the State sprang up into new and vigorous life. They had the advantage of 

 numbers and the development that comes with well directed ambition. 



Years ago foreign governments and peoples learned that small acreage 

 properly and scientifically cultivated was more profitable to the individual 

 and more desirable for the State than large tracts ; but it took the United 

 States government a long time to realize the truth. The fact is that this 

 government had encouraged large land holdings, but now, especially in the 

 irrigation projects under its direction, the advice is given to all farmers who 

 would enjoy life and the good things of the soil to assume the control of 

 only as much land as they may manage individually. So it was in Yolo 

 County, and even today there are many ranches containing thousands of 

 acres controlled by a few. Eventually these must pass on to the many to 

 the greater enrichment and development of the community. 



It is the large land holding that has prevented the increase of population 

 warranted by the character of the soil and the natural advantages enjoyed 

 by Yolo County. Indeed, population is the only "stunted growth" that can 

 be found within the borders of the county. But now, persuaded by the 

 overwhelming proofs offered by men of science and by communities of 

 undoubted success, owners of vast tracts of land are throwing them open to 

 the public, offering them for sale at prices that are reasonable and under 

 conditions that are generous. 



Since it is evident that the land is available for the homeseeker it is well 

 to consider the other attractions of Yolo. 



Ideal Climate 



Unless the climate agrees with plant life the richest soil is of little 

 practical value. Fruit trees may grow in a freezing climate, but will not 

 bear fruit. Soil may be fit for grain and alfalfa but blighting blasts may 

 destroy the product. So the farmer must consider well all the climatic 

 conditions that surround a place in which he contemplates locating. 



The climate of Yolo cannot be excelled for uniformity and healthfulness. 

 Every month in the year some kind of crop ripens in the open, and there is 

 absolutely no time in the year when the growth of plant life is suspended 

 or checked entirely. There is no winter, but there is a rainy season, beginning 

 in November .and lasting until February, There is ninety-seven per cent, 

 sunshine throughout September. 



According to the thermometer it gets hot in Yolo, but the summer heat 

 is dry and not at all depressing. Sunstrokes are unknown, as they are 

 generally throughout California. During the warmest periods the nights are 

 cool. Refreshing breezes are wafted from the San Francisco Bay and the 

 Pacific Ocean, cooling the atmosphere. Here are as many hours in the day 

 and as many days in the year during which persons may enjoy outdoor life 

 as any place in the world. 



Plant life is putting forth vigorous growth, flowers are blooming and 

 orchardists are picking and shipping deciduous fruits in a season when the 

 weather is bleak and blizzardy in the East. 



Throughout the harvest season in Yolo there is a cloudless sky. The 

 farmer experiences not the slightest fear that his grain may be injured 

 before the harvester gathers it. The warmth and light develop rich juices 

 and exquisite coloring of flower and fruit and a wealth of bloom and perfume 

 unknown in the East. The curing of forage is unattended by the uncertainty 

 and anxiety experienced in places where rain may come at any season. 

 Consequently from five to seven cuttings of alfalfa are assured every year. 



Another advantage in the sunny sky of Yolo is in the preparation of 

 dried fruits. California dried fruits — peaches and prunes, apricots, nectar- 

 ines and figs — for which the State is noted throughout the world, are the 

 results of our glorious sunlight. 



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