$3,654 gross. A careful statement was kept of all expense pertaining to 

 the work and the cost of cultivating, pruning, spraying, picking, marketing, 

 and material for boxes and packing amounted to $1,100, leaving a net 

 profit of $2,254. These are young trees not fully matured, and it is ex- 

 pected that when they attain their full bearing capacity the returns will be 

 better. 



Mr. S , two miles west of Napa, has been taking ten tons per acre 



from his prune orchard for several years, and his Crawford peaches have 

 produced from thirteen to fourteen tons per acre. This man has a small 

 farm and does almost the entire work himself, and his little place is mak- 

 ing him a handsome profit. 



Mr. H , whose farm is located five miles north of Napa, in the year 



1906 took seventy-five tons of dried prunes from twenty-five acres of land. 

 These prunes were sold for sixty dollars a ton, making gross returns $4,500. 



These are a few of the many instances that can be given showing that 

 the man who puts modern methods into his farm work and uses good busi- 

 ness judgment will make good profits. 



Equally good returns can be shown in other branches of farming in 

 Napa Valley, especially among those who are keeping cows and poultry. 



These are splendid opportunities for the man who desires a home amid 

 beautiful surroundings, where the soil is rich and responds readily to the 

 efforts of the husbandman, where the rainfall is always sure and irrigation 

 is not necessary, where he can be near the best markets in the State, 

 with quick transportation and low freight rates, to get a home in Napa 

 County at very reasonable prices for the land. If he will then pursue his 

 work intelligently, making use of the latest and best methods, he can be 

 assured of splendid financial returns. 



THE PROFITS OF THE SMALL FARM 



THERE is a demand in California for the products of a diversified farm. 

 Thousands of carloads of poultry products, dairy products, livestock, 

 and meats are shipped into California every year. The diversified 

 farm brings in quick, frequent cash returns for the labor expended. 

 The farmer gets cash for his milk from the creamery every thirty days; 

 he gets cash for his poultry products and for his fruits and vegetables. 

 His hogs fatten on skim milk and sell for cash. If the intensive diversified 

 IFarm be run intelligently, there will be a monthly cash income that will 

 be as regular as a salary, and much more satisfactory than any salary 

 earned by a man who works at a desk or counter in the city, for it will carry 

 with it the feeling of ownership in the business which pays the salary, and 

 the further satisfaction that the man who draws the money is his own 

 employer. 



There is a wonderful future for intensive farming in California. With 

 the richest soil in the world, and the water which can be impounded to 

 successfully irrigate the soil, there is no limit to its productivity. The day 

 will come when the greater interior valley, the combined Sacramento and 

 San Joaquin valleys, will be given over to intensive farming, and that vast 

 area fifty miles wide by five hundred miles long will be the most productive 

 place on the globe. In the southern part of the State the opportunities 

 for intensive and diversified farming on small ranches are increasing every 

 year with the development, while all along the coast, clear up to the coun- 

 try which was formerly given over to the lumber industry, small farms are 

 now taking the lead. Coincident with this increase of the number of small 

 farms comes the increased demand for the products raised on them, and 



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