The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-09-19
Specialists in Varied Lines Write EntertaningIy
of Characteristic Industries

tario, Pomona. Etiwanda. Corona, Redlands
and many others. The famous communities
represent the maximum achievement in home
building on irrigated lands, and have no real
rivals in any usrt OF The world. so far as
skill in the application OF water and beauty
Of public and private Improvements are con-
cerned-
NORTH OF TEHACHAPL
Although Southern California first to
utilize irrigation, this is by no means the
largest field OF the industry. The beautiful
southern counties enjoy a lame wholly out Of
proportion TO their geographical area, which
is greatly 10 their creuit and which is due
10 their success in putting water upon the
land far more than to any other single fac
tor. But u is The region north 81 the bass
OF Tehachapi which was endowed BY nature
with the greatest valleys OF fertile soil and the
most abundant supplies OF Water available Tor
irrigation. The climate. too. is fully equal TO
that OF the south In productive capacity In
deed. the earliest fruit or every kind, includ-
ing oranges Is grown hundreds OF miles north
OF Los Angeles II l. clfhcult 10 convince
Eastern people that this is true, because of
their inherited prejudices as to the meaning Of
northern and southern ATTITUDES. but II is.
neyerth eIese. tact beyond all dispute.
The great interior BASIN 90 California. in
closed between the Coast Range and the ST.
ezra. extends ngrLh and sCuLu Of DAY OF
san Francisco for hundreds I'll miles in either
ciTectiGn. III sautn@n portion Of it, known
the San Joaquin, has number of great IT.
rgaticn systems. any one % which supplies
more isnd than is irrigated il the famous val
these great systems there arc many smaller
ones Perhaps TIE most striking deVeloplne ht
is the center OF the raisin district. Here
very poor cattle country has been converted
into a lanG Of small diversified farms, sustain
ing q comparatively dense po-I-Iati0n.
The great -clley o. tae Sacramento, consti-
tuting the northern half # the great interior
basin. 3 even more abundantly wa tered s. far
as the ne tural SUPPLY Il concerned. but is far
more backward Ia irrigation development
This Is due 70 the fact that rainfall is heavier
and more reliable. that crops arc raised
with ut artificial moisture. The Sacramento
region is now IN the stage OF transition from
large 20 small farms and irrigation is being
rapidly extended in consequence.
In the beautiful coast region the same gen
ersi statement is true. although the small iarm
unit has preceded irrigation in many locali-
ties. Certain classsg % fruit are raised sue
cesafuliy hy means ~ the winter rain ali. but
the productive capacity OF the soil is greatly
enhanced by irrigation. Not only so, bur II
riEatioa makes II possible = diversity the
crops to she last degree and 70 take fun adj
vantage 4 t:e wonderful climate by raising
success crops al small fruits and vegetables.
This explains the rand s.iread OF the art in
al aorticns % the State.
As Whole, II may be said that the irriga-
tiCn industry Of California is yet in its in
fancy. What has 50 far been done is little
more thaa tn foreshadowing Of the great
achievement which is come.