STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



199 



AMOUNT OF WHEAT AND BARLEY IN CALIFORNIA, DEC. 31, ,1883. 



San Francisco, January 12, 1884. 



To the President, Board of Directors and Members of the San Francisco 

 Grain Exchange : 



Gentlemen: Your committee on information and statistics, to 

 whom was referred tlie compilation of information respecting the 

 stock of wheat and barley on hand in tliis State on December 31, 

 1883, respectfully submit the following as the result of their labors. 



Your committee desire to acknowledge their obligation to ware- 

 housemen throughout the State and to the officers of the railroad and 

 steamer lines for prompt and valuable assistance in procuring infor- 

 mation. From the method procured and the care taken in preparing 

 this statement, your committee believe it will be found as accurate 

 and reliable as it can be made: 



Counties. 



Wheat— CtlB. Barley— Ctls, 



Alameda and Contra Costa 



Butte, Teliania, and Shasta 



Colusa and Yolo 



San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced 



Tulare, Fresno, and Kern 



Sacramento and Placer 



Sauta Clara, San Mateo, and Monterey 



San Francisco and vessels not cleared 



Solano and Napa 



Sutter and Yuba.. 



Humboldt, Lake, Sonoma, Marin, and Mendocino 



Los An(!;eles, San Diego, Sauta Barbara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, San 

 Luis Obispo, and Ventura 



Total centals 



Total centals December 31, 1882 



873,851 

 412,237 

 881,200 

 1,946,248 

 104,200 

 165,875 

 460,147 

 821,095 

 397,446 

 279,076 

 137,850 



394/Jfi7 



6,870,192 

 8,382,429 



453,642 



37,691 



103,700 



149,710 



22,950 



61,500 



446,260 



484,025 



116,520 



91,600 



44,040 



496,291 



2,507,719 

 1,779,940 



This estimate does not include any grain on ranches. 



WILLIAM BERG, 

 Chairman Committee on Information and Statistics. 



Herbert E. Hall, 



Secretary. 



