The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1895-06-22
oRop-wEArHEn REPORT.
In Eastern Oregon For the Week Ending
June II, 1895.

| June II, 1895.
WEATHER-A few light sprinkles Of
rainfall. not enough to lay the dust. on
the 10Th and 10Th. The temperature
has been cool; frosts have occurred
except in the immediate Columbia
river valley. South of this valley, ex-
| tending eastward through southern
| Idaho, frosts and ice occurred the
morning of the 14th and 18th. The
| foothills and the Blue mountains had
a coating of snow the morning of the
| 10Th. The maximum temperature for
the week ranged from "a to "a deg. in
| the Columbia river valley, and from SO
| to "a deg. to the south; the minimum
ranged from AZ to 50 deg. in the valley,
| and from % to 4S deg. to the south.
| This temperature of below the freez.
| ing point on Friday and Saturday
night is one of the lowest on record
| for this season of the year. The winds
| have been from the north to west, and
more brisk in force than is usual.
CRoPs-While the prospects for
crops, hay, cereal and fruit, were never
more promising in the western portion
of the state, the reverse conditions
prevail to the east of the Cascades.
The re ports from the correspondents
indicate very poor outlook: Fall
sown or summer-fallowed wheat ls
promising, and even under the adverse
condition of dry, cool period 1t will
give an average yield. Spring-sown
grain may make hay in some sections,
though it, like volunteer wheat, will
hardly be worth the cutting for hay;
the present outlook is for almnst a
failure of spring and volunteer grain.
A correspondent from Umatilla county
writes: ssIt is sure that this county
will not have one-half the number OF
bushels of wheat that she produced last
year." ga correspondent from Nor
row county writes: with good rain
within two weeks we will have q fair
yield of fall-sown summer-fallowed
grain; volunteer and spring.sown are
gone entirely" Similar reports come
from Gillian, Sherman, Wasco and
Baker counties; in Union and Wal
Iowa counties the conditions are some
what improved, though in portions of
the Grande Ronde valley the prospects
are not so encouraging as they might
be. The correspondent at Cove, Union
county, reports: "Upon the whole,
rather discouraging outlook." i
Flowing has been suspended due to
the ground being so dry, and large
amount of stubble ground remains un-
plowed. The grasshoppers have done
and are yet doing damage to vegeta-
tiou in Morrow, Gillian, Sherman
and Wasco counties; some farmers are
cutting their hay before they other
wise would do SO, so as to prevent Its
being eaten by the grasshoppers: So
that between the dry weather and the
some farmers are having |
Of nd
SIT begins to look like destitution."
In the Columbia river valley, in
Union and Wallowa counties, the fruit
crop continues promising. Strawber
ries are about over and cherries are |
ripe. To the south of the Blue noun
tains fruit and berries are not so prom
sing: the frosts injured them, and the
yield will be light. The hay crop will
be good in some locations, but will be
Door in others. From Grant county q
writes: "Grain crops
ire so backward and the land so dry
hat unless we have copious rains
within a short time they will be fall
Ire. The hay meadows are not going
70 turn off anything like the normal
'rop. Grasshoppers, l fear, are going
o clean the country; they have already
destroyed gardens, and will most likely
harvest our second crop OF alfalfa:
hey took my second crop last year"
The stock is being driven to the
for their summer pasturage;
he range grass is only fair, not so
'ood as last year. l.
The climatic conditions are such, at
resent, that no general or copious
aims may be expected during the next
Teek, but warmer weather will most
kelly prevail. Moderate temperature,
improve conditions throughout East
rn Oregon. B. s. BAGUE,
Director