Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-10-23
WASHINGTON CHOPS
GRAIN Commission MAKES
ANNUAL REPORT.
Thirty-hve Million Wheat, 1900, 900
Oats, 100000 Barley 2,ss5, 900
Acres Cultivated = Dairy Products
Valued at $4,000, ooo-More Cows
Are Needed to Supply the Demand.


Statistics compiled by the state grain
commission show that 2,995,0 acres of
land in Washington, devoted to the pro-
auction of cereals, yielded in 1909 a
crop of AZ, 900 bushels, of which 49,
O9S,OOO was wheat, 100000 oats and
o,loO,OOO barley. Twenty bushels the
acre was the average for wheat, oats
and barley averaging 60 bushels each.
The average prices paid during the last
10 years were: Wheat, 60 cents; oats,
Sl.lO per GENITAL and barley 81 per
Genital
Practically all the wheat was pro
duced in 10 counties in eastern Wash
ington, in districts designated as the
Big Bend and the Palouse, west and
south of Spokane, Whitman and Lincoln
counties led all in the area devoted to
grain, producing $780, 900 bushels of
wheat, with 100000 credited to Whit
man county, which also has first place
IN oats, with a yield of 5000 900 bush.
els Skagit county is second with be-
tween 100000 and 100000 bushels
of oats, Columbia county gained first
place with production of 2,240, 900
bushels of barley, while Garfield county
was second with 100000 bushels.
The commission s report shows that
about 25 per cent of the total produc-
ton of wheat is consumed locally, the
rest being shipped out of the state.
Fifty per cent of oats is required for
local consumption, the rest being ex-
ported, while 25 per cent of barley is
marketed at home and as per cent ex-
ported. Mills at Spokane, Seattle, Ia
coma, Walla Walla, Everett and other
nOfnfQ in hn cfo 70 a Onn
bushels of wheat, 100000 bushels of
oats and 100000 of barley annually.
Dealing with another phase of farm
ing the commission shows in report
prepared by the dairy and food com
missioner that the value of dairy prod
ucts in Washington is $4,000. 900 a
year, adding:
A remarkable growth has taken
place during the last five years in the
condensed milk business, from $3.50 900
in 1905 to $S,250,000 this year. This
alone is creating a continually increas-
ing demand for milk. The city milk
demand is also increasing rapidly, the
value of the milk amounting to not less
than $3.500,000 annually
Ten million pounds of creamery but
ter, valued at $3,00O,00O, is produced
annually; "but this,' the report EN-
phasizes, "falls far short of supplying
the demands Of the home market, as
more than $7,000000 worth of butter
and other dairy products are shipped
into the state annually. Besides the
local markets, there is a continually in
creasing demand for our dairy products
in Alaska
The report says that while there has
been rapid growth in the dairying in
dustry, its development has not kept
pace with hte settling of the state. II
shows there are 10000 mich cows rep
resenting a total value of more thar
$7,000,000, and an investment Of 5000,
600 in creameries. The areas largely
devoted to dairying are in Whatcom
Skagit, Snohomsh, King, Pierce
Thurston, Lewis, Clarke, Wahkiakum
Spokane, Walla Walla, Kittitas anC
Yakima counties.
Soil and climatic conditions west o.
the Cascades particularly favor dairy
ing operations, which have grown il
proportion as the logged-off land are;
has been extended These, with thu
mild climate, productive soil and ex
cellent water supply in eastern and cen
trail Washington, will make this one o
the greatest dairy states in the Union
Experienced dairymen declare Their
is need for 500, 900 cows to supply tn
local markets to say nothing of the call
from Alaska and the mining, lumbe
and railroad camps in north and centra
Idaho, western Montana and eastern
Oregon. They say also there is no
. even remote danger of an oversuppl,
even with 1000, 900 cows as the marke
is certain to keep far ahead of the yiel
of dairy products no matter how grea
the growth of the industry in the North
west.