California Department of Food and Agriculture
Agricultural Commissioners’ Crop Reports
Merced County
1949-1955
California County Agricultural Commissioners' Reports from the California Department of Food and
Agriculture. This collection consists of annual crop and livestock data from each of the 58 California
Counties. The collection covers 1915-1981; digitization of the rest of the collection is forthcoming.
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Director of Agriculture
A. A. Brook
Honorable Board of Supervisors
Harry Schm±dt, Chairman
Ernest Griffin
Glenn Fountain
Joe Toscano
Joe Sharmer
In accordancewith the provision of Section 65.5 of the Agricultural
Code, I submit herewith a report of the acreage production and~
value of agriculturein Merced County.
I wish to emphasize that figures presented here are value of production
and not net income to the grower. Crops generally provided lower returns
to farmers during 19k9.
A five year chart of acreage plsmted is included. Fruit, nut and grape
acreage is listed by varieties.
The compilationof this informationwas made possible through the
assistanceof those engaged in growlng, harvesting,hsndling and
marketing the county agricultu~alproducts;ahd to them we express
our appreciation.
t
E. A. DANISON
~griculturalCommissioner
Field Crops -- 1949
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Acres
Crops
Barley
m
__
Ton
lb.
45~,000
164,330
.90,960
627
91,587
Alfalfa
Alfalfa Seed
Total Alfalfa.....
Value
10,465,000
52,585
10,517,585"
1,790,000
57,382
745,900
115#sack
264
3,405
1,265
lO0
2,973
424
.
8,431
2,050
23,835
18,950
2,060
52,456
680
9,
3,000
i00~ sack
i00# sack
100~ sack
10G# sack
100~ sack
100~ sack
Ton
200
90
710
4,000
13,500
15,900
i00~ sack
lb.
i00# sack
25,000
18,900
41,340
42,000
17,500
500#bale
Ton
5,670,000
11,265
36,300
20,000
Ton
i0~ sack
9~ sack
184,000
4,750
51,000
225
lO0~ sack
125# sack
Ton
i00~ sack
22,713
2,500
Ton
80~ sack
Beans - Pink
Blackeye
Pinto
Red Kidney
Baby Lima
Large Lima
Bean Straw
Total Beans......¯
Canadian Field Peas
Clover Seed
Co~n(field.)
Cotton
Cotton Seed
Total Cotton........
4.3,750
Grain Hay
Milo
Oats
PermanentPasture
Pasture
Rice
Rye
Silage
Sudan Seed
Sudan Pasture
Sugar Beets
.StunFlower
Stubble
7,510
2,796
2,500
53,134
800~9!I
5,710
905
5,100
40
6,268
1,130
240
65,515
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potato Seed
Sweet Potato Culls
Total Sweet Potatoes.....
5,646
5,633
Wheat
14,500
286,0~0
134,545
18,5~o
367,192
106,480
30,000
957,277*
787,500
6,457,500*
168,975
94,380
55,000
2,125,360
1,601,822
611,800
11,875
408,000
1,700
188,000
272,536
i1,500
81,894
2,207,586
132,000
20,000
2,359,586*
b°x
5~
Ton
Ton
649,290
l,!O0
2,500
i93,864
I00~ sack
51,700
27,993,894
1,099,673
Total....
(Stubble not included)
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Field Cro2 Acreage - 5 year chart
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949
Alfalfa
85,000
85,500
87,471
91,094
91,587
Barley
75,000
73,000
69,300
47,212
57,382
Beans
8,742
5,541
7,106
ll,171
8,431
Crops
~
m
Canadian Field Peas
.
Clover Seed
lOO
Cotton
Flax
Grain H~y
¯ 200
295
90
m
m
Corn
m
71o
43,750
8,000
5,600
16,996
24,135
200
-
770
i00
16,500
17,200
18,400
5,722
7,510
Milo
2,500.
3,250
3,000
3,038
2,796
Oats
6,000
5~550
4,700
2,760
2,500
28,000
37,600
48,700
50,936
53,134
857,238
850,019
807,187
805,275
Permanent Pasture
Pasture
800,911
Rice
3,406
3~28o
4,55o
5,oo0
Rye
1,300
1,200
1,OlO
1,957
9o5
Silage
7,000
8,300
10,400
2,800
5,100
4o
Sudan Seed
Sudan Pasture
Stubble
5,710
820
62o
15o
3o
8,450
9,100
9,600
5,240
6,268
87,000
84,100
84,300
54,523
65,515
220
1,025
2,250
1,130
Sugar Beets
Sweet Potatoes
4,400
5,200
3,950
3,967
5,646
Wheat
6,000
5,600
5,8oo
4,551
5,633
SunFlowers
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191
240
VEGETABLE
CROPS-- 1949
Producing
Acres
Crops
Asparagus
36~
Production
Unit
Value
4,320
34~ crate
i1,750
Beaus - string
lima quick freeze
18
550
5,400
880
30~ hopper
Ton
13,500
132,000
ll0
88,000
Crate
132,000
Berries - bush
Broccoli
250
425
Cantaloupes
4,300
512,000
Ton
Crate
59,500
1,470,600
7
1,400
Lug
1,750
Cucumbers
358
72,000
Flats
97,200
Koneyde~’s
1~$16
12,160
Ton
218,88o
23,000
46,000
215
Crate
Other Melons
Carrots
31
Ii0
12,400
2,200
Crate
Ton
44,520
44,000
25
9,722
30~ lug
12,638
Eggplant
18
3,345
5~ sack
41,812
Garlic
llO
18,700
Crate
46,750
Lettuce
240
110,520
50# sack
121,570
Onions
7,500
20,625
50
Hamper
Peas
250
64,409
50# crate
161,100
Peppers
80
18,250
100#Sack
51,100
Potatoes
3,000
17
Ton
Spinach
47,800
61,700
65
Crate
Strawberries
Squash
25
120
Sweet Corn
450
45,000
Watermelons
Tomatoes:
Shipping
Canning
Total Tomatoes......
TOTALS.....
68
3,488
603,500
14,575
Ton
5-doz Crate
39~Lug
Ton
3,600
57,250
I,~48,400
"~76,925
1,725,3~5"
,578,170
12,019
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VegetableCrop Acreage - 5 Year Chart
1945
Asparagus
Beans - String
Lima quick freeze
Horse Beans
Berries - Bush
Broccoli
Cantaloupes
Cucumbers
Honeydews
Watermelons
Other Melons
Carrots
Eggplant
Garlic
Lettuce
Onions
Peas
Peppers
Potatoes
Spinach
Strawberries
Squash
Sweet Corn
Tomatoes
1946
1947
52
m
m
32
72
1948
36
20
200
72
113
230
4,14o
1949
36
18
550
llO
250
4,300
21o
19o
~
.
.
161
187
.
2,340
,~,2~i00
"
30
332
72
146
9o5
3,460
340
489
240
600
llO
80
178
71
.
40
2e
26
230
37
141
25
35
40
60
40
18
llO
3oo
180
.
30
m
-
7
450
358
1,168
1,216
215
40
75
27
45
125
250
155
m
165
31o
225
-
265
350
375
300
3oo
-
~
15
80
i0
6
12
12
71
4
76
17
65
6
5
75
150
3,170
160
3,960
70
4,500
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24o
50
250
80
25
i00
4,024
, 450
3,488
Fruit and Nut Crops - Merced Cowaty - 1949 Season
Crops
Producing Acres Production
2,800
3,075
Almonds
Apricots
Citrus
Figs - Kadota
All Other
600
3,970
6,417
Value
Unit
840,000
215,250
Tons
Ton Gr.
900
7c#~ox
Ton Gr.
2,904 ~ ~ ~"~
2,200 Adr. Ton Dry
1,200’Cal.Ton Dry
1,450 Blk. Ton Dry
2,200 Kad. Ton Dry
Ton Dry
1,650
217,800
418,000
372,000
159,500
154,000
49,500
1,370,800"
1,921,890
469,500
669,625
B,061,O15*
Sub. Standard
Total Figs ......
10,387
Grape
s¯
Rai sin
Table
Juice ~..~ t~. ~
TotalGrapes,....
10,130
2,846
5,306
18,282
69,887
i5,650
24,350
Ton Gr.
Ton Gr.
Ton Gr.
165
174
37,760
135
Crates & Lugs
Ton
Nectarines
Olives
Peaches:
Clings
Cannery
Dried
Freestone
Shipping
Canned & Frozen
Dried
TotalPeaches......
Pears
Persimmons
Plums
Pomegranates
Prunes
Walnuts
Black Walnuts
49,100
12,150
4,105
31,450
3
Ton
Ton
1,258,000
600
2,691
196,100 i 20~Box
Ton Gr.
13,500
Ton Dry
1,520
6,796
430
2
1,~50
27,450
500
23½
1,109
5,000
9
138
lO
22
1,707
109,816
382.000
387,600
2,138,016"
50~Box
2~Lug
25~ Lug
2~ Lug
Ton
Ton
Sacks
559
1,400
38,430
500
2,820
354,880
5,000
8,090,820
Total.....
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Fruit and Nut Bearing Acres - 5 Year Chart
Almonds
Apricots
Citrus
%945
1946
1947
1948
1949
5,067
5,423
6,827
7~382
7,4o3
913
888
706
680
683
22
24
24
24
24
8,631
8,611
10,115
10,230
10,387
15,802
15,869
16,136
17,766
18,282
Nectarines
178
178
172
169
165
Olives
124
124
178
178
174
6,704
6,749
6,541
6,831
6,796
2
2
2
2
2
40
40
31
Bl
31
7
7
9
9
9
Plums
92
92
ll5
ll5
138
Pomegranates
15
15
lO
i0
lO
31
31
28
22
22
Prunes
Figs
GrapeL-
Peaches
Pears
Pecans
PerSimmons
Walnuts
1,507
1,507
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1,621
1,653
1,707
Merced County Fruit and Nut Acreage - 1949
Crop and Variet~
Bearing
Acreage
NonBearing
Acreage
Almonds
Drake
Eureka
ixL
Jordanola
Mission
Ne Plus Ultra
Non Pareil
Peerless
Other
284
1
249
34
-
-
60
2,161
1,500
3,016
35
97
345
783
249
974
27
3
3B6
6
335
6
"
1
-
Apricots
Blenheim & Royal
Moorpark & Hemskirk
Tilton
Other
Chestnuts
1
All
Figs
1,781
2,419
3,970
2,217
45
1
278
241
Sultam.~
Thompson
Zante Currant
Other
5
9,926
139
60
"
497
"
-
Grapes - Table
Emperor
Malaga
Red Malaga
Ribier
Tokay
Other
142
1,517
235
251
513
188
2
2
Blacks
Calimyrna
Kadota
White Adriatic
Grapes - Raisin~
Grapes - Wine
Alicante Bouschet
Burger
Carignane
Colombar
Rauken Reisling
(continued)
933
i9
i, 328
lO
31
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~7
138
Merced County Fruit and Nut Acreage - 1949
(continued)
Non-
Crop and Variety
Bearing
Acreage
Bearing
Acreage
35
Golden Chasselas
Grenache
Mataro
Mission
Palomino
Zinfandel
Other White Variety
Other Dark Variety
201
i
18
26
9
lll
Lemons
All
Nectarines
Gower
Quetta
Stanwick
John Rivers
Other
Olives
Ascolano
Manzanillo
Mission
31
7
136
Oranges
18
Navel
Valencia
Peaches - Clingstone
Carolyn
Fortuna
Gaume
Gomes (Stuart)
Halford
Johnson
Libbee
Paloro
Peak
Phillips
Sims
Williams
Other
2O
232
635
22
198
8
357
54O
579
675
287
23O
222
Peaches - Freestone
Cra~ford
Kim Elberta
Elberta
J. H. Hale
Lovell
(continued)
5
72
1,647
156
574
.8-
161
3~7
63
59
Merced County Fruit and Nut Acreage - 1949
(continued)
Crop and Variety
Non-
Bearing
Acreage
Bearing
Acreage
Peaches - Freestone
Muir
Rio Oso
Sal-~ay
Babcock
Other
144
5
3
8
77
6O
"
"
124
Pears
Bartlett
Pecans
All
Sl
Persimmons
Hachiya
Other
7
2-
Plums
Bea~ty
Grand Duke
Kelsey
President
Santa Rosa
Tragedy
Wickson
Other
Pomggranat~
~
Wonderful
5
i
5
5B
65
1
6
2
"
"
3
16
50
lO
Prunes
Imperial
Robe De Dargent
ll
Ii
m
m
Walnu~__~s
Concord
Eureka
Franquette
Hartley
Mayette
Pavane
Other
20
559
232
7
128
636
125
"
34
213
25
4
71
ii0
Walnuts - Black
402
All
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Dairy, Livestockt Poultry, Bees & NurserySt°ck "" 1949
Dairy Cattle
.....
;o_.-’m~s72’500
headmilk cows
~utterfat
l~,;o~,ooo
Cows, Bulls, Calves sold to butcher
Total ..................................................
Beef
599250
Cattle ..... ........
Cows, Calves, Feeders and Beef
Value
17,287,625
1~162,500
18,~50,I~5
head
9,183,750
40, lO0 head
Sheep
;;e;
;~7~;b;
;oid
:.::
.............
~OO1
oe,eeee,
oeeeoe,oeeee,ee
72~,000
163,250
’’eem°lele°
887,e50
Total...............
’ .............
" ..........
¯ ..........
~4,640
2,100
e6,740
. . 28,000 head
¯
Rabbits
:.......................
~ide~
¯::..¯:
.........
Total ......................................................
370,000
lO,O00 head
Hogs
.........
¯
Milk Goats .... 50~0~" pounds1,O00 "
Butterfat
Kids, hides and goats sold .................
75,000
76,100
Total ...................................................
Turkeys:
Sold to Market .......
Poults
........
5,889,670
6~3,o84
954,179
733,040
899~1o4
~ggs:: ................
Total
7,411,858
iDoolole~ooe
37,715
694,500
1~340,880
Chickens:
......
198,500
Baby Chicks ..........
Broilers,
Roasters,
Fryers 2~15,000 pounds
Eggs ..................... 120,800 cases
Total
a
Bees ....
Total
¯ ¯ooonla,e"
Ioml¯eoeeo¯
2,073,095
i,"
,o,e¯,e,o,,,,
11,750 colonies
oo~looeoaoe~e~¯o¯o¯¯¯~°’
ee,
nn~y-- ----¯ ---"--Zo~"’’"’’’"’’~’
.....
,e
¯
eoeoeee
¯oeeolee"
Beeswax ..................
:::
Rented for Pollenizatlon --:["." 9,850 iolonies
¯
39,780
3,600
57,955
....................................................
Nursery Stock:
Strawberry plants .......
Fruit and Nut Trees .....
Rooted Grape Vines .......
¯ ¯¯
Roses . ,
Ornamentals"A’S]~6e’Trees"
670 acres
16.,000,000
850,000
1,225,000’
2,600,00
320,000
255,000
4~,875
911,000
150,375
300,750
c~ctus
::::::::.:::.:’::’
8.0oo
80,000
" ...............................
Total .........
40,224,123
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SUMMARY
Classificationof Acreage
19
__8
199
51,725
51,838
Field, Vegetable& Nursery Crops
3o7,2oo
311,451
Pasture Laud, not arable
545,670
545,670
Pasture Land, (arable - not farmed)
259,6o5
e55,241
>5~ooo
55,ooo
Fruit and Hut Crops
Slough: Rivers, Ponds, Brush, Building Sites,
Railroads,Canals, Roads and Ditches
1,219,200
1,219,200
1948
1949
1,643,000
1,687,250
11,327,082
8,090,820
26~341,274
27,993,894
Total .........................
Value
Nursery Stock . .................................
Fruit
and
Nut
Crops
.....
Field Crops (includingpasture) .................
5,359,930
Vegetable Crops
Dairy Cattle .................................... 22,298,800
14,162,000
Beef Cattle .....................................
Sheep ...........................................
Rabbits
Eogs
.............................
.....
¯ ....................
° .............
4,578,170
18,450,125
9,183,75o
792,870
887,25o
18,800
26,740
6~4,000
370,000
101,250
76,100
Turkeys
6,851,720
7,411,858
Chickens
2,461,680
2,073,095
73~473
57,955
92,115,879
80,887,007
Milk Goats .....
Bees
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Annual
Report
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Of Agr.cultur
e
COUNTY
OF MERCED
UNI~I’I~
01’ Ltu r~z~
LIBP,AI’~Y
COLLEGEO;" AGI~ICULTUBE
DAVIS
MERCED
COUNTY
DEPARTMENT
OFAGRICULTURE
To the Director, State Departmentof Agriculture
and
To the County Board of Supervisors:
I respectfullysubmit a report of the acreage,production,
aud valu~ of agriculturein Merced County for the calendar
year of i950. Section 65.5 of the Agricultural Code requires that an annual report be made to the Director.
In orcler to obtain these figures, many individuals,shippers,
handlers, and others have given their time and effort to make
this report as comprehensiveand accurate as possible. I wish
to emphasizethat the figures preseate~here are based entirely
upon availabledata secured from a number of reliable sources,
and representthe best thinking of many persons.
It is important to understandthat the value of production
reported here is the net ~orth to the farmer of his products
on the market and is not to be construed to mean the net income. Increased farm p~oduction expenses and costs should be
deducted to arrive at the net income.
Copies of this report are sent to Federal, State, and County
agencies and to individualsand industry upon request.
Lucluded in this report i~ a five year chart of acres planted.
The bearing and non-bearingtree fruit, nut and grape acreage
is listed by variety.
E. A. DANISON
AgriculturalCommissioner
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Producing
Acres
Crop
Alfalfa
Alfalfa Seed
Total Alfalfa
Barley
Production
Unit
Value
102,926
1~281
104,207
488,500
505,500
Ton
Lb.
8,548,75o
57,804
890,680
ll~ sack
75o
100#sack
30,772
20,059
1,320
65,625
1,400
5,850
500
lO~ sack
i00# sack
100# sack
100~ sack
i00~.sack
100# sack
Ton
Beans - Pink
Llackeye
Pinto
Red Kidney
Baby Lima
Large Lima
Garden (seed)
Pean Straw
Total Beans
41
2,695
1,264
60
2,358
i00
390
BirdsfootTrefoil (seed)
Canadian Field Peas
Cucur~ber(seed)
Clover seed
Corn (field)
Cotton
Cotton seed
Total Cotton
50
140
40
1,437
1,140
19,630
2,300
I~400
9,400
238,282
8,340
68
3,828
14
2,332
16
56,047
808,077
5,435
3,760
5,700
143
6,139
1,845
265
64,402
530
6,734
Grain}lay
Lettuce (seed)
Milo
Melon (seed)
Oats
Onion (seed)
Permanent Pasture
Pasture
Rice
Rye
Silage
Sudan (seed)
Sudan Pasture
Sugar Beets
SunFlower
Stubble
Saflower
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes seed
Sweet Potatoes culls
Total Sweet Potatoes
Total...
2,137,629
6,750
276,948
160,472
10,560
459,375
11,900
52,650
__~4000
982,~
26,110
9,790
Lb.
i0~,~sack
Lb.
Lb.
i0o#sack
500~bale
Ton
4,315
8,500
7,888
281,].72
91,410
4,960,900
1,027,950
12,525
20,400
79,415
4,900
31,323
11,840
Ton
Lb.
lO0# sack
Lb.
90#.sack
Lb.
187,875
20,400
190,590
1,960
190,225
17,425
57,000
1,681
i00# sack
125# sack
Ton
i00# sack
27,700
73,115
10,650
1,961,645
1,818,173
827,478
52,275
456,000
13,534
!53,475
33,580
2,410
Ton
80# sack
419,750
16,870
80,500
870
713,804
3,375
12,450
100# sack
50#box
Ton
Ton
1,641,750
135,000
3,045
124,5oq
1,901,250
49,065
4,266
1,104,625
~[heat
g,730,730
lO~ sack
171~727
26,593,46f
(Stubblenot included)
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* FIELD CROP ACRW_AGE- 5 YEAR CHART *
i946
Alfalfa
Barley
BesAus
B!rdsfoot
CanadianField Peas.
Cuctnnberseed
Clover Seed
Corn
Cotton
Flax
Grain Hay
Lettuce
Milo
Melon Seed
Oats
Onion Seed
Permanent Pasture
Pasture
Rice
Rye
Silage
Sudan Seed
Sudan Pasture
Stubble
Sugar Beets
SunFlowers
Sweet Potatoes
Safflower
Wheat
1947
1948
91,094
47,212
11,171
....
-
87,471
85,500
69,300
73,000
7,106
5,541
Trefoil
_
lO0
_
16,996
5,600
770
18,400
17,200
Seed
3,000
3,250
_
4,700
5,550
.
_
48,700
13,760
850,019 807,187
3,280
4,550
1,OlO
1,200
10,400
8,300
620
150
9,100
9,600
84,300
84,100
220
1,025
5,200
3,950
295
24,135
i00
5,722
....
3,038
_
2,760
50,9~6
805,275
5,000
1,957
2,800
30
5,240
54,523
2,250
191
3,967
....
5,800
4,551
5,600
,,
,
I ml I
1949
1950
91,987
57,382
8,431
102,926
57,804
6,908
50
140
40
1,437
1,140
19,630
200
90
710
43,750
7,510
2,796
2,500
53,134
800,911
5,710
905
5,100
40
6,268
65,515
1,130
240
646
5,
5,633
I
8,340
68
3,728
14
2,332
16
56,047
808,077
5,435
3,760
5,700
143
6,139
64,402
1,885
265
6,734
530
4,266
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* VEGETABLE CROPS - 1950 *
ProducingAcres
Crops
Value
34-~ Crate
19,244
Asparagus
5,660
3 j 000
6,300
lO
30#Hopper
Beans - String
20,000
Crate
36,000
Berries - Bush
40
Ton
9,,000
120
225
Broccoli
Crate
Cabbage
~ 5;’98o
11,900
L35
Crate
1,564,800
4,665
521,200
600
Lug
75o
Cucumbers
3
147,000
220,000
420
Flat
Honeydews
22,756
Ton
481,476
1,219
Crate
93,000
185
62,000
Other Melons
Carrots
45
¯ 35
~1,6oo
i, 970
Crate
Ton
64,800
36,3e6
22
8,534
30# Lug
lO,667
Eggplant
2,350
21,150
12
5C~ Sack
Garlic
Lettuce
117
14,715
Onions
260
Watermelons
!
Unit
86
Cantaloupes
i
Production
¯
156,000
Crate
36,787
50#Sack
llT,000
50# Crate
161,217
100# Sack
12,900
m~
Peas
Peppers
255
Potatoes
43
66,309
8,600
N.
~m
Spinach
Stra,~erries
75
Squash
75
Sweet Corn
275
Tomatoes
Shipping
Canning
Total Tomatoes..
41,775
3o0
76,400
Ton
7,500
5-Doz Crate
27,500
2,330
Crate
32#Lug
~99,098
Ton
4,610
34,375
1,241,156
108,879
1,350,035
4,389,627
,
TOTALS .....
10,327
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1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
52
Be
36
B6
86
Beans - String
210
Lima Quick Freeze Horse Beans
3o
BB2
72
2o
200
72
18
55o
lO
161
146
llB
llO
4o
9o5
2Bo
25o
12o
3,460
4,140
4,300
4,665
Asparagus
Berries - Bush
Broccoli
Cantaloupes
2,340
Cabbage
Cucumbers
_
-
35
-
-
7
B
450
B58
420
Honeydews
340
489
Watermelons
240
600
1,168
1,216
1,219
80
178
71
215
185
Other Melons
22
23O
141
8O
Carrots
Eggplant
40
26
37
25
22
Garlic
40
6o
4o
18
12.
Lettuce
75
27
45
llO
i17
Onions
155
165
225
240
26o
BlO
-
50
-
B75
Boo
250
255
-
15
80
43
Peas
Peppers
350
Potatoes
Spinach
12
.
4
17
-
Stravberries
12
71
76
65
75
5
75
80
25
75
160
7o
lOO
45o
275
3,960
4,500
4,024
3,488
2,303
Squash
Sweet Corn
Tomatoes
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* FRUIT AND NUT C~OPS - MERCED COUETY - 1950 *
Crops
Almonds
Apricots
Cannery
Dried
Juice & Frozen
Shipping
Total Apricots
Citrus
Figs - Kadota
All Others
Sub Standard
Total Figs ...
Grapes
Raisin
Table
Juice
Total Grapes..
ProducingAcres
7,187
482
Production
Unit
2,225
Ton
615
113
1,335
14,000
7oo
2O
10,258
1,854
5,].01
].7,213
Olives
Black Walnuts
TOTAL ...
3,393
TO~%
Ton
Ton
39,303
30
45o
2,868
1,400
70~ Box
691,600
745,200
667,500
290~000
656,200
52,opoq
3,102,500
4,667,390
639,54O
Crates,Lugs
265
Walnuts
15,4oqo
22---gY,69o
Gr. Ton
Gr. Ton
Gr. Ton
133
Pomegranates
88,!40
80,100
71,806
10,659
22,954
48,900
Plums
43,o5o
Ton
Ton
Ton
2~Lug
9,284
163
Pears
Persimmons
$1,335,000
Ton Green
5,320
Ton Dry
2,070 Adr
Ton Dry
1,335 Cal
1,450 Black Ton Dry
Ton Dry
1,930 Kad
Ton Dry
1,300
3,680
5,604
Nectarines
Peaches - Cling
Cannery
Dried
Shipping
Freestone
Shipping
C~med & Frozen
Dried
Total Peaches ...
Value
Ton
1,67
~,9~2,57~
61,125
23j850
2,335,200
9,000
27,000
420,110
14,166
1,240
20~,Lug
Ton
Ton
504,132
779,130
i14
796
Lug
1,082
Lug
81,900
25# Lug
2,995
4.96_~ooo
6,261
:2
J8
46,800
1].7
1,170
i0
2,000
372
.-228
2~
1,300
Ton
416,000
3,000
Sack
3,000
$16,388,804
43,252
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* FRUIT A~ ~YUT BEARING ACMES - 5 YEAR CHART *
1946
1947
1948
1949
1950
5,423
6,827
7,382
7,403
7,187
Apricots
888
706
680
683
482
Citrus
24
24
24
24
20
Almonds
8,611
lO,115
10,230
10,387
9,284
15,869
16,136
17,766
18,282
17,213
Nectarines
178
172
169
165
163
Olives
124
178
178
.174
133
6~749
6,541
6,831
6,796
6,261
2
2
2
2
2
40
31
31
31
23
7
9
9
9
8
Pl~Is
92
115
i15
138
117
Pomegranates
15
lO
lO
lO
lO
Prunes
31
28
22
22
1,653
1,707
Figs
Grapes
Peaches
Pears
Pecans
I.ersi1~mons
1,507
Walnuts
1,621
2~000
372
Black Walnuts
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Crop and Variet.y
Bearing Acreage
Non.Bea~ringAcreage
348
51
1
mm
Almonds
Drake
Eureka
I X L
Jordanola
Mission
Ee Plus Ultra
Non Pareil
Peerless
Other
289
72
1,591
1,199
3,144
47
ll4
382
517
2o4
1,o36
25
18
Apricots
Blm/qeim & Royal
Moorpark & Hemskirk
Tilton
Other
216
6
259
6
Fi___gs
Blacks
Ca]imyrna
Kadota
White Adriatic
1,512
io5
2~i15
3,68o
1,973
133223
GraDes - Raisin
Sultana
Thompson
Za~Le Currant
Other
Gra~es
5
i0,129
109
-m
196
6o
- Table
Emperor
Malaga
Red Malaga
Ribier
Tokay
Other
lll
858
95
~34
483
7o
Grapes - Wine
Alica~te Bouschet
Burger
Carignane
Colomber
Ranken Reisling
695
19
1,539
lO
31
-7-
9
3o
* M~qCED CO[~TY FRUIT AND NUT ACREAGE - 1950 *
Crop and Variety
Golden Chasselas
Grenache
Mataro
Mission
Palomino
Zinfandel
Other Variety
Other DarkVariety
Bearing Acreage
18B
519
~8
452
502
569
129
404
Non-BearingAcreage
""
69
""
""
""
-"--
Lemons
All
1
Nectarines
Gower
Quetta
Stanwick
John Rivers
Other
21
30
32
55
25
-14
""
""
9
1
i0
107
2
13
--""
-"
1
Olives
Ascolano
Manzanillo
Mission
Sevillano
Other
Oranges
Navel
Valencia
15
5
Peaches - Clingstone
Forttma
Gaume
Gomes (Stuart)
Halford
Jo~son
Libbee
Paloro
Peak
Phillips
Sims
Williams
Other
343
565
14
211
6
357
52].
477
663
282
274
255
-8-
62
17
6
20
-""
44
ii
-"
-"
16
261
* N/~RCED COT~TY FRUIT AND NUT ACREAGE- 1950 *
Peac~-.es - Freestone
Kim Elberta
E]berta
J. H. Hale
Lovell
Muir
Rio Oso
Salway
Babcock
Other
54
1,960
141
479
109
lO
2
4
96
55
231
""
18
"70
"""
154
Pears
Bartlett
Pecans
All
Persimmons
Hachiya
p lures
Beaut.
Grand Duke
Kelsey
President
Santa Rosa
Tragedy
Other
4
i
5
45
68
1
2
""
-""
3
8
""
"-
Pomegranates
Wonderful
lO
Walnuts
Concord
Eureka
Franquette
Hartley
Mayette
Pay-he
Other
19
693
308
36
120
708
116
134
203
53
3f
242
39
Walnuts - Black
372
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* DAIBY.LIVESTOCKjPOULTRY~B~.w.sA~D 9[0RS~IqYSTOCK - 1950 *
Value 69,500 head milk cows
Dairy Cattle
!7,444,500
Butterfat
Cows, Bulls, Calves sold to butcher
Total...
51,125 head
Beef Cattle
C~Is, Calves, Feeders, and Beef
$16,572,275
2,581~ooq
19,153,275
10,225,000
Sheep
Ewes sm.d Lambs sold
Wool
Total ...
43,000
Rabbits
Hides
Total ...
12,000
Hogs
12,000 head
420,000
Milk Goats
Butterfat
Kids hides and goats sold
Total ...
1,000 head
50,000 lbs.
65)000
948,900
232,350
1,181,250
1,5oq
66,500
Turkeys
Sold to Market
Poults
Eggs
Total ...
1,091~000
805,100
3,416,810
Chickens
Baby Chicks
Broilers, Roasters,Fryers
Eggs
Total ...
228,726
2,750,000 pounds
127,105 cases
Bees
Honey
Bees Wax
Rented for Pollination
Total ...
12,000
30O
12j300
5,979,431
684,335
854,2o2
7,517,968
42,615
770,000
].,652,365
12,800 colonies
ll,000 colonies
700 acres
Nursery Stock
21,000,000
Str~erry plants
1,075,000
Fruit and Nut Trees
1,800,000
Rooted Grape Vines
1,600,000
Roses
435,000
Ornamentaland Shade Trees
80,000
Cactus
1,000~000
Bulbs
Total ...
-lO-
72,360
9,250
16,500
9~,ii0
366,000
376,250
63~000
540,000
217,500
8,000
15,000
1,585,75o
* SUI,R~ARY
*
Classificationof Acreage
194_99
Fruit and Nut Crops (includes non-bearing)
Fie~d, Vegetable,and Nursery Crops
Pasture Land (not arable)
Pasturc Land (arable - not farmed)
Sloughs, Rivers, Ponds, Brush, Building Sites,
Railroads,Canals, Roads and Ditches
Total ...
51,838
311,451
545,670
255,241
195__2o
48,548
307,575
545,670
262,4O7
55,ooo
55,ooo
1,219,200
1,219,200
Value
1,585,750
1,687,250
16,388,804
8,090,820
26,593,461
27,993,894
4,389,627
4,578,170
19j153,275
18,45C,125
10,225,000
9,183,750
1,181,250
887,250
12,300
26,740
420,000
370,000
¯
66,500
76,100
7,517,968
7,43.1,858
2,464,980
2,073,095
98,110
57~95~.
~ursery Stock
Fruit and Nut Crops
Field Crops (including.past1~re)
Vegetable Crops
Dairy Cattle
Beef Cattle
Sheep
Rabbits
Hogs
Milk Goats
Turkeys
Chickens
Bees
Total .....
-ll-
80,887,007
90,097,025
/25;
Annual
of
lleport
Agriculture
C@UNTY OF ~IEHCED
1951
UNIVERSITYOF CAt.tl.t.,~,
LIBRARY
CO~ OF AGRICUL,’I’ItJLq~
DAV~
MERCED COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
To the Director, State Departmentof Agricultur~
and
To the County Board of Supervisors:
I respectfullysubmit a report of the acreage, production,and value
of agriculturein Merced County for the calendar year of 1951.
Section 65.5 of the AgriculturalCode requires that an annual
report be made to the Director.
In order to obtain these figures, many individuals,~b~ppers,
handlers, and others have given their time and effort ~o make
this report as comprehensive and accurate as possible. I wish
to emphasize that the figures presented here are based entirely
upon available data secured from a number of reliable sources,
and represent the best thinking of many persons.
It is important to understand that the value of production
reported here is the net worth to the farmer of his products
on the market and is not to be construedto mean the net income. Increased farm production expenses and costs should be
deducted to arrive at the net income.
Copies of this report are sent to Federal, State, and County
agencies and to individualsand industry upon request.
Included in this report is a five-yea~ chart of acres planted.
The bearing and non-bearir~tree fruit, nut and grape acreage
is listed by variety.
E. A. DANISON
AgriculturalCommissioner
* FIELD CROPS~1951. *
Crop
ProducinK Acres
Production
87809
39514O
Alfalfa
Alfalfa Seed
Total Alfalfa
295
103555
88Y64
Barley
Beans Pink
Blackeye
Pinto
Red Kidney
Baby Lima
Large Lima
Bean Straw
4o348
4o
5oo8oo
6o0
3172
4~5
619
1663
180
38000
7730
12380
37802
4500
1200
Cantaloupe(Seed)
Garden Peas (Seed)
Cucumber(Seed)
Clover (Seed)
Corn Hybrid (Seed)
Corn (Field)
Cotton
Cotton Seed
40
330
15
720
15
400
60000
17200
2640
"4500
112800
18000
ll000
75000
30000
7000
80
40
10600
14000
12000
1000
Value
Unit
Ton 9,878,500
Lb.
42,458
9,92-O,958
1,627,600
5,100
342,576
ii~ sk
i00# sk
I00# sk
io0#sk
lO0#sk
63,185
148,56o
i00~ sk
273,322
40,500
io0#sk
Ton
9,600
882,843
Grain Hay
Honeydew(Seed)
Lettuce (Seed)
Melilotus(Seed)
Melon (Seed)
14000
1640O
40
783
Milo
47955
Oats
3595
60000
PermanentPasture
807859
Pasture
5013
Rice
800
Rye
Silage
6250
I00
Sudan (Seed)
Sudan Pasture
5970
836
Sugar Beets
382
SunFlower
46458*
StubBle
Squash (Seed)
5
4483
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Potatoes Seed
Sweet Potatoes Culls
Total Sweet Potatoes
Netch (Seed)
Wheat
8,600
14,520
2,700
112,800
1,800
Lb.
Lb.
Lb.
Lb.
Lb.
110#sk
38,50O
500# balel5j000,O00
Ton
2.160 000
Ton
Lb.
Lb.
100# sk
Lb.
lO0#sk
100#sk
212,000
5,600
12,000
6,000
4,480
53,3oo
155,853
2,100,000
158850
3980
75000
500
lO0#sk
12~ sk
100# sk
Ton
16475
3050
8~I sk
3500
652000
ll20
4450
Lb.
5~box
Ton
Ton
4800
24100
300
2215
100#sk
I00#sk
1,615,718
726,769
15,920
600,000
4,000
149~250
160,479
24,~48
69,687
1,225
2,608,000
ll2,000
44~500
2,764,500
33,600
92,785
$38,577,935
Total......
*(Stubble not included)
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*
Alfalfa
Barley
Beans
Birdsfoot Trefoil
Canadian Field Peas
Cucumber Seed
Clover Seed
Corn
Cotton
Flax
Grain Hay
Lettuce Seed
Milo
,
Melon Seed
Oats
Onion Seed
PermanentPasture
Pasture
Rice
Rye
Silage
Sudau Seed
Sudan Pasture
Stubble
Sugar Beets
sunFlowers
Sweet Potatoes
Safflower
Wheat
*
¯
87,471 91,094 91,987
69,300 47,212 57,382
8,~31
7,106 11,171
_
"
_
200
_
"
90
295
lO0
710
_
16,996 24,135 43,750
i00
770
7,510
5,722
18,400
.
"
-
102,926 88,104
57;8O4 40,348
6,119
6,908
50
140
15
b.O
720
I ,~
k~",
415
1,140
19,630
60,000_
7,000
8,3
40
~8
7~3
3,000 3,038 2,7~_ 3,7~
"
4,71)0
2,760
2,500_
~8,700 50,936 53,134
807,].87 805,275 800,911
5,71o
4,~i5o
l,OlO
10,400
150
9,600
84,300
1,025
_
3,950
5,800
5,000
905
1,957
5,100
2,800
40
30
6,268
240
5,
54,523 65,515
1j130
2,250
240
191
5,646
3,967.
.
633
5,
4,551
40
3,595
2,332
16
56,047 60,000
859
808,077 807,
5,435
3,760
5,700
143
6,139
64,402
1,885
265
6,734
530
~,266
5,o13
800
6,250
i00
5,970
46,458
836
382
4,483
"
2,215
* VEGETABLE CROPS, 1951 *
Producing Acres Production
Crop
Unit
Value
77
5800
34# Crate
21,692
8
2358
30# Hopper
5,659
Beans, Lima Quick Freeze
233
210
Berries, Bush
25
i0000
Borccoli
90
270
Ton
32,400
5
800
Crate
2,000
4500
675000
Crate
1,940,250
Cucumbers
20
200
Ton
ll,500
Honeydews
405
123000
Flat
184,500
1947
29155
Ton
657,545
283
62000
Crate
144,825
Carrots
40
20
16000
442
Crate
Ton
52,500
9,105
Eggplant
21
8358
30# Lug
14,208
Garlic
3o
4500
5o#Sack
27,000
Lettuce
10
3500
Onions
310
123000
Peppers
273
Potatoes
Asparagus
Beans, String
Cabbage
Cantaloupes
Watermelons
Other Melons
Ton
29,400
Crate
22,500
17,500
5o#Sack
153;910
64668
50# Crate
127,772
7o
17500
lOO#Sack
49,000
Spinach
50
200
Ton
16,000
Strawberries
20
9594
Crate
20,623
Squash
15
32
Ton
1,920
Sweet Corn
170
Peas
25500
5 dz. Crate
.3134
Tomatoes
Shipping
Canning
Total Tomatoes
645097
32# Lug
30393
Ton
20,400
1,723,921
956,939
2,680,865
$6,243,069
TOTAL.....
-3-
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* VEGE~3kBLECROP ACREAGE - 5 YEAR CHART *
1947 1948
Asparagus
1949
1951
36
86
20
18
1o
200
72
550
-
-
233
-
113
llO
4O
25
905
230
250
120
90
3,460
4,140
4,300
4,665
4,500
32
36
Beans - String
30
Lima Quick Freeze 332
Horse Beans
" 72
Berries - Bush
146
Broccoli
Cantaloupe
s
1950
77
8
Cabbage
-
-
35
5
Cucumbers
-
7
3
20
405
Honeydews
489
450
358
42o
Watermelons
600
1,168
1,216
1,219
1,947
Other Melons
178
71
215
185
283
Carrots
22
230
141
80
40
Eggplant
26
37
25
22
21
Garlic
60
40
18
12
30
Lettuce
27
45
llO
117
Onions
165
225
24-0
260
310
Peas
310
-
50
-
-
Peppers
375
3oo
eSo
255
e75
Potatoes
15
8O
43
7o
Spinach
4
17
-
5o
lo
Strawberries
71
76
65
75
eO
Squash
75
80
25
75
15
Sweet Corn
70
lOO.
450
275
17o
3,488
2,303
3,13~
Tomatoes
4,500
4,024
-4-
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,
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.......
* FRUIT ANDNb~ CROPS - MERCED COUNTY, 1951 *
Crop
Aimonds
Producing Acres
Production
7375
4200
Apricots
Cannery
Dried
Total Apricots
Unit
Ton
Ton
Ton
iooo
20
Citrus
3384
5711
Figs - Kadota
All Others
Sub standard
Total Figs...
70#Box
7889
Ton Green
2200 Adr. Ton Dry
1650 Cal. Ton Dry
1525 Black Ton Dry
Ton Dry
lO00 Kad.
Ton Dry
1400
1,932,000
284,970
2,64q
287,610
2,000
4o2,339
484,ooo
528,ooo
183,000
210,000
9095
Grapes
10177
2546
4881
75875
Gr Ton
15260
24500
Gr Ton
Gr Ton
Nectarines
121
46620
125
31o
Ton
Olives
55523
Ton
Raisin
Table
Juice
Total Grapes..,
Value
3339
Peaches - Cling
Cannery
3326
Freestone
Shipping
Canned & Frozen
Dried
251982
15850
346
2,276,250
473,184
3,~iO,93~
Crates & Lugs
2@Lug
Ton
Ton
119,880
26,350
3,331,380
440,868
1,077,936
96,,880
4,947,064
Total Peaches,..
6665
8oo
eS# Lug
1,200
48000
25# Box
72,000
121
12oo
25# Lug
1,800
I0
2106
1350
Ton
71
300o
ioo#Sack
8
Persimmons
Plums
Pomegranates
Walnuts
Black Walnuts
TOTAL..¯
-5-
i,
585,900
3 ooo
~T3,256,577
* FRUIT AND NUT BEARING ACHES - 5 YEAR CHART *
1947
1948
1949
1950
1951
6,827
7,382
7,403
7,187
7,373
Apricots
706
680
689
482
462
Citrus
24
24
24
20
20
Almonds
Figs
10,115
lO,2BO
10,387
9,284
9,095
Grapes
16,136
17,766
18,282
17,213
17,604
Nectarines
172
169
165
163
121
Olives
178
178
174
1BB
125
6,541
6,831
6,796
6,261
6,665
Peaches
Pears
2
2
2
2
2
Pecans
BI
31
31
23
23
9
9
9
8
8
I15
ll5
138
i17
121
Pomegranates
lO
10
lO
lO
lO
Prunes
28
22
22
....
1,653
1,707
Persimmons
Plums
Walnuts
1,621
Black Walnuts
-6-
2,000
2,106
$72
71
C.rop and Variety
Almonds
Drake
Eureka
IXL
Jordanola
Mission
Ne Plus Ultra
Non Pareil
Peerless
Other
345
1
47
1
289
97
1612
-390
501
1244
B611
179
946
56
i18
15
21
Apricots
Blenheim & Royal
Moorpark & Hemskirk
Tilton
Other
204
6
245
7
Figs
Blacks
Calimyrna
Kadota
White Adriatic
1426
2099
3384
2186
83
-115
126
5
10046
126
....
-85
--
ili
1480
---
206
--
232
476
-2
41
--
686
19
1279
lO
31
--I0
---
Grapes - Raisin
Sultana
Thompson
Zante Currant
Other
Grapes - Table
Emperor
Malaga
Red Malaga
Ribier
Tokay
Other
Grapes - Wine
Alicante Bouschet
Bigger
Carignane
Colomber
Ranken Reisllng
-7-
* MERCED COUNTY FRUIT AND NUT ACREAGE - 19,51 *
Crop and Variety
Golden Chasselas
Grenache
Mataro
Mission
Palomino
Zinfaudel
Other Variety
Other Dark Variety
Bearing Acreagej
Non-BearingAcreage
183
580
28
413
502
561
292
297
-23
-----3
21
30
ll
34
25
-14
--9
1
10
98
lO
6
----1
Lemons
All
Nectarines
Gower
Quetta
Stanwick
John Rivers
Other
Olives
Ascolano
Manzanillo
Mission
Sevillano
Other
Oranges
Navel
Valencia
15
5
Peach~s - Clingstone
Fortuna
388
31
Gaume
574
38
Gomes (Stuart)
Halford
Johnson
Libbee
Paloro
Peak
Phillips
sims
Williams
Other
18
217
-190
454
264
"463
198
279
e94
9
16
-8-
-42
--~20
415
*MERCED COUNTY FRUITANDNUTACREAGE - 1951 *
Crop and Variety
BearlngAcreage
,Non-BearingAcreage
Peaches - Freestone
Kim Elberta
Elberta
J. H. Hale
Lovell
Muir
Rio Oso
Salway
Babcock
Other
315
1926
188
534
34
193
---
85
--
55
2
4
217
25
--65
Pears
Bartlett
2
Pecans
All
23
Persimmons
Hachiya
8
Plums
Beauty
Grand Duke
Kelsey
President
Santa Bosa
Tragedy
Other
4
1
--....
49
65
1
1
7
23
---
Pomegranates
Wonderful
i0
Walnuts
Concord
Eureka
Franquette
Hartley
Mayette
Pa~e
Other
19
719
296
36
124
792
120
-"40
223
57
3
167
27
71
299
Walnuts - Black
All
* DAIRY~ LIVESTOCK~PO£W.~YL BEES~ AND NURSERY STOCK *
Value
DairyCattle
Butterfat
Cows, Bulls, Calves
sold to butcher
Total...
71,500 head milk cattle
18,518,500pounds
20,185,165
3~935~000
24,120,165
74,000
Beef Cattle
Cows, Calves, Feeders, and Beef
18,130,000
lO,O00
10,250
Rabbits and Hides sold
Sheep
Ewes and Lambs sold
Wool
Total Sheep ...
46,000 head
Hogs
12,500
Milk Goats
Butterfat
Kids, Hides, and Goats sold
Total Goats ...
800 head
40,000 pounds
Turkeys
Sold to Market
Poults
Eggs
Total Turkeys ...
1,308,175
736,Qo
Honey
Beeswax
Rented for Pollination
Total Bees ...
Nursery Stock
StrawberryPlants
Fruit and Nut Trees
Rooted Grape Vines
ROses
Ornamental& Shade Trees
Cactus
Bulbs
Tomato Plants
Budwood & Pits
Total Nursery Stock ..,
450,000
60,000
8,392,41o
552,250
3,416,71o
Chickens
262,500
Baby Chicks
3,124,000
Broilers,Roasters & Fryers
132,100 cases
Eggs
Total Chickens ...
Bees
1,176,000
313,300
i,~-,300
49,875
874,720
2,985,355
12,965 colonies
ii,000
1,000 acres
8,500,000
1,140,O00
2,500,000
3,720,000
187,000
60,000
300,000
3,500,000
-lO-
75,168
9,500
18.00o
102,000
406,000
100,O00
1,482,000
164,000
6,000
3,000
2,450
40,000
$2,305,450
* SUMMARY *
Classificationof Acreage
1950
Fruit and Nut Crops (includingnon-bearing)
Field, Vegetable,and Nursery Crops
Pasture Land (not arable)
Pasture Land (arable not farmed)
Sloughs,Rivers, Ponds, Brush, Buildir~ Sites,
Ralroads,Canals,Roads, and Ditchers
48,548
307,575
545,67o
262,407
TOTAL.....
Value
Nursery Stock
Fruit and Nut Crops
Field Crops, including pasture
Vegetable Crops
Dairy Cattle
Beef Cattle
Sheep
Rabbits
Hogs
Milk Goats
Turkeys
Chickens
Bees
TOTAL.....
-ll-
55,ooo,
48,1oo
306,741
545,67o
262,189
56,5oq
1,219,200
1,219,200
195_
o
1951
!,585,750
16,388,804
26,593,461
4,389,627
19,153,275
10,225,000
1,181,250
12,300
420,000
66,500
7,517,968
2,464,980
98~110
2,305,45o
13,256,577
38,577,935
6,243,069
24,120,165
18,130,000
1,489,300
I0,250
450,000
62,000
9,848,087
2,985,355
102~668
$90,097,025
$117,580,856
Of Agriculture
COUNTY
OF MERCED
|952
ONtVi--~$11Y
0l= CALIFORINIA
r~A~/IS
~OV2, 1956
LIBRARY
COUNTY
DEPARTMENT
OFAGRI£ULTIiR~,
~;;~
--u
t
I
To the Director, State Departmentof Agriculture
and
To the Merced County Board of Supervisors:
This AgriculturalCrop Report includes acreage, production,and
value of productionin Merced County fo2 the calendar year 1952~
as required of the AgriculturalCommissionerby Section 65.5 of
the AgriculturalCode.
Values are worth of commoditiesin the market and not the net
income. Price changes and increased costs of production left
very little profit in some instances. Gross returns may be
misleading unless considerationis given to acreage planted
and yields. The growing season was considered average.
This data ~Tas secured from growers,handlers~shippers,and
many others and represen~the best thinking of many people.
For their cooperation~e express our sincere thanks.
A five-yearchart of acreage planted is included.
E. A. DANISON
AgroculturalCommissioner
EAD;dhl
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* FIELD CROPS - 1952 *
Crop
.
Producing
Acre~- Production
Alfalfa
80,461 .........
Alfalfa Seed
380
Total Alfalfa
Barley
57,600
Beaus - Faba
200
400
Calico Lima
Jackson Wonder
205
Red Kidney
358
401
Dark Red Kidney
Baby Lima
620
Large Lima
387
Pinto
270
lO0
Fordhook
Blackeye
2,127
Bean Straw
Total Beans
5,~
String Beans (Seed)
175
"
Cantaloupe
83
"
180
Garden Peas
"
llO
Cucumber
"
260
Clover
Corn - Field
330
IO
Corn - Hybriu (Seed)_
60,000
Cotton
Cotton Seed
Total Ctton
Grain Hay
5,900
Honeydew (seed)
i0
"
20
Mustard
24
"
Melon
1,045
Milo
5,320
Oats
62,463
Permanent Pasture
781,7!6
Pasture
13,922
Rice
2,112
Rye
Silage
6,750
50
Sudan (seed)
9,254
Sudan Pasture
885
Sugar Beets
611
SunFlowers
68,768*
Stubble
18
Squash (seed)
4,473
Sweet Potatoes
"
"
(seed)
"
"
culls
Total Sweet Potatoes
3,736
k%eat
402,305
109,780
Unit
Ton
Lb.
Value
$10,057,625
2,822,400
21,000
48,000
806,400
2,800
6,000
4,100
7,160
7,670
14,100
4,684
4~000~
1,200
25,520
llS~fsk
i00~ sk
i00# sk
I00# sk
i00# sk
Ton
13,200
306,240
2,100
29,880
3,960
33,000
30~I00
1,675
9,000
64,205
27,285
i00# sk
Lb.
25,200
16,434
i00#sk
25,740
9,050
3,000
2,640
5,520
25,000
85,120
~6
459,
12,600
80,000
1,O00
12,B90
5,000
lOG#sk
32,800
i00# sk
I00# sk
lO0# sk
78,760
84,370
91,650
ioo#sk
lO~ sk
51,524
34,ooo
Lb.
Lb.
i00#sk
Lb,
500#Bale
Ton
Ton
Lb.
Lb.
Lb.
lOO~sk
i00# sk
lO0# sk
124# sk
Ton
i0~ sk
Ton
80# sk
19,800
27,090
~7,e46
1,170
10,593,825
1,773,525
12,367,350
181,000
1,650
369
2,108
83,750
306,432
2,553,677
1,563,432
2,757,556
44,100
960,000
9,000
231,350
136,290
32,000
85,960
3,O00
671,O00
i,i00
4,400
33,624
Lb.
50#box
Ton
Ton
1,050
3,O51,750
132,000
44~_~_000
lO~ sk
3,227,750
129,452
TotalField Crops... $38,502,321
-1-
. F TELO CROPS ACREAGE- 5 YEAR CHART *
195q
102,926
91,987
91,094
Alfalfa
1,281
627
500
Alfalfa Seed
57,804
57,382
47,212
Barley
6,908
8,431
ll,171
Beans
50
Birdsfoot
Trefoil
....
140
200
-Canadian Field Peas
40
Cucumber
Seed
....
1,437
90
295
Clover Seed
1,140
-710
Colm
19,630
43,750
24,135
Cotton
lO0
......
Flax
8,340
7,510
5,722
Grainflay
_.
68
-Lettuce
Seed
Milo
Melon Seed
Cantaloupes
Honeydews
Corn, Hybrid "
String Beans "
Mustard Seed
Oats
Permanent Pasture
Pasture
Rice
Rye
Silage
Sudan Seed
Sudan Pasture
Stubble
Sugar Beets
SunFlowers
Squash Seed
Safflo~yer
Sweet Pota%oes
Wheat
Garden Peas - seed
String Beans
3,038
.~
3,728
2,796
..
(seed)
""
""
-......
-2,500
2,760
53,134
50,936
800,911
805,275
5,710
5,000
905
1,957
5,100
2,800
40
30
5,240
6,268
65,515
54,523
1,130
~,250
240
191
"14
.......
..
""
""
3,967
4,551
---
2,332
56,047
808,077
5,435
3,760
5,700
143
6,139
64,402
1,885
265
-5,646
5,633
""
530
6,734
4,266
..
1952
195_i,
88,104
295
40,348
6,119
-~
....
15
720
415
60,000
80,461
380
600
57,
5,068
-"
llO
260
330
60,000
5,900
7,000
40
783
-1,045
-40
~
.~
.=
~
24
83
l0
i0
175
20
5,320
62,463
781,716
13,922
2,112
6j750
50
9,254
68,768
885
611
3,595
60,000
807,859
5,013
800
6,250
lO0
5,970
46,458
836
-385
~-
....
4,483
2,215
.~
18
4,473
3,736
180
175
-2-
,~
, ., ,, . , ......
,i-,~,...................
I’ ]
I
i[’ I
* VEGETABLE CROPS- 1952 *
Crop
-
PrOducing Acres
-Pr6duction
77
Beans, String
5
1,~05
98
Beans, Lima Qulck Freeze 130
9,200
Value
Unit
34#Crate
21,355
30~Hamper
4,215
Ton
15,680
Cr~te
13,800
Ton
35,700
Berries, Bush
23
Broccoli
130
255
4,246
530,750
Crate
410
12135OO
Flat
183,375
1~715
18,865
Ton
622,545
177
64,000
Flat
128,000
Carrots
50
5,600
75o
Crates
Ton
1~,960
18,750
Egg PInt
30
ll,021
3o# Lug
22,o42
lO
1,500
5~ sack
11~250
Garlic
28
600
5,
Crate
14,000
Lettuce
150
90,000
50# sack
225,000
Onions
600
34!:Hamper
600
5
210
64,830
50#rCrate
179,320
40
lO,O00
lO0# sack
30,000
Potatoes
Spinach
230
880
Strawberries
25
Squash
18
Sweet Corn
360
Cantaloupes
Honeydews
Watermelons
Other Melons
Peas
Peppers
Tomatoes
Shipping
Canning
546
13,
50
51,850
3,321
815,487
27,637
1,147,500
Ton
Crate
20,319
Ton
3,000
5-dz. Crate
60,627
32#
Lug 2,650,126
Ton F9o,ga~,
3,241,051
Total Tomatoes
Taro Root
000
23,
750
___~_
3O#Lug
6,0~0,089
"3-
* VEGETABLECROP ACREAGE - 5-YEAR CHART *
1951
~95~
86
77
77
"1948
36’
Asparagus
36
Bells - String
Lima Quick Freeze
20
200
18
550
lO
8
233
5
13o
ll3
llO
4O
25
23
Berries - Bush
230
250
12o
90
13o
Broccoli
4,140
4,300
4,665
4,500
4,246
Cantalo~pes
Honeydews
Watermelons
358
420
4o5
~lO
450
1,168
1,216
1,219
1,947
1,715
71
el5
185
e83
177
Other Melons
230
].41
80
4o
50
Carrots
37
25
22
21
3o
Eggplant
40
18
L~
3O
lo
Garlic
118
io
28
45
i17
Lettuce
225
240
26o
31o
150
Onions
25o
255
21o
300
275
Peppers
80
43
70
4O
15
4
17
"
50
230
76
65
75
2o
25
Strawberries
80
25
75
15
18
Squash
lO0
45O
275
170
360
Sweet corn
4,024
3,488
2,303
3,134
3,321
Potatoes
Spinach
Tomatoes
-4-
Value
Crop
....
---------~--Acres’
Almonds
~
7,330
~62
Apricots
Cannery
Dried
Total Apricots........
3,900
Ton
2,485
385
Ton
Ton
1,250
20
Citrus
Figs - Kadota
All Others
Unit
2,028,000
70#rbox
2~, 075
246 4O0
1,450
1,689,240
12,066
Ton gr.
196,00o
i~400 Adr: Ton dry
260,000
l,O00-Cal"Ton dry
140,000
1)4000~Blk.Ton dry
195,000
1,500 Kadota Ton dry
1~250
Ton dry
3,384
2,000
2,000
1,350
Sub-standard
TotalFigs ....
Grapes
Raisin
Table
Juice
TotalGrapes.....
81,416
15j000
27,600
10,200
2,500
Gr. Ton
Gr. Ton
Gr. Ton
1,953,984
000
315,
~614 000
17,300
42,750 Crates & Lugs
121
Nectarines
125
435
Ton
52,000
Ton
13,895
313,740
3,984
Ton
20~ LUg
Ton
Olives
Peaches - cling
cannery
Freestone
Cannery & Freezer
Shipping
Dried
Total Peaches ....
B,IO0
3,250
8
1,000
Ii,000
2~Box
16’500
800
i0
Pomegranates
1,500
2,250
Blac~ Walnuts
1,200
2~ Lu~
630,000
Ton
3,000 100~sk
V5
,’1S’~37,59a
2~Lug
plans
Walnuts
764,225
517’671
800
Persimmons
121
3,380,0000
_
3,000
13,408.666
TOTAL FRUIT & NUT CROPS ....
-5-
* FRUIT ~ NUT BEAP.ING ACRES - 5-YE.~R CHART *
195o
Almonds
Apricots
Citrus
FIBs
Grapes
Nectarines
Olives
peaches
7,382
403
7,
Pecans
Plums
Pomegranates
Prunes
Walnuts
1952
7,187
7,373
7,330
683
~82
462
462
680
24
20
20
20
24
10,230
i0,387
9,284
17,766
18,282
17,604
163
121
165
12l
169
133
125
174
125
3.78
8,734’
095
9,
17,300
604
17,
6,250
6,796
6,621
6,665
6,831
2
2
2
2
8
8
9
9
31
23
23
""
51
117
121
138
121
115
I0
121
I0
IO
i0
22
22
m~
Pears
Persimmons
1951
""
8
m~
1,653
1,707
wm
Black Walnuts
-6-
2,000
372
2,106
71
2,250
75
* DAIRY, Lr~ESTOCIC,POULTRY,BEES, AND NURSERY STOCK *
Value
Dairy Cattle
’ 70,000 head’Milk Cattle
Butterfat
18,620,000pounds
Cows, bulls, calves
sold to butcher .....................................
Total ...................................................
Beef Cattle .............................
72,000 head
Cows, calves, feeders, and beef ......................
Rabbits and hides sold
12,000
Sheep
Ewes and la~s sold
45,600 head
Wool
Total Sheep ..............................................
Hogs
.....................
Milk Goats ....................
Butterfat .............
.. . . ..
Kids, hides, and goats sold
i0,000 ........
650 head
32,500 pounds
23,s33,6oo
3,662,000
27,495,600
ii,520,000
13,200
912,000
235,44o
1,147,440
390,000
48,750
49,750
Geese
Goslings, and sold to market
i0,000
26,000
Turkeys
Sold to Market
1,428,100 ..........
Poults
568,500
Eggs
33539,700
Total Turkeys ..........................................
7,969,731
426,375
991~I16
9,387,222
Chickens
Baby Chicks ................
250,000 .........
Broilers, roasters,& fryers
3,436,400
Eggs .......................
llO,800
Total Chickens ...........................................
962,192
I~495,800
2,505,492
Bees ..............................
13,500 colonies
Honey
Beeswax
Rented for Pollination
11,500
Total Bees ...............................................
76,950
8,000
2~tO00
107,950
Nursery Stock
900 A
StrawberryPlants
37,000,000
Fruit and Nut Trees
1,532,000
Rooted Grape Vines
2,040,000
Roses
2,300,000
Ornamental& Shade Trees
200,000
Tomato Plants
2,000,000
Budwood and pits
Total Nursery Stock ...........................
-7-
47,500
444,000
536,340
81,600
575,0o0
200,000
14,000
42t000
~,8~,~d
Classification of Acreage
~
Fruit and Nut Crops (includingnon-bearing)
Field, Vegetable,and Nursery Crops
Pasture Land (not arable)
Pasture Land (arable, not farmed)
Sloughs, Rivers, Ponds, Brush, Building sites,
Railroads, Canals, Roads, and Ditches
Total ........................
48,000
306,741
545,670
262,189
~6,5oo
47,441
333,543
545,670
236,046
~6,5oo
~,$19,200
1,219,200
2,305,450
13,256,577
38,577,935
6,243,069
24,120,165
18,130,000
1,489,300
10,250
450,000
62,000
9,848,087
2,985,355
102t668
1,892,940
13,408,666
38,502,321
6,040,089
27,495,600
11,520,000
1,147,440
13,200
390,000
49,750
9,387,222
2,505,492
26,000
107,950
117,580,856
112,486,670
* VALUE *
Nursery Stock
Fruit and Nut Crops
Field Crops (includingpasture)
Vegetable Crops
Dairy Cattle
Beef Cattle
Sheep
Rabbits
Hogs
Milk Goats
Turkeys
Chickens
Geese
Bees
TOTAL
ee,eae,oaoe,eee,leoe’eoLe’e’e"
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Annual Report of
Ag"
it ure
rlcu
COUNTY
01:M/._~M[RCt:D
1953
LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS
MEIIEEnEtlUNTYIIEPABTMENT
OF ABIIlEELTURE
To: Wo Co Jacobsen, Director
State Departmentof Agriculture
To: Merced County Board of Supervisors
Harry Schmidt~ Chairman
Ernest Griffin
Glenn Fountain
Joe Toscano
Wade Morgan
In accordancewith the requirementsof Section 65°5 of the Agricultural
Code, I submit a report of acreage,production,and value of agricult’~re
in Merced County for the calendar year 1953o
Our widely diversifiedagricultureis reported under field~ truck~ fruit
and nut crops~ animal industry, and miscellaneous,which includes nursery
stock and bees°
A chart indicatingacreage planted to crops during the past five years is
included° Bearing and non-bearing acreage of fruit and nut crops are listed
by variety°
In reporting production~we have used units of weight s~,d measure commonly
accepted in the sale of the product° Value of producti~m is market value~
FOB ranch, or upon delivery to packers, processors,preserw~rs~and manufacturers° I wish to emphasiz@ that market values reported here are not
net income.
This report represents the best thinking of many people° The information
was gathered by our entire staff ~nd compiled largely by Eo C~ Fitchett~
Senior Inspector° The cooperation of growers, handlers, and others made
made this possible,and to them we express our sincere appreciation°
Copies of the Annual Report are mailed to Federal, St~e3 and County
agencies,and to others upon request°
E. Ao DANISON
AgriculturalCommissioner
* FIELD CROPS - 1953, *
Producing Acres
Crop
Production
Onit
Ton
464,950
Alfalfa
88,562
lb.
335,500
Alfalfa Seed
591
Total Alfalfa
89,153
115~ sack
738,420
Barley
49,228
100~ "
o
12,900
516
Beans - Calico Lima
I00~ "
3,250
Jackson Wonder
130
i00# "
5,256
Red Kidney
292
IOC~ "
160
2,820
Dark Red Kidney
i00# "
23,225
Baby Lima
1,410
i00~ "
1,250
Large Lima
i01
i00~ "
8,974
Pinto
821
100~ "
1,260
Fordhook
105
i00# "
43,878
Blackeye
3,489
Ton
1,200
Bean Straw
Total Beans ......
7,024
I00~ sack
~Lr’ing Beans (seed)
1,650
135
Ib.
"
1,400
4
mtaloupes
Ibo
"
2,400
8
Cucumbers
i00# sack
"
13,145
Garden Peas
877
I00~ "
4,320
288
Corn - Field
500~bale
50~800
53,281
Cotton
Ton
21,312
Cotton Seed
50,800 ..........................................
Total Cotton .....
Ton
8,550
G~’ain Hay
5~700
ib°
15,000
~oneydew (seed)
30
5~850
Ibo
"
Mustard’
45
lbo
"
13,200
Malon
47
I00~ sack
62,840
M~lo
3,142
i00# "
40,950
Oats
2,730
}~e~-manent
Pasture
73,102
fasture
768,716
i00# sack
R[,-e
64-7,533
19,073
124# "
7,860
1,310
< ~
Ton
85~000
~Lage
7~000
i00# sack
64.2
6,750
~h~dan (seed)
~udau Pasture
6~354
Ton
41,369
~ugar Beets
2,018
80# sack
900
127
~hm Flowers
~[~bble
57,130
ibo
2,250
~quash (seed)
5
50#box
694,575
~we~ Potatoes
5,145
Ton
"
1,250
"
(seed)
"
5,000
(culls)
4~142
37j278
10,228,900
8077QQ
i0,309,600
2,289,102
ll6,100
29,250
49,932
26,790
197,4.12
14,375
76,479
11;340
4.:8,780
_12_2~_O000
972,458
24,650
770
1,440
78,870
15,120
8,492,991
I,IO3,962
9,596,953
179,550
8,250
702
5,280
175,952
118,755
2,339,264
!,153,176
3,237,665
39,300
570,000
34,325
158,850
558~481
5,400
71j412
900
2,256~369
162,500
2,468,869
T~tal Sweet Potatoes °° 5,14---~
-’heat
Value
].00# sack
136~064
"~4,
55!,
~.58
Page I
* FIELD CROPS ACREAGE - ~ YEAR CHART *
1953
’1949
1950
1951
1952
91,987
102,926
88,104
80,461
627
1,281
295
380
591
Barley
57,382
57,804
40,348
57,600
49,228
Beans
8,431
6,119
5,068
7,024
15
ii0
8
Alfalfa
Alfalfa Seed
~6,908
---
Birdsfoot Trefoil
50
Canadian Field Peas
200
140
Cucumber Seed
---
40
88,562
......
......
Clover Seed
90
1,437
720
260
Corn
710
1,140
415
330
288
43,750
19,630
60,000
60,000
50,800
7,510
8,340
7,000
5,900
5,700
~tton
Grain Hay
---
Lettuce Seed
---
Melon Seed
Cantaloupes
(seed)
Honeydews
Beans
Oats
PermanentPasture
Rice
Rye
Silage
14
......
......
istard
Pasture
3,728
2,796
Milo
String
68
(seed)
Seed
........
......
40
---
783
1,045
40
24
3,142
47
---
83
4
---
i0
3o
---
175
135
---
20
45
2,500
2,332
3,595
5,320
2,730
53,134
56,047
60,000
62,463
73,102
800,911
808,077
807,859
781,716
768,716
5,710
5,435
5,013
13,922
19,073
905
3,760
800
2,112
1,310
5,100
5,700
6,250
6,750
7,000
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* FIELD CROPS ACREAGE - 5 YEAR CHART * I continued)
50
642
143
i00
6,268
6,139
5,970
9,254
6,354
65,515
64,402
46,458
68,768
57,130
1,130
1,885
836
885
2,018
Sugar Beets
240
265
382
611
127
~unFlowers
18
5
40
Sudan Seed
Sudan Pasture
Stubble
Squash Seed
"--
Safflowers
---
___
530
--"
5,646
6,734
4,483
4,4-73
5,145
Sweet Potatoes
5,633
4,266
2,215
3,736
4,142
Wheat
Garden
Peas
String Beans - Seed
°
Seed
___
......
---
......
18o
877
175
135
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|
* TRUCK CROPS - 195~ *
Producin~Acr@s
50
Crops
-Asparagus
Beans - String
"
Lima Quick Freeze
"
Fava
Berries - Bush
Production
5~--------~~34~
Honeydews
Watermelons
Other Melons
Carrots
2,910
1,164
745
375
Ton
600
59,
120
50#hamper
16,500
50
21,780
Crates
28,314
33
Ton
52,000
400
561,500
Crates
201,450
Flats
332,100
505
29,627
Ton
528,286
2,279
229
89,100
Flats
154~975
48
5,996
4,207
Cantaloupes
"30~hamper
4
160
Broccoli
Value
nit
U
crates~i7’87--~-9~
680
Crates
1,544,125
15,840
Tons
640
15,
30~ lug
13,916
Carrots - Processed
20
6,958
3
300
i0,000
Crates
17,500
50
170
70,000
50# sack
56,000
Onions
250
69,797
50# crate
174,588
Peppers
125
39,500
100# sack
56,250
Potatoes
920
Ton
27,600
230
30
25,154
Crates
32,726
Eggplant
Garlic
Lettuce
,i Spinach
Strawberries
Squash
Sweet Corn
21
128
275
31,400
3,568
Tomatoes
Shipping
1,046,325.
84,140
Export
21,562
Canning
50# sack
Ton
2,100
5,].20
5-doz. crates 47,100
3~ lug
Lugs
3,034~342"
84,140
485~145
3,603,627
Total Tomatoes
Grand Total
u°oi,,~e,no..o,,,,oo°.~o.,,-o’o’eJ°eIi’~’i’’I’"
eiII,,°o,a°om,oi’’a’"
"leQa’’III’’’’°aj
............lel-e
6,804,696
* TRUCK CROP ACREAGE - 5 YEAR CHART *
----uV@
1
77
50
233
5
13o
_-
4
745
50
40
25
23
33
120
90
13o
16o
250
4,665
4,500
4,246
4,207
4~300
420.
4o5
41o
505
358
1,219
1,947
1,715
2,279
1,216
185
177
229
215
283
Other Melons
4o
50
Carrots
8o
48
141
22
3o
2o
25
21
Eggplant
18
12
30
io
3
Garlic
ll7
28
50
ll8
lO
Lettuce
310
150
Onions
260
170
240
255
275
250
250
210
Peppers
80
43
70
40
125
Potatoes
-
50
230
17
230
Spinach
75
20
3o
65
25
Strawberries
75
15
2l
25
18
Squash
275
17o
275
450
360
Sweet Corn
3,488
2,303
3,134
3,321
3,568
Asparagus
36
86
77
lO
8
Beans - String
Lima Quick Freeze
Fava
18
550
~-
Berries - Bush
ll0
Broccoli
Cantaloupes
Honeydews
Watermelons
Tomatoes
-O-O-O-
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..
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* FRUIT AND NUT CROPS - MERCED COUNTY - 1953 *
Crop
Producin5 Acres
Production
Unit
Value
7,530
3,000
Ton
i~470,000
1,990
167
Ton
Ton
187,060
1131560
300,620
1,O00
70~box
7,440
1,350 Adr.
800 Cal.
1,625 Blk
1,300 Kadota
Ton Gro
Ton dry
Ton dry
Ton’dry
Ton dry
Almonds
356
Apricots
Cannery
Dried
Total Apricots
12
Citrus
3,247
1,930
1,784
1,139
Figs - Kadota
All other~
850
Sub-Standard
TotalFigs .......
53,484
9,450
22,902
Ton Gr.
"
"
Crates & Lugs
8,914
1,890
Raisin
Table
Juice
Total Grapes.......
121
46,017
Olives
125
25
Peaches - Cling
Cannery
Peaches - Freestone
Cannery & Freezer
Shipping
Dried
Total Peaches ........
Pomegranates
Walnuts
Black Walnuts
t!
r!
14,621
Nectarines
Plums
"
8,100
Grapes
Persimmons
"
1,500
795,080
263,250
208,000
186,875
260,000
27,206
1,740,411
1,871,940
302,400
__916~08Q
3,090,420
92,034
Ton
i0~000
Ton
1,950,210
19,612
313,337
512
Ton
20# lug
Ton
960,988
564,006
174~O8Q
3,649,284
8
800
25# lug
1,000
103
13,297
25# box
!8,935
i0
600
25# lug
2,274
1,250
Ton
125
3,500
i00# sack
3,043
36,155
2,778
821
5,
9oo
5129500
3,5oo
lO,891,1o4
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* FRUIT AND NUT BEARING ACRES - 5 YEAR CHART *
1949
195o
1951
, 1952
7,403
7,187
7,373
7,330
Apricots
683
482
462
462
356
Citrus
24
20
20
20
12
9,095
8,734
8~ioo
17,604
17,300
14j621
Almonds
Figs
10,387
Grapes
18,282
9,284.
17,604
1953
7~53o
Nectarines
165
163
121
121
121
Olives
174
133
125
125
125
6,796
6,621
6,665
6,250
Pears
2
2
2
Persimmons
9
8
8
Pecans
31
23
23
Plums
138
117
121
121
103
Pomegranates
I0
i0
I0
IO
lO
Prunes
22
....
Peaches
WalnuZs
Black Walnuts
1,707
--
2~000
372
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5,281,
m~
8
mm
2,106
71
2,250
2,274
75
125
* MERCED COUNTY FRUIT AND NUT ACREAGE - 1953 *
Non-Bearing
Acrea6e
Crop and Variety
Bearing
Acreage
Almonds
Drake
IXL
Jordanola
Mission
Ne Plus Ultra
Non Pareil
Peerless
Other Varieties
328
2O4
362
ij879
1~087
3,749
42
76
12
-141
320
ll9
549
4
20
190
7
152
7
2
-"--
1,139
1,784
3,247
1,930
-27
ii
5
8,865
44
265
4
3
87
998
145
159
415
83
--""-4
i
~46
--
19
998
"52
48
--
23
171
440
--26
Apricots
Blenheim & Royal
Moorpark & Hemskirk
Tilton
Other Varieties
Black
Calimyrna
,
Kadota
White Adriatic
Grapes - Raisin
~ultana
Thompson
Zante Currant
Grapes - Table
Cardinal
Emperor
Malaga
Red Malaga
Ribier
Tokay
Other Varieties
Grapes - Wine
Alicante Bouschet
Burger
Carignane
Colombard
Franken Reisling
Golden Chasselas
Grenache
Mission
Palomino
Zinfandel
Other White Varieties
Other Dark
"
371
2
343
398
-7
Io9
47o
-44
Lemons
All
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I
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I
* MERCED COUNTY FRUIT AND NUT ACREAGE - 19~ *
Non-Beaming
Bearing
Acreage
Acreage
Crop and
Variety
Nectarine~
Gower
Quetta
John Rivers
Other Varieties
Olives
Ma-----~zanillo
Mission
Oranges
Navel
Valencia
Peaches - Clin~sto~
Fortuna
Gaume
Gomes (Stuart)
%lford
Libbee
Paloro
Peak
Phillip
Sims
Other Varieties
Peaches ~ Freestone
Babcock
Kim Elberta
Elberta
Jo Ho Hale
Lovell
~uir
Rio 0so
Other Varieties
Plums
Beauty
Duarte
Grand Duke
President
Santa Rosa
Tragedy
Other Varieties
Pomegranates- Wonderful
Walnuts
Concord
Eureka
Franquette
Hartley
Mayette
Payne
OtherVat ieties
Walnuts - Black
16
67
17
36
~18
45
8o
6
1
4o3
527
38
167
190
347
9
lO1
8
79
69
262
B94
93
8o4
4
288
1,630
99
243
85
275
246
4
i
i
46
55
6oo
62
384
8
29
156
~m
m-m~
9
19
i
13
i0
19
662
359
83
139
1,007
25
"98
197
136
7
200
"-
15
ii0
* Animal Industry *
68,500 head milk cattle
Dairy Cattle
18,152,000
Butterfat
Cows, Bulls, Calves
Sold to Butcher ...................................
Total ....................................................
18,333,520
i~504,330
19,837,850
Beef Cattle
73,000head
Cows, Calves, Feeders, and Beef .........................
Rabbits and Hides Sold
17,250
15~000
46,500
Sheep
Ewe~ and Lambs sold ....................................
Wool ...................................................
Total Sheep ..........................................
’ .....
Hogs .....................
8,395,000
701,500
227~000
"928,500
360,000
9,000
850 head
Milk Goats ................
Butterfat............... 42,500 pounds
Kids, Hides, and Goats sold ...........
Total ..........................................................
3,000
Geese ....................
Goslings and Geese sold
22,000
to market ...............
Total .......................................................
Turkeys
1,321,325
Sold to Market
Poults ...........
523,628
Eggs ................ 3,254,092
Total .........................................................
Chickens
Baby Chicks ........
179,000
Broilers,.Roasters,and
Fryers
3,700,480
Eggs ...........
150,307 cases
Total Chickens ...........t ...................................
63~750
I~200
64,950
7,500
19~8oo
27,300
7,317,825
418,902
813,523
8,55O,25O
34,000
1,036~134
2~i047298
3,174,432
41,355,532
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* NURSERY STOCKAND MISCELLANEOUS- 1953 *
Nursery Stock ......... 1,000 acres
StrawberryPlants
16,500,000
264,000
Fruit and Nut Trees
1,454,000
654,000
Rooted Grape Vines
1,800,000
72,000
Roses
2,237,000
671,100
320,000
232,000
2,000,000
12,000
Ornamental& Shade Trees
Tomato Plants
Budwood and Pits
i00~000
Total Nursery Stock .................................
Bees ...........................
2,005,100
16,500 Colonies
Honey ...........
o°..~ooooo ..................
oo
74,250
Beeswax.ooo°,o.o.o°.o,~.oo.o.o
........,.~ooo
7,200
Rented for Pollination......
13,000 Colonies
Total Bees ..........................................
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26~000
107,450
* SUMMARY
- 1953*
1953
1952
Classification of Acreage
Fruit and Nut Crops (including non-bearing)
47,441
332,643
Field and Truck Crops
45,587
341,181
900
1,000
Pasture Land (not arable)
545~670
545~670
Pasture Land (arable, not farmed)
236,046
223,112
__ 567500
62,650
1,219,200
1,219,200
Nursery and Miscellaneous Crops
Sloughs, Rivers, Ponds, Brush, Building Sites
Railroads, Canals, Roads, Airports, and Ditches
TOTAL ........................................
* VALUE *
1952
1953
Field Crops (including pasture)
38,502,321
34,551,158
Fruit and Nut Crops
13,408,666
i0~895,$04
6,040,089
6,804,696
52,534,704
41,355,532
2~000~890
2~i!2,550
Truck Crops
Animal Industry
Nursery and Miscellaneous
112,486,670
TOTAL ............................................
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I
Annual
l~eport
Of Agricnlture
¢OUMTY
Of MERCED
1954
4
LIBRARY
UNIVER~TY
OF CALIFORNIA
DAVIS
MERCED
COUNTY
DEPARTMEHT
OFAGRICULTURE
To: W° Co Jacobsen, Director
State Department of Agriculture
To:
Merced County Board
Harry Schmidt~
Glerm Fountain
Wade Morgan
of Supervisors
Chairman
Neil Galloway
Emory O’Banion
In accordance with the requirements of Section 65.5 of the Agricultural Code~ I
submit a report of acreage, productions and value of agriculture in Merced Co~Ity
for the calendar year 1954.
Our widely diversified agriculture is reported under field~ truck~ seed~ fruit and
nut crops, animal industry~ and miscellaneous~ which includes nursery s~ock and bees..
A chart indicating acreage planted to crops during the past five years is included.
Bearing and non-bearing acreage of fruit and nut crops are listed by variety°
In reporting production~ we have used units of weight and measure commonly accepted
in the sale of the product. Value of production is market value, FOB ranch, or upon
delivery to packers, processorss preservers, and manufacturers. I wish to emphasize
that market values reported here are not net income.
This report represents the best thinking of many people. The information was gathered
by our entire staff and compiled largely by Eo Co Fitchett, Senior Inspector~ The cooperation of growers, handlers~ and others made this possibles and to them we express
our sincere appreciation.
Copies of the Annual Report are mailed to Federal~ State~ and County agencies~ and
to others upon request.
Eo Ao DANISON
Agricultural Commissioner
FIELD CROPS - 1954
Crop
Alfalfa
ProducingAcres
93,921
Production
516,565
Unit
Ton
Barley
60,038
840,532
ll~ sack
Beans - Pink
Cal. Red
Jackson Wonder
Red Kidney
Dark Red Kidney
Baby Lima
Large Lima
Pinto
Blackeye
Small White
Bean Straw
TotalBeans ......
263
2,34o
2O
130
i~020
1,440
8,080
383990
4o
8o
46O
1,533
4,425
29~
18,649
22,049
180
2,500
1,097
1,945
6
31,711
Cotton
Cotton Seed
Total Cotton.....
100# sack
100# sack
100# sack
lO0# sack
100# sack
I00~ sack
i00# sack
i00# sack
100# sack
lO0# sack
Ton
1,907
18,720
6,375
17,280
96,960
233,940
46,462
130,543
220~490
1,800
12,500
786,977
i00# sack
11;340
48,755
I00~ sack
158,453
44,600
17,840
500#bale
Ton
7,251,000
945~520
8,196,520
Ton
151~793
1,890
1,393
Corn - Field
2,269,426
9O
Castor Beans
i0~
31,711
Grain Hay
5,888
8,929
Milo
5,318
111,678
lOG# sack
312~698
Oats
2,687
37,618
100~ sack
109,092
2,300,384
1,153,173
71,887
768,782
Permanent Pasture
Pasture
Rice
16,203
4o5,o75
i00# sack
1,721,568
1,185
7,110
124# sack
28,440
Rye
Silage
6,000
75,000
Ton
487;500
Sudan Pasture
4,085
Sugar Beets
4,050
72,900
Ton
911,250
SunFlowers
130
3,150
80# sack
20,100
Stubble
Sweet Potatoes
*
102~125
100,381
66,921
4,889
Seed
Culls
Total Sweet Potatoes°.
4,196
Wheat
Total ...................................................................
213,780 Jersey
504,300 Reds
1,200
4,700
39,862
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50#bskt
50# bskt
Ton
Ton
908,565
1,765,050
168,000
47-000.
2,888,615
lOG# sack
151,475
~,192~690
* FIELD CROPS - 5 YEAR CHART *
1953
195~
1950
1951
102,926
88,104
80,461
88,562
93,921
Alfalfa
40,348
49,228
60,038
57,804
57,600
Barley
6,119
%024
5,606
6,908
068
5,
Beans
1,140
415
Corn
330
288
1,393
9o
m
Castor Beans
31,711
19,630
60,000
60,000
5,080
8,340
7,000
5,900
5,700
5,888
Grain Hay
1,045
3,142
Milo
783
5,318
3,728
3,595
2,730
2,687
2,332
5,320
Oats
60,000
62,463
73,102
71,887
56,047
807,859
781,716
768,716
768,782
808,077
5,013
13,922
19,073
16,203
Rice
5,435
2,112
1,310
1,185
3,760
800
Rye
6,250
7,000
6,000
5,700
6,750
Silage
6,139
5,970
9,254
6,354
4,085
Sudan Pasture
46~458
68,768
57,130
66,921
64,402
836
2,018
4,050
1,885
885
Sugar Beets
265
382
611
127
130
Sun Klowers
Cotton
Permanent Pasture
Pasture
Stubble
4,483.
5,145
4,889
6,734
4~473
Sweet Potatoes
2,215
4,142
4,196
4,266
3,736
Wheat
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* FIELD CROPS (Seed) - ]-954 *
Unit
Value
ibo
171,040
ProducingAcres
Production
442
171,040
3
400
Barley
100
2,700
I00# sack
13,500
Cantaloupes
142
56,800
lb.
28,400
15
7,500
lbo
3,000
Fordhook Beans
345
5~175
lO0# sack
36,225
Garden Peas
731
7,310
lO~n#sack
36,550
Honeydews
29
17,400
lb.
8,700
Henderson Bush
125
3,125
lO0# sack
23,437
Light Red Kidney Beans
90
1,800
lO0# sack
22,500
Melons
29
14,500
lbo
5,510
Milo
46
1,500
lO0# sack
5,325
Reliance
17
300
lOG# sack
1,500
Oats
38
900
100# sack
4~500
Norgum
19
300
lOG# sack
1,500
Pumpkins
26
10,400
lb.
4,160
String Beans
293
3,516
lO0# sack
35,16o
Squash
69
27,600
lbo
9,660
Sudan
50
55O
i00# sack
4~400
Wheat
29
817
lO0# sack
Crop
Alfalfa
Asparagus
Cucumbers
Total ................
2,638
lb.
4OO
419,552
* SEED CROPS - 5 "fEAR CHART *
1950
i~28i
Alfaifa
1951
1952
1953
295
380
59!
1954
442
3
Asparagus
i00
Barley
Cantaloupe
CanadianField Peas
140
Cucumbers
4o
°
83
4
142
15
llO
8
15
345
Ford Hook Beans
Garden Peas
Honeydews
18o
877
731
i0
30
29
125
Henderson Bush
9O
Light Red Kidney Beans
Lettuce
68
40
Melons
14
40
24
29
47
46
Milo
17
Reliance
Oats
38
2
20
=
Mustard
45
19
Norgum
26
Pumpkin
String Beaus
175
135
293
Squash
18
5
69
50
642
Sudan
i00
143
5o
29
Wheat
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* TRUCK CROPS - 1954 *
Crop
ProducingAcres
Production
Unit
Value
26,600
50
7,000
34# crates
B2
1,145
16,457
1,428
30#hamper
Ton
17,650
228,480
30
24,000
Crates
36,000
4,100
575,000
Crates
1,495,840
500
200,000
Flats
330,000
2,278
22,231
Ton
374y416
Other Melons
162
62;000
Flats
i10,860
Carrots - Processed
40
7,040
Ton
15,840
Eggplant
17
5,752
30# Lug
10,500
5
700
30# sack
6~B00
Lettuce
38
8,400
Crate
18#900
Onions
176
65,840
50# sack
80,840
Peppers
254
77,200
50# crate
193,000
Potatoes
105
18,900
100# sack
52,920
Strawberries
30
24,000
Crate
31,200
1
3
Ton
IDO
Asparagus
Beans - String
Lima Quick Freeze
Berries ~ Bush
Cantaloupes
Honeydews
Watermelons
Garlic
Squash
Sweet Corn
Tomatoes
Shipping
Export
Canning
Total Tomatoes........
GrandTota~.............
165
19,100
3,855
1,167,276
i13,600
28,852
12,993
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5-dOZo crate
32# lug
Lug
Ton
25,875
3,209,908
340,800
649~169
4,199,877
7~253,198
* TRUCK CROP ACREAGE ~ 5YEAR CHART *
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
86
77
77
5o
5o
Asparagus
Beans - String
Lima Quick Freeze
lO
8
233
5
130
4
745
32
1145
Berries - Bush
40
25
23
33
3o
Broccoli
120
90
13o
160
4,665
4;500
4,246
4;207
4~110
420
405
410
505
500
1,219
1,947
i~715
185
283
177
229
162
Other Melons
80
40
50
48
40
Carrots
Eggplant
22
21
30
20
17
Garlic
12
30
lO
3
5
Lettuce
ll7
lO
28
50
38
260
310
150
170
176
Onions
Peppers
255
275
21o
25o
25~
Potatoes
43
70
40
125
105
50
23O
23O
Crop
Cantaloupes
Honeydews
Watermelons
Spinach
2~279.
2,278
Strawberries
75
20
25
25
30
75
15
18
21
1
Squash
275
170
360
275
165
Sweet Corn
21303
3,134
3;321
3~568
3;855
Tomatoes
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* FRUIT ANDNUT CROPS - 1954 *
Crop
7,798
4,300
Ton
2,052,500
2,345
15
Ton
Ton
257,950
9~000
266,950
Apricots
Cannery
Dried
Total Apricots...
345
9
Citrus
Figs - Kadota
All Others
Sub-Standard
TotalFigs ....
3,248
1,650
1,056
1,603
7,500
1,200 Adr.
1,300 Black
800 Cal.
2,200 Kadota
675
59,825
9,225
313590
Nectarines
135
53,170
Olives
ll8
Peaches - Cling
Cannery
Peaches - Freestone
Cannery-Freeze
Shipping
Dried
Total Peaches...
Pomegranates
Black Walnuts
TOTAL
........
T50,O00
228,000
143,000
192,000
418,000
20~587
1,751,587
Ton Dr.
Ton Gr.
Ton Gr.
2,273,350
285~975
i~042;470
3,601,795
Crates & ~gs
132,925
350
Ton
38,180
38,760
Ton
2,131,800
3,230
2,704
20,400
442,530
732
Ton
20# Lug
Ton
1,020~000
619,542
8
800
25# Lug
1,O00
lll
9,438
25# Lug
18~876
lO
2,440
Walnuts
1,200
Ton Gr.
Ton Dry
Ton Dry
Ton Dry
Ton Dry
Ton Dry
7,55-----7
8,936
1,847
4~212
14,995
Raisin
Table
Juice
Total Grapes...
70#Box
800
Grapes
Plums
Value
Production
Almonds
Persimmons
Unit
ProducingAcres
191
500
1,350
4,000
25#Lug
Ton
lO0#Sack
75O
540,000
4~00q
12,444,625
39,651
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* FRUIT AND NUT B~,ARINGACRES - 5 YEAR CHART *
1950
1951
7,187
7,373
482
462
20
20
9,284
9,095
17,604
17,604
Nectarines
163
Olives
133
Almonds
Apricots
Citrus
Figs
Grapes
Peaches
6,621
1953
1954
7,530
7,798
462
356
345
20
12
9
1952
7~330
8,1oo
7,557
17,300
14,621
14,995
121
121
121
135
125
125
125
118
6,665
8,734
6,250
5,281
5,934
8
8
8
Pears
2
2
Persimmons
8
8
Pecans
23
23
i17
121
121
I03
lll
Plums
i0
i0
i0
lO
l0
2,250
2,274
2,440
125
191
Pomegranates
Prunes
Walnuts
Black Walnuts
2,000
372
2~106
71
Page 8
75
* MERCED COUNTY FRUIT AND NUT ACREAGE " 1954 *
’ Non-Bearing
Acreage
~aring
- ~v _-.
t
Crop and Varle Y
Almonds
----~ake
IXL
Jordanola
Mission
Ne Plus
Non Pareil
Peerless
Other Varieties
Apricots_
Blenheim & Royal
Tilton
Moorpark
Mixed
Acreage
18.5
266.5
14o.6
461.V
1,897.4
1,105.8
3,800.8
44.7
209.0
82.2
454°4
11.8
26.6
80.6
117o5
190o9
143.8
6.0
20°0
M m~
3.5
Figs
-----Black
Kadota
Calimyrna
Adriatic
1j055.9
3,248.1
1~602.8
1,650.0
Grapes - Raisin
Thompson
Sultana
Muscat
Zante
8,841.8
3.0
19o0
72.5
Grapes - Table
------Emperor
White Malaga
I!
Red
Ribier
Tokay
Other Table Varieties
181.2
27.1
ll.0
264.3
94. 2
968.1
12o.8
159.5
420.4
84.0
2.0
Colombard
Carignane
Grey Riesling
Golden Chasselas
Grenache
Mission
Palomino
Zinfandel
Other White Varieties
I!
"
Dark
Citrus
--~avel Oranges
Valencia
419.6
48.O
930.0
23.0
171.0
630.5
407.5
487.2
367.4
121.5
606.4
7.6
1.1
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D~
26.3
ll. 3
2.0
~w
124.0
*MERCED COUNTY FRUIT ANDNUTACREAGE - 1954 *
Crop and Variety
Bearing
Acreage
Non-Bearing
Acreage
Nectarines
Stanwick
Quetta
John Rivers
Other Varieties
8.1
67.5
21.4
38.0
--1o.2
5.0
124.7
Olives
Manzanillo
Mission
Other Varieties
10o7
104.0
3.6
12.0
5.0
--
-403.5
558°8
34°8
181.3
189.9
374°4
257.4
209.3
93.3
927ol
1.5
24.0
112.3
14.3
100.9
""
35.2
2.3
""
2.5
483.0
4.0
325.5
1,676.3
89.9
228.0
50.8
81.0
248.6
-100.2
511.2
4.0
-6.0
30.1
179.9
3.5
1.0
.8
45.8
59°4
.5
-.
"°
""
.1
9.0
18.3
.3
2.5
19.2
687°0
393-5
97.4
133.9
1~042.5
o3
66.3
-74.1
213.5
151.7
4.0
206.2
~
66.5
Peaches - Clings
Carol~rn
Fortuna
Gaume
Gomes
Halford
Libbee
Paloro
Peak
Phillips
Sims
Other Clings
Peaches- FreestonesL
Babcock
Early Elberta
Elberta
Jo Hr Hale
Lovell
Muir’
Rio 0so
Other Freestones
Plums
--------Beauty
Duarte
Grand Duke
President
Santa Rosa"
Tragedy
Eldorado
Walnuts
Concord
Eureka
Franquette
Hartley
Mayette
Payne
Placentia
Mixed Varieties
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* ANIMAL INDUSTRY - 1954 *
Dairy Cattle ........... 71,000 head milk cattle
17~~c.’: ~, 522
Butterfat ........ 19,028,000 pounds .............................
Cows, Bulls and Calves
Sold to Butcher ....................................................
19,139~ 522
o~,,,~°ooO,O,~.,.o,oo,,o’’’’~’’’°°"
Total ........................
8,766,850
Beef Cattle ............. 74,000 head
.................................
Cows, Calves~ Feeders, and Beef
12,500
Rabbits and Hides Sold o.. 12,500
olo 44,810
’
Sheep ¯ ..............
Ewes n d Lambs Sold .................................................
,.oooO,6oa.~e,,,oooo’®°°’’’*
Wool ............................
Total ...................................................................
~
Hogs ...................
232,500
5,000 head .................................
Milk Goats ............. 43875
750head
pounds ..............................
Butterfat...........
Kids~ Hides, and
Goats Sold ..........................................................
78,750
80,150
Total .................................................................
Geese
Goslings and Geese
Sold to Market ..... 24;000 ....................................
°°
Eggs ................ 36~700 ..................
......
Total ....................................................
....
23~900
33,075
Turkeys
i~188,625 .....................................
Sold to Market
.....................
723,641
................
Poults ...........
2~774,438
.....................................
Eggs .............
Total .................................................................
Chickens
Baby Chicks ........ 283~000 ...................................
Broilers~Roasters~
oc
and Fryers ........ 4~781~000 .................................
146,290 ...................................
Eggs .........
]
....
Total ..............................................................
51~140
1~243~060
2;9bl,900
39~ 150;786
TOTAL ..................................................................
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* NURSERY STOCK AND MISCELIANEOUS- 1954 *
Value
950 acres
Nursery Stock
StrawberryPlants
2j700,000
29,700
Fruit and Nut Trees
1,825,175
912,588
Rooted Grape Vines
1,736,600
70,464
Roses
2,510;000
705,5oo
360,000
360,000
2~300j000
16,100
Ornamentaland Shade Trees
Tomato Plants
i01~000
2,195,352
Budwood and Pits
Total Nursery Stock
Bees
51~000
5,040
28%A
ooo
84~04o
Total Bees
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...........
_ ,.,
--~
± __
--~-~
* SU~i~RY - 1954 *
1953
Classificationof Acreage
Fruit and Nut Crops, including non-bearing
Field and Truck Crops including Seed Crops
Nursery and MiscellanecusCrops
1954
45,587
43~753
34!,181
334,908
1,000
1,O00
Pasture Land (not arable)
545,6’70
545,670
Pasture Land (arable~ not farmed)
223,112
229,869
Sloughs, Rivers, Ponds, Brush,
Building Sites, Canals, Roads,
Airports~ and Ditches
64 ooo
1,219,200
Total ........................................
Value
i~5~
1954
Field Crops (includingPasture and Seed)
34,551,158
32~612~242
Fruit and Nut Crops
10,891,104
12~444,625
6,804~696
73253,198
41,355~532
39,150~786
95,715~040
93,7403243
Truck Crops
Animal Industry
Nursery and Miscellaneous
Total ..............................................
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Annual
Report
°
Of Agrncultur
e
COUNTY
OF MERCED
1955
~:
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i
/ MERCED
COUNTY
DEPARTMENT
OFAGRICULTURE
To: Wo Co Jacobsen~ Director
State Departmentof Agriculture
To~
Merced County Board of Supervisors
Emory O’Bauion, Chairman
Nell Galloway
Glenn Fountain
Harry Schmidt
Wade Morgan
In accordancewith Section 65°5 of the AgriculturalCode~ I submit a report of acreage~
production,and value of agriculturein Merced County for the calendar year 1955o
Our widely diversifiedagricultureis reported under fleld~ truck, seed~ fruit and nut
crops, animal industry, and miscellaneouswhich includes nursery stock and bees°
chart indicatingacreage planted to crops during the past five years is included°
Bearing and non-bearingacreage of fruit and nutM~rops are listed by variety.
In reporting production we have used units of weight and measure commonly accepted in
the sale of the product° Value of production is market value, FOB ranch or upon delivery
to packers, processors~ preservers# and manufacturers.I wish to emphasize that market
values reported here are not net income°
This report represents the best thinking of many people. The information was gathered
by our entire staff and compiled~l~ely by Eo Co Fitchett, Senior Inspector° The
cooperationof growers~ handlers~ and others made this report possible, and to them
we express our sincere appreciation.
-~Copies of the Annual Report a~ mailed to Federal~ State, and County agencies and to
~ others upon request°
E. Ao DANISON
AgriculturalCommissioner
Producing Acres
92,785
Crop
Alfalfa
Production
437,532
Unit_._
Ton
Vale~t~_~_
11,900,954
52,950
79’*~,
250
115# sack
2,009,442
Beans -, Pinto
Small White
Red Kidney
Baby Lima
Dark Red Kidney
Red
Pink
Large Lima
Blackeye
Bean Straw
Fordhook Lima
Total Beans .....
245
159
370
1,173
1,016
28
14
287
33452
2,977
1,482
3,830
21,258
iI~312
112
200
2,447
32,078
2,550
1,080
I00# sack
i00~ sack
i00# sack
i00# sack
i00# sack
100# sack
lOG# sack
lOG# sack
i00~ sack
Ton
10G# sack
18,127
11,856
52,754
149,238
155~456
C~n - Field
7,652
Barley
90
Cotton
Total
752,309
10,856
Ton
36,500
14,600
500# Bale
Ton
29,260
Cotton Seed
Cofton .....
784
].,350
31,560
256,624
67,000
564,512
6,068,125
6 7598o
29.,2-~
Ton
236,160
96,500
100# sack
2~6,775
92:011
100# sack
230~027
Grain Hay
6,505
9,840
Milo
5,348
Oats
5,397
P~rmanent Pasture
Pasture
73,526
2,573,410
770,076
1,055,114
11,715
363,165
10G# sack
1,616,000
Rye
1,125
5,485
124# sack
21,940
Silage
7,011
97,478
Sudan Pasture
5,984
Sugar Beets
3,491
Rice
Stubble **
4,687
Seed
Culls
Total Sw~t Potatoes ~ o o
62,838
Ton
754,056
95,748
241,062 Jersey
285,633 Reds
1,000
4,000
50#Bskt
50# "
Ton
Ton
-I~-~
V
Wheat
65,400
......
682,346
149,600
63,832
Sweet Potatoes
Total
Ton
13088,706
i00# sack
964,248
999,751
160~000
40,000
2,1-~,999
123~
31,899~511
Stqbble acreage not included **
Page i
* FIELD CROPS - 5 .YEAR CHART OF ACREAGE *
88,562
1954
93,921
1955
9~,785
49,228
60,038
52~950
1951
1952
1953
Alfalfa
88,104
80,461
Barley
40,348
600
57,
Crop
5~068
7,024
5,606
6,834
6,119
33o
288
1,393
7,652
415
60,000
60,000
50,080
5,900
5,700
5,888
6,505
7,000
3,142
5,318
Milo
1,045
5,348
783
5~320
2,687
5,397
3,595
2~730
Oats
62,463
73,102
71,887
73,526
60,000
781,716
768,716
768,782
770~076
807,859
5,013
13,922
19~073
16j203
11,715
2~i12
1,310
i~185
1,125
800
6,750
6,000
7,011
6,250
7,000
S i lage
9,254
4~085
5,984
5,970
6,354
Sudan Pasture
68,768
57,130
66~921
63,832
46,458
885
4,050
3~491
836
2,018
Sugar Beets
382
611
127
13o
---
Sun Flowers
5,145
4,687
4,483
4,473
4,889
Sweet Potatoes
3,736
4,196
4,360
2,215
4,142
Wheat
B~ans
Corn
Cotton
Grain Kay
Permanent Pasture
Pasture
Rice.
Rye
StubbI~
Page 2
31,711
29,260
* F~ CROPS (S~D) ~ 1955 *
ProducingAcres
Crop
Alfalfa
Asparagus
Production
Unit
Value
924,500
lb.
204,513
2,599
1,200
lb.
960
3
(Arivat)
40
1,450
i00# sack
7,250
Barley
600
3,000
(Atlas)
17
i00~ sack
Barley
2..900
14,500
(Club Mariot)
lO0
i00# sack
Barley
60
24%000
lb.
13,200
Cantaloupes
lO0
000
25,
lb.
i0,000
Clover (Kenland)
41
340,300
ibo
642
47,
Corn (Hybrid)
17
]2,750
ibo
4,462
721
7,500
i00# sack
40,965
Garden Peas
20
12,000
lb~
6,600
Honeydews
15
3,750
lbo
Mustard
4
1,400
!bo
1,190
30
650
i00# sack
3,250
Cats (Ventura)
15
300
I00# sack
1,500
Grain Sorghum (Reliance)
18
200
i00# sack
1,000
Ry~ (Merced)
12
233
i00# sack
3,029
~=an~ ~. Red Kidney
489
7,335
lO0# sack
80,685
B~aus ~ String Beans
84
34,500
lbo
13,425
Squash
34
4,625
lb.
Safflower
300
3,000
i00~ sack
24,000
Sudan Grass
i~
68,600
Ibo
26,450
Watermelons
Wheat (Ramona)
24
700
~ ?ucumbers
Cnions
Total.....
i00~ sack
525
171
3,500
511,817
4,887
Page 3
* SEED CROPS - 5 YEAR CHART OF ACREAGE *
Alfalfa
Asparagus
Barley
Cantaloupes
C]owr (Kenland)
Corn (Hybrid)
~ ~ ~’ucumbers
Ford Hook Limas
Garden Peas
~on~yd~ws
B~,ans~, HendersonBush
Brans - Light Red Kidney
truce
Milo
Mus~,ard
Oats
Onions
Pumpkins
Grain Sorghum (Reliance)
Rye (Merced)
Red Kidney Beans
String Beans
.~ ~quash
~afflower
Sudan Grass
Wat~rmelons
Wh~at
1951
1955
195~
1954
295
"
380
591
442
©
83
4
100
142
l~O
8
-
15
345
180
i0
877
30
731
29
_
40
_
90
46
20
.
45
-
38
-
26
-
17
15
=
_
1955
157
60
i00
41
l?
721
2O
125
©
15
3o
4
15
18
1.2
i00
~0
175
18
135
5
293
69
50
24
64.2
417
-
50
29
29
Page 4
489
84
34
3oo
144
24
*TRUCK CROPS - 1955 *
ProducingAcres
Crop
Production
25,480
30~hamper
ton
8O0
136,170
~32,’179
Crates
32,017
4,522
587,780
Crates
1,322,005
5oo
125,000
Flats
187,5oo
2,043
12,783
Ton
278,877
245
171,000
225
Flats
Ton
268,000
5,125
17
340
Beans - string
Lima Quick Freeze
4
889
719
958
Bush Berries
49
Cantaloupes
Honeydews
Watermelons
Other Melons
Carrots.- Processed
Value
34# crate
56
7,280
Asparagus
-.
Unit
Ton
6,800
1
14
4,364
30~ lug
5,455
7,000
Crates
10,500
35
87
52,200
50# sack
57,420
Onions
P,-as - (Freezer)
652
978
3!9
83,714
P-ppers
~ggplant
~tuce
1,088
Ton
50# crate
Ton
"tt~
102,690
251,142
493000
Peppers = Ca&nery & Dehydrator
17o
27,200
Potatoes
£trawb~rries
Strawberries-’ (Freezer)
5o
26,573
68
6o
27,000
2
500
Sweet Corn
Taro Root
6,043
Tomatoes
Shipping
Export
Canning
797,760
110,000
52,360
100# sack
Crates
Ton
5-doz Crate
Lugs
32# Lug
WoBoCrate
Ton
68,000
59,789
20,400
33,750
1,500
1,835,848
385,000
3,397,948
Total
Tomatoes
......
6,320,368
Grand
Total
.....
15,757
Page 5
* TRUCK CROP ACREAGE - 5 YEAR CHART *
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
Asparagus
77
77
50
50
56
Beans ~ String
Lima Quick Freeze
8
233
5
130
4
745
32
1,145
4
889
Berries~, Bush
25
23
33
30
49
Broccoli
90
130
160
-
-
4,500
4,246
4,207
4,110
4,522
405
410
505
500
500
I~947
1,715
2,279
2j278
2,043
283
177
229
162
245
Carrots
40
50
48
40
17
21
30
20
17
14
Eggplant
Garlic
30
lO
3
5
Lettuce
i0
28
50
38
35
Onions
310
150
170
176
87
P~.ppers
275
210
250
254
319
Crop
Cantaloupes
Honeydews
Watermelons
Other Melons
P~as
-,
Freezer
652
....
170
Potatoes
70
40
125
105
~pinach
50
230
230
m
Strawberries
20
25
25
30
50
Squash
15
18
21
i
-
170
360
275
165
60
Sweet Corn
3,134
3~321
3,568
3,855
Tomatoes
6,043
Page 6
i ~
,
IIe !
i
~ I-:"I"~-"
|i"
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ii .....
¯
l
* FRUIT &NUT CROPS - 195_~5"
Crop
33500
Ton
Almonds
Aprlcots
Cannery
Dried
Shipping
Total Apricots°°.
2,265
21
1,850
Ton
Ton
Lug
9
Citrus
Figs -Kadota
Kadota
Adriatic
Black
Calimyrna
Sub-standard
T~talFigs .....
3 j 275
l, 527
963
i.,333
Value
Unit
Production
ProducingAcres
2,6253000
2o3,850
ii, 76o
800
700
70# Box
8,270
l, 800
1 ~ 200
l, 300
800
415
Ton Gr.
Ton Dry
Ton Dry
Ton Dry
Ton Dry
Ton Dry
926,240
396,000
240,000
208~ 000
2563000
703852
12,061
33,648
Ton Gr.
Ton Gr.
Ton Gr.
1,808,430
337~700
Lugs & Crates
Ton
l
Grapes - Raisin
Table
Juice
Total Graphes....
99447
1~723
_4_/206
3,155,57o
15, ~-
179,612
6.000
N=ctarines - Shipping
Cannery
Total Nectarines°.°
156
64,939
60
ll8
150
Ton
21,750
Clives
44,000
Ton
3 J 652,000
26,491
9273693
566
T on
20# Lug
Ton
i, 874,370
1,669~807
2~03 760
7,399,9~
P~aches - Cling
Cannery
Freestone
Cannery - Freezer
Shipping
Dried
Total Peaches.....
3,260
23810
P lure
s
ll8
19 ~ 651
Pomegranates
i0
600
Walnuts
Black Walnuts
T OTAL ......
876,000
Ton
lO0#
Sac ’
4, oo
191
900
25# Lug
13460
2,657
39,300
25# Crate
16,570~ 974
40~ 319
Page 7
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....
I
I
I
FRUIT AND NUT BEARING ACRES - 5 YEAR CHART
191~
1952
1953
1954
1955
7,373
7,330
7,530
7,798
8,172
462
462
356
345
344
2o
2o
12
9
9
9,095
8,734
8,1oo
7,557
7,098
17,604
17,300
14,621
14,995
15,376
Nectarines
121
121
121
135
156
Olives
125
125
125
I18
ll8
6,665
6~250
5,281
5,934
6,070
Plums
121
121
103
iii
118
Pomegr anates
i0
i0
i0
i0
i0
2,274
2,440
2,657
125
191
191
A lmonds
Apricots
Citrus
Figs
Grapes
Peaches
2,106
Walnuts
Black Walnuts
2,250
71
75
Page 8
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MERCED COUNTY FRUIT AND NL~f ACREAGE ~ 1955
Crop and " a:~iety
Aimonds
Drake.
[ X L
Oordanola
Mission
N~: Plus
Non Pareil
P~~.rl~.ss
Dave.y
0thvr Vari~.ties
Apricots
Bl~.nh~im & Royal
Tilton
Moorpark
Mixed Varieties
Black
Kadota
Calimyrna
Adriatic
Grap~s-Raisin
Thompson
Sultana
Muscat
Zant~.
Bearing
Acreage
Non-Bearing
Acreage
277
142
556
1,984
i, 123
3~959
48
83
25
103
134
63
367
12
46
12
190
141
6
7
175
25
963
3,275
1,333
1,527
9,358
3
14
72
s -Table.
Emp- ror
White. Malaga
R~ d Malaga
Ribi~r
’:okay
0tb,r Varieties
94
912
120
147
391
59
Grap, s-WinAlicant~
Colombard
Carignane
Gr~y Reisling
Goid~n Chasselas
Gr~nache
Mission
Palomino
Zinfandel
Other White Varities
Other Dark Varieties
360
48
940
23
171
641
413
487
346
122
655
Page 9
179
io
8o
top and Variety
Citrus
Navel Oranges
Valencia
N" ctarines
Stanwick
Quetta
John Rivers
Le Grand
Early Le Grand
Late Le Grand
Red Grand
Grand Rivers
Golden Grand
Sun Grand
G r andeur
Freedom
MERCED COUNTY FRUIT AND NUT ACREAGE ~ 1955
Bearing
Acreage
Non Bearing
Acreage
7
i
8
73
21
8
5
5
44
12
59
27
5
20
17
i0
7
~
15
6
8
0! i v,-:s
Manzanillo
Mission
0 t h~-~rVarieties
ii
iO4
3
12
P<a~h:~s - Cling
Carolyn
Fortuna
Gaume
Gom~.s
Halford
Libbe~
Paloro
P,-ak
Ph~lllps
Sims
0th~,r Clings
40~
583
44
176
190
354
257
211
94
950
36
P, ach~s ~ Freestones
Babcock
Early Elberta
Elberta
J,, H. Hale
Muir
Rio Cso
0th,~r Fr:estones
7
65
4
173
29
2
3
496
4
350
1~729
221
4.6
90
280
294
516
6
43
183
Page iO
MERCED COUNTY FRUIT AND NUT ACREAGE - 1955
Bearing
Non Bearing
Crop and Variety
Acreage
Acreage
Plums
Beauty
Duarte
Grand Duke
President
Santa Rosa
Tragedy
Yellow Egg
Walnuts
Blackmer
Concord
Eureka
Franquette
Hartley
Mayette
Payne
Other Varieties
4
I
i
55
56
1
5
14
2
3
19
719
482
147
131
l~ll0
45
115
132
16o
6
196
26
Black Walnuts
191
(Bearing and Non Bearing)
Bush Berries
49
62
Page Ii
* ANIMAL INDUSTRY - 1955 ~
~
" ~:!fV Cat$I~
Butt.~.rfat
.~cw~;, Bulls, and Calves
sold to butcher
¯ eta]
°
62~000 head milk cattle
17,980,000 pounds
~ib,I..:.~
322, OCt;
B~-X Cat~le
74~000head
........"C~W~S~j~Calves
~ Feeders~ and Beef
~a,~bits’"
I, ’ ¯ and Hides sold
7,992,, 030
].3~0~.,~
133000
48,970 head
’"~,~ °55"
~,w~-.~and Lambs
Wee i
95~o
~....
5]J~s
~.H,}kGoats
........ "B’u~t’t~rf at
’~’:,.f.
~, Hides, and Goatssold
~L%~
°
......
;cs]~ug~ and G
Markat
~,~g~s
o
¯
.
o
5,400 head
1~6~ 60[%
800 head
40,000 pounds
5(~(-’
’
o
o
o
o
",
52,.2,:.,
s* sold to
Sold to Market
Poults
’~ggs
r~al>’"
hd(:ks
~;~’.~ z’s,. Roastars,
~.,.’t [~ ±’ j---rs
54~000
45~000
1,357~315
730,490
4,322~900
]05~ ":(’’
6 ~ 5Th~83 ~
547~,86"
] ~29§~81’
5.."
414 ~ 000
5,4:{8~,200pounds
151,590 cases
3,30,,~:.
n! #NI~.LkL INDUSTRY .....
Page 12
* .NURSERY STOCK and MISCE~OUS - 1955 *
Value
Nursery stock
1,000 acres
StrawberryPlants
8,000,000
Fruit and Nut Trees
2,127,352
Rooted Grape Vines
2,400,000
Roses
2,450,000
Semi-TropicalOrnamentals
and Shade Trees
500,000
Shrubs
250,000
Tomato Plants
2,000,000
Budwood and Pits
Total Nursery Stock .................................
24,315Colonies
Honey
Beeswax
Rental for Pollination
Total Bees .........................................
$
80,000
985,176
72,000
612,500
448,000
25,000
14,000
102,000
$2,338,676
Bees
Page 13
$ 141,301
i0,400
SUMMARY - 1955
Classificationof Acreage
1954
1955 ~__
Fruit and Nut Crops, including non-beariug
43,753
44,350
Field and Truck Crops including Seed Crops
334,908
339,274
1,000
ijO00
Pasture Land (not arable)
545,670
545,670
Pasture Land (arable, not farmed)
229,869
224,406
64,000
64,500
Nursery and MiscellaneousCrops
Sloughs, Rivers, Ponds, Brush,
Building Sites, Canals, Roads,
Airports and Ditches
Total ....................
1,219,2oo
1,219,2oo
Value
1954
1955
~.~
Field Crops, Including Pasture and Seed
32,612,242
31,899,511
Fruit and Nut Crops
12,444,625
16,570,974
7,253,198
6,320,368
39,15o,786
38,516,666
Truck Crops
Animal Industry
Nursery and Miscellaneous
Total ....................
2,279~392
93,740,243
2~526,845
95,834,364