August, 1883.
THE WEST SHORE.
'77
Kenzie had 44 acres that went 45 bushels to the
acre; H. Bond, 36 acres 40 bushels to the acre;
A. Gross and G. W. Gross had 80 acres of sod
and 80 acres of volunteer that gave an average of
34 bushels to the acre. From Messrs. Cook &
Irvine we learn that A. L. Price had 80 acres of
wheat 46 bushels to the acre;T. J. Kirk, 50
acres 45 bushels; J. V. Gumm, 12 acres that gave
660 bushels; J. W. Perringer, 50 acres that yielded
2000 bushels; Isaac Mansfield, 30 acres that made
1200 bushels, and Will Stafford 130 acres that
yielded 6000 bushels: this field would have made
at least 10,000 bushels but for the great amount
of smut it contained. Geo. Hartman had on J.
W. Miller's farm 60 acres that gave an average
of 45 bushels to the acre. J. B. Gerking reports
45 acres that gave 2016 bushels, machine meas
ure; his 95 of fall, spring and volunteer yielded
2929 bushels. Jno. O. Moorhouse threshed fiom
340 acres, 10,000 bushels of wheat, 2500 bushels
of barley and 600 bushels of oats.
Heppner Gazette Harvesting on the creek
bottom lands in this section has been going on for
some time, and the yield in all cases has been very
satisfactory. The grain put in on hill lands and
raised for hay has been mostly cut and yielded
from two to three tons per acre. That intended
for grain is now being cut in some places, while
between Heppner and the timber it will not be
ripe enough to cut for from one to three weeks
yet. At Mr. Cunningham's Newton ranch, four
miles from Heppner, the wheat is doing very
well, and extensive preparations' are being made
for harvesting. At D. A. Herren's hill ranch at
the head of Wallace canyon, the grain is flourish
ing, and gives certain promise of an abundant
yield. The hill soil holds its moisture wonder
fully well, and although we have had no rain for
about sixty-eight days, the grain shows no signs
of drying out or burning up. In the Bennefield
settlement, eight miles north of Heppner, James
Depuy is at work with Mr. Cunninghame's
thresher. Fall wheat in that section will average
about twenty bushels to the acre on new bunch
grass land. The cultivation of these hills has
been tried as an experiment this year. It is now
regarded as a success. A very large area will be
put in this fall, and about next year this section
will have surplus of grain for export.
Canyon City News. The crops throughout
Grant county are generally good this season. The
hay crop is now being harvested and is fully up
to the average, although not quite so heavy as it
was last year. Grain of all kinds b good, and will
be much heavier than last season. Except in a
few fields where facilities for irrigation do not ex
ist and where the crop has been injured by the
dry summer weather, the yield will probably be
one-third more than last season.
La Grande Sentinel In traveling over the
county we find the probable crop yield at least
one-third better than has been reported. The
Sandridge country, where it is impossible to irri
gate, has a fine crop all through, considering the
late dry weather. Indian valley will fall consid
erably short, having been injured more than any
other portion of the valley by drouth. The hay
yield is good, much better than last year, and we
feel confident in saying that Union county this
year will have a large surplus of grain.
WASHINGTON SOUTH OF INAKI aim.
Waitsburo Times W. P. Rceaer threshed
300 acres of fall wheat-result, an averag of thirty,
six bushels per acre. His volunteer lurlcy pro
duced an average of eighteen bushels, spring-sown
twenty-five bushels per acre. George Dclancy
has threshed the tall wheat out on loco acres of
bench LuiJ, aud wtuicj au average of thirty
bushels per acre of good merchantable wheat.
Joshua Bryant, whose farm lies near the head
waters of Mill creek has harvested 50 bushels of
oats per acre in a tract of over 100 acres, and In
a 63 acre wheat field his wheat yield was 4a bush
els per acre. Wm. Rcewr has just finished har
vesting 400 acres of wheat on his larm beyond the
Page ranch, the result of which shows a yield of
over 40 bushels per acre. On all the farms in the
Spring valley neighborhood where threshed, the
yield of wheat has been 30 to 40 bushels per acre;
and even in the light hill land toward Snake and
Columbia rivers the yield has been from 20 to 30
bushels. Mr. L I. Banks, who lives three miles
northeast of this city, on land that a few years
ago was regarded as "not worth taking," this
week threshed from 16 acres, 480 bushels of A I
wheat or 30 bushels per acre. It made this,
counting a full sack at two bushels, which when
it is put on tn the scales will weigh probably i
bushels, making the rral yield 33 bushels per
acre. The Preston Bros, have a field of 1,200
acres, a large part of which has been harvest!
and threshed, the lowest yield per acre of which
was twenty-five and the highest forty bushels. Ad
joining this II. H. Griffin has a field of 1,000 acres,
which is now being harvested and threshed, and
which, as far as harvested, has made an average
yield of nearly forty bushels.
Walla Walla Watchman As the harvest
advances reports concerning the same grow belter
and better. We hear of many whose fields yielded
as high as 50 bushels to the acre. Of course,
there are many who harvested only 15, and per
haps less, but they keep quiet abou t it, hence we
get only the glowing reports; ye', we can safely
say that the average yield in Walla Walla county
will come up to 3$ bushels to the acre, and when
we pause and ponder over the prodigious yield in
the face of a long and oppressive drouth, we are
loth to wonder what will the harvest be, when
the God of sunshine and rain Is a little kinder to
us in the future than he has lieen this summer?
Yet we won't murmur, In fact we dare not.
Walla Walla Statesman Harvesting Is
progressing finely throughout the northwest, and
the prospects for liberal yield are encouraging.
A gentleman thoroughly conversant wilb the situ
ation informs us concerning the rrgion east of the
Cascade mountains, after a thorough oversight of
the country on this side, that it is very certain to
conclude that the suplus will be from lfio,ooo to
180,000 tons. Fall sown grain is invariably turn
ing out well.
Dayton Chronicle From far and near come
reports of good crops, many fields yielding from
40 to 50 bushels of wheat to the acre, though
some do not go mora than from so to J 5. The
season has been a trying one, no rain having fallen
to amount to anything tince the middle of May,
Three months of dry, hot, scorching weather, and
still we have good crops.
Walla Waixa Union The yields presented
hen have not been " picked," as they wen gelh
end haphazard from Csrmcn visiting the city, and
we believe it gives fair ttinai of the eoantyt
crop. The difference In yield is not so much on
account of the varying soils as In the manner of
arming, as some of the lowest yields we have
gathered represent the crops of air vetv ilchr.i
landsi John Lux, 75 acres, average 4a bushels
per acre. I'at Russell, 400 acres avenim vlrl.l it
.bushels per acre. 0. E. Jones 640 acres, average
yield 3s bushels per acre, Henry Copeland, 400
acres, average yield 30 bushels per acre. Mr. liar
'ows, 150 acres average yield 26 W buihels tr
acre. Chris. Msier, 700 acres, avenge yield 35
ousneis per acre. Hruce rarrell, 550 acres, aver
age yield 40 bushels per acre. Henry Lee. 00
acres, average yield per acre 30 bushels. Mr,
latterson, 120 acres, average yield per acre 50
bushels. Jos, McEvoy, n acres, averaire vl.l.l
24 bushels. 0. N. Angel, 80 acres, average yield
per acre 25 bushels, (spring sown.) Harvt Mc
Gulre, 240 acres, average yield t bushels tier
acre. John Scott, 400 acres, average yield 4
per acre. V. r. Adams, 800 acres, average yield
tier acre 33 bushels, Gus. Furiierson, 120 acres.
average yield 30 bushels per acre. Mr. White,
400 acres, average yield 30 bushels per acre. The
Abbott ranch, 500 acres, average yield 30 bushels
per acre. Orley Hull, 240 acres, average yield
30 bushels per acre. II. Sailing, 160 acres, aver
age 30 bushels per acre. Jos. White threshed an
average of 40 bushcle of fine wheat per acre from
480 acres.
I'omkroy lNl)Ei'KNliENT-The farmers reixirl
that their grain is turning out lietler than we hied
for five weeks ago. J, I). Tyrrel's wheat will
average 25 bushels to the acre on Dry gulch,
where it used to be said nothing would crow.
This comes from proier cultivation and sowing
grain at the opportune lime. When all our farmers
adopt such methods our crops will Invariably yield
largely in our eacellenl soils.
PomkkoY Kxi'UHI.ICAN Tin fall sown wheal
on many farms is turning oul Irura 30 to 40 bush,
els, and barley In tome placet as high at 60 buih
els to the acre. While the spring mavn wheat It
not entirely a failure and in a few locations will
give so bushels it will, as a whole, rsdik-e the
average on all grain grown here lo perhtt 25
bushers per acre. A ureal difference list been
observed in Ihe crops, on farms In the tame local
ity, and equally hvorahle In the growlh of grain.
This difference hat been Ihe result of Ihe manner
of cultivation! while In some Instance! the ground
was thoroughly prepared, and grain carefully town,
in others a careless and Imperfect method of farm
ing his been practiced, It hat been estimated
that one third of the county of Garfield, town In
wheal, It cawble, In an ordinary year, of produo
ing five million bushels of wheal,
NORTH or BNAKR RIVka.
Palouu City Boomrranu Reports haw
been circulated In Oregon that Ihe bunch grata
country of Eastern Washington wet completely
burned out by drouth. Hitch It by no titan the
case. Although we have hod little or no rsln for
nearly three asontht, grain will nuke mora than
an average yield near the mountain and nearly If
not quilt thai amount all over ihe Ptlmita coun
try. Between Ptloust City and Farmingtoa and
East of Garfield lo the awiunUlna Ihe erupt an
good. Some (Wills an eacellenl and will snake a
large yield. In tome fields Ihe straw It llltle
short, but lb grain i will beaded. The toll
along Um but of ln nsounlain ami (uf several
J miles oat ! of sue qaallly that enabisa It to yWld.