TY - JOUR AU - Hutchison, C. B. TI - Books for the desk of the farmer JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1946/12/01 VL - 1 IS - 1 SP - 4 EP - 4 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v001n01p4b AB - In one inclusive volume about soils crops, livestock, and the protection of plants and animals from pests and diseases, the authors—and there are several—trace the history of, and discuss the social and economic development, of California's agriculture from the time of the arrival at San Diego in 1769 of the original cattle herd to the current production of more than 200 commercially important crops.