East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-07-16
NEWS FROM THE
FARM AND RANGE

Better Than Expected - Thougl
wheat was severely hurt By TIE hot
winds few weeks ago reports reach
ing town from various farmers show
the yields are proving better than was
expected. Il is reported that the yield
on the J F. Harvey place. northwest
of town. is going 35 bushels to the
acre. Brady Howdyshell is now
threshing wheat and It is said the
grain is running IS sacks to the acre.
H. j. Taylor had some samples Of new
wheat in town yesterday and states
that his wheat was not much hurt by
the burn. The yield on the Moore &
Bloom place is running better than
was expected. w. T. Kidwell. near
Pilot Rock. is now threshing and his
wheat is Of a good grade though the
acreage yield is not known. Threshing
is now underway on the Ira Perkins
ranch northwest of Pendleton.
New Farmer at HOspitaI-Tom Ba-
ker who has had charge Of the farm
at the Eastern Oregon State Hospital
for some time, has resigned his po-
sitlon and has been succeeded for the
time being by F. L. Allen. who has
been employed on the farm since the
first of the year. Mr.. Allen is an IL
linois farmer and has had much
practical experience in tilling the
soil.
Sells 1914 wheat az 30 Cents-Aft-
er holding $500 bushels Of his 1914
crop for nearly year, c. p. Ragsdale,
prominent Wallowa county farmer,
who two years ago, purchased
ranch in this county. has sold the
grain to Kerr-Gifford for 80 cents.
During the time he has held the grain
he has seen the price rise from IS
cents to $3.50 and fall again to go.
First Wheat Shipment -. The first
1915 wheat shipment to reach Port
land consisted of 10 carloads shipped
from Elwood station near Walla Wal
la. The wheat was shipped by Kerr.
Clifford & Co., and arrived in Port
land Wednesday
Tacoma Is High Market - Wheat
quotations from Tacoma continue to
show the market there to be much
stronger than in Portland. Publish
ed reports on the Tacoma market yes
terday show the club price to have
been Sl.04 which was IA cents above
the bid price in Portland Last Mon
day the Tacoma club price was given
at $1O4. while the Portland price
was listed at "a cents
Report ON Grasshoppers-Prof. A.
L, Loyett field crop and garden in
sect specialist of the agricultural col
lege. has returned to Corvallis from
an extended visit in central Oregon.
where he investigated crop pest con-
ditions. He announces that the fall
sown wheat is far enough advanced
to be beyond the depredations Of the
extensive grasshopper invasion, but
that the insects are attacking the
younger wheat, corn and vegetables.
An effort is being made to control the
pest and it is hoped that it will sue
ceed
Weather Delays Thrcshing-In
more ways than one is the present
weather operating to delay threshing
Even before the rain started today
threshers had stopped running be-
cause of the moist conditions. In
other cases farmers who were expect
ing to start threshing at once have
put off the start because the wheat
has not been sufficiently ripencd.
Many farmers have been expecting
to start their combines Monday but rs
result of the weather they will not
do so in many cases.
Grain Samples Arrive - Though
very little wheat has been threshed
in this county so far this year samples
of grain have commenced to arrive
at the local grain offices. Samples
thus far at hand show much chaff and