East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-01-25
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE

BIuestem Sells for S1.30.-In the
sale OF tho Paxton-Stein Keylor lot OF
20, 900 bushels OF bluestem and hybrid
No. G3 Friday, wheat touched the
highest mark known In the Walla
WaIla valley since territorial days, the
bluestem going at fl.56. The Farm
ers' agency purchased the grain,
which averaged about S1.35 for all
varieties, a deal OF 327 600
In this lot was wheat from 1870
acres, which went 40 bushels to the
acre, and sold for $125, or S54 an
acre. This land has since been sold
for $3.50 an acre TO J. Benson OF
Waitsmurg.
NJ. II. Paxton, who Is another party
in the deal, had 300 acres that made
35 bushels 70 the acre, and at tl.S5
made t47.25 per acre, from which de-
Quoting expenses. went 1885 net. The
land cost $50 an acre.-Walla Walla
Bulletin.
Prison Not Making Bags.-With
grain bags selling at cents on the
open market the penitentiary jute
mill is not being operated, as bags can
not be made at that price in the state
prison. II is said that It costs about
that much TO make bags, TO say moth
ing Of the price Of the material to be
added. Consequently IL Is doubtful
IL the jute mill viii be operated this
year, at least the state board Of con-
troll has given no orders or intima-
tion to that effect.
Farmers in this locality have prac-
tically completed buying bags. Most
Of the members of the farmers union
contracted last June at 3-4 cents, az
announced at that time. Those who
did not are buying now. but the sales
are siderable.-Walla Walla Bull
letin.
Sheep 20 Portland.-Glen McCul-
Tough, foreman for stanfield Bros.'
will take several carloads OF sheep 10
the Portland market this week. They
will be shipped from stanfield where
they we're fed up last week.
Many Rabbits Poisoned-The far
mers OF Butter Greek report their ex-
periments in poisoning rabbits in that
section this week to be very success
full. They have been able to locate
some eight or ten thousand dead rab-
| bits so far and there are many OF
course which are lost in the brush.
AS many as ten or twelve rabbits have
been found dead around a single
handful of the poisoned hay, and 1t is
believed that by following up the ex-
periments the pest can be entirely
wiped out. The present cold snap Is
| again driving the rabbits into the
lowlands and this will make it much
easier for the farmers TO poison them.
There should. however. be more CO.
operation in the distribution OF the
poison, as the rabbits are apt TO mi
/ CRATE from one district to another
and render the work done. valueless
The only instance known so far, OF
the poison having been eaten by stock
is reported by Geo. Wuaster who had
a horse and in some way got a little
OF the poisoned hay and died in spite
OF his efforts to save him. This one
loss, however. should impress on the
farmers the necessity Of exercising
great care in guarding the poisoned
hay from their horses and cattle
Stanfield Standard
Selling Reef CaftIe.-Two promi-
nent Umatilla county cattle feeding
concerns are in the Portland market
today. Raines & Mccullough have
four cars Of beef on sale and ]. B.
Saylor has a shipment OF the same
size. Thte cattle were fed near Echo.