The San Francisco call., 1910-11-26
GREAT VALLEY
IS WORLD BEATER
E. H. Grubb Says Europe Has
Nothing to Equal the Sacra-
mento Irrigated Lands
Especial Dispatch 10 The Call

Especial Dispatch TO The Call
WILLOWS, Nov. 25.-one of the
foremost agriculturists of the United
States. E. H. Grubb. was visitor to
Willows today and was taken over the
lands owned by the Sacramento VAL
ley irrigation company. the syndicate
which is financed by eastern capital,
comprising some of the most prom
inent men of Pittsburg Pa. After his
inspection trip, Grubb had the follow
ing to say to a Call representative:
I have just returned from Europe,
where / studied the agricultural in
terests of that section of the eastern
hemisphere and particularly the soil
bordering the English channel and the
North sea can not refrain from
making few comparisons of the con-
dition existing here and those OF that
part of the earth. In England land is
very seldom sold and rents from So TO
SIS an acre. In cases where land is
sold it brings from $500 to $500 an
acre.
THE productivity of the soil in
Glenn county is far greater than in
England and the season for growing
foodstuns is far longer, which again
adds to the superiority OF this section.
We also see the sun much more than
in the far east. which again makes
Glenn county much ahead of that sec
tion. but yet the people of that region
produce much more from the soils
than we do here in Glenn county or
any part of the Sacramento or San
Joaquin valleys. This is due to the
scientific diversified means of farm
ing which are used in England Eggs,
butter and other foodstuffs are sold
cheaper in England than they are at
any point in the United States.
When each acre of land in Glenn
county is cultivated as it is in the old
country it will show the immense pop
ulation that can be supported under
the great Glenn and CoIusa counties
irrigation project. Where there is one
person now making fair living there
can be hundreds of people living prof
itably; that is, under well managed
diversified farming.
In France grazing lands sell at
$1,000 an acre and rent for $50. with
provisions in leases that the soil can
not be cultivated. This shows the pos
sibilities of the Sacramento valley.
The future of Glenn county will be
without parallel in the whole OF the
United States in a short time and it
Will attract attention from the nation.
When the agricultural and dairying
interests are combined in the same
community this will become the rich
est section of the United States.
The island of Jersey, one Of the
channel islands. which consists of
10000 acres, nowS supports $1,000 peo-
pie, three persons to each acre; and in
Glenn county, and. in fact. many places
in the Sacramento valley, there are
men who sipgly farm several thousand
acres. So 1t can readily be seen what
the possibilities are of bringing hun
dreds of thousands of people to this
state.
1T is hard to comprehend the mag
nitude of the work now so extensively
being done by the Sacramento Valley
irrigation company. as person trav-
al the rate of 40 miles an hour, but
what l did see so favorably impressed
me that 1 have pronounced it the
greatest irrigation project in the
world, not only the largest, but the
most scientifically planned"