Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
YORBE LINDA RANCHES
PRODUCE GREAT CROPS
Orange County a Wonderful En-
pire 25 Miles from Los
Angeles

During the past season shipments Of
oranges and lemons from Orange coun-
ty reached nearly $500 carloads at an
approximate value of a million ana
a half of dollars. One may drive for
forty miles through Orange county
and never for moment be out OF
sight of a grove or orchard.
Shipments of wheat and barley rep
resent the crops of 10000 acres in
Orange county, yet strange as 1t may
appear the hens of Orange county pro-
duce more actual revenue than the en-
tire grain output, a fact that speaks
well for the hens as well as the cll-
mate.
There are $4,000 acres in beans. There
are countless orchards of peaches, april
cots and other deciduous fruits.
There is perhaps no section of all
Southern California where diversified
farming may be carried on so sue
cessfully or where the soil conditions
are more perfect than on the Fuller
ranches in Orange county
The Placentia and La Habra valleys
have been considered for, year the
richest and most productive lands.
A long stretch of foothills to the
north and east aid in maintaining a
climate mild, equable and at all
seasons frostless.
The soil is a deep, rich loan, un-
derlaid by moist subsoil, entirely
free from hardpan. The valley lands
represent the washings of the noun
tain sides for ages. There is no alkali
or adobe.
The Anaheim Union Water company
has irrigation bitches throughout the
ranch and Yorba Linda company, at
the head of which is Jacob Stern. has
q great number of shareholders and
water enough to supply a great many
more
They enjoy the riparian rights to 200
inches of water, providing a supply
more than ample for all purposes.
Besides this, the Yorba Linda
ranches border on the Santa Ana river,
assuring large additional supply at any
future day, should the need arise,
which is scarcely probable. In that
event pumping plants will be imme-
diately installed.
The rainfall Is more than satisfac-
tory, as shown by the official reports
for that portion of Orange county. In
1905 it exceeded thirteen inches, in 1906
it was more than twenty inches, in 1907
1t was nearly twenty-one inches, and
in 1908 about eighteen inches.
Clarence McFadden received $1,000 in
a season for the fruit of ITO trees.
Charles Wagner received $1,000 net
for the yield of four acres of trees.
y. IduiSGll was PetAO PSVVV iASN AAOAA4
230 trees.
William Berkins+ock received net
from fifty-four trees the sum of $1,000
in cash, or total of nearly $1,000
from off four acnes. E
N. p. Robertson marketed his cab
bage crop, the product of twenty acres
averaging eight tons to the acre at
$1S per ton net, and market quotations
March IS, 1909, was $40 per ton. 1t
will ha caar1 that canbaPa naVS some in
this section.
$360,OOO was realized from 100 car
loads of walnuts.
$45,00O was obtained from 300 carloads
of cabbage.
Miscellaneous vegetables amounted
to fully 200 carloads.
$4,000 tons of hay and grain were
also shipped.
Cattle and calves, milk and butter
and live and dressed poultry were also
shipped in large quantities. Out Of
the 2,S00,000 dozen eggs shipped last
year from 'Orange county a large por-
tion came from the section in and
about the Yorba Linda ranches.
Crude oil shipments were also very
important. The oil lands are north of
the Yorba Linda ranches on the Olinda
branch of the Santa Fe railway, which
traverses the tract. Last years oil
shipments represent a value of nearly
a million and quarter dollars. Quite
recently paying wells have been bored
in the vicinity of the Yorba Linda
ranches, seeming to indicate the ex
istence of oil throughout that entire
section.
Superior educational advantages are
provided. Besides grammar schools,
high schools and business colleges are
available; also many churches, fra
ternal and social organizations exist.