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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



A FIELD OF BEETS. 



tell the company that it misrepresented the soil, cli- 

 mate and productions, the water supply or any other 

 essential. On both sides everything is a matter of 

 record. 



It is confidently anticipated that the use of the ap- 

 plication blank will largely increase the demand for 

 Kern county lands and immensely enhance the 

 character of the communities to be developed. And 

 what good man, with a family to raise, does not de- 

 sire to have the best possible neighbors, the best pos- 

 sible social surroundings, the best possible civic in- 

 stitutions? 



WHAT ARE THE KERN DELTA COLONIES? 



Lack of space in this article forbids any attempt 



to describe at length the property of the Kern 

 County Land Company. This is a matter to be 

 studied in the beautiful literature with which the 

 company supplies all inquirers. It is enough to say 

 here that the opportunity for making prosperous 

 homes is nowhere better than in the beautiful and 

 fertile portions of California covered by this great ir- 

 rigation system. For all information, both general 

 and specific, address Kern County Land Company, 

 Bakersfield, Cal., or the Chicago office, 918 Chamber 

 of Commerce building, corner Washington and La 

 Salle streets, or the New York office, 812 Bennett 

 building, on Fulton street. London office, 44-46 

 Leadenhall street. 



