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Show SCIENCE OF HOME-MAKING I Why So Successfully Studied and Practiced In California. At the present price of land in California less money will procure land enough to support a family well than in any other part of our vast country. There are in that state thousands of families earning a good living, with all the necessaries neces-saries and many of the luxuries of life, and with something laid by each year for a rainy day, on tracts of from ten to twenty acres. Many thousand thou-sand acres of such land, still unoccupied or poorly farmed, are now on ke market at very reasonable prices, say from twenty to one hundred dollars per acre, according to location and surroundings. So fertile is the soil and so genial the climate that a place becomes productive in an incredibly short space of time. Something may be realized even the first year, while the third or fourth year will bring an income that may be increased from year to year for many years. This result, of course, presupposes intelligence and Industry, which are necessary to success In any undertaking. undertak-ing. A soil quick and fertile, responding generously to good culture, a climate where cyclones and tornadoes are unknown, and where sunstrokes and rabies never occur, and where for nearly the whole year it is a luxury to live in the open air, are attractions that only California can offer. During most of the year the table may be supplied sup-plied with fresh fruits and vegetables, all of home raising. The fig, vine, olive, peach, apricot and nectarine bear abundantly, while much of the state will produce citrus and other subtropical fruits with but little care. With reasonable good judgment In selecting the land, and the knowledge that the experience of the last twenty years has made common property prop-erty in regard to what shall be planted and how it shall be cared for, industry and economy are sure to be rewarded with splendid results. A variety of California literature attractively illustrated, describing its resources, famous resorts re-sorts and numerous wonders, also maps and folders fold-ers showing routes, through trains and other valuable val-uable Information, may be obtained by addressing D. R. Gray, General Agent Southern Pacific Co., 201 Main street, Salt Lake City. |
