East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-07-18
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE

Harvesting Well Underway - Har-
vesting Is In full blast at the reserva-
ton. according to Major Swartzlander
who is In the city today. Combines
are humming on the Marion Jack
place OF 500 acres, on the Grant Ehr
hart place Of 600 acres, on the George
Fer.nger place Of 1000 acres and on
the william Hall place OF 500 acres.
Frank Curl is harvesting the Butler
ranch of 600 acres and on the south
reservation work Is underway on the
Tom Thompson. Kirkpatrick and
John Crow ranches. Charles Serell
Is also cutting into his 700 acres with
a combine. and others on the south
side of the reservation who are busy
are William n. Wright. 500 acres,
Charles Wright, 500 acres, and Dave
Horn. The Ritner ranch Of 500 acres
is also being harvested and on the
wheat owned by the Indian school,
Wilcox and Wright will start on Mon
day to harvest. The yield at the
school is estimated at As bushels to
the acre 1t is the German red
wheat.
Wheat Has Smut-Some smut ls re-
ported from a number OF fields, in
which machines have beed in opera
ton this week In one or two in
stances, reports are that the grain 10
badly smutted.-Athena Press.
Start Threshing Monday-Thresh-
ing machines. generally, win begin
work in the harvest fields of the
Athena section. next Monday. says
the Press. The first wheat of the
season was delivered at the mill com
pany's warehouse. Tuesday, by Lowell
Rogers, about three weeks earlier
than the first delivery of year ago.
Mr. Rogers also delivered the first
new crop wheat TO Maurice Hill at
Adams.
Land at sos Per Acre - Henry
Keen has sold a quarter section OF
wheat land to DR.. w. X. Scott OF Sc
attle. for sl05 per acre. and in turn
purchased quarter section from
Warren Raymond for $4,000 ana
now has half section of fine wheat
land in a body. other purchases re-
Gently made from Raymond, are a
half section by Frank Sanders and
quarter section by Ace Wagner
Athena Press.
Threshing Near Weston - ]. NJ.
Banister began cutting Wednesday
with his Holt combine in the wheat
on his home place near town. He
will have about 500 acres of wheat TO
put in the sack this year. Nels Gil
man of walla Walla. who ran Mr..
| Banisters machine last year, is again
at the helm this season. Z. A. Dud-
ley also started up Wednesday, with
gasoline power combine and ca
/ terpillar engine. He is cutting on
the Bonifer place.-Weston Leader
To Have 20-Day Run - Threshine
J operations were started by w. II. anc
! Grant Steen on Dry creek yesterday
They are harvesting with a combine
and expect to have a 20-day run
Milton Eagle.
Sixty Bushels Per Acre-Harvest II
the ]. :. Richey field west OF Miltor
was completed Wednesday of THU
week. ]. II. coffman, who is farming
the Richey field. harvested 1S0 acres
OF barley with his new Brown-Lewi'
combine. getting an average OF o.
bushels per acre. testing so pounds tc
| the bushel Milton Eagle.
|
some Pilot Rock Yield-The Stur'
tevant property next to town made
Weld of about so bushels to the acre
/ OF barley. on the Thomas Jaques
place. the gasoline tractor manned
by John Royer did excellent work
and the barley ran 1l2 pounds TO the
| snrl which was n little better than