The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-07-22
"INLAND EMPIRE" WHEAT.
nRFaT YIELD OF MON QUALITY IN
TIE FAR NORTHWEST.
Tn. Region In Eastern Washington ana n tns
idaho Fan Handle Very Productive lnis
yesr-An Area o Miles Square That Is
.,,,,.s Espec,aily to the Raising OF Cereals.

,aaho Fan Handle Very Productive Ihis
y..r-An Area o Miles Square That Is
Ia,pt.d Especially 10 the Raising OF Cereals.
spoK ,SE. Wash, July 2i.-The wheat yield In
the farther Northwest, known locally as the
finland Empire. " Is by great odds the largest
.yar nroduced. Its condition and quality are
.uperb. This fact, In the view OF a surely rialns
market, is a cause for no little CONCENTRATION
and good feeling on the part OF the pioneer farm
ar. Of the new Northwest. II means much 10
,bom-the lifting Of mortgages. added improve
ncnts long planned, and. better than all the
srse,iom from the burden Of debt. 1t Is esti-
mated nv the State grain inspectors and by
,hs shippers of Washington. that the yield IN
eastern Washington alone, will be fully 2O.OOO,ooO
bushels. The excess Of this years Yield may
he partly accounted for in the increased acre
nee planted to grain, which Is believed to be
about one-nfth greater than that OF any pre-
ceding year.
According to the report Of the State Grain
INSPECTOR the crop Of 1898 was is. 100, SIS bushels.
For 1880 it was Is, 436. 572 bushels. The excess
of this years crop over the yield Of 1890. on this
estimate. would be 4.563, +2s bushels. The
northern part Of Idaho. known as the Pan
Handle. /, a narrow strip lying between Mon
tana and Washington. and comprises a part OF
~'N
the so-called Inland Empire Parts OF the
Pan Handle Yield prodieionsly in wheat and
barley. 4 conservative estimate places the
crop Of this region at 1900, 900 bushels.
The average yield An acre, In eastern WASH
ington, during the past twenty years has been
twenty-six bushels. in only two instances
the years 1890 and i%s9S-have there been any
thing like n shortage In the yield The char
scfertstios Of the soil are peculiar and are espe-
cialy adapted TO the growing Oh ocrea'S' Inc
chief component parts OF inc SOIL are Voicaiio
ssh and vese'auon' oihca 'orihs
. large constituent element ana sivee srea'
strength 70 the straw Inc gram "e'u' ST
dom aw-i from Winds or s'orhly weather.
Farmers here 90 not iertllDe ana seioom aio"
Their LANDS 10 II" i~alow-eHoep' IN eomo liacrs
fr the extirpauoh OF weeds oome oi INC
neld' IN Walla Waia county nave oeen
SEEDED TO wheat Tor forty years successfully
and the Yield to-day IL as sood as IN the oecaoes
past. The same rule or conoition holos gooo
throughout the whole OF TINS lniahd empire
To be more expliclt. THIS vast sra'h-Rrow-
ing region embraces the great basin country
lying between the BITTER Root Mountains OF
Montana and the Cascade range extehoins
north and south through central Washlng ton'
ehu i'hNhrs iIoHh w biiNNH """e sass"
on the north to the Blue Mountains OF oregon
on the south. covering In all about 400
miles square. or this broad grain-bear-
Ing delta here are only about 100000 acres
under cultivation, OF which nearly 10000 are
sown to wheat alone. The varieties mostly
grown ars the Blue Stem," Red Club. White
Winter" Scotch Fife White Australian
and Mediterranean" or recent years the
la&AA a. hAAR ~
wheat. Great care Is practised by the farmer
In the selection Of seed wheat. and the result
Is that the Washington wheat grades high and
Is much sought for shipments to Liverpool by
way Of Cape Horn.
The exports to the Orient are In -four. Dur
ing recent years California Touring firms that
have established a trade in certain brands in
Hong Kong send their prin ted sacks to the
small mills In Palouse and Big Bend regions
OF eastern Washington to be filed with the
Sunset" and lone Pine" brands. No at
tention Ia paid to grades Of -four for the Orient.
The established brand does il all. The Chinese
only uss -four for pastries and gravies. Wheat
bread u unknown in China, excepting In two
or three Of he large coast cities.
The present season has been unusually pro-
pltious for the growth Of small grain in this
region, There has been an abundance Of rain
fall not to much-and the weather has been
In the main delightfully."- cool. Wheat, es-
pccially. does better In moderately cool weather
than In excessively warm weather. Harvest
began the middle Of June In the southern coun.
ties OF eastern Washington, and the garnerlng
OF the grain will continue until late October,
as the harvest progresses northw- I'd. Few
rains occur between July 1 and Oct. l.. The
straw and tiny husks encasing the grain are