East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-30
ATHENA AND WESTON
SECTIONS VERY RICH
{ y. Barrett Says Harvest is Progress
ing Fast With Ideal Weather Con-
ditions-Somc record Yields are
Reported-All Yields are Average.

lTOuDlcu ny ISdSOu Ol the sack snort
age, everything has gone smoothly.
Barrett says that while the yields
in the heavy land sections are not So
good correspondingly as those in the
light land sections, there is no ground
for complaint There are no poor
yields while several so and 60 bushel
yields. have been reported. The quail
ty, he says, is also of the best.
He is well satisfied with market
conditions at present and thinks they
will be still better But few sales have
been made in Athena yet and no prices
have been given out. 1t is understood,
however. that the Preston Parton mill
ling company has purchased some
bluestem wheat at better than So cents
per bushel. The mills are particularly
anxious to secure bluestem and seem
willing to pay most any price that is
necessary in order to get it.
The following are some of the yields
reported from the Athena district by
the Athena Press:
A fifty acre field on the Sam Pam
brun place yields so bushels per acre,
the balance of the farm going about
40 bushels per acre.
Wheat on the John Rothrock place
averages between 40 and As bushels.
On his home place Lowell Rogers
had returns OF 45 bushels per acre and
hopes to have an average of 40 BUSH
els all around.
As usual the Kirk place at the edge
of town, always reliable for good
crop. this year comes to the front with
a so bushel yield.
Lowell Rogers combine harvester
was driven 26 miles one day this week.
and in that distance threshed 7S9
sacks of wheat.
From two 14-foot headers Sam
Bannister's Garr-Scott machine
threshed 1906 sacks of wheat Tuesday.
The Bannister crew is good one and
far this season.
The Weston Leader has the follow
ing harvest notes:
From a little over 200 acres on Dry
creek ]. II. Coffman cropped SS40
sacks of wheat. His average was
about 35 bushels per acre.
The Tucker threshing outfit has
finished harvesting III acres of bar
ley for Iven O'Harra which yielded
about so bushels per acre.
Grain on the ]. r. Killgore farm
north of town conducted under lease
by Earl Dudley, averaged about 80
bushels per acre from 200 acres.
Wednesdays run made by the
Price -McBhide- O'Harra- a-Rogers outfit
with a 2S-inch Pride of Washington
at the C. NJ Price place, totaled 1850
sacks of barley.
Harvesters are now at work in
William MacKenzie's wheat field just
east of town, which is thought to be
yielding better than 35 bushels per
acre of good grain.
A good yield is reported from 75
acres of wheat on the ]. NJ. O'Harra
farm near town. The crew of Tucker
Bros. is just completing work in this
field which is thought to be running
nearly As bushels per acre.
The Stages s-Coffman-Winn outfit
has finished threshing the crop of G.
w. Stages on Dry Creek. He got 2340
sacks of wheat from 100 acres, an av-
erage of about 40 bushels. The grain
is No / in quality and free from smut.
C. NJ. Price was rewarded for resow-
ing his place near town, by fine bar
lev crop. From 6S acres he had 2013
sacks. or 80 sacks to the acre. From
another tract the average was smaller,
but he is we'll content with total
crop of 1922 sacks.
Scrimsher & Simpson. who are
threshing at the Simpson place on
Wild Horse creek, were delayed for
couple of days this week by break
down. They report rather light
yield, about 80 bushels per acre, but
the wheat is of fine quality.
Threshing has been finished at the
c. A. Barrett place on Pine creek
where 260 sacks of blue stem wheat
was put in the sack It made nearly
% bushels per acre which is consid-
cred a fair yield for blue stem this
season. The Barrett farm on Dry
creek averaged about 80 bushels per
acre of plump club wheat.
The banner crop of the season is re-
ported from the old Henry PinEbrton
place southwest of town, farmed by
Charles Williams. Mr. Williams fill
ed 633 sacks from 80 acres an aver
age of so bushels at 1876 pounds to the
sack. This is regarded as remark
able yield FOR the present season. Mr..
Williams is now threshing an eighty
acre field which is averaging 40
bushels.
]. II. and ]. NJ. Price were dlsap-
pointed in the yield at their Dry
creek farm. It was a pleasant disap
pointment, however, and they found
that they would have to get 500 ad-
ditional grain bags to hold their crop.
which they have now finished thresh-
ing with their combine. From 210
acres they harvested 40 bushels per
acre of No. 1 wheat, and IS acres of
barley made an average Of 55 bushels.
j. n. York had another good crop
this year on the "Killgore quarter"
north of town. He had about 155
acres of wheat on this place and filled
2992 plump sacks Estimating their
weight at 140 pounds TO the sack, IS
average yield was in the neighborhood
of As bushels per acre. WHICH for this
year is noteworthy. Mr.. Yorks crop
from all his holdings this year will
aggregate about 5000 sacks and he is
quite well satisfied with 1910.
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