East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-09
WHAT COHEN THINKS
OF CROPS NEAR ECHO
JOURNAL MARKET MAN
WRITES OF WHAT HE SEES
Lyman IL. Cohen, Well Known Mar
ket Authority. Visits Echo Wheat
Ficlds-Says Greatest Crop In
Years viii he Harvested.

Fields-Says Greatest Crop In
Years viii he Harvested.
The following story appeared in
the columns of the Portland Journal
yesterday:
Echo, Ore, July 9,-The greatest
crop of wheat for many years will be
harvested in the Echo region in 1910
Today the first of the new crop wheat
was brought to this city and stored in
the warehouse of Balfour Guthrie 4
Co. The grain was grown on the
place of George Coppinger 1t is of
the Cox variety and weighs 81 1-2
pounds to the bushel
This showing is wonderful for the
Cox variety and is the heaviest yield Of
that grade ever shown here. on the
George Coppinger place it is expected
that the wheat will go % bushels an
acre average. In fact. the wheat all
ready cut shows that production.
Taken all in all, the Echo country
will produce an average of about IS
bushels an acre. Some wheat will go
25 bushels. as on the George Cop
pinger place while some of the vol
unteer will not range above Z or pos
sibly bushels an acre.
Speaking of volunteer wheat, it can
be truthfully said that the yields this
reason will be the greatest ever shown.
This is the lazy mans crop, but the
production this season is about as
good as the average of the cultivated
| ground
Echo has many big wheat ranches
and all show good production for the
season coming to a close. George
Coppinger has section planted to
| Club and Cox. His place is about three
miles east of this city. His brother
Jim has 4SO acres about five miles
away that will run about 90 bushels
per acre.
| Charles f. Cameron, six miles out
on Stage gulch. has 500 acres of Tur-
key red and club that are expected to
average around Is bushels.
r. j. Hamlin, who farms the old
Prospect place, has one section sowr
to fall wheat that will average about
90 bushels. and another section oi
volunteer.
| It'l Sc NIpphilSiiA. q nan StNNAph "
the Stage Gulch road, seven miles ou'
from Echo, sowed club and Dale
which are expected to run on the av'
erage of 20 bushels per acre.
New Variety Sown.
A new variety of wheat that resem
bles the bluestem has been sown OF
200 acres by George WinZler at hi
place eight miles out from town. Th'
wheat was secured from the govern
ment several years ago, but this is tn
first time it has been planted on
somewhat extensive scale, so that
thorough test of its milling qualitie
can be secured. Mr.. Winzler likewis
has 500 acres of Turkey red and clu
| acre.
, Mike Foster, nine miles out, ha
900 acres of Dale and Turkey red tina
will average IS bushels.
w p. Benedict 10 miles out, 40
, acres. probably Is bushels.
]. F. Reese, six miles from Ech'
Z 500 acres of club and bluestem,
\ to II bushels.
w b. and w. F. Staats have a SCI
ton sown to club and Dale that wi
| average IS bushels.
w. B. Galletta has 1900 acres
both spring and fall sowing that wi
average around IA bushels.
Lack of Cultivation,
on the south side of the river tn
!, showing is not so good because of III
: lack of cultivation and the fact thf
the land is of more recent planting
: but considering everything the show
ing is extremely good and is bett,
. than other seasons.
In this section A. Balloon has 70
acres of wheat and barley The whes
will yield Is bushels and the barle
25 bushels.
= ]. C. Williams has 4S0 acres of tn
same mixture that will yield a simila
, poets.
. o. F. Roberts, with his half sectio
, of club wheat, expects to secure
yield of Is bushels.
This years barley crop is expecte
, to range from % to 80 bushels a
acre in the Echo section. Most of tn
, barley was sown in the fall and tn
will yield the greatest crop, while tn
. showing of the spring sown will /
, about five bushels less per acre.
More spring wheat was sown
this section than for several year
j.. owing to adverse sowing condition
during the fall months, which mad
the usual almost exclusive planting {
fall wheat impossible. The toti
: acreage, however, is greater tha
: last season. and this is expected
make Echo one Of the great primar
; shipping points in this section.
The harvesting of fall wheat is no
going on and will soon become ger
eral AS the work of the combine
I, progresses, the yields are shown
! A be better than first estimates
No new wheat has been sold hei
because of the low prices in effec
1 Nothing over Csc is now being Offer