Sutter County 



BfRS. B. F. "WALTON 

 Secretary Sntter County Chamber of Commerce 



SUTTER COUNTY, with an area of only 614 square miles, bases its 

 claim for recognition on the general fertility of its soil and the wide 

 range of its productions, which include everything grown in a semi- 

 tropical temperature. Its geographical situation is in the center of 

 that part of California north of the Tehachapi Mountains, and is one 

 of the counties comprising the great Sacramento Valley, with the majestic 

 Sacramento River for its western boundary, and the broad Feather River, 

 called by the Spaniards of the olden days the Rio de los Plumas, or "river 

 of the feather," on its eastern edge, and crossing the southern end of the 

 county on its way to a junction with the Sacramento, the two rivers pre- 

 senting untold possibilities in the way of irrigation in the Sacramento 

 Valley. It is on the Feather River where the power-houses of the Central 

 California Power Company are located, a corporation which supplies light 

 and power to many of the important cities of the central part of California, 

 including San Francisco, distant only a few hours by rail. 



The climate is mild, oranges, lemons, and other citrus fruits growing 

 in the open air, with no protection from frost; and the heat of summer is 

 only sufficiently great to give sweetness to the peaches and color to the 

 grapes. 



The county is just entering upon an area of development hitherto 

 unknown in its history; land which has been cropped for wheat exclusively 

 has been found to be of far greater value for other uses, and diversified 

 farming is rapidly coming into practice. No better opportunity for home- 

 seekers is presented than Sutter offers at this time. Here one may in 

 reality sit under his own fig-tree and eat of the product of the. vine, for here 

 the fig has sprung into an abiding prominence as a commercial product, 

 and here are located some of the largest vineyards in the State, as well as 

 a large acreage of lesser ones, from which are made the famous Thompson 

 seedless raisins. One need not be confined to growing either figs or grapes, 

 but may take his choice of land suited to the production of all kinds of decid- 

 uous fruits, olives, almonds, walnuts, asparagus, beans, berries, alfalfa, 

 to dairying and stock-raising, and so on through the list, and at reasonable 

 prices. 



The shipments from Yuba City alone for the last year are shown to 

 be 120 cars of canned fruit, 100 cars of dried fruit, 25 cars of raisins, 20 

 cars of almonds, and 75 cars of green fruit, besides cars running into the 

 hundreds of hay, hides, wool, grain, flour, and mill stuffs, and large quan- 

 tities in less than car lots of both freight and express matter. 



The Southern Pacific Railroad gives the same terminal rates and facili- 

 ties to the shippers at Yuba City as are enjoyed in the larger towns and 

 cities of the State, and railway facilities will in a short time be given to 

 many other points, as the Northern Electric Railway Company will have 

 an electric line in operation in a few months, passing through Yuba City 

 and connecting many of the valley towns with Sacramento, the capital 

 city. An electric road will also cross the county to its western border. 



The survey of the Western Pacific Railroad runs through a portion of 

 the county, and while two years is expected to elapse before its final com- 

 pletion as a transcontinental road, it will be in operation locally before the 

 close of the coming year. 



While irrigation has never been deemed essential, its general practice 

 will greatly augment production in all lines. The completion of its Irriga- 

 tion canal, now in course of rapid construction by the Sutter County Canal 

 Company, and which receives its waters from the bountiful supply of 

 Feather River, will bring under irrigation many thousands of acres of the 

 finest lands. 



The county is under the prohibition law, which relieves it of an undesir- 



