The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-05-09
LEXINGTON BIG EGG
SHIPPING POINT
Poultry Industry Would Seem to be
In the Ascendancy and Gives
Promise of Reaching High
Point.


not just now be entitled to the dis.
tinction Of being the biggest egg
shipping point in the county, she is
fast coming to the front in that line
and may yet be called the leading
egg and poultry producing section OF
Morrow county. For many years this
title was held by lone, and that point
gained the designation of the Egg
City" and was entitled to take the
lead as the greatest egg shipping
point In Eastern Oregon. However,
the people of the lone country be-
gan to retire from the poultry busi-
ness a couple of years ago, owing
to the high price of feed and severe
weather causing the loss of large
numbers of chickens and the indus
try has not been restored to its for
mer standing in that section. We
have no exact figures on the situa-
tion at Lexington, as there has been
none kept to date. At the present,
however, there is being shipped out
of Lexington from 25 to rs cases of
eggs per week, and it is expected that
this amount will be greatly increas-
ed. But very few people are making
a specially of poultry raising and the
handling Of chickens is largely a
Side line" as it were, among the
farmer folk. VIM. Huebner, who re-
sides down Sand Hollow, a distance
Of some eleven or twelve miles out
from Lexington, is perhaps the larg-
est producer of poultry and eggs, and
he is now delivering in Lexington
each. week from FIVE to ten cases.
Mr.. Huebner makes speciality of
poultry raising and is known as
the chicken man" of Sand Hollow
While getting his homestead in shape
he has engaged in raising chickens
and has made success in this line.
From what we were able to learn.
Mr.. Haebner is doing sufficiently we'll
that he does not need to worry about
whether crops turn out we'll or not !;
biddy will keep things moving on the
farm and will also assist in keeping
up the bank account. A little later
we shall have some exact figures on
the egg shipments from Lexington,
and in the meantime expect to wat
ch Lexington grow" in this particu-
lar line of production.
Wheat About All Shipped.
BY ths end of this week all the
wheat stored in the Lexington ware
houses will have been shipped. Ev-
cry bushel in the Leach & Scott house
was loaded out last week, and the
crew has been busy this week load
ing an average of six cars per day
from the Burgoyne warehouse, and
by the ehd of the week this will be
cleared, thus making ready for the
new crop. And we have also the in
formation, that aside from few
small lots of barley, this cleans up the
grain situation at this point. The
Leach 4 Scott warehouse now has
some $4,000 pounds of wool in stor-
age, hating received the Carly, Cur
ran, Doherty and Ward clips This
is about all the wool that is tribu-
tary to Lexington.
Crops Are Looking Well.
In getting a line on the crop con-
ditions in and around Lexington this
week, our reporter was reliably in
formed! that there is little to COM
plain Of. Fall wheat is coming along
iii excel lent shape and makes promise
of a bumper crop, while the early
Spring ;sowing is also doing well,
There seems to be a rather poor
showing at this time with the later
Springisow1f grain, but it is expected
that this will come out all right with
some gain. The Lexington people,
generally speaking, are not caring for
heavy rains just now. fearing that
the grain wbuld become too rank and
tender. Ititstands in need of tough
ening and the present weather con-
ditions are,about right for this.
1t Vas the pleasure of our repre-
sentative this week to meet and form
the acquaintance of W. 7. Gerard.
one q the more recent additions to
the farming section of Lexington.
Mr.. Gerards while getting located on
a piede of land out from town about
six miles with view to engaging in
wheat raising, is also a carpenter by
tradg and lat present is assisting NJ.
D. Tpckerton the Mcmillan house.
He has also done quite Il lot OF build
ing in and around town since conf
ing to Lexington four years ago. Mr.
Gerard will eventually become one OF
the leading farmers of the Lexing-
ton section.
Lew Holmes this week sold the bill
Of lumber for the new barn on the
Nelson farm, mention of which WAS
made in these columns last week.
The structure will be erected largely