Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-26

San Mateo, Stauislaus and Kern are the
only counties which report & decreased
acreage. In San Mateo county the decrease
is due TO the extension of the dairving in
terests and the increase in fruit and vines.
In Stanislaus the acreage, although large
(34l 900 acres, is one-fifih less than last
year, and in Kern county both acreage and
yield is considerably less than they have
been for some years. This is mainly due
to the agitation over the riparian rights
question and the consequent difficulty en-
countered by the farmers to get enough
water for irrigation.
In AmadOr, Butte, Tehama and San
Diego counties the Assessors had not vet
received sufficiently accurate returns on
which to base reliable statements but gen.
eral reports received state that both acreage
and yield of these four counties will be
greater than last year Alameda and
Placer counties present an exception, how
ever. In the former county the grain acre
age has steadily decreased for years past, to
make way for the increase in fruit and
vines. The wheat and barley are reported,
however, in excellent condition, with large
yield. In Placer county the acreage is less
than last year, and the average yield per
acre WILL ii is feared, be small. owing
chiefly to early heavy cold rains In ali
other counties the acreage is as great as in
years, NDll6 III several OIL the San
Joaquin valley counties, 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 wheat and barley will
be the largest known for twenty five years,
and in some sections of Santa Clara valley
I it is affirmed the barley will average
TWEEN y.fye centals and wheat sixteen CEN
tails to the acre.
In respect to laTgeness of wheat acreage
Tulare county heads the list with 415 900
acres, while in barley acreage Santa Clara
stands first with close on l69 600 acres
The average yield of wheat per acre varies
from 81 centals in Calaveras and Merced
counties to ii in Santa Clara and Santa
Cruz counties. In barley the average Weld
per acre runs from 10 centals in Stanislaus
county to "a in San Benito. In Tulare
county the wheat harvest will begin this
week, and the farmers of that county ex-
pect to have some of their new wheat cron
III the market on San Francisco bay early
next week.
The total acreage sown to barley as
shown above, is 1,0S1, ,729 acres, and of
wheat 3 ,450, 131 acres.
The wheat all over the State is reported
to be in excellent condition, the grain be-
ing clean and bright. The Hessian fly has
only been heard of in two or three coun-
ties, and its ravages have been unimport-
ant. The only danger to be feared is a hot
north wind. The hay crop is immense,
and oat crop abundant. AS some of the
wheat and barley included in these re-
turns may still be cut for bay, the above
figures may undergo some slight modifica-
tions, but they will remain substantially
correct as showing what the total crop in
the State of wheat and barley will be for
the present year. In 1884, the best wheat
year California has had, the total crop of
the State was 50,147 1913 bushels. The in
dications already in for this year are quite
sufficient to show that this seasons crop
will be the heaviest ever harvested. and
may possibly reach $4,000, 600 bushels.