East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-14

The Pacific northwest stands to
harvest a wheat crop of $4,000. 600 |
bushels compared with $4,000 600
bushels a year ago. says Hyman II
Cohen. market editor of the Portland
Journal This is a decrease of TO-
100000 bushels from the output of
last year. This is the present indi-
cation and will most likely be the re-
port at the end of the harvest unless
weather conditions hereafter inter-
fere greatly with the crops.
Considering conditions, the show
! ing this year is enormous. The crops
| nave had much to contend with. To-
| day some fields that range as high as
Is bushels an acre. would not have
yielded sufficient grain to pay harvest
! expenses on the basis of the crop two
weeks ago.
Big Increase in Oregon
The best showing is made in Ore
gon. In this state the output of wheat
will be practically 100000 bushels
more than that of 1909 This is due
entirely to the coming back of the
light land sections.
Idaho makes much the same show
ing with an estimated crop of 5000
600 bushels for 1910 compared with
S.34S,OO0 bushels last year.
Had the elements been kind to
Washington growers the report would
be materially changed As matters
stand, Washington growers are har-
vesting a wheat crop of about $1,000
900 bushels compared with better
than 9O,0OO,OOO bushels a year ago.
That the Washington crop was not
greater is due to adverse weather con-
ditions of the winter which inflicted
serious damage to the wheat Of the
Palouse section. The Big Bend coun-
try suffered severely from much the
same causes.
| Oregon lands give a greater crop
this year by reason of the better rain
fall. South Of the Snake river. the
precipitation this season was so lib
eral that lands which failed TO give
sufficient crops last year that harvest
! expenses could be paid are this season
/ giving as high as 10 bushel yields
One of the peculiaritles Of the
present season, in all sections. is that
| the lands which have been usually
classed as the best producers, gave
forth their lightest showing. On the
1 other hand crops that average close
to Is bushels were given by lands that
usually extremely lucky to. give II
bushels and some years run as low a'
| eight bushels.
! Big Crop on Light Land.
\ For instance in the Echo district
as in the Pilot Rock country in Una
tilla county, there are yields that vii
go Is bushels and better on lands tina
were of the extremely poor showing
II Then again, in the better lands o
Umatilla county, close to the reserya
ton, the showing this season is no
nearly so good as generally. This lat
ter condition is peculiar to the pres
ent season. Because of the Yer
heavy rains the LANDS run together
- during the spring and late fall an
with the coming of warmer weathe
the ground formed a very heav
re crust This made it difficult for IN
S. fall sown grain to come through as
ss usually does. Therefore the crop Il
that district is not SO heavy as durin
If 1909. Nevertheless, Umatilla count
W will this year complete a harvest c
% fully 100000 bushels more than las
st year. The increase is due entirely t
the much greater production in tn
d light land sections.
ID WalIa Walla mixed"
II over in the Walla Walla countr
ID the showing is mixed In the Eurek
1. flat country the crop ranges fully a
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