The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-08-14
PORTLAND, Or, Aug. l3, 1900.

mate and Crop Bulletin Of the Weather Bureau
oregon Section, for the Week Ending Mon
day. August Is.
PORTLAND, Or, Aug. Is, 1900.
The week has been much cooler than
the previous one, Especially during the
day time.
In Western Oregon the maximum, or
day, temperatures ranged between 81
and "a degrees, and the minimum, or
night, temperatures between A and 50
degrees. In Eastern Oregon these .vari-
ations were for day temperatures be-
tween 60 and "a degrees, and for night
temperatures between AZ and 60 de-
grees.
Considerable cloudy weather has pre-
vailed, and moderately heavy to heavy
showers occurred the fore part OF the
week that we're pretty generally distrib'
uted throughout the Willamette and
Columbia River valleys and over North
eastern Oregon. No rain has fallen in
the Southern half of the state.
Spring wheat in the Willamette val.
ley, although generally better than the
fall sown, is a very light crop, and a
great deal Of it has been either plowed
up or cut for hay.
The showers caused but little inter-
ruption to harvest work, and good prog
ress has been made in this direction in
all sections of the state.
The following threshing yields have
been reported Wasco county, wheat Is
to % bushela, oats 35 bushels, to the
acre; Sherman county, wheat l6;
Umatilla county, wheat 35; Douglas
county, wheat 2 to 10; Lane county,
wheat 3 TO u, oats 10; Clackamas couL-
ty, wheat 6 to 10, oats 10 to 25; Marion
county, wheat about 8, oats about II; (;
Linn county, wheat 4 TO 10, oats 10 to
20; Polk county, wheat to IL Benton
county, wheat 216 to IL, oats 10 to 25;
Washington county, wheat 8 to 15; Yam
hill county, wheat to IA.
The cutworms are disappearing, but
ia few sections they are still damaging
clover, potatoes and gardens.
Corn and hops are doing nicely, and
it is expected that hop picking will be-
gin about the first Of the month.
Potatoes were benefited by the rains,
but the crop as a whole has been injured
very much by blight and cutworms, and
will be rather short on that account.
Pasturage, as usual at this time Of
year, is short, but range cattle rein
good condition, and it is only the milch
COWS have TO be helped with feed.
Apples and prunes are ripening, and
the outlook is very favorable for an extra
good crop of apples and fair crop OF
prunes.
willamette Valley.
Wilsonville, Clackamas county, G.. f.
Stein.-The week has been been cloudy
and cool. Heavy showers on the 9th
and Sth we're beneficial 10 potatoes. A
number Of fields have been destroyed
by the worms. Glover seed a total fail
ure. Thrashing has begun. Wheat av-
erages eight bushels and oats twenty
bushels to the acre. A good deal OF
the wheat crop has been plowed
under or cut for hay. Hops promise a
good crop; few lice have 80 far appeared.
Forest Ggove, Washington county,
s. T. Walker.-Another week favorable
for harvesting; not enough rain has
fallen TO seriously retard work. No re-
ports Of spring grain in yet. Some
grain is being cut for hay. There is
still complaint Of damage from cut
worms. Gardens do not as yet seem 10
be suffering for rain. Pastures are fall
ing. Fruit continues plentiful and Of
better quality than for some years.
Suyer, Polk county, o. A. Wolverton.
-Thrashing of fall wheat well under
way and is yielding from seven to eleven
bushels per acre. Spring wheat is rust
ed and will be short crop. The weather
has been favorable lor the filling of
spring oats, which are, however, rusted
and in some places badly damaged,
Philomath Benton county, w, ii. .Boles.
Thunder showers on the 9TH, Thrash
ing in progress. Wheat yielding from 2]6
TO II bushels per acre, oats 10 to 20.
Cutworms iniuring cabbage and tomato
es. Prunes ripening and will be iaiI
crop.
Wheatland, Yamhill county, A. p
Magness. .-Thrashing Of fall wheat il
get ting along we'll considering the stuf