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8* -, V -■.. -i:iy;j: ■’ :;sI:;•%0,-.;$••. . :.. ' ^ illwottr^m i*itKawrr ^iitiow—it» ytituirti '' /-••■• i»uoMi’ikJta» .mMu:M:iftt OHMATE, PRODUCTIONS AND REflOUfiOKS.MttHKmmoa* to nioert who a»b iwbwo jicttni i* tub wwr.No Xf.:wr-bt,on*nd.tentnb*liM!•*»riiotollaka|cn Til trnl aro Or tato llw Now dooliesr by u 1*1 toll I Hu* Hi Ih r tutDl.llciitiIn a Thu llcan,Olio lltnL i and ;n of TO of raplh i oar-isoy'*lorlhJtUlOUhuvotheyAT Ofdlna.( flit serfot of article* andot Oil* heading, tbo publication of which w«* iutfirr opted *oro» woo Vi ago, 1* tbto week returned, Tlw writer Sim town engaged during llw Hmo In owl led! ug Jim nccMwar/ itota for the further prosocutiun of tlw work.}jr»w«lt and Anderion f««»*The Jowolt and Aiidorion farm oanptc* at) of acollan 81, township 2£ aouth, range it? east, and alt that portion of Motion 88 adjoining north and out of Old River, comprising 1,014 acre*. Tlw whole tract I* (acloaod In board fonoe, and Hocaof living troea mark it* boundaries. There are now in onMrntlvii about COO acre#, 400 of which aro in alfalfa, the remainder In corn awl am all grains. This la emphatically a aheep ranch, or ratlior a practical application of thu Improved system of aheop ralaing on alfalfa, Tlio proprietor* are both practical aheop men-the elder partner one of the pioneer* in tlw bualnen* in thto auto ami of late year* a careful importer of the fine*I breed* from Vermont, Mr. Anderson, iho Junior partner, to tito manager of the farm, Hit plan to to out lito alfalfa four times during the Bummer, from which ho gets a yield of a ton and a half to two tuna at a cutting, Ho then pttttmoi for two months 20 slump to tlio tore. Ho begin# to feed hay about iho 1st of December, and to ship fat wethers and lambs from iho tnlddlo of January to the middle of fobmory. Ho give* it as Ida opinion that ho knew* of no business anywhere that wlU yield aa hantlsomo a rotntn a* sheep and cattle raising in Item Yullty. II to ranch onjoya excellent water privileges, being situated at iho divergent of New from Old Silver and Staving uuiue of thu first water righto. The yield of graui wan uc» average ol •10 bushels to the aero, hoiuw spot* yielding go bushels. Trees, shruba and vines, ow„ and vegetables or all kinds grow in tho greatest abundance. Jty reference to tlio map on in tdllglbie Idea of the locution of dio farm urn. bo ubtohicd.A handsome fartn-lumiw, commodious barn, and other buildings crown n charming elevn-lion, with a beautiful prospect of verdure and folingo stro lulling in every direction. The comity roiwliUvldus this farm from ItoUo Vi***, and a Uno Jivumo of tvow leads from Iho high woy to tlio house. Tim buildings, fence, etc. aro painted,and there to aw air of ncatntte, and homo comfort about the placo ut once evincing thrift, energy and taHtoiu its management, It is l.ui threu youra since it was u jmigto of weeds and willows, and now it to one of iho moat attraotivo places in tlio valleythoughUrn Hn thtiy co fltfWWi Act bef pas* At one of men, k ln»d Jinfield w tlieTn an era dented dated, mid d« ally v Lincol Bon tie this v by tef erty * count: large!TbtyomifprisesvallejT. 11atteniIhofarm1 andmaltlSly cHe* irtillwtownroadfrgmseveni'louWidetim triii tconeTltc Htarkton Farm*I’CJllIUrnfallIncbeccln«tori:tli itwstcoatAbancutTtoMefroJJuzmium11 Vi IUUto ibulot
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Southern Californian and Kern Weekly Courier
Bakersfield, California, US
Thu, Nov 09, 1876
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