The San Francisco call., 1903-12-28
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In the purchase Of land it is not
necessary TO make the full payment
the first year. One-third payment, or
say $3.50 TO 500, is generally the rule,
and the balance can be carried one,
two and three years in equal amounts,
so that the actual cash outlay at first
need not exceed the sum Of $1,000 10
s2500. With this capital the intelligent,
industrious and economical farmer may
safely establish a new home on forty
acres Of land in California
The dairy interest in California is
both interesting and impOrtant-inter-
esting by reason Of its possibilities. and
important from its present magnitude.
Dairy farming in this State may be
classified into the following principal
districts. viz: The Humboldt district,
which comprises Humboldt and Del
NOrte counties; the coast district.
which comprises the coast counties
from Mendocino on the north TO Santa
Barbara on the south; the Sacramento
Valley district, which comprises the
y
County: the mountain district, which
comprises Lassen, Plumas, Sierra and
Siskiyou counties; the San Joaquin
Valley district, which comprises the
territory from Stockton on the north
to the Tehachapi Range on the south,
and the Southern California district,
which includes all that part Of the
State south Of the Tehachapi Range.
DIFFERING CONDITIONS.
Conditions differ widely in these vari-
Gus districts, and yet generally the
quality Of the butter produced is fairly
maintained at the average high stan
dard for which this State is famed. Ac-
cOrding TO the last biennial report Of
the State Dairy Bureau the quantity
Of butter produced in the year 1902 was
81. .52S. .T62 pounds, representing a value
Of s7,541, ,792, Of which 2l,593,021 pounds
was from creameries and 9,935,7H
pounds from individual dairies, against
2G. .67S. .43S pounds in 1897, of which TO-
SO was from creameries and 17.S11,-
7s3 pounds from individual dairies.
This illustrates the growth Of the in
dustry and the tendency Of dairymen
10 operate through creameries rather
than attempt 10 compete with these
institutions with butter made on the
farm, which is not as uniform in quality
or as high in grade as the creamery
product.
One Of the principal features of DIFF
ference in the districts mentioned is the
character Of feed. In the Humboldt dis
trict the industry is about stationary,
and the available range for cows is
pretty well occupied. In this district
there are about forty small creaneries,
and most Of the butter in the district
is manufactured by them. On the coast
there are but few creameries. This
district is not holding its own in. butter
production owing somewhat to disad-
vantage in feed, but also to the de-
rnand OF san Francisco for milk, which
is supplied from this source The Sac
ramento Valley district is on the in
crease. Woodland, the vicinity Of Sac
ramento and the reclaimed islands are
among the principal producing points
8, the state. The mountain district
though less important in point of guam
fftv. holds its own. The San Joaquin
Valley district exhibits rapid growth,
the estimated gain being 30 to 30 per
cent in 1903 as compared with 1902.
Here Is a wide area in alfalfa, and this
fs Increasing largely from year to year.
Dairy herds and dairy farming increase
IN like ratio. The southern district de-
nends on cultivated crops and alfalfa
Cor feed.
INDUSTRY ESTABLISHED.
The industry as a whole is well es-
tablished on a profitable basis through
out the State though i has not yet
reached the limit OF coast consumption
,rol-en as a whole, the industry now
renresents a value. including the in
cease hogs. etc, Of upward of Sls,-
coo 600 annually. The State Board OF
trade predicts that it win develop rap
~ =, the future until California will
be shipping extensively toward Eastern
,-,,,lrets instead Of standing in the list
OF dairy states as an importer
Al certain times in the year, when To-
cal conditions favor it, large quantities
OF Fastern-nade butter are now
Skinned TO the San Francisco market.
This butter does not come up to the