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AGRICULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES IN OREGON. 



By JAMES WITHYCOMBB 

 Director Experiment Station. 



GENERAL STATISTICS (A) 



GENERAL STATISTICS (B) 



jRJEGON is a land of agricultural opportunities. The state 

 is divided by the Cascade range of mountains into two grand 

 physical divisions, known as Western and Eastern Oregon. 

 The western division is a humid section and the eastern is mainly 

 arid or semi-arid. These two sections of the state are subdivided by 

 geographical, soil and climatic conditions into smaller divisions. 

 In the western division, crop failure is unknown, and the same 

 condition largely exists in the eastern section, where agriculture is 

 not so well developed. 



Much of Oregon is comparatively new in agriculture, nevertheless 

 the industry is established upon a stable basis. Statistical data 

 secured from 1637 farms show that the average time the present 

 occupants have been in possession is twelve years. The range of 

 occupancy of these 1637 farmers is from one to fifty-seven years. 

 This average includes the newer settled portions of the state, thus 

 showing there is no general unrest or pronounced land speculative 

 tendencies among the farmers of Oregon. 



Agricultural opportunities in Oregon are abundant. There are 

 approximately 45,000 farmers in Oregon and the tillable agricultural 

 area of the state is estimated at 23,000,000 acres. A considerable 

 portion of this ; !however, at present is in forest, but after the forest 



