Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-07-15
YIELD NEAR RECORD.
Northwest Wheat Crop Now Placed at
100000 Bushels.

TOrJldnu, July 5.-CsCIHdLeS CoiH-
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, 600, 900 bushels, compared with 49,
600, 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 o. about 20
per cent in the acreal e, 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
- ~, Ctorrpo, nni,nfu
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 20, 600
acres, which have been taken by
weeds, there will be a pretty fair
yield.
Morrow county is not quite SO good
as Gillian, but there, as elsewhere IN
the river counties, some very short
stalks of wheat are turning out we'll
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 4,500,000 bushels. Barley is
also turning out well in this county,
and has made some n oid5 on the
wheat acreage.
Columbia and Garfield counties are
both expected to turn off record yields
of wheat and barley. This region was
favored with rain at time when the
river counties in Oregon were missed.
Whitman, the banner wheat county
of all the Northwest. gives excellent
promise of breaking records. The acre
age is large and the crop conditions are
far above the average. Estimates run
from 5000, 900 to II 600, 600 bushels,
the latter being generally regarded as
too high, while 5000, 900 bushels is re-
garded as conservative.
Lincoln county, which in Light
land" years has come very close to
Whitman's yielo, has suffered this year
by dry weather.
Adams county is still in the uncer-
tain class. as the crop is late in that
region and even the winter wheat is
not out of the woods. At the best the
crop will be only fair, except down in
the southeastern part of the county.
Douglas county lost the greater part
of its wheat territory when the new
county of Grant was carved out this
year, and Grant, which has an in
creased acreage as we'll as fair yield,
gives promise of about 3, 600, 900 bush
els. Some new wheat land in the
northern part of Douglas county will
make the yield for the old county in
excess of 500, 900 bushels.
Spokane county was in the moisture
belt with Whitman, and as result has
a fine crop in prospect.
Franklin county is somewhat behind
its neighbors in yield, and in the vicin-
ity of Connell the crop will be smaller
than that of last year. Farther east
the outlook is more favorable.
Klickitat county, which has always
been in Portland territory, gives prom
ise of very good yield, with some in
crease in acreage.
The Horse Heaven country, lying
Just across the Columbia from the
river counties in Oregon, suffered from
the dry weather that cut down the
Oregon yield. Spring wheat in this
district is almost a total failure, but
some of the winter wheat will make a
fair crop.
Asotin county was also in the rain
belt and promises to turn off crop
that may break records.
The crop for the entire state of
Washington will approximate 80, ,0000,-
600 bushels.
Idaho has the best crop on record.
There is not very much increase in
acreage, and there is big crop of bar
ley and oats. so that the wheat yield
may not quite reach that of 1907.