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at present tindar th;» ahln and efficient man-ngenntit of Judge ii. L. Dixon, the fall)-.’r of Air. James Dixon, Iho (alter of whom was tlio projector andproaecutor of the euterprUd to Its present successful Bta’e.T*i*.fewr» Parm».If the Jewett Farms have nut been men-| limit'd among iho llrsl in writing of tlio farming enterprises of Kc/n count;, it is not because they aro not end tied to primal prom* ineneo, but rather, because no order has bcc-n otworml In tlio publication of Hu-ho articles •;;orijrt arrangement according to importance. The name of Jewett has long been known abroad in ennmotktn with Kernly, and Indeed is nftxodtiled with some of the earliest pastoral enter prints in Kern county. Fourteen years ago. when the wholo country wean bleak and in hospitable wi Idir in ss, Mr. itolnmon Jewett, the elder of tlio brothers, i»-tubtished himself in tbo jaws uf tlio canyon wbenco issues Kern Itiver from its tortuous wanderings in the Kk-rra Nevada range, into the valley. II,-re he had I Ili ml table and undisputed range for the sheep business, in which I nlt; engaged, and heru he remain id fur twelve years, steadily pursuing successful step! toward the afllneiico that by the aid of industry, energy mid native bunint-HS capacity of a high ,.rdi-r, bn ultimately attained, and become one of the iiinut cxtePisive and micccssfiil sh(.-epalfalfa fields, a villa residence of handsome proportions sod convenient eizo is now approaching completir.1i. ’ Orchard, vineyard and garden, planted tldspear, a rd'treat., of the house, and shade and ohianienl*?' tress ami shrubbery will be planted^** the* Acknowledged, toale Arid culturu'Af its iniilatos may dictate, and ttio field to be traversed between tlio house and the highway .will lie laid out In #n umbra* gor,us avenue. A well built barn stands at distant* from tlie house, constructed on un improved plan for sheep feeding. Tlio sheep are fed through a rack, tonsirocled on either side, filled with bay. In this w.ty there is no waste, and the quantity fed may bn easily nacer i-j tallied and regulated. With the ample tncamST„:E1and restless energy pf the proprietor it may Ikj safely assumed tljat in a few years there will be few, if any, more charming and attract* ivo places than Ale linn Farm.Mr. J. has another Improved form about six miles south of Hahcm Held, containing 32b acres, which, from its adjacency to Iho aid Mexican set t]lt;-mcut lm mi as Feu turn a, he culls Aspinwall. lie has smno forty acres of tIds in alfalfa, and this year will wed n large area to that plant. There are also twenty acre* in corn ati-1 beans. ITu lum cut this season fid tons of alfalfa and lt;15 tuns of barley hity, which was si.wi-d willi thu alfalfa. The practice of sowing bark-v with alfalfa seems to 1 among those who have had thersiscr» in the Slate. M-anwhile the ngrltml-'jargvt experience, Tlio reason is obvious, turn! Interest in thu valley kd-m wu» begin-! Thu hurley cron is no much chav gain from a ning to ih.vi lop, and lliu value of the low . giv.ni piece of ground, v. hilo it dots not hurt lands for fanning purpoo-s wiut becoming up i|,t alfall.i. On ll.c vontisiry, it is said, from predated. Tu u ruuii uf Air. ,fewvtt,H discern-1 its early start and rapid growth, to shelter th« inetil il ilid not t.dio huig to liinlo.* tlio ilioi'ov*! aj,d jjjvi it n chance In grow down orcry t! m a tu-w era was breaking upon the | make root whilu the bailey grows up. In country, ami readily adapting himself to tin- j add.lion lr the hay produced, the pluco has m w order of things he sold his large (lucks w-dyuldud post urn f.»r 1,'J'Ju aliecp since the mid-tin: extensive range that ho had occupied so j die of July lust, long, ev.iuc down to the Island and ini-urcil. Iwhile they iv.ro mill held at almost limnim-l value, some of the choicest flgrlimlnm.I Inn’..-.. CmisMi r«Mo IraetH wcro planted to alfiill.i and the n.-Mitl. ex reed id his nm-t extravagant exjvlt;;hiiions, lie then lurried his attention to tin: introduction of lino sheep, in ado sever:, I 1ii|M to Yeniiinit. selidiriK the kinds which In-tin.uglit wei.* Ik-hI unit'd to the c.untry, iind I lira im: j.nowit us an extan-ivu importer of line . Thorough bru 1 Merinos were at thut time Ik Id nl a higli premium li st, nnd llu-re was inui.'h risk and expense iuc.rr. il In their tinni'porl.uioii. Thu elVi-r-t of. this uihriui-v is already rWb!o In a marked ilcgn.u in thelhe .muuty. .Mr. Jewel! is stil! engaged in tin Incrnlivi- business of line sd-ci [i breeding, ul-t holm 11 bis enU i-prisu and energy do not per- (Hr.iiiun.ing I im'iions preached on Sunday lt;: Town Hall to a fair nu.li-.i I'M the third verse uf iho niiuh. The Keriuou Was im d, and was listened lu withMirile b» ItfO’r tl.i1 ’ s||.The choir 1.Mrs. ield,it did 11 io moral in* it.., and listening to L-ptiunullv t-xeellein, L-nt that iUkersIh 1.1 si rvices fur many i-ompurwl of Mrs. ts. t^lds, Airs. Cu)i* Olds uiid lingers,riali 1, f-Ie.v is Led l..y Mi:-s lluperMr. i.led All.3. (J.mlleld, mid Mr. and Alii I. The pUOil-'lied Iu.tins bi-ing li.r timil !;i,■ cooliiiu himsi lf nploy his ubiliiiea in a n: rsilied range of upend ioiirt.! S-juUitr 4 j further1 iMjrlinn of tinwould hueFiwilic diA'H nut 1 rave in , us it would I hen pan rlih uouiiiry, andl/i-i1 i ^iinibiy hi t.ii'i., sud thu iliwippointuient- at iho ich wider lu.ii-iLi!ivi.i nf tin- n vueml hentli.imdi ut Mint lime, uitli tl.' e. light ni'tiee of bis prose net: on no of tbit: Friday, imtmaily ii-mltod ill a knull andieiiev; thu valley j but the seals were better hlkd than could UuVe through a i In ii expected. 11 ilit. vc Meru no uthev induce-[i.iiisiugt is un ills to organ be.' il i-bnreli than that the si'ut-;mu ll.iii/j n it d un. inl.-i r.i of n large rueietv might lie in mom .I-1 brought together, mid the Indulgence uf Its*: of tin-, my ul the appari’iitly InuTminahl'.- pi | It is, Lh’-y now pass through ll;r: lij’. j delta of the river; a im re dush of n1»iut n mi!..' lay. » | Hi rough thu Juwi.it alfalfa Helds, nnd (I t-n otu j end it I again on ihu b.iiiin plains. Air Ji-unit luir j einiie ; 'iVt at rea of land Ikto, aituated in a.ctloiia lfi. i -i-.’1 »'l IIP, anil ji-l, I own.ships -fj iiiul hJ. run go LK. j and in i Set. limp fur exact local inn. Hulim uf it is utiil j ami n joviriiiu with n 111.ivy growth ul iru-s iiv.tl n-.oity ! undergrowtli. A I urge tract has L.eu cleared husis u a choir such as can luuiy bu found nutty, llieru Hhuuld bo im fiuThcr de-It.iro ot'tMniiumlli’iet fi rih thu dis* the pi see mid the cumiiiuiiiiy in tl.e s.-uce of cl Hire! i services. In. itji moralie ft lisa Ini' ilout tirablc.l bul l1mil phi:in it has been ii reproach very citizen. The uppera up:*which I Thur his lie Ids ,n id theu holt I 511 acres plant, d iu alfalfa It 11 tonh [h r u*'i-n have been cm. riudy sale at if ID per m.n This have been la up ly devoted to jiusinrc, b'lt two crops nf I my liiving been cut. Air. Ji-wcti beiiiive.i (hat this is thu most prulital.lu way of cm pi-iyi ng alf.il I'm cut til i;f ■enough unly t.i supply Hm'idicuin of dry feed, ami to lide uv«r during the Hhnrt time when the |.-lant does not grow. At the fruit of bis largo experience .iiul intelligent nb.icrvutioii ho fusls Jusl;lied in saying that idlulfn, with propi r m.maglt; menl, will carry twculy shiTp to too acre lliu year n und in uuu'kotahlu condiuoii. T.venly-llvi:wan cut for hay i.nd sold fur ^l.t-'dd* TTie.ainic ground ivu4 Wa n pl.mtnil in corn ami pump-kfiw, the lu-mlmit of which has not yet been harrested, but will be largo. An uichard of ' • cluiico vurionos uf fruit tree.*, se t oul but Mirn-' y-.nrsag-i, undo nil abundant return this year, rtuinu vurtelies of apple Lni.s yielding ihric barrels of fruit. Atnumd and English W.d-nill exliibit every evidclnJ.: ufvigorutn growth Among olht-r trees uf note it my bo scuu the | f.itiieil and beautiful magnolia of the Sou lb, i nnd tliu India ltnbher trult; ; thu latter U » lt;curiosity, iw tlui-u m-.* lmt few in the Hut tu, and • jSJ■pliuiT of a chlil'l’ii with a liiiliiatcr* fdcpi tnleiuv upon I he Just Let- of the ittrririgo iiiul ik ntli should pnsa away, .’itly, Hindi' lip of more than nvennie word i :ii ul irf t- Ihgeiii-e, si mi i Id lire: mi u uniud by a blt; i:d of duty to. ut leant, thu furnis cun-Jidr-d tu a (.'hrl.di.in pen]dr,C-Ax wKEW to-day.FOR BALE,poi: XV A X T O S? U fii K,T?!0i:fii!|fe8!i Durham 8AT A I,«\y I'CICg,Apl'ly tu M. I., thisiim.'i'. tnNotes Lost or Hislaid.Kill, leuiinty road runa thru igli Air. JeWeli i-rty, und along cilia r side arc plan ted tm: tl' plus ii ii el cm til i wood; thcne nli'ia eo\,id. lillilL'shad *. .....1 i-1 :l f.-W Vprop-1.r. .winiH-iiM t, II I Y I t VII J itill.ii ii rniist'l. Nuveirtl.erof a Illili) tvoin I I II nlll.' IU biUl rishU llCe, ( sl.ii les high, Ibled n pi iivem.-iitd nnd iu ni mCXDXCE.\ l.f. S* 11 :t S4» .V H AUK C«9-:ilF.»YI /I IP ,1 t„ Iv.-cj. rlt-ir flu.-k Kir 11, T IVt iNi. Orttiliur -1. I bill.[lUlolli.r. Mu the Mini of III! j tlervs of cl fulfil hi g.'.I J’H tiilier uiinof impi'ovi'inciits, I (ill) aens Of alfalfa, nuking aElection Notice.IS mUiMJtY lit V t-'X TO TUB- ell nplant known, lu a I opt-rulions, Air. .lu J rtefvu ;) term of Mti've j it is bill echoing ilie| tllut he was the te al) tlieilS.lpcilion foil ml tii no to s iis SiipcrviT.f, atid 1 --v.il VI fillet [(, way thu county-id, i1 chief stuck hold* r of Mn. iv-rn Yalli y li-iult, an I li-niiiutioii which fi,jii.,s tin: nnU.'iitid coiili-| dciicc nf tlm c unmunliy, of wiiioli thu Irtirft ' evidence lit-* in the fact dial hut a few ilnya J sgii it ili-cluml a dividend of fit) per nharc, (and tlm I'lvc.ding bemUinmial dividend ; :imomiled to 5171 pu Hlmrc,MvvidTinK, .'iWKTtJN, I, II Will, I,,Talign up lor Trespass.-r ji a-: r\i» khm8a«xm r» is knr tt vC!1 On the upposiie fide of thu rood from Mr.; Midotimii Jewe-tlV, stands thu liutllu farm uf ; .Mr. Fhilo Juwu t, about hull' n mile from Ikk-! Lrellvld. T’hc brothers were formerly pmt-| ncrs in Uu si ness, but u lew yeui-n ago they di.v j solved. I,ike i.i'. I't'olln r, lt- Is engaged lu the importation and breeding of line rlmp, ,\ IVw im hi i (is ago he r.-tmneil from Vurmunt with I a lot of Hominghdin d uu-i Inns for Ids un u us. j j lie lias already a good many half and thru-! : (plai n r bus da which urn comdaiuiy undergo- ■ ling impruuinvnt by breeding to Hiurough*’ j h»eds. Thu Aim inn Farm, ns it is called, con* j j kiliiH'JlO aciiti, lid ucu-rt of which uru lualfalfii, j | a ud ii knit Cu in corn and Uirltiy. ila ]iq« cut I from this 11:0 turn*uf burluy hay, which Was) .pialitt-d witli thu;\1 f.-.Jfa, AA toiin uf w!im!i he! sold at fill pcv lull. He baKidsn cut ipinutitks ; uf hay aud -lacked it for his own njo. He has j ; piWHUTtl it to 1,3Mb head of Line sheep, 1:0 j I horses nnd IScatHu. tku'H and hurley tnako a, ■ nnl form ly good \ Md. At sonic dtslsnoo from i thu highway. \slm:li istliudLvidingliui'bcltveeii j thu farms of the Inot I in ra, iTowniny a slight i - idinueiiuu, surrounded u» cvny sidu with thu I lefreohiiig uvvrtjii-au ut (hu vnll pasitut-J,K ll. M l l.. ,j-,r.t Cu irl.i KA1I.Koto Lost or Mislaid’,TIKJS I'D I! ‘Ill It KB!o'#•*•: Dl‘ 1,. W.Vtit-.Mini:11 iini’ll; ii„i! ii ■iW Ilf tli a iiiiibnVi'iiK.I, tl.it I'll «t Hint tall.250 Reward!I'AJtD WIT.!, UK PAIDtkuiaisUI, Cal., Oct. i
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Southern Californian and Kern Weekly Courier
Bakersfield, California, US
Thu, Nov 16, 1876
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