The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-26

iced When alfalfa hegins 10 grow well
tho rancher IL ou kasy stt~t'
Aikar veed - gU"d 80 food re-
marked the Fastener
Soc lots Of other things. | amt GOT
hit Of Use Tor alkai. u eats the paint
on the wagon and burns up the harness
just smell y now
The air wa loaded With the hot, burn,
sweet odor Of alkali; TIE Fastener nuHed
" with interest
OF couFsa alsai land IL cheap AMI b,
3 Hlasss fair PASTURE Tor range cattle. hii
TO my nind there's nothing O. heat =
dairy farm 1s a money mAking prUp,-i
ton and The hest thing about 70 J.. that
vol don't need a mint Of money 90 start
s'th. fOu see. IT, this Way, and sith
garrulOus attention 10 detail. he went
on 20 explain the s'epa IN the establish
n-..' ~ a dairy.
we haven't the long. cold winters IN
contend " ith, aud Nith atty acres -
alfalfa and forty dairv COWS man i
about AS Nel. fixed a. he needs 10 no. %
was his cOnclusicn.
Wy this time Ne had reached the I.emoor
road and presently turned into = ranch FOR
the cream. he Fanrhar carried uut j.
cans The driver weighed them on scal~z
adjusted 70 the wagon lnd then turned
the contents into tie 'argr cans The
rancher remarked on the loveiiness of
the morning in = voice that California
had not robbed n IL DoriC accent
II j. hard 10 realize that Il h only the
flrSt week In April. said the fastener.
Yes andin scotland they'll he catching
the tht'ered clouds In their hands
The few words effectively suggested the
contrast between the misty land Of the
heather IN April and the high white
light aud blue sky Of California in the
same month.
The first part Of the route covered large
ranqhes. Later In the day We called az the
small farms ~ the l.aguna de Tache
There are very few persons afOOt on
California roads In the farming districts
Ono man 10 whom the driver gave a lIft
was bound for a large ranch 20 assist
IN ca tile vaccination. The cattle are
vaccinated a. preventive against
blaCk-leg. n deadly cattle disease IN some
parts 81 the valley Az this farm there
was a dairy Of over eighty COWS. and a
steam separator was in operation.
There's a great fuss being made now
adays about the high price Of beef. aid
the hft. ITS plain enough story
Fifteen years ago this salt grass country
and the alhhres land were open ranges.
The settlers drove their stock out On the
has been sold cut up into small farms, and
the cattle men have 10 pasture their stock
NJ hofn. ~ ray fifty cents a month a
head On outside ranges
In that long days ride the Fastener
heard many stories u how farmers
had made good IN the san Joaquin. A.
one ranch where We got heavy toll 70
cream the owner had been located eight
years 10 had over four hundred acres.
Tor which he had paid q an acre. he now
had fifty acres ~ alfalfa worth more than
the original price u the four hundred
Besides the fifty In alfalfa he had forty
leyeed and leached from alxah and ready
for next seasons seeding. with stall an
other forty acres in preparation.
As We backed away from the separator
house the driver remarked. That's a
farmer that's getting above the alkali.
Hes an Fastener and a reader: he'd have
n NJ Il forgot hiz papers ! GET the mail
for him tbFee times a week. % he's twelve
miles from the post oiiice and nOt on the
rural routa-
The arrival II the cream wagon was the
event u the day In these lonely homes. a
connecting link with the great outside
world. The driver took an sorts Of com
missions and handed out the results Of
his various shOppings sacks II hour.
household supplies ranging from baking
powder 20 a wash board.
There was just one GRAND In the days
list that he had overlooked. and judging
from the blank face q the houseksepeF
a domestic crisis would follow the for
gotten yeast cnkea
I'm awful soFry. he said with a back
ward glance a. the pathetic sun bonnsted
figure Ia the door Of the lonely shack.
Hang u all. guess Tll have 10 begin 70
write down these orders ! carry the reg
istered letters, do hank business for half
the countrywide. look after goods coming
by express and freight and gst post once
orders BY the DOZEN
A. the next ranch a nervous woman
callei the big wagon back tWioe % give
further explain atoms about two post
nHioe orders she was sending The driver
listened patiently while she still further
tangled 90 the directions. Of oourss she
hadn't the exact change IN either case;
You don't realize the limitations of
small coin until you get acquainted with
ranch life
The first ave hours Of the cream route
tooE us through the ualt gYaas country;
BY noon We we're q che gata leading into