. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . counts very safe accounts, and try to ifet all of them I can. I do not thinkrapidly as land has advanced, that it has reached its highest point yet. It is possible for aman to begin here with .fOO or $fiOO. When he has got his house, buildings and tools, hecan get along till he has fruit. There always has been a demand for poultry and smallproduce; and there is every reason to think it will continue. The chickens are a positiveadvantage. At the 6rst planting they destroj^ many insects. * * * I look upon the dried fruit farmer as the most indep
. The Howard and Wilson colony company of Madera . counts very safe accounts, and try to ifet all of them I can. I do not thinkrapidly as land has advanced, that it has reached its highest point yet. It is possible for aman to begin here with .fOO or $fiOO. When he has got his house, buildings and tools, hecan get along till he has fruit. There always has been a demand for poultry and smallproduce; and there is every reason to think it will continue. The chickens are a positiveadvantage. At the 6rst planting they destroj^ many insects. * * * I look upon the dried fruit farmer as the most independent businessman in the State, because he can so easily carry on the production of his staple to thevery end, a fact which must always serve as a check upon the packing companies. After a newcomer has planted and cultivated until July, he can easily earn moneyamong his longer-settled neighbors until the late autumn, and by so doing gets the veryknowledge and experience he most needs, most assuredly without any loss of esteemand social FRUIT-DRYING BY THE ACRE WITHOUT COST HOWARD & WILSON COLONY COMPANY 28 REASONS FOR THE VAL^UE OF EUvvood Cooper, President State Board of Horticulture, says: The iutriasic value of this climate might, as is often slightingly remarked, be trulyestimated by the acre, according to what crop the husbandman wishes to produce. Theland is worth no more for the same quality acre for acre, possibly, than it is in Illinois orNew York; but when its products bring ten to a hundred times more each yearin cash, and all on account of climate, is it not a reasonahle conclusion thatthe acre in California is -worth ten to a humlred times more than the acrein Illinois or New York? Therefore, the climate is worth the difference betweenthe cash value of the California and Illinois or New York acre; which is largely in favorof California. This estimate is from a commercial standpoint; whereas, apart from theintrinsic value, there is a
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