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Hop culture is receiving more attention in California. An Englishman in 
Los Angeles county claims to have raised two thousand pounds to the aere. 
The State now imports more than it produces. 
A company is organizing in Marysville for the construction of a mill for the 
manufacture of oil from flaxseed, sunflower seed, castor beans, mustard seed, &c. 
From January 1 to October 1, of the current year, one hundred and seventy- 
four ships sailed from San Francisco with cargoes of wheat; of which one hun- 
dred and thirteen went to Europe, thirty-one to Atlantic ports, and twenty to 
China. 
__A pear weighing three pounds is reported to have grown on a yearling tree 
in Placer county. 
The treasure reeeipts at San Francisco for October last amounted to $4,333,000 ; 
the exports of specie for the same period, $3,026,722. 
Experiments with the Early Goodrich potato in Amador county show a product 
of one hundred pounds from one pound of seed, and also demonstrate that two 
crops a year can be grown upon the same ground. 
The Marysville Gas Company is consuming the castor bean cake for making 
gas. The cake costs about twenty dollars per ton. 
FACTS FROM VARIOUS QUARTERS, 
According to the census of 1540, the hop crop of the United States was but 
1,238,412 pounds. In 1850 it had increased to 4,467,029 pounds ; in 1860 'the 
product was nearly 11,000,000 pounds, and this year it will probably reach 
20,000,000 pounds; one-half of which are grown in New York; Wisconsin 
ranks next, raising about 7,000,000 pounds, of which Sauk county produced 
4,000,000. 
The cranberry crop of 1867 is estimated at not Jess than 187,500 bushels ; 
New Jersey producing 105,000 bushels, New England 37,500 bushels, and the 
western States 45,000 bushels; at an average of $4 per bushel the crop will 
yield $750,600. 
Mr. George W. Blanchard, of Gardiner, Maine, reports to the Maine Farmer 
that he last spring set out seven hives of bees, with the following results: 526 
pounds of box honey at 30 cents, $157 80; 70 pounds at 25 cents, $17 50; 
one swarm sold, $10; two swarms unsold, $20; total, $205 30; leaving the 
original hives strong in bees and well supplied with honey. Mr. B. attributes 
his success mainly to the fact that his hives were transferred, with the drone 
combs left out, together with early spring feeding to promote breeding, and 
plenty of box room. He had but four swarms, three coming from one hive. 
One of the principal exports of Texas is cattle, yet the State imports butter, 
cheese, and even milk. 
The salmon eggs placed in the trout ponds at Charlestown, New Hampshire, 
commenced hatching on the 11th instant. 
The anthracite coal production for L867 will aggregate about 12,000,000 
tons, an increase of 350,000 tons over the preceding year. 
The petroleum exports from January 1 to December 24, 1867, from the port of 
New York, reach 33,190,037 gallons, and from other ports, up to 21st Decem- 
