Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-07-15
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WOODLAND, July l4tn---1 ne farmers In o.
| 10 county are now in the midst of their wheat
harvest and almost invariably report better
crops than were expected. There will be
| considerably more than ever before raised in
one season in this county As compared with
| last year the average is at least 10 per cent.
| greater, and the yield 20 per cent more, while
| the quality is good average. The quantity
of wheat in Yolo for 1880 will not vary far
| from AZ, 600 to $4,000 tons. The price now
offered at Woodland and Madison is 81 25 to
| 81 80 per GENITAL, which are extreme outside
| figures.
YUBA COUNTY.
MARYsvILLE, July 14th.-The farmers in
this section are now engaged in harvesting
the best crop had in ten years. The grain is
full and plump. The acreage in Sutter
county is about ten per cent. more than last
year, the average yield being about twenty
leading Sutter county farmer says that he is
| now thrashing, and his summer.fallQwed
grain yields fraction less than fifty bushels
| to the acre. This, of course, is exceptional
| The Bear river section, Yuba county, suffered
disastrously from overflow, previously to
which the prospect was excellent for yield
of thirty bushels per acre. Other portions of
crops here are wheat and barley.
| MONTEREY COUNTY.
| SALINAS, July 18th. There are about 10.
600 acres of grain in Monterey county this
| year, three-fourths of which is wheat and the
remainder barley and mustard-chiehy bar
| ley. The average yield will be about ten
centals per acre. Probably one-half of the
wheat will be of good quality, and the other
| half more or less shrunken. The wheat har-
vest IS just commencing in the Salinas val
| ley.
| PLACER COUNTY.
LINCOLN, July 14th.-Harvesting in this
| county is now in full blast, and farmers gen.
orally are happy over the bountiful yield and
good quality of the product. The late north
winds did not injure the grain as was at first
| thought Reports come in from every quar-.
ter that the yield is over an average and the
| grain clean and unshrunken. The acreage is
| 10 to 10 per cent more than in former sea-
sons, and the yield per acre is all of 10 per
cent more than an average. The crop is
principally wheat, only enough barley and
oats being raised fer home use. The hottest
weather of the season is now being felt the
thermometer marking from go to 1922 in the
shade daily.
Ell DORADO COUNTY.
PLAcERvILLE, July i4th.-The grain crops
are generally good. The grape crop is first
rate, and the fruit crop good, except peaches
and apricots
AMADoR COUNTY.
lone, July 14th.-A few crops have been
thrashed here. Wheat and barley are both
slightly shrunken, and the yield is not so
~ 1o.k l,.3 L =
little greater. The hay is housed in fine
condition and the yield good. The apple and
plum crop is good, but no peaches of any con-
sequence.
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY.
STOCKTON, July 14th.-The wheat crop in
San Joaquin county this year is variously
estimated at from 115, 900 to 10000 tons.
The yield per acre is in excess of the esti-
mates made four weeks ago, and its quality
far exceeds expectations. This year re-
claimed lands produce wheat instead of bar
ley, as last year. The wheat acreage is upon
a fair calculation about 40, GOO acres. The
harvest is in full blast, and it will be a week
or two before anything like an accurate esti-
mate of the total yield can be made.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY.
SAN JOSE, July 14th.-A Herald reporter
to-day interviewed prominent grain mer-
chant in regard to the wheat crop in Santa
| Clara county, who said it will probably yield
| 10000 centals of wheat. There is bet
ter crop of wheat in the ground to-day than
| there has been for the past twenty-five years.
Twenty five per cent. is more or less shrunk-
en-, and the balance coed. The probable
yield of wheat per acre will be twelve cen.
! tails. The barley crop is considerably less
than last year, and of poorer quality. It
will be about thirty per cent. less than last
year.
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY.
SANTA BARBARA, July 14th.-Estimated
crops of Santa Barbara county for 1880
Eighty thousand acres of wheat, and 80 bush
els per acre total, 2,4OO,OO0 bushels Thirty
thousand acres OF barley, with so bushels av-
erage per acre total, 800, 600 bushels. There
is an average acreage of maize and beans, but
as yet not sufficiently advanced to estimate
The crop. The fruit crop, except grapes, is
limited. The grapes are looking well at this
time.
KERN COUNTY.
BAKEBsFIELD, July 14th There is an acre.
age of 40. 600 acres of wheat, average Weld 20
bushels 5000 acres of barley, average yield
so bushels 5000 of corn, average yield 40
bushels. The condition of the grain and all
other crops including fruit, is excellent The
yield is the best and largest the county ever
had.
SAN BENITo COUNTY.
HoLLIsTRR, July th.-Throueh the kind.
ness of Assessor Dowdy, your reporter has
the following crop statistics Of San Benito
county: Number of acres cultivated to
grain, As, 900. of which 10000 is wheat, 5000
more than last year. The average yield of
wheat and barley is II centals to the acre.
| The wheat is middlng, the barley poor, but
the hay is good.
ALAMEDA COUNTY.
OAKLAND, July 14th.-The grain and hay
crops Of Alameda county the present season
promise to be far in excess of any former
year. The magnificent farms in the Liver
more valley and Murray township never APP
peared to better advantage than at present.
A fully 80 per cent. greater yield will be re-
allied this year than eyer before. The
wheat, barley and oats are full-grained,
free from rust and promise splendidly in
the valley. In Washington township the
crops are equally large and of good quality.
On the lowlands great quantities of excellent
hay are gathered in stacks, and the farmers
| are confident Of a prosperous season. S. HUFF
of San Leandro, and his brother in the Liver
more valley, Mr.. Lemon of Murray, and other
| large farmers in Washington, Eden and Muir
| ray. all testify to the excellence of the crop
prospects. The grain fields of VIM. Meek,
in Eden, near Haywards, were never in bet
ter condition than at present The fruit crop
of this county, as whole, is smaller than
last season, owing to the heavy and late rains.
Otherwise everything points to prosperous
year for the granaries.
| SHASTA COUNTY.
| SHASTA, July 14th.-The crops in Shasta
county, as far as the southern part is con-
cerned, are very good, but in other portions
are very slim, and viii not amount to more
than one-half crop. There are about 10000
acres sown, mostly in wheat and barley. The
wheat predominates. The quality is very
good. The weather is very warm and sultry,
the thermometer standing to-day OF 104' in
the shade.
VENTURA COUNTY.
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