FERNANDO (CAL.) COLLEGE.
By Clarence Santee
THIS school has reached the midst of its second term, and there has been material progress in all lines. The farm is already making returns. We have about one and one-half acres of peas, which are now commencing to bear; two acres of potatoes, which are now getting large and will be ready for use the last month of the school; two acres of strawberries, planted in January, which are now blossoming. The school has also set out three acres of grape cuttings. The students have cleared and fenced ten acres of new ground, and have sowed eight acres of wheat on the same. There has also been leased for three years, twenty acres of orchard, consisting of olives, apricots, and peaches. Some are inquiring about Southern California, and especially of Fernando, as a place to locate on account of health. No one should think of moving to Fernando, if they expect to depend upon their work for a living, without first corresponding with some one who can give definite information. The Fernando valley is small, and the opportunities for work are not equal to the applications. To avoid disappointment and loss, be sure to know what you are going to do before removing to that place.