Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1891-07-02


|eeveral Of the answers say "If moi
Nyelly or stony" it may be well e
1tc that there is but little, compare,
lively speaking, Of either gravelly .,
stony land in the county; and when it il
considered that there is, in round mum.
bers, Zoo, 900 acres Of land in the county
the estimate, made Of the amount Of land
which will eventually make good agricul.
tural land, is certainly not placed tee
high.
YIELD OF HAY PER ACRE.
How many tons per acre is the average
yield Of hay?
This question brought answers ranging
from two for the lowest to four for the
highest. The majority of the answers
was three tons, and the average yield al
taken from the whole number of answers
received, places it at three tons per acre
What is the cost per ton for harvesting
hay2
The answers to the above made ar
average of 1915.
PAsTURING MEADOW LAND.
+ How many months Of pasturage car
you get, per annum, from land used fol
meadows?
The average gives six and one-hal
months, although one Of the answers was
as low as three months.
How many head Of stock will the aver
age Lind pasture per acre, nine months
per year?
The average for the whole county, aver
a9ing from the answers received, would
allow one horse, one and one-half heac
cattle, or nine sheep, as the number o.
stock which an average acre Of Chehalis
county land would Pasture.
GRAIN YIELDS PER ACRE.
How many bushels per acre Of the fol
lowing grains is an average yield?
Answered by-Wheat, So; barley. "a
oats, 60; peas, 4S; rye, 40. The highest
average given for wheat was so bushels
and lowest, 20 bushels. The highest
average for oats was quoted at 80 bus elt
and the lowest at so. Yields Of rs and
80 bushels Of wheat, and 100 to 12O fol
oats, are mentioned, but not quoted az
averages. Oats growing to heighth o.
seven and eight feet with the grain weigh
ing 40 and As pounds to the measured
bushel is common occurrence.
ROOT CROFT AND VEGETABLES.
How many bushels of the following
named roots is an average yield pei
acre?
Potatoes, 3Os1a bushels per acre; car
rots, 76O bushels; parsnips, 545; beets
$50: rutabagas, 1850; turnips, 1000.
The question How do other vegetables
generally yield?-is best answered by
giving some Of the answers received
none being at all unfavorable. They are
as follows:
Onions, peas, beans, etc., produce
WE'LL" Cabbage grow to 30 pounds
weight and three feet across" "Pnmp-
kins and squashes yield in abundance
and all vegetables do well" The yield
is exceedingly good" "All kinds dc
we'll" Extra well, except sweet pota.
toes, water melons, ETC." Simply i'm
mense in yield" No better in the
world, both as to quality and quantity
The answers quoted are only fan
samples Of those received
To the request-"Please name some ol
the vegetables grown and their yield
there were few who gave the yield, al
though squashes, pumpkins, tomatoes
sweet corn, cucumbers, radishes, garden
beans, cabbage and nearly all kinds O
garden vegetables were mentioned az
producing large crops. Onions are 9 LATED
to Weld from 500 to 1000 bushels pei
acre-the last amount being quoted as an
average, but only to show what is some
times raised of that vegetable. The
average weight per head is placed run
ming from ten to thirty-five pounds pei
head. No amounts are given for othel
vegetables, the reason being given thai
heretofore no speciality has been made o.
strictly truck or garden farming, until
within the past year or two there has moi
been demand sufficient to induce parties
to concentrate on that particular branch
of farming.
COST OF PREPARING GROUND FOR CROPS
What is the average cost of preparing
the ground, planting, cultivatlng ano
harvesting the following root crops?
For potatoes, $3.50; carrots, szo 'o'
parsnips,. $27; rutabagas; $40; tur-
nips some as rutabagas.
WAGES OF FARM HANDS.
What is the average price paid farm
help, per month, per year, per day?
Answers ranged from $25 to $4o pei