East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-03-18
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE

farm OF Henry Bymont he on3 tc get
three new disc plows started and says
trat they are working fine. In the
kind OF soil which is 20 be fouhG in
a lcod many localities here this p'O"
is peculiarly adapted ana although
only to very limited extent III this
setiicn. the farm machinery men wio
are neeping up with con1it.DDs ex-
pee; 1t used very extensively in
comparatively short lenytn Of tire
On PORTIONS of the lani or which
these plows are being tried cut iock
lie. very near the surface an ir times
past has given no amount Of trou-
BILE. Plow shares Sometimes get
caught so tight that 1t is necessary
to hitch some of the horses ON he
hind to pull it out The discs run
right over it, raising the necessary
height to stay on top AMI receive no
damage in the deal at all, except
trat they sing and hum like a couple
OF brass bands. Mr.. Byrnont already
has six hundred acres IN wheat and
IS psjIg the discs to put the same
amount in summerfallOw Eight
horses are used on each pillow and a
width of nine feet is turne.i
Raise Wheat, Cattle and Sheep
Jas Murtha, the well known Condor
stockman who has been in attend
ance at the convention here, return
ed TO his home this morning. Mr..
Murtha has seven thousand acres OF
land in GILLIAN and Morrow counties,
four hundred Of 1t being used as
wheat land and nearly the same am
cunt for growing alfalfa. The bal
ance is used as winter range for
sheep and cattle. His summer range
is near Austin in the Blue mountains.
About nine thousand ewes Of his
have already started lambing and
from results so far attained and the
fine prospects Mr.. Murtha says he
expects this to he the best season he
has ever experienced. He will COM
mence shearing several thousand head
about the last of next month. at which
time he expects to also dispose of
several hundred head of cattle.
PlOw Hit Bib Rock. l.. Hagan.
| we'll known young wheat farmer who
returned from California last fall to
take charge of his farm six miles north
! of here after spending three years in
| California, was in this morning. He
has 600 acres Of his 500 acre farm in
! wheat and is engaged at present plac-
1 ing the rest in summerfallow. Yes
| terday while one of his teams was
plowing with a three bottom gang the
share caught under a rock and be-
fore the ten mules could be stopped
had badly bent the beam. Mr.. Hagan
says this rock is the only one within
several miles of the place and is
about 4Ox50 feet about six inches un-
der the surface.
i Raising Garden Truck-Zoe House,
was in this morning from his farm
| bout mile and half west e Stan
field and says spring work is we'll un
der way on his place. He has jus
completed 3400 feet of ditch and j
now planting quite a tract of celery
onions and radishes. Mr.. Housc
demonstrated the productiveness o
the land in that neighb orhood las
year when he raised SOL pounds o
onions on a plot one rod square. H
had a good sized patch OF which thi
ras a fair sample and this year h
Is increasing his onion acreage.
PcniietOn Roller MiIls-The Byer
mill has received s42 sacks Of whcu
into their mill here within the las
ten Jays. This makes 1899 pound
which though a rather insienificar
amount shows that the farmers hav
been well fortified throughout tn
winter for frosts, etc. They also srir
ped ten thousand quart, ;: sacks 1
flour yesterday via Por.ldn and Sc
: attic for Hong Kong. tn, shipmer
required consignment OF sevt
! cars.
New Farm Equipment-Rugg Bro
sent complete blacksmithing outf
and centrifugal pump to be used !
irrigating to their farm yesterda.
They are farming alfalfa and feed
ing cattle quite extensively near Ech
and find that they stand greatly /
need Of smithing outfit o,: tn
place.
Farmers In Town Among IN
wheat farmers that were in town yes
terday afternoon were J. Y. Forte
and Fred Reese from north of tow
and r. d. Earnhart OF the Col
Springs country.
WIN Have Gas Engine-Ernes
Knight OF SAKE station has ordered
%6-horse power Holt engine and will
convert his harvester into a gas ma