| Show ann n mU nm UV UVONE r ONE IRRIGATED f ACRE 1 U U W Ur Special Correspondence OS ANO II CAL OAL Fob Feb I eb In ho LOS L Sacramento valley 10 of o California Is a n land of oe big III farms Iru run nil all oi the way from 1000 i to tl 1000 acres H It I tva 18 once profitable to arm s vast us t areas arca In n When this his begun 1 n c g am lo to tall loll In iii conse of oC ho tho the expansion of limn tho ho industry In II foreign tor mauls lands which had learned to toI o ouse use I e American laborsaving machinery ho tho tendency toward big farms farm trims not checked but hat rather accelerated since ninny many lany holdings 1 were consolidated In II tho the of foreclosures process ls Although tho the Sacramento valley ller Is blessed hs with moat most abundant writer water cup Irrigation IH iii not generally em om employed plo d There Is little rainfall from Duty to 10 November yet grain and do fruits are grown without Iclal Hut lut the tho big lr Canna oro not prosperous They are aro largely cull cul by tenants and fan strangely ly devoid dovold of ot features make 1110 time tha true truo California term farm one mine Inc of tho the most de lIe delightful rul home spots In la Il tho lino world 0 r II Tho The Thomen moon men on the thu land hand soil sell I l nil all ni they produce Ir lluco and buy nearly nel l all ni they consume And nIl so 80 they tho pay IY tribute to others going mind and coming cOlln I have been heen visiting a II farm In iii II limo tho valley mie which co of ono one single acre nere of ot Irrigated mud land anti which makes makon maIet n better bolter home lomo mind larger el net nt income for COi Us its ls owner than many lany of at his hula neighbors s enjoy on places of oC thousands of oC each ach The he little farm l Is IR ut at lt Or land In iii Olen Oen county and Is tho limo prop property Iroll erty ort of oC a n man Samuel decks Cheeks who line has grown old aid and gray grey while ill II Unit II D It for tor tho past JO 30 yearn t Mr C i tolls tel mo t tha nl ho ha has hams no mo Im lly whatever In hl tanking making n com coin living I 1 ni fain Arun thin of oC Ir II land laiti Net only oily so 10 but he lie IR JR isable able to wo ease IIO nn am average of ot 10 a 0 ri year car He lie 10 Inns hall loan an as 11 well wel ns ni fruit vegetables poultry pro sell to those ducts to sell el to those who are Il getting i poorer every year ear In II carrying on Lit Mr fawns farm without Irrigation I was waR iii w Ni curious to know knolls kno how ho could coull get t U such uth good from so 0 small an nn arid nr iw iwI that I asked him to Crol Flare smal the me 0 a a n list of what MI hat time the place contained Here It l W Is l 1 rt f t horn Haw nill and corral space apace j rabbit hutch rm feet hou w porches I c hes feet two to o windmill wI n tow toll em ors H Jex G feet teet t C c t each arch garden f feet I blackberries foot atran Is feet Ceet citrus nursery lr rY W fw felt feltIn In II which thorn thoro are 2300 lr e fm fist lacy one tar low of ot dewberries s 10 four Cour apricot two oak o k tlc i thine rf poach peach en h Ix fig III trees tro 10 l la u w 20 w trees 30 unsorted aborted roses which trees bearing adonis 13 lemon wj are nio seven coven yeas old i lime l t tine yearn tears I earA old and bearing train from n v we dozen lime tigh B g sold nold lold lost year bearing orange oran trees four Cour br ora one trees to tr patch of oC throe three calla ralla trees three blue bin gum four Cour prune trees treM Aum on oil on six site cypress trees four o OI 1 Ivy two seed cell bed beil ono one t 1 e etwo 11 one OM MB sage alO stands elands o or of hers ees 13 two tomato vines I cre t The Tho tor of this one nn prosperous groat rt farm set ct In the tho Ime midst of oC the In wheat lime t rouches of or th thin ho f Sacramento ca aH alt H the p Fn on certain Icy ley l lot repeal rW th the popular movement aiming alining nt at J p of ot existing laws under tinder which whIch the 11 U lands being Y quan e lions are tiered or f tM In tho time trace faco ICO of such ouch exa tithe ted capacity cultivation of Irrl tumor cultivation why hY under I t to s a arr acres wo to away awny toto to a amal I much twiN twice 11 i as c sly le Individual I or r re Is we e Ij This map limp and his wife M mal desert land I law 11 e doing under the tho desert th tM he II dory t C tor hut every time wo use 0 do It 10 ie o of or hOlh rope In th of 10 to nr or II J 0 who might aught got gel et hones homes h on oil 01 t time Iho p fn ru time the unit of entry wert I 0 down to a I reasonable figure ure w Y 60 acres t Bavo Savo tho time lands for tor Hit tho real rel tom cry crl flo K n |
