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be a fair rate at which to estimate the value of the barley 

 crop of 1898, and 85 cents is perhaps a fair estimate of 



Corn and Oat Crops. 



There are no reliable statistics of the corn and oat 

 crops of the State. The State Board of Agriculture 

 collects the data of acreage of all cereal crops as reported 

 by the County Assessors, and upon the best information 

 attainable estimates the yield per acre, and from these 

 computes the total crop. The Secretary of the Board 

 does not pretend that these figures are reliable, but only 

 that they are the best approximations that can be made 

 with the means supplied by the State. They are pub- 

 lished only biennially, and this is not the year for their 

 publication. There are no commercial estimates, although 

 " guesses " are sometimes made. I am therefore only 

 able to reproduce the figures given last year, which are as 

 follows : — 



Crops of Cobn and Oats. 



Oats are not considered a profitable crop in California, 

 except in the moist lands. 



It will be noted above that the yield in bushels of wheat 

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