East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-07-23
CHyman H. Cohen in Portland

son harvest 75.000,OOO bushels of
wheat. This is the second largest
crop ever produced in the states of
Oregon, Idaho ana Washington. So
far as the latter two states are con-
cerned. the 1918 production of grain
Is the greatest ever ready for gather
ing.
Records yields Of wheat are shown
in the light land sections of the in
land empire this season. Only unfor-
tunate weather at the start of the sea-
son kept the three states from break
ing every previous record in wheat
production. AS matters stand, the
crop is most satisfactory when the
output of three northwest states is
merged.
There never was a season such as
the one now closing. There was little
evidence at the start of the year that
such an enormous production of wheat
would be shown. In fact the indica-
tions at the start were generally OF
poor character.
One remarkable feature of the pres
ent grain crop season is that the light
lands Will, as rule, produce even big
ger crops than the so-called better
sections" This is due to the fact that
during the spring months a very un-
usual amount of moisture was receiv-
ed in the light land sections, this be-
ing the only drawback from produc-
ing big crop at any season.
The Big Bend, the Palouse, Eureka
Flat and the Camas Prairie country.
all come in for their share of the
praise of producing the biggest cereal
crop ever known in their respective
sections. The growths of wheat along
Eureka Flat in Walla Walla county
| We're uniformely heavy this season.
Yields Of 80 to So bushels per acre
were quite common in this light land
section that but few years ago was
considered almost entirely Worthless
from an agricultural standpoint. There
are fields on Eureka Flat that are to-
/ day harvesting 40 to so bushels aver
age per acre but naturally they are ex.
! cept.ons instead Of the rule
| In the Big Bend section of WASH
| ington there is likewise considerable
80 bushel wheat but it is not likely
|
| bushels If above 22 1-2 bushels. The
latter is most likely. Considering the
extensive acreage on very light land in
the Big Bend, the outlook is therefore
the best ever known there.
In the Palouse country of Washing
ION, the showing is far the greatest
ever known. Whitman county the
banner section of the wheat belt OF
the Evergreen state, is harvesting 49,
100000 bushels of wheat this season.
This will be from 100000 to 5,0O0,-
600 bushels more than the same coun-
ty has ever before gathered. The only
section of the Palouse that Is not
holding onto its reputation this sea-
son Is that between Pullman, Wash,
and Moscow, Idaho.
In the Moscow country there was
such heavy snowfall during the VIM
ter that very large per cent of the
fall sowing was smothered and this to-
gether with the smaller acreage OF
spring planting, due to the tateness
of the season, brings down the whea,
crops of that section to somewhat be-
low last seasons standard. This Is
for winter wheat. While 1t is true that
the spring wheat acreage is rather
short, the planting shows excellent
prospects at this time for very big
crop per acre.
Yield Heavy in. Clearwater Country
over in the Clearwater and Camas
Prairie sections of Idaho the show.
ing this season is the envy of the en-
tire Pacific northwest. There are a
number of fields in the Camas Prair-
lie country that will harvest close to
&C bushels average per acre. There
are several fields that will go beyond
this figure, one of them being at Den.
yer, about nine miles north of Grange
vile, on the w. r. & n.
All through Idaho there is very
/. good showing of wheat this season
Latah county being the only excep.
tion. While the best crop is shown in
the northern belts, still the crops in
southern Idaho are very good. The
acreage in the latter section is show.
ing considerable increase.
In the heavy land sections of Ore
son and Washington, this years croI
of wheat. while still above the aber.
age for 10 years, is somewhat below
that of last season. In the foothil
section of Walla Walla county con.
siderable loss in grain will be showr
as result of the great increase IL
: weeds this season.
The same is true of the famous res
ervation section of Umatilla county
Oregon. The weers there are thicker
than they have been for many year.
, but despite this both Walla Walla ant
Umatilla counties will this season
gather about 100000 bushels o.
wheat each. The showing in Walls
Walla county is about 500, 900 bushel,
better than the so-called record croI
of year ago, although in Umatills
county it Is about that amount les,
than year ago.
The reason for this increase in one
big county and a decrease in another
is apparent. In Walla Walla county
the light lands produced their bes
crops this season while in Umatille
the showing in the light ground oil
west end of the county was extremely
poor when compared with a year age
although there is a very good average
for 10 years.
Oregon Crops Under Last Year.
Oregon wheat fields as whole pro.
duced much smaller crop of wheat
) estimated at 19.150,000 bushels COM
pared with 25231,0 900 bushels year
ago There were two big reasons for