East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-15
UMAT|LLA COUNTY
WILL YIELD LARGE
CROP OF WHEAT
OHyman II, Cohen in Portland Jour

nal.)
The extreme light sections Of Una
tilla county are coming into their own
this season and present indications
are that the expected increase in the
production OF this section will be
where the yields are usually small.
For several seasons the light land
farmers have passed through siege
OF drouth. This year they are going
to get good interest on the smaller
showing of recent seasons
With a rainfall we'll above normal
the official report being that for
the season up to July l there was
precipitation of 14.17 while the nor
NAL rainfall for the year is but IA
OF inches.
One real serious difficulty has con-
fronted the Umatilla wheat grower
this season. His crops have been en-
tirely too heavy. The grain has
grown heavier than ever before ana
while the light lands have much the
best prospects in proportion to the
normal output, the proportion to the
normal output, the real good fields
have showing that none can be
ashamed Of The big trouble is that
the wheat is so heavy that consider
able OF II has fallen to the ground.
Forty Bushels to Acre.
Naturally this refers TO the grain on
the reservation for there is none like
il in any part of the country, no mat
Fields that would have easily cut
| from so to so bushels an acre. had
prospects remained as they were
month ago, will now probably aver
age 40 bushels.
This loss in initial prospects is due
entirely to the great punches OF
wheat on the ground and which there
is little hope of saving.
1t is not the stand of wheat that
caused the damage, for the stoollng
along the reservation is always heavy.
The heads are of such enormous size
that the stalks, while bigger than
usual, are not sufficiently strong to
hold the grain aloft when the WIND
blows or the rain falls.
Some little damage was done by
frosts as well as hot winds last
month. but the excellent prospects
since then and the general good aver
age of the grain altogether makes
the loss of such nominal nature that
IL can scarcely be considered as rae
tor this season. Were the same thlng
to have happened in recent years, 1t
would have made considerable differ
ence with the total output. 1t miglu
be said that the damage was one OF
the best things that could have nap
pened to the crop and had 1t been
slightly greater the total output would
have even been better.
Exceptional Prospects.
The big growers of the reservation
al have the best crop prospects In
years. Besides others there are
Messrs. George Peringer, Caldwell
Reinhart, Crow and Mann. The Rein
hart crop is perhaps the biggest yield
per acre on the reservation. but the
average of the various fields Is so
close that little comparison can be
made. In fact the entire reservation
has a field of growing wheat that re-
sembles ballroom floor, so even III
|
On the reservation conslderaole
barley is down but even so indlca-
tions point strongly to an average OIL
40 bushels. North of Pendleton, the
estate of w. p. Temple has 1900 acres
of club that will likely reach an aV-
erage OF 35 bushels. Chris BREEDING
in the same section, with 1000 acres
NJ club. has practically the same IN
dications.
Will Mean Big Profits.
West and south of Pendleton the
crops will be fully double that OF
wear ago. and some really believe
that the increase will be greater than
this
This portion of Umatilla county Is
growing more jenkins club wheat TINS
season than ever before. Whlle tne
cl,h variety has always been the
standard of this section 1t is stated
generally that the jenkins has actual
iv demonstrated that it will produce
from five to ten bushels per acre
more than what is known as standaru
or Little club.
Operations Delayed.
Harvest operations in this section
are DELAYED about two weeks from
the normal owing to the cool weather
when ripening should have beer
forced. This has not been draw
| back, in fact has added to the pros
| meets and has made the grain OF SUI
nerior milling quality There will Dc
i little smut in this years wheat crol
Il from present indications and this too
II will he factor of importance in mar
i keting.
Little Call for New Crop.
Recently there has been pracucaH
II no activity in the call for new wheat
III While some weeks ago there wa
ii quite squirt of buying, buyers ar
III now inactive and are awaiting NOR
II definite news regarding world maj
ket conditions before operating on