"As soon as the spring rains are over, eleven gang ploughs, four ploughs to a gang, each gang drawn by six horses, plough about seven acres per day." Then the harrowing and planting in the same big way.

During the entire summer these vines grow without a drop of water, freshened daily by the heavy sea fogs.

Harvesting and threshing all done by machinery.
The steam thresher would amaze some of our overworked, land-poor farmers.

About one hundred and twenty carloads of beans are annually shipped from this ranch, reserving the tons needed for seed.
And all along the way fine ranches are seen, where beans are seen growing alone, or planted between the long even rows of fruit trees.

Mr.
Thompson also owns a large hog ranch.