A few farmers in the region were beginning to work private land.

Farmers began settling the region near the end of the 19th Century.

Farmers began to settle along the coast during the 1840's.

But starting a few year ago, the farmers here began to sense that the politics of water were shifting.

After the Legislature refused to act, farmers began to take things into their own hands.

By that time, farmers began to share the land with ranchers.

He said farmers should begin receiving checks in about a week.

Farmers moved in later, and by the 1880s lumber companies began logging the area.

As a consequence many farmers began to leave the countryside.

This was particularly serious since farmers began to hoard food.