Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-10-05
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The Model stock Farm Of Ncv.s

The Model Stock Farm Of Nevada.
There are not many people who know
that there is as fine a ranch in Nevada as
that owned by Hon. A. c. cleveland, of
Spring Valley, White Pine county. More
people knew Cleve than know Of his ranch.
In fact there are few men on the coast bet
ter known than A. G. cleveland. He is
the biggest power in the Republican party
in Nevada. 1t has been his pleasure for
years to dispense the favors of that organ
ization in this State. He has exercised a
controlling influence in every Republican
State Convention in Nevada for the last
ten years. No man could compete success
fully for a nomination without his aid.
The personnel Of the Republican ticket has
always been as he saw proper to mold it.
II is to cleveland that we are indebted for
our United States Senators, congressman,
Governors and other State officers that is
to say, when the people ratify his selec-
tons, as they generally do. In a word,
Cleayleand is the Don Cameron of Nevada
politics. He is of the Grant STYLE of man,
in an eminent degree. Extremely reserved
and reticent, yet he is wide awake and al
ways knows h is going on in the world.
He has opinions of his own about every
thing and everybody, though he seldom
expresses them except to those who are
allied to him by the closest ties OF friend
ship. And no man has truer friends. or
retains them longer than he. cleveland
is, withal, a high-minded, honorable man,
as genial and clever as he is honest, and
always scorning anything like double deal
ing or treachery in any person in any po-
sition of life. He is also noted for sticking
to his friends, through thick and thin, no
matter what other people may think or say
Of them. In this regard he will go to any
length. such is the man who own the
best ranch in Nevada, and divides his time
between growing fine stock and shaping
the destines of the Republican party.
To Professor Plumhoff, who lately spent
a week with Mr.. cleveland, we are in
debted for the following facts regarding
this model farm. Spring Valley lies about
one hundred miles east of Hamilton, on
the extreme eastern boundary of the State.
In July, 1870, Mr.. Cleaveland purchased
his first tract of 160 acres. He has since
added to it, by presumption and purchase,
until he now owns 4, 800 acres of bottom
land, Of which 2,400 acres are fenced in a
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stretches across the very heart Of the val
ley, 2k miles east and west, by q miles
north and south. 1t is divided into ten
equal squares or parts, each part sur
rounded by a substantial fence. About
one-third Of the entire ranch is well
set in alfalfa. The part devoted to
the purposes of a garden is especially
interesting. Sufficient vegetables and mel
pms, of every variety, are here grown to
supply a good-sized community. Straw
berries, blackberries, currants, gooseber-
ries peach, apple and apricot trees thrive
luxuriantly and produce abundantly. A
magnificent flower garden, under the
special supervision Of Mrs. Cleaveland, also
add largely to the attraetiveness of the
place.
Entering the main gate of the ranch, you
drive along a lane for several hundred
yards, planted on either side with poplar
trees now about 20 feet high, making the
approach to the coy residence, a little far
ther back, one of picturesque beauty and
loneliness. The number OF stables, store
houses and shops Of various kinds near by,
constitute quite a little village in appear
ance. Mr.. cleveland doesn't know, him
self, how many cattle he owns. but the
number runs into the thousands. A fair
proportion Of the herd is Of the finest i'm
ported stock, though the thoroughbreds
are usually kept on the excellent pasturage
in the fields. The dairy is a feature of the
premises. A large number of COWS are
MIXED and the milk converted into butter,
which is shipped to market. The churning
is done by w~ater-power, and everything
connected with the dairy is a marvel of
neatness and convenience. A huge cellar
close at hand, divided into several COM
partments, is devoted to the storing OF va
rious descriptions OF vegetables and fruits.
A poultry corral is near by. Here is to be
found every variety of fowl, both useful
and ornamental. mostly of the finest i'm
ported strain. There is also a corral for
hogs. These, too, are Of the best breeds
OF imported stock. Three feet greyhounds
keep away the coyotes and jack-rabbits.
But the stud is what Cleye most delights
in. His stock Of thoroughbred horses,
mares and colts run into the hundreds,
and he takes as good care Of them as he
does Of himself. His stables are horse pal
aces. He has two splendid thoroughbred
stations, descendants of imported Brown
Dick. One Of them is ten and the other
four years old. The latter is 17is hands
high. He has also a three year old flly
which shows remarkable speed as a trotter.
There are likewise many running horses
NJ ~ btAQs hiiu ~Ai. SiGaNtidilQ HAS u ulGS-
niicent mile track on which he trains his
colts. At certain seasons Of the year he
employs a professional trainer. His usual
force consists Of one foreman, one trainer,
one dairyman, one cook, two yacqueros,
and two or three general helpers engaged
in building fence, teaming, etc, He has
branded 800 calves this season, and is not
through yet. He has put up 1000 tons Of
hay. His thoroughbreds are fed almost
exclusively on oats, barley not being con-
sidered just the diet for fine stock of a
dainty turn of mind. EThe ranch is
well watered from innumerable springs
and a stream passing through it. Several
ponds are well stocked with trout, perch
and catfish. All in all, Mr.. cleveland is
very comfortably situated, and certainly
has one of the finest stocked farms west
Of the Rocky Mountains. The SENTINEL
hopes he may live long to enjoy his good
fortune and pleasant surroundings.
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