dollars a ton. This is certainly intensive farming in dead earnest. Mr. 

 Newkirk also has a family orchard, hundreds of chickens, cows, teams, 

 all manner of garden truck, and fine buildings, and for a man who com- 

 menced on nothing except strong muscles and a will to do, less than 

 four years ago, and has his place paid for now, it does seem as though 

 he has intensified farming to about the limit. 



Again the ladies. Mrs. Campbell is making a good living and educating 

 her family from a five-acre chicken ranch. 



Sherman Brown has fifteen acres adjoining the city limits upon which 

 he has an old vineyard, a young vineyard, family orchard, cows, horses, 

 hundreds of chickens, a fine market-garden patch, and is there comfort- 

 ably caring for and educating his family. 



In the way of fine stock, Edward Erianger, our peace justice, has a 

 band of as fine horses as one would wish to see, some of them high up in 

 speed. It was Mr. Erianger who raised the famous trotter "Toggles," 

 whose accomplishments are known to everybody. 



Besides all these there are numerous dairy, poultry, and hog ranches 

 from which no statistics are at hand. 



Note particularly our climate. No zero weather in winter, no sun- 

 strokes In summer, yet the thermometer frequently registers more than 

 100 degrees in the shade. This is the weather that puts the sugar into our 

 fruit, makes our raisins and cures our fruit, while to add to our joy and 

 comfort we have one of the finest irrigation systems to be found anywhere. 

 Is it any wonder we around Lemoore are healthy, wealthy, and happy? 

 Is it any wonder we frequently thank God, who, in his infinite wisdom, held 

 out the beacon-light that guided us to this glorious, blessed land? 



We have ample room for thousands more good people, and extend the 

 hand of welcome to all who desire to join our prosperous colony of inten- 

 sive farmers, and for the guidance of home-seeking strangers I might 

 profitably add that Lemoore is in Kings County. 



VARIED FARMING IN SAN DIEGO 



COUNTY 



JOHN S. MILLS 

 Secretary Saa Diego Chamber of Commere* 



THROUGHOUT its length and breadth, the county of San Diego affords 

 opportunity for diversified farming which may be said to be unparal- 

 leled in the United States. The husbandman tills the ground at and 

 below sea-level, and he sows and reaps at altitudes of five thousand 

 feet and more. It is a county with snows on its mountain peaks, 

 oranges and lemons in the mesa lands, the growing and ripening grains 

 on the broad expanse of cultivable land, flowers abloom everywhere, and 

 surf-bathing in the ocean which girts Its shores at one and the same time. 



Ask some one of the many who engage in agricultural pursuits here- 

 abouts whether or not intensive farming Is a source of profit, and you will 

 be told, without getting what you may deem a correct, or, rather, a direct, 

 answer, that any kind of farming Is remunerative where a market exists. 

 This market Is to be found now. Ergo, farming pays. 



For the benefit of those who do not know what the soil of this county 

 will produce, let it be noted that corn may be grown of as good quality 

 as that of which the Middle West States boast, and that the yield per acre 

 is as large here as there. The people have just found this out, and thou- 

 sands of acres have been planted to corn during the present season. 

 Figures recently compiled show that San Diego County Is the largest 

 hay-producing county in the State. In addition there is raised, in large 

 quantities, wheat, barley, oats, rye, and buckwheat. Irish and sweet pota- 



