The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1919-07-17
WHEAT YIELD FAR
EXCEEDS FORECAST
Crops In North and Middle Sections. of
County Are Daily Boosting Av.
erage.-E. B. Martin Get
ting 25 Bushels.

Previous estimates on the MorroW
county wheat crop for 1919 must be
revised. The revision is In favor Of
more full sacks and a severe blow to
the pessimist, for returns from the
northern district are daily boosting
the average yield far above the figure
set by the gloomers and is exceeding
the fondest hopes of the most opti-
mistic.
There is very little spring grain
out In that region north of the base
line and south toward Lexington and
the fall sown is in every instance,
beating the estimate. Why, it is keep
Ing some of those farmers busy run
ming back to town for more sacks
Ffeids that were slated for IL and
10 bushels a few weeks ago are max
Ing from 18 to 25, and fields fur
ther north which we have not ye,
visited, are reported to be yielding
as high as 80 bushels. Some of the
best looking wheat has not yet been
touched by the header.
On the E. B. Martin ranch, which
by the way, was bought by Mr.. Mar
tin a few months ago from Sam and
Ben Brown and will pay for itself
this season with margin to 60 on;
wheat of the turkey red variety is
making 25 bushels per acre. Mr..
Martin will take 1900 sacks of wheat
from 14O acres. The wheat is of ex-
tn fine milling quality and will COM
mand the top market price. Mr.. Mar
tin, 1t goes without saying, is a num-
Ter one farmer, having engaged in
that art extensively In Sherman
county for a number Of years. Prior
to buying the Brown place, Mr.. Mar
tin was associated with l. f. Kuns-
man in the stock business on upper
Willow creek and still retains his in
terests there.
Early returns from the Phil Jones
place northeast of Lexington indicate
that his crop will average about IS
bushels, although that may not be
figuring 1t high enough as Mr.. Jones
has not yet threshed some of the best
of his grain. Mr.. Jones and Albert
kerber are harvesting together and
viii go onto the Kerber wheat when
they finish the Jones fields. /
Albert Bowker started up his out
fit on the Chas. Erwin ranch south
east of lone last week. Mr.. Bowker
is threshing with new Advance
Rumley separator and it is giving ex-
cellent satisfaction. The power Is
furnished by luba tractor. The En-
win wheat, which is Turkey Red, is
making an average yield of 20 bush
els per acre.
Although threshing has just COM
menced on the W. +. Barnett ranch
northeast of Lexington and the best
grain has not yet been threshed, re-
turns from 80 acres show that Mr..
Barnett is getting 20-bushel yield.
The outfit is in charge of H. F. Par
ker and he says they will have a rs
lay run with the headers and thresh-
er combined and an additional ten
lay run later with the thresher at
he stacks. /,
Harry Duvall is another north ,
Morrow farmer who Is gathering in I
he golden grain on the ranch which {
le bought few months ago from the
Newlons and the home of the only
Irtesian we'll in the county. Mr.. Du- s
'all has got one of the best harvest {
ng outfits 1t has ever been our good
ortune to inspect. 1t is a Harris {
ombine with an 1S-foot header. The
eparator Is operated individually
With a high power motor and the en-
Ire outfit is pulled over the land by
Z horses and mules. Five men make h
p the crew and the combine Is CIV a
ng excellent results. The grain I
Which Mr., Duvall is harvesting at v
he present time Is making an aver p
go yield of 20 bushels. a
On the Earl Warner ranch heading t.
nd threshing Is progressing rapidly o
nd results show that Mr.. Warmers "
lrkey red wheat is making an aver Il
&c Of 21 bushels. The grain Is num- c.
er one, every kernel being plump Il
nd we'll filled and Is very clean, be- 81
lg almost entirely free from smut e
nd weed seed. 81
One of the big surprises of the sea- a
IN is the 240 acres of bluestem Ii
heat of VIM. Huebner, on the light
: hill lands of Sand Hollow. Here
a dry season, by good farming m
ethods, Mr.. Huebner has made the la
nd produce wheat which is yielding G
stween Is and 20 bushels per acre. G
r. Huebner Is now harvesting his II
'op, using in the process a two-man
He Is getting excellent re-
Its.
Near by the Huebner field Is 500 in
res belonging to Barney Doherty. q
his grain is of the same quality and II
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