DIVERSIFIED FARM PRODUCTS Sierra Vacation Land t of @ Fertile San Joaquin kCi :Audttaxium - Visalia, Californra

Cr:. TULARE COUNTY IS lit% has 58,904 acres d producing Iornia, exactly halfway varieties, table grapes, wine and Los Angeles, and a! grapes; more thousands of center of the state. Bein to the growing of grapes. It is ounty in the Un~tedStates in the raisins, and the famous Red Emper- .ch adorns :he Christmas table m ,!era home flourishes here as no- ; ,a where e ~ec~duousfmts of all kmds. as 4. , First of ail, by way of prov' I -., 3 and walnuts are mown in abun- County 1s dlv~dedalmost equa lacgost olive wckmng plant in the mst, to mighty mountains and Id is ulare County and it draws its supply other half, on the west to the uit e:F -1usively from the groves in the County. L-. . San Joaquin Vailey There ore no h< F west are may doir~eswhereon alfalfa measures about this divis~on. The esstern ofher forage plants flourish to feed splendid of the county runs along he crest of th _.ls of contented caws, the milk and mllk pro- portion of the S~emNevada Mountains,2 wts of which find a ready sale in the eas~ly through the topmost polnl of Mt. Whiht ible markets of Loa Angeles and San Fran- h~qhestmountaln peak in the United Slates 01 Cotton has reoently assumed a great side Alaska. The western half of the county in the agriculture of the County bemuse of as level as the eastern half is mugh a wic excellent grade of the long-staple var~ety spread~ngplavn wlth absolutely no hills, and an ich is mown, and of he yield whlch far sur- a very geenile slope to the west. Out ai this c rangemeni, coupled with the dimafic conditior comes a divms~tyof resources and attractio scarcely to be found elrrewhere in the world o metropolitan meas, and the ~m- wlth~none such area. It is the purpose of this m refrigeration methods for shipment; booklet to bring this vanely of resources and ( ' IS rapldly developmng an important vegetable- trad~onsbr~efly to the attentton of homeseeke wins industry Finally, to round out the pi:. I mnvestors, tourists and sightseers, for all d whc the foothill arms furnish splend~d caHle i Tulare County has fiomethinq to offer. , and there Is a great gram-growing arm I If you who read this be a farmer desirous . southern portion of the County. This IS a I costing your lo1 on land in a new location, the+ -nail sketch of Tulare County from the stand- I Tulare County submits to you on its plains an4 - m of agriculture, its pr~ncipal~rldusfry More I ~n its icothills, rich soil and climote which makes, ' tails of it will be found m other portions of thls 11 poasibb to grow upon that soil not only all the, e added the fact that . 1 staple tarm crops in abundancs, but practically all ihe special~zedcrops far which California is noted. At the base of the snowclad Siem extending Into the foothills, the soil is particul well adapted to the growing of citrus fruits. S 37160 acres of splendid citrus qroves are :- duction in the County. If - would tr hand at grape-crrowm~2 w Valley - California

vineyards, and on into the foofhills, still on the paved highways, until he reaches the base of the mighty mountain peaks. Then he will cl~mbon w~deand safe well-kept mountain roads to an elevation, if be wishes, of 9000 feet above sez level: and from there, if the remote wilderne;; lures him, he wall travel by pack tram into vast and lonely areas unrivaled in the~rs~lent males- tic bwuty. Whether he tarries at the end of the mountaln road or pushes on inio the hmher reaches, he will view magnificent vistas o! mauntam scenery, in infinite variety. Two Na thorn1 Parks. Sequoia end General Grant are within Tulare County. They contain the lamast and oldest living thinus in the world-the Se- quoia Gigantea trees Accomodabons at the various mountain resorts 01 the County are varied in type d price lo meet the deszres and the means of all who come to them. The prinapal ciues of the County are Visal~a, the county seat, Portcrvilh. Tulare, Lindsay, Di- nuba and Exeter. They ate all connected by paved highways. The famaus Golden State High- way (W.$. 991, the in!and route between Son Frm- cisco and Los kngeles, traverses Tulare Couniy for nearly sixty miles. The County is served by the Southern Pacific and Santa Fe Railroads, and Greyhound and Santa Fe bus lines. From any point on the vcdley floor, one can, in two hours by automobtie, be among the cool mountain pines in summer or en~oyinqsnow sports in winter. The seashore is four hours away. Wrlh stwdy and assured growth in pouula- tiun and in the production of wealth, there is in Tulare County an attractive held for the merchani and the investor in a variety of lines of buslness both commercial and industrial; and, as just a place to live, be County offers cleon well-qov- erned clties. schools of the best in every grade including Junior Colleges, churchea of all denom- inations, and a friendly, hospitable people ready always to welcome the newcomer who reslly desires to make himself a permanent place in the cgmmunlty. Central Valley Water Project Will Provide Adequate

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completud, will store 011saurpl:9 in a oreat reser- vor behind Shasicr Dam on the S~mloRver about tv:e;vt: ~mlesn&. a1 Fieddhg !ri Shasta County, lust More the Scffnnzeoto Rrver en1rrse3 11~:the mountuins inm the Valley. Shasto Dam, !ha ccintrirct for wkich ha been let, will be the second hest concrete dam is> he world being exceeded in siae only by !ha Gmnd Coulee Darn Supplemental Irrigation Water for Tulare County SPORTSMAN'S PARADISE mbz! &nnm G.2rnRim

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Fifth Ranking CoUniia United PBDEAtCrtDlt OF WEALTH IN TILARE COUNTY BURING THE YEAE! 1937 With tf;la tzsiskmce of &e dous grewe~s'assosicitions and he lawe &yew rmd shiwws, we ham camfully mm- aci the bilowbq slhUstics lo-&w the totul mprozimafe ELORT dus @I Ihe pradwb af Tvlme County for the year 1937: As searegated md clamifid ha IoTl~winqtable shows &a value of the princ@d +culturcrl dusts QL he county. Awd Figs ...... 156,100 Dded ...... $ 2&025 Hav and Cam& ...... 83,47$ Unclassified ...... 1,750,000 Freeh ...... 12,CQO Hides and Tallow.... 21,768 ABparasue.- 36,858 Honey 144,70$ Bwh hmk-.- 12.45% Rcm ...... 486,800 Cbntuloupes ad Lettufe ...... I22.724 Melane 338,411 &. Fntits ...... 83,903 Ccdb ...... 5,5Y95.,9%3 Misc. T& Crops .. 81,954 Cottun ...... 10,500,000 Olives !278,370 Cihus Fmib Pwa ...... -...... 623,868 (Dm-1 Poulbly und figs .... 2,425,702 ~c~ele...... 7,rn,518 mw...... 375,000 Vcdencicq ...... 2399,674 Peaches, Freeshm? Lemons ,848,181 Dried ...... 82,440 1 Grctpafruit 50327 Cahned 123,650 Dairy Products ...... ?+,5E19,.%6 Fkh ...... 360,0133 Grm 1.S97.277 Peaches, Clln-nes Graw.3 Dried ...... 28,905 Table 2,78781,150 Caangd ...... 1,092,250 Wine ...... 790,305 PLms, Shipping .... 315,900 Ra?sim BBBotoes ...... 105,412 hklral Muemrb.... 16L.OM) Ppid (a).. 23,290 Natural Thompscars 1,7%3,91Z S-sh ...... 51,161 Bleached Skmbenies ...... 45.0 2. Thompsons ...... 556,100 Tamatoes ...... %O, ~$5 Sultana8 .- 57,860 Walnuts ...... -...... 813,829 Suoolv This Olive Packino Plant Z~teCumtits .... 22,500 TOTAL $47,338,613 ASSESSED VALUATION

I HISTORY OF THE TWLARE-gINGS COUNTY FAIR THIS FAIR is held each September at Tul-, California, located on U. S. Highway 99, midway between San Francisco and LOS Anseles. The Tulare Chamber of Commerce omanized in 1919 what was known as the Tulare County Livestock and Agricultural Show whlch was held on the property owned at that tune by the Tulare Livestock Association, consisting of one-half a city block of ground and valued at approximately one thousand dollars with buildings and improve- ments valued at twelve hundred dollars. The Livestock premium list for that year was about two thousand dollars. Two years later the Tulare Chamber of Com- merce acquued the above and additional real property, changed the name to the Tulare County Fair and started a building prom. Other real property was acquired from time to time, build- ings and equipment were added each year and in 1936 the Twenty-Fowth Agricultural District was organized, comprislns Tulare and Kings Counties, who leased the property from the Tu- lare Chamber of Commerce for a period of forty years and continued the xmprovements and ex- pansions until there was actually paid to exhiiit- ors of livestock and agricultural products fifteen thousand three hundred dollars in cash pre- miums in 1937. The organization of the district made it possible for the Tulare-Kings County Fair to partielpate in State appropriations of suf- ficient amount to take care of the premium list of all breeders of livestock, 4H Club and Future Farmer boys and agricultural exhibitors. The property today consists of fifty acres of real estate valued at thirty thousand dollars with buildings and equipment valued at sixty thou- sand dollars. At the present time arrangements are belng made tor the erection of a grandstand at a cost of around thirty thousand dollars, made possible by an allocation from an unappropriated surplus of the Horse Racing fund. The attendance has increased from eight thousand in 1921 to fifty thousand in 1937. TULARE COUNTY PARK§ THE GARDEN SPOTS OF THE STATE Tulare County invites the World to visit and enjoy the recreational facilities of its Parks. There are four of these Parks; Mooney Grove, located on the paved highway about half way &GQci tPse bmt thr, 'TdFAh,*& !aPw %&%nit a6 btinbfLtm*1(3E$.ZCStl winwet tr~'itrrw%mr by Iktim.& (li.

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Interior of a Citrus Packing House

High Mountain Travelers en Route