Arizona republican., 1891-04-05

with w. s. White, the great short-horn breeder of Kansas, who, after an active life in Kansas for years, has concluded to spend the remainder of his days among his own fruits and flowers. lie not only has his tract on section $ all planted to fruit and vines, but, believ- ing that one cannot get too much ot good thing, has purchased two more tracts on section IA, of which l will write further on. These tracts he also proposes to place under the highest state of cultivation possible. Adjoining him on the west Professor F. J. Duly, of Tempe, and Judge Huson, of Phoenix, present themselves to view in the shape of another twenty-scre tract, two acres of which they have in oranges, with the balance of the land ready for more. De- lays and disappointments have pre- vented these gentlemen from carrying out their original views of planting the entire tract to oranges and lemons this season.
 Again we travel east to the section line, thence seHth a short distance until we arrive and cross another large branch of the Tempe canal, full to overflow. To our left lies the Kopp ranch, the north west 11 of section II, and known as the Alhambra tract. This 14 has just been sold, and by it's present owner will be laid of as is the father of all tracts on the south side--the Hermosa tract--as soon as the present grain crop, which promises an abundant yield, Is har- vested. Mir. Thomas fl. Brown, of Kan sas, will plant the northwest forty to fruit and vines this fall, and the balance of the tract, so am informed, has raised it's last crop of grain, to give citrus fruit it's place. The tract prior to the present crop being planted was all leveled off by the owners and surveyed and ditched with the view oi planting fruit. The soil is rich sandy loam, easily handled, and, to my views, a perfect tract.
 "Now for Tempe," l said to Mir. Schultz. "Oh, no, we have not taken in the rounds yet. Let me drive you half mile further south to section II, which has all been disposed of in twen- ty-acre tracts to Kansas people. This section is going to be the Queen Fruit chasers on September l, by which time the growing grain crop will have been harvested, then the entire section will be surveyed into twenty-acre tracts, and around each forty-acre tract avenues to be layed off, with four-acre park in the center to be owned jointly by the thirty two different owners who will plant it to blue grass, roses and orna- mental trees. Shade, as well as orna- mental trees, will be set out on either side of all avenues, while at the same time all of the tracts will be planted to either fruit or grapes" This tract was owned by Colonel c. II. Gray, oi Phe- nix, and, as MT. Schultz informs me, it has been one of his hobbies for years as q colony tract.
 One can but say beautiful, beautiful, beautiful" who knows Sourthern Cali lornia as she was years ago and what she now is, allowing his minds eye 10 picture the different tracts visited as they will appear in reality in few years hence the exclamation "Eureka," an other Riverside" is bound to come forth.
 "Now that we have visited the hor- ticuIturists of Kansas, we must not slight our other Kansas friends, who are interested in breeding fine stock, butter and cheese making, etc." said schultz. we dTTlNc dI tlt TdiiNltN olOCh ldTlll and dairy" We'll has this place been named. Two hundred and forty acres all to alfalfa and it knee high, now divided into ten or fifteen pastures with 3O0 head of Shorthorns and Hol- stein dairy COWS grazing on it. An or chard of about elght acres in bloom, large cottonwoods, with heavy new foliage, iringing the tract, with noun tains for a far. background, makes up the landscape of the "Fair View Farm" We drive into the front yard, alight, have a cordial hand-shake with Mir. Fred A. Hough and his wife, Mrs. May A. Hough, the owners, whom we found very pleasant and entertaining. MT. Hough conducted us to the buttery, where we first had drink of butter milk, while gazing upon hugh piles of butter worked with a compressor. The separator was running at the same time and as fresh milk was poured into the hopper above, constant stream of cream ran out of one small tube and milk out of the other, still warm, to be fed to the calves. The cream is churned by tread-power. We learned from MT. Hough that the demand for butter is greater than he can supply. He now manufactures about 5J0 pounds per week. MT. Hough has commenced the system of purchasing milk from all hay. ing any to deliver, and says he can find ready market for lJO0 pounds of butter every week, to which amount he pro- poses to increase his production. He is wide awake, progressive farmer and will certainly make success of his undertaking.
 Our next stopping place, one-ha!f mile north, is in possession of l.. F. Bruce, also from Kansas. Here we find the usual thrift, young orchard and vine- yard, fat cattle and poultry in abund- ance. Mir. Bruce has been here but short while. but has also embarked in the butter business. He speaks only in the highest terms of the valley and people.
 Bi iding Mir. Bruce good day we start for Tempe, but not until we had hand shake with Mrs. Sallie D. Hayden, whose latch string always hangs on the outside. Mrs. Hayden has beautiful home, surrounded by a happy family of children, amidst the foliage of evergreens and blooming roses, large bearing Jr- chard, etc. My only regret was could not prolong my stay and more thoroughly describe this model home, listening to friend Schultz's glowing description of the valley and seeing the transformation going on. While it cannot be denied it is, however, hard to realize except one goes over the ground.
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