A Start In Life
by C. F. Dowsett
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About this eBook
- Author
- Dowsett, C. F. (Charles Finch), 1836?-1915
- Title
- A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California
- Credits
- Produced by I M Me, Hilary Caws-Elwitt, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E151: History: America: United States
- Subject
- Ethnic groups -- California
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 12022
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12022
- Release Date
- April 1, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A START IN LIFE. — A Journey Across America. — FRUIT FARMING IN CALIFORNIA.
- 2.C.F. DOWSETT, — LONDON: DOWSETT & Co., 3, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.
- 3.A START IN LIFE. — MESSRS. DOWSETT & CO., 3, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, — CONTENTS.
- 4.A Start in Life. — THE SPECIAL ADVANTAGES — COMPARISON AND WARNING. — CAPITAL REQUIRED.
- 5.A Start in Life. — 3, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, — WITHIN A FORTNIGHT OF LONDON.
- 6.Across America. — LONDON TO CHICAGO. — CHICAGO TO SAN FRANCISCO. — SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW ORLEANS. — NEW ORLEANS TO LONDON.
- 7.California.
- 8.FRUIT CULTURE IN CALIFORNIA. — CURRENCY. — MERCED. — THE LANDS FOR SALE. — PRICE OF THE LAND. — AMERICAN SURVEYS. — SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE OF FRUIT CULTURE. — CANNED FRUITS. — ESTIMATES. — How to start with a capital of 20,000 dols. — How to start with a capital of 10,000 dols., i.e., say £2,000. — PROFITS. — How to start with a capital of 8,000 dols., i.e., say £1,600. — How to start with, a capital of 5,000 dols., i.e., say £1,000. — What some people have started with, and come out all right. — PROFESSOR EISEN'S OPINION. — PRICE OF FRUIT TREES. — WHEN FRUIT TREES PAY. — POSITION OF A SETTLER. — COST OF BOARD AND LODGING. — RAISIN CULTURE. — IRRIGATION. — OLIVE CULTURE. — SPECIAL OPENINGS. — POTATO GROWING. — COST OF GOODS, &c., AT MERCED. — TAKE CLOTHING AND BRIC-A-BRAC. — SEA PASSAGE FROM ENGLAND. — THE LAND JOURNEY FROM NEW YORK TO MERCED, CALIFORNIA. — ANALYSIS OF MERCED SOILS. — THE POSITION OF MY CLIENTS, THE VENDORS. — CALIFORNIA, MERCED.
- 9.TO OWNERS OF LANDS AND HOUSES. — REQUIRED TO PURCHASE. — LANDS AND RESIDENCES FOR SALE.
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