The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1909-05-16

lanes ] Hill is spending the
,saa,.s in the Northwest and his son
- uill. is also out of town, II mas
J. - i,,nossible To learn from them
oeen there is any truth in the re-
nawspapef dispatches from
.en. ssastern points 10 the effect that
sou' tI,l1 and several other prominent
W. a,.,aIs and capitalists are planning
on'. .,,,rcbase and consolidate several
.ha largest branches in the South
VI ~ Neither could any Information
VS. attained from their business as
pe 1 IS and representatives here.
s sola If the men who are acquainted
hos. noral way with Mr.. Hills plans
40 NOT believe that he IN ih'efes'eu
~ a oroieet of this character.
Those who have been famillar win
ia land situation in the southwest
,ar o. wears or more. but VINO WIN
- thai time have not been ldeniiheu
~ ,n,,b M Hill in any of his numerous
'.alocts In the Northwest. and eonse-
rrentIv do not profess 10 have any
ieenite knowledge of his plans say
.saa utthout question the tendency
In ha IN break up the hundreds OF
'.a,,sands of acres OF land now held
- ssnehes rather than TO consolidate
hon In their present form. ne
ta.mars in the Central West nave
In able within the last two or three
,ears 10 sell their holdings at prices
,.bich Welded them enormous pronts.
some of these individuals have been
sontent 10 retire from agricultural
pursuits altogether. Others nave
given M farming and invested their
erotits in various bushes enterprises.
Many however. apparently heNe,
,osa their fondness for agricultural
life Consequently after selling their
lands IN central Kansas, Tor instance.
ihey have moved onward TO the lar
Sorthwst or extreme Southwest. Ihey
have found. particularly In the South
vest a great scarcity of land outside
Of the large ranches. The owners OF
he latter acquired them at from 81
~ az an acre probably on the average
and a. the present quotations Tor
farms running from so TO l60 acres
are from 81 TO $40 an acre the temp
tation TO sell is stronger than can be
resisted in most instances according
~ an authority on the land situation
in that section.
RREAkINk Up LAND HOLDINGS.
This disposition on the part OF
large ranch owners To break up their
immense land holdings Il one oil the
most important developments In the
southwest for many years As graz
ing ground a quarter section Of 100
acres has probably supported from
30 to 100 head OF cattle. The pro-
ceeds therefrom have gone IN most
instances into the exchequer OF one
family. and In some cases into the
rocket of one individual. Not IN
frequently the same has been true
Of an entire section OF $40 acres A
"A farm the 100 acres will support one
average sized family, whose pureh-
ases are likely 10 be of more gem
eral character than II the land were
conducted as a ranch The full sec
ton of $40 acres. which of course has
constituted only a small corner OF the
large ranches. owned In turn by one
family. will support at least four
families comprising from 20 TO 80
people. the purchases for which
obviously would be much larger than
for a single family of Ave or six mem
bers
This Is only one feature of the
great change in the situation that
would result from cutting up large
ranches into medium sized farms. As
a ranch. II has been stated that 100
acres would support from so to 100
cattle. As a farm. the same number
Of acres would produce large
amount of grain. cotton. fruit, etc.
as we'll as support a sufficient number
Of cattle to keep the land well nour-
ished. Consequently. II is by no
means difficult TO see that the amount
of railroad traffic produced on $40
acres conducted as a single farm, or
broken up into four farms. would be
very much larger than IL that amount
Of land were conducted as single