WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, AUGUST 12, 1881.
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Bj Well Known Fanners From Wheat Growing
Oountlei and Districts In Oregon
and Washington.
Wo publish returns tin week from two
hundred circular letters sent out through the
wheat-growing districts, chiefly, of Oregou
and Washington. The answers come in shape
of replies to printed questions, and we sum
each up briefly, using the language of the
writer, so far as possible, but abreviating bo
m to lie able to afford space for the whole in a
ingle issue, as what wo rcceivo for another
week will bo published, and the matter of this
week's will also be included, in the issuo
of noxtsweck.
The questions asked were:
How does acreage of wheat (both Fall and
, m ot,i
Spring) compani with the acreage of 1880 ui
your vicinity? Wluit will be the yield of each
Fall and Spring w heat) in your vicinity,
and how do.ii it compare with last yeai?
How will quality of wheat compare with
last year?
Pleas-o give some facts relative to the oat
crop?
I'lcaHc add any facts of inteicst to other
;rops or fanning inattcis?
The render must bear in iiiiml that statc
nents made- all refer to a comparison of the
tcscnt crop witltho yield and acreage and
jality of giain and other products in 18S0, at
wiich time we hall a lemarkably good jield,
aii tl e quality of grain was also very fine in
thUregion, bat yield and quality were pool
in L!80 East of the mountains.
AUri, lumumber that each writer givis his
opinioi of the crop prospect only, and while
an experienced fanner can judge closely, it is
only just'eo to our correspondents to say that
we often giio their opinions without qualifica
tion, preferring to inako this gcueial qualifica
tion as a preface to the published repot ts.
Necessity of brevity ou our part induced con
densation of repot ts in closest possible space.
Answers dated from Salem come fioiu a
wide region, soinu from the red hills South,
from Salem praine, from Waldo hills, etc.;
the sainu is true of Kugene, Albany, Junction
and all othi r places, so far as wu are able to
distribute them, but another year wu shall
try to hociiii) representation much moie per
fectly than now, or as perfectly as it can be
done.
Vfllluuirtte Vtllcy. J
.WASIIIN.IplN CIIUHTV
Tliomas IIiiinpliroYs, Hillsboro ' About
o'-J Alii
samo acreage Fall wheat, sown ou stubblo;
about 20 per cent, iucieaiio of Spring wheat;
Fall wheat will averago 25 bushels, that on
stubble 20 bushels, 5 to II) per cent less yield
that '80; Spring wheat 2(1 bushels, ilicmi.se of
SO per .'.'lit. ill yield, every indication that
quality of gram "ill Im supeimr ami nld I.i
pet cent, in excess of last year, Oats pioiu
iho yield at least 25 per cent, iuei ease with
10 per tent, inum acreage Pntito. s and
vegetables full nvciiigo, II IV clop, except
.-(over, whiih has dnmtieiuatkably well; below
average. With giiod harvest weather and
rcHoiiaMt pines Washington eoiuity fainurs
will at close of pienent J ear bo (). K.
S. II. Powell, near llillsboio -About 10 r
cent, more spring wheat; fall wheat will go 25
bnshels, rn iocrcasu this year of 5 bushel;
spring wheat 20 bushels, an inereasii of 5 to 8
ii.islit'lt p-r aero; wheat looks well, but is too
' long straw. Xo winter oats near here; spring
oata look well and promise to turn out 40
I bushels per acre, where last year they did not
yijjM over 25. .Meadows look well, and in this
-immediate vicinity will yield 3 tons to the
acre, ou nior bottom Summer and fall apples
half a eiop, and u inter apples almost a total
failure; pears like apples; plum i a good crop;
pastures green ami good. Mr. I'owell lie.s 5
miles southeast of llillshoro, near what is
known as Hams' lliiduo or Faimiugtoii, and
reports hisimmediaU' ieuuty.
Si. A. Iloli'oinh. Wist Union -About Kanm
mount full wheat, ami not quite so much
spring w heat sou u heie; fall w heat w ill go 22
bushel, ,i,i,n increase, ovt r Wi'iO, i nig heat
llito IS buslieln, which is some bitter; qualit)
it' who i( ii. noises to I hi as good as tor any
year ui 55 I line Uvu ill Or. gun. Mure oat's
iivjj., am', ,.n) il l.i ten ki n,i l.i.ivui ;!....
last year, say II) bushels per acre. Hii) not
good as 1 ist ) car; potatoes good; apples 3
ot ,i crop. A f.iw lields of Urth tall and spnng
wheat Mill ield 10 bush. Is, where the ground
was mil cultivates!. All our laud here would
yitbl all, iiit the aiii.ii II p.oiieily cultivated at
the light tune. Theie I a ast amount of'
tory Pihm: firming dime; the ground is foul
witii wild ats mid ollur trash that acvounu
foftho auiago King mi low.
Moses Ddlaboy, lieelulle Spring wheat
illgii..lut 25 busheU; fall wheat 20 bush,
els, s..i.i .lureaixi ou last ye.u'a n.M in this
vnjuity. tl.iU will go aUut tO li.uliels; hay
evop fi.-hf gilstuiu I sk well; nppb. crop
holt near lieiv.
.lames lliuvu, Coiiielms- lall wheat, It) vr
.ut. gleatir ailiue; will ul,l about 25
buahels, w hich la u lucn'ie of ft to 10 percent.
Sxiujt wheat, i ivago almut the sune, )nld
will go fiMiu IS to 25 bushels, a gs.in of S ht
s'nl.; quality 10 mt cent U'tter, unless some
driuwuL oeiurs. Oat crop will U 10 ht
rout. iucJVJMi of aenugo ami in ield p. r acie.
'l lilt will Is' abundant; ege'table gil'ilelis
mivi'i' iKkl U'tter, the ield of ha j mil Ik'
ft er i tut. givaU'r tlmu last iar.
YtMIIIU. tMl'STX.
John IIiohii, NewU'ig-Iie'iease of 10 per
emit, in aerea.go fall wheat; will probably
yield 25 InulieU to the acre, which is some
impiseiiieut; spring wlieat, 15 percent, in
eivirt of iieicage, will Uil I 20 buihels, uhieli
i iviJed improvement on crop of ISSO; qiisl
if Y ill '" H'x' A little iioie ana i f laud in
!,. uud roiniu of a gool icld, cannot
Cue how .uxli. Fanuern uod to cxeieiMi
mine cue in cleauiug their vds imliig to late
nut fruit efO is not as good as but ear.
J. M. Conlee, West Chehalem Tlierc is
more fall grain and aliout same of spring
wheat as last yearj fall sown will go 20 to 25
bushels, which is better than 80; spring
wheat 10 bushels, which is an increase, and
quality of wheat is better! about same acreage
of oats and will average oetter if there is no
'rust; winter oats better than ever before.
Homo rust in oats, but none yet in wncat, anu
don't think there will be. Wheat is too near
ripe to damage now. If an esters arc running,
a piece of barley was cut June Kith, and is
stai ked ready for threshers.
C. J I. Burch, Amity One-eighth more fall
win tit, stubble land, will go in bushels, sum-inei-fallov
25 to 30; 5 bushels decrease in
yield; spring wheat, less by one fifth, will
yield 10 bushels, which is 3 to 4 bushels more
than '80. Wheat is damaged by wild oat and
other foul growths. Oats are better by 3 to 5
bushels per acre; probably such are the indi
cations.
Alex. Keitl, McMinnville -Summer-fallow
will go 25 bushels, stubble land 15, a less
yield than last year; spring wheat 20 bushels,
5 to 10 percent, better than 18S0; oats will be
good; timothy hay short; wild oats and wheat
hay abundant.
Kmmit Olds, Lafayette -Full and Spring
wheat about same acreage; each will average
20 bushels, which is same as last year. Quali
ty will Iks good. Fall oats will go 35 to 40
bushels per acre nun one lourm more sown;
Spring oats good but one-fifth less sown. Hay
is light, three-fourths to one-half a crop: Mr.
Johnson has rye 8 feet high; gardens look well.
(!eo. V. Davis, Hellenic Fall wheat has
less acreage and will go about 18 bushels,
about same as last crop; considerable more
spring wheat has been sewn and if theio is no
rust it will go 20 bushels, considerably in ex
cess of 1880; quality pi onuses to be good,
I vteo ui uirf iiuunti iiuiiiiolo vr an. j-js--
0iU Bh8W a iargB acrcagB nlu look W,.H. The
I yield will bo immense. I judge it will be .'(0
ner cent mcroaso. Farmers hae sown con
siderablo barley, which looks better than cer
was known hero before. Potatoes are abun
dant hut the nptilc ciop is not largo.
II. H. Laiighlin, North Yamhill Fall wheat
acreage increase 20 per cent; yield will be 20
to 25, and Mime ficl Is will produce ,"0 to 10
busheU; spiing wh. at acreage 20 per cent,
less, and will yield 12 to 20 busnels; wheat
yield lully as good ns last car; quality as
g.Hid. Oats may be less acics, but very good,
overall average; the few fields of bailey aver
age well with any year. Gardens are good,
especially potatoes, of which more ate planted
and will bo a good crop.
!. H. llrauson, Sheridan Acreage of fall
and spiing wlieat the same as last ear; fall
wheat will go 12 bushels, 20 per cent, decrease;
spring wheat 10 bushels, deciease 30 percent;
quality of all grain good. Oats better than
loryeais, wim iu per cum. increase oi ucre-
age. Potatoes anil all vegetables arc much
better than loryeais. mere win ou an in-
civasu ot 23 per cent in pork; pastures aio
better than for 10 veais: butter production
increased 15 percent; moie improvement in
fencing and building than for 4 or 5 years; if
we can get a reasonable prico for farm pio-
ducts wo shall bo prosperous next year.
I. C. Kobinsou, Amity Fall wheat, acreage
saufe, or a little less; will average 1.) to 20
bushels, (some going 33 and others not more
than 8 to 10) which will bo ono third deciease,
wlulo spring wheat, with decreased acreage,
will averago 20 to 25 bushels per acre, and
some will go over 30 bushels. 1 his is better
than in ISSO. The quality will be good of all
w heat. Oats are sown on older and often foul
land, but they never looked better, and will
go :t01to 40 biuhfcls, Very littJIe barley or rj e
gi own; potatoes are plenty. A great deal of
tall wheat was sown ou foul land mid the
Winter was fa.uablu to wild ,oats, so a gleat
deal of such will (or should be) cut for hay,
I seu fields that will yield 15 to 20 bushels of
WHil oats, wliuli, II letstauil tor the lieailei,
will near nil be on the ground forsiedui
coming ) t ars. 1 Ins causes a good part ot our
failuix in wheat. It is not the fault of soil or
climate, but poor cultiwitii.ii, and use of lay
iuariiii.cn (tlie heaucrs). J can t cuss me lieaii
. I.iloml enough, but they ha. 'e done enough
harm to take eai s to redeem our soil. Theio
Is an unusual amount of siiiumer-fullow.
MI'l.rNUMAII 'OlT.T.
T. K. Williams, Powell's Valley Less tall
wluat sown; samo extent as usual of spring;
fall wheat 15 bushels, a decrease; spiiug wluat
20 hualieb; some improvement; quality, same
as last year. Oats will go 35 bushels per aore.
Hay, average crop; potatoes good ciop; p-.ua
good yield; plums lair; apples scarce; (lice
iiiiiily gone) com and vegetables promise well.
CI-ACKAMAH IW.NTV.
F.dwat.1 Fin Us, Damascus One-tenth more
fall wheat, which will jield 25 busheU to the
acre; increase of 5 bushels; spring w heat w ill
show one-tenth more acies; will turn out IS
bushels, against 15 last year; quality is im
proved, The oat crop is fully oue-fouith bet
ter than last year and more sown, tiai.leus
and all vegetables very tine; apples scarce;
plums and pnais good; hay only common.
Levi Itobbius, Molalla -Probably I more
fall w he.it sow n, and about same amount as
Usual of spring wheat. Fall sown will go 25
budieli; spring Suii20 or moie; quality a lit
tle better tnan 'M). Oat crop is the best that
we have had of lite je.ns, being earlier sown;
will av.-iage 15 to 50 bushels now, against 30
lait )i.i. I, tit.whui h...Iiumi3 faVoraiiii,
wheat haivcet will U-gin July 20. Fall wheat
ou new lin.l or summer-fallow is excellent,
and will go 25 to 10 bushels. IHy crop light;
aUo the apple crop; garden vegetables good;
in my lields of peas iaiM.1 in tins wriuit),
wiiivli look wen,
t'hailes Wilson, tUouville -Fall wheat
will yield 25 biuhels avcragt, which is better
than last ear; spring wheat 20 lusln U,w Inch
Is some i.icnaM'; yield is two or three bushels
better all round than 'Nl. IIcn4er Clops of
oats and Utter tilled; ou lull laud over aver
age, swamp hud fair. 'I lie pea crop, win re
sowed, tins ) ear the U't tor several ears
Xo bugs in pods.
M. It. Hnwu, Kajjb' Cre. k -Five per cent,
moie fall wlu.it sown uud
will tin it oil' 20 '
bushels in r acic, not so good m S; spring
wheat alMiit samo selvage and will go 25
bushels, which is a good deal U'tler than last
year; ouility all good, Fall oats psnl, mil
go 30 I.ushels; spnug oats 25 to 30; pi as a
lav unto crop and yield unusually well now,
say 30 bushels per acre; hay is light and will
be scarce; vegetables good and fuut is Utter,
eapivulK plums and pears.
Theodore Hucktuaii, Cauby One fourth
iiioro Spring wheat; vield of Fall wheat IS to
20 bushels, 3 to ft bushels increase; Spring
wheat 15 to 20 bitihtts which u ft to S bushel;
iuoiv than in I8X; the quality of all w heat
will bo good.
l Ml crop more promising ;
clover good; timoth oiic-fo'irtli less: potatoes.
lucre planted and yield doubled; gardens
splendid, no Uttir in II years nuideme; truit
aaine as last ) car, quality good, not itlctisl
by the aphis; bcrricn am abumUl.ti people
healthy and prorperous, and the Fvl.Mli;
well ppnvuli-l.
Wm. Phillips, Clackamas Acreage Spring
wheat increased 10 percent.; Fall wheat same;
Fall w heat will go 25 bushels, the dry Spring
w eather w as favorable to it; the increase of
yield is 5 percent. Spring wheat will go 25
bushels, which is some increase, say 3 per
cent; Spring wheat is lictter quality. Oat
crop better every way than last year at same
stage, but another rain is needed to perfect
oats and late sown w heat. Potatoes did not
come up well and frost injured all kinds of
fruits. The uphis (apple louse), has about
disappeared, but slugs destroy cherry leaves
and are killing the trees.
J. T. Apperson, Oregon City Fall wheat,
one-third more acreage and will go at least 25
bushels, which is 15 per cent, moie than last
year; Spring wheat, same acreage, will yield
20 bushels, which is 10 per cent, increase;
quality of wheat fully as good as last year.
Uats, acreage one-fourth less will go about 40
bushels, which is at least 15 per cent, better
than 1880, Fruit crop lsrger than last year,
but not an average; hay crop fully average
with 20 per, cent increase of acreage over
last year, mostly clover; potatoes one-fourth
acres less, yield about sime as last year.
tolk coevrv.
I. S. Townsend, Perrydale Fall wheat 25
bushels; spring 20 bushels, which is an in
crease; quality good. Oats will yield much
better this year; much more hay this year,
chiefly wild oats, timothy being short. Pota
to crop and gardens good; fruit moderate
crop.
II. C. McTimtnonih, Lewisvillc Fall wheat
i increase of acreage; will go 25 to 35 bushels
per acre, w hich is 5 bushels increase; 40 per
tent, moie spring wheat, which will yield 20
to 30 bushels; yield good as lat year; quality
will probably be better. The weather has
been favorable for oats, and they will yield 30
per cent, more than last year. So far aa I have
noticed gram is better niled and plumper than
in '80. No sign of rust at present, or of smut
or blight in this vicii.ity. Hay crop is aver
age. Some fields of bailey are sown, and they
arc 20 per cent, better than last year.
W. M. Walker, Zeiia One-third less win
ter wheat will yield 20 bushels, 3 to 5 increfse
over '80; spring wheat increase of icrcs, yield
will lie 20 bushels, 5 increase over '80; quality
will be better. At least one-fourth increase of
oat crop. Apples only half a crop; plums
about an average; timothy meadows light.
J. 15. Stump, Suvcr Acieage of both fall
and spring wheat about sime; fall wheat will
go 20 bushels, falling off of 15 percent.; spring
wheat 15 hushtJs, falling oil of 10 per cent;
the quality will be "extra." Oats will not be
as good as lat year by 15 per cent.; timothy
hay veiy light, but wild oat hay plentiful:
many acies fall wheat tumbled with oats
have been cut aa wild oat hay,
Samuel Kobbins, McCoy Averago fall
wheat, same; will yield 20 bushels, 5 per acre
less than in 18S0, quality fully as good, if not
better. Spring w heat, small increase acreage;
will go 15 busliels, which is tamo as last year;
quality full good, Oats much Utter than List
year, Uith as to quality and quantity, will
show at least 10 bushels per acre increase in
yield. Fruit crop better than last year, espe
cially plums and small fruits. Tho potato
crop very good. There is a considerable sum-
mer-lallow in this neighborhood, winch is iu
very good condition for seeding.
Isaac Hall, Itallston- Fall w heat, same aci e-
age, yield will be about 18 bushels, falling off
of two bushels; Spring wheat, a little greater
acieage, will go 20 bushels, about same as last
year; quality good. Oats w ill be 5 per''!ccnt.
better. It is possible that rust may make a
ilitleinnce, but there is no rust now. Potato
crops are very good; apple crop' light; plenty
of pe.us and plums; liny crop good, Fall
wlieat .us good as. last ear evceiit oats. Crops
on hill land much better, say oue-fouitli, than
last year.
I'. C Hill, Ituent Vista Fall wheat, same
aeitage; will yield 22 bushels; about same as
last year; spring w heat same acreage, will go
IS bushels, which I think a little bitter than
list year; quality good of both kinds. Oats,
sime acreage, or a little moie, and duality
good. Mote barley this yeir, and about
doutilo the quantity of potatoes will be raised.
It. F, Wells, Independence Acieage Fall
w heat sainu and that of Spring onc-cighth Icjs,
w ith more summer fallow ing than ev er before.
Fall wheat 23 bushels against 20 bushels last
V ear; Spring w heat w ill average 20 bushels, or
more, with no signof rust, two bushebt increase;
quality will be as good or better. The acie
age of oats tho same and yield will be one
thiid guiiter from both Winter and .Spring
sowing; potato crop good, acreage inci rased;
corn is backward but vegetables look remark
ably well. Hay crop good; timothy no Utter
than last year; wild oat hay rank and abund
ant at $3 to f5 per ton.
Thomas Pearcc, F.oli Acreage of fall wheat
increased 5 per ant., will yield 25 busliels;
same as last yeai; spring wheat, increase 10
per cent., will yield 1" bushels, agaii.st 20
bushels last year; oirility excellent. Oafs, the
acreage same, will piobably yield 30 bushels,
against 25 last ear. A little barley sown,
w Inch w ill ield 30 bushels; not sutlicicut at
tention given to loot crops. 1 have a small
lt.ifi.li ill uiliiai1 li.lt, vi in,, 1, ..'ill i ...1,1 l,i. ,r, ill
ami pav well foi wintir fiediug Potatoes anil
general gaideu crops are good wheio well
tended. This view covers the red lulU; in tho
villey wheit is not so good as last year, while
oat ale pio'nabU lull) up to It.
mwros (t)i'NTV.
J, C. .It uuiugs, Junction -Oiie-teiith more
fall wheat sow nj w ill ield 20 bushels, not so
good as 'HI; spiing w heat, less laud sow ll, will
yield IS bushels, an increase; some rust lieu',
but as yet does no htiin. One-titth more
oats; villi go 35 to 10 bushels, improved qunl
llv ; apple.- uud plums not J a ciop; potatoes
good; timothy hay light.
J. A. Husluiell, Junction Less fa'l wheat
than usual by 1-5, and very little sown at any
tune; villi v. ield 25 bushels, and spring wheat
22 bushels, which is an increase- of twenty per
cult. Quality of all wheat will be Utter'tlian
list year. As far as I can leant there will bo
llc"'-l,'d acieage oi oats, aim iney promise
wwi; more oarie sown man in lormer years,
luitatoes, eablugo and garden v egetables w ill
be A No. 1; fruit of all kinds abun laut and
good; a great deal of laud is Uing rested and
mumer fallow id this vear, and considerable
wheat laud will be mow u for hay ou accoaut
of wild oats iu it.
C K. Moor, Corvallia- Fall w hr.it lias
greater acreage, will average 20 bushels, a dc
creiso of ft huahrls per acie; 1cm acreage of
spring wheat, will yield 22 bushels, which is
4 bushels increase "oier 1S0. When fu'ly
cleared of w dJ ait, the quslity w ill lie sivno
Utur, Spiing wheat u as clean in the field
as iu other seasons, but fall w heat is generally
v cry foul with wild oaU, hence
the light
uld. The oat crop is moie than an average
in all reelects. Hay in great abundance. Ap
ples, pea,, plums and alt kinds o tiuiti ate
p eii.y, Potatoi s extri; com Jut..; acreage '
summer-fallow is fully up to an average, and
greater illort is Uing made by almost every
fanner to put his Uud iu extra "condition.
Wm. Oarlinghouse, Monroe Reports J less
fall wheat and one-tenth more spring wheat;
fall wlieat will ield 18 bushels, same as 18S0;
spring wheat will go 20 bushels, which is a
little increase; so far the prospect is better
quality. Oats about same acieage; Scot.'h grey,
fall sown, will yield 15 per cent, more; spnng
sown 20 per cent, more; quality of both supe
rior. Hay good; Bardens extia, especially
potatois. There is an unusual amount of well
prepared summer-fallow really for early fall
sow ing. Hogs scarce. Harvest late.
(leorge Shultz, Monroe Spring w heat, in
creased acreage; fall wheat, same as 1830; fall
wheat will go 15 bushels, same as last year:
spring wheat 20 bushels, some incicase; qual
ity is probably better. Oats are better than
usual. Prospects are very bright here; gar
dens look exceedingly fine. There have been
purchased in this vicinity binders, steam en
gines and Best's portable grain cleaners
things greatly needed.
Howard Kbert, Summit No fall wheat
sown. This is called Alkie Valley. Spring
wheat, increased acreage over 1880, and also
yield; will turnout 30 to 40 bushels to the
acre. Cannot yet say as to quality. Oats will
be on enormous crop on account ol goon sea
son, and better quality than for years. Not
near ripe yet, however. Hay is not so heavy;
potatoes look well and promise a gieat yield.
Jite frosts killed all fruits and ber.ies.
MARION COtlXTV.
I). 11. bafollett, Mission Bottom, near
Hi ooks Fall wheat has some acreage as in
'80 and will go 28 to 35 bushels; spring w heat
will turn oir 18 to 30 bushels; no rust in this
neighhoihood. Timothy hay was 20 per cent
decrease; potatoes good; vegetables all good;
apples good and plums extra, f'rain of all
K1I1.IS 1 llllllK IS llie uucai iiuauie n c ,i.iu
ever had in this district of country.
Jacob Siegmund, Mehama Ten per cent,
more fall wheat and will averago 15 bitshels,
yield of grain, with inci eased acreage, same as
1 st year; only a little spring wheat, which
w ill turn ou' 12 to 10 bushels, about same as
ISSO. Quality good. Oats a fair average. 1
notice in one of my field" one in twelve of the
heads wilting, caused, I think, byminute wca
vil in the joints. Potatoes and all vegetables
vers good.
(borgoS. Downing, Sublimity Hardly as
much act cage of fall w heat, and the same of
spring sown as last year; winter wheat will go
20 bushels, avciages with ISSO; spring 18
bushels, some increase; quality appeals to be
improved; aits good but less acreage, though
w ill yield as many as but year. Wheat great
ly injured by an insect or worm iu the straw,
near tho second joint from the ground. It did
sonic dam.r'e last year, but is much more seri
oils now; i,ilv fall wheat is hurt worst.
Should this wu. in work on our spring grain,
the crop will begieatly injured. I call it a
worm, but the egg is laid by a very small fly,
and they are propagated aud matured in the
straw.
O. 11. Phelps, Kast of Sublimity Ten per
cent, increase fall wheat; will average 21
bushels per acie, but new land will far exceed
that; increase, yield over 1880, 3 bushels.
About same acreage spring wheat; will aver
age 18 bushels, 2 bushel's increase; quality
seems to be superior. Oats ten per cent, less
acreage but good quality, and some cases of
smut; w ill as erage 35 busliels, some claim 50
per acre; they show ten per cent, increase in
yield. Apples not half a crop; pears and plums
over a pi age; hay crop light; more improve
ments than for many years in way of grubbing
land and new I fencing. Worms iu wheat
stalks ou old land and will do some damage,
and farmers will feel cirect more or less.
Wm. .Tory, Bed Hills, south of Salem Far
less fall wheat sown, and aliout samo acreage
of spring; fill wheat looks as if it would yield
30 bushels, w hich is 5 to 7 bushels, increase;
spring 15 to 20, abrutas last sear; I think the
beiry is better; oats far better than last year;
also grasses of all kinds as the .season has been
uioro damp, mid caused a heavier growth of
vegetables. There seems less desire to sow
large acieage, but to sow early on summer
fallow, on considerable land each year. Spring
wheat does not do so well iu the lull country
after about the third crop.
Win. Taylor, Stipp P. O., Waldo Hills
Acreage of wlieat, about same as iu '80; all
wheat will average 20 bushels, which corres
pond with last year; quality will compare
with other years; oats are better than com
ni'o'n and w ill go 40 bushels to the acre. Pota
toes and other vegetables ate doing well; hay
crop lighter than common; health generally
good.
Thomas Cross, near Salem Acreage of
spring wheat a little short of 18S0; fall wheat
will go aliout 25 bushels, which is a little bet
ter than last year; spring wheat will average
15 bushels, w hich is a little short. Quality of
wheat good. Fruits and vegetables a short
crop, fiost doing much damage.
11. I). Mount, Silverton Acieage Fall
wheat incn ascd 10 per ecut.; Spnng wheat
8 percent.; Fall wheat will yield about 27
busliels, same as last year; Spring wheat will
yield aliout IS bushels, fallingotl 20 per cent.;
Fall w heat good quality: Spiing looks well.
Acreage oi oju same as -mj; piuspoctivc yield
30 to 10 l.uthils, a small improvement. Hay
crop considerably shorter, but enough for
home Use; potatoes auaieiage with last )ear;
fruit short, exiei I plains, wuii.1. w," U plen
tiful. llop, on account of late frosts, will
not lie -o good as expected
(!, C. Aplui, St. Paul-Fall wluat will go
20 to 30 bushels; Spring wheat sime, and
quality U-ttor thin last yiar and the yield
eon-idi rablj gnater. Ihivebctii I ere since
'45 and nev er saw any liettc rqiulitv of w heat.
The oat nop surp.scs any I ever saw here.
Apples a limittd ciop; plums and peaia good;
luy hunted; potatoes good and gardens look
w ell.
A. II. Cornelius, Marion Acreage of r'all
wheat 20 per cent. iucrcat,e and "spring w heat
that much less than 't0; do not think Fall
wheat will go over P.'i bushels, which is 2
or 3 bushels Itss than l.ist sear; Spiing wheat
w ill go 17 bushels, w hich is 2 bushels iuciease;
quality w ill U- good if them is no rust. There
is moio oats sown, say 10 per cent., and will
aurage 35 bushels now agunst 25 bushels iu
ISSO. ltnst shows on blade of wheat in sev
eral helds, but 1 have found none on tho staUs,
Laud that w. us plow ed in the Fall and again
iu the ispiing will yield 5 bushels more than
where they neglected so doing, FallwheJt
has an unusual amount of wild eats this vevr.
Potato crop gixs.1; apples alwut as last year;
plums more plentiful. I
Charles Millir, JetVer&on One fourth more
extent of fall wheat; will go 20 bushels; same
acrcae'e of soring wheat, will vield !M hushrlt.
s ield of fall wheat almut same as 1-utiear:
spring wheat one-f.urth Utter; quality very
go hI. l-ss acreage of oati, but quality good,
tapeeiuiy in wiuur oaw. uuiotliy bay u
very light; fanners are all cutting w ltd oa!,
whicat arc ge'tuig io be our principal crop for
hay, icgetabUs and fruits of all kinds are
plentiful.
J. W. Thornbury, Oervais Acreage fall
wheat same as '80; yield will lie about IS
bushels, 10 per cent less than last. Spring
wheat 10 per cent. lcs acreage, yield 20 per
cent, less, say 14 bushels. Quality of wheat
will be good. Oats about about same in acre
age and yield. Hay not so good.
J. A. Hnflman, Salem Piairie Fall wheat
same acreage and will go 20 bushels per acre,
one fifth decrease; spring wheat has increased
acreage and will go 25 to 28 bushels, which is
considerable increase of yield. Quality of
wheat all good. Oats, increased acreage, will
yield 40 to 00 bushels against 30 to 35 last
year. Hay crop very Tight iu comparison
with two vears past; red and white clover do
well. Fall wheat large and grain plump; no
indication of rust. Potatoes full average;
coru is average.
C. W. Thomas, Stayton About the same
acreage fall wheat and little spring wheat
sown; will go 22 bushels, and good quality.
Oats not quite far enough advanced to give
particulars; promises much better than last
year, but late oats m ly yet be cut short by
dry weather. Some fields of wheat, between
Stayton and Marion, are badly smutted and
ruined for market; how extensive this is, I am
not informed, I Bowed ten acres of winter
oats last July; they made excellent winter
pasture, and I expect to reap 500 bushels o'
oats otftlie patch in a few days.
J. W. Batchcller, Butteville Perhaps a lit
tle inci ease of acreage, and both fall and spring
wheat promise 20 bushels per acre, w hich is a
little better than last year, and quality quite
as good. More oats sown and look extra well,
ought to go 30 bushels, or more. Grass good
and stock look well; fruit looks as though it
might be average. The word "vicinity" is too
indefinite; suppose you send to one man in
each sciiool district, give him more time, tell
him what you wish, and he might give you a
lunch more satisfactory report.
J. H. Settlemier, Woodbnrn Acreage of
fall wheat 10 per cent, increase; Spring wheat
same as last year; yield of fall wheat 23 buih
els. which is 10 per cent, dtcrease; spnng
wheat 18 bushels, same as 1880; quality of all
wheat better, ll.avy yield of oats of best
quality, 20 per cent, increase and 10 per cent.
greater acreage. Too early to be precise alout
spiing grain. As to fiuit, apples better thin
tor some vears; pears aie very hnc; plums
and prunes bteakiug down with the finest
quality of fiuit; cherries w ere excellent. Hay
ciop now being cut is only fair; garden crops
and potatoes all look very tine.
Win. Harris, Brooks More fall wheat than
last year, but one third less spring wheat;
fall will gp 25 or more bushels; spring not ad
vanced enough to estimate, but looks much
better than at this time last year; quality will
be very good. The oat crop is much better
than common. Farm and garden products
are No. 1 in this vicinity, except corn, for
which weather has been too cold. Fall wheat
harvest has commenced with good prospect.
II. A. Johnson, Salem Who as a county
officer has been through Salem prairie, and to
Jefferson, w rites : Acreage of fall wheat ahput
the same; will average 20 bushels; one-fifth
more spring wheat in and average should be
18 bushels; quality of wheat good; oat crop
good, same as ISSO. Fruit about half a prop;
berries of all kind very abundant. "
J. W. Grim, Aurora Acreage fall wlieat
10 per cent increase; very little Spring wheat
sown; fall wheat will go 22' bushels, which is
5 per cent, decrease; spring wlieat 20 bushels,
which is 20 per cent increase. The quality
w ill lie much better than 1880. Oats will be
50 per cent, greater yield than last year.
Fruit crop light as iu 18S0, but in quality bet
ter. Potatoes and gat dens booming. Hay
crop on new land is good, but old meidow.N
will yuld but a light crop.
G. W. Dimick, Hubbard Area of spring
and fall w heat the same. Fall w heat w ill go
20 to 25 bushels, and spring wheat 20 bushels
er acre. Average yield perhaps better than
astyear. Quality promit.es well. Tho oat
crop is alxjtit the same area and promises a
better yield than last year; less potatoes were
planted here. Myself and brother have 60
acres of barley that looks very fine; I think
will go 75 to SO bushels ptr acre.
LIN COUNTV.
A. W. Stanard, Brownsville Neaily doub
le fall wheat sown and will go 25 bushels, an
increased yield; spring w heat, i less, will go
15 to 18 bushels; aliout same as lost year;
quality as good, if not better. Prospect for
oat crop considerably better than last year, as
many winter oats were sown, which look
splendid; spring sowing much better than last
year. Bailey w ill yield much more and vege
tables all look better than usual. There ha
been double the qti intity of ground summer
fallowed than any pievious jear. Timothy
hay is not as good as last year but cheat hay
U very heavy.
P. II. Wigle, Harrisburg Fall wheat will
go 15 to 20 busliels; spring Wheat, 12 to 15
bushels, which is a little better than 'SO. Do
not think the berry will be as nlumn. Oats are
excellent; will go from 30 to 40 busliels; some
pieces wilt go more than that -GO without
doubt. Barley looks well above the average.
Th potato crop promises well; apples will be
scarce; wheat does not filk well in tho head,
omo-Ii .If tho held emp'y, caused b" io much
rain; many pieces fall wheat scalded and
hli-ted in spots, which will reduce the aver
age; many fields are cxctlleut, but it is com
moii to find blasted heads iu many fields I
hive sen.
P. T. Brock, liaise) One-fourth more fall
wheat sown, and iqual area of spring. Fall
will so 25 buihcls, ir.crea.-e of 0; spring 20
bushels, increase of three. Quality will be
pood. Oats splendid; were good last year;
moiv sown, but few apples, other fruit good;
potatoes good and lots of them; hay is good
..iid the inctet of it I eivr baw. Taking all
things, the crops are the best since 73.
F. M. Kuir, HaUey Ten per cent, less
Ml wluat and will ield I ' bml.ela; about
same acreage, spring wheat, and will yield
about Hi bushels; a little less than list year
spnng wheat hardly so good quality;' fall
wheat Utter than in 'SO. Ten percent, moie
spring oaU sown; about same acreage of fall,
and quality and yield much better this year.
Harvest beginning in earnest; haying is over
and crop is good; corn, what there is, i not
very promising owiuir to Utean.l .,hi ...,.,...
root crops of hll kinds are excellent, but littTe
tUx in this vicinity but whit there, is is good
."some mat on spring wheat, but I think it has
done but little damage as yet, U'lug confined
to blades.
K. A. Irvine, Lehinon Acreage fall w heat
15 percent, increase; spring wheit 15 Percent
less than 1SS0; fall wheat will yield 20 bush
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uch is not so good as last year; spring
will go 14 bushels, which la a falling
ality of fall w Lcat u ai erage and spring
els, which
wheat w
nil. .-,,.;(,.
, .,..., VH41I i.cai is average and spring
not so good Oats will to Sii hiwd.,1. ..'i ..?.
Wtter lhau in l?S0, with tne acreage about
I the same.
Abncr D. Gardner, Fox Valley Fall wheat
will yield on average 20 bushels and spring
sown 15; acreage and yield about samo as last
year; quality good. Oats will average from
40 to 50 bushels; vegetables are line and fruit
rather light.
James Finlayson, Albany One fourth more
acreage fall w heat and one fourth less of spring
wheat; fall wheat will average 25 bushels,
which is 5 bushels Utter than last year;
spring wheat will go 27 bushels, which is a
gain of 5 bushels, and quality will be equally
good. The oat crop is only excellent and will
yield on an average 35 bushels. Gardens are
extellent; apple and pear crop) arc very good;
o lerry crop was heavy and good quality; I
nhl 250 gallons. Berries of nil kinds very
abundant.
W. M. Powers, Shedd Acreage fall and
i-iring wheat about the same as '80; fall wlieat
will go 25 to 30 bushels, which is 8 bushels
increase; spring wheat will go 25 busliels,
which is 5 bushels increase and thn quality
will be superior. The oats are the finest I
ever saw grow in this State, with acreage
same as last year and an increased yield of 10
bushels per acre over 1880.
S. P. Brock, Shedd One-third more fall
wheat sown, and one-fifth less spring wheat.
Fall wlieat will go 25 bushels against 10 lost
year; spring wheat will yield 20 bushels
against 17 last year Quality is much improv
ed. Acreage of oats, same as usual; think they
will make 40 bushels. Quality ot wheat best
raised in past 7 years; poor white land sown
from the 2.th of April, until 10th of May has
the best crop raised ou such land in 20 years,
as it was put in well, and better than land
put iu sooner.
C. P. Burkhart, Albany Same area of
spring and fall wheat sown as in 1880; each
will average 25 bushels, which is better qual
ity than last year, and the yield will be
greater. Prospect for oats is for a larger crop
than usual. Wheat, oats, barley, buckw heat
and potatoes all promise a greater yield. Our
farmers feel encouraged at the present pros
pect, anu nope ior a iair price ior products.
Will write an extended account of the cereal
products of Linn county ns soon as I can fiud
time.
John Luper, Tangent Fall wlieat is greater
acreage by 20 per cent. ; will yield 25 bushels
on summer-fallow and 15 on stubble, which is
5 per cent, decrease on summer-fallow-, and 25
per cent, less on stubble ground. Spring
wheat will average 18 bush. Is, a little less
than last year. Quality same as 1880, if it
is free from rust. Oats J increased acreage,
and promise of better yield. Timothy mead
ow very light, J short, but is more than made
up by cheat or chess sown on flat ground last
fall; much wild oat hay is being cut; vegeta
bles good and plenty; fruit light on account of
late frost; all wlieat fields are struck with
rust, but as winter wheat is well along it will
not be hurt. Spring wheat may be injured;
can't tell to what extent,
T. M. Muukers, Scio Ten per cent, more
ocresspring wheat; fall and spring will average
20 bushels, which is 10 percent, improvement
in spring grain; quality all promises well.
The oat crop was never better and is 30 per
cent, improvement, with samo extent. Ilay
crops are very light; small amount of potatoes
planted, but very fine; gardens very fine;
sw eet potatoes look quite well; some very fine
tobacco.
Walter Post, Peoria There will only be in
this vicinity, four fifths the acreage of '80 of
fall wheat and three fourths that of spring,
yield of fall wheat 10 per cent, less, and of
spring same; fall wheat will average IU bush
els and spring 13; fall wheat good quality,
spring wheat, may be so, Oats show one fifth
more acreage and one fifth more yield and are
the best for several years, Timothy hay $ of
a crop; apple- J a crop; plums a gooel yield;
potatoes 4 better, and same true of all garden
truck.
F. S. Thayer, Mount Pleasant A little in
crease in acreage ot spring wlieat; fall wheat
about same. Fall wheat will go 20 to 25
bushels, about same as last year; spring wheat
18 to 20 bushels, about same as SO; quality
will be good. Oats are about usual acreage
and look better than last year. Meadows ore
light and hay will be scarce. Vegetables of
all kinds aie good quality and plenty; apples
scarce and plums and prunes plenty.
LANK COUNTY".
Georga Belshaw, Eugene Same acreage
fall wheat as last year; will yield 20 bushels,
against 30 last year; 10 per cent, loss spring
wheat sown than '80; will yield 23 bushels,
about 2 bushels decrease. Quality of wheat
looks better than last year. Ten percent in
creased acreage of oats and w ill go ten bushels
per acre, increase over last year. Much sum
mer fallow ed land lessens acrcago of spring
groin, and the foulness of land lessens yield
fall w heat sow n on stubble land, full of wild
oats. Oats and barley are both better than
they have been tor ten years past, ou account
of favorable weather. Garden vegetables are
much better than usual.
Thomas Barbre, Dexter Acreage of all
wheat about the same; fall sown will yield 20
bushels, spring about 15 bushels, which com
pares with 'b0 in every way, except that qual
ity is better. Oats are less acreage, but vield
per aero will be double and quality improved.
x lie nop e-rup promises a larger yieia man in
'&0; potato crop will be double: yield of barley
ono third increase on double the acreage; hogs,
oeci cattie and mutton snoop are scarce.
T. J. Dunton, Camp Cicek Aliout same
acroage fall wheat, spiing a little short of last
yeir. Fall sow u w ill average 20 to 22 V bush
els, an increase; spring aliout 25 bushels, one
thud Utter; ears well filled, graiu plump and
better than in "80. Oats better tlian for years
and some fields will turn olf 70 bushels per
acre; lastiar they were below tho average.
Some intcreot in hop culture here and the
crop will bo short of last year; but few arms
on the vines and if warm weather continues
the yield will 1 light; they are now forming
the bur and it is very dry and hot.
J. C. Bushnell, Fast of Eugene Acreage of
fall wheat about the same, will go 27 bushels,
I greater yield; spring wheat i less acreage,
w ill go 25 bushels, w hich 20 ner cent Greater
yield. Quality of all wheat A No. 1. Acre
age of oats not so large as formerly, but is of
excellent promise. More barley sown than
auy previous year, and is cnuung into more
general favor The open, wann Winter and
plenty of rains starting weed needs early in
Winter gave more inducement to snrinc
crops, because gave cleaner land. There is 4
more summer-fallow tlian usual, aud season
for It most favorable ever knovrn in Oree-on.
As a rule, crops average better tlian for years.
T. I). Edwards, Eugene Acreage both fall
and spring wheat, same as last year; fall
wheat will go 15 bushels, and spring wheat 20
bushels, both considerably reduced yield;
quality will Im Tory good. OaU seem to be
great deal liettor than 80; barley will double
last year', yield- hay U good; vevwUble. are
splendkl, but fruit is light