ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE 



I. Relief map of California .... Frontispiece 



FACING PAGE 



II. The main geographical features of California 24 



III. Climatic regions of California 54 



IV. Soil surveys in California, 1921 86 



V. A rice field in the Sacramento Valley ... 120 



VI. Bean field in the heart of the Sacramento 



Valley 156 



VII. A celery field on reclaimed land in the San 



Joaquin Valley 190 



VIII. Rural homes in the citrus district of south- 

 ern California 222 



IX. Rural "homes and prune orchards in the Santa 



Clara Valley 254 



X. Prune drying-yard with an environment of 



Eucalyptus trees 290 



XI. Typical large dairy plant in the alfalfa dis- 

 tricts 328 



XII. Typical scene on the paved state highways 



which thread the California countryside . 360 



