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Jacky- Thank you more farmland in this update as well!

Chapter 3- Agricultural Development

Even as the financial hierarchy was clearly being established in the city, more immigrants came pouring in by train, as wealthier investors began to seek prospects in my new Empire arriving by automobile. It was clear that more space needed to be developed for the growing Agricultural sector, and some private enterprises were taking interest in being part of it. The Plot of land mentioned last chapter in the northwest part of the city would be the first target for expansion, this chapter will touch on the process used in reserving and utilizing land for agriculture that would become a staple of all cities within the Empire. The process was broken down into three steps, listed here.

Step one-

The first step involved the deforestation, zoning, and road placement of the parcel of land in question. Step one would go on to include the boundaries of unicorporated land to be incorporated, but that was irrelavent in this case due to the land being surrounded by either used land or the city limits. The deforestation is usually handled by the logging and construction industry, while my goverment took care of zoning boundaries and road placement.

Step 2-

Step two involved the replanting of either saplings or fully grown trees to mark property lines not designated by roads, as well as for wind protection and enviromental awareness. The Joshuain department of The enviroment handled the dirty work this crucial step, with the Beaureau of Agrimanagment dealing with most of the acquired costs.

Step 3-

Step three consisted of the actual buyout and development of the zoned land in the area, with most farms at this time being owned by wealthy families that provided jobs for unskilled labor to fill. As the country developed the Agricultural industry slowly moved more towards companies owning the land but franchising the farms to families much like businesses, and some farms would even move to full company management with no franchisers, in the present day all three forms of farms are present in the nation, with farm companies taking large regions over the 1 million population mark, franchised farms having dominion over regions with populations of 200,000 to 1 million, anf family farms having claim over regions less than 200,000 people strong. this balance is enforced by a law enacted in 2026 in order to keep all parties in businees as they are all useful to the Agricultural Industry. The third step is handled solely by the Beaureau of Agrimanagment, which obtains its funding for step two from the proceeds of step three.

The following Picture is of the first franchised farm in Joshua city, in which you can see both the franchising family's dwelling as well as the company funded processing units.

This next picture is simply of more countryside seen in the newly developed land.

This next picture is of the first center building for the Beaureau of Agrimanagment- this building would become a uniform standard in all cities with a significant agricultural population, and in 2025 a central building would be built in the capitol, a city which will be discussed in another book in the future.

This last picture is a prelude to Chapter four, which will talk about the first 'big boom' in Joshua City, a period of large growth to the city and the surrounding countryside. The building in the center is the first public library in Joshua City, established November 5, 2015 on the cusp of the first big boom. its was primarily constructed to make room in the education building for more classes, a sign that the city was truly growing around the waist.

Until the next chapter is released, stay well my fellow Joshuain history buffs.

Chancellor Joshua Kenneth Eshe I, Esq.