Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1912-10-26
MASON VALLEY.
A Place That is Destined to Become
One of the Finest Agricultural,
Stock Raising and Dairy Coun-
tries in the State.


! following article which appeared IN
the Times of July 9, 1887 The
writer was then located in Dayton and
/ the article was written after visit
to this section The city of Yering-
ton was then known as Greenfield.
! Read the article and see if our predic-
! tons have not come true-most of
them-and the others will come:
An agricultural and stock-raising
boom has evidently struck Nevada In
| all accounts of fertility of the soil
/ and the magnificent climate in Neva-
/ da, Mason Valley has been left to one
/ side This valley lies in the southern
portion of Lyon county, and com
prises about 100000 square acres Of as
can be found on this coast Much of
/ this land is under cultivation, but
there are still thousands of acres that
! can be taken up for the purpose of
making homesteads The valley runs
north and south and is about 80 miles
i'll length and will average 10 miles in
width. From Wabuska. which is sit
mated on the c. & c. railroad, and
nearly the center of the county,, it il
twelve miles south to the town OF
Greenfield, which place is the capital
OF he valley; that is. it is the main town
in which business is done by the
ranchers of the valley From Green
field the valley runs south nearly
twelve miles farther to the foothills
In this section of the country there
are many fine ranches. owned by set
tiers who came into the place many
years ago and who have by unceasing
labor placed their property in such
condition that it now makes them in
dependently well-off
Mason Valley is watered princi-
pally by the East and West Walker
rivers and their tributaries, and it is
only in the driest seasons that there
is not enough water to amply irrigate
all land under cultivation The soil in
| the valley is rich and will produce
large crops of all kinds of grain. hay
vegetables etc. In fact there is moth
ing that will not grow i'll this valley if
it is properly attended to.
There are yet many acres of land in
| the northern portion of Mason Valley
that are not taken up. Here people
who are looking for homes can find.
what they want it they are made of
/ the right kind OF stuff 1t is not /, be
understood by this assertion that a
man with a few hundred dolla.s can
take up piece of land and in few
years become independently rich Ear
from it. 1t will take men with it
tie capital and considerable energy 10
make a home here, but afte- it Is &c
complished it will be worth something
to them A man is never so rich as
when he has a ranch of his own which
will at all times yield him a comfort
able income
There are many improvements yet
/ W lllduC III hdSOil v dizzy. dS II - Dut
few years now since the ranchers
have been engaged in legitimate farm
ing At present. alfalfa is the main
crop raised by all the ranchers. This
is because it will net them larger
profit to raise this crop than it will,
to raise wheat, oats or barley. In the
course of time this will change Some
day some enterprising man with mon
ey will build first class Touring mill
at some point in the valley, probably
on the line of the railroad. so THAT il
will be more handy to market the flour
after it is manufactured. An enter
prise of this kind will be one of the
greatest things that could happen for
the ranchers OF that section. A mill
that will produce flour that can com
pete with California flour would be the
cause of many more acres of wheat
profit in growing wheat than there
would be in raising alfalfa, and a mill
"a hrst-class one-would give the
ranchers market for all the wheat
they could raise, for there is always a
market for good -four. The wheat
raised in the valley, too. is superior,
it is believed. to any wheat raised N
the United States AT least premiums
have been awarded Mason Valley
wheat at the late Worlds Fair at New
! Orleans.
Another industry that is growing IN
this thriving agricultural center is that
of dairying Many of the owners of
ranches are putting their money into
the best milking cattle they can get
hold Of, and are manufacturing butter
and selling milk to large number of
customers in the mining camps ada
cent to the valley Still another enter
prise that it would pay man to go