Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1880-07-11
Two suCcnssTuL Doy FARMERS.

TWO SUCCESSFUL BOY FARMERS
The two sons Of Hon. Charles
Maclay have set fine example to
the young men of the county.
They rented q tract Of land from
him east Of the railroad.and south
I the town. The tract forms .
ort Of inside valley huggiDg the
foothills, and extending some dis
lance lengthwise with the road.
They plowed and put in themselves
two hundred acres of wheat, which
now presents as fine q stand of
grain throughout as there Is in the
whole valley. The boys have done
all the work themselves, and will,
when their crop is harvested, real.
ize from 1t net return OF about
$1,000 each. The old gentleman is
justly proud of this handsome
achievement of his boys, and
pointed out their field to us with
manifest satisfaction. We must
say that their field and the Haskell
field adjoining and running clear
to the road, presented as fine q
q stand Of grain as we ever laid
eyes upon. We saw nothing supe-
rior to 1t, even in the best parts Of
the valley we had before visited.
The Southern Pacific Railroad
Company have established switch
at q point between the Paicoyma
and Tejunga washes, which will
give an outlet to $4,000 acres Of
good farming land. a crop of
about 1000 acres Of wheat will be
hauled to this station the present
harvest. It has been called Mac
lays station, and Is located about
three miles southwest OF the town.
ABOUT RENTING WHEAT LANDS.
Mr.. B. F. Porter told us that he
found great difficulty In leasing
land in the valley TO farmers who
have been in the habit OF leasing
lands up-country. He owns con-
siderable area of wheat land In Sa-
linas valley, and he finds no diff
Guilty there in leasing farms, taxi
ing one-third the crop net for the
rent. He offered some of these
same parties to rent them San Fer
nando lands for one-third the crop,
and to furnish the seed, the ma
chinery and the work.stock be.
sides; but they said "No; 1t was
too far south, and they didn't want
to go there" With the splendid
results of this years crop he thinks
these same men will hereafter beg
to rent farms in San Fernando val
ley, end on far less reasonable
terms than those offered this year.
THE DEPTH OF SOIL.
We have now given our readers
as clear an idea as possible of the
immense wheat crop of San Fer
nando valley. 1t will be seen that
1t demonstrates the great adapti-
bility of that valley to the profita.
BILE growth of this cereal. There is
o very large area OF as good land as
has been yet planted that has 30
far not been touch ed, so that we
may look for still further exten-
sion of the wheat-growing belt in
that valley. The soil is very deep.
At broken point in the
San Fernando creek lis depth
can be plainly discerned and it
runs all the way from eight
to twelve feet. The ground is
easily worked, and If it were neces-
sary crop could be always assured
by 6ummer-fallowipg. But the
farmers consider this superfluous.
With careful blowing and harrow.
ring, and taking advantage of the
season In sowing early, a good crop
Of wheat may be relied upon every
year almost. In the last ten years
there was but one season in which
less than twelve inches OF rain fell
at San Fernando, and that much
rain is enough to raise wheat crop
in that valley il the farmer will
work his ground well and SOW at
the proper time.