90 Fruit Farming for Profit in California, 



brands when produced in sufficient quantity to supply 

 the demand. — Rural California, 



On Mr. Whiting's Eanche there are a number of 

 olive trees planted in 1808, and these never fail to 

 bear an annual crop. 



Game. 



By Count Jaro von Schmidt 



One of the many attractions which Orange County 

 offers to new- comers is certainly the remarkable abun- 

 dance of all kinds of game, large and small. In the 

 mountain districts even bear are occasionally met with. 

 There we find the mountain lion, wild cat, lynx, fox, 

 mink, martin, racoon, coyote, etc. Deer are quite 

 numerous in secluded valleys. The smaller game is 

 represented by hares, rabbits, cranes, herons, swans, 

 geese, ducks, snipes, avosets, rails, curlews, ibis, plovers, 

 gallinules, quails, doves, larks, etc. 



In the fall it is no uncommon sight to see a flock of 

 wild swan (Cygnus Americanus), a magniHcent bird 

 that is very seldom met with east of the Eocky Moun- 

 tains. Upon the approach of winter they leave their 

 Northern breeding places and wing their way toward 

 the Sunny South. 



Five different species of geese make Orange County 

 their winter home. Of these the large and small white 

 goose is the most common, covering sometimes acres of 

 land as thick as they can alight. Last season one man 

 killed twenty geese with two barrels ; a boy from Ana- 

 heim shot twenty-seven, and another from Tustin broke 

 the record by killing twenty-nine with one discharge 



