Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-05

orchard and vines, and the remainder
is in garden and dooryard. The land
has paid for itself. besides building a
comfortable house and buying COWS
and horses. He holds the farm at $4,000.
N. P. Schmidt, another Swede, came
to the Turlock district in the spring OF
1907, from Assaria, Saline County,
Kansas, buying twenty acres for which
he paid $50 per acre. He planted
grapes, three acres; alfalfa, seven
acres; peaches, four acres; leaving the
rest to be planted later. AS his neigh
bors, Mr.. Schmidt pays the annual wa
ter tax, but he never turns water upon
the surface, except upon the alfalfa;
sub-irrigation being sufficient for the
rest. His alfalfa produces five tons per
acre, besides affording good pasture.
His best crop is strawberries. and next
to that, alfalfa. In 1909, one-half acre
of strawberries produced 1866 cash. be-
sides supplying his family (eight per-
sons), and giving some to the neigh
bors. Besides fruits of the soil, Mr..
Schmidt produces hogs and poultry.
He would not take $3.50 per acre for his
little farm.
Charles Void, of the same neighbour
hood, a native Of Govik, Norway, came
from Oakland, Bent County. Nebraska,
four years ago, and bought forty acres
of raw land, which now is one OF the
show places of the Turlock district.
He has twenty acres OF grapes, five
acres Of orchard trees, two acres Of
alfalfa, and thirteen acres OF garden.
sweet potatoes, and eucalyptus and
other forest trees. Altogether, he has
1900 forest trees. His crop Of alfalfa
the first year was 100 tons. He sells
his grapes for 81 per ton. By the all
falfa and grapes and, in addition, ber-
ries, sweet potatoes and melons, he
makes good living for family OF
five, and much to spare. Soon his fig,
orange, and peach trees will come into
bearing and add to his profits. His
dooryard is covered with grass and
flowers and shrubbery, In the midst Of
which stands fine little home, which
cost $4,000. He paid $50 per acre, and
the place as it stands has cost $4,000.
He holds It for $4,000.
Oscar Nelson, until he came to Tur-
lock not quite four years ago. an en-
ploye Of Marshall Field & Co, Of Chi
go, owns twenty acres not far from
Wold's place. for which he paid $50
an acre. 1t was raw land, and his hrst
land produced $500. He grows sweet
potatoes, beans, orchard fruits. grapes.
and melons. The land has paid for it,
self, paid for house which cost ST.
900, and put money in bank besides.
Lies in Two Counties.
The Turlock district lies in two coun-
ties The older-settled portion Of it
lies in Stanislaus county, and the more
sparsely-settled portion in MERGED. In
Stanislaus county, the northern limit
Of the district, is the Tuolumne river,
and southwark, in MERGED county. the
district is washed by the MERGED. One
canal already flows thru the MERGED
side OF the district, and another will be
constructed this year. The soil of the
entire district from one river to the
other is exactly OF the same quality.
Values are greater on the Stanislaus
side because it is more thickly settled.
Here raw land is held at from $3.50 to
5000 per acre, and improved land on up
to $500 and $500. On the south side OF
the district raw land is on the market
at from 500 to $125.
For instance, Trafton and Willough
by, dairy farmers, own q ranch OF 500
acres on the south side. Three hum
dred acres are in alfalfa, and the re-
mainder is native pasture. What they
paid for the raw land is Of no conse-
quence, but the bare portion Of it could
not be purchased now for $125 per
acre. It is no better soil than the land
Immediately south Of 1t, which Is on
the market at 500, but 1t Is a part
of the dairy ranch and 50 itswould be
held higher If for sale. They are fast
sowing it to alfalfa. Last spring they
sowed seventy-fve acres, and this
spring will sow another patch. Alto
gether, they have 800 acres Of alfalfa.
f, Late last year they cut $50 tons OF
hay from the 900 acres. besides pastur-
! ing 150 cows, sixty-five calves. twenty
horses, and 100 hogs upon It earlier in
the year. They are old California dairy
farmers coming here from Watsonville.
4 Stanislaus fast Is taking first place in
the dairy industry of California Al
ready it ranks second, and this year
/ it is expected to go to the very top.
The Trafton and Willoughby ranch
sells monthly $1,000 Of butter fat to the
Turlock creamery.
A New Land Of Promise.
| Immediately south Of traitor and
| Willoughby and Mr.. Kinucan, Il an
open plain, which formerly was a
/ wheat ranch. In the midst Of It stand
| isolated ranch houses, where renters
produce grain, turkeys, and cattle, but
| their leases are from year to year only,
and within short time 1t will be di-
vided into small farms and be made
to blossom and bear fruit as the lands
northward Already, the stations Of
! Balico, on the Santa Fe, and Delhi, on
the Southern Pacific. are profitable
sources of revenue for their respective
lines. and soon towns will b laid out.
For in the San Joaquin Valley. towns
spring up in night; today wheat
stubble, tomorrow lumber. hammer. and
saw. 1t was 30 at Denair and Tur1ock,
and SO 1t will be at Balico ana Delhi
Delhi Homeseekers who are not early.
enough to get in on the ground Moor
at once place. are the pioneers q al1-
| other; and SO the Turlock d1str1oE u:
settling The scheme Il n get The most
land possible for the money, ana ench.
Is the opportunity offered aspuu 4 tiaSt
/ Ballico and Delhi 6ldfu II