GOLDEN GRAIN HIGHER THAN A MAN S HEAD IS ANOTHER PROOF OF THE FERTILITY OF THE SOIL IN YOLO 



Not only is this soil marvelously rich, but in depth it can not be surpassed 

 by any place in California. For half a century grains have been grown on 

 these lands, and they will produce anything that may be grown in any section 

 of the State, and nearly everything that can be produced in any part of the 

 United States. Except where intensively farmed, at present a large portion of the 

 landed area of Yolo is almost virgin soil and there is no need of fertiliza- 

 tion to insure phenomenal yield of all kinds of crops. 



Perhaps a better idea of the fertility of the soil may be gleaned from a 

 statement made by Mr. Wilson, the government expert quoted in a preced- 

 ing paragraph, who said : 



"On a lot in the town of "Woodland, eighty feet front by a depth of 145 

 feet, one-seventh of an acre, the following trees, plants, vines and flowers 

 were found in full bearing : twelve navel orange, one lemon, one cherry, 

 three apple, two fig, two olive, two apricot, four almond and two plum trees, 

 fifty-eight grape vines (nine varieties), plots of dewberries, raspberries and 

 loganberries, fifty varieties of rose bushes, a small vegetable garden of 

 onions, tomatoes, lettuce, mint, sage, parsley, and beds of bulbous and other 

 flowering plants." 



There are innumerable instances where flourish, side by side, the choicest 

 products of the temperate zone and the sub-tropics; and the apple, peach, 

 pear, pjum, apricot, orange, lemon, lime and fig. 



For years thousands of acres have been sown to grain by the farmers of 

 Yolo County. Like other sections of California wheat was king in this 

 county, and every farmer seemed to want to rival liis neighbor in the extent 

 of the territory over which he ruled. Mile after mile came under one 

 ownership. Golden grain brought minted money to the grower. The person 

 advocating and practicing intensive farming was looked upon contemptuously. 

 Consequently the wonderfully rich lands of Yolo were misused for decades 

 and the county's growth was retarded while other and less favored spots in 



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