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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



Especial pains have been taken to experiment with 

 as great a variety of fruits as possible, and failure in 

 any respect has yet to be noted. The success 

 achieved has in fact been phenomenal. 



Particularly is the climate adapted to the perfect 

 curing of fruit in the open air. All that is needed is 

 exposure of the freshly cut fruit to the sun's rays for 

 three to five days, the resultant product being uni- 

 formly of bright color, good texture and appetizing 

 appearance. A large part of the fruit crop of this 

 county must be prepared for market in this way, and 

 the Kern county horticulturalist enjoys peculiar ad- 

 vantages. 



THE PEACH. 



At the head of the list of horticultural products in 

 Kern county, because most extensively cultivated, is 

 the peach. In every concomitant of soil and climate 

 which enters into a combination of those elements 

 that are necessary for the production of a perfect 

 peach, Kern county reigns supreme. Without fear 

 of contradiction it is maintained that this section has 

 no superior, if indeed it has an equal, in this branch 

 of horticulture. 



The trees of whatever variety grow thriftily, are re- 

 markably free from disease, bear early, produce large, 

 highly colored and luscious fruit, and at the same time 

 are long lived. Instead of early maturity producing 

 early decay, the reverse appears to be true, and the 

 peach is long lived and prolific. 



At two years from planting in the orchard a fair 

 yield has been known, while at the age of three years 

 good sized crops are the rule where the proper meth- 

 ods of cultivation are followed. From that time on- 

 ward until full maturity the product increases, until 

 it reaches a point that is astounding. Ten tons of the 

 fresh fruit to the acre are not uncommonly harvested 

 from a full grown orchard. 



The profit in peach growing depends upon condi- 

 tions that vary each season. It has been known to 

 reach as much as $400 an acre and even more, but is 

 usually much less. It is a conservative estimate to 

 put the net return from a mature peach orchard, one 

 year with another, at an average of $100 an acre. 



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THE CRANE PUMP. 



Chas. A. Crane has invented a 

 new pump. Unlike the present 

 pump, the cylinder is placed at 

 the bottom of the well and is in- 

 verted, taking water at the upper 

 end of the cylinder, and discharg- 

 ing it through a pipe leading from 

 the lower end of the cylinder to 

 the tank or receptacle prepared 

 above ground. By this means the 

 water is forced at all times, and in 

 the down stroke the rod operates 

 as a balance against the column of 

 water, thus reducing the power. 

 It is proposed that this pump will 

 raise double the amount of water 

 than any ordinary pump with the 

 same expenditure of power. The 

 pump can be put in any well, any 

 depth, and will work in deep or 

 It is especially a wind mill pump, 

 and can be manufactured cheaper than any other 

 pump on the market, and is a good pump generally. 



shallow water. 



