Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
The inducements Held Out to Those in
Search of Homes.
SOME FACTS FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF IMMIGRANTS
Land of Fertility, Awaiting the Development
Resources-The Natural Home of the Orange
the Lemon and Olive-The Garden
Spot of California.

claims about Folsom, however, still yield
considerable gold and the yearly product
amounts tn several hundred thousand
dollars. Instead of mining county Sacra-
mento long ago became the seat of great
agricultural community. Her people grow
wheat, barley, oats, hay, fruit, grapes. vege-
tables, hops, etc, in large quantities. Scat
tered throughout the county are wineries,
hop -kilns, fruit-cWneries. etc. which give
employment to a large number of men.
women and children. The
NAToMA VINEYARD AND ORCHARD,
Which lies between Sacramento city and
Folsom, is perhaps the largest in the State,
with the exception of the Stanford vine
yard in Tehama county. When the COM
pany's present plans shall be completed it
viii have a vineyard of some 1000 acres.
This property is finely improved. and the
bearing vines yield immensely. During
the season several carloads of fruit and
grapes are shipped daily from the COM
pany's depot at Alder Creek. on the line of
the Sacramento and Placerville Railroad.
All along the bottom lands of the Amer
lean river, from the foothills about Folsom
to Sacramento city, are flourishing orchards
and vineyards, which yield handsome re-
turns to their owners. The rich alluvial
chiefly devoted TO fruit and vegetable pro-
duction, for which purposes it is very valu-
able. The formers and orchardists along
the lower Sacramento find ready means of
transportation at their own doors, as small
trading and transportation vessels are con-
stantly plying between these localities and
San Francisco.
GENERAL FARMING.
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dairies, some orchards and vineyards, and
bottom land dong the rivers has been de-
voted to hop culture, for which it is pecu-
liarly adapted. The yield is uniformly
heavy. Indeed, Sacramento hops are pre-
ferred over these OF most other sections and
command the highest prices in the Eastern
and Europea11 markets. While hop cul-
ture is an uncertain venture, as regards the
realization of big profits, still it is an i'm
portant branch of industry. Some sea-
sons. when the crops are light in the East
and Europe, our growers realize immense
profits; and, Jas whole or partial failures
abroad are M not infrequent occurrence,
California growers are thus often benefited.
Since fifteen cents per pound will cover the
expense of radsing hops, some idea can be
formed of the profits realized from their
production when il is stated that from
thirty cents to dollar is sometimes re-
ceived. The latter figure has. however,
been reached but once (some three wears
ago., when several Sacramento growers
were made Wealthy from the immense
profits received. The exceptional prices re-
ceived for hops in that year induced large
number of persons to engage in hop grow
ing, thus greatly increasing the yield and
serving to keep down prices at the present
time, the Eastern and European crops hav-
ing been productive in the meantime
ISDUcH3iENrs TO IMMIGRANTS.
There are still quite number of large
ranches in Sacramento county, but the
tendency of the times is toward the divis-
ion of these ranches into small farms.
Some months ago the Sacramento County
immigration Association sent an agent out
among the owners of the larger farms, to
ascertain what the owners would do toward
segregating their acres in the interest of
immigration. The agent reported that the
amount of land thus available for smaller
purchasers was quite extended, and that it
could be had at reasonable rstes, much of
it ranging from 800 to $50 per acre Among
the tracts which can thus be purchased, 800
acres at S25 per acre, and 800 at $35 per
acre, are offered by A. Plummer; 4SO acres
at S25, by j. Hanlan; several thousand
acres by DT. Caples; J. f. Davis has about
500 acres, which will be thus sold: G. K.
Nye, owning 4012 acres, will next season
divide it among nine families (relatives),
who will come from the East to occupy it.
j. F. McCauley had 5000 acres plotted and
ready to be sold in lots to suit purchasers
Mr.. Her would sell 107 acres. Whitaker,
Ray and Miles, of Gait, were considering
the subject as to selling their large tracts
near Gait. n. NJ. Fay, owner of the Whit
comb ranch, near Georgetown, consisting
of 1000 or 5000 acres will break it up into
small holdings and dispose of them to any
who desire. The report also contained in
formation concerning quality and product
iveness of soil, the products which have
been grown byvarious parties per acre, and
other facts of value in connection with the
work of the Association.
TOWNS.
The towns scattered throughout the
county are Folsom, Gait, Elk Grove
Brighton, Antelope, Courtland and Arno
Folsom and Gait have sprightly local Jour-
nals-respectively, the Telegraph and Ga
zette.
A PLACE OF HOMES
Sacramento possesses many advantages
that must commend it to persons seeking
pleasant, permanent homes. The citv Of
Sacramento-which is not only the county
seat, but the Capital of the State-is readily
accessible from all parts of the country
The river localities have steamer commu-
nication daily, and railroad or stage lines
traverse the outlying sections in nearly all
directions. Sacramento city is a place OF
about SO, 900 inhabitants, and is constantly
extending her area and increasing her pop-
ulation. The city is blessed with an excel.
lent public school system, which embraces
one of the best High Schools in the State,
and has beside several private institutions
of learning. She is the possessor of the
famous L. B. Crocker Art Gallery, which
embraces a collection Of paintings and
works of art that are not excelled by
any privave gallery in America. In
connection with this gallery there has been
established an art school, under manage.
ment of the California Museum Association
where persons desirous of pursuing art
studies under competent instructors have
facilities at hand equal to those to be OBJ
tanned in San Francisco. Here too, are
the State Library, and the free City
Library. and several society libraries.
whose literary treasures are open to the
enjoyment of all, without money and with
out price. Young men or women will find
in Sacramento facilities equal to the best
elsewhere for acquiring business or COM
mercial training, and the splendid law
library of the State is atthe service of those
who wish to take up the study of the law
The great workshops and foundries of the
Southern Pacific Company and combined
lines are located here, and furnish employ.
ment for several hundred mechanics and
laborers. many of whom are owners OF
of their own homes. Indeed, it can be
said, without idle boast or exaggeration
that of all communities in the State, there
is none that offers more solid inducements
than Sacramento to heads of families seek.
ing homes in which to rear and educate
their children. Sacramento is
THE ONLY CITY IN THE STATE
In which the law to prohibit public gam
ing is enforced; and here it is rigidly car
ried out in obedience to the will of the cit
izens This, of itself, is a step toward goot
government and morality that parents can
not consider lightly Sacramento has, it j.
true, been burdened with a public debt o
some magnitude, but it is of such nature
that it is expected it will shortly be com
promised on such terms as will dispel al
anxiety on that score and cause reduction
in the tax rate. This city is the natura
commercial center of the great Sacramento
valley, the trade of which she has main
tanned up to this time andof which sh