The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-08-11
NEVER
FAIL in
OREGON
Crops of all Kinds Up
to the Usual Good
Average.
HOPS Show Some Lice. and
are a Week or Ten Days
Late In Rlpen-
Ing.

The weather during the past week
was excellent for ripening spring
grain and for harvest work. The hay
crop has been secured in fine condi.
tiou. and the Yields are generally re.
ported satisfactory. Pastures are
turning brown. and feed on the ranges
IL getting short Stock In general con.
tinnes IN good condition. but in the
dairy districts the supply OF milk is
dimluishinR, due 10 the shortage IN
green feed, and because the nies have
become unusually numerous and
tr0ubles0me In portions of the VII
lamette valley grasshOpDers are re.
ported thick IN the clover fields. ai
though 20 far they have done but lt
tie damage
The wheat harvest IL being pushed
IN ali sections u the state and reports
from the harvest fields are unanimous
a. 20 the excellent quality Of the berry
but nearly everywhere the yields are
turning out smaller than last year
Oats are a fine crop. and barley yields
are good.
Corn has made excellent progress
during The week; II a nov fassellng IN
the Willamette valley. and in south
cru section the ears arc forming falrlJ
well Lice are unusually nSmerouf
IN the hops. and the plant n frum
wees % ten days backward. which i,
conditions excite considerable appre
henaion a. 10 the outcome Of this crop.
Small fruit such a. raapberrles. cur
rants. blackberries and hnokleberries ,
are abundant Prunes during the past /
ten days have shed 10 an alarming ex .
tent, and there Ia no question bat that
NE yield viii fall greatly below the Is Z
Inmates made earlier In the season.
Apples. although uneven. continue do (
ng veil aud The crop will probably be :
/ fairly good one.
Willamette Valley.
Bethnny. Washington county--Fore :
part OF week cloudy and cool; fall ,
fraln all cut; spring grain ripenlng.
hfeshing begun. potatoes looking ex. !
,ellent; plums and early apples be. /
ilnning 10 set ripe.
Gresham. hultnomah connty-Morn. (
ngs cool and foggy; afternoons very i
warm; grain cutting progroaaing rap y
dly; poiatoes beginning 20 ripen. y
North famhlll. Yamhlll county. h
'ifut part OF week cool and olnady d
ood weather for hop lice. millions OF
hem this year; no damage yet; last !
art OF week hot and dry, wheat near.
All cut some throshed; yield will be
sht quality good; oat harvest will
2 finished thls week. yield above ay
fage; potatoes viii be light unlcas We
ave rain.
New Era. clackamas oounty-week
lvorahle for harvesting: second crop n
clover mostly cut. aome OF Il In the 4,
lack, crop genoraily good: early !,
Ihnted potatoes rlpenlng. =,
Macicay, Marion county Warm and 4,
ne TOR harvest; most all fall grain \,
AZ, and some oats that were a0wed In \,
lnnary; grain in rlpenlng fast, the \.
cid Will be about average; throahlngl
III commence the middle OF next m
ees pastures drying up fast; lots OF n
Fails City. Polk oounty-weather !, -
vorable for haylng. which IA nearly IN
me. with good yield, wheat and oat M
'ffcat nearly over with fair crop: so
fiy potatoes ripe. late ones doing M
plli prunea falling badly; sweet corn h,
ID other garden truck doing we'll ar
ntnfes drying up; cows falling on IN
ms IN flesh. A.,
fAinyiew. linn county Weather
Vofabiei thrcshcrs started this week ~,
tal grain; wheat yields fair and Al
q soodi very little spring grain has 4
cn thrCshod, spring grain harvest N