Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1904-09-06
AGRICULTURE IN OREGON.
Fow oAC can Help the Farmers.

30 oS AASuAIAAN' VI ShN tNOPAS ~
sagtd in gainful occupation, owe
one-third. are directly associate
with the various eperations of tn
fl I'M, garden and orchard An
UtbeI one-hfth, or over, are as
SOC lated with allied occupations
thus 1t becomes evident that ayr
culture and its attendan indus
tries are very importan factors i
the economies of the common
wealth.
The newcomer who contem
plates engaging i'll some phase c
this gre industry is confronte'
with multitude OF new problems
In the first place, the wide diver
sity Of climate, soils, crops, ant
cultural methods found 20 prevail
in the several sections of the stat,
are quite bewildering.
The scheme of agricultural eco
nomics as applied to Eastern Ore
gon is practically the opposite o.
that required for the western,
southern or southeastern parts o1
the state. And while this great
diversity measureably befogs the
tenderfoot, it is also one of the
important great natural factors in
the agricultural resources of our
state. This diversity of local
conditions enables us to offer to
the newcomer such opportunities
for diversity of production and
specialization of endeavor as no
other section of the country can
duplicate.
The almost unlimited varia-
tions of site, soil and aspect per-
NIT of untold combinations to be
made iu croppage. Every di-
stinct combination or variation
in this respect demands the at
tention of a specialist, and a spe-
cialist in agriculture must be an
Intelligent citizen.
This is an age Of specialists.
These are the only persons that
can surely wrest success from the
usual gainful occupations, Hence
these varied natural conditions
are just the ones required for the
DEVELOPMENT of a highly special
lied industry, which signifies a
dense population of intelligent
workers, the ultimate desire of
every great commercial center.
The general farmer, orchardist
stockman or other soil culturist
from the East finds upon his ar
rival here that our seasons, soils,
forage plants, varieties of fruits,
weeds, pests, diseases and in
Vulnerable other features of our
agriculture require radically diff
erent treatment from that given
in the older sections of the coun-
try. He finds that the new state
means a new order of things, new
methods, changed practices, in
other words, it is new agricult-
ure, based upon series of new
ideas.
In order that the stranger with
in our gates may not waste effort,
time and money in the transition
from Eastern to Western practices
the state has literally endowed an
in stitution, the chief purpose of
which is to irnpart to the new
conner such information as our
accumulating experiences render
and useful with regard
to the best practices as to crop
page, tillage and technique.
The State Agricultural College,
with an equipment valued at
about $3.50, 900, and force OF
thirty-ive teachers and iuvesti-
gators, is capable of rendering
great service to the wideawake
soil-ti'ler. S bulletins, leaflets
and circulars are free to all resi-
dents OF the state, and special in
formation npon agricultural top
ics is rendered, whenever possible,
upon request. To the immigrant
the college offers a good supply
Of information upon the various
phases o the agricultural industry
In all pats of the state. In this
way does the state make endeavor
10 smooth the path OF the be-
einner as we'll as the advanced
worker, in its leading industry.
With the development of irri-
CATION WORKS a great impetus is