SEMI-TROPIC CA T. J FOUNT A. 
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THE STEARNS RANCHOS. 
VAI.PABI.K I.ANOS IX SMAII. TRACTS FI 
SALK IX LO* AlMiEKR*. rOlSTY. 
on the market is sandy loam, without bard- 
pan Itvrieatb Si, very fertile, easily worked 
and suited to a wide range of agiicnltnral 
and horticultural products. In places al 
kali exists, but this may be worked out by 
proper treatment. 
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The map published on this page showing | (’em, h*r,.-v, wheat, rye, n»t s potatoes, 
• portion of I.os Angelo* and San Her tofneo.. and jute am very e..«ee»f,illy 
nardino counties will give the reader * I grown on tlm land embraced by the Stearns 
very pood idea of the hnmiimi of Hama of' Rancho*. 1 he vineyards in bearing-on the 
lhe* eln ieust farming lands ill Snuthorn lands, at present, rank among the beat pay- 
California. The Stearns Ranchos embrace irig property in the Stale of California, 
in various tracts 80,UP') news of arable land ' The orange and lemon do well on much of 
yet unsold and nearly all uncultivated. j I ha land. Apple, pear, peach, upricot and 
i one of our homo porta. The experiment 
has already boon tried sueeeaafully. 
TRICK OF LANDS. 
The price and terms of lands in the 
Stearns Ranchos are very moderate, but 
' for information on this point we refer in¬ 
quirer* to the advertisement of the agents 
, on till* last page of our cover. They will 
| take pleasure m answeiing inquiries, and 
for results already attained we refer our 
' readers to tin- well-known anti flourishing 
■ colon ion of Anaheim, Westminster, Artesia 
and tlm many prosperous Immfcs made com- 
. fi'ilable by the various industries which 
J tlicae land, arc susceptible. 
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The eiiu </«(! non of California i* abun¬ 
dant cm the Stearns Ranchos at uii average 
depth of from 15 to ’1“ feet, arid there an- 
numerous flowing artesian well* whirl, fur 
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abundant crops of grain are produced with- wf f ’'" d W " !,i tbcw 
out ung.uon even during y, 3ilrs of B |, ort P“ lur *S 
rainfall. 1 he Santa Ana river down through 
u portion of the tract, at.d the water supply 
from this source when properly developed 
will l>e practically unlimited. 
plum orchards thrive equally well and pay 
tlioir owners a handsome profit. Wood for 
find is moderately plentiful, and where it is 
not, it emit easily tie grown in «ufl]tfl«ntiy 
large qiiiinlittrs for homo consumption in 
two or three v<-»r». Stock raising is profit 
hi'lds furnishing an abundance 
- •• —yarcily uf natural 
The Southern Pacilio Railroad runs 
through the tract and atoamurs call regu- 
lurlvtti two point* fronting on the lands. 
Iloubtless hi a few yearn nearly all the am 
plus gminof the southern etui of our county 
will lm shipped tc. Kurope directly from 
NOTES FROM RIVERSIDE. 
1 Ins beautiful colony has tniwlo most ro- 
markable progress since our last visit some 
ten months ago. Many now and handaomo 
residence*, orchards ond vineyards appear 
on every hand. Land which nine years 
ago would hardly hare brought an hikiuhI 
rental of fifty centa par acre now readily 
M ils for •dUl.t per acre and j* difficult to ob- 
£*' * v °" l|,, » ■««tning|y e*lraw.gant 
hgur-. At hrat thought it w „„|,| , 00 ,n 
>f tins condition of atfaira i* dm. to smite 
upcoulatlvc eaoitcinent, but and, is not tho 
Ul "' , or lL ‘* r «'• may bo acouerd of ex¬ 
aggerating we will ,mt venture to plane be- 
