The California culturist . hanges, were recognized all of the characteristic features that mark this peculiar phenom-non From its close resemblance to the aspect of the sky before sunrise (whence its name originated) to the formationof the luminous arc, darting forth palpitating rays towards the zenith, of white, pale red and deep blood color. 1 heselambent streams were noticed to shift gradually from west to east and vice versa. The summit of the arc was not moretlvm about from six to eight degrees above the horizon, and appeared to coincide with the magnetic meridian. Themost remarkable feat
The California culturist . hanges, were recognized all of the characteristic features that mark this peculiar phenom-non From its close resemblance to the aspect of the sky before sunrise (whence its name originated) to the formationof the luminous arc, darting forth palpitating rays towards the zenith, of white, pale red and deep blood color. 1 heselambent streams were noticed to shift gradually from west to east and vice versa. The summit of the arc was not moretlvm about from six to eight degrees above the horizon, and appeared to coincide with the magnetic meridian. Themost remarkable feature, during more or less of the whole display, was the long continued gleaming of a dark rose orcarmine illumination at the western extremity of the arc—this rosy light, passing occasionly along the left with a fluc-tuating movement towards the other end. The whole northern sky, at one time, seemed to be a cupola on fire, sup-ported by columns of divers colors, relieved and intensified by dark shadows, or rather gmm VANDERVERE THE CALIFORNIA CULTURIST. NOVEMBER, 1859 A RETROGRADE AGRICULTURE. YES reader, a retrograde agriculture; and by this, we mean the practice of anysystem that instead of retaining the virgin fertility of our soils under repeatedcroppings, is annually rendering them less and less productive. It becomes a ques-tion, then, of grave import: are not the agriculturists of California, to a very greatextent, pursuing a retrograde system of agriculture ? We are always adverse to theutterance even of truths, that shall seem like a disparagement of our progress in anylaudable pursuit, unless we can, by so doing, at least indirectly, promote the advance-ment of the same. An unwelcome truth, however, properly brought to mind andmade the subject of consideration and investigation, may oftentimes be of the great-est advantage to the advancement of human progress. It is with this view that we now present the unwelcome truth that, following toeclosely in the foo
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