Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-01-07
AGRICULTURAL.
NATTER PREPARED SPECIALLY FOR
THE "REcoRD UNION"
The surveyor-Generars schedule-state
Products for 1sSo-shal We
Have a Flood Etc

AGRICULTURAL products OF the several counties
of the State, compiled from the reports of the
County Assessors made to him for the year
1880. The schedule shows that these reports
of the Assessors are more general and CON-
plete, and we think more correct, toe, than
they have ever been in sny preceding year.
Every county in the State is represented il
the schedule, excepting only Solanc. The
county Of Alameda has Township Assessors,
and two out of the six townships into which
the county is divided are not represented.
The county of Placer has Districs Assessors,
and one of the districts of the three into
which the county is divided is unrepresented.
A review of this schedule will give very
COED idea of the agricultural condition of the
State, and will show that mixed agriculture
is becoming more general than in former
years. While the leading product is wheat
of barley, oats and corn are produced, and
that the cultivation of the last named grain
is becoming more general year by year.
Another important fact is developed by the
schedule, viz that wheat culture is gaining
rapidly in the southern coast counties, where
until few years past it he's been supposed
that wheat could not be successfully and
proftably grown. L viii be seen also
that the dairy iudussries-the production
Of butter and cheese-are engaged in quite
generally in all sections CT the State,
and that TIE product Of these articles is as
suming large proportions. The number of
bushels Of wheat produced in that year as per
schedule was Sc, 942,6 22. Assuming that So
lano county produced l. O57. 37S bushels, which
we consider low estimate, and we have in
round numbers $4,000 600 bushels as the
wheat product Of the State for that year.
These figures correspond very nearly with esti-
mates that have been made by dealers. based
upon commercial transactions, and may there
fore be assumed as beirg approximately cor
rect. An examination of the product OF the
several counties gives some instructive feat
ures Of this leading industry. Colusa
county leads all others in the quantity pre-
duced, that county being credited with
1884 $40 bushels, while the county Of San
Joaquin comes next, having 4. 9S6, 526 bush
els set opposite her aame; and Yolo comes in
third, 3,SoS, 900 bushels. Thus it will be
noticed that Colusa is set down as having
produce almost as much as the two next
highest counties. The three next highest
are: Fresno. 3,7SO,7SO bushels; Stanis-
Isus. 8 COS S96 bushels; and Santa Clara,
$3.50, 436 Two other counties are credited
with over 2 coo 900 bushels each, viz: Suffer,
2,03S, 1876 bushels and Merced, 2,015,1l5
bushels Five others produced over l, 900 0G0
bushels each-Contra Costa, /, 93S GAO; Mon
terey, 1865 GOO; Tehama, 10000 Tuoi-
umne, 100000; and Alameda, 1904, 200.
Ten other counties produced over half mill
ion bushels each-Los Angeles, 791, 200 bush
,es; San BE it, 100000 bushels; Sonome,
764, AS bushels; San Maten. 765, coo bush
els; Santa Barbara, 737, 06S bushels: San
Luis Obspo, 635 324 bushels Napa, $40, 761
bushels; Butte, 5S5, 56S bushels; Yuba. $780,
500 bushels; and Placer. $50 S43 bushels.
Il viii ne noticed that in this last list are
four south coast counties that heretofore have
produced only small amounts Of wheat. OF
barley, the whole product of the State was
13, 4S3, 076 bushels There being but little
export demand for barley, but little over the
necessities for home consumption Is pro-
duced. The counties producing the
largest number of bushels of barley
are Alameda, 923 go bushels; San Luis
Obispo, 915975 bushels; Sacramento, $685.
600 bushels; Colusa, 765, 857 bushels; San
Mateo, $50, goo bushels; Nsps, $50, coo bush
els; Santa Clara, 654, 80 bushels; Los An
geles, 629, GOO bushels Contra Costa, 81 400
bushels Santa Barbara, $50, 634 bushels; 'Tu
lare, 525, 491 bushels and Tehams 500, 600
bushels, making twelve counties that produce
a half million bushels or over. Indian corn
is the next leading grain produced in the
State. But the produce Is very small, over
two-thirds of the whole amount being pro-
duced in two counties. These counties are
Los Angeles and Sonoma. The latter pro-
duced 1,377, 175 bushels and the former
100000 bushels. The two counties
producing the neat highest amounts are Ven
tura. 5000 bushels; Sacramento, lag. 400
bushels. OF oats we produce but small
amount. Barley being used in this State as
the principal grain for work horses, oats is in
small demand, and this principally for fancy
stock. The whole product of the State was
but !, 81, 1893 bushels. In this grain Hum
boldt county takes the lead, having produced
in 1880 325, 756 bushels. San Mateo comes
next with 900, 800 bushels. Oats does not do
we'll IN the warm interior counties, and
hence we find the mountain and coast
counties taking the lead in this grain. Plumas
produced GO. 090 Siskiyou 10000 bushels.
Sacramento, $4,000 bushels; Inyo, %, 000
bushels; Shasta, So 600 bushels; Tehama,
sc, 600 bushels; Souoma, Al, coo bushels San
Luis Obispo. 76 47S bushels; Mendocino
2S 600 bushels while Calusa IS credited with
but 700 bushels, and YoIo with none Rye
Is sown to considerable extent in the noun.
tain counties for hay, but little is cut for the
grain. The product for the whole State was,
in 1880, but 224, $40 bushels, one county (San
Joaquin) producing very nearly half Of that
amount, San Luis 0hispo being the next
largest producer, and being erected with
"a 600 bushels. We import the largest
share Of the bGckwheas -four consumed,
but few of the counties having attempted
the production of this kind of grsiu-Los An
geles being the largest producer, and raising
but 8, 900 bushels, San Luis Obispo and Santa
Cruz, being nsxt in quantity produced, each
being credited with $50 bushels. In peas
Humboldt leads off with IS S97 bushels, and
the whole amount produced in the State
being but $3.50 bushels. OF bears, San
luis 0bispo is the largest producer, having
grown i04 740 bushels, Santa Barbara follow
ing with So 273 bushels, while the whole pro-
duct of the State is but 500, 036 bushels.
OF the castor bean but two counties
are engaged in its production, Les
Angeles and Santa Barbara producir g
respectively l, o0V, UUU ana 900 POUNDS,
Flax is produced almost exclusively in the
southern coast counties, and that alone for
the seed. But eight counties are reported as
being engaged in the production, and these are
as follows Butte, IA 000 pounds; Los An
geles, 10000 pounds; San Bernardino,
81 900 pounds; San Luis Obispo, ). S07, AS
pounds San Mateo 4, 977, 900 pounds Santa
Barbara, 227, 900 pounds and Ventura l, 000-
900 pounds, while Shasta is credited with
1,0S0 pounds. Of hops, the whole State is
credited with producing 1 165, $50 pounds while
Sacramento county claims to have produced
nearly hslf this amount, $4,000 pounds.
But two counties are credited with having
been engaged in the production of cotton in
1SSl-Kern aud MERGED, the former having
produced 10000 and the latter 12l, 600
pounds. In The production of butter the lit
tie county of Marin leads the counties of the
State. being reported as having produced
I'll. 900 pounds San Luis 0bispo follows
with LAS S45 pounds. The whole product
of the State is set down a. s, All. 100 pounds
but we would observe that 10 this department
Sonoma is not reported, and quite a number
of other counties that we know personally
are large producers are left blank in the
schedule. The whole State is credited with
having produced but 367, 261 pounds of
cheese, and San Luis Obispo leads all the
other counties in this produce. 941, 2S1 pounds
being reported as her product. The next
highest is Marin. with 547 500 pounds. Since