Editing Florin, California (section)

===Prewar===
During the early 20th century Florin's economy focused on agricultural production. Strawberries were the most common produce grown. Japanese immigrants were the dominant group in Florin and they were the predominant farmers in Florin, making the area noted for being a Japanese immigrant community. This immigrant group's rendering of land in Florin had some popular renown.  "In his report to Governor William Stephens, Colonel [[John P. Irish]], president of the California Delta Association, described Japanese triumph: 'They [the Californians] had seen the Japanese convert the barren land like that at Florin and Livingston into productive and profitable fields, orchards and vineyards, and intelligence of their industry.'"<ref>Ronald Takaki, Strangers from a Different Shore: A history of Asian Americans, Back Bay Books 1998, 591: 191 - 192."</ref>

The presence of Japanese immigrants in Florin was not always met with such good will as expressed by Colonel Irish.  "As soon as a Jap can produce a lease," [[The Sacramento Bee|the ''Sacramento Bee'']] warned, "he is entitled to a wife. He sends a copy of his lease back home and gets a picture bride and they increase like rats. Florin [a valley farming town] is producing 85 American-born Japs a year."<ref>Ronald Takaki, Strangers from a Different Shore: A history of Asian Americans, Back Bay Books 1998, 591: 204</ref> This article was in critical response to the [[Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907]] between the US and Japan.