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G4 Transactions of the 



CENSUS STATISTICS FOR 1870. 



Office United States Marshal 



for the District of California, 



San Francisco, December 28, 1871. 



IIon. I. N. IToag, Corresponding Secretary State Board of Agriculture, 

 Sacramento : 



Dear Sir: In pursuance with your request, I have the honor to for- 

 ward for publication in your annual report some statistics collated from 

 the late enumeration of the State, prepared under my immediate direc- 

 tion, by my Chief Assistant and Deputy of Statistics, II. C. Bennett, 

 Esquire. It will be observed that the table will be useful for reference. 



It is not my purpose now to elaborate at any length upon the agricul- 

 tural resources of California, or comment to any great extent upon the 

 following figures. Mr. Bennett and myself have now in course of prep- 

 aration for the press a volume embracing the salient points of the census 

 of eighteen hundred and seventy, wherein our agricultural interests will 

 receive the merit they deserve. 



In explanation of the wine product for the year eighteen hundred 

 and sevent}'', as given in the accompanying table, it is necessary to state 

 that the quantity therein referred to includes only that made by farmers 

 and vinegrowers who make wine on their farms or vineyards. The 

 wine made by those who purchase grapes 'or crude materials is entered 

 under the head of " Manufactures," as is also spirits made from grape 

 juice. By comparing the quantity of wine made by manufacturers and 

 the quantity of spirits made from grape juice, it will be found that the 

 total quantity of wine made during eighteen hundred and seventy 

 exceeded three million gallons. In addition to the various products 

 enumerated in the table the following items also properly belong to the 

 agricultural products of the State for eighteen hundred and seventy: 



Fresno County produced nearly four tons of cotton. San Diego also 

 produed thirty bales, raised by Jonas George. 



Yuba produced broom corn to the value of five thousand seven hun- 

 dred and sixty dollars; Sutter, of the same crop, raised twenty thousand 

 dollars' worth, and Amador twelve thousand dollars; small quantities 

 were also produced in other localities. The value of the broom corn 

 for the year exceeded forty -five thousand dollars. 



Yuba County produced nearly six hundred thousand pounds of castor 

 beans, and several other counties produced smaller quantities, the aggre- 

 gate reaching above seven hundred thousand pounds, valued at four 

 cents per pound, equal to twenty-eight thousand dollars. 



Yolo Count}^ raised one hundred and thirty-five tons of chicory, valued 

 at twenty thousand dollars; and San Joaquin produced aD additional 

 amount — at least five thousand dollars. 



