The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-11-03
COunty and City Official Press
TULE LANDS .


Of science. laid down in the doctrine that
I'm the comm encemcnt # cultivation.
when population is small and land con
,equeutly abundant. the test soils alone
are cultivated" And that with the
progress Of population land becomes
less abundant and there arises neceg-
sity for coI,ivating tina: yielding a
smaller return. sud resort IL then had
10 second AMI Afterwards 20 third
aud fourth cla,s of soils" Thus he do.
duoss scientifically his famous theory
Tor the origin Of rents. Actual ~xper.
ience. however. .estiiies that IL is not
always the best soils that are first
brought under tillage Tho reason Of
tins IL sha. the richest soil. arc the hard
rst 10 reclaim and require more capital
Tor their improvement than the average
pioneer Is possessed of Hence q high
81 and shaiower quality Il prairie,
slightly timbered soil. ara first occu-
pied.
We zee striking example Of this
isct in the tide and river marshes Of
California and this Territory The frs,
occupied lands on the Sound were tho
andy prairie- OF the southern and cen
trail counties. some of which were set
tied by Americans thirty years ago and
by the Hudson Bay Co. people probably
nesriya century previous But i, 10
nov that the S~inomish marshes
the riches, lands par encLlende ON the
Sound. are beginning 10 roll into market
their prolific wealth Of agricultural pro
ducr
Says late California exuhan ge
spcating of the extensive reclamation
enterprise III progress upon the lower
water. If the San joaquin in that
State:
1T - becoming conceded that the mos,
productive lands in California are the
reclaimed tales. IL il not only true ~
California, bat swamp and overflow nd
lands the world over, raise more To tn.
acre than any other kind of soil W.
have done something towards reclama
sion IN this State. but our work has
hitherto been 50 imperfcctly accom-
piishcd tina, AT the time Of irial the
floods have broken IN aud il the levse.
have not been entirely washed away.
crops from which thousands of dollars
iaigbt have been expected have sunk
down with the waters The fertility
~ the lands have never been question
I'D The only problem has been tho
construction of such lavee IA will
,fectually keep out the water.
The stories told concerning the pro
duc'ivcuess of tule lands appears al.
most fabulous Mr. Crozier, who owns
10 acres on Rough aud Ready Island.
which ho reclaimed sixteen years ago.
- stated to have realized 81, 600 in one
year from his fruit crop The charac.
tor OF the fruit Mr. Croxier - produc-
ing eau he seen az the Pavilion I'm
stockton. |, - certainly one of the
est collections of apples aud pears ever
seen in California. We also hear Of An.
other man who has cleared $500 ,hi.
year from three acres of onions. when
they Gro selling 81 half u cent per
pound IN the San FRANCHISE market. and
when growers Of this bulb on ordinary
land cannot got anything like recon-.
pensc for their labor and uutlsy.
Another vet season will prove the
success OF tue ieves Mr. Whitney AMI
General Williams are constructing. AMI
Il they stand. tule lands will probably
he the most songh, after of any in the
state. Their. IL no difference in the
lcVecs they srs building and those pre-
viously constructed Earth is the
msterisl ussd Bat they are LAYING
thcir foundations broad and deep, aud
Spcndsng sufficient money to sender the
lovess etiectaal agsins; any food hi,h.
erto known, no, excepting be remark
able one 81 1862 -
In respect 20 po,iuctiveuc~ there
are probably no districts in California
u the world that can discount those
belonging tn the same class Ia this Ter
risory, We have sccuan,s of farm. in
The nelshtorhnoi Of i.aoooner and
'enterville. north ct this city. that
have yielded their 80 and 10 ba.hel,
Of grain per acre. snd that ~ An aver
sse Moreover, the area of such lands
Throughout, his section of the Territory
- immensa, aud by tho application of
science and system 10 their reclamation |
aud cultivation = splendid addition |
nay b. made 10 the productive re |
soaroes Of the Territory. The ex
change above referred 20, thus speaks
ef a new improvement. IN dredging ma
ohincry in operation in California:
The enlargement. Of the levec on /
Grand leland Is progressing rapslly |
Quite an army II men aud hors.. are /
engaged in the work The lsrgcr por-
'son il bring done with hor>~s and /
scrsrers Ch,nsnen are employed |
who're the ground il too low or ether
wise ncs suitable FIR ho~~e lalsor. Rx-
psrienc~ has shown that levee built
~ah scrspsrs is much superior TO ,ha,
tall, by hard @ork The ocn.tsn,
trsmpins Il The horses packs the levee
10 . soiiii,y ;hA; il probably never AZ.
t.in-d ~ The cone II the lev~~ bail,
With Wheel harrows The ex:sriof OF
the letter may sse,rns ksrd sod ss!id.