The herald., 1895-11-11

| lOT CltTuS 1Iu1tSs 4ue upluuUS Oh lowell
| sandy loan are well suited to the growth
| of deciduous traits and to corn and po-
tatoes. Bottom lands of black loan ara
best adapted 70 the raising of sugar beets
alfalfa and all farm prouucts. Nc richer
lands than these latter are to be found
in the wide world. Tney are free from
clay anu all refractory elements.
Eleven thousand acres of Chino ranch
| are better adapted to the dairy interests
| than to other agricultural pursuits,
| owing to tie remarkable growth OF rich
| grasses and tbs frequency OF abundant
| springs of pure water. This triton OF
| the ranch is gently rolling, with many
valleys of considerable area. The natural
pasture lasts until midsummer, when the
deficiency is supplied ny an abundance oil
the great milk producing food, sugar beet
pulp, which is delivered upon the da ry
land at u very low price per ton. This
food has no equal as a milk producer.
and the testimony OF the dairymen now
! using il is that it is superior to anything
ever used by butter aksrs. The near
ness to great makret like Los Angeles
and to the great territory OF Arizona,
always consuming great quantities OF
butter. makes this industry exceedingly
attractive. Then the cost of dairying
upon Chino ranch is very much less than
in eastern states. The fact that there are
no stables needed, no great consumptl
of food to maintain the vitality of the
COWS during long, cold winters, is suffi-
cient argument to convihce any fa'r'
minded man that all other things being
equal. Chino ranch is the Dest place.
But things are not equal. There is no
comparison between the situation OF q
dairy man upon Chino ranch and one In
Iowa or Illinois. Here ne can have his
garden of oranges, lemons, pomsgranates
apples and nuts TO crafty his appetite, and
the health est spot on eartn to raise his
family to say nothing of his chances to
make money.
There is no section of Gods green
Garth which Offers more alluring induce
msnus to the small farmer than Chino
ranch There is no other section OF the
country which possesses the rich unde-
velopsd resources which this does. In no
other section Of the United States are
there such oppoftun ties for the small
farmer to earn u living nor where he will
receive so great reward for his efforts
as is the case here. Ii an ocular dem ION
stration is needed to convince, the doubt
or has but to make a visit to the ranch
and BIZ convinced beyond a reasonable
doubt. A man upon that ranch. even
though he NAV not be possessed OF cap
ital, can there obtain foothold which
viii lead him to independence ii not to
affiuence. There he can rent at nomi-
nal price a sufficient acreage to give him
a good living and something wherewith
to purchase a home. II ne be the for.
tunate possessor of 3 few hundreds or
thousands of dollars, land can be .pur.
chased at a lower figure than land OF not
one-half its value in the eastern or mid
die statss. L Chino sugar factory
affords ready market for the product
of the land. When rancher can find
ready cash market for his produce at
home, and at figures which amount to
good profit, he certainly is a fortunate
man. At Chino there have been many
instances of ranchers who went there
without capital and rented tracts of land
which they are today the owners of.
There are other instances of men y no have
cleared the purchase price of their ranches.
These examples are fairly representative
of the experience of the average farmer
who works his land for all there is in it.
500 per acre. This affords marked con-
trast with what the farmers are doing
in the famous wheat belt OF the
Dakotas, the central or the eastern
states. For the last few years 1t has
been IMP and tuck" for them to save
cent for themselves, with all OF their
great investments, and with wages at a
low rate at that.
There are about $500 acres of fine alfalfa
LANDS upon Chino ranch; 1900 acres re-
quire no irrigation. These lands will
raise eight tons of alfalfa hay per acre
per year, worth So to $40 per ton. Many
farmers have found it one of the most
profitable crops to be raised. 1t is not
only from the point of view of its market
value, but also from the TACT that all kinds
of stock, incluGing fowls, thrive upon IT
and mich COWS make great increased in
batter fat in milk when feo upon it.
The waste water of the sugar factory is
sufficient IN quantity to irrigate the re-
naming 1000 acres of these lands and fur
nIsh them a fertilizer in the shape OF
lime held IN solution by it. This water
will be trencied to the lands in the i'm
mediate future and will be supplied to
farmers at mercy nominal rates.
POSSIBILITIES OF FRUIT RAISING.
Any review of the possibilities of land
cultivation in Southern California were
incom plete without reference to the in
dustry of fruit growing. 1t has long since
CONS to be axiomatic that the fruits Of
California are the best and most prolific
in the world. Today they take the lead
over all com pstitors in the London mar
ket, where the choicest products of the
orient are supplicants for favor. Their
superiority of quality is only matched by
their prolific growth and Ell less variety.
In this great industry the LANDS of
Chino ranch offer the best advantages to
be realized in all this land of sunshine.
The growth Of fine fruits is equally
rs profit, here as anywhere else IN the
state, out the remarkable fact is that
whereas in most localities irrigation is
required, here all deciduous fruits grow
in luxuriant profusion watered by ma
lures unfailing subterranean streams,
with an irrlgating system for an auxil-
larry for citrus culture. AS an exposition
of what may be expected in the orange
industry upon this ranch, the following
interesting review is introduced from
a pamphlet prepared by Mr.. Holauird.
manager of the ranch:
1--WE have prepared, be says, lat some
labor and pains the following statement
OF this seasons output OF a few orange
groves of this vicinity. We have taken
groves from which the crop is entirely
gathered, or SO nearly so that an accurate
estimate can be made of the entire crop.
IL most instances the figures have been
either from the owners OF the groves or
verified by them.
"In each case the mum Der OF packed
boxes is given. Our readers in the east
can see what orange groves of different
ages will produce in an. average year,
such as this mas been:
Name. Kind. Acres. Age. Boxes
Harvey & Jess...seedlings 4 II years 1928
/ B; Ely;..... g.. - " 1879
w. Il. Dole ..... " az 10 " 1850
William Conner 10 " 270O
A. r. Curr err. ." 3 20 81 1850
Harvey 4 Jess. .Naycls 3 Z" 220
John Miller. g - -" 3s5
=" ..... 10 " 375
F. X. Adams. ~ 3 " 500
Lewis Wright. g. 1aoo
IaLx uooo a.