The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-09-08
HARVEST BRIEFS



From ss acres Of wheat on the wllt
Horse Edgar simpson had n yield q
ser sacks
Mcbride nros. a ortarra housed
their thrcshlns outfit Friday after .
run OF "a days.
n. n. nanlnter had a wheat crop Of
40 bushels per aero on the NJ. NJ
Johns place near Athena
Forty acres Of tho Ia praachc estate
near Athena yielded the nifty little
wheat crop of ist sacks
The schneider -afAy-IIaIl.D .Dowd out
NJ began threshlnE Monday In Dick
rnrilsh's barley on the Weston up
lands.
The smock a Herndon outfit beEan
threshlng Monday In w. l. smock's
barley ON the Reed and Hawley up
lands.
sim J. culley has finished the local
thr~shing season with his caterpillar
combine He eontemplatcs shipping
the outfit 10 southern Idaho.
A, his place near SAKE station
Lewis Gelss cropped n little moro Than
1000 sacks Of extra heavy club wheat
from 80 acres, He sold early In The
season,
The bumper whea, crop ot the year
10 Gar. rcported tn tho I4EAp.i. was hsd
hy Joe Key f,om ~ acres 81 his holf
lngs. The tract yielded 2lsH sacks, or
around 81 bushels 10 the acre.
one OF the best OF the reservation
crops 10 reported from tho sprinE
Hollow district. where J, A. Lumaden's
spring.sown wheat on summer faiiow
yielded 50 bushels 20 the acre.
Joo Ho,lYson Il now threshing In the
field wpsi 0f his house, about l5a ACRES.
ut Meadowhrook farm. This teld l.
running strong, and u thought 10 b.
good for an average OF " bushels.
n. L. Woods harvested q crop Of
1900 sacks of wheat and barley from
leo acres lie was among the sea
sons sellers at remunerative figures
and is undiasurbed by marks, eondi'
ilcns.
With their Holt Special comhlns
eanister 4 Lee have a few days mors
" work 10 finish 20 days run
scott Ranlsser. the firms senior mem.
Der. had an average yield OF IS BUSH |
.la from ITO acres. IN one OF theis
best davR Banister a Lee threshet |
Ifss sacks
!. NJ. E,anisier's Weld from ne
IcreH OF the Joe T.avador place on the
pservation was ~ bushels 20 the acre
lis home place near town averaged
bout 40 bushels Around the edgef
he wheat was very heavy. but grew
hinner and lighter m the center o.
he field was approached.
w. r. Woods cropped 5000 sacks Of
heat and barley from sso acres o.
he Price brothers holdings IN the DRY
reek district. which he Ia farming un,
er Iease. wilbur had 20 buy SOC
lore grain haKs than he auticiratef
i, did 40 without murmnr. He hai
I'D his crop,
J. p. Hart had Ie sacks Of wheat tt
Ie acre from 1855 acres Of his hoidins,
AR walIa waIla His yield wa
rRer than early conditions Indicate
the neighboFhood. and he u wei
ensed with the fruits Of his Year,
nrk. Mr.. Hart has sold only smat
Ift OF his wheat.
j. n. scrimsher'e fields Ia tho wiif
arse neighhorhood were hit hard b.
e June haif. He had IS acres o.
ring-sown barley OF which hardly
stige remained. but some OF Il grew
again and the field yielded ser
rks. HIa wheat was aiR0 damaged.
) yield being cut 20 Is bushels per
70.
Zoe sheard's crop In the Lamar
Ich district was not quite up to IT.
iai annual standard. although ne
eshed ~ bushels to the acre from
acres. His new Biewett worked
ely. its beat days run being 600
ks. The niotor-driyen separator
. easily hauled BY 10 horses. and
. swath OK 10 feet
oe Canncn's steam outfit he's fin
I'd threxhing IN the iowianda and
! moved Tuesday 10 the Weston up
ia. where Il viii complete totai
Of about SO days, n encountered
i grain In the region at fhe head
flat. where Its best days
was go sacks. The yield was 5
md 30 bushels per acre. Crops Z
ahed were those Of John Walker. Al
Mcdonald. Henry Barrett. 80
ris. Jim zerba and Ora Cannon. u
rom less than 100 acres Of wheat 4
he Wild Horse neighboi hood r. A.
T. l.. Mcbride filled 1900 sacks
,arts Of the field untouched by
o. and hail the yield ran aA high 4
70 bushels 10 the acre. The Nc Il
e boys had an eighty" OF barley 4
he same locality which made
er an unusual showing. The, i
he'd seeding II May 10. and Or A.
. ~ II was cut down 10 the root
. fierce hail storm. They moved
old stalks. finishing this wort
sprinaing up again. the bar.
and they got 30 bnslieip 4
he acre from II the Iamt day ir n
ist. On their home place north
'wn their barley yield was ar0und
ushelB per acre. and having dis 4
Z OF their total crop at good fig 4
they have no conn nlafnf In make