Sutter
County
Biographies
ALBERT
LIENERT
One
of the leading dairy farmers in the Sacramento Valley is Albert Lienert, who owns a well improved and productive place
three miles south of East Nicolaus, Sutter county. Mr. Lienert is essentially a self-made man, for he began at the
bottom of the ladder of success, which he has mounted steadily through
persistent and well directed effort until today he is numbered among the solid
and substantial men of his locality. He
was born in Canton Schwyz, Switzerland, on the 3rd of August, 1868,
and is a son of Benedict and Mary Lienert, both of
whom are deceased. The parents and their
ancestors were natives of Switzerland and there Benedict Lienert
was the owner of a profitable brickyard.
Albert
Lienert, who is the second in order of birth of six
children, attended the public schools of his native land and remained at home
until fifteen years of age, when he decided to seek his fortune in the New
World, his uncle, Frank Linggi, being successfully
engaged in farming in Yolo county, California. On arriving in this country he came at once
to the coast and soon afterward, through the influence of his uncle, obtained a
place as a milker on a dairy farm in Yolo county. He worked
hard at that job but when the discovery of gold in the Klondike was made known
he decided to go there and try his fortune as a miner. He crossed over the Chilcoot
Pass in 1898 and for ten years applied himself tirelessly to mining, in which
he met with fair success. He carefully
saved his earnings and on his return to Yolo County was able to become a
partner in a rented dairy in Yolo County.
With the exception of the ten years he spent in Alaska, he has devoted
his entire attention to dairy farming since coming to America. He is experienced in every branch of the
business and during the past twenty years has greatly improved his dairy
herd. His persistence in this direction
has been abundantly rewarded and he is now the owner of a herd of one hundred
and forty cattle, including one hundred high grade Holstein cows, ninety of
which are milch cows.
He also has two registered pure bred Holstein bulls. He milks twice a day, for which purpose he
employs six experienced helpers, and all the milk is sold to the Crystal Creamery
at Sacramento, which collects it twice a day.
In
1920 Mr. Lienert came to Sutter County and bought the
old Stribling ranch of three hundred acres, which he
sowed to alfalfa and clover. He has
operated this place very successfully as a dairy farm—in fact; it is recognized
as one of the best dairy farms in Sutter county. He prospered financially despite the fact
that he bought his farm in 1920 at top-peak prices, since which time there has
been a deflation of land values. He is a
hard worker, an excellent manager and an expert judge of cattle and dairying
methods, as well as of the growing of alfalfa, chillean
and clover, of which he raises several hundred tons annually, almost enough
feed to supply his extensive herd.
In 1929, in Sacramento, California, Mr. Lienert was united in marriage to Miss Angelina Eggli, of San Francisco, a native of California. They are the parents of a daughter, Rosa, ten
months old. Mrs. Lienert
is an able and faithful helpmate and manages the large household in a very
creditable manner. Mr. Lienert is a real asset to his adopted country, for it is
to such men as he that this country owes its wonderful development and
prosperity. About twenty years ago he
made a visit to his native land, where his father was still living. He has gained a host of loyal friends since
coming to Sutter county and all who know him hold him
in high regard.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3, Pages 120-121. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
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