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farmers that have lands here in this favored section, owing 

 to increased land values of the past few years, have greatly 

 neglected their calling, and have become land speculators. On 

 paper they figure their wealth on the fancied values of specula- 

 tion, forgetting that the real wealth of any individual or any 

 Community, lies in its prcducing more than it consumes. We 

 have the soil and climate that will prcduce any crop planted 

 and attendecl to. The reason for the falling off of production 

 of farm producta is the System our people have practiced. In 

 fact, I have always observed that any section that depends 

 on the products of the soil for their wealth, growing but one 

 crop, never meets with the success that is had by a farming 

 Community that grows various crops. Fruit-growing is a 

 business, calling for intelligent business qualifications, but no 

 fruit-grower should depend for the necessities he has to have 

 for his family upon going into the market and buying them ; 

 he should grow them. 



The following estimate for fruit produced and marketed 

 in the third district for the years 1911-12 is very near the 

 actual output : 



DOUGLAS COUNTY. 1911 1912 



Apples, car lots 40 70 



Pears, car lots 15 35 



Peaches 5 S 



Prunes (dried) car lots, 40,000 pounds each 100 150 



Strawberries, car lots 4 5 



Loganberries, car lots 3 5 



Blackberries, car lots 2 3 



Gooseberries, car lots 1 3 



Cherries, car lots 2 4 



Total cars 172 2S3 



JACKSON COUNTY. 



Apples, car lots 150 600 



Pears, car lots 120 250 



Peaches, car lots 20 25 



Strawberries, car lots 3 6 



Loganberries, car lots 2 5 



Blackberries, car lots 5 7 



Cherries, car lots 6 S 



Total cars 306 901 



