The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-11-03
The Grain Crops OF California.

The r.port Of the County sseasors already received,
Indicate that the crop Of cereals OF the present year w
tc largely IN OF our consumption the yieid OK
barley IN pu tieular will be tremendous In two coun-
tics alone Alameda and San joaquin, We have no less
than 5T5 bushels repcrtcd-neariy equal " nail tno
total Weld of tho state in 1865 Nor these reports Of
the Assessors considered wise as extrayagant
they will always be found rather under than over tho
mark the that they derive their Information
the farmers themselves for purposes OF nxauon,
and would be foolish enough 70 give an
overcstimate, and thereby increase the amoune
which he would be called upon to contribus
rhe support Of the government In our opinion fully
twenty vc per might be added TO the reports OF tho
and the result would approach nearer 70 tho
yield than the figures which they furnish In somo
of the counties which reports have been received
falling OF in the yield is observable, while in others
very great increase is reported From conversations
which we have held with persons who have devoted
largo share OF their attention agriculture per-
that the decrease in counties not 70 Dc At
ribu,ed 60 much 10 drought or any atmospheric cause
but rather to the fact that in consequence OF be-
lief in the wonderful fertility or tho soil the
ground had been but imperfectly poughed previous
10 the sowing Of the grain. In instances only Few
inches OF soi had been turned up and as several
cro,s had previously raised in the same way tho
surface become out and incapable OF yielding
anything like profitable return. 1t Is fact which can
not be conroverted that wherever subeol pows-pows
with share large enough 10 turn up the soil from con-
siderable depth-have used rich crops have been
ha The result o the last few establish tho
nct that before long largo exporters OF
whea, and other cereals our agricultural
greater those Of any other State IN the Union
fact which very easily be proven that ssa Of eur
kamcdaare capable Of producing and actually do pro-
duce more wheat barley, onts &C. than states OK
the Mon Tho yield of barley IN two Of the counties
above named exceeds that Of any State OF the Union,
with the exception of New York, taking the census Of
1850 which furnishes the only statistics the subject that
can at this be obtained for the purpose Of compar
SON These startling facts and exhibit the vnstness
agricultural in stronger light than
whole rages ahored defamation We cite the fact for
tho psrIcre Of showing that must before long
breadsns In large quantities As the interior OF tho
State sell dependent large stocks will bo
here and the only why in which they cl bo
reduced IL ~ expectation. II Is mistaken sdea 70 sup
poee that the drawback to those engaged agri
cultural pursuits In this state the want Of market, and
that Will have chance 70 dispose OF whatever
surplus may hand unless scarcity should pro
| vail where othereurb In Australia years
ago, in Europe consequence agriculture having
been TO extent neglected In tho clang OF Our
export trade will haVc 10 depend upon such adven
tous cirer instances for developement We ~ thu
opinion that will always ind good market In New
| York for our surplus brea,istuf- provided No
regularly every year e bound No supplies from tho
oyeinowing gruaries u the West reach and
such lines rar price could be- roalizc upon whatever
brcrdsuts might ship from here. The first
shipped from this state happened 10 strike the New York
market at t proper time and the result that hand
some prohtw~.re realized upon them These facts
lost sight Of IN OF the shipments that subse
quently made and might he expected, they did not
out TO be very profitable specua,ons Let fears
~ the mpossibty of nrding market the farmer
TO ahrdgc his lahors, When have large sorplus
| hand market will easily aud readily be found