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grazing purposes. There are a few intervening valleys of excellent 

 a,"-ricuiuiral land, which, so far as cultivated, have produced equal to any- 

 thing in the State. The low price which agricultural products now com- 

 mand, and the distance of the county from the principal markets, have 

 had a tendency to retard agricultural pursuits; and nuudi land that might 

 be advantageously cultivated is now left for the free use of stock. 



The interior or mountainous district of the count}' is general!}^ well 

 timbered — chiefly oak. In tlie neighborhood of San Ysabel are fine 

 pineries — sufficient to supply for many years all the timber that may be 

 required for building or i'ov purposes of internal improvements. 



The accompanying schedule shows the various agricultural products 

 of the county; also, its fruit trees and vines, live stock, etc. 



Hoping the report will meet with your approbation, 



I remain your obedient servant, 



JOHN L. McINTIER, 



Assessor of San Diego County. 



SOLANO COUNTY. 



E. W. Parker County Assessor. 



Assessor's Office, 1 



Suisun City, September ]5tb, 1865. | 

 I. N. HoAG, Esq., 



Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture : 



Dear Sir: — Inclosed 3'ou have my report, which I am sorry was not 

 transmitted before this. However, I hope it may i-cach you in time. 

 The report is as correct as I could make it, and hope that it will meet 

 your approval. 



agriculture — WORKING OF SOIL. 



The soil of this county is probabl}- as rich in all tljc essential elements 

 necessary for the production of cereal crops as any other in the State. 

 More attention is given to improved methods of cultivating the soil, and 

 all the agricultural implements of modern invention and improvements 

 are coming generally into use. Deep ploughing is approved, and gen- 

 erally practised by the farmers, and husbandmen generally approve the 

 practice of planting their crops on fallow land. This method of culti- 

 vating facilitates the early sowing of seed, extending to the crops all the 

 benefits afforded hy time, before the dry weather of early summer sets 

 in. The agricndtural productions of the county mainly consist of wlieat 

 and barley. A greater numlier of acres have been devoted to the culti- 

 vation of wheat this year than formerly. Forty-four thousand four hun- 

 dred and thirt}' acres have been sown in wheat, which produced one 

 million five hundred and fifty-five thousand and eighty bushels. The 

 amount in barley was twenty-seven thousand six hundred and fifty-four 



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