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The following table illustrates the yield : — 







Total 



acreage of 

 holding. 



Vines- 

 acres. 



Fruit— 

 acres. 



Yield 

 raisins, 

 tons. 



Per acre 



in grapes, 



tons. 



Per acre 



in fruit, 



value, 



dollars. 



Total value, 

 dollars. 



Number 

 of acres. 



Yield per acre, 

 dollars. 



8 



8 







137 





1100 



8 



137-50 



14 



9 



3 





244 • 



133 



2600 



14 



185-90 



20 



12 



2i 



16 



133 



228 



2167 



14* 



15500 



20 



20 





20 







3000 



20 



150-00 



20 



7 



2 



18 



259 



50 



1963 



9 



218-00 



20 



15 



3 





247 



60 



3705 



18 



205-00 



30 





30 







83 



2500 



30 



83-33 



40 



11 



20 



14 



127 



93 



3197 



31 



103-12 



40 



30 





45 



145 





5400 



30 



18400 



40 



15 



11 



33 



151 



100 



4430 



21 



163-33 



80 



70 





70 





100 



7000 



70 



100-00 



80 



20 



1 



12 



60 



150 



1350 



21 



65-00 



118 



118 





118 



118 





13962 



118 



118-37 



Other returns could be quoted showing much larger values and 

 returns also, than the forgoing statements indicate, but the above 

 are sufficiently moderate to be taken as a reliable basis for calculat- 

 ing the returns from nearly all fruit land in California, except that 

 devoted to Citrus culture. The average net returns per acre of 

 wine raisins, prunes, and deciduous fruits, generally when they 

 are in a matured state, will range from eighty to one hundred 

 dollars per acre. The average net returns for matured orange and 

 lemon orchards will not be less than three hundred and fifty dollars 

 per acre, when all conditions are fair. The statements of fifteen 

 residents in San Bernardino County, California, for example, sets 

 the ordinary value of such land at three hundred to fifteen hundred 

 dollars per acre. The majority of them placed the selling value of 

 such orchards at from eight hundred to one thousand dollars per acre. 



The evidence also furnished by another prosperous settlement 

 in California gives a further striking example of the progress and 

 possibilities of the small holding — I refer to Riverside, the crack 

 fruit ranch of Southern California. This settlement was com- 

 menced in 1870 by people from the Eastern States, under the 

 leadership of the late Judge North, and attention was at once 



