Beans

Beans

In the News~

March 12, 1917 [SCICo Letter Books]: “Relative to planting at the New World and ______, would say that in order to do this we will have to take the teams from the vineyard and we are averaging only one double and two single plows as it is. It seems to us that it might be cheaper to purchase two or three hundred pounds of string beans in the summer when they are cheap then to neglect the Vineyard. We would like positive instruction regarding this... At Scorpion beans are being picked.”

August 28, 1917 [SCICo Letter Books]: “Pelt sacks were sent out on the last steamer. What we have seen in use or will be need at Scorpion where we expect to have some 30 sacks of beans and ___ walnuts. There will only be a few pelts to ship - the accumulation of a month.”

September 11, 1917 [SCICo Letter Books]: “At Scorpion beans are being picked, cleaned and sacked. The present ____ is for about 40 sack. These are more than we can use and we believe that at least half of them should be sold.”

September 14, 1917 [SCICo Letter Books]: “At Scorpion beans are being picked and fences repaired.”

November 7, 1917 [SCICo Letter Books]: “During the past year we used 12 sacks of beans at the Main Ranch. We do not know the consumption at the outside ranches. We still have 8 sacks left. We do not know how many sacks there are at Scorpion as the sacks are tied instead of sewed, but we would judge that there will be 35.”

November [?], 1917 [SCICo Letter Books]: “The walnuts are all picked, but we will be unable to ship them until some of the grain sacks have been emptied. The same will apply to the beans.”

December 10, 1917 [SCICo Letter Books]: “The wine is all down at Prisoners’ Harbor for C.L.W. Co. and we are wiring you to send steamer. There will also be 9 _____ puncheons returning to the C.L.W. Co., which are too badly broken to fill and at least 7 of these should never have been sent down. We will also have 27 sack of walnuts and 30 sacks of beans.”

July 6, 1918 [SCICo Letter Books]: “ We are plowing and disking at Campo Avuelo and starting to plant; potatoes, corn, beans etc.”

July 12, 1918 [SCICo Letter Books]: “The work at the Main Ranch consists of sulfuring in the Vineyard, but as there are but four men to do this work no progress is being made. All the hay has been hauled from the Sur. The Campo Avuelo has been planted to beans, corn and potatoes. Hay is being hauled from the Campo Pero. Practically all the lumber has been hauled for the bunk house. All the wool has been brought from Scorpion.”

September 4, 1918 [SCICo Letter Books]: “Regarding the sowing of alfalfa in the Campos Pero and Avuelo, both of these fields have the water table too near the surface and alfalfa will not last more than one season. They can be rotated with peas or beans to give the advantage of a legume.”

October 12, 1918 [SCICo Letter Books]: “Relative to sacks for shipment to San Francisco, we have a large number in use for beans, potatoes, corn. We will need about 120 additional to those in use, for the walnuts, of which there is a large crop. Wouldn’t it be better to keep these sacks for this purpose.”

March 31, 1919 [SCICo Letter Books]: “At the M. R. prunings in the Vineyard are nearly all gathered. Two teams are plowing. The General-upper and alfalfa—has been planted to corn. Potatoes have been planted adjoining the Garden. At the Old Cellar soy beans have been planted as well as at the Rialto. Pumpkins and squash have been planted along the west line of the Vineyard near the garden. The Islay is being planted to corn and when this field is finished we will plow the Avuelo and plant it to potatoes and squash. Kitchen changes are being made; the chimney for the range being in the process of construction. This is expensive work with the men we have as they are not masons.”