The gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, June 25, 1914, HOME AND FARM MAGAZINE SECTION, Image 7

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    The Gazette-Times.
HEPPNER, OREGON
Home and Farm Magazine Section
THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914
A Typical Field of Ripening Corn in the Northwest
While corn is not grown very extensively in the Northwest, nevertheless farmers in
tsomc localities have found it a profitable crop. When thoroughly cultivated it may replace,
every third year at least, the bare summer fallow land in parts of Oregon and Washington.
It may be grown either for grain, fodder or silage, proving very valuable for the latter. When
intended for fodder or silage the crop is planted much more thickly than if for grain.
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