WILLAMETTE FARMER: PORTLAND, OREGON, AUGUST 12, 1881.
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WSk Well Known Farmers From Wheat Growing
Counties and Districts In Oregon
and Washington.
Eastern Urricon and Washington.
KLICKITAT COCSTV, W. T.
R. T. Hawley, Goldendale About J more
l wheat sown; will yield 15 bushels; is thin
t filling well. About ten per cent, incrcas-
acreage of spring wheat; will yield 2o bush
. acainst 10 last year. Quality of all wheat
much imnroved. About 4 more acreage in
ts, and they will yield three times as much
r acre, while the quality will he excellent.
arley is very fine, and it is estimated that it
ill yield 40 bushels and upward per acre.
I Ji - ....!. mi. nn.nlw. nm-tlnn Villi In a ntlll
iflnricotsare plenty where there (ire orchards
uSv&fd enough to l-ear. Potatoes arc very fine;
,11 gardens are good where they have good
ultivation. Harvesting will begin immedi
ately. C. Ooodnoe, New Lebanon About twice
he laud sown to spring grain; fall wheat will
go 20 bushels, same lis usual; spring wheat 30
bushels; quality improved; oats will turn on
60 bushels. The grain crop is fine; potatoes
lid gardens nice; lrutt is abundant, and the
-country is uuivuig.
R. W. Helm, Goldeudale One-fourth more
acreage spring wheat; fall wheat will go 20
Jbushels, against 12 List year; spring wlie.it 6U
ushels, double 1SS0; quality much better, the
am being piunip, wuue it was sunveiuu utai.
car. Tlio oat crop w 111 ue uounio mat oi last
ive.ir. nerham 40 bushels per acre. Klickitat
Vallev mudiic.es well when the soil is proper'
K- nnUtvatpil. Tins is a drv climate, and the
toil needs deep plowing, wlncli but lew larm
ers do: when the ground lias been propel ly
tilled the yield has been in some instances as
much as sixty bushels per aero. The grass
hoppers are damaging the oats tins year.
WALLA WALLA COUNTY, W. T.
Orlcv Hull. Walla Walla One-fourth less
fall wheat, which yields about 33 bushels,
against 40 in this vicinity in 18S0; one-fourth
more snring wheat, which will average 20 bush
ols. atraiust 2.") hist vear: duality better than
for 3 years previous; oat crop better than last
one by 10 bushels to the acre, will average 43
husluls; barley is good quality and will make
13 bushels incr-ase. say 40 bushels; fruit crop
largo in all varieties. Owing to rains the last
of June, the grain filled better than w as antic
ipated at time I saw you at State B'air.
tr ffnll livn.s iifai thn Blue mountains.
3 where crops were better last year than usual
around Walla walla.)
Anthony McKinnon, Walla Walla One
third less area of fall wheat, and will yield
one-third more than then, say 20 to 40 bush
els; spring wheat will go 13 to 30 buahels,
mostly the latter figure, which cxcei ds '80
30 per cent. The berry of all wheat is very
plump. I have seen no oats. Barley is very
tiue and will turn out 30 to 60 bushels; will
pass for Xo. 1 brewing in any market, very
bright, and will weigh 50 lbs to tho bushel. I
have been here but six months, and when I
mention aereage sown and compare yield, I
do so fiom hearsay, but the quality of the
grain is personal observation.
Walla Walla Union: From every direction
comes the cheering report that tho wheat
promises a better yield than any one expectul
possible a month ago. The berry is unusually
plump pnd full. Fanners who attended the
Oregon State Fair were greatly anil agreeably
surprised on their return home to find their
fields prcsentingsuchan improved appearance.
All indications now point to a large yield in
the Walla Walla country of grain of an extra
quality.
WHITMAN COUNTV ( W. T. )
G. H. McQueen, Fannington, Whitman
County, W. T. A great deal more wheat
sowed than last year; fall sown will average 33
to 40 bushels per acre; spring, 40 bushejs;
quality improved on last year. Oats always
good here, and will overage 40 to 75 bushels
per acre; barley, 40 to 60 bushels; garden
stuff of all kinds do w ell here. Orchards that
are bearing fruit looks well but small; corn
does not do well as nights aro too cold. This
is the best country for horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs that I have known, in 15 years; there
are plenty of grass, camas and kouse for hogs,
and all kinds of tame grass grow well. All
kinds of fowls do well her j.
Ira P. Smith, Colfax, W. T. About one
third more spring wheat sown; fall will turn
off 25 and spring 30 bushels to the acre,
against an average of about 20 bushels in '80;
quality is better than last year. Oats will
average 60 biiBhels this year, increase double
over 18S0; bailey and rye will yield well.
Flax growB well; will average 15 bushels.
Potatoes and vegetables of all kinds are im
proved; lruit, almost a tailure on account oi
Mi
lay frosts.
O. M. Hill, Colfax The crop prospect in
this vicinity is very good as far as my obsei
vation goes. Kvevjbody appears to rejoice at
the promise of abundant crops, and people are
sitUfied. The grasshoppers commenced work
here, and the air is full of them, and I am
afraid they may take a good portion of tho
oats and the late sown wheat.
Daniel Pivller, Palouso City, W. T Ouo
third more fall wlieat and double the spring
wheat raised before, will averago 30 bushels
per acre for fall, and 23 for spring; quality
good. Oats are extra good this year. Barley
is a good eiop. A large extent of flax sown,
which will go 20 bushels per acre. There are
plenty of hogs to fatten in this country; pork
will be low about Scouts' net per 100 tin.
T. H. La Dow, Cedar Creek. W T. Theie
is larger acreage of wheat; fall grain will
make 30 to 40 bushels; spring sowu, 33 bush
els, which is some better than 18S0. The oat
crop, so far as I can hear, is good, and per
haps better than last year.
H. V. Grubbe, Palouse City Not much
fall wheat sown, on account of early freezing
of ground, but much greater act cage of spring
wheat, which makes about 23 bushels to the
acre, same as jn 'SO; quality fair. A great
many have sown oats in the Palouse country,
in preference to wheat in expectation of get
ting a good price for them on the N. P. H. H.
work. I really think the great Palouse coun
try is destined to become the greatest cereal
producing region on the Pacific coast, as the
bOU is very productive, out we raio mi n.ai
ket as yet. Production is varied; com does
well in places; potatoes are very prolific;
v, hatever Ulongs to the bulbous family is pro
duced in large quantity.
lOLCMMA COD.VTY, W. T.
Thomas Throssell, Marengo About J more
fall wheat which will go 40 bushels, which U
one-third increase over 'SO. Srring wheat,
same acreage as '60, but yield will bs 30 bush
els, double last year. Quality of all wheat
much letter. If oats are not cut by Tioprra
they will yield four times as much as last
yea; barley twice as much. This country is
fast settling up; crops of wheat will probably
increase 20 per cent, each year for 10 years to J
come. Hogs are scarce and worth 5 to 6 cts.
per lb on foot. Much hay cut this year. Har-
eating will commence soon. If freights were
lower, all farmers here would be happy.
Joseph Dignam, Pataha City, W. T.
Double the amount of acres of fall sown
wheat, and will avtrage 22 bushels; equal in
creased acreage of spring wheat, and will
make 20 bushels, which is 1-5 increase of
yield in fall and spring. The quality is excel
lent. Oats i.re a splendid crop; ten per cent,
increased acreage, and 25 per cent, better
quality. I do not think there is a better sec
tion of tho Pacific coast than tins part of the
country, Barloy will average at least 50 bush
els to the acre. As f..r fruit, there is but lit
tle matured, and it is mostly on creek bottoms
ami the nualitv very good. A great many
young orchards set out on the uplands arc not
bearing yet Plenty of rain ami gardens bet
ter than usual.
L. Killam, Pomeroy Acreage of wheat is
one-third increase; fall wheat will go 33 bush
els; double '80yichl;sprin?wheat30bu.,agaii st
20 last year; aheat will be double quantity
and quality of 18S0; oat crop is good what
there is of it, but few oats are sown near here;
bailey will average CO bushels pvr acre. Oats
do well, but as they produce wild oats few are
sown. Vegetables of all kinds aio fine and
good as I ever saw; currants, gooseberries,
raspberries, strawberriis and fruits of all
kinds as good as I ever saw, between here and
Nantucket. This estimate is made up from
the judgment of our be-t and largest farmers.
Qnnii. rvt 4lir.ni u-i.li fn ti.nLn if. still lipftor. I lilt
I think this is a fair estimate. 1 don't think
it best to overestimate things of this kind to
you and to tho world.
Pomeroy correspondent of Columbia Chron
icle: S. C. Benedict, of the U. S. Military
Telegraph Office, is the boss farmer so far as
hcird from. Last Spring he put in a small
patch of early potatoes, and when they wen
ready to use, dug them up and dropped more
seed potatoes in the holes. He is now raising
the second crop from the sumu piece of
ground. Next. Farmers are jubilant oer
their eiop prospects this year, and if we only
had transportation, the people would settle
down contented knowing that they had the
best grain country on the. coast. Although the
yield is so large, tho fanner who has the
largest crop, will be worse oil' than his poorer
neignbor, as it costs every cent and a little
more than he can get for his gram to rai-o.
Shove along tne railroad and let us show you
what we can do.
Columbia Chronicle: Travel across Snake
river is getting to be quite lively on the road
now. Last Sunday nineteen wagons passed
by on the road to Penawawa, bound for the
land of Canaan north of Snake river. A train
of eight wagons came overland from Missouri,
and was going to Rosalia. 'I heir teams were
in splendid condition, considering the long
journey they had made.
UMATILLA COUNTY, ORKCON.
K. Gillian, Pilot Rock Very little fall
wheat sown here. Spring wheat will average
30 bushels per acre. Crops generally are bet
ter than in 1S80. Very few oats raised in this
vicinity. Their place is supplied with barley,
which, I think, will average 40 bushels per
acre this year.
James T. ' Downing, Weston One-fourth
moro fall wheat sown, where sown ou sod or
fallow will yield 30 to 40 bushels, on stubble
20 to 23 bushels. There was a good deal sown
by harrowing or cultivating on stubble, which
is the poori st grain we shall have. Last year
wheat yielded 10 to 25 bushels and was poor.
There will be from J to 4 more spring wheat,
which v.ill yield 23 to 30 bushels, or more in
some cases. Tho quality is much improved.
Oats will turn ott 40 to 60 bushels of good
quality, last year they were 8 to 20 and poor;
perhaps acreago ot oats decreased j. ii is
thought barley will average 50 bushels, and
very plump and good, with J moio acreage;
harvesting about to commence here. An as
tonishing amount of harvest machinery is
scattered over the country to use in the pres
ent harvest; enough, one would think, to
bankrupt the country. But time and the
Scotch Loan Co. will settle that. They are
threshing on the Portland ranch, which yields
25 to 30 bushels to the acre. So much for sage
and sand !
W. M. Stafford, Centerville Twice the
acreage of fall wheat, and not more than half
as much spring wheat as in 1880. Fall wheat
will go 20 to 25 bushels, against 12 to 15 last
year; spring wheat will average 25 bushels,
against 14. The quality is a great deal better.
The oat crop is better than usual, with same
acieage. Barley is better and greater acreage.
Considerable fall wheat was sowu on stubble
of last year, without plowing, which will av
erago about 20 bushels; fall wheat on summer
fallow will make from 40 to 65 bushels to th"
acre. I will notice the average this ycai and
report of the harvest.
Weston Leader: From Grcasewood comes
the most encouraging reports of good crops.
Early in the season, during tho long continued
dry weather, fears were entertiined that the
giaiu would be rather short; but these doubts
are happily dispelled, and the yield promises
to be moi e than average.
J. S. Morgan an 1 others, Weston Thirty
per cent, more fall wheat sown, and about
ame as in 18S0 of spring wheat. Fall wheat
will go 33 bushels, against 15 last year; spring
wh" a 25 bushels, ag.iiust 10 last year; quality
of ad wheat 200 per cent, better. Very little
oats sown, but what there is shows good yield
and quality; barley is very good; vegetables
and fiuit appear well.
E. C. Lin'ley, Fairview, 7 miles north of
Centerville, Umatilla county About double
the former acreage of fall, and one-third in
crease of spring wheat; fall sown will average
32 bushels per acre, spring wheat 21) buahcU,
whicli is great increase over 1880; quality ex
cellnit. What few oats 1 have teen will make
43 bushels p-;r acre; bailey is a good eiop; not
much grain threshed yet, but one field that
turned out 20 bushels last year has threshed
4" busln-ls this. Potatoes are good with some
bugs. Corn looks tiue. Aiulivr cane that was
early planted looks well.
Jethro Hardwick, Pendleton, Umatilla Co.,
Oregon Two-thirds greater acreage in fall
wheat, also of spring wheat; fall will average
30 bushels, and spring 20 bushels per acre,
and the grain is well tilled and plump. But
little oats sowed and that looks well. Barley
is L-ood. and will yield 33 bushels to the acre.
Vegetables of all kinds do well. One of my
neighbors has an acre of onions that will make
500 bwdieU, and has not been irrigated.
.Squashes and melons grow larger here than in
any country I ever wa in; potatoes are large
yield and good quality. I honestly think this
is the beat farming country on this coast, no
rust, no swamp land, no grubs to clear off
the best poor man's country I ever saw.
A. B. Hendric k, Weston Twenty five per
cent more acreage of fall wheat and same ex
tent of spring wheat as last year; fall wheat
will go 35 bushels, iccreaseof 5 bushels; spiing
wheat 20, increase of S busheU; fall wheat 25
per cent better quality; spring wheat 50 per
cnl better; no oats planted; barley good for
4l bushels, twice as much as last year; grain
50 tier cent better: berries of all kinds good;
gardens, the best for some time; last year not
good; several fields of corn and sorghum near
here look splendid.
Mr. J. W. Ktrkland has 240 acres of' fall
wheat and SO acres of spring wheat which
connoiseurs pronounco will average nearly
fifty bushels to the acre. Tho spring wheat
is tho better of the two. Hurrah for Umatilla
East Orcgonian: We notice our farmers
all wear smiles on their faces when they come
into town, in sharp contrast with their lugu
brious countenances this time last year. The
reason is that Umatilla county has never, per
haps, in its history granted a more generous
reward to the faithful worker of the soil than
she has this season. An abundance of rain
intcrspcred with bright sunshine, and no
grasshoppers intervening, has produced enor
mous crop3 of both hay and grain, in all parts
of the country, and now that we have rail
road trans) ortation to market a good price
ought to be obtained provided tho company
does not want to secuie all the profits. Our
staunch yeomanry can now tacc the coming
Winter with stout hearts. We are glad of it,
for they deserve success.
Tho Wcton Leader says: "Tho uncer
tiinty which invariably exists as to "what
will the harvest be," is now a thing of past.
Groin is now so far advanced as to leave no
doubt of the yield. Our faith in the produc
tiveness of Umatilla county is not shaken.
On the contrary we are more sanguine than
ever of its agricnlcultural resources. The
vield from all tho country around Weston
will be immense, and tho quality of the grain
much above the average. The extensive
fields that aro now ready for the reaper are
such as any country might well be promt of.
In spito of tho groundless prognostigatious of
drought, wet, cold, grasshoppers and other
imiginaiy evils that were to heset us, we find
ourelves face to faco with the most glorious
yield our country ever produced. Every where
aioundusnio fields ot waing graju whose
prol tic luxuriance should silence the gium
blcrs lorever. "
Itichaul S. Williams, Centerville Twice as
much fall whoat as last season, and will make
30 to 40 bushels per acre, while last year it
Wdit only 12 to 15, on account of tho very
drv season. Not as rimcli spring wheat, which
will make 25 bushels; quality will be better
than last year. Fanners think oats will turn
oil' 40 to 00 bushels per acre, of very good
quality. Barley will probably turn out well,
and good qu dity. Corn looks well for this
country. Plenty of vegetables of all kinds.
Thero is more fruit than tor several years and
of splendid quality . A large crop of potatoes.
Harvest and thre-hing has commenced, and
farmers are both busy and happy. We have
had pleasant weather ever since the 1st of
March. I think Eastern Oregon is the poor
man's home.
East Oregonian: Jerry Despain has left
with "Uncle George Webb" a bunch of wheat
grown to all appearances from a singlo grain,
which we will pit against any other man's
bunch in the State of Oregon or elsewhere.
Our bunch contains 132 stalks each bearing a
full head of wheat. What was taken to lie
an averago head shelled out 63 well developed
kernels hence that mother grain'lias yielded
8,316 told. A finer specimen Doth in. quality
and quantity we have never seen. This
wheat was raised on Mr. Despain's ranch four
miles from Pendleton.
WASCO COONTV.OKKCOX.
K. B. Frum, Alkali, iVaeco County Fall
wheat, at least 50 per cent, greater in acreage,
averago about 25 bushels; spring wheat, about
the sumo as last year; quality good, better
than last year. Oats ate good, will yield 45 to
50 bushels per acre. Barley is splendid, Hard
ly room on the ground for it to lay after it is
'cut down. Acreage on oats and barley, 25
per cent, greater than lsst year, rruit, such
as they have here, is good; potatoes are an
average.
Dalles city Times: During tho week wo
have seen parties from differet portions, and
they all report the farmers busy harvesting.
The crops are turning out wonderfully, they
being larger than for several years past. As
soon as the grain is threshed, we expect to
see the wheat coming into town and being
shipped below for export.
Mountaineer: G. B. Hyde, Oak Flat, brought
into oui otfice a small bundle of wheat which
certainly will convince the most sceptical that
the. soil in this section is capable of producing
a good crop. It is about two feet high and it
is as thick as the average, will yield 60 bushels
to the acre. Last Saturday we rode through
a field of about 45 acres cf oats whicli in ono
place stood ut least six feet high and would
average 4 throughout tho whole field. It
seems to us that this is enough evidence to
give to those who are desirous of imigrating
into this section. Wc only hope that farmers
will take pride in the cultivation of bread
stuffs, and if we have a few repetitious of this
season, a hundred ami sixty acies of good
plough land will bo worth a fortune.
J. B. Magill, Tygh Valley, Oregon Ten per
cent, moro spring heat than 'SO.and will turn
off 15 to 18 bushels while fall wheat will go 15
bushels, all good quality, considerably im
proved on 18S0; oats will make 30 bushels per
acre; wo have some rye and barley, both yield
ing lair ciops. Potatoes and gardens, a good
averag. ; fruit plentiful, where orchards are
old enough to bear; a considerable ground
summer-tallowed; rather dry hero ho that
straw is short, but heads are good; harvest has
commenced. Wo irrigate girdens, and, I
think, can competo with the best.
A. J. Dufur, Jr., Dufur, Og'n Oncfouith
more ana of fall wheat, which will yield 20 to
25 bushels, and compares favorably witii last
crop; one-half more spring wheat, will yield
15 to 21) busheU; all wheat much finer qual
ity. Oats will go 30 to 40 bushels to the acre,
whero last year they made a poor crop. All
other farm pioducta made an advance on the
yield in 1SS0.
D. Wayne Claypool, Primsville, Wasco
County One-fourth more fall wheat,' will av
erage one-fourth moro than last year, say 30
bulhels; spring wheat will make 25 to 40
bushel), double last year's yield and quality a
great deal better. AIout same area in oats as
in wheat, and will yield twice as much per
acre. Croiw of all kinds are good; harloy, rye,
etc.; all kinds of garden vegetables look good
notwithstanding considerable front.
A. M. Pugb, Prineville No tall grain of
consequence sown here, and not much whuat
of any kind, the chief crop U-iug oats. What
spring wheat there is will make 25 bushels to
the acre, which is 30 per cent, improvement.
One-half more oats were sown this year, and
rains iu June will help them to yield 35 to 40
bushels, one-fourth more than in '80. Bye
crops are better, though sown on our driest
Un 1 for hay mostly; barley is but little raieedj
potatoes will be J to better if the crickeU
let them alone; vegetable generally look well
when there are no crickets. There are a good
many crickets this year. This part of Wasco
county is not a farming country, and has no
large bodies of land fit for farming. Tho
farming land is along the streams and is nar
row;. This is a stock country, and there is not
grain enough raised to supply more thau
three fourths the home consumption, as many
do nothing but tend stock and buy all their
breadsturls.
For the past two weeks our market has been
supplied with ripe peaches, pears, apples, etc,
We always consider that The Dalles fruit hw
much nirer flavor than any brought from
abroad. This will be more than an ordinary
year for this crop, and we expect before the
season ends that these luscious products will
be nlmost a drug in the market. Times.
OttANT COUNTY, OREGON.
Henry Hall, Prpirie City Samo acreage of
fall and one-fourth more spring wheat sown;
fall wheat wili go 30 bushels, same as last
year; spring Jo bushels, o increase; quality
mu.h better. One-fourth more oats sown and
prospect of heavy yield, say 33 bushels and
good quality. Crops all improved in this
county, except apples, which were frosted in
Mow; hay an average crop; grass is better in
the hills, and cattle and sheep are fatter than
last year, but increase of stock will fall off ,
on account of heavy winter in '70-'S0. The
wool clip is better this year as sheep wintered
well ami arc free of scab.
John C. Luce, Canyon City Considerably
moio wheat grown, of both fall and spring;
fall will turn off 35 bushels, an increase of in
yield; spring, 2S bushels, an increase of 1-5;
quality is better in cvoiy instance; oat crop
will bo 40 bushels to the acre, increase of 1 0
bushels over 18S0; bailey is our main feed
crop, and is better than for live years, say 40
bushels per acre. If land was summer-fallowed
hfi-p, as in your section, it would bring 35
to 50 bushels of wheat, and 45 to 60 of oats
and barley; the hay crop is about an average;
all garden vegetables finer than usual; fruits
hurt so'iio by late frosts, but what there is is
of good sie ami quality, owing to frequent
rains. We depend much on irrigation neie.
Yakima Record: The present season has
been unusually hack-wird fdr vegetables and
fiuits. But on Tuesday last one of our
friends from Lower Yakima, Mr. A. I-achapello
agreeably surprised us by walking in and
laying up ui our table smiio fine samples of
gruen corn. Tho ears were filled. This corn
was raised on laud whicli has been considered
hitherto worthless, and without irrigation,
If our people keep on testing tho capabilities
of tho different kind of soils in this country,
nt the rate they are doing now, it will bo but
a short time before they demonstrate that we
do not possess any but what is valuable for all
purposes.
P. Gilbert, Hangman's Creek, Spokan Co.,
W. T. Being a newly settled place, there is
in this valley only ono piece of fall wheat and
that will vield 40 to 50 bushels per acre. I
never saw a liner prospect for crop. Spring
wheat, including sod, will average 30 bushels
per acre, and some fields will go 40 to 50
bushels per acre; quality excellent. Oats will
be the best I ever saw. It has been very sea
sonable with us, and crops are almost perfect.
Oats will yield 35 to 75 bushels per acre. Our
crop of vegetables is as good as we can wish;
no frost since the 20th of May; tender vegeta
bles will be a success. Corn has tho appear;
ance of that grown on the Iowa and Missouri
nottoms. Tho amount ot corn planted is very
limited. Farming is going to be a grand suc
cess in this country, and our soil is as good as
the sun ever shone on.
UNION COUNTY, OKKGO.N.
Charles Hadley, La Grande In this vicini
ty fall wheat will average 30 bushels, which
is 5 bushels less per acre than 1880; spring
wheat 23 bushels against 30 list year; qnality
of grain good, very little difference from last
year. On account of dry weather in the early
Spring, crops will not be quite as large as last
year, but if the weather provtis favorable for
the next three weeks all crops will bo good.
There is a prosnect for a heavy yield of oats.
C. L. Baksleo, Union -No fall wheat sown,
about same acreage as last year of spring
wheat; will yield about 28 bushels, which is
better than last year. All grain is much bet
ter so that some have fallen, especially oats.
All products of the farm are better yield and
quality than usual.
James Hcndcrshott, Cove Twenty-five per
cent, moro spring wheat; fall sown will aver
age 28 bushels, against 22 in 1880, and spring
sown 24 now to 20 last year, and much better
quality. Oats are alwavs good here, and are
extra good this year; will average 40 bushels.
In consequence of late and seasonable rains,
the cereal crops are splendid. Hay not so
good as usual.
Union County Record: This is the busy
season of the year with the farming portion of
tho community. Although tho hay crop is not
as good as was expected, the grain crops were
never more promising, and will make up for
the shortness of the hay. I'armers are well
pleased with prospects, aro huppy, and look
forward to better times in the future.
A correspondent of Union Count Record
writes: Hay harvest has commenced
in earnest and the loafer finds no ono now to
entertain him. The hay crop is very light
for this locality, tho average being about one
and a hall tons per aero. Jican culture.
which is quiUj an industry in the Caw, bids
fair to pay immensely if Jack Fiost decides
to prolong his coining until tho middle of
October. Messrs. Jones it Cravens have 30
ares of Chili Ix-ans w hich arc looking well, and
Simpson k Weaver have 23 acres planted
mostly of tho above named ariety, eight
acies of their crop being the ceh-brottd "Ar
kausaw" said to he the must delicious of all
the bean kind. The cheese factory is maim
facturing 2,500 lbs of nice frtsh milk fiist flats
every day, boys lit-ing so willing.
Williuiirllr lullry.
LANK COUNTY.
M. N. Foley, Siuslaw Moio fall wheat
sown, yield will li 20 to 25 bushel, which
looks much bitter than 18S0; about the usual
amount of spring wheat, will yield as well an
fall, which is great increase. Quality decided
ly better. Oat crop large and tho best I eier
saw heie, as an average. Every fanner in this
valley w ill have a good crop; the trouble is,
thev do not expect to get much for their
grain. Lane county should aiil to build a good
wagon road to tide-water on the Siuilaw, and
then wc would have a market do-e at home.
There has been .I,IOO given by private
individuals for that purpose.
J. S. Churchill, Mohawk Only 3 as much
fall and J as much spring wheat; fall wheat
will go 18 bushels, against 10 last year, and
snring wheat 15 bushels, same as 1880; qual
ity will be good. No winter oats, spring crop
twice the acreage, and will yield better, eay
30 bushel with fair duality. Hay crop not so
good; potatoes good; hops, prospect excellent;
more corn olid buckwheat in cultivation: more
summer fallowing ami ground it well worked;
a greater number of calves, pigs and chickens
aro raised; fruit is abundant; more enquiries
as to what the Fakmkr says about prospects
of wheat and price.
Roscoe Knox, Cress well Considerably more
area of w Inter wheat, will probably average
18 bushels, about same as 'SO; hardly as much
spring wheat, without mishap will averago 18
bushels, whicli would bo 2 or 3 bushels better;
quality of all wheat very good. Oat crop
equal in acreage and better in appearance,
jluch larger acreago of barley and better
quality; potatoes look well and large crop
planted ; hay crop abundant and I know of
some fiehls of spring grain that are cut for hay.
John Simpson, Siuslaw One-third less fall
wheat, will go 18 bushels, against 22 last
year; spring wheat, acreago i more, will aver
age 23 bushels, against 16 last year. The
quality promises to be good. Oats, acreago J
more and J better yield. Has been through
Douglas county, which adjoins Siuslaw ou the
southeast, and tho complaint there is that fall
wheat is not good as last ycar.and Lanocounty
Jarmers make the same complaint in some lo
calities, nats are good ami iook tair, uotn in
Douglas and Lane counties.
Chas. Beimet, Goshen Acreage fall wheat
not quite so much, spring whcit same; fall
wheat will yield 20 bushels and spring 18,
about same as in 'SO, and the quality will be
as good or better. Uats and barley promise
tar better crops than last year, also tho hay
crop is better, tho Ilax crop exceeds any lor-
mer year, and potatoes ami other vegetables
aro better than last vear. notwithstanding late
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frosts. Much more summer-fallow this year
than formely, in order to rid land of foulstiiff.
A. C. Jenning, Irving Acreage fall wheat
20 per cent less and spring wheat 20 per cent,
increase; the yield of fall wheat will average
20 bushels against 22 last year; spring wheat
will go 20 bushels, nn increase of 3 bushels,
and quality will bo same as last year. Oats
are 20 per cent increase of acres and will yield
35 bushels against 30 bushels in 'SO, and are
hotter quality. Apples and plums ato little
more than half a crop; potatoes will yield
more and hay (timothy and clover) .) less than
last year.
Charles Dillon, Chcshcr No fall wheat
sown hero; acreage spring wheat, about the
same; will yield about 20 bushels, which is 5
bushels increase. About 400 acres oats, same
as last year; will average, I think, 30 bushels
per acre; last year went 20 bushels. This is
in the foothills, but little wheat is sown; the
soil is mole adapted to hay and o.its; vegeta
bles do well here.
I. H. Shortridge, Cottago Grove More fall
wheat sown and w ill turn off 20 to 23 bushels;
spring wheat looks better, and, if there is no
mst, will go 25 to 30 bushels; wheat yield is
ten per cent, better thau last year, and qual
ity is better. Oats are a great deal better, will
go 40 to 50 bushels, with ten per cent, more
ground sown, Tho grass crop is light, and
apples almost a failure; plums abundant; ber
ry croji light; gardens look well; a great deal
of grain liay lias been put up; swino aro
scarce; the Fakmkk is a wclcomo visitor and
eagerly sought after.
James Parker, Pleasant Hill One-fourth
moro fall wheat ill, ami will go 20 bushels or
more, which is an average yield; not bo much
spring sown wheat, and if thore is no rust, tho
prospect is good for 25 bushels, which is
increased yield. Quality is excellent. Thero
M a prospect lor larger yield ot oats than we
have had tor somo years, on increased acre
age; crop will turn off 35 to 40 bushels per
acre; barley is better than for several years;
ilax looks hub, and will gue good turn out;
timothy meadows light, caused by dry weath
er iu May; all othor crops gooil; some com
plaint ot rust, but I think it will not do any
damage
CLACKAMAS COUNTY.
G. J. McCraw, Viola More fall grain than
usual was sown, and will make 15 bushels per
acre; not quite so good as last year. Moro
now land each year increases acreage of
spring wheat, which will make about 16j hu.,
an increase over last crop. Oats will be a good
crop, but less acres sown; will make about 30
bushels to the acre. Peas are an excellent
crop here, both as a fertilizer and foragu crop,
ami grown for hog feed. Red clover is a
splendid crop, better than in many parts of
the valley. R'e docs well and makes perma
nent pasture when properly managed. Timo
thy makes a fair crop, but docs not yield so
much as elsewhere; potatoes are good, but
perhaps will not yield so well as last year.
Samuel Ramsden, Viola One-third more
fall wheat in and will make 22 to 30 bushels,
S hush, increase over last crop; spring wheat,
t more iu ami will averago 20 bushels, 4 hush,
increase; quility excellent, (Oat crop is the
heaviest in this valley I havo ever seen; some
will go 50 bush., and I think 45 is a safe reck
oning on some winter oats I harvested last
week for a friend. Potatoes look well; apples
and pears very few, but a heavy crop of
plums. Timothy hay light; clover a fair crop
where not pus tilted late. For two weeks I
have run my mower, and havo had better op
portunity to uoticu theno matters than 1 couiil
else have done.
I'DLK COUNTY.
Dallas Heiuier: Again harvest is upon us
Fields uio i mining over full of grain. The
yield promises to bo very heavy, Thieshing
machines aid hirvcst machinery may be seen
moving about liko new life had been infused
into them, giving an appearance of busy
times.
LINN" COUNTY.
Jacob N.'wmaii, East of Lebanon One-
third inoi e fall wheat, which will average CO
bushels and probably moie, which is improve
rnent ou 1 880; spring wheat, early sown, 20 to
2.i bushels; lull wheat, better quality than
last vear: spring, not so good, winter oats
aio the best wu tier had, and will go 35 to 40
bushels; spnng town, III to MJ; gardens and
potatoes are line; we never had liner; apples
light yield, hut extra quality and si.o; plums
bu-aking down Willi limit; pears, a lair crop;
small fruits, not quite so abundant or s'u good
quality.
huiiilM-rn Omkoii.
IHIUM.AS COUNTY.
A. T. Ambrose, Youcalla -Almost double
iikual amount of fall wheat sown; will yield
all the way from 15 to 21 bushels, which is
mcrased yield. Little' more than half as
much M'liiig wheat us list year, will yield
sime as fall wheat; quality is plumper thau iu
IfeSO. Oat crop is fur ahead of last year, and
as good as I evtr saw. During last few days,
omeay their grain is struck with rust, but It
will not atlect fall wheat, though it may
spring. People, iu general, think they will
quit fanning and turn their attention more to
stovk, which pays better than present prices
of wlie.lt.
P. P.:ter, Roseburg I think more fall
wheat was sowed than last year, will make 20
bushels per acre and probably more; averages
with 'Wj. ftpriiu wheat, no increase of acre
age; will inaKu 25 bushels, which is better
than 1880; quality gold. Moro oats sown and
will average 40 bushels per acre, which is 1-5
better than last vear. Hay crop t better than
'80; potatoes 100 per cent, better; apples i ft
crop; phin.s, pears and peaches, j moro than
list crop; grapes not so good.
James T. Cooper, Wilbur Yield of fall
wheat greater than, last year; will go from 16
to 25 bushels and more; cannot yet say how
spring wheat will turn out, but looks. better
than in 1880, and will be better quality. Oats
better than for many years, very good and
late sown the best, owing to late rains. Barley
is good. Gardens are all good and still green;
potatoes aro good and good quality; wool crop
was good mid clean; stock are fat aud look
well.
D. W. Steams, Oakland Five to ten per cent
more fall wheat sown; 5 per cent, more spring
wheat; each will probably yield 20 bushels
per acre, w hich is one-fifth improvement. The
firospect is that the quality of all wheat wilt
te much better. Have mado inquiries, and
all. farmers expect good crops and say the
grain will be very full and plump, as the
weather is so cool and favorable for it to fiH.
Vegetables aro good, and tho fruit crop large.
J. 11. Hartin, Looking Glass About same
acreage of fall and spring wheat; wheat field!
will averago IS bushels, which is belter than
18S0, raid quality will bo better. Oat crop is
very good, short straw hut well headed and
filled, will yield about 30 bushels. Thero has
been considerable corn planted in this valley
this season, from which I think we' will get a
good yield, say 40 to 60 bushels por acre.
Corn can be grown and made profitable in this
valley if rightly managed. I think, in course
of time, vour city will be supplied with corn
fed beef from this valley. The fruit crop is
abundant, and much better quality; vegeta
bles never looked better.
D.S.Ix. Buick, MyrtloCrcek Spring wheat
ten per cent, less acreage; fall wheat will go
20 bushels on low and Hi on hnjh land; about
20 per cent, decrease; ' spring w heat 18 bush;
also one fifth decrease. Oats aro better, say
10 por cent. Wheat is geneially well tilled,
ami better quality than usual. Barley not so
good as usual; corn not average; early pota
toes good, but late varieties are attacked by
bugs. Hay is a full crop.
JACKSON COUNTY.
C. W. Mycr, Ashland Acroago of wheat,
about tho same as 1880; wheat shows i in.
crease in yield and in this county, near tho
California line, little distinction is mado bo
tAecn fall and spring wheat. This year's
product will be first quality, while last year
our wheat was No. 2. Oats aro light on ac
count cf dry weather in May, the dry est I
have known here iu 23 years; last year's crop
of cereals was poorest ever grown here. Hay
crop is medium; corn, beans and "spuds" ore
promising; probably the best crop of these
ever raised hero.
Win. Pornoll, Applegate, Jackson county
Moro whoat acreago than last year, but yield
of spring wheat less by . Fall wheat will
mako 25 bushels, an improvement on last
crop; spring wheat was all hero cut for liay.
Oats aro a good crop and will mako 60 bushels
Sor acre; barley about same as oats; corn was
amaged by late spring and cold ruins; potato
crop good; bean crop excellent, and all gar
dens aro good; applos light yiold; peaches aro
abundant; plums und pears pretty fair.
V, A. Elyca, Moscow, Idaho No wheat
grown for exportation, hut will yield 30 to 35
bushels to tuo acre what there is. Spring
wheat will average 25 bushels. Oats are only
grown for homo consumption, and there is a
guoii crop, in vius viuiiuiy uu& umjr in im
ported; nearer Snake river moro wheat and
oats are grown. We have. a prolific soil, but
are too far from market for profit. W. J. Mo
Council & Co. have contracted, with the farm
ers for 100,000 bushels of flax,' to be delivered
at various points on Snake river, 1)5 ,cts. Flax
raising enables the farmers to press along
through hard times attendant on early settle
ment. S0UTHEBK OREGON."
Jacksonville, Or., July 21, 1881.
The harvest in this section is fast being com
pleted and everything points to a profitable
season. Tho prico paid for wheat in this
valley (tho. valley can consume about as much
us is raisiil) is fully, if not ovor the price paid
at any point in the Willametto valley. Tho
yield promises much and' will undoubtedly
come up to the expectation and will be over
that of any previous year, 'as an increased
acreage is noticeable One who is used to
seeing nothing but grain raised in the Willam
etto vidley, cannot help but look with admira
tion upon the many fields of csrn, Which is
constantly being mot with. The corn 'crop is
a profitable ono here, and is utilized by feed
ing to hogs, many of whom are driven out of
tho valley into the mining camps fuither
South. Thu weather is warm here at present,
hut will not Interfere with the growing ciopd
or thoso now being harvested.
Fruits and vegetables do well aud'arc much
outlier than iu the Willametto valley. Al
ready potatoes, tomatoes, peaches, apples, etc.,
are beginning to ripen, and ijuito soon grapes
will reach this market. I notice quite a num
ber of extensive vineyards around on the
neighboring bill', adjacent to thu city, uud am
informed that a laigii yield will riiiay the
vine-grower. Thero is much wine ami brandy
mado here; in fact this is the only way in
which they aro utilized. The native wines
made here taste well and iu a law years
Jackson county can expect to bo as famous as
California, for her wines.
The one gi eat need of this section of Oicgon
is "outside connection with thu wdrld" by
railroad, and when this is accomplished
Sojtheru Oregon, including the counties of
I-ikc, Jackson, Douglas, Coos, Curry and
Joncphine, will be filled up and their many
liatuial resources and advantages brought
more prominently before tho world. Tho
mining interests of tho above named counties
cannot bo overlooked, neither can they he
0" c. Mtiuiatqd. In some future issue of the
1'ahmkh I shall speak of thu mining interest,
the stock interest, and several other subjects.
The crops along tho way from Portland
looked well, and iu many plates in the w il-
lamctto Valluv fall grain was being harvested.
The samo can bo said also of the oucalla und
thu valley of tho Umpqua. But little grain is
standing iu Jackson county.
There is much vacant laud between Jack
houvillu and Roseburg, whicli eventually will
bo put to uso and made to pay tribute to
the world in aid of commerce. While iu
Roseburg I had a conversation with Mr. A.
It. Flint, who is surveying two and one-half
townships a few miles wot of Roseburg, well
over toward thu coast range, Ilu informed mo
he was surprised to find much valuable laud
and small valleys near ami iu tho township
which he was surveying that could be easily
improved and brought under cultivation,
1 he only drawback is there being no road to
them, Mr. Flint will, no doubt, take
pleasure iu posting any or.u who may inquire
concerning them. W, J, C,
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