East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-02-23
NEWS OF FARM AND RANGE

Some Late Wool Sales-The follow
ing extract from the weekly letter by
the National Wool Warehouse &
Storage Comany, will interest local
sheepmen. II is apparent that deal.
ers are trying TO operate in the west
on the basis OF averages. We are ad-
vised that offers OF 25c for Merlno
woods have been made in Montana by
the same buyer who has paid 25c for
medium clips in Idaho. Under exist
ing conditions there is a difference in
intrinsic value Of about five cents the
grease pound in favor Of the medium
clips.
We are informed that several mil
lion pounds Of Arizona woods have
been purchased at &c but as these
will reach a market bare of woods they
should find a ready sale.
Practically the only woods now
available in eastern markets are the
pulled woods being made by the pack
ers daily. These are quoted az being
firmly held on the basis of 20 70 75c
the clean pound for B supers which
correspond TO 3-sc and IA blood
grades and 73 TO 74c for the finer
qualities. on the basis OF such val
ues our territory 3-Sc and IA blood
woods would be worth from S2 TO
35c Boston and fine medium and 1-2
blood woods from % TO SOC Boston.
Big Sale Thursday-There is con-
siderable interest in Dig auction
sale to be held at the Warren place
427 Tutuilla street Thursday after
noon. A large amount of far wa
chinery. horses and hogs will oe sold
by G. T. Roork. while 10 head OF
milk cows and two mares belonging
to Gritman Bros. will he sold. C. f
Rude is to be the auctioneer and the
sale will start at o'clock.
Local Wheat Market - Conditions
in the local wheat market indicate
the slump is still underway, Quota
tions have not been brisk at all to-
day and are said TO be not better than
$40 per bushel.
Yakima Irrigation Yields-The
gross value of'crops grown on the
Sunnysde unite of the Yakima pro-
ject in 1914 was &2,S5S,000, and last
year and each year for the past six
years the value Of the Sunnyside
crop has exceeded the total expendi-
ture OF the government on the pro-
ject, according to the report Of Pro-
ject Manager. r. X. Tiffany for
1914. The report has just been made
public here.
The total OF irrigable farm lands
reported was 66,525 acres on 2450
farms, or about so per cent OF the
project, The total irrigated area was
64.052 acres, or SIS per cent OF the
project, and the total cropped area Of
farms reported was 49.273.
Remarkable increase in the number
of cattle and hogs and increased at
tention paid to dairying are note
worthy features OF the report. Cattle
increased 20 per cent over 1913,
which showed S5 per cent increase
over 1919. Hogs increased SO per
cent over 1919. and in that year in
creased lis per cent over the previ-
Gus year.
The principal crop raised on the
project in 1914 and their gross value
were as follows:
Alfalfa hay--2S.lsi acres, 1SO,S2b
tons, value &sAS.tiB. Appies--7iss
acres, 5s,SSt,o $50 pounds value, H7ls,-
600. Corn--60O4 acres, Ss1,9Sl bush.
els, value, S22s,S24. Peaches-1Is5l
acres, s,s27T2SO pounds, value, $780,
7s2. Pears--s57 acres, s,707,7Oo
pounds, value, sll5,6l5. Prunes--
lSS aces, S,Os1,O4O pounds, value
3S1.7S(. Potatoes--SS2S acres. SS2..
400 bushels value, SS1S,664
Land Changes Hands-A deed fill
ed with Recorder Burroughs records
tn transfer of so acres on the upper
walla walla river from NJ, s. Rob
inson TO Martha Truzler for $500 !