NEVADA FARMS 



With rich mine markets and salubrious cli- 

 mate, the Nevada farmer can make more 

 money by loose, ragged methods than the same 

 class of farmers in any other State I have yet 

 seen, while the almost savage isolation in 

 which they live seems grateful to them. Even 

 in those cases where the advent of neighbors 

 brings no disputes concerning water-rights and 

 ranges, they seem to prefer solitude, most of 

 them having been elected from adventurers 

 from California — the pioneers of pioneers. 

 The passing stranger, however, is always wel- 

 comed and supplied with the best the home 

 affords, and around the fireside, while he 

 smokes his pipe, very Uttle encouragement is 

 required to bring forth the story of the farmer's 

 life — hunting, mining, fighting, in the early 

 Indian times, etc. Only the few who are mar- 

 ried hope to return to Cahfornia to educate 

 their children, and the ease with which money 

 is made renders the fulfillment of these hopes 

 comparatively sure. 



After dwelling thus long on the farms of this 

 dry wonderland, my readers may be led to 

 fancy them of more importance as compared 

 with the unbroken fields of Nature than they 

 really are. Making your way along any of the 

 wide gray valleys that stretch from north to 

 south, seldom will your eye be interrupted by 



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