Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1886-03-20
NEVADA's RESOURCES
stock Raising and Farming. as
well as Mining. and an UneXcel-
led Climate.

well as Mining. and an UneXcel-
| led Climate.
A correspondent Of the San Francisco
| Chronicle wries that journal:
Stock raising in Nevada is now as.
suming large proportions.
NEvADA's HERDS
Are many, and they now embrace over
700, 600 head of cattle; while not less
than 200, 900 head Of sheep and 10000
lhorses also find pasturage. Coming
under my observation was the sale Of a
range containing $1,000 head of cattle
foT the sum Of s34o, 900, and the buyers
were keen TO close the bargain. Had
this been mining sale the report would
have been heralded abroad; but as it is,
very few heard of it, or hearing, take
no notice. Farming is now carried on
sufficiently to furnish Nevada with
nearly all that is needed for home con-
sumption. Numerous -four mills are in
opeI alton at convenient points, and all
the grain needed for -four and feed is
now produced yearly, with as much as
surance Of good yield as can be ex-
pected in any country. True irrigation
has to be resorted TO, but nearly all the
arabic soil is so located as to be fully
| provided with water from mountain
streams, easily diverted from their
sources and spread over the land with
little labor. Along the Truckee Mea
dows are many nicely cultivated farms,
with broad fields Of alfalfa, which,
| IL chou, in,
their emerald look evidence of as great
productiveness as anywhere on the Pa.
cihc Coast. In Mason's Valley farming
has settled down into solid industry
and now supports large population.
FARMING OPERATIONS.
At Lovelock's over 80, 900 acres are
occupied and over 5000 acres irrigated
and in a high state of cultivation.
Even Naches, the Chief of the Piutes,
is engaged in farming, and now has
| force Of Piutes at work on his farm OF
100 acres, donated TO him by the rail
road company. And he takes CON-
mendable pride in the expectation of
raising all the wheat necessary for his
home use. Much might be said Of
farming in other portions Of the State
along the entire line of the Humboldt
river-in Steptoe, Ruby and many other
valleys Of less extent, but space forblds
giving any more than brief glance at
statistics, which show that there are
now over $4,000 acres cultivated in
wheat and barley, 100, 600 acres in hay,
900 acres in potatoes, yielding annu-
ally 20, 600 bushels of the finest quail
ty; while oats, rye, corn and all cereals
and vegetables peculiar to the temper
ate zone are grown in large quantities.
Besides this, fruits are raised in many
parts of the State and yield abundantly.
The State contains over 10000, 900
acres of land, and while much of 1t is
unfit for cultivation, still there is sufti-
cient arabic land to support untold
numbers of people when the time comes
to requireit.
IN REGARD TO CLIMATE,
Nevada claims to excel the world. The
dryness of its atmosphere is fast becom-
ing known for its lung healing proper
ties. Consumptives here find relief and
permanent cure. This may seem in.
credible, but am told by many leading
PHYSICIANS of the State that many cases
have come under their observation of
cures of consumption, even when ad-
vanced to the second and third stages
OF tuberculosis, from which the sufferers
could not have recovered had they re-
mained elsewhere. This has been
shown in autopsies held on deceased
persons when death resulted from other
causes-from accident in the mines
or violence. This fact has awakened
the attention of physicians and philan-
thropisis and project is now under
way to establish somewhere in this
region a home for the cure of consump
tives, and it is confidently expected
that time will prove the climate of the
great basin for this purpose superior to
any in the world. Taken altogether,
Nevada has besides mining numerous
other resources and many natural ad-
vantages to make her prosperous