The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1911-09-07
CROP STATISTICS
SHOW INCREASE

Statistics relative to the leading
crops for the State of Oregon, col
leeted at the Thirteenth Decennial
Census. April 10. 1910. are contained
in an official statement recently issued
by Acting Census Director Fslkner.
1t is based on tabular summaries pre-
pared under the direction OF DR.. lie
Grand Powers, chief statistician for
agriculture in the Bureau Of the Gen.
sus. The figures are preliminary and
subject to slight revision later, when
few other farms, whose returns, now
incomplete, will be included in the
final tables. Ii is not expected that
these additions will materially modify
the amounts or rates given in the pres
ent statement. The leading crops Of
the state for 1909, ranked in the order
of valuation, were: Hay and forage,
$l5, ,22l 900; wheat, $40, 79l eco; oats,
S5, 036, 600; hops. 81, ,S3S, 600, potatoes,
81, 09S, 600; and barley, l,507, 600.
Between 1899 and 1909 hay and for
age showed an increase of 207, 5S9
acres, or 2S.4 per cent. From l66, SOC
acres in 1879, hay and forage increased
to 467, ,06l in 1889, TO 73l, o23 IN 1899.
and to 939. 1862 in 1909. The total yield
in 1909 was /, $50, ,96S tons the average
yield per acre, 1T tons; the average
value per acre $l6.20.
Wheat, in the decade from 1899 to
1909, decreased l72, 1856 acres, or 1877
per cent. From 445,077 acres in 1879
wheat increased to 553,052 by 1889, to
S73, 1873 by 1899, the maximum acreage
for the period, but fell to 70l, 1888 by
1909. The aggregate yield in 1909 was
IL, 40. .913 bushels, of which 10, PTS, $50
bushels was winter wheat. The aver
age yield per acre was Is bushels; the
average value per acre, $l5.40.
Oats during the l0-year period end
ing 1909 increased 77,676 acres, or 29.7
per cent. From Isl. .624 acres in 1879,
oats rose to 2lS, ,736 in 1889, to POI, 406
in 1899, and to 339, 082 in 1909. The
total yield in 1909 was i0,S74, 1876 bush
els; the average value per acre, SASS.
The gain in hops for the decade from
1899 to 1909 was 6,329 acres, or Al per
cent. Starting with 304 acres in 1879.
hops rose to 8, 1870 in 1889, to Is, 433 in
1899, and to 81, 1872 in 1909. Hence dur
ing the S0-year period hops have in
creased more than seventyfold. The
total yield in 1909 was l6, 593, 1862
pounds; the average yield per acre, 1853
pounds: the average value per acre,
$l3.44.
During the decade prior to 1909 po-
tatoes increased ID, 206 acres, or 473
per cent. From 1889, when II. .965 acres
were harvested, the acreage rose to
80, 035 in 1899, and again to 44.24l in
1909. The aggregate yield in 1909 was
4, 1921, 705 bushels: the average yield
per acre, 109 bushels; the average
value per acre, $47.40.
For the decade ending 1909 barley
showed ian increase of 81, 662 acres, or
85.6 per cent. From 1879 when 29,Sll
acres were harvested, barley rose in
1889 to 81, 722, in 1899 to 60, 375, and in
1909 to ll2,037. The total yield in 1909
was 2,365, 722 bushels: the average
yield per acre, 21 bushels: the average
value per acre, $l3.45.
The cereals had an aggregate acre
age of | ,l83, 302 acres in 1909, as COM
pared to 1922. .64S in 1899, decrease
of 39,346 acres, or 81 per cent. The
single decrease in wheat was so great
as to cause a decrease in the cereal
acreage for the state. Among the
cereals wheat ranked first, not only in
acreage but also IN value, comprising
more than one-haIf OF the total acre
age and total value. Oats ranked Sec
ond, having an acreage and value,
respectively, nearly one-half as great
as wheat. The average value OF
cereals per acre was Sl5.04, slightly
below that of hay and forage. and less
than one-third that of potatoes. With
the exception of emmer and spelt, corn
showed the highest average value per
acre; rye. the lowest. OF the hay and
forage crop "Grains cut green" ranked
first in acreage and value, constituting
more than one-third of the acreage ard
value of the entire hay and forage
crop. wild, salt, or prairie grasses
ranked second in acreage and third in
value, while "Alfalfa" stood second
in value but third in acreage. The
value of the hay and forage crop was
slightly less than nine-tenths that of
the combined cereals. There were a
number of miscellaneous crops, and
the most of them were well above the
more usual crops in value per acre.