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1903 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1901 Jun 2017

1903 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1901

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1903 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1901, copies of some of the publications, bulletins and letters issued by the Society and others throughout the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1847 - Alta California: Embracing Notices Of The Climate, Soil, And Agricultural Products Of Northern Mexico And The Pacific Seaboard; Also, A History Of The Military And Naval Operations Of The United States Directed Against The Territories Of Northern Mexico, In The Year 1846-'47; With Documents Declaratory Of The Policy Of The Present Administration Of The National Government In Regard To The Annexation Of Conquered Territory, And The Opinion Of The Hon. James Buchanan On The Wilmot Proviso; By Thomas W. Streeter May 2017

1847 - Alta California: Embracing Notices Of The Climate, Soil, And Agricultural Products Of Northern Mexico And The Pacific Seaboard; Also, A History Of The Military And Naval Operations Of The United States Directed Against The Territories Of Northern Mexico, In The Year 1846-'47; With Documents Declaratory Of The Policy Of The Present Administration Of The National Government In Regard To The Annexation Of Conquered Territory, And The Opinion Of The Hon. James Buchanan On The Wilmot Proviso; By Thomas W. Streeter

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

The 1847 publication briefly address climate soil and agriculture in Alta and Baja California in chapter I. The following eight chapters consist of communications from the U.S. Government consisting of instructions in the event Mexico declared war, justification of and motives for war, various reports to Washington, communications with Mexican officials in Alta California, accounts of the military operations in California, the articles of capitulation entered into at Rancho of Cowanga on January 13, 1847, all of which are interspersed with personal observations and comments by the author. The final chapter deals with the question of whether slavery would be …


1930 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part V – An Index To Some Unofficial Sources May 2017

1930 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part V – An Index To Some Unofficial Sources

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

Part V of five volumes, this 1930 index of unofficial sources of California agricultural statistics items largely covers the period of 1905 through 1927. The index was prepared by the Library of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics in cooperation with the College of Agriculture of the University of California.


1881 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1881 May 2017

1881 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1881

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1881 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1881, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1931 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part Iii, Livestock And Livestock Products May 2017

1931 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part Iii, Livestock And Livestock Products

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

Part III of five volumes, this 1931 index of California agricultural statistics and reports pertaining to livestock and livestock products largely covers the period of 1905 through 1927. The index was prepared by the Library of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics in cooperation with the College of Agriculture of the University of California.


1892 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1891 May 2017

1892 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1891

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1892 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1891, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1931 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part Iv – Land, Farm Property, Irrigation, And Miscellaneous Items May 2017

1931 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part Iv – Land, Farm Property, Irrigation, And Miscellaneous Items

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

Part IV of five volumes, this 1931 index of California agricultural statistics and reports pertaining to land, farm property, irrigation and miscellaneous items largely covers the period of 1905 through 1927. The index was prepared by the Library of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics in cooperation with the College of Agriculture of the University of California.


1930 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part Ii. – Crops Other Than Fruits, Vegetables And Nuts. May 2017

1930 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part Ii. – Crops Other Than Fruits, Vegetables And Nuts.

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

Part II of five volumes, this 1930 index of California agricultural statistics and reports pertaining to crops other than fruits, vegetables and nuts, largely covers the period of 1905 through 1927. The index was prepared by the Library of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics in cooperation with the College of Agriculture of the University of California.


1930 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part I - Fruits, Vegetables And Nuts May 2017

1930 - California - An Index To The State Sources Of Agricultural Statistics, Part I - Fruits, Vegetables And Nuts

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

Part I of five volumes, this 1930 index of California agricultural statistics and reports, Section I - Fruits, Vegetables and Nuts largely covers the period from 1905 through 1927. The index was prepared by the Library of the United States Bureau of Agricultural Economics in cooperation with the College of Agriculture of the University of California.


1864 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1863 May 2017

1864 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1863

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1864 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1863, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1880 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1880 May 2017

1880 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1880

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1880 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1880, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1901 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1900 May 2017

1901 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1900

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1901 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1900, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1885 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1884 May 2017

1885 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1884

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1885 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1884, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1878 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1877 May 2017

1878 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1877

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1878 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1877, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1866 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1864 And1865 May 2017

1866 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1864 And1865

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1866 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1864 and 1865, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1879 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1878 May 2017

1879 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1878

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1879 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1878, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1870 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1868 And 1869 May 2017

1870 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1868 And 1869

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1870 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1868 and 1869, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1886 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1885 May 2017

1886 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1885

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1886 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1885, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1889 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1888 May 2017

1889 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1888

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1889 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1888, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1911 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1910 May 2017

1911 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1910

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1911 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1910, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1884 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1883 May 2017

1884 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1883

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1884 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1883, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1880 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1879 May 2017

1880 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1879

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1880 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1879, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1888 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1887 Apr 2017

1888 - Report Of The California State Agricultural Society For 1887

Miscellaneous Documents and Reports

1888 report on various subjects pertaining to the California State Agricultural Society in 1887, copies of some of the bulletins issued by the Society during the year, and a review of the physical conditions and characteristics of most of the counties of the State, with statistics showing the farm acreage, the assessable wealth, and industrial resources for those counties.


1967 - California Ranchos And Farms; 1846-1862, Including The Letters: Of John Quincy Adams Warren Of 1861, Being Largely Devoted To Livestock, Wheat Farming, Fruit Raising And The Wine Industry, Paul W. Gates. Mar 2017

1967 - California Ranchos And Farms; 1846-1862, Including The Letters: Of John Quincy Adams Warren Of 1861, Being Largely Devoted To Livestock, Wheat Farming, Fruit Raising And The Wine Industry, Paul W. Gates.

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Published in 1967, the book, containing letters of John Quincy Adams Warren, was edited by Paul W. Gates who describes the importance of early agriculture in California. Gates writes about the complications created by the Mexican land grants and the beginning development of irrigation. He examines the early American period of California husbandry and beginnings of commercial farming. Gates provides detailed information concerning California ranchos and farms, summarizing livestock, grain, fruit and wine industries during the 1850s. The 1861 John Quincy Adams Warren letters included in the book were written by Warren throughout his travels in Southern California, the Bay …