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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 27, 1955)
S-Sec. Ill) Statesman, Salem. Ore.. Tucs., Dec 27, '55 Willamette Valley's Farm Picture Showing Change : By LILUE L. MADSEN T. .m Edllar, Tbc Statnmaa , tinlike Marion County's gross In- come for 1955, reported two weeks ago as slightly above that (or 19M, Clackamas County's gross fell 2'j Jer cent below toe previous year, ' according to reports released Mon- i day. I The 1955 income for Clackamas 1 County was $25,430,400 in 1955, compared with $26,003,060 in 1954. duce to advantage when the chango i . Most of them have increased from city to country is made, their annual gross sales by en-1 Others are able to afford the ad- gaging in production of specialty vantages-of country living which 'products or by increasing the acopej includes an ardent desire to teach their children a sense of responsi bility." On the other hand we have for mer full-time farmers who find themselves overburdened by the same rising costs and the ever-increasing squeeze between these costs and lowered pries of many While this drop is not drastic farm r.mmnrfi,iM iwnt th l! heu compared to the national jof tneJ re rLsing taxM broughl . average of S per cent total Income on largcly by C0Irtjnujng demands iu In sntl nna Miin(i( Inlla tjk (oil III I Vt JlZt Z, .Xw.i7.rm nJ. for to"" Ktu1 faculties. . so acre. Tne pury enterprise is on L V-,d.Ul'wm.J0perf: the farmer seeks part-time work in ,ne up.,dVand this trend shows of their current operations. The; 20-cow dairyman has been forced to increase the size of his herd to 30 or 40 cows. Not 10 years ago, 20-cow operations were re ported as "very profitable for the i small farm." Berry growing has spread from limited areas in the center of the valley to almost the entire valley. The five-ton-clubs have proved the necessity of lipping production per tor, John Inskeep said Monday In the city, to help eke out the in come - releasing the annual report for his ' countv. ! Dairy Income underwent a Tr.ed t. Specialty Cr.p. ttantial decline as imaller nmra. A few of the remaining I tors continued to be forced out of;'arm operators have increased tho definitely in Clackamas County where poultry and egg production increased almost a million dollars A few of the remaining full-time PflSt ear- Throughout me vwnameue ai the picture. Higher .livestock in : livestock numbers in face of lower t" ,0 muth icent land size ol their land holdings as a W vejWtable growing has in-1 . li.t:.-.iu, in- -- ------ - i . ... . , . ,j, ,:,!,' comes are reflected by great-r ; matter ot economic necessity, bu - prices to the farmer. The seed in-' available. dustry took . a real Jolt due to de clining prices and appearance "1 ilvertop disease which created I1 iremail JTIIII I real hardship in certain commun-j As Automatic ities, Farsa Flgare Impaslag I However, declines in incomes from certain commodities were . offset in part by a healthier con- dltion in others. In spite of ups and Door Drops WASHINGTON I One fire- showing the greater increases. Thejl sume holds true of the nursery business, increases in which havej continued at a tremendous rate. Strawberry Mea la Black Whether or not the individual farmer has made money this last year depends largely upon his in dividual situation. Good straw berry growers came through the season in the black and there ap- i. - A 4. Ik. J.m..iI inwiu M millmn inllr i. nn ' A I Pars 10 no riiu w lire utiiianu ; fim.. nf ii.n 7.-.' j ' j 1 ' th' product at good prices, imposing figure of often unappre- ly escaped injury and a Pumper,H manv of our extensive dated importance to the-economy; was wrecked Sunday whan an tv's Tre unsuited fo straw' l!idavC0Unty' ln8kCP " tm t VerHheaiHdT Te banning picture In the 9 2 5r7 SS&tZ &T h ifSrS iitJT' As No-21 ftJ. trTk 2.2- npickrtrPLtft2r.re" On the one hand, we find in- which is timed to stay open long 'ln ' Dur,' l " t ji. .i - TmnA irtHiterVii talrincf tna haBVI creasing division of former farm 'cough to let fire apparatus clear lands Into part-time farms or sub- division tracts. This is invasion of - the city into the country. Those re- maining on the farm are forced by rising costs to increase sales vol I lime by intensification and spec ; lalization. . 1 Inskeen. in reviewing the oic- ' ture, expressed the thought that , part-time farming is not inducive j to good farmnig as such. but. he wooden door. the door dropped suddenly, It glanced off the rear of No. 21 engine, knocking off Pvt. Mari on Carter's helmet and fell square ly in front of the No. t pumper driven by Pvt. George K. Cooke. Cooke said he jammed on his brakes and ducked to the floor boards as his truck smashed into the bottom of the metal reinforced added, "seems declined to continue I at a rapid rate. Many former city ion motivated by a desire to bring Cooke was knocked out by im- seed industry taking the heavi est toll in Clackamas County where it first appeared. 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