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Farms feed a nation — Homework
Answer in complete sentences.
- 1.What crop dominated large "bonanza" farms in the 1870s and 1880s?
- 2.What invention let farmers ship fresh fruit and vegetables to distant markets starting in the 1880s?
- 3.Name three inventions or systems that combined to make California a major farming region.
- 4.Is California still a major food-producing state today?
- 5.Write two sentences explaining why refrigeration mattered more for fruit and vegetables than for wheat.
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