Daily national Democrat., 1858-10-21
The Wheat Crop OF 1855,

1t appears by the Assessors reports from
seventeen counties, already published, that
more acres of wheat have been harvested in
those counties this year than in 1857, though
considerably less than in 1856.
In Alameda county the crop is estimated
by the Assessor to yield twenty bushels per
acre, which is a tride above last years esti.
mate when the crop was seriously damaged,
but under the reported yield for 1856.
In Amador county the crop was injured by
smut, and estimated by the Assessor to Weld
but l5 bushels per acre. Heretofore the of.
hcialy reported yield has been from 20 to 80
bushels per acre.
In Calaveras the Assessor estimates the
yield at ten bushels per acre. while last year
and in 1856 no official report was made The
foregoing estimates for lS56-'67 are from the
State Register, the figures having been sup
piled by the Calaveras Legislative Delegation.
They are doubtless too high
| In Colusi, the Assessors estimate is l5 bush
els. Last year it was 20, and in SO 90 bush
els per acre.
El Dorado is estimated at fraction over
10 bushels per acre, the lowest ever made for
that county.
In Fresno, the estimate this year is 90 BUSH
els per acre, against 40 last year. This does
tion, which the Agent reports as a good crop,
probably exceeding 10000 bushels Last
year the wheat crop on the reservation failed
entirely.
In Merced the Assessor estimates at 20
bushels, which is considerably higher than
he placed it last year, although in SO the es-
innate was placed at 25 bushels per acre.
In Napa there has been a fine and extern
sive wheat crop, estimated by the Assessor at
fraction over 80 bushels per acre, which is
about the usual estimate for that county
In Plumas, Is bushels per acre.
In Placer, the number of acres is not Civ
en-.
In Sacramento the Assessors estimate is Is
bushels per acre.
Shasta is estimated at twenty bushels per
acre
In Trinity the Assessor gives the number
of acres but no estimate of the Weld We
place it at 20 bushels, the same as Shasta.
Last year the Assessor reported the wheat
crop of Trinity at $4,000 but his successor
states that the four grist mills of that county
ground 26,750 bushels. 1t is probable we
have never yet had full estimate of the
amount of Wheat raised in the extreme north
ern counties.
| In Tulare, the Assessors estimate is 90
OusieiS per acre 1nere are Unree grlSt mills
in this county, which ground As 900 bushels
of grain last year, although no wheat crop
was officially reported
In Yolo, it is stated that there has been
about as productive a crop as that of 1855,
and in the absence of any estimated yield
per acre by the Assessor, we place it at 20
bushels, that being the estimated yield in
1856. List year the wheat crop of Yolo was
failure.
The report of the Assessor of Nevada
county has been partially published by the
local paper, but no mention is made of the
whelt crop. We have good authority for
stating that more than 100000 bushels have
been grown in that county this season. I'm
official reports have also been received from
Contra Costa, Solano and Mendoeino, San
Mateo, Santa Cruz, klamath, and Yuba, in
nearly all of which counties there has been a
larger harvest than ever before. Altogether,
the indications are that the wheat crop this
year has been less extravagantly estimated
than formerly. and that it will fully equal. if
it does not exceed, that of lS56.-Sdn Fran.
cisco Prices Current