Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-06-04

about sixty members. They have made
T excellent hands in TIE heid ana the OF
caard, because the women anu culiuIeu
can be counted on for good work IN cultl'
waiting and picking fruit. They look on
old BALDWIN a. their Moses, who has
brought them to the promised land, and
the chances are That when their contract
expires they viii remain there.
The man who has charge OfHll the orac-
tical details OF this huge place e j: r.
Fully, a shTewd, energetic Californian,
who knows wheat growing and fruit cul-
ture so thoroughly that he is terror TO
all incompetent hands, ana who keeps
his small army of workmen under regu-
lar military discipline. Judged by the
/ results, his management is the best OF any
/ that saw IN the southern country.
The wiue cellar is always an ODlecC Of
! curiosity TO the average tourist, but even
( though one enjoys the cOmpanionshiD Of
lue manager aud the hospitality OF the
ranch, it is very dangerous 10 sample Cal
fOrnla wines. There Is 50 much strength
in the juice Of these lusty grapes, even
when mellow with age, tnat unless one is
seasoned vessel the chances are that he
Will be overcome before he knows it. The
cellar is piled high with choice wines,
many of them ten years old. Tue port Of
1913 is a wine which would commend it.
self to connoisseurs. while the Angelica
of the same vintage is almost equal to the
finest liquors in its combination oil sweet
ness and strength. OF clarets and white
wines the cellar bias many varieties which
are now pretty well known even at the
East, the Zinbuudol and the Rtesling be-
ing The chief. Baldwin's brandy has long
divided the hOnors IN this state WIFE the
product OF Naglee's ranch. Baldwin
makes his teaudy from the old mission
grapes, aud it would be an eXacting con-
nOisseur who could not lind something to
bis taste in the various barrels ranged In
this cellar. All the latest machinery for
disabling is here, and the place is in charge
OF French expert OF lifelong experience
in wine and brandy making in his native
country. Baldwin has done much to raise
the reputation of California wine, and IN
this way he aided materially the smaller
vine growers.
Baldwin's stables and his practice
track do not compare with those on STAN
furd's PalO Alto ranch, or on Higgins
Rancho de PasO. Baldwin has tried
breeding the huge PercherOn horses FOR
drAught animals, but it is a doubtful
question whether they will do any more
work than strong mule, while there is
no doubt whatever that they Will eat tour
times as mucn as the average mule.
After one has seen the orange groves,
lures Of the home place, be is prepared to
extend his observations to the great wheat
aud sheep ranches on the santa Anita.
You may drive for miles through fields
where the wheat IS now knee high and
shows an even stand which would de-
light the eve OF Dakota wheat grower
Beyond the wheat farm the visitor comes
TO the PuentO sheep ranch, which com
prIses about 10000 acres of gently rolling
n nd
tains. The sheep ranch is in charge of
hard-featured old ocOtchman named Cam
erOn, who has cared for sheep all his lite,
going from Scotland To New Zealand and
from New Zealand coming here. He Is a
mau OF wide Information, and be seemed
like an anachrOnism in this free and easy
California lite, for he adberes strictly TO
the CalVanism IN which be was bred. An
example Of the rigid insistence upon his
creed was furnished last summer when
Baldwin had party Of friends at his
ranch. The supply Of meat run out and
the millionaire sent over to old Cameron
to slaughter four sheep. The answer was
returned in broad Scotch: There will BIZ
ma Killing Of the sheep on the Sawbath."
and Baldwin had to send to town for his
meat.
Baldwin is engaged in splitting up
portion Of the ranch into small tracts of
HViu twenty acres upward anu seIling
them TO Los Angeles people for summer
villas and to Eastern people who wish
winter home ~ one OF the most beautiful
valleys OF southern California. A railroad
will be completed through the ranch this
TALL, and then one may reach the city OF
Los Angeles in fifteen minutes. The only
drawback to rapid settlement of the ranch
Is the price charged for the land. With
perpetual water right, $50 per acre is
asked for unimproved land. The majority
of those who buy this land will he wealthy
people, who can afford TO spend from $lO,-
900 TO $50, 900 in laying out and improving
place. Among the recent purchasers of
villa sites on Baldwin's ranch are J. NJ
Studebeoker, Of the well-knOwn wagon
making firm, who inter d to build next
year, and Col. Keeper, OF New York hotel
fame, who proposes to put up large no
tel for the accommodation of the winter
tourist