History of Santa Barbara County, 1883
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One of the first to succeed with Lima beans was Lawrence [Andrew] Bailard on the place now occupied by his son, John Bailard. Mr. George Doubleday raised an average of 2,500 pounds of Lima beans to the acre. Mr. Doubleday's ranch of fifty acres was sold for $10,000, after having been taxed for years upon a supposed valuation of $1,500.
In order to convey an approximate idea of the relative importance of different agricultural and horticultural products in the Carpenteria region, these condensed statistics for the year 1880, of the Carpenteria Ranch, owned by E. J. Knapp, are introduced: -- There are 120 acres cultivated, producing of beans, 83,000 pounds, grown on 49 acres and worth $2,400; turkeys, value $110; hogs, value $400; butter (from four cows), $250; bees (honey and increase), $495; products was $4,200, making no account of what was consumed on the place. The trees in the orchard are, English walnuts, 800; almonds, 150; oranges and lemons, 100; quince, 30; apples, 400; apricots, 550; plums and prunes, 390; pears, 200; peaches, cherries and nectarines, 100. The orchard is comparatively young, which fact accounts for the small fruit product of the year.
History of Carpenteria, California Andrew Bailard Biography, 1940 John Bailard Biography, 1883 John Bailard Biography, 1891 J. C. Bailard Biography, 1927 T. A. Cravens Biography, 1891 Family of Mary Theresa Michaels and Lawrence Baylard Lowell Francis Shanklin, 1927 O. P. Squier, 1927
