AGRICULTURE 38 bil 400 comm 50 fruits nuts veg 910 top producing counties in US 66 total economic output WHEAT 18601890 Largest bindlemen Decline competition ID: 678784
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CHAPTER 22
AGRICULTURE/URBAN GROWTHSlide2
AGRICULTURE
$38
bil
.400 comm.50% fruits, nuts, veg. 9/10 top producing counties in U.S. (6.6% total economic output)Slide3
WHEAT
1860-1890: Largest
“
bindlemen”Decline: competitionShift Slide4
WINE
Missions: poor quality Slide5
Jean L. Vignes
El
Aliso
1830’s, L.A.1850: Largest productionSlide6
North
1850’s: Agoston
Haraszthy
, Sonoma ValleyAnaheim: 1857, GermanSlide7
CENTRAL VALLEY
Dessert wines
Table grapes
RaisinsSlide8
1900: 19 million gal.
80% U.S.Slide9
CITRUS (05/06)
2
ND
24% oranges, 80% fresh market87% lemonsSlide10
3 DEV.
Location (higher
ele
., away coast)Slide11
Navel (
Brasil
)
Seedless, sweeter Slide12
Railroads Slide13
VALENCIA
Coastal
Summer Slide14
1900: 2/3 oranges, 90% lemons
Sunkist Growers (1925): association Slide15
BEHEMOTH
Agriculture to “agribusiness”
Cheap labor: Chinese
Then Japanese, MexicanContentious relationsSlide16
CHINESE LABOR
“built”
agr
. industryIrrigation, canals, etc.1880 86% Sac. Co.85% Yuba Slide17
JAPANESE FARMERS
1910: 70% strawberries
1920: 10% crops CASlide18Slide19
URBANIZATION
S.F.++
Surrounding areasSlide20
SO. CAL.
Citrus
“health rush”: better health
1880’s +Railroad comp.: advertising Slide21
ELECTRIC RAIL
Largest in world