The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-30
.TULARE COUNTY IS
BROAD and rich
Millions of Acres Offer Great
Opportunity to the Farmer
of Small Means
By A. E. Mot

counties in the San Joaquin valley It
lies just half way between San Fran
| cisco and Los Angeles and has an area
of 1895 square miles or 3.15S.OOO acres.
Almost half of the county is noun
famous. Its eastern boundary, COM
mencing at the crest of the Sierras.
embraces Mount Whitney, which
reaches an altitude of $4,000 feet.
Out of these mountains flow many
streams that furnish water to irrigate
the level and fertile areas lying In the
great valley and power for the genera
| ton of electric energy. which. in turn,
/ by the use of pumps, draws the water
from beneath the surface of the earth
| and frrigates many acres more.
! The soil is a rich. deep alluvial. eX-
eept along the foothills. where there is
a red adobe impregnated with iron.
making it the most valuable land in
the state for citrus fruit culture Ii is
! here that the finest and earliest Wash
| ington navel oranges are grown In
t'some of the valleys in the foothills
black adobe and dry bog soils will be
| found. These soils are also very rich
| and very productive.
The climate of Tulare county is
| equable Out of 365 days no county
will have a greater number of perfect
! days than must be annually credited to
Tulare county. This subject will bear
| elaboration, for climate is a prime con-
! sideratiOn in estimating the desirable
| ity of a section for purposes of resi-
/ dence and for profit financially.
REACHES NEITHER EXTREME
During July and August. which are
/ known as the hot months, the
\ thermometer will range from so de-
/ grees at sunrise to 90 or 100 degrees
/ at noon. In what are known as "hot
[ Va re- he will
/ register 10S degrees. but this is eN-
/ ceptiOnal and 1T must be borne in
| mind that the heat is a dry heat. there
/ being so little humidity in the atmO-
/ sphere that it is not of the oppressive
| character that afiicts the people east
of the Rocky mountains. During De-
/ cember, January and February-WhiCh
/ are termed the winter mOhthS-the
mercury will sometimes fall to "a de-
! grees Fahrenheit (the lowest tempera-
/ ture on record is 20 degrees. only L
I degrees below freezing point), but
| months the thermometer will range
+. from IS TO 40 degrees between day
! light and sunrise, the coolest part OF
/ the day, to so degrees at noon The
| remaining seven mOnths-March, April.
May, June, September. October and
! November-aTe as nearly perfect as
could be asked for.
/ Tulare county never has had a cy-
clone or blizzard. Sunstroke and heat
prostratiOns are unknown, and during
| the heated term there are cool nights,
and during the winter months many
sunny days. The average number of
I days of sunshine is 275 out of 365- The
average annual rainfall is about 10
1 inches. In the foothills, or citrus belt.
] the thermometer does not fall as low
| by or degrees.
POPULATION OVER $4,000
The principal cities and towns OF
/ Tulare county are Visalia, Tulare, POr-
terville, Dinuba. Exeter. Lindsay, Or
/ osi Upton, Goshen, Traver, Angola.
Terra Bella, Ducor. Lemon Cove. Ailia
and Alpuah. The population of the
| county exceeds So, 900. The county is
possessed of the greatest watershed
in area of any county in California.
As the eastern boundary of the
L county commences at the crest Of the
Sierra and extends south and north
| about rs miles, it embraces a series OF
the very lofty peaks. From the great
watershed flow the Kaweah. ST. Johns
/ Tule and White rivers; also Deer creek.
/ Cameron creek. PackwOod creek, Mill
creek. Cross creek. Deep Elk bayou
and PosO creek.
The largest of the rivers mentioned
/ is the KaWeah. Geological indications
show that 1t and it's branches. wander
ing over the plains for centuries and
at times overlooking the entire coun-
try. formed the deep and fertile delta
lands that make Tulare county prod
| uctS famous for size and quality.
| South of the Kaweah river Tule river
/ repeats the same action. forming a
similar delta. but not as large in area.
/ The Alta irrigation district in the
northern part of the county takes it's
waters from Kings river.
The facilities for transportation are
excellent. The county is traversed by
/ the Southern Pacific and Santa Re,
with both through and branch lines.
The mileag e of these two railway sys-
TENS in TuIare county is ESQ miles.
The VisaIia electric railroad company
I has recently constructed an electric
road from Visalia to Lemon Cove, via
Farmersville and Exeter. In the near
/ future it is expected that this road
/ will be extended to Three Rivers and
eventually to the Sequoia national
park
Tulare county has splendid schools.
which are maintained at the highest
standard. Pupils graduating from the
high school are admitted TO the state
university on theiF diplomas. without
examination. The social conditions of
Tulare county will compare favorably
| with any of the older communities be-
] yond the Rockies. Churches of all de-
nominations and fraternal orders of all
kinds are plentiful and in hOurishing
condition.
Good lands are to be had at reason
able prices. Grazing lands range from
So to SIS an acre. Wheat lands may
be bought from s25 to $50 an acre and
/ fruit and alfalfa lands under irriga-
tion for $50 to S125 an acre. according
to location and quality Many large
/ holdings are being subdivided and
placed on the market in 10, 20 AMI g.
Il acre tracts at prices ranging from $65
to $40 an acre. These lands are nm
der irrigatiOn and are situated within
a few miles of the various towns
I throughout the county.
\ SMALL FARMS INCREASING
Small farms are rapidly becoming a
feature of TUlare county. Many fam
I flies are not only making a good living.
I but are each year adding to their
bank accounts, from. the returns of a
20 acre orchard, vineyard or alfalfa
/ field. Colonies are located close to
towns, and have good telephone serv-
ice and daily mail deliveries that rob
rural life of its. isolation and make
the social conditions agreeable.