Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1885-09-05
THE VAIL RANCH.
One of Nevada's Model stock
Farms

portunity this week of visiting the ranch
of the Vail Bros, below Fort Churchill,
and found there much of interest
to speak Of. This ranch is about thirty
miles below Dayton on the Carson river
and was formerly the property of John
CARING. 1t was purchased by the Vail
Bros. about two years ago, for stock
and dairy ranch, and since then many
much needed Improvements have been
made, in fact SO many Improvements
recognize the place as the old CARING
ranch. Large and spacious barns, out
houses, corrals and sheds for agricultu.
raj implements and machinery have
been built; many miles Of wire fencing
have been put up, and still improve
ments are being made. There are over
four thousand acres Of land in the ranch,
the greater part Of which is capable Of
being put in high state of cultivation,
and none of which is not good land for
stock range. The owners have sever
al thousand head of cattle roaming over
the hills, and last year they purchased
some thirty head of fine graded Gallo
way bulls, which, with the exception Of
two thoroughbreds, they have turned
with the herd to improve the common
stock. This breed is considered the
best for beef cattle, and it will be but
a few years before the Walls will have
one of the finest if not the finest herd
Of beef cattle on the coast, or in Ameri.
ca for that matter. They also have a
number of Norfolk cattle which are said
to be as fine dairy cattle as there are in
the world, but there is not as much
profit in them for beef as in the Gallo
ways. The two Galloway bulls that
are kept up are probably the finest ami.
| mails of the breed on the coast. They
will be exhibited al the State Fair this
Fall. Not much attention is being paid
to the dairy business as it is claimed
there is no money in 1t, for the reason
that it would have to be carried on on
such large scale, and the market at
the present time is not large enough
Among the large stock Of horses on this
ranch are some very good animals.
They are mostly work horses, but there
is some ;rotting and running stock
Not so much attention is being paid to
this department either, the beef indus
try being the principal occupation.
The hay crop this season is very large
and between fourteen and fifteen hun.
| bred tons have been cut and stacked on
the ranch. This will be used to feed
the stock during the seasons that feed
is not good in the hills. For the cut.
ting Of this hay four of McCormics new
style mowers were used, and to stack
ii novel machine which saves the labor
of FIVE or six men was used. There is
fine garden on the ranch where every
kind of vegetable is raised; also fine
orchard which supplies an abundance
Of fruit. Pigs, chickens, ducks and
dogs are numerous and it is noticeable
feature that all are thoroughbreds; in
fact it may be justly be called thor
oughbred ranch for the boys themselves
are thoroughbred gentlemen and their
employees are thoroughbred workers,
To the ranch belongs one of the finest
water rights on the river, and there are
over forty miles of irrngating bitches
which lead the water to all parts of The
land. 1t is undoubtedly as fine piece
of property as there is in the state to.
day, and probably could not be pur-
chased for 500, 600.