ranch. The dairy buildings at the Garcia ranch were then used for hay storage. 

 Codoni apparently ceased butter production temporarily at the ranch in 1902 

 and began to ship cream on the North Shore Railroad. The newspaper 

 published the following report: 



Mr. Jos. Codoni's herd of 120 cows at Tocaloma is 

 making a pound to the cow. The cows are in good 

 condition and are one of the finest bunch to be seen 

 in the county. Mr. Codoni is one of the dairymen in 

 this county who does not milk his cows in the corral, 

 but has a substantial and comfortable barn. He is a 

 liberal feeder, and living right by the railroad, can 

 have the feed he buys delivered very conveniently. At 

 present he is shipping cream to San Francisco. 205 



The most lengthy description of the Codoni Ranch appeared in early 1906 

 in the Marin Journal: 



CODONI VILLA 



Improvement is the watchword on this progressive 

 ranch. A big addition to the barn has been built. The 

 writer knows of only one barn in the state as well 

 lighted. There are fourteen windows on the north, 

 twelve on the south, ten on the west, four glass to the 

 sash 14x15 in size. The baby calf barn is also well 

 lighted. Mr. Codoni does not do his work by halves, 

 and will continue the good work until he has one of 

 the best cow barns in the state. A carrier mounted on 

 a track takes the barn cleanings to the tank house 

 built to receive it, and a cement floor will soon be put 

 in the barn, and a tank provided for the liquids. A 

 concrete floor will soon be put in the dairy building. 



G. A Codoni, the owner, has wisely turned the ranch 

 over to his two sons, James and Romain. Romain 

 attends to the butter department in a manner 

 creditable to himself, while James attends to the 

 outside work. One hundred cows are milked now, and 

 about sixty pounds of gilt-edged butter is the daily 

 output. The Jersey is the favorite with the Codoni 

 Bros. At night at the supper table, like the careful 



205 Marin Journal. June 20, 1901 and March 20, 1902; interview with Don Mclsaac. 



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