, 1870-06-04
SAN FRANCISCO.
Encouraging Promise for Crops
of Grain and Fruit.
No Fruit to be Sent Eastward
Excursions.
John.



SAN FRANCISCO, May %.
Much has been said Of late By tho press OF
California as to the prospects Of failure or
partial failure Of the grain crops i'll our btate
this season, and SEQ that dispatches relating
to the subject have been sent East, and used
to some extent in affecting the grain markets
Of your city and New York.
As the subject is one Of general interest,
have taken some pains to ascortain tho facts,
go far az possible, and am satisfied that the
extent of the disaster has been greatly oxag-
gerated.
EARLY in tho season, say in January and
February, the prospects for an unusually large
grain crop in California were very hattering
indeed never saw the crops look finer than
they did in tho Latter part of February and
early in March, but during the latter part Of
that month and early in May the weather Was
| very hot with high, drying winda, and crops
On Hhal1ow-plowed land, or where very ]ate
| sown, suffered badly, Tho Valley Of the San
Joaquin suffered most, and, at ono time, itwaa
believed that from it's mouth, near Antioch, to
yiealia, not bushel Of grain you'd be raised.
But showers have since fallon-unuHually late
for California--tho weather has been quite
mild, and many fields which few weeks since
! were given up IL UAl{ w W GAS AL Any
will now yield fair crop.
| TIE YIELD FoR 1870.
From all can learn there is no danger
whatever Of our failing to raise all the bread-
atuffs and feed We shall require in California
this year, and hare handsome surplus fo1
export. The eurplua will not he As great as
it Was last year in proportion to the ground in
cultivation, but it will be targer, nevertheless,
than we had been hoping fot. Our barley
| crop in 1863 yielded in tho neighborhooa Of
THIS year the wheat il a total or partial fail
ure over large section Of the central portion
. / of the State, but In Sonoma, Yolo, Napa. Sc.
} !ano Alameda, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa
, Cruz, and some moro northern counsies, the
yield will be from fir to positively good Will.
,, nearly Of quite full crop. You can safely ea
innate tho barley crop At lo,ooo.0oo bushels
and the wheat crop, at two-thirds o.
a crop, Say, 12,0o0,ooo bushels.
j ali comes II. Any calculations Of failur'
i to greater extent than one-third Of the ful
i crop arc pretty certain TO be proved erroneous
+ The bay crop-we have no grass in California
and depend on wild oats, and tame oats, bar
: horse feed, therefore, will be pretty cheap thi
scason. It is d fact worthy Of notice,in thi
d dry climate OF OURS, that wherever tho g1ount
h VAS mer-falloWod-tha is to say, plowet
Il in June or July, soon nfter tho last crop wa
:, cut, and allowed to remain exposed to the ful
!. !. heat Of the sun until the winter rains com
l mcnce-the crop Is fine; whereas, all tieldl
: sown late and on shallow-plowed and late
8 Moved ground, show partial OF total failure
= FRU1T--BAD sHow Fon CHICAGO.
The fruit crop, though short in som
!, localities, will be full average. tn
! gEapes in kevsds, ,., and possibly hssn 9om Esm
aged in places By late frosts, but in th
Is sonoma and other great grape- -pIodusin
districts there will be very largo yield. I'll
= area Of productive vineyards has been large!
y increased within the year BY two and three
d vino product Of our State viii be greater b.
:. per cent than last year. The work Of plantin
le out vineyards in the mountain counties goe
u on steadily, year by year, and tho WING, bEaI
dy, and Taisin crop Of California can yet be IL
cfeased one hundred jo1d, at the very lowe.
ards Of Los Angeles County have been g
productive that an immense n1Inber OF thos
trees have been planted within the last thrc
Year,, and We shall soon. hare Al immense I'll
plus Of those fruits farre1portation.
e, am eorry that T cannot tell the reat
N crs Of The TBIpCSE that they will hAvo the
". pa1Ates ticEled With the delicious fruits OF Ca
ut ifornia this season, hut sucl things cannot bt
L. The experience Of last year Demonstrated III,
to ensure decent profit on fruit shipmants
the East the freight to Chicago should not e:
r., coed 5000 per car load. 4 convention Of frui
~ growers met here and held consultation
- | through a committee, with the Psclhc Rai1oa
~. ne Companies. but couldnot get the tarin reduce
~ | to tho figures which would warrant the re
ture being made, aud, consequently, no iat
bv the two Pacific Railroads for this year il
les fo{fowa