. Ralph's scrap book . o and a half miles long, of oranges, peaches, apricots,ohves and almonds. The old mission in its shattered con-dition, surrounded by gigantic palms and oli\e trees acentury old, is another interesting feature of the valley. Leaving this valley we enter the Santa Susanna Pass,through which is a charming dri\-e of about fi\-e miles. Thegrade is an easy one, winding and climbing to the summit,where is the dividing line between Los Angeles andVentura Counties. The fine condition of the road on theLos Angeles County side, and the rough condition on theVentura County side, is
. Ralph's scrap book . o and a half miles long, of oranges, peaches, apricots,ohves and almonds. The old mission in its shattered con-dition, surrounded by gigantic palms and oli\e trees acentury old, is another interesting feature of the valley. Leaving this valley we enter the Santa Susanna Pass,through which is a charming dri\-e of about fi\-e miles. Thegrade is an easy one, winding and climbing to the summit,where is the dividing line between Los Angeles andVentura Counties. The fine condition of the road on theLos Angeles County side, and the rough condition on theVentura County side, is a very good comparison of thegeneral condition of roads in the two counties. Leavingthis pass we enter the Simi valley, which is about eightmiles long, four wide, almost as level as the ocean, andnearly all in wheat and barley. It was a beautiful you can better understand the wholesale methodof ranching in this valley by a harvesting statementwhich I have ivom an intelligent and honest looking native. 374. He said the valley is nearly all owned by one company,The grain is slaughtered with a combined harvester, whichcosts Si800, making it a dangerous pla\thing for apoor man. It is drawn by thirtv-two horses, which wouldseem to make a strong team. It cuts a swath eighteen feetwide, threshes, winnows and puts the grain u]) in sacks,leaving the straw in heaps or scattered behind as the ownermay wish. It would seem that thirty-two horses could eatthe grain as they go along and thus jirevent further combined harvester requires five men to operate informant said that drawing the grain out of the valleyover the mountains to market was another wholesale opera-tion. He looked very pious when he said he had seeneighteen teams of ten horses each, each team hitched to twow-agons, making one hundred and eighty horses and wagons, all in one train loaded with grain on its wav tomarket. Each team of ten horses is driven b\ one manwith a single line r
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