The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-26


tempt 10 become known than Tulare-
An advertising car has been started
out on the road TO journey to the East
err cities in charge Of A Z Mot,
manager OF the Tulare County Board
Of Trade This body embraces in its
membership representatives Of towns
and cities 10 the county and Of the
Great farming districts The tour OF
rhe car Is incidental to the promotion
Of q great work Of education that the
county has undertaken
OPPORTUNITY the Tulare County
Board Of Trade has just issued a
book telling about the wealth and re-
sources OF TuIare- From il an ade-
cuare idea Of the real Importance or
his fruitful county may be derived
SHE county extends northerly and
s1utherly sixty-dve miles and is seven
rv-fEe 10 100 miles wide II EXTENDS
from the Sierra Nevada mountains on
The east TO the Coast range mountains
on The west II is just about half
way between san Francisco and Los
Angeles Its area is 1885 square miles
o. 315S000 acres
lis eastern boundary, beginning at
She crest OF the Sierras, embraces
n
40 altitude Of Is 600 feet the highest
Summit in the United States The
county has a population Of $4,000 The
principal cities and towns are Nisalis'
Turare. Porterviue, Dinuba- Exeter
Lindsay. Orosi and Upton Eisalia-
.the county seat has a population Of
z41l
VAST WATERSHED
1-~----,y7o,-- Of tho roF1u-
- begins at the crest Of the Sierra and
embraces series Of the highest peaks
irf California its watershed has vast
size. From Il dow the Kaweah, St
.Iohns, Tule and White rivers and Deer
creek Cameron Greek. Packwood
creek. AIIu Creek. Cross Creek Deep
Greek. Elk Bayou and POso Creek The
r-.ruutafn streams furnish sufficient
water 10 irrigaIe thousands Of acres
with systems u gravity canals that
efvert the fuid from the streams Be
. meath the surface Of the land Is an
. irexhaus1ibIe supply Of water The
discovery Of this subterranean supply
the erection u electric power plants
and the advent o. unlimited QUANTITIES
of cheap fuel oil have made irrigation
b. nu-np systems feasible Under this
plan water IS procurable for irrigation
- cost of from . cents 10 s. so an
acre
The foregoing facts are taken from
the book the Tulare County Board OF
Trade has adopted A r Mot is the
surhcr- in addition 10 this general in
formation the Board Of Trade supplies
entertaining reading that deals with
the conditions under which the various
industries Of the county are conducted
i is asserted that the cost Of water
for irrigation, from the gravity canals,
is 40 cents 20 81 p an acre year The
gravity canals belong 10 the lands that
they irrigate- The farmers in early
DAYS fled water appropriations on the
rivers and other streams, built the
bitches and paid themselves IN water
stock. As a consequence the water
scosts the farmers annually just the
cost OF the maintenance Of the canals
rnd the delivery therefrOm- The citrus
fr-1it orchards naturally require more
wafer than others. The cost to them
an acre a year runs from 81 20 s..
A picture Of plenty is alluringly pre-
scented simply by an enumeration Of
the products Of Tulare. These include
wheat. barley. alfalfa, Indian corn,
sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes, vegeta-
.bIes Of all sorts, peaches, prunes, pears,
-s.uricots, apples, olives, figs, plums, al
ulonds. waInuts, raisins. table grapes,
wine grapes, oranges, lemons lines
and berries Of all varieties.
COST OF THE LAND.
The important matter Of the cost Of
Land and the other questions relating
TO the acquisition OF a farm in Tuiare
County that an inquirer would natur-
sfv ask are fully covered. Good
lands. II is asserted are 10 be had al
reasonable prices. Grazing lands range
from 81 10 SIS an acre, wheat lands from
. So TO $50 an acre; fruit and alfalfa
lands under irrigation from $50 TO 800
an acre, according TO location ano
quality. Many large holdings are sub
divided and placed on the market in
ten, twenty and forty acre tracts, at
prices ranging from $40 10 S75 an acre.
These lands are under irrigation and
are situated within few miles of
towns. Small farms are rapidly be-
coming a feature Of Tulare County.
Colonies are near towns and have good
telephone service and daily mail de-
livery. making social conditions agrees
able
OF course the climate Of Tulare
county rs itAe1F INT HNDJSSN VI SPSS404
comment. II is called TO the attention
Of the reader, by the Tulare County
Board Of Trade that during July and
August, which are known as the hot
months. the thermometer viii indicate
temperatures ranging from 60 degrees
at sunrise 10 IS or 100 degrees at noon.
in what are known as hot years the
mercury win occasionally register JOS
degrees. This is designated as excep-
tional and the reader is requested TO re-
member that the heat is dry and, there
being so little humidity in the air, 1t
Is not Of the oppressive character that
adiicts the people east Of the Rocky
Mountains.
Among the marvels in which the book