East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-08-01
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE
WESTON FARMERS ARE
GROWING MUCH CORN
(By Lou s. Smith, Assistant Agrlcul-
turist, O.-W. II. n NJ

l find some farmers in each district !
l visit who are trying corn. Wher- |
ever they are coming anywhere near !
preparing the ground and cultivating
the crop as We recommend, then
they are getting encouraging results.
To be sure, the growing of corn in
place of summer fallow makes an
increased demand upon the land and
requires an extra amount of work.
This, however, is more than offset by
the increased profits that may be
realized The fellow that fails and
then declares that he can not grow
corn is generally the one who tries to
steal crop off from the summer fall
low
The man that holds to the anti
quated idea that manure will burn up
| his land will never make a success Of
growing corn
/ Up around Weston there are a doz-
/ en- or more farmers that are growing
total of something over two hum
/ dred acres of corn this year. This
acreage is not all manured nor cul-
tivated as well as it might be, bur
nevertheless the crop as a whole is
| looking fine.
Four OF these men, X w McKen-
zie, ]. P. Lieuallen, Ralph Tucker an /
Joe Hodgson, each built, last year, a
one hundred and fifty ton silo. Al
though the first year of course, Is a
sort Of an experiment, these gentle
men seem to be pretty well satisfied
with the investment Mr.. Mckenzie
had only enough corn to iii his sllo
half fun last year but this year eX-
poets to fill it to the top. This is to
furnish feed for a dozen milk cows
and the balance will be fed to hogs,
sheep and beef stock.
Mr.. Mckenzie says that his hogs
and sheep kept fat and made fine
growth on silage alone. l DO not rec
ommenl feeding in this way. however,
as a combination OF silage and alfal.
IA or wheat hay and some grain Is
; sure to he more profitable
In filling these silos last year a
: yield of about six tons per acre was
secured.
With manure and proper seed selec'
ton this yield can be materially in
creased.
Several more OF the Weston farm
ers are now contemplating building
silos.
big Wheat Near Athena - Bis
wheat yields are reported from th'
reservation south of Athena. Chas
d Williams Is said to have had yiel,
Of so bushels per acre from zoo acres
while Sam Pamburn is credited Will
a bumper crop. reaching up to .
II bushels per acre. James Hodgsoi
/ and f E. Koontz It IS said, croppe'
h a 5O-bushel average from the Kirl
p estate holdings in Athena territory
II Dudley & Kirk have finished a rui
c of l3 days with their Holt combine
and had a 44-bushel average from tn
Roulstone place near Adams.
- Unusually Good Crop-An unusual
=. IL good wheat crop for this year an
=, one of the very best he has ever haI
t. vested was secured by 4. ]. McIr
- Tyre at his fine farm north Of tow
=. From 40 acres he had 1926 sack
=, Mr. Mcintyre has had as good or bel
ter Stands" before, but lost som
wheat from lodging, while this tim
It was all saved by Sim J. Culley
Holt combine, 81 horses, 20-foot Gu
with separator run by gasoline pow
n er. The Culley outfit harvested r
er less than 1918 sacks Of grain in OF
s. days run at the Mcintyre place la
or Saturday. Weston Leader.
III Lou Reed Place SOld--Green EST
i who recently purchased the Lou Rec
" place on the Umatilla last week so
II to John Thompson, the well know
stockman. consideration not give
ct. Mr.. and Mrs. George Brace will resi'
ut on the place.
nd
Is \ Harvest Accident Hermi
tie Stages, the 14year-old son of G. '
lis Stages. had an unpleasant and dal
MS gerous experience Monday. which
as probably will not soon forget Viii
riding on the Stages combine