Rural CaliforniaMacmillan, 1923 - 399 strani |
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... included and the long periods of time covered , the tabulation in Appendix B comprises a summary of volumes of meteorology and by citing extremes as well as means of temperature for each month of the year , indicates with great ...
... included and the long periods of time covered , the tabulation in Appendix B comprises a summary of volumes of meteorology and by citing extremes as well as means of temperature for each month of the year , indicates with great ...
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... included all of the raisin output and the chief part of the alfalfa , on the basis of which it now leads in dairy industries . It stands first in the production of shipping and canning fruits and in all fruits grown for drying except ...
... included all of the raisin output and the chief part of the alfalfa , on the basis of which it now leads in dairy industries . It stands first in the production of shipping and canning fruits and in all fruits grown for drying except ...
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... included the most adventurous , the pre- vailing sentiment among them ( except with a small percentage of the swash - buckling and criminal classes that was speedily suppressed ) was to pursue under- takings honorably with regard to ...
... included the most adventurous , the pre- vailing sentiment among them ( except with a small percentage of the swash - buckling and criminal classes that was speedily suppressed ) was to pursue under- takings honorably with regard to ...
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... population at 92,597 . This included the access of the gold - seekers " of 1849 and the spring of '50 " which was the definition constituting a " real first comer " in the standards of the time . The 70 RURAL CALIFORNIA.
... population at 92,597 . This included the access of the gold - seekers " of 1849 and the spring of '50 " which was the definition constituting a " real first comer " in the standards of the time . The 70 RURAL CALIFORNIA.
Stran 83
... included , on the part of promoters , lack of water , of adequate capital , of wisdom and foresight ; while to the purchasers for home - making , all the effects of the unpreparedness of the promoters were added to their own ...
... included , on the part of promoters , lack of water , of adequate capital , of wisdom and foresight ; while to the purchasers for home - making , all the effects of the unpreparedness of the promoters were added to their own ...
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achievements acres agricultural alfalfa American Angeles animals Appendix Area attained barley beans Berkshire breeds bushels Cali cattle cent chiefly citrus climate Coast region coast valleys commercial coöperative corn crops dairy decade demonstrated districts early effort enterprise export fact farmers farming feet foothills forage forests fornia Fresno fruit production gold grain grapes Growers Association growing grown growth hardpan hogs honey horses hundred imported industry interest interior valleys irrigation land later Lima Bean live-stock Lowest 66 manufacture markets ment Merced County Mexican miles mining mission mountain Nevada notable oats orange organization Pacific Pacific Ocean padres pioneers plants profitable promotion pure-bred rainfall range requirements rural Sacramento Sacramento Valley San Francisco San Joaquin San Joaquin Valley Santa season secure seeds sheep sheep husbandry ship shipment Sierra Sierra Nevada soil sorghum Spanish summer supply tillage tion tons trees varieties vegetables wheat winter wool
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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...