The article relates veteran Lee Anderson's experiences on turning a desert of Coachella Valley into acres of date palm gardens in California. Lee and his wife started desert farming with only 600 dollars in cash. In order to protect his crops from moisture and birds, Anderson covers date clusters with paraffined paper bags. The once worthless land now brings 2,000 dollars to 4,000 dollars an acre to the Anderson family.
Published
1947
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