The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-07-27
THE WEEKLY
CROP BULLETIN
ISSUED EVERY MONDAY BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICUL-
RE-SUPERVISION OF
3. s. PAGUE.
Giving an Account of the Condition o.
the Crops ThrouRhout the State
An Immense Yield OF Fruit and,
Grain Expected Everywhere.


less sunshine than during the preceding
week. On the 22d, rain fell to the
amount of from .02 to .34 of an inch
along the coast and in the northern por1
ton of the Willamette valley, IN the CO..
lum bia river valley as far as eastward as
Sherman county, in portion of Union
county, and about Baker City; else
where few sprinkles occurred. The
rain delayed the haying in places, but
did no material damage, and the little
damage done was more than offset by
the benefit that was done to the spring
grain. Haying is we'll advanced and is
practically completed. except over the
plateau district where discontinues. The
second growth of alfalfa is being cut,and
the second crop of clover is making good
growth and will make several tons to
the acre in many localities. The hay
crop secured is one of the largest, if not
the largest, ever secured in the state !;
the quality is frst-clas, and has been
safely gathered.
Heading and harvesting OF fall-sown
wheat are under way in all parts of the
state, except in WaIlowa, and In the
counties comprising the Plateau district !;
the crop is very heavy. Some CORE.
spondents report that the crop was about
as heavy as in 1896, when the crop was
unusually large and of excellent quality.
Others report it is the largest and best
crop ever harvested. That it is assgoe d
there is no question. The grain is of
good size and plump; So far there are
no reports of any shriveled grain. The
spring-sown wheat is nearly as promis-
ing as the fall-sown. In portions of the
Willamette valley the grain aphis is re-
ported to be present in large quantities
on the spring wheat; some correspond
ents report that damage is being done,
while others have no fear of any damage
from this quarter. Oats are almost as
promising as wheat, and barley and rye
are almost invariably good crops, but
they are better this year than usual.
Hop lice are numerous in the majority
of yards. Spraying is actively engaged
in and a good, clean crop is hoped for.
Royal Anne cherries are about gone,
but other and later varieties continue
plentiful. Peach plums are ripening
and being shipped by carload lots; the
trees are overburdened with the heavy
crop. Peaches and apricots, also, are
being shipped in carload lots. The
crop of peaches and apricots is very large
in Douglas, Josephine and jackson
counties and in the Columbia and Snake
river valleys; elsewhere they are poor
crop.
The prune tress are loaded and hand
pruning is very active.
Apple and Bartlett pear trees are lit
orally filed with fruit; owing to ener-
getic and systematic spraying, apples
and pears will be freer from Goblin
moth than has been the case for years.
Flax for fiber which was sown late is
being pulled, while the early sown is
now being worked. The growing of fax
for fiber in Oregon is no longer an ex-
pertinent. 1t is now successful fact.
Hemp is making fine growth, and it,
too, has long since passed the expert
mental age.
Suger beets are in the most satisfacto-
ry condition. The wisdom of establish
ing the sugar beet factory in the Grande
Ronde valley is demonstrated by the
fine growth of the beets in that section.
There is not an adverse report this
week from any section of the state, al
agreeing that crops could not possibly
be better, and that stock is in a prime
condition, and that only a successfu
crop season now awaits the husband
man.