East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-10
UMAT|LLA'
WHEAT HARVEST
DALE GLORY SHOWS
ITS GOOD QUALITIES
Umatilla County's Native Wheat
Proves Its Staying Qualities Under
Adverse Circumstances-Yie for
County Little Less Than Nor
mal-Light Soil Makes Best Conn.,
parative Showing.

Hyman H. Cohen, market editor
Of the Oregon Daily Journal, who has
just been over the wheat district OF
the Inland Empire, writes to the
Journal as follows of Umatllla county
conditions:
A story of the wheat crop Of the
Pacific Northwest would be most in
complete without mention of the
good growing qualities of the Dale
Glory. In a year when every other
grade of wheat showed material de-
crease in production from the nor
NAL, this wheat has come to the front
and is now receiving the plaudits Of
the growers who. have been fortunate
enough to secure a sufficient supply
to SOW their fields.
Dale Glory wheat is a native Of
Umatilla county, and it is therefore
showing proper respect for the place
of its birth by producing almost a
normal yield In the face Of obstacles
that would have burned most grades.
Even with a general lack of rain
since April the growers Of this vicin-
ity are reporting yield of 80 bushels
10 the acre on an average, although
in normal seasons this product OF the
Umatilla fields has averaged close to
so bushels to the acre.
Dale Glory originated in the fields
of William Dale, who has a ranch
north of Helix. The wheat came as
a result of several varieties being
crossed in Mr.. Dale's field. That was
eight years ago, and about two years
later the originator Of the new varie-
ty had secured a sufficient supply to
enable him to distribute 1t among his
neighbors, who are now loud in their
praises of the new grain.
Resembling the red chaff to a con.
siderable extent, only the Dale Glory
is darker in color, it stands a pro-
tracted spell of dryness with little
lessening Of The quantity produced
The, Dale Glory is not entirely a dry
land wheat as the splendid re-
turns from the harvest of year ago
showed It to be among the heaviest
producers to be found in this Sec
tlon of the country.
Umatilla County Yield.
Umatilla county will produce this
season, from present indications, be
tween 100000 and 4,OOO,O 600 BUSH
els of wheat, as compared with g.
100000 bushels a year ago, and a
normal output in late years of $780,
900 bushels. 1t will be noted, there
fore, that the seasons yield is just
about as much short of the normal as
the production of 1907 was greater.
The smut is not nearly so bad as
some had been led to believe, al
though the damage is somewhat
greater than usual. A feature of in
terest in this connection is the fact
that the lands which usually produce
the best yields of wheat are not keep
ing up their lead over the lighter
land sections, which this year are
not running far below the normal out
put.
An instance of this is shown by
the report coming from between Hol- |
man station on the o, r. & N, east
of Vansycle on the Northern Pacific.
This section is this year producing
crops. ranging from 20 to 30 BUSH
els to the acre, while the normal out
put is not usually over 25 bushels.
Lands between Pendlton and Walla
Walla which usually gives forth the
best wheat yields are this year show
ing far greater losses than the lighter
land sections, of which practically
nothing was expected this season,
when rain was so scarce that resi-
dents Of Umatilla have really forgot
ten the name of their state.