Show A CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY How many I wonder of the hundreds of people who leave California every summer to seek new sights In Europe or orthe orthe orthe the east have ever seen or even know that the largest olive olivo ranch in the world Is within twenty-five twenty miles of Los Angeles This This' wonderful orchard situated ted at Sylmar is ten times Umes larger than the biggest biggest big big- gest orchard in Spain It Is a sight to more than repay one the trouble of a visit The graceful willow like trees planted in even rows with their olive green leaves lea showing silver underneath with every motion of ot the wind are a most beautiful sight There are over trees to this orchard orchard- and they average fifty pounds of of olives to the tree The ranch consists of acres and each acre has trees which produce 2000 gallons of olives each year This quantity quantity quantity quan quan- of olives makes gallons of olive oil valued at 2 per gallon bringing per acre The rhe olive wood weed is highly prized by cabinet cable cabi cabi- net e makers W a as it Js Is very h hard r and aid takes a high i h The Italians look hok upon an olive olivo orchard as a perpetual source of wealth as the older it grows the more valuable le it be be- comes The trees are supposed to live about years and there are some now on the Mount of Olives known to be beabout beabout beabout about years Old The olive industry has' has been steadily growing in this country since its Introduction introduction intro Intro- by the early curly Spanish mission fa fathers fathers fa- fa and olive culture can never be overdone overdone over over- done here since the tho olive can be e produced pro pro- j only I In central and eso southern er California Call Cali fornia New Mexico and Arizona Surely he who possesses an olive orchard has hasa a dependable Income not only for himself himself him him- self but his childrens children's children IL D' JJ Mar Mar- grotto grotte In the tho Los Angeles Examiner n n |