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(5) The growing of other crops, such as small fruits and vegetables, which are 

 suited to intensive agriculture, is seriously limited by market conditions, as a large 

 quantity of these products creates a surplus on the markets in the near-by cities and 

 towns. 



(6) Peach growing was boomed very highly about four to six years ago. This has 

 proved to be decidedly unprofitable except in a few instances. Several farmers esti- 

 mated that the value of peach land has depreciated 40 per cent in the last four years. 



(7) The possibility of the soil becoming alkaline, due to seepage of irrigation waters 

 and to capillary attraction when the water table is near the surface, makes this a 

 serious question on the lower areas. 



(8) The high initial cost of land, plus the cost of water rights, plus the cost of im- 

 provements, all combine to make such a heavy investment that intensive agriculture 

 becomes almost imperative, even though such a form is wholly unsuited in its market 

 relations. 



(9) In most successful forms of intensive agriculture diversification of enterprises 

 is important. The limited markets in this region are in this way a severe handicap 

 to the most efficient farm organization. 



(10) Summing up the situation, it will be very difficult to make either an extensive 

 or an intensive form of agriculture really successful in this region, by reason of the 

 fact that the one needs cheaper land than is to be had, while the other demands a 

 larger and more accessible market than is available. It is plain that on the whole a 

 fairly extensive type embodying staple crops must prevail, for the time is not yet 

 ripe for a highly intensive form of agriculture. 



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