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we excel in the raising of l)arlcy, and we are the peer in grapes, in 

 pears, in apricots, in peaclies, and the admitted superior in semi- 

 tropical productions. Nor is our live stock department suffering in 

 comparison. Take our sheep and wool clip; take our Jerseys, Dur- 

 ham, and Polled Angus cattle, and when critically com]>ared with 

 stock t'rojn other portions of the State, many blue ribbons are brought 

 home. Take our horses for the last year, and they have created quite 

 a ripple of admiration, both home and abroad, and our small ventures 

 in the breeding line indicate with much certainty that we will be the 

 favored section for producing as fleet and as beautiful animals as can 

 be produced in the world. In view of all these varied industries, 

 excelling in all, can it be otherwise than that we must and will be a 

 prosperous people? We are only on the threshold of our growth and 

 development. I see fair young faces and brave youth who will see 

 and help make changes in this beautiful country that will be the 

 marvel of coming generations. Our whole country will be what now 

 is seen in some bright spot, made beautiful by the hand of man. All 

 of our soil is fertile and adapted to some kind of culture, and although 

 each and every locality may not be adapted to every variety of fruit 

 culture, nor is this necessary, nor even desirable. 



We want varied industries to suit the various tastes, inclinations, 

 and desires of all. Nor is there any poverty of choice. The wide 

 range of productions of fruits, of farm products, and of the garden, 

 that can be grown, and grown to marvellous perfection and ease; the 

 variety and choice of occupation that can be chosen and done well, 

 are almost confusing. It is not what can be done, but what shall be 

 his specialty, that troubles the beginner. 



The growing of grapes for wine will no doubt be one of the letiding 

 industries; the raising of grapes for raisins, in favorable localities, 

 will be the choice of many. The growing of the orange, the lemon, 

 and the lime will, in localities favorable to their culture, be always a 

 specialty confined to this district. The growing of the various fruits, 

 like- the pear, the peach, the apricot, etc., is a growing industry, and 

 such fruits will be used for canning, for shipping in their natural 

 state, or for drying. The drying of fruits, no doubt, will in the near 

 future assume large proportions, for it is especially adapted to every 

 family home; for the young and the old, all can do some part of the 

 easy task, learning the boys and girls habits of industry and making 

 all feel that they are sharing responsibilities and labor for the benefit 

 of the household. Then there is the olive, which in time will be 

 grown on our hillsides and waste places, and make employment for 

 young and old, and yielding good profits and making a new export. 

 The growing of seeds, both for the vegetable and flower garden, should 

 be an industry that would pay well. California now imports at least 

 three fourths of her wants. The making of perfumes, no doubt, will 

 in time attract the attention of some specialist, and I know no country 

 that would have superior advantages for either. 



Our moist land will, too, play an important role in this general and 

 diversified prosperity. Such localities are especially adapted for 

 creameries, for the raising of pigs, for the growing of hops, corn, 

 alfalfa, potatoes, and a thousand other productions. In fact, there 

 are so many industries, all promising fair returns for light and pleas- 

 ant labor, that it would be tiring for you to listen to their enumera- 

 tion, for all these things are known and_ suggested to you daily in 

 this favored land of grand and varied resources. As yet little has 



