to better advantage than anything else. -^ 

 Olive roots are lon, run down deep, and 

 are not easily susceptible to changes pro- 

 duced by surface cultivation or by 

 weather. He thinks he may be able to 

 procure a better olive than we now have; 

 expects to investigate European orchards 

 with this in view, and if he can find an 

 olive combining quality and quantity in 

 a high degree, will procure it lor trial 

 here" The ordinary Mission is the best 

 variety of olive grown here now. 



The fig requires but little cultivation, 

 and we can produce a larger and finer 

 n<*. and one that can be afforded cheaper 

 to the people ot the United States, than 

 those raised in Italy or any other of the 

 old countries. Figs are recommended as 

 a wholesome diet, and the products ot 

 our fig orchards properly handled should 

 become very popular in Eastean markets. 

 They can be dried and kept long. Many 

 fruits are quite perishable, and must be 

 disposed of soon after maturity, even at 

 a sacrifice. The keeping qualities of anv 

 product is with cultivators an important 

 consideration. 



Mr. Portal thinks both the olive and 

 the fig have been too much neglected by 

 our people and is quite sanguine about 

 their future in our state. He will, while 

 in Europe, investigate the cultivation of 

 both the olive and the fig, with a view 

 to raising both on his own ranch here in 

 Santa Clara valley. Santa Clara Cor. 

 Rural f res*. / 



iOit~TV oWefttfal in .some 

 forni, to the physical well-being of man, 

 and nature seems to have wi-sely pro- | 

 vided for each climatic zone it supply of | 

 that especial form of fatty material be .it . 

 suited to it. The Esquimau finds in 

 the blubber of the walrus or the seal 

 the strong animal fat, rich in hydro- 

 carbons, which he instinctively craves, be- ' 

 cause of the system's need of a strong 

 heat-producingr.diet to enable him to ; 

 keep up bodily teflnperature, and thus 

 do battle with the rigorous Arctic colds, j 

 The animal life of the polar region is I 

 marked by a tendency to the abundant i 

 formation of fat. In the warmer re- i 

 gions of the world, on the contrary, ' 

 animals possess less fat-producing and 

 Iv.t-i-toring power, and men lose their 

 :<I*;.T! it.: tor animal foods. Y'ct even in 

 ^/i'.;.". fat in some form ib a neces- 

 sity in the food of man. Corn and 

 wine and oil weiv ever symbols of 

 earthly well-being, not only in the 

 promised land of the old Hebrew, but 

 to all the races clustering about the 

 shores of the Mediterranean. And it 

 is the vegetable oils that have replaced 

 the grosser animal fats of the more 

 northern climates as being better 

 .pled in their dietetic uses to the 

 ';er temperature. 



The animal fats, if used to any great . 

 ent in the warmer climates, seem to 

 develop disease in the human organism. 

 :,ook the Kuglish colony of India a 

 century to find out that the strong meat 

 '. diet of the North used in the climate of 

 India invariably produced a diseased 

 liver and death. Now that they, learn- 

 ing by experience, are adopting tin- 

 light vegetable diet of the. natives, they 

 endure the climate much better. 



Tiie oil which in Southern latitudes 

 Las most generally taken the place of 

 the animal fats is the oil of the olive. 

 It f-i lighter and less heat-producing 

 than the oils or fats of animal origin. 

 It is used in cookery, is aufingredient of 

 every salad, and in the siKape of pickled 

 fruit takes somewhat -the place of the 

 me..t upon the table. Its high nutritive 

 value is shown by the .'act that the la- 

 borers of the ttiviera perform the sever- 

 est toil upon a diet chiefly of black bread 

 and olives. 



One who has never practically tested 

 the olive a.? ;r.\ article u{ food can hardly 

 understand its value. The writer has 

 ntly, for day;, at a time, in warm 

 \\.-atiier almost Hvajl upon bread iiii'1 

 olives, feeling as weJf nourished as upon 

 diet. , , 



Tli" ad! '. - >>. the" '! '(> ~"B 



;al !!!'(. oie\eal with the races of the 

 Orient. Under the shade of its fruit- 

 laden branches rested the old patriu.iv.iis 

 in the old tent of Syria. It aeoom 

 >panied the Grajco-Tjatin in his migration 

 along the shores of the Mediterranean. 

 It passed with the Koman arms to Urn;! 

 and Hyspania, and, crossing the ocean ' 

 with the CoiKjiristadore.-j, adds its pale 

 green foliage to the verdure of every old , 

 mission orchard from Vera Crux to t 

 Monterey. 



Whenever we lind a plant thus acconi- 

 'panying man for thousands of years in 

 his migrations acrd'ss oceans and eonti- 

 ncuts, it is because of a positive utility, , 

 or food value, which it is proved to pos- 

 sess for the human race. 



Somewhat of the extent of that eco- 

 nomic food value as estimated by one 

 nation may be surmised from the fact 

 that in Italy the number of olive trees 

 under cultivation is 100,000,000, cover- 

 ing 1 ,000,000 acres. 



It is a safe rule to follow that the 

 foods which a people have, adopted after 

 inhabiting fo; generations any especial 

 belts of climate are the foods best suited 

 I to the requirement of the system in that 

 climate; that back of it is the working 

 of some general law. . 



If then, for thousands of years, the 

 ra'-e.s dwelling within this climatic belt 

 whioh the Anglo-Teuton is now, for the 

 first time in his, race history, making 

 liis home, have thus proven the eco- 

 nomic food value of the olive and its es- 

 pecial adaptability to thu dietetic de- 

 mands of the climate, he, if he would 

 accommodate himself to his new cli- 

 matic surroundings, would do well to 

 learn a lessen from their experience and 

 to test in his own dietary, the olive. 

 And, indeed, wo can already see, in the 

 rapidly multiplying olive orchards and 

 the long rows of barreled olives at the 

 grocer's, indications that the lesson is 

 not unheeded. 



But what will be the physical effect 

 upon this meat-eating Anglo-Teuton of 

 Sthe isothermal line of 50 degrees as he 

 moves southward to take up his abode 

 in the isothermal bolt of 00 degrees, and 

 abandons the animal diet of his fathers 

 for the olive of the Crieco- Latin? {Dr. 

 J. ]'. Whitney in (he Cat. Practitioner. 

 - -<-" uuve ier ' 





Fat as a food is eiSsential m some forfri to 

 the physical well-being of man, and na- 

 ture, seems to have wisely provided for 

 each climatic zone a supply of that espe- 

 cial form of fatty material best suited to 

 it. The Esquimau finds in the blubber of 

 the walrus or the seal the strong animal 

 fat, rich in hydro-carbons, which he in- 

 stinctively craves, because of the system's 

 need of a strong heat-producing diet to en- 

 able him to keep up bodily temperature, 

 and thus do battle with the rigorous Arctic 

 colds. 



The animal life of the polar region is 

 marked by the tendency to the abundant 

 i formation of fat. In the warmer regions 

 of the world, on the contrary, animals 

 possess less fat producing and fat storing 

 power, -and men lose their appetite for an- 

 imal foods. Yet even in the tropics fat in 

 some form is a necessity in the food of 

 man. Corn and wine and oil were ever 

 symbols of earthly well-being, not only 

 in the promised land of the old Hebrews, 

 but to all the races clustering about the 

 ignores of the Mediterranean. And it is 

 the vegetable oils that have replaced the 

 grosser animal fats of the more northern 

 climates as being better adapted in their 

 dietetic uses to the higher temperature. 

 , The animal fats, if used to any great ex- 

 jtent in the warmer climates, seem to de- 

 velop disease in the human organism. It 

 took the English colony of India a century 

 to find out that the strong meat diet of the 

 north used in the climate of Ii > iuvari- 

 Tiably produoed a diseased liver .. death. 

 ow that they, learn in _bv ejcperiejicej 



are adopting the light vegetable diet of 

 the natives, they endure theclimate much 

 better. 



The oil which in southern latitudes has 

 ' most generally taken the place of the ani- 

 mal fats is the oil of the olive. It is light- 

 er and less heat-producing than the oilsor 

 fats of animal origin. It is used in cook- 

 ery, is an ingredient in every salad, and 

 in the shape of pickled fruit takes some- 

 what the place of meat upon the table. Its 

 high nutritive value is shown by the fact 

 that the laborers of the Riviera perform 

 theseverest toil upon a diet chiefly of black 

 bread and olives. 



One who has never personally tested the 

 olive as an article of food can hardly un- 

 derstand its value. The writer has fre- , 

 quently for days at a time in warm weath- 

 er almost lived upon bread and olives, 

 feeling as well nourished as upon a meat 

 diet. 



The culture of the olive seems to be al- 

 'most coeval with the races of the Orient. 

 Underthe shade of its fruit-laden branches 

 jrested the old patriarchs in the old tent of 

 Syria. It accompanied the Graeco-Latin 

 in his migration along the shores of the 

 Mediterranean. It passed with the Ro- 

 man arms to Gavil audHispania, and cross- 

 ing the ocean with the Conquistadores 

 adds its pale-green foliage to the verdure 

 of every old Mission orchard from Vera 

 Cruz to Monterey. 



4 Whenever we thus find a plant accom- 

 panying man for thousands of years in 

 his migrations across oceans and conti- 

 nents, it is because of a positive utility, or 

 food value, which it is proved to possess 

 for the human race. 



Somewhat of the extent of that economic 

 i food value, as estimated by one nation, 

 maybe surmised from the fact that in 

 Italy the number of olive trees under cul- 

 tivation is 100,000,000, covering 1,000,000 

 acres. 



It is a safe rule to follow that the foods 

 which a people have adopted after inhab- 

 iting for generations any especial belt of 

 I climate, are the foods best suited to the 

 i requirements of the system in that climate; 

 I that back of it is the working of some gen- 

 eral law. 



If, then, for thousands of years, the 

 races dwelling within this climatic belt 

 which the Anglo-Teuton is now, for the 

 first time in his race history, making his 

 home, have thus proven the economic 

 food value of the olive, and its especial 

 adaptability to the dietetic demands of the 

 ! climate, he, if he would accommodate 

 himself to his new climate surroundings, 

 ! would do well to learn a lesson from their 

 experience and to test in his own dietary 

 the olive. And indeed we can already see, 

 in the rapidly multiplying olive orchards 

 and the long rows of barreled olives at the 

 grocers', indications that the lesson is not 

 unheeded. 



But what will be the physical effect upon 

 this meat eating Anglo-Teuton of the iso- 

 thermal line of 50, as he moves south- 

 ward to take up his abode in the isother- 

 mal belt of 60, and abandons the animal 

 diet of his fathers for the olive of the 

 Gr:eoo-Tjatin? 



<^i*is usually the caste Ahafr^olive trees do 

 ^rfot bear fruit imtilr'/hYyb? about cUht. 

 years of age, but there are a num 

 these trees in Dr. Wclges' yard, 

 near the Court-house, only tljr 

 l are in full bloom 



Now that 



