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nlTaJfa field*, a villa residence of hxnrtsomo proportion* and coimnhmt *izo is now approaching complotir.1i. ’ Orchard, vineyard and garden, planted this pear, ara Vest, of the house, and almda and oiuiflnmjlitil tree* ami shrubbery willbc planted (m the Acknowledged taste ind culture rtf ft* inniatos may dictate, and the field to bo traversed between lito house and the highway..will lie laid out in «n nmbra-gw»U8 avemta, A well built hnrn stands at a distant* from Uic house, constructed on an improved plan for sheep feeding. Tho a hoop nre fed throngEi a rack, ton* traded on either aide, filled with hay. In this w.iy thera is no waste, and (ho q nan If ty fed may bn easily ascer tabled and regti I stud. With the atopic tneam: and restless energy of tho proprietor it maybe BafeJy assumed tl^at in a few years there will he few, if any, more oharraing and attract* ivo places than Merino Farm.Mr. J. has another improved farm about six miles south of Halters Held, containing 32lt;'l acres, which, from its adjacency to tho oh) Mexican act ticiru tit lm mi as I’nmmia, b« culis Aspinwall. Ho has stun0 forty acres of this in alfslfa, and this year will wed a large area to that plant. There arc also twenty acres in corn and beans. ITu 1ms cut this Mention ft-) tons of alfalfa and lt;15 tons of barley hity, which was sowed with thu alfalfa. The practice of sowing barley wltii alfalfa seems to .1 among those who have liad thoat present nndor tie able and efficient man-ngciiunt of Judge J». L, Dixon, the father of Mr. James Dixtm, the latter of whom was tho projector and prosecutor of tho euterpriso to its proeent succtnsfu I sU’e.Ths.fcw«t Parm«.If the Jewell Farms have not been mentioned among the first in writing of tho farming enterprises of Kcfn county, it is not because they aro not entitled to primal prominence, but rather, because. no order has been observed in (ho publication of these articles os regards arrangement according to importance, The name of Jewett has long been known abroad in cnnrHOtfon with Kern county, and Indeed is associated with some of tbo earliest pastoral enterprises in Kern county.Fourteen years ago, when the wholo country wax a bleak and in hospitable Wilder josh, Mr. itolomon Jewett, the o I tit r of tho brothers, established him self in thoja.ua of tho canyon whence issuesKmi Itiver from its tortuous wanderings in the Hierra Nevada range, into the valley. ll-re he had I Ili ml table and undis-pitted range for the ahotp business, in which lie engaged, and heru he remain id for twelve years, steadily pursuing successful slept toward the affluence that by thu aid of industry, energy and native business capacity of a high order, lm ultimately attained, and became ouu of the hki*t rMrhMvu and liitcceasful sh(.-(-praisers in the State. M-anwhile the ngriunl-i |,irK..,t experience, Tho reason is nhvious, titral interest in tho valley Udow was begin-1Thu hurley crop is no much char gain front a tiing to de-vi lop, and lliu vaiuo of the low . given piece of ground, whilo it does not hurt lands for running purpotes waa becoming up the alfali.i. On ll.o roiitiary, it is said, from predated. 'I'o u man nf Mr. Jewett’s discern-1 its early shirt and rapid growth, to shelter the meiil fl dirt not tabu lung to inuln; tlio dint'ov-! alfalfa and givt it » Rhaueu in grow down or jury Hat a tmv era was breaking upon the | make* root whilo the bailey grows up. In j country, and readily adapting himself to the j add.lion lo the hay produced, lh; place bus ! in w order of things ho »lt;,hl his large flocks and; yielded pasture f »r 1,'J‘Ju sheep since the mid-| the i xhuisive rango that he h;.tl occupied m»| die of July lust, j long, (.Minn down to the I.datid and st i-nrt;il. while they ivi tv hill! held at almost urimimd value, some of tho choicest flgrlimlMm.I J im’..-..C'oiisMi r«Mo tracts wore planted to alfail.i ind the i i.-Mitl. exm-did his nm*t extravagant 2 nth i-xp'ctniiolis. Ho lhi ii lurried Ins at ten (ion to tin: introduction of tine sheep, made seven,I 1* ip* to Vermont, selecting the hind# which in-' S thought were Im-hI eiflh il to the c .untry, and ■! In. ea iolt;: j.nown us an cxlisii-Lvu importer of Jim-! the- i ! slier p. Thorough bre i Met ;non were at that I wvu 14 j time In Id at a high premium li st, and tin re had'■ I tiaiii'iHirl.ition. The tfleet of.this interiui-e Will ■', is already visit do lo a marked degno hi the j lie id* j lIk. ijnmity. M r. Jewel! is still engaged in the f tht*«* j llKTnliVe 1,11-rillcHS of IS IK* sl.ci |i breeding, ul- j I nip, i though his enhrprisu and energy do riot per- ( r*ji l''i tnit Mm to cmitinu himsilf to it, hul nujs I J eiun ' j him to employ liis Libiliiiea in a much wider inn-' j and diversified range of openitiniirt, linnIt is to liu regretted li,ill tl.o lino of thciFn.l ! Southern I’iwilh: tbjcn not traverse thu valley j hut ! further west, as it would then para through a \ lalt; i 1 |orlinn of the Ivrlib ountry, and [i.iasiugt r™ inti ' I would have an oj.p trtunity ofneeing,; um thin/j h r«* I ii lore pleasing Ilian (In* (miti ti, la’o'vu loonnt- , hrn 11, my of Uic apparrutly louTiJiiiiald'.' plains, A.- j lei.l ■jit irf, tic y now pass through ll:r: apex of the •H j delta nf the- river; a mi re dash of nl»iut a ini!.' I vy.' | iluoiigli tho Jcwi.it alfalfa fields, and 11 eii tun j ernl 1 I again on tho bam ii plaiust. Mr Ji-wutt bar j i-n:i 1 ; d7.i iu run of laud hi-re, situattd in sections If!, i a-p'1 IIP. Ai.tl 21, lo'.Viisliij'-ri 2h aud hd, run go Lf-I. j and I Sei. Map fur exact local inn. Homo uf it is utiil | mid joviuuu wilh n luavy growth ol iru-s o-.c) uvoi ! iuivleigrowtli. A large tract has bicu cleared husi | uhuiil hit acres plant, tl iu alfalfa, from which i Tim i Uu toiiH [u r u.'re have been cm, which found j IVai* \ n ad;, sale at fid jar lo.i, 'J'his year his fields ] and* j have I wen hug* ly iWVoted io jnistur'1. b'U [ crops of hay h iving been cut. Mr, Jewc-ti ! heiiuve.i that this is 11 io most profitable) wayMilt;.f mnpl'iyiiij'alf.ill'a, cuttiiiff ■cuougii mily t.*supply a modicum of dry feed, tmd toiidcov«r during the short time when the plant does ind grow. As tIk* fruit of his largo experience i aiof ihtelilgi-nt ohaervation ho forts Justified in saying that alfalfa, with propi r mani.;p uii id, will carry tweuly slicrp to too ucrv tho year mind iu nuu'liotalilu condition. Twenty-llvi.-rtcnswci-c tbU ymr planted in was cut for Isiy i.nlt;1 sold fur »i,oOO. ground wu* Men jd.mtial in corn and pmiip-liiiiM, the product of which lias not ; harvested, hut will hu large. An oj chard of I * chnicu VaiiiUles of fruit trees, S:-t t.tll b11* *1-— *-y-.nrs itg i, undo nn abuu-lard return tli sumo varii.lies of tipple tries ylel.hc harrels of fruit. Almond and Eiiglia mil exhibit every evidclnJ.j of vigoreu.t growth Among other trees of no to in ay bo scon the | f.uiieil and iaiiititiful magnolia of iho Soulh, i mid tlto India llnfiber tru* ; the latter U a 1 mriosity, as Hie tv ar.* hut few in the Hut to, and i jSJlt;thlt; in. in tuiinty road runs thru igli Mr. Juwvl rty, uud along eil In r side are il,in!ial in: tl; pins uml I’.dt iiiwiiiid; them* uli\;. o\,id. lablush.vl *..... i*i a few yprop-1e u li ucharm in;; I; heu'.itifnl avemicH iu tho co.mtry. Front in.j ! to the Went oil this road about tiiVec qd.trurn I of a mill) tvi'in Huo.vl1 sid.'iu fiau risideuce, of let I Slol 1LS high, til led tip tt iih idl the Itmdei n i i piiiveuiiutd and iu a stylo indicating lliu pt It m lmutin r tmihs ,(iUlollnr. On (he first of I hi se t lit n; are 211!)] j r.cfvs of idf.dfii 111 g.id ifnul, blether with tilher uiiimr imjieoveineuts, aud on toe hiltti-1 ’ 11idt) acres ofalf.tlf.t, malting a lottl i*f alum: ]0J / itci'ei!, well H.‘t in thu j nt sit pied lie: iv*: forugr. a | plant known, in a ldiult;« to 11it-su i.xtensive “ npurutioiiH, Air. JoiVilt has fuund tiino to n J serve a term of Hn ve ; ears ua Hiipcrvivir, imd Is bill echoisal! tlmt he it (in* ti:.), ,,i. ii-,rmpeir. -id. iH1 chief nli't'ltiitildt f of tin. tvTii Valli y lianlt, an | lentil tit imt Which ei.jo, n thu nnlo'llhd Celili-,l,‘| ilenci* iif till) c Iinmnnliy, of wiiioli tho ixirft ,l '1 evidence 1 its in the fact that hut a fow tlays 1 J iu.ii) il declared a dividend of 10 per share, 111 (and thu pivc.ding bemUinnual dividend ,1' : 11 mounted to f 17 t ptl Htlitre.ml»« vluu B'nriH.1 On liie opptiKito side of the* mod from Mr.; Itidoumu JesvotlV, stands the liuUlo fur ill of 1 Mr. Fit ilo Jo tv u I. about hull' n mile from Uak-jLrslhlti. 'I’lm brothers were formerly part-| tiers iu business, but a few yi urn ago they di.,-j solved. I.iku I.i * Ionia r, lt- is eilgfigi d iu tlult; import ilium mill btei-tling nf fine cheep, A lew monihsago lie r,-tin tied frnni Vurmunt witli I a lot of tliimiiigli-bn t! uiei [un.a for )i!s on ti u.*,, j t;u j lie lm a already » good many half ami ihrw-1J^1 ) tjiuii u r l-teitls which are cnmduiuiy Iilidergo- ' «vi-ling improvement by breeding to thorough-:'l’1 j la Otis. The Mm Luo Farm, tut it is tattled, con- j tm ] k.lmrJlO aet'Lrt, lilt;) uctea of which arc luiiifalfu. j 1 and idiemt Cu in corn utid lurltiy. i(y hit* cut I IVotil this UO Ion# of hurley liny, which Wu# |. planted With tin- ton* uf wlnuli he ' i'jsold at |t) ju:v ton. He has also cut ipiantitks ] J-! uf hay itiail -taeUcd it for hi# own uuo, He has j '■J pastured it to l.Mlb head of fine aheep, 20 j lioraeannd HScnttln. (kuut and Lutrh-y uutko a, ci nn i form ly good Md, At so mo d is Unco from i i I tho highway. wlm:h iut he dividing bin* be tween j j tho far in# of the brothers, i-ruwnioy a Blight i Ik ; lUiuneiieu, mirrontided on eveiy bidu with thu L-! refreahiny uvvi jjitaui vf thu vnll paoUuvi,
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Southern Californian and Kern Weekly Courier
Bakersfield, California, US
Thu, Nov 16, 1876
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