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THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



VENTURA. 



Commissioner : 



A. A. Brock Ventura 



Inspectors : 



S. H. Essig Ventura 



J. N. French Oxnard 



J. R. Rolls Santa Paula 



R. E. Harrington Simi 



YOLO. 

 Commissioner : 



G. H. Hecke Woodland 



Inspectors : 



William Gould Woodland 



A. J. Lamme Winters 



Harold Vantassel Broderick 



James Bray Dunnigan 



John Henle Davis 



H. Hartwig Esparto 



August Janes Rumsey 



YUBA. 



Commissioner : 



G. W. Harney Marysville 



STATISTICS ON OLIVE PRODUCTION, 



The following statistics gleaned from the 1913 Yearbook of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture, by F. C. Brosius, deputy- 

 horticultural commissioner of Sacramento County, will be of interest 

 to olive growers. 



The ten principal olive producing countries, excepting the United 



States, averaged only 1,361 pounds of fruit per acre, in 1911. Their 



production was as follows : 



Gallons, oil 223,798,000 



Gallons, pickles 51.03.^,000 



Acreage 9,260,853 



Following are the imports of olive products into the United States 

 for the past four years, with total production in United States during 

 the same period : 



IMPORTS. 



TOTAL PRODUCTION IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Of the above production in the United States, over 99 per cent of both 

 oil and pickles was produced in California, with the following acreage, 

 in 1914 : 



