The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-09-15
HARVEST BRIEFS

1 j. Al. Baniater Of this city had SaS
sacks of wheat In one OF the Adams
warehouses destroyed BY tre. II was
insured at dollar a hushel,
Il. G. Sailing, who believes IN utilis-
ing his summer falluw, has had six
mon at work this week taking care Of
his bean crop on 40 acres Of land near
town. lie expects to begin thrcshiug
today,
Hey winn finished thrcshing Frid.
ay after run Of 2lN days, having
harvested 1000 acres Ia the region be
tween Holdnan and Vansyclr. His
own crop from section Of, land WINS
9lOO sacks. Mr. winn used his cat.
erpillar engine To run his separator.
Wheat was active Saturday at
I Walla Walla, where sOO,OO0 bushels
were sold at prices ranging from M.26
to Sl.s6. tho latter figure having hcen
paid BY millcrs for turkey rcd. Pen
dlcton reported the sale Of 6o,o0o hu.
she's Saturday at $i,aa. Walla Wal.
la quotations ARE I. o. b.
K. G. Blomgrcn has bought Eph
fuckers thrcShmg outfit consisting
Of bundle thrcshcr and portable
gasoline engine. lie housed the ma
chimes after taking carc Of his own
crop Of 2600 sacks Of barlcy--which
was about the average for past sea
sons on the Blomgrcn ranch.
j. NJ. Banister's thrcshing outfit
"pullcd in" Tuesday after run Of
50 days, having made an average run
Of about a5 acres daily. Mayon Ban
lister is much pleased with the work |
Of the self.propelled combine which
he put into commission this season. II /
marched right along, did clean separ-
ating, and gave little or no trouble.
James Hill. asnbstantial young farm
er Of Helix. was in town yesterday
with Frank King and reports the Helix |
harvest TO have been the best on re-
cord. One Of the largest averages
was had by Henry Hendrickson, 81
bushels to the acre from quarter sec
ton. Bert winn cropped between IS
and 40 bushels pcr acre from 600 acres.
Mr.. Hills own average from l760 acres
was 20 bushels. Three hundred acres
of the home place went no less than 52
bushels and boosted the total.
One Of the most noteworthy barley
crops of The season was had by D. =.
Banister from the Nelson place one
mile below Athena, part Of which Is
bottom land. The tract Of 100 acres
yielded between rs and SO bushels per
acre, although half Of Il had been
sown on spring plowing. That alfal.
"a helps the soil for grain was shown
by this field, as it.has given three fine
barley crops since the alfalfa was
plowed up Mr.. Banister sold his
barley at sS3 per ton. and regards
1916 as pretty good year.
Leonard (Dumpy) Blomgren-pop
ular young agriculturist and baseball
backstop--had rather a nice little crop
from dozen acres Of rented land on
the Anderson place in the foothills.
The tract yielded $50 sacks Of wheat
or somewhere around so bushels per
acre. Dumpy is finding some use for
the mathematics which he learned at
O. Al. C. in trying to figure how many
simoleons would have flown his way
II he had planted dozen dozen acres,
or a dozen dozen dozen. (Which
doesn't fatten his banking account
however.l
Az an instance Of the profit in far
ming operations this year, w. q. Es-
tcs of Athena is credited with netting ..
$500 from only 2S acres Of wheat in
the Wild Horse ncighborhood, after
hiring all the work done. Up near
Arctin, in the Anatone country, Guy
Shellman paid for 100 acres Of land
with this years barley crop, which :
brought s45 to the acre. He bought
he land a year ago and seeded it last !,
fall. Which reminds us that anyone
Tho wants TO trade farm for a g.
Wash. in prime condition can get
bargain by inquiring at the Leader I
,ffice.