Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1911-09-07
SHOULD ADOPT
NEW METHODS
Stock Farm as Well as
Raise Grain.
BY J. GARFIELD CRAWFORD.

well, am busted; this year ba
put the final crimp in me, = is a common
expression to be heard on the streets Of
II Heppner. This expression is not given
N IN the usual pessimistc way, but is
nanded out to you IN sort of half
hearted, yet hopeful tone. The speaker
still has an underlying hope that the
next year viii be better. Anyway, be
feels assured that it could not be worse
But is the fault all with the country ?
n Some say it is and others are inclined 10
peiieVe that such stringent conditions
d could haye been somewhat relieved had
the people gone about the proposition
IN the right manner. 1t is easy to farm
when the. precipitation is great enouoh
to bring forth your crops to an abun-
dant yield, but when the condition is
reversed then the proposition puts on a
different face and the farmer has to
work for what be gets.
The year 1907 spoiled the farmers of
Morrow county. The crop was so large
that year that it took them two years TO
haul it to market. They all decided that
there was no crop like wheat and i'm l
ma0IQtaIV oyoru
planted to the cereal. Now conditions Il
have changed, the country has gone
through three dry years and the plant y
ers are looking for another crop. one Y
that will withstand tie drouth and give
70 the grower dividend upon his in. !.
vestment.
There is not farmer in Morrow coun- y
ty who cannot spare at least ten acres
OF his farm to made pastures pas ~
ture cultivated and propagated by the !
hand OF man-to be used for the raising
Of livestock. There are farmers who
can easily devote hundreds of acres to If
his industry and it is this industry that Jul
8 TO bilng about reverse condition to
he farmers of Eastern Oregon. Jul
The COW and pig have made Nebraska Th,
he great state that it is and these two
ave brought Kansas out of It's "bleed-
ng' state into one of the best and
sections of Uncle Sans do.
lain. Both of these states were al one
me given over to the production of
neat and corn and the farmers met
lth one failure after another. until -
forced them to adopt some M
ethod whereby they could feed their -
miles. The Iowa farmer had long
zen considered the most progressive
fmer OF the west and these plainsmen III.
gan to study the methods of their
N"" " S'ocN repo
~ o...., "''' "O' 'or tue ity q
Lug '"e no s.
go --0'0 "'uiu oe ner.
rse of than the farmers of Morrow
1 GILLIAN counties. The wheat crop Po
'ue cotn crop are almost total fail cash.
70, but these farmers have protected you.
mselves by having a few head of
,s and beet cattle to sell to the con.
ner. To W
his is a condition that must he FIR
ught about in Eastern Oregon and it wood
lst such drouth years as this that led b
induce the farmer to get out of the be co
crop idea. OF course, the iconoclast must
say that it is impossible to raise Price
m stuff to feed your stock upon and per Il
y stockman knows that pasture is coal,
most essential feature in the pro. green
lion OF any class of animals, but il is car;
.ble to have green stuff for your per &C
practically the year round. have $500
rye planted in July within sight of extra
,ity of Heppher that made a erop I hav
was harvested for hay, and it ia safe WYon
y that had this field been psstu,ad $500
hogs or cattle that it would have Leave
green until the fall rains wonld Co. stc
brought forth other forage. arecei
g acre of rye will Craze ten head Of rect II
five acres will pasture three COWS
Wenty head Of hogs. providing one Heppr