Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-12-27
CounERcIAL ORCHARDS.
Anew Industry for Eureka County

Industry for Eureka
EprroR SESrIxEL: This is no vision
AIRY scheme to get money, and deceive the
people. Il is simply = proposition to
double the population and taxable prop
erty Of Eureka county in the short space
Of ten years. We are not obliged now
to draw upon . fertile imagination to
picture the result Of an experiment as
would have been the case ten or twenty
years ago, but on the contrary can point
to a practical application of every de-
tail Of the business.
The Apostle Of irrigation has been do
ing some very elaborate work; he has
built dams, dug bitches and reclaimed .
large area OF desert lands on paper, but
as we have no rivers in Eureka county
to dam up, the Apostle cannot help us to
solve the much discussed question OF "
rigatiou. He claims TO have invested
sixty thousand dollars, and so far as we
know has no.. lifted 4 shovel full OF dirt.
Now. Mr.. Editor, l don't propose to do
ANYTHING OF that sort, but apply water
in the same way that il was applied sue
| cessfully to orcharding in California 50
| years ago. Running water Is a great
| desideratum, but can be dispensed with
| when water is abundant from 20 TO 40
| feet below the surface. This is the case
With more frst-class orchard land IN
| Eureka county than can be used for the
next 80 years. In many places the
water is on the surface in Spring. Be
l fore going further it might be well &c
| note the difference between a CONNER
| cial orchard and the orchards we now
| have on Duckwater and Currant Greek.
| the former to be a success must have
| communication by railroad. Then
| Chicago is not 80 far of as Currant
Creek. Another important difference Is
these orchards have too many kinds oil
fruit. A commercial orchard should mol
have to exceed three varieties OF thu
same fruit, and one variety is better
Mr.. j. A. Bayles Of Jackson county
Mo-, writes: al still adhere to Bel
Davis as most profitable. ! have 81
acres more to plant; then l will b
through. Iris will make me AIS acre
in orchard-over 400 acres Ben Davis.
liz, F. hurry, Vice President Of th'
Missouri State Horticultural Society
writes: Eight acres Of orchard plant
ed II years sgo-Ben Davis, Wine Sal
aud Jo~hnithan." The showing OF m!
books may be briefly told. For the las
twelve years average per acre per yea
has been S62 80. II the entire orcharl
had been Ben Davis the average woul,
at least have been 500 per acre. NJ
figures are for net proceeds after psYin
all expenses. Now, Mr.. Editor, for tn
most feasible plan to be adopted. Me
will invest thousands OF dollars to pros
pect a mine without any certainty
getting even the principal back. In thi
case it can be demonstrated to q mathe
NAUTICAL certainty that the man. or com
pany Of men, who put in 5000, can a
the end Of five years own q propert
that will pay interest on $1,000. Tn
railroad company should take half til
stock In q corporate company that fc
convenience we will call the Eurek
County Commercial Orchard Company
capital stock S. coo, in 1000 shares 8
IS each. When Pleasant Valley has tie
large orchards. Diamond valley, with
Eve miles Of Diamond Station, has l0t
and from Pinto summit to sink Of Fis
Creek another 100, the present businel
Of the road would be multiplied by ter
There is no use telling people that tn
or that place is a good place for an o
chard. They must see the orchard, ar
they must see the cars loaded with fru
of the orchard. and when they ha,
seen this the rest is easy. Two or thr'
hundred families can be colonized in K
reka county with a capital OF fro
8 5000 to $1,000 each without ar
trouble. Respectfully, CITIZEN.