OREGON FARMER 11 



FIELD AGENTS 



Mr. R. B. Thompson Parts of Polk, Yamhill and Washington. 



Mr. E. B. Stanley Wheeler, Grant, Waliowa, and part of Umatilla. 



Mr. E. R. Stockwell Columbia, Clatsop, and Tillamook. 



Dr. B. W. Hollis Lincoln. 



Mr. W. L. Powers Part of Crook. 



Mr. Walter E. Morris Coos and Curry. 



Mr. H. A. Morgenstern Lake. 



Mr. Morris Koon Lane, Marion, and part of Linn. 



Mr. Harry Hetzel Union, Hood River, Multnomah, and parts of Wasco, 

 Washington and Yamhill. 



Mr. M. O. Evans, Jr. Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Clackamas, and 

 parts of Polk, Linn and Benton. 



Mr. E. W. Curtis Harney, Klamath, and part of Crook. 



Mr. Orren Beaty Sherman, Morrow, and Gilliam. 



Mr. E. B. Lemon Parts of v Benton and Wasco. 



Acting under the above instructions these agents held the inter- 

 views for and filed a total of 1637 approved reports. The reports 

 which were tabulated were distributed among the various counties 

 as follows: 



Baker 51, Benton 52, Clackamas 69, Clatsop 37, Columbia 45, 

 Coos 33, Crook 48, Curry 19, Douglas 82, Gilliam 40, Grant 31, 

 Harney 19, Hood River 27, Jackson 96, Josephine 53, Klamath 71, 

 Lake 59, Lane 91, Lincoln 38, Linn 48, Marion 67, Malheur 15, 

 Morrow 39, Multnomah 18, Polk 47, Sherman 41, Tillamook 49, 

 Umatilla 63, Union 46, Waliowa 31, Wasco 52, Washington 65, 

 Wheeler 42, Yamhill 54. 



It will be seen that the survey is an honest effort to represent 

 the actual condition of country life in Oregon. Absolute accuracy 

 is not claimed for the large mass of figures exhibited in the various 

 tables. The reader is left largely to draw his own conclusions from 

 the material at hand. In most cases, the number of reports is 

 stated in connection with the averages, which indicates what confi- 

 dence may be placed on the figures. That the averages are not far 

 from the truth appears from a comparison with certain data found 

 in the last census reports. For instance, Dean Bexell says in regard 

 to the value -of live stock: "The State averages are $341, $878, 

 $1887, $2255, and $8030, according to the several sizes of farms. 

 These amounts are 3.6 per cent, 4.7 per cent, 8.2 per cent, 8.1 per 

 cent, and 14.9 per cent of the respective total investments, as shown 

 in the table on page 102. When it is remembered that the large 

 farms greatly predominate in the survey these ratios are confirmed 

 by the last census, which places the value of live stock at 11.3 per 

 cent of the total value of farm property." A more striking confirm- 

 ation is found in the value of implements and machinery. The 

 rates found in the survey are 2.4 per cent, 2.4 per cent, 2.3 per cent, 

 2.4 per cent, and 2.1 per cent, according to the different sizes of 

 farms. The census finds the State average to be 2.5 per cent. In 

 a survey of Tompkins County, New York, it was found that 45 per 

 cent of the ^farmers based their reports on records, while in this 

 survey 48 per cent make a similar claim. 



