Rural CaliforniaMacmillan, 1923 - 399 strani |
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... farming states because a diversified topog- raphy makes more elevations and exposures , each with its own special characters , available for choice ; also because crops are widely grown by two great water systems , rainfall and ...
... farming states because a diversified topog- raphy makes more elevations and exposures , each with its own special characters , available for choice ; also because crops are widely grown by two great water systems , rainfall and ...
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... farming . The rainfall average varies locally from 10 to 18 inches , part of which comes from the Mexican storm system in summer and early fall showers which are of little account except in truck fields and flower - gardens , and ...
... farming . The rainfall average varies locally from 10 to 18 inches , part of which comes from the Mexican storm system in summer and early fall showers which are of little account except in truck fields and flower - gardens , and ...
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... farming districts of considerable present production and great future promise . The most marked charac- ter of these high lands is the limitations placed on 26 RURAL CALIFORNIA The Mountain and Plateau region • 26-27.
... farming districts of considerable present production and great future promise . The most marked charac- ter of these high lands is the limitations placed on 26 RURAL CALIFORNIA The Mountain and Plateau region • 26-27.
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... farming value had a country which would not stay green ? And so California passed at first , in the minds of the tens of thousands who came seeking gold , as a country hopeless for husbandry , and the soil was chiefly blamed for it ...
... farming value had a country which would not stay green ? And so California passed at first , in the minds of the tens of thousands who came seeking gold , as a country hopeless for husbandry , and the soil was chiefly blamed for it ...
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... farming country because the soil either could not sustain permanent verdure or would not keep plants green just at the time of the year when the landscape should be green . These first general conclusions about the agricul- tural ...
... farming country because the soil either could not sustain permanent verdure or would not keep plants green just at the time of the year when the landscape should be green . These first general conclusions about the agricul- tural ...
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Stran 379 - Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo...
Stran 349 - The Legislature shall encourage, by all suitable means, the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral and agricultural improvement.
Stran 84 - ... to promote closer agricultural settlement, to assist deserving and qualified persons to acquire small improved farms, to demonstrate the value of adequate capital and organized direction in subdividing and preparing agricultural land for settlement, and to provide homes for farm laborers.
Stran 351 - The University of California is an integral part of the public educational system of the state. As such it completes the work begun in the public schools. Through aid from the state and the United States, and by private gifts, it furnishes facilities for instruction in literature and in science, and in the professions of art, law, medicine, dentistry and pharmacy.
Stran 40 - alkali" is not necessarily brought into the soil from some other location. It is merely a result of a regrouping of the chemicals that existed in the original rock, and the concentration of these compounds in the surface soil because of excessive evaporation. If the soil has good natural drainage, any excess of water will percolate through the soil and will seep out to the country drainage channels, carrying with it in solution, small quantities of the soluble salts. In such cases, the waters evaporated...
Stran 84 - The legislature believes that land settlement is a problem of great importance to the welfare of all the people of the state of California and for that reason through this particular act endeavors to improve the general economic and social conditions of agricultural settlers within the state and of the people of the state in general.
Stran 36 - Under the climatic conditions that exist, with the hot dry summers and the low rainfall in winter, the weathering action of air and water, the beneficial action of bacteria and the formation of humus in the soil, occur to considerable depths. Roots ordinarily penetrate to depths of six to eight feet below the surface. In studying the soil, it is necessary to consider at least a six-foot section, instead of the usual three-foot section of the humid regions.
Stran 38 - ... readily work down into the underlying soil mass. In such cases the hardpan is not a serious factor as it ordinarily re-cements very slowly. In some cases the hardpan is underlaid by a compact, semi-cemented layer of soil, sand, and gravel that is practically impenetrable to water or to plant roots. (See fig.
Stran 27 - ... Sierra and give the state its invaluable and ample water supply for power and irrigation. In the valleys among the great snow mountains there are farming districts of considerable present production and great future promise. The most marked character of these high lands is the limitations placed upon cropping by the short growing season and the frequency of frosts during the spring and, at the higher elevations, even during the summer months. Therefore this division differs most markedly from...