An old mare in a neighboring pasture had defective eyesight, saw the corn, thought it was snow, and lay down and froze to death." As to serious farming, and how it pays in this part of the State, I have clipped several paragraphs from the papers, and will give three as samples of the whole.

I desire also to communicate the cheerful news that there are no potato bugs to make life seem too hard to bear.
"RAISED ON TWENTY ACRES.
"How much land do I need in California?
is a question often asked.

The answer is readily made: as much as you can profitably and economically work.

A gentleman has made the following exhibit in the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce: 'Raised on twenty acres of ground, 2500 boxes of oranges, 1500 boxes of lemons, 37,000 pounds of grapes, 2000 pounds of pears, 35,000 pounds of apples, 15,000 pounds of berries, black and red, 1000 pounds of English walnuts.

Besides nectarines, apricots, plums, three crops of potatoes, 500 pounds of crab-apples, and one acre of alfalfa kept for cows, and flowers of different varieties.