The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, May 4, 1903, Page 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, MAY 4, 1903, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REJOICES IN MANIFOLD BENEFITS DUE TO TIMELINESS OF RAINS ON THE GROWING PRODUCTS -, Sl e T HE § , i d Kouthein MONG the bay counties Alam nounces a ant ou ( ornia were ! grain, as was A.’ook for grain and fruit. -7 s sp it € b benefited the a record-breaking season, ar 1ppears nothing ganng P " prevent it. The trouble of transportin by R . : il thing that occasions worr The pec Sa ) ( 2 . J 3 g | have reason to feel gratified, for the prospe o p £ : that of the same date last year. A p es ai = | beans will be heavy in yield. In Mar rop \ be the largest in many seasons and quire. R |Beneficent Nature Attends UWell Counties Along the Bay. Bountiful JSeason Stores ZIJealt;z Jor the Husbandmen. within |12 s e B i i AND, Ma The crop 0 . ar s ns in Ala an . ed for « d never been bette = s < e R . rain wou!d be ber an op o a h orchardists and 8 n ot and s very sanguine of a large yield. It is s e il tle early to say much about t -1 ke - d s | crop, but as the conditions sta 1d a s .l | the yield will be v ple - . / URA > ARES b aasiean e is the headquarte . | the early che d prod o . ts, peache will a |in the way grapes. | short of apricots wer the time that ing the county ov \ree-quarters g op. W her this cou quarter m will be usv Jate rains and warm weat 1pon the con makers guine of a grain look fects only the Livermore ops on the western side « mostly fruit and garden truck has done very we the producers of Alamed rally well p back has been with tb diffic of getting the ket affects principa farmers, and they are ing to force good terms from th mpt delivery of W the Horticultural Com neda County, makes the yn conditions William Barry missioner of Ala following official report : amag: : “With the e 1088 of been damaged. cots in some fru r quality to be 1 s loss of apricots - burde . S B bl of too small to x 0 be fm- the neighborhabd of 200 ton s “Black Tartarian cherries will be a 1i e | crop, while Royal Anne cherries will be | P° 1Ar8¢ \ - | @ good crop. Pears and prunes w hw‘.\ N { good crop, but peaches will be li ] o ijGreat Yield of the Citrus Fruit Will Require Tremen- ;. ;™ " == ™" " * “So, upon the whole, , unfavorable dous Work of Transportation. o gty i Ay STAPLE PRODUCTS nt "ARIE beans than | being plowed for summer fallow. The | COPIUS MOISTURE FOR SANTA CRUZ |land is working well and shows abundant | - - ON CROPS PLEASES crop in this county the coming seas crop is forecasted, last year. offset this be | little 1 that is perhaps cater ¢ e no com- the mountain the farmers teously ins and will not yield season in five years in which the rainfall { ywers are | made early in the season. There fruit g i —_— S | moisture. The wheat crop is about two | » ATSONVILI o erlous S 5 R e TCPD | weeks late this year and it will be the | 754 # : : s . and | FRUITFUL FARMS SAN LUIS OBISPO [Iatter part of June before the wheat har- | MEN OF SAN MATEO II the crop ¥ 4 e : 5 oy X BT vest commenc i N &i re e of an me i OF LOS ANGELES REJOICES TO SEE : = | s ;pon the results of last year. In staple g 2] 5 ; N o s EDWOOD CITY, May 3.—The crops | ok e S L BREAKING RECORDS | A GOODLY HARVEST |IRRIGATION’S AID ‘R“ every description this seasor | PFoducts 3 GIVES RIVERSIDE | SERVES WELL FOR give promise of ylelding heavier | (W '\ v W m REASON TO CHEER | 08 ANGELES, May 3~What with | (VAN LUIS OBISPO, May 3.—Crop b il e RS than last year with the exception possibly | year to barley - r " A *ER [ a total rainfall for the season of | ) conditions in this vicinity, generally 'ALFALFA IN YOLOQ | ot potatoes and beans. The season on the 4 pe t & | ~ nearly twenty inches, as compared considered, are extremely flattering, S B | ceast side for these latter would have e 2 P May 3—Not for a|with little oyer half that last season, and | and the coming harvest holds out many 7 OODLAND, May 3.1t ta neces- | been better had there been later rains or . . ¢ vears have the rains | ccnsidering the fact that this is the first | 86lden promises. The a e e I/I/ sary to revise crop estimates | the-usual amount of fog. On this side of | _ | ich were damaged by s . | | plaint to make, and th during the past 3 & g reserved for summer crops a little less sl e few mont} The rop ”M,”]'”N' ed !\_"*\‘1-' "} : verage, the than last year. It seems now that moth- | 2re but few products that will yleld as | especially satisfied. Ti ground was | - » 2 ; ng. Thi S s, e ROy throughout Los An- ;0 can happen to mar t 0d prospects | heavily as was expected. The cold weath- | thoroughly soaked this vear, the ran | RS2 S ok syl el County are considered better than |for the season, and if present indications | er in March even affected the wheat and | penetrating to the roots of the trees and | of last year by not a very large| have been for several seasons. Lit- | are a standard, competent judges say that | parley crops injuriously. In some portions | providing moisture for months to come. |, 8¢ | 1je, if any, damage the yield pet will_exceed even the | in this vielnity will shortly | - done by frost, an of the county these crops will be larger | Farmers | » heg r as i ol eer ha t crop promises to be of a quality | heavy croplof I a ose vea | commence cutting their volunteer ¥. | former arops aridiup o A8 B Rens nt, the area sown | han those of last year, but in others they | my. 0" orry men have been most fortunate ps € {his year comprises nearly all of the ara- | Will be less. The alfalfa crop will be the | tg year, having had a very ear ones in al Lle land in the county. On the eastern |largest in the history of the county, which | of strawberries. Being the first of strawbers side of the coast range, there will probab- | is due to the increased irrigation faclli-| market, gilt-edge prices were received, | crop. Plantin pok i= that next sea- 0 us fruits will be much There will be a tremendous crop sea of ha grain and alfal »ared with the d the f rease of superior to mar o as average in size. This applies to all vears that have | the fruits raised in this section r { - efore. Kxperts gay it will be six | The acreage sown In grain throughout |ly be the heaviest crop there has been for | tes. The truck farmers along the Sacra- | netting them large returns for their pro e - 4 San Jacinto Valleys, ex. | 108 Angeles County 1s vastly larger than | ye as there was much summer fallow | n.ento River will do well. Beans, potatoes | duce. The crops of grain, wheat and oats | fit T05R CFF to Temecula, and the low | 155t Year, the late rains making it possi- | sown this season. The rainfall also has and buckwheat seem likely to yield heav- | are looking well and will yield full ¢ s el e . . reide Valley, Tying south .y | Ple for the ranchers to put in thelr crops | been much greater than usual and this 113, On some of the lowlands loss will regult | s pegi 4 r, will yield crops of ,|r‘,fl’u with almost a positive assurance that | far this season there has been an absence | he cold \vpalhvcr and the heavy rain | from rotting, but in only a few instance | - = son that will sur; all previous | they would fully mature. In that ex-|of the hot, d ving winds that are fatal to |just at a time when many of the frult | Generally speaking, conditions and particula . o records by big odds | pectation they have not been disappoint- | heavy grain harvest. trees were In bloom did not affect the | more promising this year than 1 crop will be the largest yet kr ea N ed, for the condition of the growing grain Except as to .;|.l,.|'»r.1~ nnr?“ph hes the | '“u'iiér:pnf"x‘fiffi?gi‘;;""}' Cukndlrlons vary | o~orRin ' A 2R > e L throughout the county could not be bet-| fruit crop in this locality will be all that |ia differes ca s. In Capay Valley ;' T IV, ’E - e AT B . SAN BERNARDINO’S [ies e canition mrationis e 41,( rl:l can be desired. For some reason there are | the outlook is perhaps more promising MARIN WILL HAVE | HEAT IN TULARE | tew ricot or peach buds. s » | than elsewhere In the county. A e r - | tew apricot or peach bud It is more |t A conserv- | p, p. z g s % » g to | than probable that these'fruits will more |ative correspondent estimates that (he; HAY CROP LARGER REDUCES PROSPEC( 1> 4 I -7 7~ « | agriculturists generally than any year has | than make up in s nd appearance | average for all varleties will be three- " AN TTIE NE , PR RAILROAD ENERGIES |been since before the long prolonged pe. | what is lacking in quantity. Pasturage | fourths of a crop. In the Winters district | THAN CATTLE NEED OF WHEAT SUPPI : . | | R — present season is much more prom bl e CROPS WILL TAX for stock. Everything considered, the prolonged p 1d stockme re up to their | the apricot crop will be very short. There | increased / Bi riocd of dry winters. This is perhaps best | is luxuriant a = ey ¢ & Dy . OL 8N ofore in the | indicated by the fact that ranch property | knees in clover. e county is quite | W e a big crop of Mulr peaches, but | AN RAFAEL, May 3.—The ps ir S S Re i ENT YEARS H';\ o ”‘I\S,‘]\:';,‘”"I'h";{";: ‘n'm‘r"‘) no -longer on the MRarket Bor hes | heavily atol «d but there is more than |other varietles will be cut short by the SMarin County this season will be PRPRRVILEN: May - 3-~Fhe- S e P AR i >5in will bring, but to purchase an improved | sufficient feed in the country. Taking ev- | appearance of curled leaf. In the Davis- | Wit tete nd far Ty clidedls ot thoak | we o v s of hot we E 2 fla crops been brighter than | ranch a buyer would have to pay a much | crything altogether, it is a long time | ville district the almond crop will fall e 4 ve gre L ¢ he t at p t. Grainmen and fruit|petter price than would have been the|since there were so many indications of | far short of the promise at the beginning | Of last vear. As is generally the case, | . . o, \) 3 ell z b growers are jubilant, though anticipating | case two or three years ago. " |a coming good season as there is this year, |of the season. Near Woodland almonds | very little grain was planted in the coun- | tion. Whil e « t f the s that harvest will be heavier than the | Fruit grower: rmers, stock raisers and | will yield almost a full crop in some it being more particularly a grazing | have been frequent wit . o ds have facilitles for handling. business men generally are well satisfied, | orchards and less than a halt crop in|district. The hay crop, however, this|of April it was 1 b | Crivus teint Srowisie ik $he ‘Shinoinal to | PASO ROBLES, May 3.—The crop|others. The apricot crop will be short. | year will be the largest in many seasons | weather and a continuation of showe 2 o here and so successful has it been, | GROWTH OF CE outlook in this section 1is better at|Pears and plums look well, but prunes |and far in excess of what will be required | mature the late sown grain. Owing to t " b hstanding the years of drought " | this time r)lmn for several seasons i AL = A for the number of cattle now in the r»»rm‘n\h cool weat Mare ¢ s meas The lnirie % I CANT 4 | past. The grain on summer fallow and » nty. | April grain grew a : ics o Jominas ARcpELy | TaEe e IN SANTA BARBARA | X5 gmning to head out, and 1o sur of | CoBtinued on Page 9, Column 4. |0 | there Wil not be >om. causin making a g0od yvield. The winter sown | @¢feieieiriiminivimiisiniriminini-lollii-t @ | S INT A CLARA LATE. Barley is a fairly this at the expense of other fruits, | erop will depend = re rely. 8o an | apricot and apple crehards being up- OS ALAMOS, May 3.—The present | grain that was planted late is not in con- | o . : aphetuss ol g ¥ s L e - _ KHARKOFF, Russia, May 3.—The work- Sl SR ST Hee s * the RpERkes: well ed to make room for oranges and lem. l crops generally will exzeed the yielq | Gition to make a .I‘ullu}_h"d Without a|enop of the Russian Locomotive and Gun BUT CONDITIONS ;w‘,““' Jh e » P oy, e Bt in | ous. Last year the Clttes it gron aver. | of last year in Los Alamos Valley | ShoWwer of rain quring th's month. st | Works have been burned. The loss is §500,000. B RSN | et > i ge crop never loc ;‘;.; bet | doubles these figures. SOn | i here are no hot winds from May 15 to | are 100,000 centals above th Hay cutting ::"'ff‘-:‘l:(“m“;‘rl:l-r:‘i‘!:;;;:;':;!;';o r:;evnetrl:m-:-z - ! lighter than I ve: a in grain througl ’; the county | There has been a comparatively smal | June 15. Some of the late and early sown | will begin in a few days, and this crop | punds has been sentenced o seven years im AN JOSE, May 3—Santa Clara winl | SRt of the prune and the crop will | acreage sown to grain, but the promise | crops on high sandy land in Santa Bar- | will be large. The danger of frost is now | riuonment. have a good general crop this year, | Leoches are somewhat ears. Baiey hay is | for ralleled crop is excellent, the | bara County need more rain to fill, and |about past, and, with the exception of e R TE b v G ety (o SAve s s e - s i : ces, and the cuttf vield going above two tons per | one to two inches of rain would benefit al] | almonds and some varieties of early Summer Outings. e )i Ld a5 "'-1 be heavier for Tular :1 ! begin pretty generally hose growers who have not sac- | the crops at this time. The prospects are | peaches, the fruit crop promises well. | a1 for p-to-date traveling bags o it curate estimate of the fruit crop. The | on. The « Ma acreage to d their orchar for citrus fruit re not as good as they were a month ago. | Pears and prunes have set fairly well, = D ‘VD“ el newgm :i(,,"?“ | conditions of the season have been good, | t season that they will have double the h Fruit will not be as abundant as the gen- | though in some places the latter is re- | AS¢S: Do 3 unk? Car-| pue anl kinds of crops will be later this | year is he ess some is d and there will be stoci est they had last , rhe T : ® o el S5t . ettty » 2 load prices to the user. Leather goods de-| = 2 nd th v ¥ had last year. The trecs are|eral average of last year, especially in |ported to be dropping the embryo. fruit. [ partment, Sanborn, Vail & Co., 74l Mar- year than usual. According to estimates | oiy ‘vield enough furnished for & long season’s run l covered with blossoms, but even now | peaches and apricots. The prospects are | All land that was not seeded this year is | ket streef. b MR coming to Manager Chilton of the Porter | Toiden truits n