Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-13
wHEAr-cRop OUTLOOK.
The Best Judges Claim They VIII Have
Half a Crop.

ton OF land IN the vicinity pianteu TO grain
is small, owing to the predominance of
Embarrassing and pasturage. The farmers,
IS a rule, were delayed in planting their
summer fallow until late and were stopped
by the rain.
The crops planted, however, look re-
msrkably well. Ali of the farmers are
now busily engaged in winter sowing, with
fair prospects, owing to the ground having
received a thorough soaking, aud with
light rains later on the crops will be as
good as ever.
There is no reason to be discouraged here,
except at the loss of over one-half the sum-
mer fsllow.
D. N Friesleben, Shippee & Co. and
Hutchins Bros. are planting largely. Orange
groves and fruit orchards are generally in
splendid condition.
soLANo COUNTY.
DIXON, February 12th.-A strong north
wind has prevailed for two days and the
result is the roads and fields are drying up
very rapidly. All the high lands are in
good condition for blowing, and teams thst
have been idle for nearly three months are
taxed almost to the limit of endurance. A
large area of land has been plowed and
seeded during the past two days, and if the
fair weather continues to prevail, plowing
and seeding will be continued until the 1st
of March, and probably later. The soil is
so thoroughly saturated with water that
late sown grain is likely to yield an abund-
ant harvest.
OF course these farming operations are
principally confined to the high and sandy
loan in the vicinity of Dixon. 1t hardly
seems probable that there will be any
blowing for many days, and possibly no
more this season, on the low lands southeast
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drowned out between Batavia and Elmira.
Water is standing in pools in many fields,
and there is no probability that the ground
will be in condition to be re seeded this
season. If the sun comes out warm there
is danger that the grain on land from which
the water has already disappeared, will be
scalded to death. The farmers IN that sec
ton do not expect more than one-third the
usual crop. In the vicinity of Dixon, the
prospects are much better. Summerfal-
lowed grain is in splendid condition on all
the high land, and with ordinary weather
winter sown grain will make good crops.
If the fair weather continues for ten days,
the area that will be seeded will be much
larger than all previous estimates. 1t is
probable that there will not be much of q
falling off from the usual acreage seeded.
Upon the whole it is safe to say that the
farmers of Northern and Eastern Solano
will harvest half crop. Under present
conditions it is hardly reasonably to expect
more.
EASTERN YoLo.
WOODLAND, February 18th. = On low
ground the summer-fallow has very poor
stand. On higher ground it is very good.
But little winter-sown has been put in. A
few are sowing now.
WESTERN YoLo.
EsPERANzA, February 12th-The pros
pect for high land summer-fallow is quite
good. The outlook for low land summer
faliow is poor. No winter-sown grain has
been put in yet.
coLUsA COUNTY.
CoLUsA, February 12th.-Not nearly all
the summer-fallow land has been seeded,
and that which has was seeded before the
first rain, and is not, as rule, looking
well. There will be quite large area of
winter sowing il the weather continues
favorable till the middle of March. The
plows are running. Under the most favor
able conditions there will not be as much
grain raised in the county as last year,
but so much depends on the future that an
estimate cannot be made.
TEHAMA COUNTY.
RED BLUFF, February 12th.-Large farm
ers here have sowed about half of their
summer-fallow. The balance of the bot
tom will be put in, but the hill land will be
replowed for another year.
The small farmers have done better and
have sowed most of their summer-f -fallow.
The grain looks fairly we'll. The prospects
for winter-sown on bottom lands are good.
We estimate about half crop for the
county.
NAPA COUNTY.
NAPA, February 12th.-There is but little
summer-fallow wheat here, but what little
there is in good condition. Only a small
part of the winter-sown was in when the
rain came, and it looks well. Flowing and
sowing is now in order among our farmers.