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Book Title: History And Business Directory Of Humboldt County

PRODUCTS OF THE COUNTY.

    Lumber in Humboldt is king. It leaves all other products far in the rear,
and we have, therefore, devoted a special article to that industry. The wool
business is carried on in mammoth proportions. We have devoted in a previous
page a detailed account of this profitable industry.

DAIRYING.

    Probably one of the most important industries of the county next to the two
above mentioned is that of dairying. From 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 pounds of
butter is annually produced, and the number of milch cows in the county may be
estimated at about 12,500. Green feed abounds the year round. It is very
nutritious, and the perennial streams supply an abundance of water. This is
indeed the dairyman's paradise, for it combines all the advantages which
especially adapt it to this purpose. Combined with the green food and water is
an equable climate, which dispenses with the necessity of making large outlays
for barns, etc., and storage of feed, for here the cattle may wander in the
fields at any time of the year. The climate and soil are especially adapted to
the growth of clover and feed of a like nature, and three or four cuts a year
are not unusual for a clover patch. The manufacture of cheese has only lately
been attempted, but the success with which it has been attended is so
satisfactory that it is certain it will become, at no distant day, a thriving
industry. The one factory, established a year ago, has turned out 1,100 cheese,
aggregating 55,000 pounds. The value of dairy products in Humboldt county for
the past two years will average, including calves, about $725,000.

LIVE STOCK.

    The live stock interests are prominent as a money-making factor in Humboldt
and add no little to the general wealth of the county. The native grasses are
nutritious, abundance of water and congenial climate adapt this county for live
stock purposes as well as for dairying. The mill owners as soon as they clear
the land of timber make it a point to sow it in clover, mesquite and other
grasses which are best adapted to pasturage.



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History and Business Directory of

HUMBOLDT COUNTY
DESCRIPTIVE OF THE
NATURAL RESOURCES
DELIGHTFUL CLIMATE
PICTURESQUE SCENERY
BEAUTIFUL HOMES

THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE STATE CONTAINING NO CHINAMEN

LILLIE E. HAMM, PUBLISHER
(COPYRIGHTED)
EUREKA, CALA.
DAILY HUMBOLDT STANDARD 
NOVEMBER, 1890.


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