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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 preA^ail, for the time is not yet 
ripe for a highly intensive form of agriculture. 
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