Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-11
To enforce frugality in public erpendi
tsres and abolish unnecessary taGation.
FOR CONGRESS. SIXTH DISTRICT
HEEL b. TERRY, of Fresno.
A very Marked difference

When a man of means in New York or
any other leading city of the East, starts
on. to create a handsome country seat,
he knows that his pet project is going to
cost him a great deal of money. He
never dreams of realizing any income
from his venture, and he is perfectly
aware that the celery, asparagus. and
other esculents which he may grow upon
his acres will cost him five times what
they would bring him in the open mar
ket. The case is far different with the
rich man, or man of moderate means,
who undertakes to do the same thing in
Los Angeles county. Here he can create
q beauty incomparably greater than he
can hope 10 do in any of the Eastern
States, and he will have in addition,
climate and income. Take the case of a
man who buys twenty acres of
land suitable for the growth of the
citrus fruits, for instance. Assum-
ing that he pays five hundred
dollars an acre he can get orange trees
so well advanced that he will not have
long to wait until they will yield him a
couple of hundred dollars an acre net.
Byron puts the orange tree at the head
of all vegetation for beauty, and it is in
deed difficult to imagine anything more
exquisite than we'll tended grove OF
twenty acres. But its beauty is the least
recommendation of an orange grove.
Where the trees have been well selected
and cared for they yield at maturity an
income which is quite large. Anything
approaching to an exact estimate is very
difficult because the soil, expos ure and
skill of the horticulturist, the state of
the market in particular seasons and
many other considerations all enter into
the count. We are almost afraid to
state the fact that some years ago
$500 worth of oranges were sold
off a quarter of an acre of
old orange trees in the Dalton
grove. OF course, oranges brought
q high price that year and the
fruit was exceptionally fine. Don Benito
Wilson one year kept a record of the re-
turns from an acre of his oldest orange
trees and found that he had netted from
them 81, 800. These are extreme figures,
and are not advanced as standard. It
Is no whit of exaggeration, however, to
claim that an acre of orange grove prop
erly cared for, when in fair bearing or
der, will net from $400 to $500. one year
with another. We have here then the
case of man who has created for him
self poetical home, which has cost him
only $4,000 for the ground and orna.
mentation, and which will yield him
from SO 600 to 10000 net profit. As
suming that his house and buildings
have cost him $40, 900 more, and he has
not only made himself home perfect
from the standpoint of hygiene and en-
jcyment, but he is receiving twenty-five
per cent. income from it in addition.
But he is by no means restricted to the
citrus fruits in his venture. He can sit
under his own vine and fig tree, if he
prefers it. He can buy excellent grape
lands, according to location, at from $3.50
to $75 per acre, and in four wears
his income from his grapes will
amount to from $75 to $3.50 per acre.
accordingly as he is favored by soil
and exposure. His vineyard will 20 on
increasing in value from year to year. If
he knows how to work up his grapes into
wine, and cares to give it the proper
age before selling it, he can net from
$3.50 to $500 an acre from his snug home.
Say that he has bought forty acres of
land, paying therefor $4,000, and that
his house, stable, etc., have cost
him $4,000 additional, making a
total outlay of $4,000. IF he
exercises only ordinary energy and
sagacity he will have delightful home
and an income Of at least thirty per cent.
On his investment. Nor will this repre-
sent all his gains; because, at the end of
i've or six years, his improved vineyard
vail be worth $500 an acre.
There is nothing fanciful about the
oregoing speculations. Just what is
here represented as possible has been
lone again and again in Los Angeles
ounty. 1t is being done every day. II
makes difference in favor of investing |
2 home in semi-tropical California AZ |
lgeinst going up the Hudson to do il |
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