East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-07

OF yleld. some or the fields VII
range as high as 35 bushels to the
acre, but it is not likely that any
great number of such great yields viii
be shown this season
From harvest returns now being re-
ceived by buyers and millers It Is
unlikely that Gilliam's fields will av-
erage over IL bushels to the acre, and
in some places the condition Of the
crop Is so bad that the grain will
not pay harvesting expenses-be-
cause It will not be cut.
Gilllam's Good Wheat.
Samples OF new wheat secured In
store show how short was the supply
Of moisture the past season. Gill
liam county is noted for the good
quality and heavy weight Of her
wheat, which is usually the heaviest
in the state. 1t has been no trouble
heretofore for Gillian county wneat
to come up TO standard of quality,
for in a sense II was this sections
grain that has set the standard. Sam
pies thus far received from the
fields show the grain to weigh much
less than usual Some of II is run
ming down as low as 81 pounds to
the bushel, but once in a while an
extra fine selection will run as high
as SO pounds.
While the crop of wheat will be
fully l5 to 80 per cent smaller than
usual, owing TO the lack OF moisture,
producers are not worrying a wee
bit, for in the financial part they
stand to receive more money than
even the bumper crop of a year ago
paid them. At this time they are in
the most fortunate OF positions.
Output Eagerly Sought
The exporters are fighting among
themselves-the coast buyers have II
In for the foreign agents. while the
large millers sometimes pay a prem
ium Of cents a bushel in order to
get supplies away from outside COM
pettors. With all 1t is now a ques-
tion OF getting the wheat, and not
what the grain is going to cost
The barley yield here will average
25 bushels to the acre although in a
few scattered spots the grain will not
be cut at all.
Prospects Around Condor,
while the Condor district will not
likely make the record for shipping
more wheat than other primary |
points, as a year ago, the grain trade
is not the least bit discouraged for
they say that such a season as the
past pne will never occur again, at
least for many years-so unusual
were climatic conditions.
Up TO a month ago crop prospects
of this district could scarcely be inn
proved Then however, the rain
famine became apparent, and there
was not enough moisture to bring the
plants to a successful maturity.
Considering this lack of regular
annual amount of rainfall, the crop
of wheat now being harvested is
wonderful.
Larger Crops to BE Sown.
The past season has taught wheat
growers that they would be better off
financially were n larger crop of fall
wheat sown. For this reason prep
arations are already under way for
the sowing this fall of the largest
amount of wheat ever put in the
ground. 1t has been successfully
shown this year more than in previous
years that fall sown wheat does much
better in this district than the spring
sown article; and soon the Condor
section will be in the fall sown class.
While the soil of the light lands
here shows moisture retention to
very remarkable degree grain grow
ers have come to the conclusion that
It will pay them better financially
were they to put all their wheat in
the ground during the fall and take
no chances whatever with possible
rainfall deficiency.
Outlook Around Arlington.
Harvesting is in full swing in the
section of Gillian county contiguous
to Arlington, and from present indi-
cations the crop will not be more than
half that Of the bumper yield of
1907. Returns received here from
the fields tell of yields that range |.
from 25 bushels to the acre down to
practically nothing, for some fields
are so poor that 1t will not pay to
harvest them.
Local people have received ad-
vices stating that some harvested
fields have run as low as two sacks