Start in Life: Journey Across America: Fruit Farming in California

CONTENTS A Suggestion to Persons Seeking a Start in Life 5 Special Advantages 8 Comparison and Warning 10 Across America-- London to Chicago 17 Chicago to San Francisco 29 San Francisco to New Orleans 45 New Orleans to London 63 Information About California 76 Currency 79 Merced 80 Price of Land 83 American Surveys 85 Special Instruction Provided 86 Various Estimates as to what could be done with Various Amounts of Capital 87 Price of Fruit Trees 94 When Fruit Trees Pay 95 Position of a Settler 95 Cost of Board and Lodging 96 Raisin Culture 96 Irrigation 98 Olive Culture 99 Special Openings 100 Potato Growing 101 Cost of Provisions, etc., at Merced 103 Cost of Journey by Sea and Land 105 Analysis of Merced Soils 108 Position of the Vendors 110