Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-05-18
AGRICULTURE.

a well ~ the mineral resources,
md perhaps made nearly as rsmunsrs-
i've. People generally look upon the
~hols country. with Its universal sage
'rush covering. a. . sort OF barren dss-
ut, with here and there a limited oasis
81 green grass. in some specially favored
'ituation. not approaching the fact that
. little assistance. Nature viii give
returns from soil that nov
bears nothing but ~sagebrush. In truth.
The fact Of sassbrush growing 20 luxu-
everywhere 10 ample evidence
hat other plants can b substituted and
made TO grow in its place.
Good crops Of grain and hay are
grown in Walker. Carson. washoe.
and other valleys. and some Of
the finest potatoes in tho world are
raised here with but little trouble. to say
nothing Of cabbage. onions. bests and
all other vegetables. Tobacco 10 q ma
tive product Of the country. and Ia found
growing wild everywhere. ever on the
tops Of the mountains. Burn Of the
anywhere on the hillsidss and
Wild tobacco will spring mp thickly and
.-non,.naou.,v In n. nIses. 90. too.
via onion, and numsrous other sp.cies
of ,.v,,.b,es and h,rbs are 10 be found
growing among III. sassbrush, and the
bupch-srsss shows that cereals can ind
.uf,eieut moisture aud be successfully
crown wen without artificial irrigation.
The late fros,s ar. somewhat discourns.
ing to fruit raising. yet there are many
ins orchards within the borders OF this
State. and very 6ns apples. pears and
peaches have been successfully grown
In favorable years. Even here In Gold
Hill are some very thrifty trees. which
Dor, excellent fruit yea before last, bat
las, year the late frosts caused a failure.
What the effects Of the frosis have been
this year remains to be Seen. About
Carson all sorts OF fruits flourish
finely, with but little trouble from frosts
or anything else. SO. too. In other
localities. There are plenty
49,, ,.u.. ,.u.~.t
ot o piaees 'o' i"nins "'u. '"'
leys, and even recently many claims
I...h..r Located slors m. b,oad ..,e.
INV
brush niopes between iseho anu "asnoe'
Nav houssx ara 10 be seen all along the
T..
oase oi 'ns moun'a'u ianse' I'M" i"e'
ditch for irrigating all these new farm
,..,..,. 4. n,o,..,.a IN tab. m. vs,s,
% ~ g.
from ir"ekee ri's' nsa' 'erui' onos
clear those lands Of the sagsbrush and
.h..w;u ,;.,a An. s,.., Mind n c,on.
'aey ~.
Colonel Warren, the veteran editor
of IN. California F,,rm,r. who r,csntlv
- a. ~,.;, =, N.,.a. GA an.
paid h's n's' 'N" ~ ""1 =.
Comtock. writes about Y IN his paper oil
Nav "A. He speaks hiphly. in fact en-
,"-,-u- \. ..-..,,...,-..
thusissocaiiy W Wv "sii ."Ps
kilities OF this section, which have been
-l.u.,.u- o..,,,ol.J In al. .,.,
P""sf.'
search Tor mineral wesith. hs says:
We found broad acres OF fine farming
and hav lands and RIGA slopts, first Al
what IL called the great 1'ruckee Meadows,
and thence all along the route OF the rail-
road up 10 the great Waahoc and Carson
y~slleys, along which valleys in spots and
patches We noted the alfalfa growing In
the richest luxuriance. When VIC think
Of the gold bonanza. valuable Is they
are, rich a. they may be, NJ look TO the
future revealments 81 this vast plain. now
but little improved. aud We see enough 10
convince us VI the great and prosperous
future Of those .,,sisg barren places that
In the near future will become by wise
cultivation garden spots In this wild
desert. As we said In our last. within TIN
years these thousands aud tens Of thou
lands Of acres shall BE- changed from bar
rsnness 10 fertility, for along these plains,
mountain slopes and meadows. there shall
,pripg up orchards. gardens, dairy farms
ana stocf ranches that shall equal any In
our land. The great bouanzas Of tho
Comsteck region require an immense
amount Of machinery and great labor 10
reveal the riches buried In her rocky bed;
. o these slopes and meadows require scien.
tiac and practical labor TO open up the
vslue Of the soil and put ID into good
rprcduciusl orlsr.
The general superstition 10 a We learn
from msny persons along this range Of
country that the want Of water will pre-
vent extensive cultivation. This ia not
90, for We found positive proof that by the
natural bunch grass. native plum and
r~oo-.bsrrie., and other plants growing
we'll In what seemed q dry soil. but which
examination We found ate, 4, and 10
inches 4 deem, rich, and strong soil, con-
tanning ysry rich ingredients 10 farm.
tbe.e Sben deeply cultivated must surely
hscoms yery productive. We examined
and i~,.rnel that The land covered Ly sage.
bru.b p..turo,. FORMERLY esteemed worth.
-. uh.n cleared. nloveJ and nl.nteJ
n%,o.irca .h,nJ.n, crop.- n %.oiion ,Ls..
n.s,nrr. 4. ! ,i,,k' ,;cb. AMI dsen oil
rhailv compo.ed 81 jecomposed vegetable
n[,.,,., an. .,ion. ~ ,ces anil on
.n.h i.nJ az. sI,.I,. r~ro.lne.e .rormon.
cron. All ,b,ss mopnt.in slsns ear h..
eons will hscoma' in . Few ye.r. sonrc..
of yre.t xe.Ith IN tbose rbo imnroyo
them in ,hs ,iyh, r,x
~. - 49,