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Nevada County, California - The home of deep producing gold mines and prolific fruit orchards (1915) (36 pages)

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WALNUTS AND ALFALFA. will pay a profit of from $50 to $300 per acre, according to care, season, and markets, while berries will double these figures. However, much depends upon “the man behind the plow.” His energy and his application of the best modern methods will determine his success here—just as in every other place on the globe. It is all “ap to” the individual, but the right man will reap a rich reward. Planting of Fruit Trees in Nevada County in the Last Three Years. The following facts were compiled by the County Horticultural Commissioner, from the statistics of his office: There is over 250,000 acres available to horticultural and agricultural pursuits in Nevada County. The present area under cultivation is 32,000 acres. There are 2,495 acres planted to decidious fruit. The total acreage of fruit in Nevada County in 1910 was 842 acres. In 1912, 200 acres were planted to fruit. In 1913, 620 acres were planted to fruit. In 1914, 833 acres were planted to fruit, and 91 acre to nuts. Of the 1, 453 acres planted in 1913-14, 886 acres were planted to pears. IRRIGATION. Nevada County, in its gentle westerly slope from the Sierras to the low foothills at the edge of the Sacramento Valley, presents several distinctly defined areas of ridge, foothill and valley lands each 28