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THe Dw
Butter Making.
1st. Kttp none (M ;ooi cotes. Why raise,
feed and milk two, whoti ono wilt make tha
sarae amount of belter buttor? hoi ovcry
neighborhood or club own ft bull that has
route from n cow Hint will mako It pounds of
butter n week, mid from n bull of good ma
ternity. lid. Fctil tctll tetlh lite proptr food, A cow
dors not iwiAf cream, but pho manufactures it
out of what is put into her mouth. All vege
tables uho up nearly all of that which will miiko
cream in maturing their sied, ho if you fcod
with timothy, clover, or corn-fodder, after h!io is
well matuied you can hnvu lut littlo cream. I
ono yoar sowed a quarter of nn aero of corn on
the Ohio bottom, well manured; I sowed ho
thin that each stalk would almost produce an
ear. When any earn did appear, I waited till
tho cobs were cov nil with corn, and then cut
it all and cured It properly, anil plowed well
and Howcd again Ah I had no pasture I began
to cut and fed it with u lltllu Hlop, morniu
and evening, and tlm quarter of an aero kept
my eow first rate all tlio next winter without
one pound of hay. Farmers ought to know,
that by fair and full experiments, n bushel of
cum ground lino and cookid well will make
uiiirti butter or pork than two bushels fed in the
car. feed them with hay or fodder with thn
March and migur nil in it, and give thn corn to
the row, ground titio and well cooked,
!ld. Let the cows have a mimi, ilry, rlmn
place to live in during the cold mouths, ami
let no pi rnon ever go into jour jnlil, or stable,
who will in r ttpiak Hliarply to a eow or utriko
her. I havo milled a large part of my life, ami
have wen many a cow thai, treated kindly,
would glwi ten quarts of milk, but if tliomill.ir
biramn angry and struck Inr nun blow he could
not get one quart.
When thn cowh have bien away hoiiim It!
bourn, they hIioiiIiI bo about as glad to Hen their
mllki rs as to hid their own cahes.
5th. ,1iMii,'. Let it bn u pleasant operation
to the cows. Ilclng healed in a comfortable
position, brush oil' all tlm straw and dirt, anil
Ihi li when Din milk bigiim to Mow down the
milk Mins, milk with both bunds as fast as
pm-Hihle. A perHim milking with only one band
will nut in tlin n iiionths, gel iih lunch by two
quarts a day, as a good milker. la-urn from u
litter of nigs how to milk. They nil loot
awhile, till thn milk begins to llnw, and the
one that has tint bent pom rs of miction will bo
the faltcHt pig mid the nun that fails hern will
Ik a liltln dwarf.
1'iih. The tritr Tlmiry of Itu'tini; (Yintii.--As
an illuntration, lake two tiueki ts of water from
a mmiIIcii htriam after n storm, mi muddy that
.Mm c in nut Hio into It at nil l'ut two pounds
of ii'ii in one biicki t mid nothing in the ntlu r,
mid in half an hour the Unit will bn as pure as
Hpiliig water, or as piirn as inn inner niicKcl In
fiiily-cighl hours. Thn ten thousand particles
of cold wad r mi llilig from the Ice Mart for the
bolloin mid take the particles of dirt nliinc; witli
them, but are not ho iiiiii h morn heavy than Hie
mater as to move down at once without this
help. You can insert heat into the middle of a
high ms-icI, ami make thn water boil on tlm top
while there is ice fastened ilnvwi in the bottom,
which proves that water docs nut imparl much,
if mi) hi at to walei, ho tin-he milid pniticlcs
from the ice go ovi-iy lime clear to the bottom.
Now, It the reader can iiiiiIcihIiiih! this fact
of purifying water, he cm easily hi ii how the
largo.it nmniiiii of eri'iiiii can be mini-d from
milk. .Milk as fast us poHhilile, iiml InManlly
set the milk inn pin nun plank in a cool
hpriiig-hoUMi or ei llai. .Ynw on the ynminl or
in irufic. Heller slill, mi I the pan on the Moc
and ln.it it up to two liiiudiul degnes, (within
twi hi' degiei a of boiling). The bottom of Ihe
pan, ill iither ease, will wiirm the plank and
keep II warm Mime time Tills will swell the
little p iiliclcs of cream and make llnmnioc
llpwalil, taking ailing other eieaiii pailiiliH
iiiuch fastei lli.tn liny otherwiMi would, ami
the cold air of the Mmtitf limine or cellar, will
cool the other parhelia nt milk on the Mil face,
and make them start for the bolloin, taking
with them other kindred particles, ho that in a
lunch shorter lliiui the cream will Ihi all at the
top, and the oilier parts of the milk below it.
A little, M'ry cold suci t skim milk, put in the
y
ami is found niateiially to aid thn process.
Many a butter maker in this hot summer, by
selling his pans upon the ground, or in cold
water, pit iiiiM Ills cream irom rising, ho inai
hniloes not get half of il, or half as much as in
October, win u the cold air cooling conManllj
Ihe top of Ihe water, helps him out of the mis
take.
If .Mill would haMi good cllow butler, never
allow' Ihe milk to be very vvniin or cold, and
churn at a temperature of about li'J ibgrics.
If it is xerv much wanner or eohh r than
lids, jon may chum nil day and not pro
duce butter. . linger i not n good thermome
ter. Hold one hand awhile in ice water mid
thonthir in hot water, then pour both togeth
er mid one hand will report that the water is
warm mid the other (hat il is cold. I do not
Mippns lliern is a butter maker ill the Slate of
Indiana that has not spi lit time enough on a
single churning to pi.r tor a good lluruioiiiiler,
because the cream was too far above or Is low
li'Jibgrees. One con's milk will come in less
than half Ihe time of another's, and it will
lain twice as long to bring butter from sweet
cream as sour.
Olio good butter maker of this Stain had tU
cows, mid he churnid their cream mid took out
the butler, thin he chitriiid again as much
longer mid got one-third as much as before,
then he chili lied again the same length of time
and got one-third as much as at his mciiiuI
churning. 1 have churned the cream from the
h.iliie co, two-thirds of which was sour, ami
after Inking out (lie butter I thought the butter
milk was tisi lich, mid churned again and got
the butter of the hwci t cieaui.
One of ihe bt-ht and largest butter makers in
the Mate has tried cever il plans, but now when
his cream is nt the right temperature he
chums all the xarielicsof cream half an hour,
ami tin u he is sure of it nil. Hut I am sure
that a large pait of the buttir makcrx do not
raise all their crtmn, and whin they lose it bv
churning swot and sour togilhcr, and the
oreuin Irom dillen lit cows, thev giw either the
larger or siiinllii Hiitlou to the hogs, and no
do not make much money fiom their butter
Tlh. When the butler is taken from the
chu n, i-all it and let It in some way be made
cool iiiough, then work it as long as what ,vou
pices out is milky, or tho butter will not keep,
(ml if .vou work it longer than this, and rc
out that which looks like witter, it will bo
..tick), mid a irl of the salt and it part of the
migar of tho bullcr will bo lost. Also, by put'
ing water into the churn to make the butter,
milk coparale, part of the sugar in tho butter
will ba taken by the Water, ami so the butter
uitl mil lie SO L-Ood. 7.'lT II, l.ittlt. (M
fu
tfianu i-linm-r.
Milk.
1). F. HchoQold, of Kano county, Illi-
ii -ii i ii , i n' i
nola.lu writing to tho Oorinantown Uh
e'jraph, Bays: Ah tho product of tho dairy
in this country in ono of tho most univor-
sal scarcely a family in tho land but has
acow-nnd furnishes ono of tho largest
... ... ... ,. .. . u. .
Bourcos of tho wealth of tho United States,
it seems propor that any or all knowlcdgo
derived from tho oxpurionco of thoso who
i ... .i .......... ,...i .i...
linvo nan iiiti groiuem iirnuiicui i.iiviiu-
, , . ,. ' , ,
uigcs, ijoiii ny Hoiuuiiuu rusunruii ami un
tiring, porsovoring and practical demon
strations, which have resulted in groat
advantaged over tho ordinary process,
gonorally practiced by our predecessors
irom timo immemorial, s no nut noirooy'
mado known. I say it seems to mo to
..,.,... j,,,n.i.,..nn.,tnll.l l.
any othor iniprovomoiits of tho day, and
should bo brought to tho notion of till,
whothor tho possessor of ono cow or one
thousand.
Milk, liko blood, is a living fluid, and
begins to dio ns soon as it leaves tho Boat
of vitality, und has just that heat which
nnm riipimy iicciiinruics n ciiaugo 10 nam-
ago It. lloi ltbeeomc.Hii mutter of tho
llrst importnnco that tho animal heat
should bo oxpnlled us soon as possiblo nf-
tor lining draw u from tho cow.
Tho following method, as now practiced
in tho main by all our host butter mill
ntlmr mniiiif.ietMHOH nf milk und tlm bust
othor maniltai tones ot milK unit tlm Dost
dairymen of tho country, will bo n matter
of great lliturost to all who may adopt it.
Nearly ovory manufacturing establish-
iiiiuit of milk, which receives milk from
dill'uront iliiirios. has u Hotof printed rules,
which, though varying alightly in tho ex-
prcBsion, yet all agrmi in tho main
principles. I will thereforo adopt tho
Htilistatico of what nil ngrco in, und to a
considerable extent copy tho language
verbatim.
1. Tho milk should bo drawn from tho
cow in tho most cleanly in. in nor, und
strained through wiro-uloth strainers (nf
torwaids it is strained by hoiihi through
lino linen und others llunnol strainors).
'J. Thn milk must bo thoroughly cool
ed uftor it is drawn from tho cow, in tho
(Mil III WHICH II IS COIltllllleil, 111 .HUH or
vat .of i-iil.l wiitor ileop onoiigli to como up
to tho bight of thn milk in Hio can, con-
a
tiiiniiiiug thrno or four times as much
water us tho null; to bo cooled; tho null;
to bo occasionally stirrod until tho ani
mal heat is expelled.
:t. In summer, or in tho spring and
fall, tho water ah. ill not bo over fri Icni
poi'atllii). This may bo druwii from a
well, or mado cool by tho introduction of
ico, or Hotter still ny running water noiu
ll spring w Intro tho tompei-iituio will bo
liniiorin, ueceshiir.y in iciiiico uio leiuper-
atllio of the mill: within fntty-llvo mill-
lltrtt to below fiS'; and if night's milk, to
roinaiu in such bath until tho tiuio ol
bringing it to tho fiielnry.
I. In winter, or in freeing weather,
tho water Hl.oul.l bo kept i.eii.Iy at f.ee.-
ing point by thn additiiin of leo or hiiow,
that tho ti'inpeiiitiito of tho null; bo miiiii
n dliceil bolow Ml'.
Ti. In spring and fall weather u medium
con iho may Ho purHiieil, ho Mint nights
milk shall bo
oolcil within an hour bolow
M'.
Ii. If in running spring water, it
hIhiiiIiI bo no arranged that tho water llow
uver tho lop to carry nil' tho warm water.
Thn can in which tho milk is cooled
should bo placed in tho water immedi
ately after tlm milking mid remain thorn
until tho process of cooling is finished.
S, Tho night's und morning's milk
should bo Hcpaintcly cooled before mix
ing. '.I. CowshIiouIiI not bo fed turnips or
any food Hint will
i 1..
imparl an iiupiiM-iiiii
oiinr to tun nun;
in tint iiuiniifaeturo ot luiltor, Mm iiiiik,
when ooiiled, is set ill tin cans about
twenty inches in hk'ht and si inches in
iliaiuetoi', und ill a vat rif cold water as
near l.'i as possible: if hioher tho water
. .
should bn fouled with ice. Tlio oiiMin
will in this way si'iiarato ontiiolv fiom
Iho milk in u few hours, but is usually
iillnvveil to Maud twenty-four hours for
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..mw.n.n.oii. when, w.th.i uiiliel-Hliape,
dipper, it is ioiniivo.1 mid placed whero i
lieciuuesNliglitly Mitir, wliou it isniiurncil
with a dash churn, being
kept in a cool
place.
Good 13 u tier.
Tho inaikct in abundantly supplied with
poor butter, but of liner qualities the sup
pi v is wry limited. It is a matter of won
dcr Unit daily faimeis do not icgaid their
iulcrests morn wisely, in manufacturing
this most important farm prjduot It rc
quiiiM but a vciy little more skill and
Clio to send til market butter which tliuls
a in.idv sain at high pnce, than to hciid
that wiiich nobody wants, and which, if
sold, goes at a low pi ice. It is impossible
for any butter producer to bo in tho slight-o--t
degree independent and above board,
who is contented to iiuikii mi article of sec
ond or thiid iiualily-
If a dairyman in Vcriiiont, Now llainp
hIiiio. or auv other Statu w ishes to conduct
his business Niiccessftilly, let him como to
thn citv and ascertain tho character of the
product which everv dealer is aiiMims to
procurn and foi which ho is willing to puv
high prices in i on,! v moni'v. Munv far-
iners at a distance fil.ni the city do not
leally
know what iiorfoct butter is. Iumijk
seen thn article. inding as wn do
never see
a ready calo for our
lllilk almost at our
own door, wo lmn
not, to much extent,
turned it into butter, tl.eteforo our sup
plies eonio from thoso who raise milk un
der dilVoront circuinstaticcs. Soditlicult is it
to prociuo perfect butter in tho market, that
freiim ntlv wo Ii.vmi waited a week Worn
any ooiilif bo foil ml, when found, thn price
is about double that for which ordinary
Hiiiilitios aro sold, and tho pucn is checr
fullv paid. How to inakn good butter can
easily no niuiersioou. noiuo remarhs up
on Mils point navo airoauy nppe.iriM in uio
'""' 1 m ,'
Journal, flood butter cow aro necessary,
and also earn mid porfoot iilouiiliuohs m
uiilkiug, straining, and setting the milk,
Without oool, airy, aweet rooms, specially
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WILLAMETTE FARMER.
designod for dairy purposes, it is inipossi-
hlo to mnko porfoot butter. It cannot bo
produced in ordinary farm-houses, with
ordinary convontonces. Thoso who pro-
S",mttor largely, or oyon moderately,
stlouia i,avo plonty of ico in summer; and
in wintor, tho warmth needed should not
como from a stovo in tho room, os it is
M-cnlt to P"on n'B"" ?? ffi
and gases. Tho ait of making goon nui-
tor j, jiko oti,or industries it must bo
learned; and thoro aro cortainly no inves-
ligations that a dairy farmer can moke,
wblnli will oivo him bottor neouniiiry ro-
; ; 1 i ii i , . r.... nf
turns for his trouble IJoston Jour, of
Chemistry.
Goat Breeders' Association.
Tho odloiirucd meeting of tho State of
,. , , , ., . ,,,, n.,,in,.,, ,i
Calffon.ia Assoc! itlon of CJo.it Breeders was
held Saturday evoiilnir, beptcmbor JUtli, in
Pioneer Hall, Sacramento, Presldout hhirl.mil
in tho chair.
Committee reported tho followiuit as a Hit
of prizes or progranimo
for the next State
lair.
Plri-t bcHt
thoroughbred buck, $100; necond
best buck within two jenr. $7o;
i...at 7r.- i
si cmiil best buck w ithiu two years, $50; best
doetwovears old and over, $iii second best
doe two ears old and over, SaO; bent pen of
not less than three does, $75; second best pen
of not less than thn u dor s, $50; live thorough-
bred kids, f'A second best pen , live
thoroughbud kids. JOscrac 'Tj'e "
not less than three graded does, $J0, setoml
, ( t U,HH tim three graded does.
a.20! Mweepstakes-bcst buck, $101); second
)l)t ),,lclt, $75; best doe, $75; second best doe,
j,r)((. )0Ht j,,,,, t fA th.ui live kids, $50;
Hicoud best pen of not hss than tlvii kids, $1".
Tho report w-is adoptod, and Wilson, (id-
mere and thn President were appointed a com.
niittee, with pow-er to act in tne proiiuscs, an
urge oil tho Stato Hoard of Agriculture tho in-
durst incut ot the list, oi prizes.
(Illiiioro of til Horatio inoeu to re-ciim ine
use of tho word "pure blood," mid to use only
tho terms "grado' and "full blood," In order
loilchiguate tho status of goats-tho term full
blood to mean imported or thoroughbreds and
i their direct ptogony, and tho term grade to
I nn an the crosses that havo resulted from breed
ing pure-blooded bucks to natlvo docs as half
breuls, three-fourths, soM-n-clghlbs, etc. The
motion pro nihil by a unanimous vote.
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Hio I. letting was avery iiiicn-iHiiiK .
!! lllll I'll.lllIM IIL JIU Llllll 111 Vllill" IV H-"" " '--- -
,,. , i, v?ry Important industry in
i,fri. .,,, L.ivu hoiiio noiuls which will no
doubt pniMi hiTMceatilo 10 inoso wiioaru in or
coiitcuiplalu ingiiging in tho ImsiiiiMt.
Annora's History.
An
u authority wijs that some narratives have
carneil tlielll HICK u oeiore Hi" v-iiriiuau i-i.i,
and some have asserlid that Homer refers to
this kind of gouts in his poems, while others
aNiirc us that when Ihe Turks iuvadnl Angora
(,,, ,,. un, the hpiiinuig and minufacturing ol
ioiv ci mums ii'joi. ine iinni-i phi hhi.iii.-f-.
molialr.
I'm,, bud bucks crossed with smooth haired
black, or while, or black and white (having no
fawu-iolored goats) coniiiem goats will h.e
' "' half-bred gradc-, bearing u utile short
m"tnn 11,ll.l!1,lUl.rtMWi with pure-br.d
' ,".u w, llvi.,(,,, HlNfrU lWl-i
1h1,-s ,,,, . , rilw Virv u ., for iUv. nr,.
,,,, ,Iih. mil ml m glecled.
'j-j . ,s j,,., M usteady advance in Ihe Milne
of inolialr from year to vcar miu-o 1SI7. The
greatest portion ol the viiti-uis iinnisoi mmi'iir,
an
ind the eiiltieamoiinioi i.ur averanc uiii
is mohair of n.ire breed Angora go Us, line and
clean, from si veil to twelve inoliis long, of
twelve mouths' growth, or that is slu arcd once
a M-ar is produced at Angora, in Asia Minor.
Tiie principil m irket low us where they bring
mohair from the surrounding pi ices lo sell, nic
II i) ba. ire, Changne and CaMainunl. An
.ora si lids to I'oiistautinople, curied ou
iho lucks of liorcs, limbs and canals
alsuit 'J,MK,t'00 pounds of mohair annu
ally, worth Is. per pound. l!ayba.iro
si nils to thn same place, in tho siiuo man
lier. l.lHiiMHHIii.iuuds annually, worth thus line
Iler llilllllll
tl.mgree oeii.ls ou the lUCK- ot
,,,,,,,.,,,,,,,,,,,,,",,,..,,,, ... ,...., , .l.,,
Ml ...I O . . tm. ll.ll.t.lll fu-llttllk. llllVbtlllllll.
lllll' K iT.I. lll'lll llllllli II nPUU'l-'ll r-n mn-
, r , i1(.t.intiuople,7:.0.lm) pounds, worth :ls.
s.l. luTpouiKt. The uioli.iir of riimgree is as
iM ,,, ,piany is that of Angora and llijba.-
r,.t but the so'd in that hcctiou is inostlv of rid
color mid uives the mohair a Milk shade, for
wlmli reason it sells from Id. lo Oil. below fair
average, t'astatuuui hliiph in like maimer to
lncpolle, iiiu r lieiu-o l.v hteanier o Y.W1 ''!
.; ,'V;1 ?,V " rii T. V.i"ii,T .w V.
inoha r of I ustauimu umiI lo lauu llrst, as to
, mitiuhl, um , ml,, grade goats;
,;, lm.(, r u Hll wucl ,,, niUllll tll itll
.i. ,,uri. i,r,.,l uiohidr. its Milne is ruluced
id. below fair average The reason why Oast-
aiiiuui went so eUciiMvcly into the raising of
grade goats is this: hi other portions of mo-hair-raising
countries, the smooth-haired com
mon go its were hoou lakcu mid the supply x
liailHlul; the loug-li.iind common goats would
not ausutr the purpoM, hence they could not
go into grade goat rnl-ing vi ry largely, as other
wiM'thcv might hive dune. Cai.tai.iuni, how
ever, being only 55 miles from the lllaek Sea,
and it la lug but a short distance from Iucpehe
to t'riuua by hC.i, where the siuooth-haired
co. union goats wire very numerous, the llock
ou iters ol l'ataniuni obl.uued great ipiantltlis
of them, lb sub s tho mohair sluppeil from the
abov e u lined tow us, about 'J5t),tH0 pounds mare
ts r iImiI in the Mine dixtucts mid ilmU Us way
In ('oiu.tantii.ople sent direct from .iriou'
v ill igi s in small lots, mi th it the mohair pro
duction of Angora and 150 miles about it
reaches A.oml.lHHI pouu N, more or less, anuu
ally, of f ilravir.ige standard.
Ou motion, the (loat breeder' Associitiou
adjutirnid to mitt ou the evening of the third
diy during the Slate 1'air, 17 1. .nc. IhiUy
Ciiien.
Sot 1-iu.K li i-iss. The eliiplny incut of oluble
glah m the chemical mid ludustml arts i
eojistanlly iticre.i.iiii;. and its value is now
" 't-hthcd. K.c.mly a ce.uriit of great
'" 1 ,""!)'" ,?uViT1.,.i,',V.lUly. "i1.. ''.,;1"
XS. U?M u
ttKliv,ith Hue chalk and thoroughly s
with this
emu-
.,)il tirr...l
it will nrihluce a hunt cement m Ho. conr.i of
.U or tight hours With tine sulphide nf mitt-
inony , a bl.u k unihs is produced w Inch c m be
potihlicd with ngite, and po-ies a mpcrb me
Mlii? hihtre Pino iron dul giveh a gray hi ick
ci-uitut. ine diiht jm'duci's a gray n.as ex
ctcdmgly hard, with a brilliant iiitt'ilho lu-tlt,
so that brokiii or dtftctive zinc o-tstuigs c.iubo
mended mid m-tered.
l'rr.i' now poesei a railway acros the
Andes, whl.'hu rinrihi-uted to be the create!
IWV'III I It
luodi-ru tiiuuiph ot eupiuti'ring okill P.isiug
from ,i, M.a ....... Mtze.lv .,..". ,lm mn.,n,,n'
into tho interior, it aceuds by a long series of
reiu.ulable iay gradi-s audl-eauuful curves to
the hlghtht point evir reached by a locomotive,
ud through oiuo of the rtiu-ht (.ccuery of the
.south Auiericiu mouutniu regions.
San Buena Ventura, Cal.
From the Pilnc Utiral PreM-1
DEAR l'RlSi-Tl.c Joke far menle spirit of
,ht, nualnt old Sp.-uiid. town Has taken Po
of mc, bodily at least, ami u.ub
more I have spent wandering in its enuron.
I have been so lulled into lethargy by t he h
a tortnigm or
yet
urn
nf ..Id oce.in--on whose rock)
beach I stt for
. ... .1.! i.d tnmmlm vvavei.
and the
hours miy waieiiiiiK " "-f , : . e
S Lme at r ton. of sea and sky, and
mountain cloud, far outvie tho of pen am
ink, and the solitude of my own room. I his
with theilouldeexcuseofwarmweatherhasnude
me dilatory in my correspondence, and vvlicn i
"ay "warm weather" I haw n't the slightest refer
ence to that delightful, refreshing, genial comli
r.i . ,nkr ii.iiirh u io-calIcd in on
UOIl Ot tlC aimospncrc nmyii"-- .-:-, .
..;..-.'. .. i.. (nr .i tW hours n the midillc ol
rZ"l
t, Mv. the business man lavs aside his heavy
outer coat, and Madame her fursas they pcrarnuu
,..- '..'. ,Li in cireh of business or pleas.
ure. Not at all. Warm weather down the coast,
in the valleys adjacent to that, but shut oil from
its iiiMiiriiig breezes by the hills, is something fear
ful to contemplate, at least to one whose avoir
dupois is reckoned by something over ninety
i ...i '..opt.- un were, iii the Innocence and sim
plicity of our hearts seduced into a picnte excur
sion into the Oiai and Sinta Anna region, of
which we had been told wondrous talcs; ol us
picturesque beauty, its great plains, tall nioun
tains, swift llovving rivers anil greatKrovesoriivc.
oaks, fringed with their festoons of lacclike
moss. The thermometer stood one hundred in
the shade at 9 A. M. hi that wonderful valley,
and there was not a breath of air lo cool our
"fevered" and exceedingly dusty brovvs. lie
mountains, and the plains too, were there, the
niov..fringedoakswesaw, and wc passed some
llow ing streams, but alas I the mountains were
the rocky barriers that shut out the blessed sea
breeze, and the plains were great, white, dusty
rellectors of the tcorching-tun; and altogether we
could'nt see the poclry of the moss-fnnged oaks,
m wc returned at evening, to the sound of old
ocean, with an inner conviction m.u fh.hi.-. "
a bore at all limes, anil epcciauy wiien iow.ui.-u
tiftecn miles from a breath of fresh air.
Of Vintura llsslf
And the region hcrciliout, I will give the readers
of Ihe l'Kl.s a brief description. Named Saint
i7W I'tntiir.x by the founders of the ancient
MU.mn. for nearly a hundred year It cave no
token that it had been aptly named, for the sim
ple reason that under the rule of the slothful and
indolent Spaniard, the rich lands that lay un-
tilled along the margin of its streams, gave no
Mgu ol Hie wealth tn.il liceiicu oniy a nine cnitt
prise and thrift to unfold. Willi the exception
of the old Mismoii orchard, with its three palms,
its olives, and a few inferior pears, there was but
little fruit cultivated here, and the lords of the
in-tniir were unite content to cat llieir filloks.
i beans) ami ierked lieef. and to loll before their
l.,he Iiiik uiiliotit a care. Hut four vcars since,
the town really liegan to evince some signs of
lite, altlinugli mere nan ncen previous iu jh mi
several vc.us, a few American families living
here, drawn hither by the hxpes or realizing a
fortune mod. Poomcd to disappointment they
still remained, enticed by the beauty of the cli
mate, and the hope that sometime Yankee en
terprise would ionic to this far-away region and
make itvvh.il Nature had undoubtedly intended
il should lie an earthly l'.iradie. Now ihe town
numbers fifteen hundred inhabitants, has three
I'roicttanl churuies, many dry goods and rancy
.lore-., and L'ool hotels, while ihe neat while cot.
lages, w ilh their line llower an I fruit gardens
w hn.h .ulorn ihe American end of ihe low n, give
il a home like and altogether an American look,
w hn.li contrasts strangely with the old Mission
church, with Us crumbling e.J.te appendages;
the Mission orchard, with us palms and olives,
ainl the dilapidated and ruinous appearance in
general of all that pertains to the Spaniard.
One could almost fane), while listening to the
drone of the old Pad re in this ancient church,
and seeing the crumbling relics of a by .gone age
around, and noting the devout signoritas, who
count llieir lieads kneeling on the hare Moor at
your feet, that your footsteps have wandered into
some old monastic clupcl of the 1 2th century,
and lh.it America, with its progressive ideas, is
but a dream. Hut as w-e step into the bright mui
shine again, away from the crumbling old walls,
with their absurd and grotesque frescoes, the liar
li.uous adornments of the ancient altar, and the
general imisiiness and mould which cling to the
dilapidated and dusty drapery that serves to ills
ligiire the cOigiCs of the Virgin and the Apostles,
we breathe a long breath of the pure, bracing air
from olT the great ocean, w Inch is rolling its foam
crested waves up to our very feet. And as we
look alum us at the purple, cloud-wreathed
mountains; the le;uilifiil valley, nestling like an
emerald gem at their feet; the clear sapphire
skies and the ever restless ocean on the r.ul.t.
kissing with eager waves the shores to which it
brings tribute; and we note the quick step and
enterprising air which every business man appears
to nave; ami uie neai appearance oi ine iionu-soi
these same business men, we can then for the first
time fully realize that we are not roaming amid
the crumbling ruins of a dead past, but that wc
are sailing on the incoming tide of a new and re
sistlcssF ,-itnl, whn.li, with its onward march, is
bringing to this fair southern land a wave of en
terprise thai will secure to us people prosperity
undreamed of by its old world founders, and will
at liit vcufy the prophetic name with which they
tirt endowed this place " Saint liood Venture."
The Va'lcy ol the Ventura River
Atiords a fruitful soil, with its rich bottom lands,
for oulurds and gardens; and some of the finest
w o lias e seen m the Mate aie located here. Among
iiiesi- is inai ot ir. j. .ii. i gocri, lying just inllie
rear of ihe town, and about half a mile from it.
It is hounded on the west bv the Ventura river,
with its willow -fringed banks; and, with onlv
iluee vcars cultivation, has the finest display of
funis I have seen in California. He has one three
yiar old Union tree, with eight lemons nearly
ripe. Has one hundred orange trees; sixty-three
laighsh walnuts; sixty lemons, and Italian chest
nuts, figs, almonds; and grapes, peaches, pears,
apples, quinces and plums m endless variety; be.
sides straw hemes, raspberries and blacklcrrics,
such as I never saw before. One straw berry was
shown me which measured two inches in diameter,
and the best feature of this part of ihe fruit ques
tion ts, that straw berries can Ik picked from llicse
vines the e.ir round. The blackberry crop lasts
four mouths, new shoots coming out from the old
stalk, ami blossoming and bearing truit the same
season, so that in fact the berry crop is almost a
perpetual one.
My letter has unw ittingly grow n longer than I
intended, and I will leave a further description of
this iV garden of California to a future letter
Ooka Dakmooke.
San Huena Ventura, Sept. 20th, 1S73.
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