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Title: Biennial report of the Board of State Harbor Commissioners for ..
Year: 1865 (1860s)
Authors: California. Board of State Harbor Commissioners for San Francisco Harbor
Subjects: California. Board of State Harbor Commissioners for San Francisco Harbor Harbors Waterfronts Shipping
Publisher: San Francisco : Winterburn & Co
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: California State Library Califa/LSTA Grant

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of the important specialty crops grown. These are marketed throughout the United States and in foreign nations as well. The great bulk of these cropsare waterborne to their destinations and are handled through the facilities of the Port of San Francisco. Although cotton, in terms of dollar value, ranks as a relatively minor California crop, its economic importanceto the State is increasing steadily. The soil and climate of a certain section of the San Joaquin Valley is extremelyfavorable to the production of long-fibre, premium grade cotton on the highest per-acre yield in the United States.Of the 620,000 acres of cotton harvested in the State in 1937, 589,600 were in San Joaquin Valley. Expansion ofCalifornias cotton acreage in the last decade has been marked. Other agricultural products of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, such as forage, live stock and dairy prod-ucts, are important but these are consumed largely within the State. REPORT OF BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS
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REPORT OF BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS 25 SOIL WORKS ALL YEAR California is America*s first ranking agricultural state, a position largely attained through the farming activitiesin the Central Valleys, where irrigation plays a more important role than it does anywhere else in the country. In this region there is no such thing as quarter-year production as obtains in some snowbound states. Here,there is nothing wasted for the soil works for the farmer twelve months in the year. The latest statistical reports of the United States Department of Agriculture tell the story graphically of truckcrops. In acreage, for example, here is how the leading ten states ranked in 1937: California _ Texas Indiana Wisconsin _.Maryland..New York, Florida New Jersey Illinois Minnesota. For Market For Canning Total 361,690 148,870 510,560 244,950 26,600 271,550 26,640 154,520 181,160 13,110 165,950 179,060 32,070 133,570 165,640 71,390 93,000 164,390 151,650 3,750 155,400 105,030 49,500 154,530 19,2

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