Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-05-29

ton over the riparian rights question
and the difficulties the farmers encounter
ed TO get the water needed for irriga-
ton.
| AN INCREASE IN ACREAGE.
In Amador, Butte, Monterey, San Di-
ego, Sonoma and Tehama counties the
Assessors had not yet received sufficient-
| ly accurate returns on which to base re-
liable statements, but the general re-
4 ports received from these counties show
that both the acreage and yield will be
largely in excess Of last year. Placer.
which is not, however, an important
grain-growing county, offers the only ex-
ception The acreage both in wheat
and barley is considerably less than last
year, and the average yield per acre will,
it is feared, be small, owing principally
to the early. heavy, cold rains. In all
the other counties the acreage is as great
as in any former year, while in several
of the counties OF San Joaquin valley
and all OF the coast counties the acreage
is larger than that of former years, the
| yield per acre being at the same time
much heavier. In Santa Clara county
the yield of both wheat and barley will
be the largest known for twenty five
| years, and in some sections of Santa
Clara valley it is affirmed that barley
| will average twenty five centals and
wheat sixteen centals to the acre.
BANNER COUNTIES.
In point of wheat acreage, Tulare
county heads the list with 4l5, 900 acres,
and in barley Santa Clara stands first,
with close on l69,00 acres. The aver
age yield Of wheat per acre varies from
eight and one.half centals in MERGED and
Calaveras counties to fourteen centals
in Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties
In barley the average yield per acre
runs from ten centals in Stanislaus
county to twenty four centals in San
Benito county. In Tulare county the
wheat harvest will begin this week and
the farmers Of that county expect to
have some of their crop in the San Fran
cisco market early next week.
TOTAL ACREAGE AND YIELD.
The total acreage sown to barley as
shown in the above table is l,0Sl 1928
acres. The total yield sof barley from
these counties as calculated out is 49,
$751; centals, equal to 35,Sl9.020
bushels. The barley crop might have
shown still larger return, but in many
counties large quantities were cut for
hay which, had 1t been allowed to ma
ture, might have made good marketable
grain.
The total acreage Of wheat as shown
in the above counties is 3,450. l3l acres.
The total yield as figured out is 49, S62
5ls centals, equal to SO, 770, 1853 BUSH
els.
THE ONLY DANGER TO BE FEARED.
The wheat all over the State is re-
| ported TO be in excellent condition, the
grain being clear and bright. The Hes
sian fly has been heard of in only two
or three counties, and its ravages have
been unimportant. The only danger to
| be feared now is hot north wind. Ii
farmers escape this, the wheat crop of
this year will be one of the largest and
| best they have ever had. The hay crop
is also very large and good, and the oat
crop is abundant.
POSSIBLE NOTIFICATIONS.
As some of the wheat and barley in.
cluded in these returns may still be cut
for hay the above figures may undergo
some notifications, but they will re-
main substantially correct as showing
what the total crop of wheat and bar.
ley in the State will be for the present
year. In 1884, the best wheat year Cal.
ifornia has yet had, the total wheat
crop was 50,l47, 933 bushels. The
above returns already indicate over
SO, 900, 900 bushels, and as there are
still few counties to hear from it may
after making judicious allowance for
| oyer.estima tion--be assumed that the
wheat crop of California for the present
season will reach the enormous quantity
of 1000, 900 bushels.