of raw material. At Oxnard there are beets galore, and as the factory is fitted up for only 1000 tons per day, they will ship beets to Chino, and keep both factories running at full capacity until late in November. The Oxnard beet growers will receive nearly one million of dollars, and doubtless not consider the factory their worst enemy. T. J. Jones. CANNED FRUITS. One farmer says: "I will destroy, or ate off, the salt-bush; it did not seem hard at all." Expectations of such places cannot, of course, be on land of which the surmounts one-third of one per salt, the young plant was come up easily, but sufficient salt contents reached eight-tenths of one per cent. 1,000 pounds of salts to the foot. Some of the older and well in soils having a total pounds per acre in a depth of 23,000 pounds was near. Where the surface upper half inch contained most of salts, the young salts near the surface was 25 they perished. Nevertheless, cases at the Tulare sub-state single plants, under favor-istances, obtain root and are the amount of alkali ap- these highest limits. Certain useful plant so sturdily "black alkali." Barley does not make a crop on land over 30,000 pounds of total ore. The continued experience with hundred farmers in the San Valley has emphasized the best species yet tested soils in regions of hot, dry and light rainfall. Though districts it responds readily on, it seems to be easily out" or rotted by too much thrives on the banks of irrigates, and aids to bind the soil, where pastured closely, a covering. It is now well es-salong the highway near the town, and volunteers freely. It successfully started on hard, pastures and roadsides. Grees grow extremely well on mere tract near Chino, which is of Southern California. There they are planted in current plots, to test resistance to this district. The amounts on the soil range from a total age of .067, or 2,680 pounds. The insurance has not been nearly this case, and the plant can be applied for all places in this continued on Fourth page. Homeliest Man in Anaheim, in the handsomest, and others, to call on any druggist and trial bottle of Kemp's Balsam throat and Lungs, a remedy guaranteed to cure and relieve acne and Acute Coughs, Asthma and Consumption. Price 25c. jan26-1p On light land, where there is a good stand and the beets produce a light tonnage, the per cent of sugar is high. Beets from such land, with 5 tons per acre, will generally average 18 percent sugar; 7 tons, over 16 per cent; 10 tons, 15 per cent. If the 5 ton crop is the result of poor farming, on heavy land where there is a very poor stand, with scattering large beets, the test will not be good. It must be remembered that most beet farmers who plant less than twenty acres, perform very much, if not all, of their own labor, except it may be some of the thinning and part of the harvesting. Some will do the same with thirty acres, giving them tional relations of Germany and America. Some days ago the J.H. Flickinger company of San Jose, California, through agents in Berlin, made an extensive exhibit of their canned fruits. The Empress of Germany visited the exposition and stopped at this booth. She questioned the managers minutely in regard to their method of preparing the fruits, and departed without stopping elsewhere. An hour later the royal chamberlain returned and gave an extensive order for immediate delivery to the palace. The exhibitors of other nations were green with envy. What makes more