The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1889-08-31
Cron weather Ru,letin No. as.

Oregon State Weather Bureau in co-opera
| ton acith U. S. Signal Serrice, central office
Portland, Oregon. For aueek ending Aug
g4, 1889:
The temperature for the past week ha
been alb out or slightly below the normal
ranging from 40 to so degrees with tn,
mean about 66 degrees. Showers Of ram
fell in the Willamette valley and along the
coast on Sunday and Monday. In the
southern part of Benton county the rainfall
was very heavy on Sunday, accompanied by
hail. In Linn county, near Albany, hail
about the size of pea fell. There is no
report of any rain in any other part of the
state during the week. The showers were
beneficial to the grasses and late garden
| products. Little, if any, damage was done
| to the sacked wheat or wheat stacks in the
| fields. The atmosphere was considerably
| cleared of smoke by the showers and they
had a tendency to dampen the forest fires.
| The sunshine was about normal; the morn
ings in Western Oregon being cloudy or
foggy for few hours; IN Eastern Oregon
generally cloudless sky prevailed.
The wheat harvest Is about finished in all
sections of the state and reports continue to
be received ''wheat is turning out better
than was expected" The largest yield per
acre is reported from Hubbard, Marion
county. where 6S11a bushels per acre were
obtained; 60 bushels per acre in Linn coun-
ty, and near Weston, Umatila county.
1ra no Ifrbn fhnn fIa do
far reported. The Rogue River valley has
much larger yield than was expected.
The Umpqua valley will export more wheat
this year than last. The whole Willamette
valley will have more wheat to export than
last year, the same for the Grande Ronde,
Indian and other valleys of Marion county.
The wheat in these sections of good quail
lty, averaged sized grain and plump. Nor
row county will export more wheat than
ever before, though in quality slightly
poorer. The increased acreage was very
great there. Wasco, Sherman and Gillian
counties will have greatly reduced yield
and of very poor quality, though even here
there are exceptions. Umatilla county has
in places good yields, in others very poor.
Some claim for this county that there will |
not be over one-fourth the usual amount of |
good milling wheat. Future figures alone |
can determine that. Some fields were not |
worth cutting for even hay; some yielded
eight bushels per acre, but most fields aver
aged more. The total number of bushels
of wheat produced this year in Umatilla
county will most likely surprise those who
have been predicting such wonderfully
short crop.
The price of wheat is gradually rising,
but little is being sold. Sixty cents IN
Eastern Oregon lat Peudleton) and 65 cents
in the Willamette valley are at present the
maximum prices offered by buyers for Al
wheat.
The present outlook for the hop crop
places it about so per cent. of an average
crop, but better IN quality.
The fruit crop continues to yield enor-
nously. Peaches, pears, prunes, etc., are
very plentiful.
The hay crop is generally short in East
,rn and extreme Southern Oregon. Good
crops were had in the Willamette and Ump-
qua valleys, and along the coast
The rivers are falling rapidly-water is
becoming scarce in Eastern Oregon, even
he Snake riyer indicates a failure.
Z. S. PAGUE,
Observer U. S. Signal Service.
Asst Director Oregon w. B.