Walla Walla is so named from its abundant supply of water. Many little streams run over the surface and many more under ground. This valley is for the richness of its soil, which is , and its wonderful climate. This climate is shorn of its harshness by the magical breath of the Chinook wind.  
The principal crop here is wheat. A Walla Walla ranchman never thinks of planting anything else. The soil is so easy of that all he needs to do is to the ground, sow the wheat and go fishing until it is ready to harvest. Wheat brings him wealth and prosperity.
 
Every year one-half of a is allowed to lie fallow, but an Illinois farmer would rotate crops instead. The fallow fields, however, are kept clean and free from weeds.
 
 
During the rainy season the soil, which is rich in potash and phosphoric acid, stores up moisture sufficient to mature the wheat. Only three pecks of wheat are sown to the acre, as the grain stools very much.
 
The average farm contains six hundred acres, but there are many of from a thousand to fifteen hundred acres.
 
For cutting the grain the old-fashioned header is used, also the ordinary and , but the combined harvester and thresher is the king of . It is by from twenty-five to thirty , cuts the grain, threshes it, sacks it, and dumps it on the ground ready for shipment.
 
Wheat averages from twenty to thirty bushels to the acre. Some years the average is much higher. In 1898 wheat went sixty bushels to the acre.
 
The price of land runs from thirty dollars to sixty dollars per acre. Comfortable homes and green dot the landscape. The orchards, however, must be . The Blue mountains supply plenty of water for this purpose.
 
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