Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-10-28
OMAHA men PLANT FIG TREES
California Farm Products Company
Owns Rich Soil in West.
WHERE THE CLIMATE Is IDEAL
Local aIcn rake Tn Land Along the
sacramento River, wherc ship
ping Facilities for Their
Products Arc of nest,

1t viii no doub, he o flntcrest to read
crs OF The Bee 60 know that rapid strides
arc ueing made IN the Smyrna fig Indus
try because OF the fact that q number OF
Omahe's prominent business and profess
slonol men own one OF tho largest tracts
that has been planted 20 TITS delicious
fruit
The land Is located In Glenn county.
California. on the east bank Of tho sacra-
mcnto river, near Butte City. about sixty
miles north Of Sacramento and l50 miles
north % san Francisco.
The company Is known as the California
Farm Products company. John n. West
berg g. the secretary Of the company, with
offices m Tho Bee building.
Butte city Is located on the Sacrn-
mento river which ig navigable all the
tear. and river steamers are plying con
tnuously. About sixteen miles 10 tho
west Is the main line OF the southern Pa
elflc railroad, with Immediate railroad
facilities now under construction.
The soil is known as Sacramento
loan" dark gray In color. varying from
eight to twelve feet In depth, and when
properly titled and watored will produce
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inexhaustlbie quantities from wells bored
TO a depth OF about eighty feet into O
very coarse gravel The water rises 20
within fifteen feet Of the surface and is
then raised by electric power FOR irriga
ton and domestic purposes.
The climatic conditions are ideal Ac-
cordlng TO the United states weather
bureau reports for the last fifteen years
the temperature Is almost Identical with
southern Italy. Any and all OF the
grains, grasses. nuts and fruits that are
grown in the temperate or semi-tropical
zones viii grow and thrive in this won
derfui valley. Figs. oranges. lemons po-
melos, nlums. peaches, apricots, cherries
and all varieties OF grapes, English and
black walnuts, almonds, etc. thrive in
abundance.
The land OF the California Farm
Products company Is all planted TO the
commercial Csmyrns) figs.
The fig tree IL allowed 70 bear when Il
10 years old. from date OF planting, pro-
duclng about 100 pounds OF dried fruit 10
the tree. and usually brings 81 cents per
pound. The trees are planted about forty
feet apart, making twenty-seven trees 10
the acre. which will produce ON income
OF about tiS5 per acre. After five years
the trees will yield greater amount of
the fruit each year until they are in full
bearing.
The rivers and streams give the sports
man O chance for all kinds Of game and
fishing. Ia the fall and winter months
quail. duck ana geese abound and are
seen all over the valley by thousands.
Land values in all California and espe-
cialiy the Sacramento valley will surely
double when the Panama canal is com
pleted, which will make Sacramento and
San Francisco two OF tho greatest ship
ping points in the United States.
Ono OF the reasons, and perhaps the
greatest, for tho wonderful development
OF the valley is tho Sacramento river,
which is recently taking an added I'm
portRnce. or approximately 100000 tons
OF products raised In the valley. about
10000 tons are now transported on the
river 20 San Francisco.