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holders on arriving in California whether they wish to 

 incorporate the concern as a company. The owner is 

 willing to do what the majority of shareholders decide 

 upon subject to his management for two years. 

 Dividend declared and made payable on the first day 

 of January each year, to take advantage of high 

 market for grain and hay about Christmas. 

 The property bears the expense as follows : — 



About one hundred acres bearing prune orchards, at 

 $500 per acre 



Four hundred and fifty acres including ten acres bear- 

 ing apricots and pears and 16 acres orchards, set 

 out to walnuts, pecans, Japanese ches!nuts and 

 mixed fruits; at about $87 per acre 



Live stock— 1 imported shire stallion j 12 improved 

 breed colts j 1 Jersey bull; 6 teams; 7 cows and 

 2 calves ; 2 pairs carriage horses ; poultry 



Dwellings, buildings, waggons, implements, tools; 

 harness, kitchen furniture, water system, fencing, 

 tanks, etc. 



$100,000 



$:o,ooo 



40,000 

 3,000 

 7,000 



The implements on the estate are quite sufiicient to 

 carry on all farm operations. Teams are mostly brood 

 mares. 



Mr. Whiting has chosen to under rather than over 

 estimate in all his figures. Take, for instance, the 460 

 acres now bearing land, priced at $87 per acre. This 

 is generally valued at $100 in the country around. 

 Again, in estimate of grove, Mr. Whiting puts down 

 100 acres as in orchard, whereas there are 10 acres 

 more in bearing apricots and pears, and other 16 (sixteen) 

 in peaches, chestnuts and walnuts, which said 26 acres 

 are worth $200 to $250 an acre. But these really are 



