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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1963)
Spotlight On Food ORE. STATE UNIVERSITY U.S. DEiPT OF AGRICULTURE We're proud of Oregon's agri culture which produces a wide range of food crops. Our state is favored with a variety of soil and climatic conditions which encour ages diversified farming. More HERALD AND NEWS. Klamath Falls. Oregon than 100 different crops are grown commercially in the state. Did you know that Oregon is one of the top ranking states na tionally in the production of straw berries, snap beans, filberts. pears, tweet corn, onions, peas and cherries? More than 40,000 of the families in Oregon live on farms. Modern Oregon farmers generate more tlian a half billion dollars in buy ing power each year. They spend more than $300 mil lion a year for goods and serv ices to produce crops and live stock. In addition they are a crea tor of jobs for Oregonians who Thursday, July 11, )9tU PAGE &-B ill .0.r " - v. . : V ' 7- tiVyiW X.' - Wit . wt; a Vw; iu depend on agriculture for employ ment and income. Farming brings in more than 200 million dollars a year from products sold outside the slate. STRAWBERRIES Oregon has been an important strawberry state since the estab lishment of canning and freezing About 95 per cent 01 Oregon's ber ries are processed. Last year Ore gon processed more berries than any other state in tlie union. Strawberry production is cen tered in the Willamette Valley top producting counties are Mar ion. Washington, Yamhill, Clack amas and Multnomah. SNAP BEANS Oregon leads the nation in snap bean production for processing. Folks all over the United States enjoy our frown and canned Blue Lake Beans. Climatic conditions are ideal for this famous variety which is produced mainly in the Willamette Valley, with Marlon, Lane and Yamhill the leading counties. FILBERTS Oregon produces over 95 per cent of the nation's crop; Wash ington state produces the remain- EVER PONDER? The culture and harvesting of the earth's bounty is a never-ending wonder. Those of us who Take the cycle of growth of vegetables and fruits we tind in the markets for granted, often know little of the grower's problems. The vagaries of na ture often ruin a crop. Here paper umbrellas cover date clusters in a palm grove of California's Coachella Valley to protect the ripening fruit. They assure top-grade fruit. Each date cluster holds approximately 20 pounds of fruit and each palm has from 10 to 20 clusters. There are over 5,000 acres of dates under culture in the Coachella Val ley. This is a significant contribution of fresh California dates to Americans' daily eat ing habits. der. However, the Northwest crop! is a small part of the world total. Turkey and other Mediterranean countries are the big producers. Washington, Lane, Yamhill, Clackamas and Marion counties are the leading filbert producing counties. ONIONS Oregon has been an important producer of onions, ranking in the top ten during most of the 20th Century. In recent years it has varied between third and fifth. Main supply is split between Mal heur County and the Willamette Valley. GREEN PEAS Oregon rated fourth in national production of green peas in 1962. Most of these peas are either canned or frozen. Nearly all the peas are grown in eastern Ore gon, with Umatilla producing ap proximately 95 per cent of the state total. PEARS Oregon has stood among the top five states (or pear production! since tlie 1920s she was sec ond in national production for 1962. Thirty five to 50 per cent of the total production are Bart- letts tliree-fourthi of these are canned. Winter pears which in clude the Bosc, D'Anjou. Cornice and some Nelis and Easter vari eties make up the balance. Hood River and Jackson coun ties produce over 90 per cent of tlie pears grown in Oiegon. SWEET CORN Sweet Corn did not become an important commercial crop until alter 1940. Both increased yield and increased acreage have ac counted for tlie higher production. Nationally. Oregon was fourth in 1962 production of sweet corn for processing. Altliough tlie greater portion of the sweet corn is grown in western Oregon, Malheur County in east ern Oregon leads in county pro duction. Lane and Linn are other important counties. CHERRIES Oregon has been among the top five or six states for cherry pro duction during the past 40 years. In 1962, Oregon was second na tionally in sweet cherry produc tion and fifth for sour cherries. Sweet cherries account for be tween 80 per cent and 90 per cent of all cherries produced in Ore gon. Polk, Wasco, Marion, Yam hill, and Lane counties are Ute leading producers of sweet cher ries. Lane, Polk and Marion arc the leading counties in sour cher ry production. POTATOES Potatoes were one of tlie first crops grown in Oregon . . . first recorded planting was at Fort As toria in 1811. Since 1930, produc tion has fluctuated widely with Oregon ranking 18th in national production of potatoes in 1899. and 12th in 1962. Klamath, Jef ferson, Crook, Mallieur, and Des chutes are important potato pro ducing counties. WHEAT Wheat was one ol the first and most important crops grown by pioneer farmers in Oregon. Ore gon's rank among tlie eta tea in w heat production and acreage has usually varied between 14th and 20th during the past 100 years. Oregon ranks high as a producer of soft wheat end generally had a high yield per acre for the to tal wheat crop. 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