Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-07-14

1SlU, the IaTm Nalue DelnB plaCeu at
s51,913,000. as follows:
Washington, 25,6OS,OOO bushels,
value $19,97O,000; Oregon, 16,414,-
900 bushels, value S13,7SS,000;
Idaho, $4,000 bushels, value So
074,0OO; Montana, 1O,560,000 bush
els, value $9,OS1,O00. Total acre
age, 3,292,000; average acre yield,
2O.77 bushels. The wheat crop of
1910 in Washington was $4,000
less than in 1909, due to lack of rain
in the Big Bend district. There is
ample moisture thi season, the pre-
cipitation from September 1, 1910,
to July l, 1911, being 1925 inches,
and was better distributed during the
spring and early summer
The hay crop gives every indica-
ton of being from 5 to 10 per cent
larger than in 1910, when the cut in
the four states was 5,O50,000 tons,
valued at $477O9,0OO, as follows
Washington, $4,000 tons, value
$12,796,O0O Oregon, $4,000 tons,
value, $11,156,0O0; Idaho, 1,473,-
900 tons, value, $13,257, 900; Mon
tana, $4,000 tons, value, 0,500,-
600; total acreage, 1.91S.0OO; av-
erage yield 2:15 tons.
The oat crop, which amounted to
80, 100000 bushels, valued at $751;
222, 900 in 1910, probably will be
. to 7 per cent larger this year
Last years yield was as follows:
Washington, $4,000 bushels,
value, $A232,O0O; Oregon, 1O,419,-
600 bushels, value $4,S97OO0; Ida
no, 7,0S4,OOO bushels, value $2,975,-
600; Montana, 100000 bushels,
value, $6,1tS,OOO Total acreage
100000; average acre yield $500
bushels
The four states produced 16,137,-
600 bushels of potatoes, having a
farm value of $11,729,0OO, as fol-
lows: Washington, 100000 bush
els. value, $3,73O,OOO; Oregon, A.
100000 bushels, value $3,234,0O0;
Idaho, 3,40S,OOO bushels, value $2,-
215,0OO; Montana, 100000 bush
els, value $2,55O,OO0. The total
acreage was 10000 and the average
acre yield was 124.50 bushels.
The rye yield on $4,000 acres
amounted to 100000 bushels, valued
at $4,000, while the barley crop
was 11,011,OO0 bushels, valued at
$6,300,000. The acreage was 367,-
600, and the average acre yield
$3.50 bushels. The corn crop was
1,2S3,000 bushels, valued at ST.
014,O00. 1t was produced on 49,
600 acres, the average yield being
81 bushels.
The total acreage devoted to the
seven crops enumerated in the fore
going was 6,82S,0O0, which products
have a farm value of $137,329, 900.
Reports from more than 100 dis
tricts are that the apple crops In
Washington, Idaho and Montana will
not be as heavy as in 1910, which
was the best season in the history of
the industry in the Pacific North
west, though in some districts, par
ticularly the eastern and central
counties of the Inland Empire the
crops give promise of being larger
than last year. The new trees COM
ing into bearing this year should
bring the production to about 1000
cars. Pear, cherry, and peach crops
viii be lighter than last year, but
this loss is offset by the record yields
of berries and other small fruits.
No statistics are available on live
stock, wool, hops, vegetables and
poultry produced in the four states
in 1910, but it is reported that the
growers in the Inland Empire will
market $8,0O0,000 worth Of hay pro-
ducts, from $9,0O0,00O to $500
000 worth of poultry and eggs, and
from 100000 to $10,OO0,0OO
worth of dairy products. The live
stock industry is estimated at $1O,-
! 100000.
The potato crop is estimated at
from 100000 to 20,000,0OO
bushels
Albert W. Cooper, secretary of the
Western Pine Manufacturers associa-
| ton, with headquarters in Spokane,
reports that outside lumber ship
ments are % per cent less than dur
ing the same period in 1910. Sales in
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana, are from 81 l-2 to 80 per
cent less than in 1910. One hun
dred per cent increase over 1910 is
noted in shipm ents to Western Can
ada. This is due to the inability of
the Canadian mills to meet the de-
mand and the difference in prices of
rough dimension lumber, on which
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