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RICE, A GRAIN RECENTLY TRIED OUT IN THE SACRAMENTO VALLEY, HAS FAR EXCEEDED 

 EXPECTATIONS. YOLO lUCE IS OF SUPERIOR QUALITY 



electric lines built in the Sacramento Valley are either operating in Yolo 

 County or are headed this way. 



Another decided advantage in this regard is the Sacramento River, for 

 ninety miles skirting the shores of Yolo. This stream is always open to 

 navigation, and palatial steamers carry passengers and freight back and 

 forth from San Francisco and Bay sections to Sacramento, the capital of 

 the State. Yolo residents derive a direct benefit from this traffic for they 

 may use these steamers for freighting or for other purposes. 



With the great populous section of the West only eighty-six miles away 

 and with the very best and swiftest means of transportation available, Yolo 

 farmers readily ship their produce to the markets paying the highest price. 



Schools 



From an educational standpoint, Yolo ranks among the foremost counties 

 of California. The county is divided into forty-eight elementally and three 

 high school districts. There are more than 2,000 pupils attending the ele- 

 mentary schools and nearly 400 are enrolled in the high schools. 



The University of California, through the Department of Agriculture, 

 has undertaken to establish a model district school after which other schools 

 may pattern. This work is being done in Fairfield school district, which is 

 near Davis. A modern building has been erected, and the grounds have 

 been beautified by the planting of trees and shrubs by the pupils under the 

 direction of State experts. 



One of the finest high schools in northern California is situated at AVood- 

 land. The site covers an area of ten acres in two divisions, one of four 

 acres and the other of six acres. A building for academic purposes has 

 been erected on the four-acre tract, and is of steel frame and reinforced 

 concrete. The cost with equipment was $100,000. It is a fire-proof, two-story 



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