Identifier: fresnocountycal00fres (find matches)
Title: Fresno County, Cal
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Fresno Co., Cal. Chamber of commerce. (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Fresno?)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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s, etc., can be had at from $25.00 to$50.00 per acre. There are no government lands to be hadthat are of much value for agriculture. Land of all kinds canbe rented. Grain land is rented usually for one-fourth shareof the crop. Orchards and vineyards are sometimes rentedon shares, but the usual custom is to rent for a cash rent. Thecash rent for orchards and vineyards varies from $5.00 to$35.00 per acre annually. Leases are usually made during themonths of October and November. Lands for all purposescan be bought on time by paying down a portion of the pur-chase price. INDUSTRIESOF THE PLEASANT AND PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENTSTHAT flAY BE ENGAGED IN The industry for which Fresno is most cele-COUNTY brated is the growing and making of raisins.This is so, not only because the raisin industry has been asource of great profit to the county, but also from another andstill more significant fact, viz., that the district In the vicinityof Fresno is the greatest raisin producing section in the world.
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