The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1889-06-28
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Oregon State Weather Bureau ce-cpsrat.
Ing with U. s. Signal Service, Central sf.
fee, Portland, Or. For week ending June
3and, 1859
The temperature has been above the
normal. though lower than the previous
week. There was no rainfall, except q
very light sprinkle aleng the lower Gel.
umbia. The sunshine was above the nor
NAL, though the amount was less than In
the past Two weeks. The effect Of these
conditions on crsps, while they have no,
been favorable, they cannot be said to be
injurious. They were more favorable than
the conditions of the previous two weeks
The partly cloudy weather was conducive
to mere moisture In the air, ard Il did no,
allow the burning Of the wheat 80 much.
The cooler weather had beneficial effect
on the wheat. Rain 10 badly needed In all
parts of the State, save along the Coast
and In sections Of the Willamette Valley.
In Wasco county the yield Of wheat will
be comparatively. small. the spring wheat
Is total failure, the fall sown wheat will
be fair yield. In other parts Of Eastern
Oregon some spring wheat will yield q
fair harvest, about IS to 40 bushels 10 the
acre, while the fall wheat win yield from
as to IS and In places 20 bushels to the
acre, undoubtedly an average wheat crop
will be harvested. In some sections fall
wheat Is shriveled, but a large proportion
of Il Is uninjured. Morrow and Union
counties appear to have better prospects
than Gillian, Wasco and parts OF Umasilla,
fer an average crop. The acreage In Gill;
lam, as In other counties, Is the largest s,
far krown and the excess acreage may
offset the deficiency in yield. In Lake
and Klamath counties much Of the grain
Is worthless.
The Rogue River Valley will have a
fair yieId-not quito an average. In the
Unpqua Valley the crop will be above the
average. Through the Willamette Valley
while In places Il has been injured the
general Sield will be above the average
The past two weeks presented a gloomy
outlook for the wheat crop, but better
prospects now appear, and when the crop
, is harvested II Will be found to be an av-
erage yield. The barley and oat crop have
not suffered 30 extensively from the ef-
fects OF the warm, dry weather. A yield
of 60 bushels Of barley per acre Is prom
ised In many sections. The hay harvest
has progressed, the yield Is not quite an
average. The excellent fruit prospects
continue. The berries have and are now
yielding enormously. The fruit trees are
loaded dowi and no insect has, as yet,
done any damage. The prospects for the
entire State, considering all Of her pro-
ducts as a whole, are excellent. while the
wheat farmer may loose, the farmer hav-
ing diversified crops will gain. Excepting
on May 7oth, no rain has fallen IN the
State for over 4 weeks, this Is the longest
continued dry spell at this time of the year
on record. There is.no recod of failure
of crops in Oregon, and while other years
have presented as unfavorable appearance
still the yield was good. Eastern farmers
are satisfied with 10 bushels OF wheat tc
the acre, and II In an occasioned year In
Oregon the crop will not yield on an av
erage over 90 bushels to the acre, there
should be no complaint. Climate condi-
tions and the soil cannot always be so IA
yorable as 10 produce 40 bushels of when
to the acre
B. S. PAouR,
Observer U. S. Signal Service.