The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1910-04-30

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ia ct til qt: last gear the $50 0O0 irrigated
stGres-lll A4erced county produced values.
greater than were produced upon the
= s900S0g0 acres. devoted 70 the. growing
. OF. grain %and@the raising Of stock.
s. Mereed+ county offers 1.-the: man who
buys Ian q. here two kinds of irrigation:
one. that of; the canal. system; the
other tile pumping plant system. s.. BY.
the first the wa ter lis secured; from one.
= or the ::5t4ier five different irrigation.
systems at rentals; ranging from .SI~to
-. per acre, according TO: the location
" tn The counts: BY. the pffrnping sys-
tteTll every land. owner can own his
. own Irrigation works, using esther
:. steam: gasoline. or electricity. the: 1at-
9el*poWer be5ng. aTaI]able.in the Xicin-
:. ~: of !: MERGED city,: -:
OPPORTUNITIES FOR FARMERS .
g. Practically -sQea king. MERGED county
IS :. a: great l}ndeyeloped country, with
:. asst enoug b =. Development on every
. LAND to show w hat: Gamble done. Nat
-ltrally the :opport ugl5ties" for.tle farmer
fruit grower. specialist in horticultural
Lines and in the commercial: field are
.grea ter: if} such a.. country than they
= are: in the older sections. where lands
are higher population thicker and con-
qltjons not as good. Especially is, this
true. " nen.the matter Of transportation
3 and nearness. to- markets are. con
, ssidered. - -. %. -:
- The lines. of the southern Pacific. the
main line Of. the. Atchison:. Topeka and
santa Ee' railway. and the, Yosemite
alley RAILROAD. pass through MERGED
b county. -sthe first TWO systems leading
directly. to the great Jnarkets of San
Francisco and Oakland. and the latter
20 the: Yosemite Kalley--that wonder
land which. yearly: attracts thousands
of tourists from every civilized coun-
p. try on the glo4oe-and the rich = gold
! mines of Mariposa~ county.
LAND NALtES ADVANCE
.: There is. no handicap upon the op-
portUnlttes. MERGED COUNTY offers to the
p = gric9 ltnFist and horticulturist The
rate of. IA Xation in this county is only
81 on each 500 assessed valuation out
.. side of-incOrporated towns and cities.
The cost of farm labor is probably the
equal Of. any other county in the state,
farm wages ranging from SO to $40
d month, including board. .. 49,. ~
- California offers :the* investor no bet
ter opportunity than. Mereed has to
show. Looking at MERGED county real
estate from an INVESTORS point. Of view
il should be sufficient to say that lands
2. purchased three or four years ago at
prices ranging from $50 TO sl25 an
. acre, with. water rights, are now selling
at from $3.50 TO S 700 an acre:
- Lands purchased: only last year at
'from $50 TO $40 an acre without water
and. upon which water has been de-
= velop6d a re:E this year. selling rapidly
at prices ranging. from SIS TO $3.50 an
I acre, no Improvement. having been done
;5n many :insta noes sothef: than the: plac-
ing Of: water upon the: lands and its
subdivision 5ntO -sula Her: tracts.
OPENINGS poR FACTORIES
= This county already supports flour
ing. mills. alfalfa. meal mills. cream
cries cheese factories: fruit and vege-
stable canner1es, planning mills, ice
pla nts, .'electr{1@ light. and gas plants
< nd q L1acar9ni factory, but there are
:. openings for similar industries, and
Tor iron foundries,- MACHINE shops, ,ci gar
. factofies fruit packing houses and
commercial businesses in all lines.
Letters addressed to the secretary of
:. the MERGED county chamber of com
+1nerce, MERGED. Cal. will bring detailed
nation upon such subjects. Let
tiers sent To-. the same addresses will
3 lso bring: infQrma ton regarding the
lana resources Of the county.
.::- MERGED county has two incorporated
towns MERGED city and Los Banos, the
former being a modern city OF $500
=: popuEa tion and the county seat. Los
.i3anos is A thriving little city of 1000
. persons in the heart Of the great dairy
4district- Of the west side of the San
.JUaQuiiT river. Other towns in the
-arious Dairy districts are: Cuisine,
.k-oIta,-Dos Palos; STEVENSON, Livingston
and. MERGED. The fruit districts sur
. Jound MERGED, Atwater. Livingston. lie
1l9raad, Smelling and Irwin city, Tur-
: sock p. o.
*The*heavfer. soils OF the eastern part
of the county, along MERGED river and
@Bear creek. are especially adapted to
She: growing Of figs, alfalfa. corn and
the heavy producing crops. The lighter
~sor~ sandy loan soils are valuable for
p. peaches, grapes and sweet potatoes.
IcROSTLESS BELT IN COUNTY
-. A belt of land located in the i'm
mediate foothills of the Sierra noun
tafns in what is termed the 'frostless
.-belt" grows the best of oranges. lem
-ons and craps fruit Peanuts. water
melons, captaloupes, berries, apricots,
pears, plums, almonds, English and
black .walnuts, hickory nuts, pecans.
persimmons-in fact all kinds of fruit
and vegetables thrive and yield heav-
lily in all parts of the county.
MERGED is destined. to be one of the
great counties Of the state. At the
. present time its growth is probably as
. rapid and its increase in wealth from
year to year s great a. can be shown
in any similar section of the great
west. The assessed valuation of the
county is more than $50. 100000 and is
increasing at the rate of S1,50O,OO a
year