Yuba County, California; its resources and advantages . untyand the foothill and mountain valleys arepractically arable, and there has neverbeen a general crop failure. The upperor red clay lands are devoted largely tothe production of cereals and hay and tostock raising and dairying, though theraising of fruit and vines is also veryprofitable. The lands along the riverbottoms will produce all kinds of veg-etables, grapes and fruits. Much of thisis disposed of to the canneries and pack-ing houses, and a great deal is shippedout green in carload lots. In the valleysin the foothills cereals and
Yuba County, California; its resources and advantages . untyand the foothill and mountain valleys arepractically arable, and there has neverbeen a general crop failure. The upperor red clay lands are devoted largely tothe production of cereals and hay and tostock raising and dairying, though theraising of fruit and vines is also veryprofitable. The lands along the riverbottoms will produce all kinds of veg-etables, grapes and fruits. Much of thisis disposed of to the canneries and pack-ing houses, and a great deal is shippedout green in carload lots. In the valleysin the foothills cereals and hay are raisedin large quantities, most of which is dis-posed of in the mining sections of thisand adjoining counties. Fruit produceswell, particularly apples, peaches andberries. Alfalfa grows luxuriantly without irri-gation on all of the rich bottom lands,producing from four to eight tons to theacres in the four crops that are cut an-nually. The average time between thecuttings is from 32 to 3G days, and forsix months the fields are used for pastur-. HARVESTING SCENE, VUB.\ COUNTY YUBA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. 11
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