San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . lfa land in this section of the state. This indeed formshis principal crop and he has the distinction of being the first man to raise alfalfaon an extensive scale. He has been very successful in its cultivation, cuttingseven crops a year, averaging ten tons to the acre and curing nine hundred tonsyearly. Mr. Peavey is likewise extensively interested in raising fancy stock,keeping fine horses and cattle. He is the owner of the black Percheron stallionUrsus, weighing two thousand pounds at five years o
San Diego county, California; a record of settlement, organization, progress and achievement . lfa land in this section of the state. This indeed formshis principal crop and he has the distinction of being the first man to raise alfalfaon an extensive scale. He has been very successful in its cultivation, cuttingseven crops a year, averaging ten tons to the acre and curing nine hundred tonsyearly. Mr. Peavey is likewise extensively interested in raising fancy stock,keeping fine horses and cattle. He is the owner of the black Percheron stallionUrsus, weighing two thousand pounds at five years of age. Mr. Peavey has raisedsome fine blooded colts and now has animals from two to three years of agewhich weigh from eleven hundred to thirteen hundred and fifty pounds. He alsobuys and sells cows and heifers, keeping always from thirty to forty head ofyoung stock on hand. In addition to this he has fourteen horses in his stables,which are necessary in order to conduct the farm. This has already become oneof the finest and most scientifically operated ranches in this section of the state. HISTORY OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY 407 and upon it are found all the features of a model farm property of the twentiethcentury. Mr. Peavey was the first man to develop water on a large scale in theTia Juana valley and now has the best water plant in San Diego county, consist-ing of five wells ninety feet deep, with one hundred and seventy-five miners inchesof water. He has installed a fine system of irrigating ditches, put in at a cost offrom fifty to seventy-five dollars per acre. Everything about the place is in excel-lent condition, indicating the owners care, skill and practical methods. began as a small landowner, operating on a small scale, but success soonrewarded his well directed work and his activities have constantly time to time he bought more land, brought it to a high state of developmentand improvement and is today as the result of his own energy and efforts
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