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Show CANNERIES INCREASE AGRICULTURAL WEALTH I With a growing population In cities cit-ies and towns tho country will depend more and more upon canned fr..iis -and vegetables. Intensive tUlthatlon bait made much of the farm land of California wot th from $600 to $2,000 an acre. Tho canneries of th saate lust joar turned out oci $100,000,000 worth tof caiined fruits and egetables. Tea acre under Intensive fanning ,ln California vy 111 in mati) Inatancca return a l:irt:y,,uti Inromo Ihan 200 acrei of gcuotu! rarmliig. TUIs Js not an iiiUeitlHtjiiicnt for Ciilifornla but th eomparlaon Is In-tindcd In-tindcd to thow wllat'gnn bit done In oi In r slates liy Intmulvik faiming t i tln cnnnlr.c jml packing Industry Is !doi loped to Mie fulk-ft extent. Vtali haii onUerrpl opportunities JnloiiK tlii'm UiiBB anil much of tho soil Is Ideal for Intensive farming. . Already tho etnle Is Known for Its supulor qunllly of canned product and bylnwillgont (oopei-atiuu bu- 1 tw ii giovfcr and packer. mlllloiiH roudl Ixi.nUU'd to thti ugrlculturnl we.ilth of the state. i |