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farming and mining in California

Posted by jfleck on 7 March 2013, 11:07 pm

Apart from the specific contributions which mining made to agriculture in California, farming has always resembled mining in this state. The soil is really mined, not farmed.

Carey McWilliams, California: The Great Exception

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