CALIFORNIA'S LARGE FARMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 32, 6 March 1878, Page 2

CALIFORNIA'S LARGE FARMS.

(Pncifio Ifural Press.) Wo nro not suro of tho proper claimant to immenflity ii\ tho sizo of Oalitorniim farms, tiomo of tlioin are so larijo tlmt wo dnro not trust oursolvos to beoomo f.uniliar with tho figures, lest wo should get a distaste for tractions in our nmtket roports. l)r Glenn, of Colusa, has tho reputation of loading in tho lino of grain* farming, nud ho hus nosy <is,oot* acres under cultivations. 110 is maKing calculations on a orop of 10,000 tons of gnin* against 18,000 tons last yonr. Mo has already purchased 2,000,000 sacks to put grain in. Hnimin and Curr, of Rom county, had 30,000 aurcs in their stock form boforo they began operations under tho Dosort Lnnd Law, Hnd now (hey huyo perhaps as much moro which they will bring under irrigation. Tho crops this season nro 2000 aorea of barley, 10C0 acres wheat, 175 aorcs oorn, and 3000 aorcs alfalfa. Tho stock consists of 10,000 head of cattle, 20,000 shcop, 500 hood of horses, and 1000 hogs. The working forco at the present timo is f>2t men, The San Frnnrisoo Post says : — " -Fames Irvino is the fortunate owners of tho .Sm Jonquin nnd Lomas do Santiago ranches in Los Angolos country, containing 95,000 < (voren, und of 13,000 acres in the South Ana rancho adjoining. In other words, ho owns 107,000 acres of as fortilo soil as is to bo lound in Southern California" Tito Unlto Kocord says :-~" Hill, Bogs, anil Rouvis lmvo now on thoir rancho in K«ru and Los Angolos countios, 10,000 h<<ad of outtlo, all in excellent condition. Mr Hill snyn ho wi 1 put 1000 head of bcof cuttlo into market tho first of tho month. This ranche, belonging to General Benl, our prcsont Austrian Minister, is 96 nriloa in extent, nnd situated in Koru Los Augolos oountios, and in tho dry seasons of 18641 carried 200,000 head of stock without; loss. Wo havo moro roal intcrost in the landing of small farms than largo ones, and should liko hotter to know who suoooods boat on tho smallest farm thin ho who controls tho grontoatnumbor of acres— not that wo liko largo farms tcsfl, but small ones moro.