Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1894-05-25
YHB CROP PROSPECT.
,...,ook for Crops in Eastern Washing
ton is Excellent
:. orchards Also Give Promise of 6
Good Yield.


p,.tern Washington;
b,,x-The crop outlook in this vicinity
,,or better, and no more promising season
dawned here. The acreage of grain is fully
s', ms that of last year. The spring weather
saor highly favorable, and the occasional
10 IS of late have been of great benefit.
cling and seeding has practically all been
L II may be said with safety that so per
If the seeding has been done in the coun-
,,ibutarv to Colfax. Days of sunshine are
...rersed bv days of cloud and shower, and
=. section is having splendid growing
esther.
Fl me fruit crsp will exceed, by long odds, any
ions Weld in the history of Whitman county,
m,v new orchards are coming into bearing,
a be outlook is for wonderful yield of
Units peaches, apples, aprcots and prunes es-
,.,slly. The frost which visited the William
IA valley last week did not touch the fruit
+ lands of this county, and farmers and orchard
i.ls unite in the prediction Of a most bounteous
harvest. Indications, the whole, could not
4 ba more encouraging at this season of the year.
KETTLE FALLS. Farmers had fine, clear
rs0tber for seeding, and were nearly through
vben the heavy, warm rains began the Eth
inst There is an increased acreage in wheat
and oats, as considerable is sown on last year s
brpaking Some barley is sown and more corn
nIanted than last year, but not so much land
will be devoted to potatoes as last year large
s.reape is planted in sorghum by several parties
,fsna
to be greater tnan in any previous year The
dr spell extending from April 26 to the 18th
inst did no harm to crops, as the ground was
iii moist from melted snow and previous rain.
4 large number of fruit trees have been planted
His spring. One farmer three miles from town
lss put out over 5000.
CHENEY, Farmers report seeding nearly done
and the ground in good condition. The acreage
swu to wheat is not so large as last year, but
I This shortage is more than made up in the in
,nased acreage Of oats and barley. Farms are
4 nat so large in this section as in the Palouse,
Zach farmer being able to put in his own crop
without hiring help, consequently sowing is in
siOrWard state while the farmers have been to
hut small cash outlay, Variety of products and
las dependence on wheat seems to be the pur-
v,e Of the farmers, and thousands of fruit
III pshaye been planted this spring, principally
uas and prunes. Fruit has not been damaged
sbort here. so far as can be learned, by the re-
n csatcvld weather.
0lKEsDALE.--Farmers are nearly through
seeding. Work has progressed steadily fer two
weeks. Seeding is three weeks earlier than last
year, and the outlook for a good crop is prom
isng The acreage is about the same as last
year. More wheat is Gown and less barley. The
bulk of grain was sown after May 20 last year.
There has been just enough rain in the last two
weeks to thoroughly pulverize the ground, ma
terially reducing the cost ofputting in the crop.
Farmers in high spirits over the prospect,
The warm days are bringing the grain up rapidly
1t is common talk that the ground is in better
condition now than it has been for three years
DAVENPORT prospects for good crop
are very favorable. About the same number OF
acres have been sown in grain this year as last.
The new sod sowu will fully equal the amount
summer fallowed. The low price has had no
effect to prevent farmers putting in large crop
One thing is perceptible-farmers are paying
more attention to diversified farming than last
year. Mr.. Launtzen of Wilbur has sown 60
acres in fax, and u number of others are expert
msntins with sugar beets, which promise to be
asuccess. Seeding is completed and the late
warm rain was the very thing needed to bring
the grain up evenly, and the prevailing cloudy
weather is most favorable for large crep.
ELLEnsBURG. Rains have visited the Kittitas
valley at intervals of about three weeks this
spring, and little or no irrigation has been nee
essary thus far, Although the spring has been
backward and the weathrr cool all kinds OF
crops are looking well, and the prospects for a
heavy yield were never better. The acreage in
wheat and barley is much greater than last year,
probably Is per cent. Flowing is about all done
and nearly all kinds of crops are in. The po-
ato crop promises to be heavy and of excellent
quality. Late frosts have nipped fruit buds in
some parts of the valley, but small fruits are
Inhurt, and there will be an unusually heavy
yield.
FAIRFIELD The farmers in this locality have
tully So per cent. of their land seeded. The
heavy rains this week, though they delayed
NoWlng for Il few days, was of great benefit &c
Ahd already seeded. The fall grain is in excel
lent condition The acreage of all kinds Of
gain, except wheat which will BE decreased
ABOUT 10 per cent, will be much larger thar
last year Farmers report the fruit crop as ye
uhlnlured. The outlook for the years crop o
farmers as class are very much encouraged
there will be more diversified products than any
year heretofore.
MrzyuLE,-Prospects for crop in Adam
county We're never better. Wheat is all up ant
ii stooling well, The rains of the last few day
nave gyen fine start to the Grain, so that Ad