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2,267,403 bushels. Since the harvesting of the crop of 

 1899 exports of barley from this State have rapidly- 

 increased, and, for the first time in the history of the 

 State, our exports of barley have exceeded those of wheat, 

 the comparative figures from the 1st of July to this 

 writing being as follows : — 



Barley and wheat exported since July 1, 1899 : 



Centals. Bushels. 



Wheat 1,485,115 2,441,858 



Barley 2,390,220 5,196,130 



The value of the barley exported exceeds by more than 

 $300,000 the value of our exported wheat. It will also 

 be noted that during the first six months of shipments 

 of the crop of 1899, the exports of barley from California 

 alone have been more than double those of the previous 

 full fiscal year from the whole United States. 



Our production of barley since 1893 has been as 

 follows : — 



California Barley Product — Bushels. 



* Estimated. No figures of acreage of 1898. 



Prices of barley are materially lower than last year, 

 when the great deficiency in our crop raised the prices 

 for feeding to a figure only limited by the price of im- 

 ported maize. A price of $1.25 per cental would perhaps 



