anaheim-gazette 1913-01-30

LEMON INDUSTRY IN SOUTHERN ITALY MOST IMPORTANT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT — GROWN IN ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY CLIMATE OF THIS COUNTRY AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS VERY SIMILAR Lemon growing is the most important agricultural industry in southern Italy. The crop is grown in nearly all parts of the country, but it reaches its greatest development in the Island of Sicily, and on the mainland in the provinces of Calabria and Campania. The climate of central and southern Italy is similar to the climate of Southern California where the only other extensive lemon growing region of the world has been developed. The Italian lemon industry represents the most intensive and prosperous type of southern European horticulture. The fresh fruit and the by-products enter extensively into international commerce and the industry furnishes the means of livelihood for thousands of people, and is the industrial backbone of many of the communes and provinces. Statistics of agriculture are difficult to obtain in Italy, says G. Harold Powell in a bulletin on lemon culture recently issued by the Citrus Protective League of California. The statistics of the areas and yields of citrus fruits have been so unsatisfactory the Italian Minister of Agriculture discontinued their official publication from 1904 to 1910. In 1904 there were about 17,000,000 citrus fruit trees in Italy, including oranges, lemons, limes and other citrus fruits about 8,000,000 of which were haustive study of the Sicilian lemon industry. The Italian lemon industry is located principally on the island of Sicily, on a narrow strip of land along the northern coast from Palermo to Messina, and on a similar narrow strip on the coast from Messina to Catania. There are more than 6,000,000 trees in Sicily, more than a million trees in Reggio-Calabria on the mainland across the straits of Messina and 500,000 trees near Naples principally in the communes of Salerno, Caserta and Naples. On the Sorrento peninsula, the groves are located principally on the gulf of Salerno, where they rise abruptly from the sea on walled terraces on the mountain sides. The most important centers are Majori, Minori, Amalfi, Ravella and other small coast and mountain canyon places from Cetra to Positana. The trees are covered with straw or chestnut mats placed on the trellises in the fall to protect them against frost and storms during the winter months. The lemons grown in the shade in this way develop a skin of the finest texture. The fruit ripens there in summer. There are many groves also in Sorrento and in the vicinity of Cosenza and Catanzaro. The lemons from these districts are shipped through the consular district of Naples, and form less than 10 per cent of the exports of lemons from Italy to the United States. These are the highest-priced Italian lemons shipped to America. In Sicily the groves often extend into the valleys that lead back from the coast and up the foot hills a thousand feet or more in elevation. They are distinguished as valley and up-land groves the latter producing the fruit of finest quality. Along the north coast of Sicily there is a break in the groves, or gardens, as they are called in Italy ,between Termini and Santa Stefano, where the mountains approach the Mediterranean. Between Messina and Santa Stefano, Barcellona is the principal lemon growing center with less important districts around Bauso, Naso, Santa Agata di Milettello and other smaller places. Near Paler- PROHIBITION OF WILDLIFE IN STATE FLINT BILL SHOULD SAN FRANCISCO UNDER CALIFORNIA URGENT RANKS OF STATES FOR NON-SALE The Associated Society servation of wild life receiving communications from all over the United States demanding game be prohibited. Wm. T. Hornaday, director York Zoological Park California's game is non-sale law is passed. The National Association Societies, the New York society, and the Campagna are urging California distinguished roll oaks have entirely prohibited game. Support the FF. The following ecology Fresno Republican member of the absurd claim that does not hunt is depicted right if he cannot bury The great mass of deer sport; only the hotel ket gunner hunt for tents in order that lace "buy a duck when he hunts." "They will simply out it for awhile," was at a hearing in San Francisco query what the peacock shoot will do for game development of its coction for sale. And tha- Statistics of agriculture are difficult to obtain in Italy, says G. Harold Powell in a bulletin on lemon culture recently issued by the Citrus Protective League of California. The statistics of the areas and yields of citrus fruits have been so unsatisfactory the Italian Minister of Agriculture discontinued their official publication from 1904 to 1910. In 1904 there were about 17,000,000 citrus fruit trees in Italy, including oranges, lemons, limes and other citrus fruits about 8,000,000 of which were said to be lemons. In 1909, according to statistics furnished through the International Institute of Agriculture at Rome, there were about 108,400 acres of citrus fruits in Italy, grown as a special crop, and 170,000 acres on which citrus fruits were grown with other crops, the latter practice pertaining almost exclusively to the Provinces of Calabria, and Campania. Eighty-one thousand one hundred and fifty acres of citrus fruits were grown alone in Sicily; and 4,102 acres in mixed cultivation; 13,890 were grown alone in Calabria, or the southern-most province on the mainland, and 9,385 acres in Campania, the province which includes Naples, Sorrento, Majori, and Amalfi. About 40 per cent of the citrus fruit trees in Sicily in 1909 were in the province of Palermo, and these were practically all lemons. Twenty-five per cent in Catania, practically all oranges and lemons; 10 per cent in Syracuse and the remainder were in the provinces of Trapani, Girgenti and Caltanisetta. In the last few years the lemon industry has been increasing in Italy, as shown by the increase in the exports of fruit, the increase in the manufacture of citrate of lime, and the extensive planting of young groves, especially along the river beds in sections where new water supplies have been developed. According to official Italian data furnished by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture, the exports of lemons from Italy were approximately 311,563,577 pounds in 1900, or the equivalent of 12,982 California carloads of 24,000 pounds each. In 1911 the exports were 570,306,431 pounds or the equivalent of about 23,763 California carloads. The estimated production of citrate of lime or calcium citrate which is made from the juice and pulp of the lemon was 7,000 tons in 1910 or the equivalent of about 21,000 pipes of 672 pounds each. It requires approximately 100,000 lemons to make a pipe of citrate, or approximately the equivalent of a California carload of fruit. The fruit converted into citrate would therefore equal about 504,000,000 pounds. The estimated production of thousand feet or more in elevation. They are distinguished as valley and up-land groves the latter producing the fruit of finest quality. Along the north coast of Sicily there is a break in the groves, or gardens, as they are called in Italy between Termini and Santa Stefano, where the mountains approach the Mediterranean. Between Messina and Santa Stefano, Barcellona is the principal lemon growing center with less important districts around Bauso, Naso, Santa Agata di Milettello and other smaller places. Near Palermo the most important centers on the coast are Bagheria and Ficarazzi. The industry is developed most extensively in the Conco d’Oro, or the Place of Gold, the beautiful valley which extends inland from Palermo to Monreale and beyond. On the eastern coast of Sicily the lemon groves extend in an almost unbroken ribbon from Messina to Giardini, the most important centers lying around Letojanni, Santa Teresa, Roccalumera, Galati, Tremestieri, and Gazzi. Beyond Giardini, the Alcantara Valley extends inland, and contains thousands of acres of lemons. In the Catania district located on the lava beds of Mount Etna, the most important districts are Acireale, Mascali and Fiumefreddo. There is also a district around Syracuse extending from Augusta to Avola. The lemons on the Messina-Catania and Syracuse coast are used principally in the manufacture of citrate of lime, oil, and other by-products, and in shipment as fresh fruit to European countries. 85 per cent of the fruit in some sections being converted into citrate of lime and oil. About 65 per cent of the fresh fruit and citrate of lime and 80 per cent of the essential oil of Sicily are produced in the consular district of Catania which includes the shipment from the Department of Calabria and the Provinces of Messina, Syracuse and Catania. According to the official statistics referred to, there has been an increase of 82.8 per cent in the exports of lemons from Italy since the calendar year 1900. The largest market for Italian lemons is the United States, which has received about 35 per cent of the total exports during the last ten years, the proportion to the United States, however, equalling 31.5 per cent in 1910, when the maturing California crop was the largest in the history of the American industry. The countries receiving the largest proportion next in order are Austria-Hungary, which received 19.8 per cent, the United Kingdom 19.5 per cent Germany 11.3 per cent and Russia 8.1 per cent of the total exports in the calendar year 1910. There has been a large increase in the proportion of Italian lemons exported to Yet already most of life are attainable processes than pure part, even of the gardening but the hunting Croesus, at Delmonico canvasback, and can on the fire 19 minute. But who shall buy that of the morning air, salt marshes, the spit and the triumph o' shot? Ten thousand hunting ancestry by instinct whose savannah's joy. But be achieved by stout and steady nerve, and fat purse except for The estimated production of citrate of lime or calcium citrate which is made from the juice and pulp of the lemon was 7,000 tons in 1910 or the equivalent of about 21,000 pipes of 672 pounds each. It requires approximately 100,000 lemons to make a pipe of citrate, or approximately the equivalent of a California carload of fruit. The fruit converted into citrate would therefore equal about 504,000,000 pounds. The estimated production of lemon oil in Sicily in 1910, was 700 tons. A detailed description of the Italian lemon by-product industry will be found in Bulletin 160, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1909. It is estimated by various growers and shippers in Italy that about 10 per cent of the Italian lemon crop, or the equivalent of approximately 119,270,183 pounds is used in domestic consumption. The total production of lemons in Italy in 1910, according to the official statistics of exports, of citrate of lime converted into pounds of fresh fruit, and of domestic consumption, would be approximately 1,192,701,829 pounds or the equivalent of 49,696 California carloads. This figure is somewhat larger than the estimate of the citrate of lime commission in 1910, which assumed that the crop would equal 5,000,000 quintals of fresh fruit, or 1,102,311,200 pounds. The lemon crop in Sicily in 1910 was 25 to 30 per cent below the normal. The proportion of fresh fruit used in domestic consumption is smaller than the estimate made by the late Consul Cheney of Messina, in his ex- Owned by Southern California people. The Home Telephone Company. Gazette want ads bring results. PROHIBITS SALE OF WILD GAME IN STATE FLINT BILL SHOULD BE PASSED—SAN FRANCISCO HOTELMEN UNDER FIRE CALIFORNIA URGED TO JOIN RANKS OF STATE WITH BILLS FOR NON-SALE OF GAME The Associated Societies for the conservation of wild life in the State are receiving communications and editorials from all over the State and the United States demanding that the sale of game be prohibited. A book by Dr. Wm. T. Hornaday, director of the New York Zoological Park, just issued, says California's game is doomed unless a non-sale law is passed at once. The National Association of Audubon Societies, the New York Zoological Society, and the Campfire Club of America are urging California to join the distinguished roll of 18 states that have entirely prohibited the sale of game. Support the Flint bill. The following editorial from the Fresno Republican makes short work of the absurd claim that the man who does not hunt is deprived of a natural right if he cannot buy game to eat. The great mass of people hunt for sport; only the hotelman and the market gunner hunt for their private pockets in order that lazy Croesus may "buy a duck when he wants it!" To Hunt or To Eat? "They will simply have to go without it for awhile," was the reply made at a hearing in Sacramento to the query what the people who do not shoot will do for game, pending the development of its commercial production for sale. And the Examiner takes ARIZONA STATE IS FORGING TO FRONT Immigration Commissioner Clark Receiving Numerous Inquiries About Country With the completion of the great Roosevelt dam and the absolute assurance of abundance of "stored water" for all irrigating purposes, Arizona is certain to make great strides in agriculture and horticulture. Statehood never descended upon a community more ready than was Arizona. Arizona covers 72,931,840 acres, or over 113,000 square miles. The distance across Arizona from east to west is about 350 miles and about the same from north to south. Elevations vary from 100 to 13,000 feet. While Arizona is known as a great mining community, leading the world in copper, its agriculture, horticulture and stock raising is of vast importance. Arizona supports one million sheep, eight hundred thousand head of cattle; over 8,000 farms are listed and the area at present cultivated is more than 1,250,000 acres. Maricopa county is located in the south central part of Arizona and is famous for many reasons, but principally by reason of the great Salt River Valley and its splendid irrigating system. This valley is about thirty-five miles long and in width varies from twelve to twenty miles. The soil is a sandy loam and very rich. Here you can see young beets in the field the last of January, mowers cutting alfalfa in the middle of February, cattle feeding in December on fields of barley. While Arizona is often spoken of as a very hot climate, the difference between the Arizona dry air and the humid atmosphere wich usually prevails in the East where the temperature is high, will give the Salt River Valley the benefit of a big reduction in temperature. For instance, when the NEGRO GETS ONE YEAR Ernest Bryson, a Fullerton negro, was found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon, and was sentenced to spend one year in the county jail. The jury was out but a few minutes, and sentence was passed immediately after the verdict was rendered. While intoxicated Bryson struck B. H. Davis of Fullerton over the head with a beer bottle. CERTAIN RESULTS Many an Anaheim Citizen Knows How Sure They Are Nothing uncertain about the work of Doan's Kidney Pills in Anaheim. There is plenty of positive proof of this in the testimony of citizens. Such evidence should convince the most skeptical doubter. Read the following statement: Mrs. August Backs, 228 N. Lemon St., Anaheim, Cal., says: "I have tried a great many remedies for backache but never found one that would give me as prompt relief as Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at Mullinix's Drug Store. I began to have trouble from my back and kidneys about 10 years ago and I believe that the drinking water in this locality brought on my complaint. When on my feet for any length of time, my back became very painful and any exertion or a cold, caused me to suffer more intensely. I felt tired and languid nearly all the time and my health was run down. About four years ago I began using Doan's Kidney Pills and they brought me such prompt and positive relief that I have never been without them since." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name—Doan's—and take no other. Advertisement Notice to Creditors. The great mass of people hunt for sport; only the hotelman and the market gunner hunt for their private pockets in order that lazy Croesus may "buy a duck when he wants it!" To Hunt or To Eat? "They will simply have to go without it for awhile," was the reply made at a hearing in Sacramento to the query what the people who do not shoot will do for game, pending the development of its commercial production for sale. And the Examiner takes this as a confession of the absurdity, and injustice of the whole scheme of reserving wild game from tame commerce. "But why not? Are the only privileges to be those of money? Are we so commercialized that the normal way of getting everything must be to buy it? There are plenty of things—diamonds and champagne and automobiles, for instance—that most people must go without. Those who can afford these things see no injustice in the exclusion of those who cannot. The exclusion is commercial, and therefore, to the commercial-minded, it is conclusive. But when any other standard of distinction is suggested, by which they would be the excluded ones, then they grow righteously indignant. Yet once it was quite axiomatic that all good things belonged to the strong as it now is that they belong to the rich. The mighty hunter had the game, the mighty warrior the government and the mighty miser his gold-heaps—unless the warrior and the hunter took them away from him. The mighty thinker, then as now had no privilege but the hope of posterity's recognition. But now the mighty miser demands the first fruits of all the others, and sets himself up as the only privileged class. That the game should be the privilege of the hunter strikes him as an invasion of his own right to monopolize all privileges to himself. Yet already most of the best things of life are attainable only by other processes than purchase. The best part, even of the game, is not the eating, but the hunting of it. Pampered Croesus, at Delmonico's may eat his canvasback, and carp because it was on the fire 19 minutes instead of 18. But who shall buy the sunrise, the tang of the morning air, the mists on the salt marshes, the spell of the hunting and the triumph of the successful shot? Ten thousand generations of hunting ancestry bequeathed us the instinct whose satisfaction is the huntsman's joy. But it is a thing to be achieved by stout legs, clear eyes and steady nerve, and is for sale to no fat purse except for personal exertion. Here you can see young beets in the field the last of January, mowers cutting alfalfa in the middle of February, cattle feeding in December on fields of barley. While Arizona is often spoken of as a very hot climate, the difference between the Arizona dry air and the humid atmosphere wich usually prevails in the East where the temperature is high, will give the Salt River Valley the benefit of a big reduction in temperature. For instance, when the thermometer registers 100 in Phoenix, a sensible temperature of 78 will be felt. When the thermometer registers 90 in Chicago, a sensible temperature of 83 will be noticeable. The Immigration Commissioner, Vernon L. Clark, of Phoenix, is receiving communications from farmers in California and elsewhere regarding the resources and opportunities offered by the Great Salt River Valley. Mr. Clark states that never has there been a time when inquiries were so numerous. He also states the demand for farmers is very great, owing to the fact that the markets for all sorts of products seem to be unlimited. GUARDIANSHIP MATTERS Edith Blick, of Lemon Cove, has petitioned to be appointed guardian of the estate of Harold Lovering. The estate is worth $2,600. Ethel W. Golter, of Fullerton, has asked to be made guardian of the estates of the three Jackman minors, who are orphans. OPERA HOUSE GROCERY Carries a full line of Fancy and Staple Groceries, Clothing and Tobacco. General Merchandise R.O.Barrios, A.Morales Opera House Bl'dg Anaheim - California Farmers Wanted In Arizona Big opportunities in Maricopa County, Arizona. Government reports tell of rich soil twelve to sixty feet deep—rich as the Nile. Farmers who are being crowded out of California on account of high land prices, should visit the great Salt River Valley. Farmers Wanted In Arizona Big opportunities in Maricopa County, Arizona. Government reports tell of rich soil twelve to sixty feet deep—rich as the Nile. Farmers who are being crowded out of California on account of high land prices, should visit the great Salt River Valley. Alfalfa, corn, wheat, vegetables of all kinds, cotton, sugar beets, deciduous and citrus trees, dates, poultry, stock raising and dairying are all profitable. $40.00 per acre is about the average net profit from raising alfalfa. They cut an average of six tons to the acre and this has been selling from $8.00 to $16.00 a ton. A Swiss who has lived in the Salt River Valley for eight years, and who has been in the dairy business all his life, writes: “I never have seen a country where stock does so well and matures so quickly.” Cheap Land—Abundance of Water There is an abundance of “stored water” in the great Roosevelt Dam for irrigation purposes. Thousands of acres of land are ready for the plow. Phoenix, the capital of Arizona, is a winter paradise and is growing rapidly. There are other good towns, such as Mesa, Tempe, Glendale and the new town of Chandler. Good markets. Railroad facilities excellent. Splendid schools and churches. Low railroad rates from Los Angeles on Wednesdays and Fridays in parties of three or more. Write for forty page book on the resources of Maricopa County and inducements that are offered to settlers. Land prices at present are very reasonable. Address: Vernon L. Clark, Commissioner of Immigration. Dept. 8, 403 Fleming Block, Phoenix, Arizona. 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