Show I California As s Seen By lar 1 Marie Mark C Holbrook Since returning returning home people fre- fre frequently frequently fre frequently ask me I many questions in m reference to California and gen general generali ral conditions in tha that section so through the the columns of this paper I volunteer II the following information as the facts I presented themselves es to me in the lo- lo lo where I spent spent a few months I labored fiveS five months in the Great San Joaquin v valley which is located in in the center pr r very heart of the state te from a g geographical graphical stand point from north to south and almost the center from east easi to west being inland about one hundred miles from the Pacific ocean and aid separated by what is called the coat coaH coa t range of mountains This valley is spout a about out one-hundred one and amI ei eighty miles long and about fort forty miles JUiles wide and She he most of it is un- un unI under ender un under I der cultivation i In my jud judgment ent there is is as muc land being tilled in inthis inthis inthis this one valley a as there is in the whole State of Utah J This valley h hs s a population of about people eople Fresno City being the largest t with about people and Sto second with about an and many beautiful lit lit- little little lit little tle cities andall and small all towns and vil- vil villages villages vil villages lages everywhere As to their cr craps crops ps the people them them- themselves themselves selves gelves are very often heard to say our greatest cr crop of all is our tourist crop Next to t is is their fruit crop grapes being fa in the lead oranges lemons peaches nd apricots are al- al also also al also so produced in a abundance abundance many other fruIts are arc also rown ro in smaller qu- qu quantities quantities qu quantities They also have about the same variety o 0 oj vegetables there as here There i is i also considerable al- al alfalfa alfalfa al alfalfa falfa and grain grains of f all kinds including rice Thc They are arenow ar now also raising qu- qu quantities quantities qu quantities of cotton with some measure of success I Because of the fact that there are areso areso areso so man many thol thousands sands of acres under cultivation there are naturally large quantities of most most ost everything produced produced produced ed which as no i a rule means very low prices for the fruit grower or farmer in many case the total cost of pro pro- production production pro production far exceeds the net selling p price r c So then farmers r i in some o e see see- sec ions are comp completely telY discouraged and andin andin in many cases bankrupt If it were po poe possible ible for some of out our gardners and farmers to spend a few months in the various various sections of Cali- Cali California California Cali California fornia durin during their harvest season and make a comparison with our boun bounteous bounteous harvests through out all these fertile mount mountain in t f vallies with their crops and their average net returns from them year latter after year They would then be mote mote in love with home Personally I all a am more appreciative of our almost ur resources in in these rich moun mounts n in vallies than ever before You ma may go East you may go o West as I hav have been but no where do you find such 1 i crops It is true you c in n find beauty you youcan youcan cnn can find pleasure nd ind attractions and hundreds of thin rs that make the passing passing of ones y ars more pleasant anyone who trave s 5 near home or abroad can enrich his I life e by the edu- edu educational educational edu educational experienc that naturally fol- fol follow follow fol follow low Our yield eld of h 1 y grain potatoes tomatoes sugar bets b ets and many other r crops in Utah Utah and Arizona etc are arc per on an average double the that the average land in this so c lied great state of California s Their soil and is conducive to the growing o 0 all kinds of trees so their fruit cr cro is almost as good goodas goodas goodas as ours and the my advantage the they have over us is t tl ey cy grow we cannot and th y have warmer WIn WIn- WInters winters win winters of course nd ind spring pring there is about six weeks n advance of Utah So So- So let me say to those who have good homes and good land dont don't go off chasin chasing dim dime and nickels and leave shining do lars Jars ars to run at ran ran- random random ran random dom as you dep rt t t To be continued continued ed edI I III M II C HOLBROOK |