The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-08-08

ton. on the lst light thundes showers With hish
winds were followed BY much cooler weather.
oAt cutting has Just begun in the lower Sound
country; the crop Is very good one.
The vrefated cutworms having done i'm
field beets. utabssas. potatoes. etc. and even
some injury TO clovcr, hops and fruit. are now
finished is ped n sessv o. wps nns About out
ranc1eIs are advised to do an unusual amount OF
, late fall porins and narrowing wherever the
s IA rpsksd n order to destroy the pupae. which
Fan wheat cutting Is nearly over, and threshine
Is now IN progress The yield Is somewhat less than
expected but in several localities. particularly
Walia Waila. county. is slightly above the aver
s ao s' sn s- h.a s si H sss. ss,
n. ne ni,ins and maturing season. and, generally.
'l Inn neg prsnis SO 70 bs only poor . fair
70 hops in Yakima county .
The sugar beet crop in spokane county is IN
Large Quantities Of vegetables and fruit arc now
nslhs gathered for shipment in the irrigated dis
tfiets and the Snake river country
Extracts From Correspondence.
Lower Sound: Prairie Some oats cut; win finish
this week II weather Is favorable Anacortes-Rain
On NE first was very beneficial TO fruis and garden
.sa ,'s some cat hay got caught Peach plams and
worms destroying whole gardens in places: sorne
potato fields are stripped. Arlington Hay is all
crop Cutworms haze DESTROYED most OF the gardens
ana are working IN Glover
good. Gardens are making poor growth Tomatoes,
cabbage and potatoes win not Be- half . crop il
me worms Keep eating Christopher Weather fay
damage, but seem to be disappesrins Oats being
harvested erops Sersraiy good quslisy Hors ar.
DAMAGE. but are not doing much INJURY now.
Charleston The worms are disappesrine Grand
well started. some thrrshing done Gig Hsroor,-
nay crop secured in good shape. Worms have done
Pasture. ssas d ssgs s ss ,ss hut, but are
Southwest counties: Mt Pleassnt--oat, and
r.n many k.sma e os nsa ws sss ss
Etna worms eating eversshins even sarsne young
fruit trees La Center-Hayins all Zone. Russ
s ss,ssssd some pstehe, e grain wdwood~IIay
crop VIII he very hight. Artic-Haying nearly An
is'.ed Expectations q big crop met Eany pc
SPOKANE county: .Ioon Lake Gardens dryins up
Harvesting nearing completion, Fan wheat extra:
sprins Wheat good; cats fair; fruit abundant vese
s az n, God hay very scd Fairneld Tsreshins
cut. Crop mnch lighter than expected Beet crop
better than last year. but needs rain East $40
short Of expectation. but Of good quality. Oats not
much more than half CROP: Rain needed for pas
sbcut over; threshins nearly done Oats and wheat
not Welding As well as efpected. Wind storm sist
much fruit. 'Ai Rain n needed badly ."a 0'e" GOWN
Big Bend country: Methow--wheat all IN stack
s nsy p, rs.sos- rPs Fruit sscd Hpas PUN;
done harvesting wheat now. some threshIng
done
Pslouse cohntry: stsiey--TIarvest IN fnn prog
rest Spring wheat very light crop; COTS about
half crop. Yield not good exported. Paha--
Harvest nearing completion. ThreshinG
rnsncfng. with fair yield and splendid quality Of
wheat
waIla wsIla: Harvest sbout over Yield thought
70 be slightly above the average.
Yakima country: Parker Shipping all kinds Of
fruit and vegetables. Think the wiuda have dam
aged the bop hlosscms some. Third crop alfalfa
coming IN nicely
Kittitas county: Last two weeks Il July wrs
TOO warm for spring wheat Fan wheat h harvest
cd, and che earliest spring wheat In rIp<njnG Frost
Friday morning. touching potatoes. squash and
beans
Nots. Owing probably to rush Of work during
the harvest season there has been a great falling
on In the number Of reports. All correspondents
are requested to report regularly possible
during the remaining seven weeks Of the crop
season All reports are u use in making up the
bulletins. G. n. SALISBURY,
Section Director.