The morning call., 1894-01-28
FARMHOUSE OF FORTY YEARS AGO.

lands from $50 to $50, according to quality
and location.
Solano-ln the warm valleys of the fruit
sections improved lands are worth from
$50 to $500 an acre. In the northern part
they range from $50 to $50; in the extreme
foothills from 50 80 to SO.
SOnOma-Prces of land in this county,
which is so well settled and highly Guilt
waited and developed. must necessarily be
high. but they are not high considering the
productiveness and the income producing
capacities. The settler of some means will
find delightful home in this county.
misunderstanding lands range from
S25 to $50 an acre, according TO quality
and location. The best bottom fruit lands
cannot be bought for less than So to 500
per acre near the central shipping points.
Remote from the towns lands are much
chea per. On the west side of the San
Joaquin irrigation canals have brought
water to large acreage, which is now
being devoted in small tracts to alfalfa,
orchards and vineyards, and ten-acre and
twenty-acre farms are no longer a novelty.
-UnimprOved fruit lands in the
fruit districts are worth from $50 to $3.50
an acre: improved orchards from $500 to
$500 an acre; first-class grain land from
S 40 to SIS. Many subdivisions of large
tracts have been made and are in the mar
ket for settlement. Socially and morally
this county holds high position. Under
the law there can be no saloon in the
county. The schools are of the best and
literally supported. The people are law
abiding, Industrious and progressive. The
county Jail is empty and litigation is rare.
AS a consequence. the tax rate is low and
there are few delinquents.
Tehsma-Prices Of land are not high.
Hill and plain lands sell at low figures.
from 50 to $40 an acre in many cases.
The river bot ON and choice lands sell at
much higher figures and they should do so
when you consider their capacity for pro-
ducing income. There are several colonies
here, where lands are sold on reasonable
terms and long payments.
Trinity-A large acreage of Government
land is open to settlement in this county.
Tulare-In the vicinity of the leading
towns improved fruit lands can be bought
for $50 10 $50 an acre, with ample irriga-
ton supply; greater distance from
towns from S25 TO $50 an acre. Grain
lands are variOusly held at from S25 to
500, according to fertility and location.
Pasture lands in the mountains range
from So TO $50 an acre.
Tuolumne-Land is cheap in this county
and Government land can be obtained.
Ventura-PriceS of land in this county
are not reported, but it is 10 be presumed
that they are reasonably low, as much re-
mains to be improved, and the county
should be a most favorable place for in
vestment pending the completion of the
railroad south to Santa Barbara in the
next eighteen months, supplying the last
link in the coast route between San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles.
Yolo-Prices of land may seem high, but
they are not when the productiveness of
the soil is considered and the exceptional
facilities for marketing products. The
successful colonies established in Capay
Valley during the past two years demon
strate the advantage of settling in COM
munity with like purposes and aims, seek
ing uni;edly Improvement and develop
ment in one direction. Lands can be
obtained on easy terms, even with no pay
ment down, and low rates of interest, pro-
vided certain just conditions of planting
and improvement are complied with.
Under such a system the owner, if indus
trious and saving, can pay for his land out
of its products in few years.
Yuba-Lands can be brought of private
parties at reasonable rates and on easy
terms, and number OF colony tracts are
offered in small subdivisions of ten acres
and upward, with water for irrigation, and
on easy terms.
Kings. MADEIRA and Riverside-These
counties are recent subdivisions of Tulare,
Fresno and parts of San Bernardino and
San Diego counties respectively. The
prices of land rule the same as in the
parent counties, with certain variations
for the special branches of horticulture, to
which certain sections are devoted.