we ourselves remember the days when it poured over the tops of the 

 Sierras down into the gold fields of the Sacramento Valley. 



The current of this stream grows swifter and mightier each year, 

 westward, ever westward, until the mountains and dells and larger 

 valleys of the whole Pacific Coast are filled with people, and still they 

 come. We are in grave danger of being buried alive in this human 

 river, for the stream must stop with the mighty Pacific, for there isjio 

 more West. The Pacific Coast is destined to become the most densely 

 populated area in the world. It is high time that we were learning how 

 to produce the largest crops from the smallest area. Intensified 

 farming is one of the most important economical questions of the day. 



A Runnymede garden with poultry 

 for income 



An independent living from the garden 



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