The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-08-11
NEWS ITEMS
OF General Interesf$
About Oregon
Nine Oregon Crops Valued at
S30,l0l, ,730; Wheat Leads

Salem - Oregon farmers this year
viii reap q profit this year Of $50. 49,
7so from nine principal products, nc
eording 70 estimates compiled Monday
by o. p. Hof. state labor commits
sioner. The crop Of wheat, corn. oats,
barley. potatoes and apples win each
exceed 81. 900, 900, 900 In value.
The percentage Of the combined con
dition Of sll crops during July. based
on 10-year average, was 94.5.
The biggest item In ssOrsgon's enor-
nous harvest this year, as In the past.
Ia the wheat crop. which, based on
crop conditions August !, viii show .
yield Of III, 7B1, 900 bushels Of winter
and 4, 900, 900 bushels Of spring. or q
total Of is, 78l. 900 bushels.
Commissioner Hoff's estimates indi-
cate that the states winter wheat crop
IL SO per cent Of the average for 10
years. while the spring wheat crop is
66.2 per cent. The estimated value Of
the entire wheat crop Of the state at
the farm on August was 83 cents a
bushel, or total Of s1s. 097, ESQ. The
stock Of wheat now held on Oregon
farms is placed ct S7S, 900 bushels.
The state bureau Of labor statistics
forecasts an oat yield Of Is. 200, 900
bushels, worth IS, 4I2. 900 to the Ore
gon farmer 1T IL cents bushel. The
crop IL 90.3 per cent Of normal.
With so, 500 acres planted to pota-
toes this year and the crop % per cent
OF normal, q yield Of $3.50, 900 bush
els IL forecasted. At so cent? bush
el this crop will have value Of s5.-
600, 900.
The states apples crop viii total
3,2l6. 900 boxes Of value Of sS.216.-
600. tn yield Is u per cent Of q 10
year average.
Barley win bring 50. .447. 500 to the
farmers, 1t 10 estimated. with a crop
outlook Of 4, $50. 900 bushels.
This year Oregon has Al, 600 acres
planted to corn. with q prospective
yield Of So per cent normal.
Mr.. Hoff estimates that l, 200. 900
bushels viii be raised, netting the pro-
dueers 81, 00S, 900.
Although the yield Of pears 10 but
6s per cent Of average for 10 years, be-
cause Of unfaYorable climatic eondi-
tions this year, the estimated crop
is $40, 900 bushels. worth $50, 600.
The rye crop. estimated at 81 per
cent, viii total approximately 4l8. 900
bushels, valued at $4l8, 900.
Because of recent rains the hay
crop, IL is estimated, win run only
about 81 tons an acre. SO per cent Of
the l0-year average.
The peach crop this season Is fore
casted at 272, 600 bushels, 50 per cent
Of normal, and valued at $272, 900.
The grape yield is placed at so per
cent, and the blackberry and logan
berry output at 81 per cent of the av-
erage for 10 years. The condition OF
truck crops for canning purposes on
August ! 10 placed as follows: Snap
beans, 80 per cent; cabbage, 81 per
cent; sweet corn. II per cent; cucum-
Der. 68 per cent; peas, 80 per cent:
tomatoes, 76 per cent.
On August l, the estimated value at
the Oregon farm of the states main
products Commissioner Hoff places As
follows: Corn. "a cents bushel;
wheat, So cents: oats. Al cents; bar
ley. 55 cents: rye, 81; onions, sl.20;
clover seed. $12: timothy seed. $4.73:
alfalfa seed, sl3.S7; beans, dry, $5.27:
butter. az cents pound; eggs. rs
cents dozen; chickens, II cents q
pound; hay. sll.43; potatoes, 80 cents
i bnshel: hogs. s7.5I per cwt: beef
cattle, s6.92 per cwt; mich cows,
s70.75 per head; sheep. s6.25 per cwt;;
horses, s107. 80 per head: lambs. $7.25
per cwt: calves. $S.95 per cwt.