The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-12-15
ORECON'S GREAT
GRAIN INDUSTRY
Reviewed by Prof, II, $, Lyman for
The AstOrlOn,
WHEAT roR rnE WORLD
kill Conc DoNa Grade From the lalefiOf 10
A,totia's ron Rather lhau Climb
the Mountains

Whoa1.m'fing ls iholy to DO for many
ysAra 10 come gr0lt industry ~ the
mair valley OF Tho Columbia river
IN oregon thcrv are piN counties east Of
tho caH,alo5 lhat are successful wheat
growing country lh,nr nu Wmcu. Hhrr,
man U.lllam. Morrow. lmalllla and rn
Ion Tho wheat crop ~ thla year Tor AL
thyso NaH over tom million bushols. rnia.
tilja lusditg 18th nearly 6yr mpnon
huarF 10 Aanbngton the fous ,oun.
toa aoum ~ Tho snake rlyw wnlla
WGla. ru.Huhit uarncld. nnd Aso,in.
also produced about tol mIlilon bushels
Nalat NAlla ,raIins vita nyu mlillOra
NnrtN of ihr SDntr aui Within tho ing
li"nd of ~ columbia Tho ah rouUtios
Whitman Franklin. Adaus. p9usns L,n,
coin nnd spokane. rruducci 40 nu,h ~
twenty million bushels Whliman ira,iinF
wl'h about tru million Ia Idaho thfcs
northern eounueu. iNnh. Nrz ro,ro ana
shnHhnus produced about trn million
hu'h'is Tho total crop ~ ihr pp ,oun.
ty Tor h" past arap1u DO estimated all
ntty million hushr,r
The ptHt season WaH remarkably favor.
aho and no such ,ioli pyt acfr ia TO h,
expected soon again. mulgh tho uuuausI
rain and nn"w 90 tsf ,uin ran indicate %
good 'urtay 90 mpiagur, nat ,ear m,
afea aunn f1f n.tt s,ason To- from a,nr.
trr more To twice ua mp,h a.. The past
%" that probably the nrSt crop win uli,
equal and prrhats oNcrrd that ~ mis
yuar,
AZ a wheat t4is,'s rpuatp h- uppoi
columbia rhc' yaiir, To- fh, moat favor.
rblr ~ an vbrtl region 500 ,ho Unite,
Nh'rs rhv av,rasn prtsiurtIpn upssrd.
uf - bushels lo th- Arrr. is about t,yi.,
hat in the pak1ia- ,ho failure uf rrnp
lT nr,~r complete lud g., mot over nt.
'hiri 90 frequent 4- m Tao region oa.i
o' t1c Rocky mountain- tp ,h- NIssis
alrrl aud hr -ou 3, worked fuli, d,
easily Cost or pfcauyu.n % par hu-hai or
'h" '''. as' from year to gea- De- prob
ably noNhrro sa i,v.
recent calculation ~ -nltI.ntlps b,
her" ln iho Wallis Warn yaii-, is gi,-r
'A f"llo~- t1ri poNns ~ cents har.
ROWING u rruia ar,oni pipylne 81 .r,t.
-'r"ni hnrfowlns II cents. ,,ci c.u
'"n's e'anlus v~rd y cent uirl,li.,
y cr.t. sowing u cents. bbt-aVip, III,
u cents. cutting 81 sacks In cent,
thr shlng til!.. aiuliur to t,,lfn,a .
'""'' "arrhouains. - rrlts total SOD
f'".l per- 'srr "a bufhrls. cos. Dor hp-,,,
Z" 'or's 30 ierrst cents ,AN., and i,.
t"fvsi "u land 3 crrts 10 hush.. f,,sg s
cents frir,s rcr .hr h-t 81 y,,t. h,y,
'ariei ffum u ta ~ r,nt. , h,,,ss al
anything ieas than o. ,rpts nn-,. m.
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n''nas's Very wei g. hk,ls t, in-. AL
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'nt pr'c's br o. making moar, ami %,
p'"nI"lr- his maohlrrr, ana sta.k settle.
Ms store bills and perhaps pays or m. .
uorieir,
NJ ovo"so preo- for ta. past thirty
years the hs- h',n enough prnn, t, I'm
run" growing "a crop, ami tho price, Of IN,
past tto ,'Vr' hny" stimulated ,hr bul.
uess prodisiuuhy
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