The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-08-31
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age has increased. wheat yielding thirty
bushels, barley forty, oats forty-nve. 10
vicinity of Centralia wheat VIII average
about thirty bushels; acreage OF oariey
has increased. Welding sixty-hse; oats mas
increased. producing about fifty ousneis.
In Little Falls vicinity yields average less
Plerce--Aithough acreage OF wheat nss
increased there Is not much raised out
yields twenty-five bushels: acreage OF par
ley has increased. producing thirty-hse
bushels; oats increased. ffty-nve ousneis-
Hop crop promises large yield, ana Win
chances of good prices growers are happy;
Fruit is maturing well and the yleiu viii
be large per acreage. Potato crop DIGS
fair TO be large.
Masoh-Lttls or no grain is grown in
this county.
Chehalis-In this county the grain acre
age has very generally increased Wheat
Is reported from various sections AT rom
twenty TO thirty bushels per acre barley.
fifty TO 60. oats. forty 10 sixty. fotatoes
look well and large acreage has been
planted Sugar beet promises well on IN
ditched land.
Clarke-A large share of the cultivated
land in this county is devoted 10 fruit.
Wheat will average twenty bushels; no
barley; oats. forty to sixty. Winter wheat
is good. Prunes are coming ON well and
there will be q big yield.
Cowlitz-This is not a grain county.
Hay is the staple crop. Grain is raised
only. for home consumption. though the
yield is equal to former years ana ali mar
vested.
EASTERN wAsHryGroS.
Yakima-In this county the hop and
fruit crops have all appearance of tine
yield The North Yakima correspondent
writes that in that section there IS small
increase in the wheat acreage and the yield
Is rather better than preceding years. aver
aging thirty bushels 10 The acre. Barley
and oats have each increased quarter,
with AN average of fifty bushels for barley
and sixty-five for oats, which IS fair aver
age with other years. Around Wailnia Tor
q radius of twenty miles the soil is light
and the average of wheat is twenty
bushels and barley thirty bushels to the
acre. The acreage of wheat has increased
this summer.
Kittitas-In the Kittitas valley the acre
age of wheat and barley has increased and
the crop was never better. The acreage
will be: Wheat, thirty-iive bushels; bar
ley, fifty bushels: oats fifty. Farmers say
there is but one trouble. and that is the
price and market. About Thorp the acre
age has only been increased in the case Of
wheat, oats and barley being about the
same. Wheat will average thirty-five,
barley forty and oats forty bushels TO the
acre. The hay crop is good aud will average
better than last year.
Gartield-The report from this county
says the best crop in four years, and the
whole county will average about twenty
bushelsin wheat and thirty-fiye in barley.
with increased acreage in both these
grains.
Douglas-Fine weather for moving
grain. Harvesting will begin September /.
misunderstanding under way in this
county. Report from Harrington: wheat,
barley and oats, acreage increased. and
will average, wheat twenty-iive; barley,
thirty-hve; oats, thirty tive bushels, being
about thesame as preceding years. From
Minnie Falls. wheat has increased with
average of thirty bushels, being best crop
since 1890. Barley viii go thirty-tive
bushels TO the acre, and oats thirty-five
bushels, which is considered less than
average. Davenport reports, the acreage
of wheat increased, barley decreased and
oats about the same. The average yield
per acre will be. wheat, twenty-six; bar
ley, seventy, and oats. seventy bushels.
which is a little better than for previous
year.
Columbia-Report for a radius OF six
miles around Covello states increased
acreage of wheat, yielding an average of
thirty bushels TO the acre; barley, in
creased, fifty bushels average, and decrease
in oats. which look we'll. but little thresh-
ing done as yet.
Walla Walla-Wheat harvest Is about
half over, with reports OF large crop.
About Prescott the average of wheat will
be thirty bushels and barley forty bushels.
both acreage and average being IN excess
of previous years. In the territory of
so 600 acres around Clyde the acreage of
wheat has increased. and will average
twenty-seven bushels. barley will go from
forty to sixty bushels per acre, making
favorable comparison with former years.
No oats.
Whitman-From Pullman comes the re-
port OF increased acreage of wheat and de-
crease in barley. The yield per acre will
be thirty bushels for wheat, which is bet
ter than previous years. Barley yield IS
not so good, but oats were never better aud
promise large harvest. Around Coiiax
the crops look especially we'll, there being
no blighted nor frost-bitten grain, and the
berry is full and hard. especially towards
the east. In that section wheat acreage
has increased and will yield from twenty
to twenty-five bushels per acre. Barley
has decI eased, and while it Is too early to
definitely decide vet as TO yield, 1t is cer-
tain the crop viii be good average.
and the same NAV ne said OF
oats. Pennington shows the usual
increase In wheat acreage ana decrease IN
oats and barley. The average yield will be
wheat p, barley p and oats % bushels per
acre, which IS favorable comparison with
former years. The same condition exists
around Rosalia as 10 acreage, but the aver
age yield will be lighter than other Sec
tons of Whitman county. IL will run,
wheat Is bushels, being an average Oh D
bushels more per acre over previous years;
barley, decreased acreage. yield OF 30 bush.
els, gain of Is bushels per acre; oats,
acreage increased, yield 30 bushels per
acre. gain of 10 bushels per acre. This
yield will be good average IN comparison
with the last fourteen crors.
Spokane Harvesting II in fuii plast,
with fne weather. Potato crop VIII oe
rather light. owing 10 dry weather Around
Fairfield wheat acreage has increased lo
per cent. and will average twenty-five
bushels per acre. Barley shows same acre
age, with average yield OF thirty-nve 10
forty bushels and oats will 90 forty TO nifty
bushels. being less than previous years.
The general average for wheat ana barley
Is about the same. Around Spokane
wheat and oats acreage increased, barley
about the same Average yield per acre:
Nheat twenty-five, barley iorty-hve, oats
forty bushels, all crops making . lar
average With preceding ones. Medieai
Lake vicinity reports wheat increased In
acreage, with an average OF twenty
bushels per acre. Barley and oats, acreage
about the same, yield sixty bushels. The
general average for wheat and oats being
equal TO previous years. ana . gain OF
about ten bushels per acre FOR barley.
steyens-Reports are not very good from
this county. Rain is badly needed. The
air Is iitled with smoke from mountain
tires.