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From the foregoing we may infer that, roughly speak- 

 ing, California usually produces about 6 per cent of the 

 wheat crop of the United States and 1 per cent of the 

 world's crop. 



The value of the wheat crop of the State for the last 

 three years, including the estimate of 1899, has been as 

 follows : — 



1897 at $1.40 per cental $27,159,720 



1898 at $1.15 " 6,670,000 



1899 at $1.05 " 19,425,000 



The prices per bushel are 84 cents, 69 cents, and 63 

 cents for the respective years. 



The Barley Crop. 



Next to wheat the principal cereal crop of the State is 

 barley, of which we export large quantities to Europe for 

 brewing purposes. The requirements of barley for malt- 

 ing purposes are light colour, plump grain, and weight 

 not less than forty-six pounds to the bushel. It must be 

 clean and free from broken grains. The quality of our 

 barley is such that it finds the highest favour with 

 European brewers, and we always have an assured mar- 

 ket at the highest prices for all the barley which we can 

 produce that complies with brewing requirements. Barley 

 is a comparatively small item of the grain exports of the 

 United States, and of the total shipments California 

 furnishes by far the greater part. In fact, the United 

 States exports of barley fluctuate almost in a direct 

 ratio with the size of the California crop. For example, 

 in 1897, when California produced 26,309,325 bushels 

 of barley, the exports from the United States were 

 11,237,077 bushels (fiscal year 1898), while of the crop 

 of 1898, w^iich in California amounted to but 11,413,043 

 bushels, the exports from the United States fell to 



