The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-07-14
YIELD NEAR RECORD.
Northwest Wheat Crop Now Placed at
100000 Bushels.

b6,OUO,OUU bushels.
Portland, July 9.-Estimates COM
piled from data received from more
than $50 of the principal wheat sta
tions of Oregon, Washington and Ida
no, indicate the 1909 wheat yield for
the three states to be approximately
55, 900, 900 bushels, compared with 40,-
900, 900 bushels last year, 60, 600, 600
bushels in 1907, and five-year aver
age of 48, 500, 900.
Of the three states, Idaho has the
best crop, with Washington showing
up exceedingly well, while Oregon, es-
pecially in the river counties, suffered
from dry weather to such an extent
that the damage could not all be re-
paired by the late rains.
Some of the poor yields in Oregon
have been Offset in the totals by an
increased acreage in new territory.
The most noticeable increase of this
nature is along the Wallowa extension
of the o. R. & N.
Another locality in which new acre
age will aid in swelling the totals is
the Haystack and Bakeoven country,
where there is an increase of about 20
per cent in the acreage, with the yield
about 10 per cent better than last year.
Sherman county is somewhat spot
ted, and early in the season the outlook
was poor. Rains in the latter part of
June helped, however, and there will
be material increase over last years
output. Conditions in Wasco are sim
liar to those in Sherman county.
Umatilla, the banner wheat county
of the state, is not coming up to its
usual standard. The light lands suf-
fered by the dry weather early in the
season, and the showers that came
later were not general throughout the
county.
Along the Arlington branch of the
o. R. & N. the crop is light until Con-
don is reached. Around Condor. how
ever, the outlook is far from gloomy.
With the exception of about 10000
acres. which have been taken by
weeds, there will be pretty fair
yield.
Morrow county is not quite 80 good
as Gillian, but there, as elsewhere in
the river counties, some very short
stalks of wheat are turning out well
filled heads.
Union county has an excellent crop
and 40-bushel yields will not be uncom-
mon around Elgin and Summerville.
The Willamette valley has ceased to
be figure in the export wheat mar.
ket, but the yield is an important fac
tor in the milling business.
Washington reports are uniformly
good. Walla Walla, with its never.
failing foothill land, promises an out
put of 4,500,00 bushels. Barley is
also turning out we'll in this county
and has made some inroads on the
wheat acreage.
| Columbia and Garfield counties are
both expected to turn off record Yields
of wheat and barley. This region wal
favored with rain at time when thu
river counties in Oregon were missed
Whitman, the banner wheat count!
of all the Northwest. gives excellen
promise of breaking records. The acre
age is large and the crop conditions ar,
far above the average. Estimates rul
from 5000, 900 to $4,000, 900 bushels
the latter being generally regarded a
too high, while 5000, ,0OO. bushels is re
, garded as conservative.
Lincoln county, which in "ligh
land" years has come very close t
Whitman's yield, has suffered this yea
by dry weather.
Adams county is still in the uncer
tain class, as the crop is late in tina
region and even the winter wheat i
not out of the woods. At the best tn
crop will be only fair, except down il
the southeastern part of the county.
Douglas county lost the greater par
of its wheat territory when the ney
county of Grant was carved out thi
year, and Grant, which has an in
creased acreage as we'll as fair yield
gives promise of about 3, 900, 900 bush
els. Some new wheat land in tn
northern part of Douglas county vii
make the yield for the old county i
excess of 500, 900 bushels.
Spokane county was in the moistur
belt with Whitman, and as a result ha
fine crop in prospect.
, Franklin county is somewhat benin
its neighbors in yield, and in the vicir
ity of Connell the crop will be smalle
than that of last year. Farther eas
the outlook is more favorable.
c Klickitat county, which has alway
been in Portland territory, gives prom
ise of a very good yield, with some ir
c crease in acreage.
The Horse Heaven country, lyin
just across the Columbia from tn
river counties in Oregon, suffered fror
3 the dry weather that cut down tn
r Oregon yield. Spring wheat in thi
district is almost total failure, bu
c some of the winter wheat will make
fair crop.
, Asotin county was also in the raj
belt and promises to turn off Gro
that may break records.
r The crop for the entire state Q
Washington will approximate 35, OOOO,
900 bushels.
!; Idaho has the best crop on record
There is not very much increase i
acreage, and there is big crop of ba,
/; ley and oats, so that the wheat yiel
may not quite reach that of 1907