Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-07
TELLS OF BIG
ACHIEV EMENTS
Expert in Promotion Of Decduous
Lands Writes of Great Agricultural
Symphony; Namely, Water,
Soil and Elevation
BY JOHN ID, REAVIs,
Director Beaumont Land and Water Co.

In the harmony of Southern Cali
fornia's great agricultural symphony,
water is the keynote; soil the theme
and elevation the variation.
The phenomenal development from
wild semi-arid lands to highly culti-
waited orchards Is one of the great
feats of farming and orcharding.
What has already been accomplished
is only as a guidepost pointing the
way to others for far greater achieve
ment. The present orchards and gar
dens are as blazed trails showing the
way into this promised land. 1t Is said
that "he Is a true philanthropist who
has made two blades of grass to grow
where only one grew before" Then,
indeed, is the orchardist of Southern
California the prince of philanthropists,
for he has taken the soil, which in
appearance was sterile, and produced
a thousand fold and these semi-arid
places have been made to bloom and
blossom as the rose.
Irrigation is a tremendously big
word to the westerner. 1t opens up a
vista as wide as the west, as bound
less as the wilds of the plain and desert
region. 1t speaks of happy homes,
prosperous farms and permanent
prosperity. Its language is one un-
known to the tiller of the soil in other
sections-middie, west or east The
conditions of the west are peculiar to
the section.
To solve its problems calls for no
superior intelligence, but does require
a devoted study and adaptability as
we'll as a willingness to work, and it
offers in return a measure of prosperity
not to be equaled by any other Sec
tion, perhaps in all the world.
Not a one-season Process
Fruit raising is not a one-season
process to be repeated over and over
until the soil has been robbed of It's
virility and life and the humdrum
of its continued grind has sapped the
energy and bred discomfort in the la
borer. 1t is the happy, hopeful EN-
ployment of the optimist who plans
and works to a great end; a consum-
nation worthy his best endeavor.
The agitation and labors of the irri-
cation congresses and similar bodies
are doing much to instill confidence
and impart information regarding the
possibilities of the west, and the actiV-
tiles of the government for the general
west cannot be directed along more
practical lines than the development
of water supplies for irrigation pur-
poses The millions thus invested will
one day be returned with profit and in
that which is of vastly greater import
the making of homes, and turn the
tide toward the soil, the source Of
real wealth and happiness.
Southern California presents one of
the most alluring situations to the
homeseeker. Here the conditions, as
to water, vary slightly from the more
strictly national irrigation districts
Nearly all of the best sections are
now supplied by well defined systems
many of which are ideal in plan and
scope.
One of the first things the stranger
would investigate and prove is water
supply, quantity and quality.
The versatility of Southern California
is best shown in the variety of its
products and the perfection of growth
and generous yield attained. Soil cul-
tivation has attained its highest de-
gree of proficiency.
The remarkable climatic flexibility
of Southern California enables it to
produce, within say 100 miles of Los
Angeles, almost every fruit and soil
product common to any section of the
United States. Elevations to large
extent control this condition. Thus it
has its orange, lemon, walnut, vege-