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OREGON FARMER 



that, in the state as a whole, the table shows practically one cow 

 for each four persons, and one cow for each 354 acres of the whole 

 area, or one cow for each 67.6 acres of the reported area in farms. 

 In one county only, Tillamook, is the number of cows greater than 

 the population. 



The ratio of dairy cows to population as shown in the foregoing 

 table, practically one to four, is even higher at the present time 

 because the human population has increased more rapidly than the 

 "cow" population. Comparing the cows and population in some 

 of the best known dairy states we find the following: 



It will be observed that the number of cows in proportion to 

 population is about two and one-third times greater in the three 

 states referred to than in the state of Oregon. This condition of 

 affairs would seem to indicate that there need be no fear of dairy 

 over-production in Oregon in the very near future. Further, the 

 census figures show that the state of Washington on the North has 

 1,141,900 people and 186,233 cows, or one cow to about every six 

 people, and California, our Southern neighbor, has 2,377,549 people 

 and 467,332 dairy cows, or practically one cow for every five people. 

 With Oregon alone importing annually nearly 100 carloads of dairy 

 products it does not appear that there can be any question as to the 

 demand for the local product on the Pacific coast. 



NUMBER AND VALUE OF COWS AND HEIFERS. 



*Average number of cows per farm applies to number of farms reporting cows, not to whole 

 number of farms reported. 



Values as given for both cows and heifers are somewhat lower than 

 actual prices at which sales are being made at this time (April, 

 1913). Good grade cows in the Willamette Valley are selling at 

 $70.00 to $75.00 and choice grades $80.00 to $90.00. Pure bred 

 animals are of course higher, the prices depending considerably on 

 quality. 



