Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-01
WHOLE NO. 10, ,s26.
YOLO.

Lying Aorth of Solano, west of Sacra-
mento, ease OF Napa and Lsse, and south
oil Colusa, IS the county cf Yolo. As
early as 1882 Captain William Gordon SET
, He'd in the vicinity of Cache sreek. and a
! few years latsr began to farm there ON a
! small scale. Afrer the gold discovery
srcusht so many piooeers to the'State the
Faiuaole farmEnn ls7,ds in YoEo were
rspssiy taken upy and ss years passed on
tbscounty devescoed into one of the lead
ing producing districts of the State.
FRUIT, RaTtsN-sTszING, ETC.
Tls soil is rich alluyisl, and-not With
sfanciag the persis;ency with which yearly
! crops save been raiseG fhereon-it has
rarely failed to E,otl7See fairly. eren
IN tie most 1hto%ard seasons.
Of late years much attention has
been G'ven to fruit growing and
raisin-:n1&inc, in both Of which branches
Of industry Yolo county iIas made wonder
iul advancement. In the vicinity of Wood
land, Davisyille and Winters the soil has
! proved 10 be best snitetl tethe production
/ oi raisin grapes and the larger fruits and
| IN these localities extensive orchards and
vineyards have sprung up. gs was claimed.
some tour years ago, that the WELD of raj
| sins by the Briggs vinevars. s1f 3O0 acres
| near Davisville, brought net less than
100000. In the same vicinity are the ey
| tenslve orchard and vineyard of the Oak
Shade Fruit COmpay, which cover $50 acres
| and contain 22,512 trees and y. 764 vines.
or the fruit trees IL ,l26 are pear. 5000
almond. l, ,423 apricot, 2,754 BLUM. 1.5O2
peach, SS3 nectarine, SO black walnut, and
70 cherry These are now bearing trees.
while number of younger trees have heen
added OF late. This famous orchard is the
property of company composed of citi-
zens OF San Francisco, Sacramento and
folo. Like Solano, land in the Yolo
orchard and vineyard districts has reached
a very high valuation, ranging all the wav
from $50 TO SO for wheat land, to $500 for
choice orchard or vineyard LAID. Such
high prices are OF course more or less a
bar to settlement by persons of ordinary or
small means, bat to those baying capital
TOR investment in profitable farming prop
erty, Iolo county offers excellent opportu-
rities.
ag-=re eTHRR- -IGDUsTRIEs.
In some parts of the county irrigation is
reSorted to TO q limited extent and the
owners of water privileges find their in
vestments profitable. Alfalfa is said to he
very productive crop, and one that yields
handsome returns. Stock-raising Gr
dairying are also carried oI,~tSuGunau1l
BILE extent, but are being
upon by agriculture
Yolo county, like Sac
extent of tule, or man
the course of time will
claimed and cultivated.
PRINCIPAL TOWNS.
The people of Yolo are, as a ru
to-do, intelligent and progressiv 2e
county seat, Woodland, is bustlir ). Young
city, with population of between $500
and 5000. 1t has direct railroad commu-
| nication with the California Pacific branch
OF the Southern Pacific, which traverses
1olo and Solano counties from Sacramento
to Benicia. Woodland is a well built
town, and has many really imposing
buildings. 1t also boasts of two well-con-
Quoted daily newspapers, rivaling in size
even the metropolitan dailies. The other
towns in Yolo are Knights Landing, Mad
ison, Winters and others. The last named
is the present terminus of the Vacaville
| and Clear Lake Railroad