New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-18
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
CALIFORNIA WHEAT OVERWHELMING.

CALIFORNIA WHEAT DE HAlD"N'i 4'"'
OPINIONS OF THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE STATS
TIcrAN-NO EFFECT OK THE woRlDs Su'FLi-
pyNEFTr OF THE USE or FERTILIZERS
Tn recent Issue OF The san HT""c'0co 0''' wv
following statement appearcu' 1870
II "a an open secret The wheat r1lsen upon
of the great farms in California Is rap.n f ne land
in quality. and If the process on IN n,arl,ed ference
goes ON much longer there will Dc nih,hSu Ia,ds
in the price between wheat OF Oh ,ii u nroccs4 and
diversified farming can alone hIIes. , n fnrn,s owned
MS s nnssbIe only small farms or on lhrmS o"hu
by men OF large ready means 80 o-.,oo T.
Ell Walker the statisticon OF the trol.cc , i1n
obonne stated Yesterday that this statement neeH
creote no alarm ~ to the cohhVr! ouPPh ~
wheat, either for CONSUMPTION VI ppuid hoyo M
JetcrioratiOn of the California crop wOuiu naNo o
material effect except in the return TO the FARMER
The wheat kernel would not be qulte as lulI' anJ
hence would not make so largo percentage vi
Honr. int the loss by shrinkage would not oS
greater than q pound in Dushel' f.e cauNn W
this deterioration he attributes 10 NE innd
wear after year the same KIND OF crop WlthouI ,lo
nse of fertilizers The saYe system IL pra"t lSed 10
large extent in the Northwest lands, ana the rlch
ness ia taIsn fom the soil If thCIe were rotation
of crops or If fertilizers were usei the SOIL "oulu
he kept in good condition but the farmer anxious
&c make every cent possible, sparS SDtry @ U
of the lands in Ncw-Engand ana III inns otate LOT
wheat growng purposes. but now the FARMERS
practice either q rotation Of crops or summer ial'
lowing: in other words, let the land lie over one
season or SOW clover, and when 1t has attained us
summer growth plough 1t III Tor tertillHlhe. INC
44S 900 900 bushels of which California and
Oregon furnished abont 81 100000 bushels. The
surplus amounted to about 300 0OO.oO0 bushels; OF
which about 10000, 600 bushels were exported to
other parts of tho world, California an! Oregon
furnishing about %. 900 bushels, which were
expo ted to the East Indies, China, Japan, Aus
tralia, and tho sandwich Islands. Mr.: Walker
stated that the estimated wheat crop of the United
States for 1881 was about 100000 900 bushels, OF
which California and Oregon would furnish between
80 coo, 900 and 35,0O0,000 bushels or this
amount California and Oregon would REQUIRE for
seed about 300, 900 bushels, and for consumption,
for an estimated population of 100000 inha6i-
tants 100000 bushels, For the rest OF tme
100000 600 bushels for seed, and 20O,0 900 600
bushels for the population of about 50,O0oo0o OF
people This would make. "a total of about
BOO 600 bushels for food and seed leaving a
surplus Of nearly go, 100000 Tor export. =,
The average Weld an acre, according to Mr..
Walkers estimate, is thirteen bushels, while the
English farmer secures about twenty-eight bushels
an acre simply from the free Use of fertilizers Mr.
Walker stated that in Genesee County, and other
parts of this State, where years ago tho farmers
obtained as much as thirty bushels on acre. they
now get from twelve to fourteen bushels only.