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THE MORNING OREGONIAX, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1920.
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: PRODUCTS OF OREGON FARMS AND RANGES IN PAST YEAR TOTAL $206,000,0001
Umatilla County Holds Lead as Banner Wheat-Raiser, With 24,528 Acres of Spring and 136,645 of Fall-Sown Corn Comes Forward as Important Crop.'With 50,000 Acres Livestock Industry One of State's Greatest j
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r;iioiid by the shortage of hopa
iiliroiid.
ICiifilish ho)i growers as a war.
timo necessity plowed up a large part
of iht-ir hop yards, so they could raise
mort inoii. Now. with this condition
lio longer existing wr.d the ban on
I) -r niukiiijf in Knifland lifted, the
British brewers have been forced to
i-:n iif America for their supply of
Ikil That the KiiKlish demand will
oii i.iiie for several years, to the de
ci e.l benefit of Oregon producers, is
it- monstrated by the eagerness of the
loiviyrn firms to contract for Oregon
hops for terms of -three years at
pi i (8 close to the 50-ccnt mark.
The orchards of Oregon bore more
apples the pust year than ever before,
and better apples than for many sea
sons past. There are now 31,790 acres
in full bearing and 7601 acres soon to
come In. Hood River county leads in
orchard area with nearly 400 acres
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I II ARBOR. PATROL IS MAIN- I
TAIMiO.
Portland n.alntains a modern,
I efficient harbor patrol In con-
nection with its bureau of
1 police, at all times caring for
I the protection of the many
I miles of water front in the city
limits. I
Captain Jacob Speier is har-
borniaster and Carl Prehn is
chief engineer. i
Muring the war unusual vigi-
i lance was exercised and a great- f
ly enlarged patrol was main-
tained day and night, with the
I result that no untoward events
I transpired and the harbor
1 front came through with a fine
record.
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of bearing apple trees. Prices In tli
American markets are high and re
turns to growers generally good, but
conditions would be better but for
the unrest that has prevailed in many
sections, the transportation difficul
ties and the unsatisfactory export sit
uation brought about by the demor
alization of the foreign exchange mar
kets. A total valuation of J18.000.000
is placed on the production of fruits
and nuts in the state in the past year.
experienced. Starting with prices potato Crop Good.
down near the cost of production, the There was a very fair potato crop
market steadily mounted until it llirH nt on both sides of the Cas-
ucts Oregon has forged ahead with reached the 85-cent mark. In normal ..,i a. iv maii art of
rw h.. Kocni o i .., ier than usual selling movement dur- Ane yvol an1 moM"' output of tne an output worth Jo.0UU.0U0. while times 20 or 25 cents was a hisrh price ,h hf moved, rhieflv be-
acreage, and it now appears probable j fhe state, the total acreage in the ing the early fall. s,ate was worth J7.000.000 in the past J10.000.000 more was brought to th for hops and ,n one or two years cause of the car shortage, but ship-
Throughout the year livestock prices ear. trices ot Dotn were nign. ins tarmers Dy ine saie or poultry ana when the market advanced to 45 ments are beginning to go forward
nciu ai uign icveia ana even ai ine wuui inarnei remaineu ai me war eggs. rtecora prices ruling in ineso P.ni. , rnnsMpred nhonnmonai now in good volume ana tne prices
during the earlv part of the growing consiueraoiy less man in mis. This .aigcsi. nmuuteis. iuS.iii pciiuus incie was level or prices ana ine policy or tne .lines were partly orrset, as in otner The present high value in the face of receivea by tarmers are sansiaciory.
season The eariv sprin prosDects ia i" Part due to a less favorable 7 Jhe corn crop was cut by 1,tt,e "ece8sion from the record quo- government in discontinuing its sales branches of farming, by the extrem ,,,,,,. , ,hl ',. , , The onion crop was also of good eize
ttktarwh'itevJb'yw seeding season, but also in Bart to ,1 famerS fr 8UaSe- ,n the matter tations established. Livestock men of 1918 wool during the marketing high cost of feed and labor. prohibition in this country, is one of am, u haa ed 6teadily into con.
better .ndsoring-sowii Tgrafns for the les , I fn li f hay outPut- the western Oregon are a unit in declaring that the sue- season enabled the growers of the The hop growers passed through the after-effects of the war. It Is sumillg. channels with prices well
letter, ana sprrngjiown giains ior tne less acreage in fallow last summer, counties continued to lead the state, cess of the Pacific International Live- state to dispose of their clips with- a season such as they never before solely due to the export demand oc- above the average.
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STATEMENT OF THE SUMMARIES OF AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL STATISTICS OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR YEAR 1919. !
WJjeaf in Jack, CuttjhBjg..Qifo&isifiXen Yatley
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HE products of Oregon's farms most part got a fine stare' But the The acreage sown ' to winter wheat The value of hay and forage crops
dry, hot weather of the late spring was 637,955, while 276.654 acres were was $33,000,000, which brings these
and ranes in 1919 reached a to
tal value of $206,000,000. In con-
and
summer, together with late planted In the spring. Umatilla main- articles to third place among Oregon's
sidering the total production it should spring frosts in some localities, cut tained its lead as the banner wheat products.
be borne in mind that practically all the total production far below the county of Oregon, with 136.645 acres Livestock, next to grain, the most
of the hay and forage and a consid
erable portion of the grain produced
was used in the feeding of livestock.
Including poultry.
spring1 prospecA.
Winter wheat naturally fared bet
ter than spring-sown and, owing to
favorable seeding conditions in the
of fall-sown and 24,528 acres of spring ,.ai.h. ij,, -
having 107.795 acres in winter and "Sht the producers J45.000.000 in
30.845 acres in spring wheat.
In barley production Umatilla coun-
tne past year. L-lvestocK came
through last winter in good shape for
7 Ft. SfonJ Otfs. Willamette Valley
Tieo A. n. Pi-eft iJJ
The net production, therefore, would fall of 1918, the percentage of the ty ranked first, with an acreage of the most Dart, but summer ransra con- stock exposition held here will go a out meeting competition from gov
be less than the $206,000,000 gross wheat crop that was fall-sown . was 12.795. and Marlon led the oats, grow- ditions were not up to the usual loneT way toward keeping Portland in eminent owned wools.
hy probably J45.000.000 to J46.000.000. larger than" usual. With the price InS counties witn b4,4l3 acres. The standard, which with a shortage of ts Present position as the livestock In the important line of dairy prod
or around J160.000.000 net, a sum for the crop guaranteed, wheat grow-
never before realized by the producers ers. planted more than the normal
value of the cereal crop in 1919 at
tained a total of J56.500.000.
hay in some sections, caused a heav-
center of the northwest.
of the state.
' The wheat output in 1919 fell con
siderably below the estimates made months for the 1920 crop has been rion, Clackamas and Douglas coun-
that the acreage sown during recent past year reaching nearly 60,000. Ma-
COMPILED BY THE STATE TAX COMMISSION.
A little less than one-third of the farm lands of Oregon are devoted to raising agricultural products, according to the annual report of Frank Lovell. state tax commissioner. Included in the 29,313 farms reported to the commission and containing a total of 6.773.977.45 acres, only 2,151.335.39 are
under actual cultivation Umatilla county,, with 1204 farms and a 4otal acreage of 782.305.50 acres, leads the entire state in the amount of land actually utilized for agricultural and horticultural purposes.
The table printed in connection with the summary shows the number of. farms in each county in the state, acreage under cultivation, total acreage, and varieties of products raised:
COUNTY.
Maker
Benton
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia. ......
Coos
Crook
Curry
Deschutes
Iouglas
Gilliam
(.rant
Harney ,
liood River. . . .
Jackson
Jefferson
Josephine. . , .
Klamath! . . . .
Lake. .........
lanet
Lincoln
Linn
Malheur
Marlon
Morrow
Multnomah. . ,
Polk
Sherman
Tillamook. ...
L'matilla
t'n ion
Wallowa
Wasco
Washington. . .
Wheeler
Tain hill
Total. '.
Winter Spring
Wheat. I Wheat.
6.078.00
11.886.00
20.349.00
40.001
757.001
94.251
901.00
32.001
79.00
6,773.001
61.364.0U
1,222.00
l"76!66
11.690.00
891.00
'" 95'. 6 6
44.00
15,624.00
371.001
35.256.00
107,795.00
1,699.00
82,023.00
is 6. 645'. 7 5
28.448.50
15.557.00
51.267.25
17.492.401
18.177.25
Oats.
Barley.
11.045.00
6.726.50
5,229.00
23.00
436.00
129.25
5,690.00
50.00
2.3SS.00I
4.215.00
34.474.00
1.636.00
2.300.00
423.001
26.-032".6o
402.50
6 07'. 6 6
lV.75
8,519.50
1.885.50
12,435.00
30.845.00
748.50
i6,2'20'.66
'24.Y2.R6
44.744.00
27.211.00
6.592.50
2.114.25
3.307.00
1.727.25
637,955.401276,654.50
5,000.00
13.686.25
28.884.00
792.00
1.S72.00
1,851.00:
1.351.00
30.00
4.598.50:
9,934.00
115.00
7S2.00
2.640.00
371.00'
V5V.66
738.50
1.150.25
23,195.00
896.50
64.413.00
Bv 13.00
4.955.75
455.
1.764.
1.820.
12.080.
7.211.
1,419.
20,429.
523.
15.973.
229,801.8'
5.860.
'66.
561.
13.
131.
490.
37S.
11.
631
1.275
6.560
550
2,940
57.
" 617
360
Rye.
00! 1,
00
00
00
00
50
00
00 . .
001 8
00!
00
00
00
00
. . I
00119
00
178.00
lV.25
840.00
894.00
1.967.00
7,78.00,
396.50
2.604'.66
i2.'79'4'.66
5.311.50
5.540.50
2,975.00
520.00
2.219.00
521.50
65,153.75
200.00
533.00
845.00
7.00
38.00
167.00
367.00
VoV.
297.001
4S3.0O
367.00
560.00:
10.00
389.00
179.60
5.314.00
' 'lYl.66
892.25
5,339.00
2.590.00
5,271.00
119.00
." 60566
2.2'9'l'.66
1.979.60
1.730.00
970.25
293.50
5.639.001
371.001
ACRES.
Corn.
1,100.00
2.656.50
5,323.00
16.00
268.00
2.427.251
29.00
308.25
457.
5.145.00
201.00
412.60
15.00
169.00
V01'. 6 6
807.50
218.50
4,278.50
1,002.50
9,664.00
27.00
2,005.00
' "'" V6".66
872.00
2.447.76
1.399.50
1,335.50
3,714.69
322.00
2.451.95
78.241.25149,421.14
Clover.
Alfalfa.
l,400.00i
3.970.501
7,384.001
87.00 .
997.001
3.409.751
178.00!
150. 17i
919.50!
761.001
20.001
' 61.00
I
472.001
8.50
295.75
Y.66
I
906.75
-4.260.00
498.00
9,165.00
2, '649'. 2 5
Y.25
61.00
973.50
1,116.50
157.50
7,681.46
'3. 21 6. 2 5
23,710.
50.
44.
' ' ' 'm.
23.
7.81 1.
6.1.
10,320.
861.
1,424.
2.259.
5.840
998
Wild or
Marsh
Hay.
00
001
001
..I.
001
.501
001
.00
00
001
00
00
.00
1.762.00
1,201.75
25,
13
101
000.00
117.00
537.00
'72'7'.66
604.50
414.00:
69.00'
617.00
,744.00!
106.00
.019.00
,334.00
21.00
253.75
729.001129.575.77
3.00
- 1.50
10,569.75
175.00
4,893.00
253.00
77". 6 6
454.
014.
453.
164.
3 2.
659.
12.
1.007.00
235.00
17.673.00
1.202.00
'i'399'66
178.00
463.00
021.00
308. 001
006.50
341.00
832.75
510.00
012.00
I-
50,801.63iU2,921.50;324,327.27
Other
Hay
Crops.
6.000.00
12.644.25
9.185.001
2,317.00
2.517.00
6.876.50
10.339.00
4.182.00
2,248.50
12,522.00
119.00
11,291.00
360.00
' 2,'79'o".66
939.50
6,557.00
2.165.
20,211.
443.
26,596.
2.374.
3.854.
VY.
1.229
5,813.
6.115
7.703
1.944
11,420
1,822
10.316.
I Other
Pota- 1 Root
toes. I Crops.
50
50
00
00
00
75
66"
00
50
501 1
50
27
.25
00
80
4on no
702.751
6,309.00!
. 267.00!
518.001
669.001
166.501
154.601
1.334.751
422.001
87.501
198.501
lzn.ou
280.00
llV.66
92.25
14.60
27'9'.56
594.75
162.50
5.768.001
I
3,087.25
131.00
521.00
697.00
101.50
183.00
907.50
344.16
133.00
727.40
70.00
12.50
279.00
Field! Field Other
Peas. J Beans. I Crops.
45.001 64.00:
7.00!1,406.00'
fl.001 112.00
40.60; 3.00
307.00' 46.7:
13.00
224.60
51.00
228.00
6.00
6.75
128.75
18.00
17.75
472.00
44V.25
368.00
18.25
172.00
16.50
121.50
742.95
2.00
192.15
15.00
3.7
10.00
26.00
2.00
3.00
9.00
1.25
11.50
55.25
65.00
i4 9.Y6
I
10.00
7.00
73.50
59.00
74.50
37.25
' i'3.'6'6'
27.00
48.00
5.00
32.25
30.00
77.00
6.00
43.00
1.00
' V.56
16.00
60.00
168.50
26.50
620.00
90.50
Yii'.ool
I
14.00
43.25
44.00
99.53
173.33
7.00
183.25
100.00
309.75
1,797.00
'eVoo
28.00
26.00
88.00
124.60
301.00
2Y.56
V. 6 6
1.00
171.75
i'.'.'.'.'.
235.60
618.25
34.00
3.103.00
'i'iYi.66
4S.00
467.60
18.00
93.25
2.614.91
1.00
213.75
I A nnlA
Annie I Trees Cherry
Trees I Non- I Trees
Beariugibeari'gjBeari'g
410.00
1,628.501
1,72 . 00
406.00
322.00
771.25
13.00
240.25
64.75
1,699.00
153.50
250.00
8.437.00
""lV.75
273.00
19.00
" '5V.50
411.50
1.487.25
2,124.00
3'5Y.75
24.
646.
1.402.
2,370.
195.
4.399.
687.
137
1,168
60.00
139.00
299.00
' '4Y.661
33.25
4.00
21.00
8.50
.039.00
1,895.00
""V.5e
25.00
1.001
7.00
105.00
103.25
007.001
8Y.25
8.50
83.00
165.75
104.00
2.50
8112,617.80
11 70.Z5
50 5.001
06 160.00
ChTy
Trees
Non-
bear-
ing.
60.00
23.25
76.00
" Y.66
8.50
100.00
' ' Y.
30.00
23.00
4.50
Y.66
" Y.75
27.75
68.50
512.00
"isY.oo
Y.25
" YV.66
305.76
15.00
812.16
19.00
10.50
140.75
Peach
Trees
Beari'g
2.251
6.00
51.00
9.00
.25
456.00
9. Y6
29.25
70.25
293.58
9.25
2.00
4.25
(Peach
Trees
167.00
146.25
67.00
4.50
159.001
6.50
75.00
11.00
' Yo'66
35.00
3S'.00
62.50
319.00
4.00
.1
2.25
12.00
.60
19.00
1.06
1.00
.Y5
1.00
16.00
14.00
'26.OO
62.7
99Ji5l
17.75I
6.75 .
599.66
15.50
21.50
148.331
1.00
.50
'2Y.26
21.50
.75
1.00
Pear
Trees
Beari'g
Pear
Trees,
Non-bearing.
Prune
Trees
Bearing
25.00 1 17.00
223.251 1 864.50
14.00 2.001 682.00
28.75
3.00
2.00
13.25 1.;
2.00
'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.
176.00i337.00
I. .
1.001. .
65.001..
188. 00:250.00
I
ViV.so
Prune Wal- I Waln't
Trees I nut Trees
Non- I Trees I Non
beari'g IBeari'gi beari'g!
24.75
69.00
433.00
' "5 V.66
8.00
87.00
19.2
66.75
2.50
109.83
24.33
21.00
122.10
m,992.3229,391.Sll3,955.85808.754.108.6lll,616.66 31.790.73!7,601.552.490.4l942.58l2.0
2.941.00
I
7.50
20.00
2.00
40.25
310.00
6.7i
1,951.001
92.50j
"2.001; ;
3.00
15.75!
.25! 312.75
6.001 153.50
191.001 6.611.00
11.00
66.50
17.
2.60
75.
3.096.
1.
212
643!
339
936
17
2.217
5.00
66.25
28.00
1.695.00
" 'lY.OO
887.00
530.00
31.75
" Y2'.25
418.83
.60
1.410.38
1.00
10S.50!
121.001
Y.66 '
.75!
".60! '.
I.
. 84.001
2.00
l'.OO
21.00
17.00
257.00
1450
5.50
.75
313.1 :l
1.00
358.001
Loganberries
36.75
91.00
!??!
i.uu
160.00
421.00
.60
292.75
Y4Y.33
12.00
43.50
82.001
11.00
1 00
ll.Oo!
.50
I .
22.001
Black-I
berries!
and t
Rasp- I Straw-
Other IFr'ts,
Fruits I Nuts
and
Nuts
berries! berries Beari'g
4.00i
Yo'66
1.60
39.75
1.75
1,922.00
41.75
1.00
3S.00
15.50
3.75
"".75
132.87
206.43
22.001
28.251
96.00
' 3.6o.
15.00)
I
13.00!
!.
1.00
1.001
4.75
65.50
"3"24.66i
I.
322.50
Y.75
1.00
25.00
.331
SI. 75.
45.25
1.601
22.25i
17
21.
232.
36.
' "3.
ll!
" " Y.
350'.
1
21.
21.
239
104.
1.
16.
45.
32.
Non-
bearing.
Total Acres
in Agricul
tural and
Products.
178.7
4.251. ,
60.3Si
386.00
"2V6.75
11.00
18.75 .
.25 .
3X.H0,
43.75!
4 00
23.00
"i.'oo
1.00
.50
47.00!
5.00
Total
Acres
in
Farms.
87.884.00
68.S07.75
90.998. Oo
4. OSS. 00
R.829.00i
19.010.50i
42.706.001
5.614.67
33 122.50
53.322.00l
107.958.50)
33.033.251
118,191.00!.
14,526.00
'63.VoY.25
7,342.00
i43,0V9.27
8.25
5.00
97.001 61.00
284.001106.25
"ii.V
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