SAN BENITO COUNTY

1956 ANNUAL CROP REPORT

 

 

COMMODITY SUMMARY

 

Hay & Grain

$  782,249

Row Crops

$5,376,339

Fruit & Nut Crops

$6,288,930

Livestock & Poultry

$5,569,170

TOTAL

$18,016,688

 

 

Hay & Grain

 

 

Acres

Total Yield

$ per unit

TOTAL

Barley

19,000

266,000-100# sacks

2.25

$598,500

Hay

11,000

8,250 tons

26.50

$118,265

Wheat & Oats

1,284

19,260-100# sacks

3.40

$65,484

TOTAL

$782,249

 

FRUIT AND NUT CROPS

 

 

Acres

Total Yield

$ per unit

TOTAL

Apples

185

3,015 tons

65 & 80

$152,775

Apricots

3,967

22,960 tons

 

$3,106,800

Grapes (Wine)

907

2,850 tons

42.5 & 72.5

$182,410

Pears (Bartlett canned)

255

2,636 tons

73

$192,428

Pears (Bartlett processed)

 

191 tons

50

$9,550

Pears (Other)

478

8,715 tons

84.5

$736,417

Prunes (French)

2,625

6,600 tons

135

$891,000

 

Prunes (Sugars & Imperial)

511

800 tons

275

$220,000

 

Prunes (Sub Standard)

 

555 tons

10

$5,550

 

Misc. Fruits & Nuts*

 

 

$28,600

Walnuts

1,988

1,590 tons

480

$763,200

TOTAL

$6,288,730

 

 

 

 

ROW CROPS

 

 

Acres

Total Yield

$ per unit

TOTAL

Beets (Sugar)

2,790

57,716 tons

13.50

$779,166

Broccoli

500

32,500 crates

7.50

$243,750

Carrots

170

42,500 crates

4.00

$170,000

Garlic

502

37,660 CTW

11

$414,260

Lettuce

1,235

 

350

$432,250

Misc. crops*

 

$446,637

Potatoes

1,887

405,705 sacks

2.25

$912,836

Seed Crops*

2,300

 

300

$690,000

Spinach

290

2,900 tons

23.8

$69,020

Strawberries

22

36,000 crates

1.82

$65,520

Tomatoes (canning)

2,562

51,240 tons

22.50

$1,152,900

TOTAL

$5,376,339

 

 

LIVESTOCK & POULTRY

 

 

Units

Price per Unit

TOTAL

Beef & Calves

17,000 head

175.0

$2,975,000

Lambs

6,500 head

18.50

$120,250

Wool

60,000 lbs.

0.42

$25,200

Dairy Products

 

$410,000

Broilers & Chickens (Meat)

 

$407,280

Eggs

44,560 cases

11.00

$490,160

Turkeys

204,000 head

0.28/ lb.

$1,085,280

Hogs

1,600 head

35

$56,000

TOTAL

$5,569,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS CROPS AND PRODUCTS

 

*Commodities in these categories are combined with other similar products because the number of producers of each commodity was less than three, or one producer is responsible for 60 percent or more of the product.  This is to avoid disclosure of the business affairs of the firms involved.

 

Crops

 

Beans (Lima)

Beets (Table)

Bush Berries

Cauliflower

Corn (Sweet)

Cotton

Honey

Onions

Peas

Peppers (Bell)

Squash

 

 

 

Fruit and Nut Crops

 

Almonds

Cherries

Peaches-Canned

Peaches-Dried

 

Seed Crops

 

Aster

Beans

Broccoli

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage

Calendula

Carrots

Celery

Centaurea

Corn (Hybrid)

Larkspur

Lettuce

Mustard

Onions

Peas (Sweet)

Peppers

Radish

Salisfy

Squash

Stock

Tomatoes

Turnip

Verbena

Zinnia