East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-18
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE

Will Have 10 Tcsced-Barney An
dersOn, who farms extensively north
OF Pendleton Is IN the city today and
states that he has become convinced
that ne will have to reseed a large
amount OF his acreage. Three weeks
ago, he said. ne examined his fields
carefully and determined that his
wheat was not l1maged. Yesterday,
he states. he found that 20 per cent
Of that which he inspected three
weeks ago is nov dead Adjoining
farms suffered as badly, he declares,
and he is inclined to think that there
wiz be much more reseedIng neces-
sorry in the county than was predicted
a few weeks ago.
Wool Sales COnfirned-News Of the
sale OF wool at 25 and 2G cents at salt
Lake is confirmed by message from
Dr. S. w Mcclure, secretary OF the
National WoolgrOwers' Association 10
II. Stanley Coffin of North Yakima.
According TO The message from DR..
Mcclure from 25 to 27 cents was
paid for quarter blood and three
eighths wool and that price Of 22
cents per pound was offered for fine
merino. Some contracts have also
been placed IN Nevada. II is SAID
that buvers representing German i'm
porters are busy around Caspar, Wyo.
anG also in Montana. The wool trade
/ 10 frfn "A in a
Boston firm has bought 100000
pounds on contract in Arizona at 27
IL cents.
Cattle 10 Seattle - ]. b. Saylor,
prominent cattlsman of the Echo
country, now has four cars OF beef
en- route to the Seattle market
Contracting for Wheat-Some idea
Of what wheat prizes are expected by
dealers to be next fall can be obtained
from the statement made yesterday
by Franklin county farmer that one
of the warehouse companies in that
section has already contracted for
several crops at {1.O5 net to the far
mer.
Local dealers state that II the war
continues long enough this summer
that no crops ,an be planted in Eu-
rope this fall the prices next winter
will be fully as high II not higher
than this winter, but as yet no con-
tracing OF crops has been reported
in the Walla Walla district.
The local market remained pracu.
cally the same yesterday as for sew
eral DAYS past About s1.44 was the
quotation on bluestem and S1.42 for
club wheat.-Walla walla Union.
Here's Chance for HOrsemen - II
there are any horse raisers in this
part OF the country who have not al
ready had their ranges stripped OF
all good stock. here's chance to un-
Iced. David Storey shiel of Kalispell,
Montana. representing W. Lawson &
Sons Of London. writes the Pendleton
/ Commercial association for the names
of horsemen stating that his firm has
a contract to deliver 100000 cavalry
and artillery horses for use in the
European war and that he would be
glad to give any one a sub-contract to
deliver 10000. Sub-contractors will
paid As pounds or S24O apiece for all
accepted horses and mares delivered
at some port in France, he states.
This will leave the contractor a profit
OF not less than $40 for each animal,
! he declares, the cost OF shipping from
1 Galveston or New orleans being
about $40 per head. He himself will
buy horses and mares weighing from
e50 to 1900. broke to saddle or har-
ness and from IA hands three inches
TO l6 hands high. paying from S75
up All such animals must be sub
joct to the U. :. inspection.