The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning, August 10, 1935
Unusually Eine Oram
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This
County
VIEW RELATED
Walnuts and Prunes Will be
Big Crops, Hops Too,
Prospects lilow
Crops in general In Marion
county hare been far better this
season than last year, says Harry
L. Riches, county agent, who daily
comes In contact with farmers
from all parts of the area and who
has Bammed up the harvest sit
uation hereabouts to set off the
numerous reports from smaller
districts appearing today.
While harvests may vary some
even in adjoining areas or on ad
Joining farms, the composite pic
tures of harvested and unharvest
ed products is reported by Riches
as follows:
Wheat Yields Heavy -'Fall-Sown
wheat and oats are
" better than they have been for a
long time In some sections, though
spring grain is not so good and
yields are and will be unusually
light due to lack of moisture. Vir
tually no moisture has been ex
perienced since seeding time on
the late crop. Large spring wheat
yields are found at Pratum and
in the North and Central Howell
area, with some small fields there
averaging 60 bushels, with un
usually large wheat averages, in
several fields 100 bushels to the
acre. No trouble from Hessian
fly and only little from rust was
experienced in wheat fields.
The prune crop looks better to
date than' it has any year since
1926. The heavy drop at the
present time is not alarming, and
in some orchards is a virtual god
send as the trees were too laden
for the' prunes to make any site
able growth.
Hay Crops Short
Hay production is quite a bit
under last year's cut, with a prob
able decrease of 20 per cent. Al
falfa is below normal: Some sec
, ond cuttings are being made now,
but only on river bottom fields
will the third cutting materialize.
The clover seed yield is less
than normal and hairy vetch is
only about half the average crop,
due to dry weather.
Berries Disappoint
The smalj fruits were generally
way short of the normal bearing,
with strawberries about 50 per
cent off, and other berries below
normal. Cherries were about up
to average production, with es
pecially good yields of sour cher
ries. Some damage to the blacks
due to a rain at ripening time was
not as severe on the grower as an
ticipated because many of these
were sold for Juice purposes.
A normal peach crop is nearing
harvest and pears look good, both
as to quality and output.
Walnuts look especially good
all over the county, with blight at
a minimum and little trouble from
burn. Filberts in general are
better than normal, though the
young filbert plantings are pretty
badly affected with filbert blight
more so this season than for 10
years.
Pests -at Minimum
Various pests from individual
farms have been reported from
time to time during the season,
but save for the spittle bug on
the strawberries early in the sea
son, these have had little effect
on the crops. Peach and prune
root borer has shown up, but no
more so than normal, and the
county agent's office has already
conducted a series of demonstra
tions to inform orchardists how to
combat this at the proper stage.
The potato plantings in the
eonJBty are unusually small this
year, with not many patches in
the entire area larger than 10
acres. However, spuds look like
a fine crop thus far. Corn is good
In the main, though rain would
benefit both corn and late pota
' toes.
The hop production looks to be
' of the finest Quality for many
years, and quantity will also be
large though this is no source of
satisfaction in view of the ex
tremely low prices prevailing as
the new season comes on. The
red spider is giving some concern
to fuggles growers, but so far hep
. pests, even the downy mildew,
.. have been strikingly absent from
the cluster yards, which constitute
bulk of the production.
Quality of Grains
And Hays at Suver
Reported Excellent
SUVER, Aug. 9 Nuts and fruit
axe not grown commercially in
tbe immediate vicinity of Suver,
the farmers having only small or
chards for home use. Dairying
and hop growing are the chief
industries here. The grain and
Bay crops this year are of excel
lent quality. Several kinds of
bay, retch, alfalfa, clover, rye
Crass and oats and vetch mixed,
are grown.
Threshing is well under way
and the farmers say their wheat
is averaging 20 bushels per acre
and other grains at good yield
: Some fields of fall planted wheat
are making as much as 24 bushels
per acre.
Good Stand of Clover
Being Hulled, Airlie
AIR LIE, . Aug. 9 The first
threshings have been completed
and the grain turned out above
expectations. Clover hullers are
busy with what seems to be a good
stand of clorer. Neighboring
prune growers report the heaviest
crop for several seasons but very
low marketing price. Hops too
are food but low in price. Har
vesting of hops will begin the lat
ter part of the month at the M. E.
Branch yard. Gardens this year
are practically worthless because
of the bugs that are eating them.
Wheat Five Feet High is
Seen on Vern Fox' Ranch;
Vetch Stand Also Good
RICKREALL, Aug. 9 Thresh
ing of fall grains in this commun
ity Is pretty well completed, with
much of the wheat averaging 25
bushels to the acre. Vetch also
ran well. J. P. Hamilton thresh
ed 400 sacks from 55 acres and
Jess Ragsdale averaged 11 sacks
to the acre. Vern Fox on his farm
north of town has ten acres of
spring wheat that averages over
five feet in height.
Most spring grains seem to be
a riddle but if no hot winds come,
these may mature, although oats
and barley will not be an average
yield due to lack of moisture.
Hops in the local yards are
good. Middleton has some that
F,f ,1 10 FEET HIGH
ELDRIEDGE. Aug. 9 Thresh
ing of fall grain is in full swing
here with the yield around 40
bushels per acre. Arthur Coffin.
Ivan Brundidge and A. L. Collins
have Just finished harvesting their
wheat.
Prospects are that a good crop
of filberts will be harvested on
the McGilchrist berry farm. Drop
ping of prunes during the hot
weather will decrease the prune
crop. The first cutting of hay
has been good.
Flax pulling was begun Mon
day at the Springer farm where
Albert -Girod is in charge. Some
of the corn grown on this place
measures 10 ieet nign. rne late
potatoes give promise of excel-
ent yield in spite of dry weather.
Loganberries harvested here
were of good quality, hot weather
shortened the picking period for
some. Around 40 tons from 22
acres were barrelled at the McGil
christ farm and hauled to New-
berg for Juice. Hop yards here
give promise of excellent yield
but what to do with the crop is
the question.
Grains at 'Point
Turn Out Better
Than Expectation
VICTCfR POINT, Aug. 9.
Threshing began in general here
Monday. Grain is turning out bet
ter than was expected in most
places. Oats are running from
40 to 50 bushels to the acre.
Wheat on the Elmer Lorence farm
averaged better than 30 bushels
per acre.
The King machine has comple
ted its hills run and will continue
to thresh on Howell prairie.
The Waldo Hills company ma
chine, which still runs the Cook
rig, is working near McAlpin,
then comes here. The Lorence
machine has finished in this dis
trict and has moved to Valley
View, the Independent thresher is
operating at Silver Cliff and will
have several days' run here later.
The Victor Point outfit started
a 10 days' run here at the Arthur
Mulkey farm Monday and will go
from here to the Union Hill dis
trict.
Damage to Prunes
At Mehama Result
Of Last Downpour
MEHAMA. Aug. 9 Most all
crops are short in this vicinity
this season. The hay crop was
threatened to an entire failure un
til the last rains came. The rain.
at this time damaged the prunes
considerably. Berry crops were
less than half while the grain
yield is very ordinary.
The pear crop promises to be
extra good while the early apples
are very light. The late apple
crop will be normal. Cherries
were plentiful.
Orchards at Rosedale
Show Full Prune Crop
ROSEDALE. Aug. 9 Logan
berry picking in this section was
mostly completed last week. The
yield was not so heavy as expect
ed. There is not so much acreage
here as some years ago. Spring
grain and hay were also short.
Not much of either is raised in
this section. The main cron is
prunes and these trees are mom
than full though the prunes are
not very good size as yet. A good
drop is starting. Harvesting will
probably begin around September
!. Walnuts promise a good crop,
and no scalding Is noticed as re
ported In some other localities.
Spotted Condition is
Seen on Zena's Farms
ZENA. Aug. 9 Fall grains
now being threshed here are
"spotted", some fields turning out
good while others are below av
erage. Spring grain is light. Not so
much hay was sown as usual this
season. Cherries, while below par
in most orchards, are excellent in
those of W. D. Henry and W.
Frank Crawford, the Royal Ann's
particularly running far above
average.
Both Walnut, Filbert
Prospects Are Great
ROBERTS. Aug. 9 The fruit
crops yielded around 50 per cent
in this district, berry crops wert
shortened by the hot weather.
There was an arerage crop of hay,
but little' hay is grown here.
Wheat ran around 30 and oats 40
bushels to the acre.
John J. Roberts reports a larsre
crop of walnnts and filberts.
1 SPRUE!
are extra fine. A new pest has
put in its appearance, a small red
spider that covers the under side
of the leaves and quickly devours
it. Continuous spraying seems to
have them checked. Picking will
begin about September 3.
J. P. Hamilton has a record'
yield of corn, stalks are seven
feet. Jess Ragsdale grows seed
flax with good results. It is pur
chased by a Portland firm for lin
seed oil. He has 40 acres this
year. Clover is another crop
that grows well in this vicinity,
and is threshed about the same
time as spring grains. The "year
seems to be a good one for wal
nuts for the trees are loaded while
'filberts are not so plentiful.
Dry Season
Dents Hills
Oats Output
WALDO HILLS, Aug. 9 At
the end of the second day of
threshing, J. W. Goodknecht,
manager of the Haberly company
machine, operating in the Cen
terview district, said wheat was
100 per cent above last year, but
oats not more than 35 per cent
above. The. lesser oats yield is
due to the dry ear and many oat
fields are spring sown. Just the
opposite situation is found in the
Evergreen district, where wheat
was about 25 per cent better and
oats 100 per cent. Edward Kuen
zi, in the latter district, had a
field of oats that made 93 bushels.
Nuts are a promising crop. Wal
nuts are a heavy crop and good
quality, while filberts are a fair
crop but exceptionally fine qual
ity. The heat seems to have done
no damage to either crop.
Hops are looking fine, though
not as large a crop is expected this
year as was harvested last year.
Barley Short But
Well Filled; Pear
Trees Are Loaded
PRATUM. Aug. 9 Threshing
is well under way in this commun
ity for fall grain and spring grain
will soon be ready to harvest.
Some barley is ripe enough to cut
now. Much of the fall wheat is
yielding above 50 bushels per
acre. The average for this com
munity will probably, be near that
mart.
Oats are very rood in some
fields but will probably not aver
age any higher than wheat. Most
of the barley is quite short but
well niled. Very little spring
wheat was sown. Only a small
amount of hay was baled, far be
low the average.
Late potatoes make a good
showing. Walnuts never looked
any better at this time of the
year. Pear trees are loaded to
capacity, apples are fair. All in
all the 1935 crop gives great rea
son to be thankful and will play
a large part in bringing prosper
ity back to this community.
Average Yield of
Fruitland Wheat
Runs 50 Bushels
FRUITLAND. Aug. 9-The grain
in the Fruitland locality has most
ly been threshed and the yield has
been generally beyond expecta
tions. The average yield of oats
is above 60 bushels per acre; of
wheat about 50 bushels. The hay
crop has been rather light with
poor prospects of a second crop.
There will be little or no clover
for seed.
The walnut trees are loaded
generally and the trees look thrif
ty. The filbert crop is not so
heavy, due, probably, to the late
frost. The loganberry crop was
harvested with satisfactory re
sults. Strawberries were a fair
crop. The hops will average with
other upland yards. " They did
not require spraying for lice this
summer on account of the un
usually hot days.
West Stayton Pole
Beans Show Large
Tonnages to Acre
WEST STAYTON, Aug. 9 Pole
beans, bush beans, tomatoes, hay,
fruits and grains are raised in this
community. Beans and tomatoes
are raised to a greater extent than
fruit or gram and are laraelv irri
gated. Hay Is a pretty good crop.
Busb beans are yielding fair,
about three tons to the acre. Pole
beans are good, the yield will h
about five tons per acre. The hay
wasn't good. Tomatoes are fair
and will yield about four tons per
acre.
Filbert Prospects in
Hollywood Area Light
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 9 Indica
tions are that filberts will be a
light crop while the walnuts will
be heavy. Fall sown hay and
grain surpasses the 'spring sown
crop by an unusual. margin. One
crop of grey oats went 65 bushels
per acre. Wheat runs 35 to 50
bushels.' Gardens generally are
not as good as usual.
CROPS LOOK FIXE
MACLEAY, Aug. 9 Wheat Is
fair, oats, especially spring, light.
Corn looks good, prunes look good
but it is too early la the season
to tell what per cent will mature
as a good many are falling. Wal
nut crop looks good but . like
prunes, too early; to state definitely.
UT BURN
NOT SERIOUS
Wheat Heavy, Oats Fair,
and Cherries Way Ahead
At Silverton
SILVERTON. Aug. 9 Harvest
ing of grain is now well underway
in the valley surrounding Silver
ton. Early reports show that
wheat yields are proving heavier
than at first anticipated. Reports
have been running from 50 to 60
bushels of wheat to the acre on
the average. C. E. Jorgenson, a
well-known farmer, reports the
heavy yield of 70 bushels an acre.
A. B. Wlesner reported a yield of
65 bushels per acre.
The oat yields have also been
fairly good. Reports show them
to range from 50 to 100 bushels
an acre. Ed Kuenzi had a yield
of between 70 to SO bushels an
acre on his grey oats. Other
yields run in proportion.
Threshing has just been begun
in the hills surrounding Silver
ton, and while no definite returns
are reported here, it is understood
that the grain crops are much
lighter in the hills than in the sur
rounding valleys.
Slight Sut Burn
The walnut crop, which prom
ised to be very heavy, was slight
ly damaged by burn during the
extreme heat in July. However, it
is said, the damage is not as seri
ous as the" blight of a year ago
when from 40 to 5(1 per cent
losses Were recorded. In orchards
where the trees are growing on
south slopes, the heat , damage is
more serious than iru locations
where at least a part cl the orch
ard has a north facing..
The cherry harvest which is
being completed this month, is re
ported as good. The Silverton
Food Products company has a
pack of over 150 tons. Walin
Brothers are proprietors. In the
Keenwood orchards, which are the
largest cherry orchards around
Silverton, the yield was reported
at least 37 per cent more than
last year. The black pie cherries
at Keenwood ranch are being har
vested this month.
Eye Packing of Corn
The Walin Bros, report they
are greatly interested in the corn
growing and packing in thi coun
try. Th.ey believe, they say, that
corn offers a fine opportunity for
Oregon farmers, and cannerymen
could find a ready sale for this
pack. They point out that the
Oregon corn flavor is superior to
all others, and very little of it is
packed in the west. Therefore a
good market would necessarily re
sult. Harvesting of vegetable seeds is
about completed and it is reported
the yield is average with yields
of other years.
Hop crops-will be heavy enough,
but hopmen are too worried about
prices to be interested in yields.
Clover Seed Has
Promise of Good
Yield at - Turner
TURNER. Aug. 9. Threshing
is in progress with good reports
from the hills southwest of town,
and wheat is averaging 25 bush
els to the acre, the highest yield
being 31 bushels. Oats are quoted
from 30 to 67 bushels. Other sec
tions report smaller yields owing
to location. Some grain .on the
bottoms is not cut and threshing
is delayed.
Early and well cultivated corn
promises a good yield. The hay
crop was heavier in many fields
than first estimated, owing to the
dry season. There are a few small
fields of clover seed with prom
ise of good yield. Nut trees are
loaded. Cherries were a light crop
and berries average. Bean har
vest has just begun.
Rye is running 34 -
Bushels Per Acre;
Parkejrsville Area
PARKERSVILLE, Aug. 9
The grain threshing began here
last week and the crops are turn
ing out much better than first ex
pected. There is approximately
350 acres in grain in this neigh
borhood. The average of yields
is as follows: wheat, highest
yield 45 bushels per acre, low, 25
bushels; oats, 75 bushels per acre.
low, 45 bushels; rye yield was 34
bushels per acre.
Due to the dry weather there
is hardly any clover seed this year.
What was hulled averaged two
bushels per acre.
Leading Falls Crop
Hit by Bad Weather
SILVER FALLS, Aug. 9. The
leading crop In this vicinity is
the strawberries, though a light
crop was harvested this year.
Late frosts, hot weather and spit
tle bugs were very destructive.
Berries sold from four to six
cents a pound. The caneberry
yield was good and sold at an av
erage price. .Though only a few
acres of hay were grown here, the
harvest was good. Very little
threshing is done. Pasture is 100
per cent this season. Two saw
mills and a logging camp are oper
ating steadily.
Fruit Crops Low But
Grains Fine, Hubbard
HUBBARD, Aug. Fruit
crops In and around Hubbard have
been only about half as large as
usual. In some cases, as with
Marshall strawberries, only a
third of a crop was produced.
Grains In general : are excellent.
Threshing; is about halt complet
ed and In most cases the yield
has been better than average. A
full hay crop Is expected.
Over Ton Austrian
Peas Per Acre are
Taken at Molalla
MOLALLA, Aug. Fifty-one
bushels to the acre Is
the highest wheat yield re
ported here. Hay and oats
are running short. Spring
oats are averaging about 25
bushels to the acre. Aus
trian field peas are yielding
weU from 1000 to 2200
pounds an acre.
. Estimates on the unbar
rested barley crop point to a
good yield of about 40 bush
els to an acre. Spring wheat
is not doing well. Hairy
vetch is yielding between
100 and 500 pounds to the
acre.
Less walnut blight than
usual is expected to help
that crop. This is not a
fruit country, except on a
small scale.
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LATE ATJMG PRICE
Crooked Finger Potatoes
Are Showing Well so
Far; Prunes Tardy
SCOTTS MILLS, Aug. 9 The
crops in this vicinity vary. Mar
shall strawberries were fairly
good, especially above Crooked
Finger, where they were harvest
ed u'jtil August 1, getting as high
as 41.80 a crate. Loganberries
were only about one-half a crop,
aud Etterberg strawberries one-
third a crop. Hay crop was not
quite as good as usual, and grain
is better, especially in Crooked
Finger, than it has been for a
few years. Wheat will probably
go 40 bushels and oats as high as
65 bushels to the acre on some
places, others as low as 20 bush
els. More rye sown around here
than has been sown for years, and
looks better than the average.
Corn looks fair.
Spuds Look Fair
Crooked Finger Mountain Bur
bank potatoes so far look better
than the average, these potatoes
are sown from certified seed. Fil
berts look good, walnuts in the
higher regions are good, but not
a big crop, though they don't seem
to be hurt by the hot weather.
Indications are that prunes are
fairly good, but awfully late. Last
yeat prune picking was started
now, while they haven't started
to turn yet. Pasture is still good.
Dropping of Prunes
Relieves Trees of
Excessive Burden
LIBERTY, Aug. 9 Logan
berry yield in this section varied
this season all the way from very
poor yield to a very good one with
two tons per acre the highest.
There was winter frost damage In
some patches, and all suffered
some loss due to heat scald in
picking time. Red raspberry and
blackcap yields were poor here In
all patches.
Early hay did well, that 60wn
later lacking sufficient moisture
to make a good stand. Threshing
has not started.
There will be a good crop of
prunes throughout the district.
Dropping has been quite heavy the
past two weeks, which was a
good thing for some orchards
where the trees were breaking
under the load of fruit.
Wheat Harvest is
High as 60 and
Oats 100 Bushels
CENTRAL HOWELL, Aug. 9.
-The fall grain in this locality
is an exceptionally heavy yield.
Many fields of wheat are going
50 bushels to the acre and oats
from 0 to 85 bushels to the
acre. The highest average for a
field of wheat reported is 60
bushels and for oats 100 bushels.
Less hay was baled here than
usual. Some vetch fields failed to
mature and had to be re-seeded
to other crops this spring.
Strawberries were short this
year, while the cherry crop was
plentiful. The filbert and walnut
yield promises to be heavy.
Grey Oats Thresh
Full 100 Bushels
In Jefferson Area
JEFFERSON, Aug. 9 The
crops in this district are consid
ered generally good. Threshing
Is well under way.
One field of grey oats north of
town yielded 100 bushels to tbe
acre; wheat from 18 to 64 bush
els; hay, good; corn, good; hops
look fine; prunes will yield a
bumper crop, peaches only fair;
berries fair on account of drouth
and heat; apples, poor; walnuts
and filberts a good yield; pros
pects for corn good; bean crop,
good.
Spring Grains Light
But Fall Crop Great
MARION, Aug. 9 Fall grain
yielding better than estimated be
fore threshing started. Wheat
and oats running from 40 to 65
Bushels per at re. Spring grain of
all kinds is short an light. Straw
berries are a light crop; logans
and raspberries good. Bean pick
ins; is just starting and a heavy
crop predicted. , There will be a
good crop of prunes and pears. No
damage to walnut crop from the
hot days ot July. The heaviest
crop In years Is predicted.
1
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7 1SUHS MIS
MARK FOR 'GREEH
Only One Poor Crop Fore
seen in Prunes; Grapes
Are Excellent
HAZEL GREEN, Aug. 9 C. A.
Kobow has a week's threshing in
the western part of the district
yet. The average yield is good.
The largest reported 97 bushels
of oats, Max Wood; 50 wheat,
Charles Zielinski, Jr. The spring
grain is not so good, except bar
ley, which will be combined later.
The Dunhigan brothers threshing
in the Howell Prairie part of the
district report good yields.
There was an abundant crop of
clover hay, as the hay was made
early. There is a fine prospect of
seed. The second crop of alfalfa
has been cut. Ralph Worden has
the best yield. With one excep
tion the many small prune orch
ards have a good crop. The acre
age is four to 10 of the Italian
variety. Joseph Zielinski has the
Coats prune. -There are a num
ber of small English walnut and
filbert plantings. They promise
a good crop.
Grows Radish Seed
Perry Saunders has 10 acres
planted to radishes for seed. Hen
ry Dunnigan and Mr. Kinkaid are
growing radish seed. A. T. Van
Cleave and son begin this week to
pick their six acres of cultivated
evergreen blackberries. The on
ions and market gardens are
promising.
The grapes, family plantings,
have more and larger bunches
than usual. In fact G. G. Looney
shows a second crop trying to
grow on the suckers of his 57 year
old vine of the Isabella, a large
purple variety. It often bears a
ton, being more than 13 inches
in diameter.
FLAX ID GLOVED
AURORA. Aug. 9 There will
be one half crop of hay in this
section this season. Winter oats
and wheat are good in grade and
quality for milling. Wheat is
running 50 bushels to the acre,
gray winter oats 75 bushels.
Spring grain promises an average
fair crop.
Flax and all clover were affect
ed by the dry weather in May and
June. Oats is the only available
crop which can be seeded for the
coming year. The vetch crop is
very short. The Australian field
peas hare made a good yield and
are a good land builder. Feed the
soil and It will feed you is the
famous expression of a successful
seed man.
The wonderful hop prospect
with favorable weather conditions
will produce hops of good quality.
Farmers at Scio
Say Shortage of
Feed Threatened
SCIO, Aug. 9 A bumper crop
of cherries began the season in
the Scio vicinity. Fall wheat and
oats yielded normally, as did early
spring grain. Winter and late
spring grain wefe below par in
some sections. Strawberries were
short owing to intense heat during
the ripening season. Raspberries
yielded well.
Hay will average sufficient for
home use, although many farmers
report shortages. Rye grass seed
will yield normally. Present pros
pects for prunes are below an an
ticipated bumper crop because of
low humidity. English walnuts
at this time indicate one of the
largest yields in the history of
their cultivation.
Nuts and Prunes
Promise Highest
Yields, St. Louis
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9 An ex
ceedingly small crop of strawber
ries, hay and fruit was raised in
this locality this year. The logan
berries yielded about half a crop.
Fall oats yielded about 40 bushels
an acre. Fall wheat is also very
good here.
A very good crop of prunes and
English walnuts is expected. The
filbert crop will be light. The
evergreen crop looks good so far
but owing to the light rain, the
crop will be lighter than last year.
Picking started here Monday.
Largest Grower of
Walnuts Looks For
Greatest Crop Yet
KEIZER, Aug. 9. The outlook
for fruit and nuts in this district
is encouraging. Almost every
prune orchard will yield above
last year's crop. The pears and
apples will be a bumper crop, and
of good quality.
Walnuts and filberts will be
in abundance. One of the largest
walnat growers says the yield
will be the greatest he has ever
had.
Small Acreage of
Fall Wheat Brings
Excellent Stands
OAX POINT, Aug. 9 Hay crop
was good, cherries also good, no
retch seed; fan wheat excellent,
but acreage small; rery little fall
grain, gray oats, fall planting
poor. Spring planting gray oats,
fair. Spring sowings of wheat,
oats and barley about halt a crop.
Hops are good; gardens good,
and prunes poor. Nuts good.
DBS
REDUCES
Marginal Land
Average From Hairy Vetch
MONMOUTH, Aug. 9 Wheat
and oats are coming into the Co
operative warehouse here, slowly,
reports F. E. Murdock, manager,
and no approximation of the re
turns can be given at this time.
He does not anticipate a heavy
tonnage, and farmers are taking
plenty of time to let the grain ma
ture fully, before harvesting.
Quality is a little better than last
year.
Quality of common vetch this
year is less than in 1934, with
prices about the same, at 91.75
to $2 per hundred. The local crop
last year made about 300 tons;
this year it is about 75 tons.
Use Marginal Land
Hairy vetch has been a satis
factory crop on the average. Re
turns have shown a yield of 100
Wrong Rains
Injure Crops
At Mill City
MILL CITY, Aug. 9 Crops in
this vicinity did not compare so
favorably with those of a year ago.
While there was a greater rain
fall this season, the rain did not
come at the right time to help
either berry or fruit crop. A late
frost in some places hurt the
strawberry crop. Gardens were
slow but late ones are doing fine.
At the old Gardner farm, per
haps the largest one in the val
ley, the hay crop fell approximate
ly 35 tons under that of last year.
A year ago about 120 tons were
raised on this place and this year
the crop runs about 80 tons. At
the Roy Taylor farm on King's
Prairie only one third of a crop
was harvested this year, while
Frank Fencle, on the edge of
South Mill City, will only have
about four tons less than a year
ago.
Marshall, Big Joe. and Oregon
strawberries were all under the
crop of 1935, but one farmer har
vesting the first time a patch of
Corvallis No. 12 berries reports a
good yield. Both red and black
cap raspberries made good yields
this year. Late threshing is Just
beginning but an average yield is
expected. Walnut trees are all
loaded, these being the only nuts
raised to any extent.
All of Crops Fine
On 'Heights Except
Varieties of Berry
SALEM HEIGHTS, Aug. 9
Crop production in the Heights
district is considered, despite the
lack of moisture, a fairly average
one. ine strawberries, running
only 40 per cent and the logan
berries and raspberries falling
short of a normal crop, were the
only exceptions.
Prunes are showing a decidedly
good crop, with the hopes that
the dry season will not cause too
much dropping of fruit before
harvesting. The nut trees are all
heavily laden, with no dropping
of nuts and a decided absence of
blight in this section. The gardens
are showing the effects of the
dry season more than other crops,
although one notes many gardens
In this vicinity being irrigated and
bearing heavily.
Excellent Hops at
This Stage Dimmed
By Price Prospect
GERVAIS, Aug. 9 "If hops
were up where they should be
growers in this vicinity would be
sitting on top of the world," said
one party interviewed on the crop
situation in this section. There
is a good crop of hay and it is all
cut and most all in the bale. All
fall grain is cut and almost all
threshed. Spring grain will be
threshed soon. One field of oats
is reported to have produced 90
bushels to the acre and wheat is
running from 15 to 27 bushels.
Small grain is yielding much
heavier than recent years. Onions
are reported first class with rad
ishes and nuts not so good.
Brightest Outlook
For Years Seen on
Hayesville Farms
HAYESVILLE. Aug. 9 The
outlook for the farmer is the
brightest it has been for some
years. Hay was not so good and
prunes also are going to be scarce.
But 'strawberries, in spite of
worms, were good. Loganberries
and blackcaps were damaged
some by the extreme heat. Cher
ries were fine and a bumper crop
of pears is expected.
All grains have been good.
Prospects are good for onion seed,
but the radish seed in some fields
is not so good, especially the late
plantings.
Fair Hay Production
Reported, Cloverdale
CLOVERDALE, Aug. 9 The
crops in this community were
fairly good, considering the short
age of rain and hot June days.
The logan and strawberry produc
tion, compared with last year, was
a little short but with the .greater
demand and better prices this
shortage was offset. Cherry pro
duction was good. Hay crop is
fair. Oats and wheat on some
farms were up to the average,
while on others the crop was fair.
Some prune growers report a
heavy crop. All other orchards
have atair crop. The walnut out
look is good.
Gives Fair
to 700 pounds per acre which will
bring six cents per pound on con
tract, and eight cents per pound
where not sold on contract. Most
of this crop was grown on margin
al land of poor quality, and is
bringing an average return of
around $28 per acre which ex
ceeds anticipations.
The price of feed grains bar
ley and oats isnow $21 per ton.
Last year it was $31 per ton at
this time. This difference is a
result of midwest conditions
where weather played an especial
ly important part last year with
heavy drouth, and in other region
al differentiating factors.
The hay crop in this section
was a little short, particularly on
the second crop of alfalfa; and
oats and vetch hay ran below tbe
usual yield.
PUNTING 2D HP
BROOKS, Aug. 9 Threshing
began here last week with the
Charles LaFlemme machine. Oats
are exceptionally good with some
fields yielding as high as 100
bushels to the acre. Wheat in
some fields is very good land in
others very low yield is reported.
Corn is continuing to make a ra
pid growth.
The loganberry growers report
a good crop and they were able
to dispose of their entire crop
this year. The prune crop will
likely be small as many of the
prunes have dropped since the
extreme hot days.
Plant More Celery
The walnut crop will be good
but the pear crop will be light
and also a light crop of apples.
The gardners on the lake are
planting another crop of celery
and lettuce. They report an ex
cellent yield. The hop crop will
be light on account of the riry
weather. The peach crop is also
very light.
Better Prices For
Berry Compensate
For Poorer Yield
WOOD BURN. Aug. 9 The
berry crops in the vicinity of
Woodburn have not been as good
as usual this year, the strawberry
tonnage being about 30 or 40 per
cent of the normal crop, logans
not over a 60 per cent normal
crop and cherries in this vicinity
were 65 to 80 per cent normal.
Blackberries will run an estimated
60 to 80 per cent crop i.i compari
son with the past few years. Prices
received for the crops have been
better than in the past three
years.
The hay' crops have been good,
and grain has averaged more per
acre than last year in spite of
the dry season. A very fine crop
of hops is expected by the growers
this year, but the market for them
is not so good.
Spray For Squash
Cures 'Troubles of
Farmers at Grove
OAK GROVE. Aug. 9 The
cherry crop in this locality was
about one third less than usual.
A few fields of grain have been
combined already with a yield of
about 15 bushels per acre of
wheat. Wheat in one field ran
25 bushels per acre. The threshers
are starting operations now.
Several farmers have found
success this year spraying their
cucumbers and squashes with cal
cium arsenate for the striped bee
tle that is such a pest in this lo
cality. The recent rain has been a
great benefit to the dairymen, re
viving the pastures and helping
the corn planted for ensilage.
Fiber Flax Very
Poor, But Walnut
Yield Looks Big
MT. ANGEL, Aug. 9 Winter
grain was very heavy in this sec
tion; spring grain was short but
turned out better than it looked.
Winter wheat yielded up to 55.
bushels per acre and some winter
oats as high as 100 bushels. Fiber
flax was very poor.
Hay was average, hops about
average, not quite as heavy as last
year. The walnut crop is much
above average. The onion crop in
Lake Labish is very good. Prunes
are average. Berries were light.
Color Already Found
On Prunes at Pioneer
PIONEER, Aug. 9 Prunes and
pulp wood are the biggest crops
that Pioneer can boast. The prune,
crop seems to be fine this year
and some prunes are turning col
or. Cutting pulp wood is almost
over and the trncks from the three
companies cutting are busy haul
ing. This industry has given many
a man work the past year. Tbe
hay crop is short here in this
neighborhood! There were many
fooi gardens for home consump
tion. Ideal Curing Weather
- Boosts Hay Harvests
t. RICKEY. Aug. 9 Berry crop
was fair, with season materially
shortened by the few hot days.
may zair out or. good quality be
cause of Ideal curing weather.
Fall grain good with spring grain
spotted. Some spring oats rery
poor, some good, with wheat the
same. Prune trees full hut drop
ping badly. Walnuts are avei
age; grapes good. -
CM