MAY REPORT. 



CONDITION OF THE CROPS, 



CALIFORNIA AND UTAH. 



Since the above table was set up» a few returns have been I'^ceived from 

 California and Utah, in ansvf er to the May cii'cular. 



CALIFORNIA. 



Wheat. — There is no difference in this State between winter and spring 

 wheats. This crop is sown in the months of December and January. In San 

 Luis Obispo county, in the southern part, on the coast, the increase in the 

 acreage of the crop is 25 per cent, over last year, and had an average appear- 

 ance, but in Stanislaus county, in the valley between the Diablo and Nevada 

 ranges, it was but three-fourths of a crop. Corn. — The increase in the acreage 

 of this crop was from 20 to 50 per cent. Barley. — In Stanislaus county the 

 increase was 100 per cent, over the crop of 1862. Potatoes are not increasing 

 in acreage. The crops, generally, were " good " in appearance. 



UTAH. 



Winter wheat, m some parts, was increasing, but the climate seems to be un- 

 favorable to this variety. Spring loheat was 12 per cent, above the crop of 

 1S62. Corn 100 per cent, above it; rye 10 per cent, above; imtatoes 25 per 

 cent, above ; other roots 20 per cent, above ; and sorghum about 25 per cent, 

 above. 



