Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . Table VI, andPlot 3, Table VIII, at the rate of 200 pounds per acre. HARVESTING. These crops were cut with a cradle the latter part of July, boundin sheaves, and shocked up to cure. They were thrashed from theshock, with flails, and the grain was cleaned by a hand fanning mill,weighed, and the weight recorded in a book, and upon a tag fastenedto the bag with wire. The weight of the straw was also taken as itcame from the floor. The wheat made a very handsome growth, andthe grain
Appendix to the Journals of the Senate and Assembly of the ..session of the Legislature of the State of California . Table VI, andPlot 3, Table VIII, at the rate of 200 pounds per acre. HARVESTING. These crops were cut with a cradle the latter part of July, boundin sheaves, and shocked up to cure. They were thrashed from theshock, with flails, and the grain was cleaned by a hand fanning mill,weighed, and the weight recorded in a book, and upon a tag fastenedto the bag with wire. The weight of the straw was also taken as itcame from the floor. The wheat made a very handsome growth, andthe grain is of good quality for our coast climate, though not as wellfilled as might have been the case if we had not been visited by oneof our dry north winds, as it was ripening. From the same causethe oats have a light berry, though their aggregate weight per acreis large. 57 WHEAT. OATS. << -^% ?a =^ggsi2 o .-<! (M K p. _^ ^ — C3 CO - I O 1 1. Eh 5 ^ c?i i o K=. 5 1 r- i a. 11 ^ C 4). ^ ^ 1 2 <li ^ ^ S- r^ CO -^r^ g <^ 2 i; »- ^ ft <«. -^ ^p. ^S ?o ^^i ^o ii-§ i fill .a . 1, II §1 CO. ^ g- tq •c 0<M ._, p.^. 0^ 2 E-i ^ ^ E^5 c O o (M ri< toCO to S II-* o s Il P ^1 -3 00 «l a ^ <1. 3o ^t s %%. tS 1^ o pi j3 .S c; CO 3lJ rH .oO 11 ^ o uo 3obo ^ ^ si 1^ 1 £.2 s B S o c pin
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