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A start in life. A journey across America. Fruit farming in California

By C. F. (Charles Finch) Dowsett

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A START IN LIFE.
A Journey Across America.
- FRUIT FARMING IN CALIFORNIA.
C.F. DOWSETT,
- LONDON: DOWSETT & Co., 3, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS.
A START IN LIFE.
- MESSRS. DOWSETT & CO., 3, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London,
- CONTENTS.
A Start in Life.
- THE SPECIAL ADVANTAGES
- COMPARISON AND WARNING.
- CAPITAL REQUIRED.
A Start in Life.
- 3, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London,
- WITHIN A FORTNIGHT OF LONDON.
Across America.
- LONDON TO CHICAGO.
- CHICAGO TO SAN FRANCISCO.
- SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW ORLEANS.
- NEW ORLEANS TO LONDON.
California.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- THE POSITION OF MY CLIENTS, THE VENDORS.
- CALIFORNIA, MERCED.
TO OWNERS OF LANDS AND HOUSES.
- REQUIRED TO PURCHASE.
- LANDS AND RESIDENCES FOR SALE.