Siskiyou County California

THERE IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PRACTICAL HOG RAISER IN SISKIYOU COUNTY$125 per acre is the rule. Butte Valley is becoming a leading producing andshipping section of the county.Sugar beets in Butte and Shasta valleys are being grown with suchsuccess that a sugar refinery is amply warranted in this favored county.Every hardy vegetable flourishes throughout these upland valleys, butspecial attention is called to the wonderful crops of celery gathered from thepeat soils of Strawberry and Butte valleys. Both soil and climate have theeffect of maturing celery of the crispest fibre and the most delicious flavor.One little patch of less than an acre in fertile Strawberry Valley recentlyproduced a crop which was sold to the Southern Pacific Company for athousand dollars, for use in its dining cars. The celery-growing industry isonly in its infancy in Siskiyou County.Poultry PossibilitiesNot only do chickens thrive and bring good profits to the raiser, but theturkey seems to be in his natural element at this elevation in Northern Cali-22THE HIGHLANDS OF SISKIYOU SEEM MADE BY NATURE FOR A PARADISE FOR SHEEP