Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-10-05
|OME OF
OREGON'S
PRODUCTS
|terpt From Report of State
Bureau of Labor a
Statistics

1000 bushels of barley, the aver
farm price Of which is from 95
SO cents per bushel. In 1905 it
ID estimated that there were 62.-
X5 acres averaging 80 bushels to
~ acre. Rye is grown to the eX
I'd of about 10000 acres, yielding
30, 1000 bushels.
Whose in a position TO Judge of the
ron place the average of corn in
)regon as 17,100 acres, with pro-
|uction of 100000 bushels valued at
asa 900. This is practically all
onsumed here. The average yield
ID acre is about "a bushels. The
I'm price per bushel varies from
to 10 cents.
4 Several grain dealers estimate
5at Oregon has about 100000 acres
4 wheat producing about 100000
pshels of which 14,500,000 bushels
Re shipped out of the county in
Ehich is it grown. They estimate
bat the average yield per acre is 90
|lshels. The average value per acre
b wheat in Oregon is placed at from
n 81 to S13.40.
Oregon produces about 100000
|ushels of oats from $4,000 acres
i land. This gives an average yield
i 29 bushels per acre.
The rye grown in Oregon is of the
Iest quality. The estimated yield
pr 1906 has been given this office
S 14S.000 bushels from 1900
'cres of land. This makes the aver.
he yield per acre 13 bushels. These
cures are from what is considered
be best authority.
Figures on the yield of buckwheat
BE difficult to obtain but a farmer
ear Tualatin who has grown buck
Theat for 35 years says that the
verage yield varies. He has figures
/ 1894 and 1908. He gives the
yield for 1894 at SS bushels
nd that for 1903 at IA bushels. a
ifference that he cannot explain. He
ays his yield in 1893 was 20 bushels
} the acre.
One who deals extremely in pota-
,oc ,,looae tha ooraaoa fo,. IQ0S Of
6 900 acres with a yield of 3,700,-
90 bushels. the price of which var
IS from SO to 20 cents a bushel. He
aims that potatoes are a safe and
nre crop, the grower having his own
me in which to harvest them.
Estimates by II men who grow
yer 100 acres of hay each annually,
lace Oregon's hay acreage at $780,
200 acres. The average yield of
Ihich is two tons per acre. Hay is
bwer in price this year $1,000 but
be yield is very good, An average
rice for eight years was given by
hese at $40 per ton. For 1904
be average price was given at $745
Ter ton. Hay in the bale costs from
z to SO per ton more than when
bose. The estimated cost of bailing |
ton of hay is So In 1904 the aver |
&c price was s10.1s, the farm value
er acre of which was s20.77
The Oregon climate is adapted TO
be growing of flax. Oregon is cred
ted with 2,231 acres, producing 26,-
az bushels or an average of II
ushels to the acre. The farm value
{ this crop is estimated TO be sS2,
|62.
Oregon has 215.017 horses valued |
+ 11.7OO.S76. or s54.42 per head.
here are 6S0S mules valued at
|6S.l5 per head or s42S,925. In
bis connection IL may be stated
pat an attempt has been made to
Ecertain the number of horses that
Ee kept for racing purposes only
|lgures have been given by those in
Pc business and the estimates vary |
Pom 1000 to 1000. Not less than
~ men are employed in this state
mo train horses for running, trot-
Png and pacing. Six horses are
|oout all that one individual groom
|Hn care for. and in addition to him
the trainer and Jockey. A groom
|Fceives from $40 10 SEQ per month,
Jockey from $40 TO $50 and the
Falner from 500 10 s200. Probably
~ men in Oregon make living by
hoHiag the several fair and race
sets. A prominent horseman places
le value of race horses in Oregon at
|-.oOO, 900.
diversified farming is becoming
Pc order OF the day in OREGON. or
aas been found that the variety OF
|looaet that can he raised is unlimit-
r. Wheat is the great staple, but