East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-10-11
.SPUDS DECREASE, BUT
/. STATE HAS MANY APPLES

Improvement in apple crop pros
poets and falling off in potato pro
duction forecasts for the state are out
standing points in the Oregon monthly
crop report just issued by f. L. Kent,
agricultural statistician of the depart
ment Of agriculture. The Eastern Ore
gon apple crop is showing up much
stronger than was anticipated month
ago. The late potato crop was pretty
generally damaged by frost about the
middle Of September.
Conditions of other crops in the
state on October 1st, compared with
normal was as follows: Corn, rs per
cent; tomatoes, S4 per cent; grapes,
90 per cent. Yields per acre are esti-
mated at 40 tons for cabbage; 500
bushels for onions; 500 pounds for
hops.
An inquiry relative to total acres in
crops compared with last year indi-
Gated he 1927 acreage at SO per cent
of 1891. Assessors 1921 acreage re-
turns EXCEPT fer seven counties not yet
available place this years crop acre
age at 25 per cent of last year
A very general rainfall occurred
about the 20th OF September with q
lisht precipitation about the 3rd and
again ahJut the 25th The total pre-
cjptation Ut Portland as recorded by
tino Weather Bureau was 30; inches,
compared with the normal Of 1,91
inches for the month of september.
There was no long continued damp
cloudy weather; consequently there
was but little crop dama3c from the
precipitation. Hops were a3out 80 per
cent picked when the heG"v rainfall
occurred ard prunes were Oil y slight
ly Ia naacd by the ralnfAL Ct the
month. The precipitation wac suffi-
cient to pat the soil in good condition
for fall ;eeding operations in most To-
calities and plowing and sooG'ng made
lapil pros ress during the latter half
of the n,cnth.
Killing frosts over most Of The state,
nccurrtc on September 9Th md 18th.
In the western part of the STATE grow
ING crops On the higher Gle atoms, for
the most part escaped frcs' damage
hut in the river bottoms practically
all sarutl truck and lato potatoes
were klled. In some loc1l'ties, corn
cn tie uplards was also frosted River
bottom and corn was pretty generally
frost bitten IN the Eastern }rd Cen
Jral portions of the State, LIVER tenn
pCratures prevailed than in The West
ern distAct and consequently frost
Gamage Was more general. LGrn, late
potatoes, late alfalfa, in t1ct practi-
cally every growing cro9 was injured
tv frost in the Eastern portion of the
state. In Union county, Ii IS reported
that prmes were damaged to some ex-
tent
The tverage yield OF sprlrg wheat
per acle for the state is estimated al
1G bushels. For the Unite Ii States
tha ~" ege yield per acre las been
placed Il 1913 bushels.
Average yield per acre oe cats for
Oregon 5 estimated at 80 brfhels for
1921 as compared with 24.t bushels
fli thb ,aited States.
The +ugust dry weather decline in |
CtUulllOn CCullnucu llltOuEll me llISl |
half Of St ptember when kill'rg frosts |
checked further growth Of potatoes in |
mcst districts. Many late planted po- |
Jatoes = made but little s; owth of I
tuhtrs when killed by f.oN, hence,
viii lie very small in size In fact,
he state crop generally appears to be
luder average size. Digging is farth-
or advanced than usual fot this date
md market reports indicate that sew
'ral carloads have already oeen ship
1ed.
Hor licking was compleiel with but
title damage from rain bat it is re-
'orted that a large percentage of the
rep was frost damaged. Freezing
,rens the hop burr, causing shatter-
M : reddish color als1 develops,
md the value of the pro iu'' Is much
impaired.