Heavy Rains Spell Disaster for Palouse Grain
A three-day deluge in the Palouse region is expected to result in thousands of dollars in lost barley and wheat harvests.
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Albert Long, of Pomeroy, who has made Walla Walla his headquarters for some time, returned from a trip to his home town this morning. Three days' rain in the Palouse country he said this morning will result in thousands of dollars loss to farmers of that section. 'It rained for the better part of three days and in spite of reports to the contrary farmers will lose thousands of dollars by reason of damaged grain,' he said. 'The rain was so heavy in some sections that whole barley fields were beat down to such an extent that it will be a hard proposition to head the grain.' With bright clear weather, however, the situation will not be so bad, and threshing operations have been resumed.
“The rain was so heavy in some sections that whole barley fields were beat down to such an extent that it will be a hard proposition to head the grain.”
The vulnerability of dryland agriculture to extreme weather has been a constant for over a century in the Palouse. This report reflects the same anxiety that modern regional farmers face during unseasonal harvest rain events.
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