The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1908-12-24
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California To- / have 90 idea l,n'a Viii ~ ia
losr with ihis climate. am not myseir. I
think " yery h-alths eounirs. bat almost
too warm. Am ~iihin ~ iail.s 81 iAs Gulf
aud / suppose The salt water keeps things
sweet here. Elevation about "a feet, have
nov becn here about one month, am feeling
ms well NJ usual, and weigh heavy FOR ME-
bui donf expect 10 keep up IA weight, or II
doe. not seem that could perspirins as
do. Nights are the worst. One cnn take on a
wet shirt on going 10 bed ni night. and hang
IL up to dry. bat u viii not dry, viii Ia Just
as wet Ia the morning. People dress ms hight
~ rs possible, the law requires one IA wear
"fig leaf" and ms much more ~ one has a
mind 10. Fhis country Is nearly as level as
floor. aud worth but little for purposes
other than rice raising hut Tor that II Is ini-
Inensc. man that went into The rice bust
nesssi years agu and ~ not now well OF is
chump. think the business has been at
Its best though. but n a inan could start at
once he would he all right. The good land
Il going fast and on account Of the success
OF the farmers for the past few years, every
one Is trying 10 grow ". For years the farm
ers depended on Providence for the water 10
grow rice with. and hardly ever Rot q crop.
You see rice grows IN the mud. the water Is
kept from one 10 four inches deep on the
field MI through the straw. growing period.
after which they let the water of and II
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which are no feet deep and yield any amount
OF water, which is all pumped by steam en-
gines, and u part OF the season are run day
and night. oil Il used mostly for fuel Com
panies were formed and have run bitches
through parts Of the country and furnish
water to the farmers by the acre, or they
pay so much for having an acre watered.
some seasons II takes more and some less,
depends on the rain fall which Is believe,
on an average OF 50 inches. The soil Is such
/ hat you can scoop out hole and Nil II with
water and II will stay there until II eyapor-
ates. Rice land is worth 81 per acre now.
worth So. II costs about s2JU to put In and
equip Y inch well, sueha well would easily
water go acres, and the gross receipts from |
, good crop would be sl2,boo. The president
u this concern. r. u. Chlkins, has plnnta-
lion OF 800 acres and he told me that his net |
profit last year was nearly $4,000, and his
Tarmer tells me that the yield OF rice this
year will be about the same as last. | find
nearly all the farmers are Well off and some
rlch. An acre viii produce from 10 TO W
iollars worth of rice. and as near Ms ! can
figure Il costs about Ii to is dollars to pro-
luce It.. Corn can be grown here, but you
must back furrow so MS to get II above the
held level or il viii drown. want to say
, little more about Mr.. Calkins. About seven
Years ago he came here with but little and
oday is worth probably $4,000. He Is a
arge owner Of stock In the bank. He is
president OF n hardware concern which has
large fine store and has fine residence.
His ranch contains about 90 acres, all
round he Is II corkcr. The dirty, hard work
$ done by negroes, eight or ten Of them In
he mill. NIL seem To he splendid fellows,
would break their necks to favor me; about
80 or 30 In the place. ! don't really fancy
he colored walters I'm hotels, the white girl
$ good enough for me. Fine gardens can be
-rown here but few grow them. the fact is
yeryone Is rice crazy. The rice plnnt is an
immense concern OF which MIR. Calkins is
PRESIDENT. The rice ms left by the threshing
machine has Il shuck on and in that shape Is
allied trough, after the buck is taken of
is called finished rice. This plant will mill ,
bout l.0G bags of 100 pounds day when
verifying works well the mill run last
reek and put out about 100 tons OF the pro-
net. which Is mostly on hand. Buildings
O not last here rs they do in Vermont.
fules are used mostly for hard work. The
begins In January and Is done
nth two furrow sulky drawn by four
rules. The weathertn January Is mostly
'et. and the farmers plough through rain !
r shine. | am told. Gold enough ut times /
D freeze water so that II Will bear upa man.
his country is fun of weyii, millions OF
hem In the mill.