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Rye, oats, barley and wheat in mixtures with vetch for hay or green 

 feed. 

 Grasses of all kinds and white clover for pasture. 



B. For Hogs, Sheep and Poultry. 



All those crops named above for hay, soiling or grain, and in 

 addition, rape, artichokes and emmer. 



C. For Cash Field Crops. 



Clover seed, vetch seed, grass seeds, field pea seed, and field beans, 

 except on the coast. 

 Potatoes and all other grains and hays, except alfalfa on the coast. 



2. For the Irrigated Districts Eastern Oregon. 



All the same crops as those named for the humid districts except 

 kale as fall feed only and excepting smooth vetch, field beans and 

 clover seed. 



3. For the Dry Farming Districts Eastern Oregon. 



All the crops named for the humid districts but kale only as a fall 

 feed, no vetch, no field beans, no clover and no mangels. Under the 

 dry farming conditions alfalfa and field peas are grown in cultivated 

 rows largely for seed or hog pasture, and field corn for "hogging off," 

 and flax for seed, white turnips and field squash are little grown. 

 The small grains are the major crops, among which the emmer is dis- 

 placing the oats, while the hardier sorghums are developing as fodder 

 crops. 



Field Crops Not Grown in Oregon. 



There are few field crops that are not successfully produced in 

 Oregon. In Western Oregon, flax for fibre of unusual quality and in 

 Eastern Oregon first class sugar beets have been grown, but both of 

 these crops require an abundant supply of cheap labor not found here 

 as yet. Cow peas are not grown successfully but field peas are one of 

 the very best of Oregon crops. Soy beans are just beginning to be 

 grown but are not fully adapted as yet to Oregon conditions. Field 

 beans are raised very profitably in the Southern Oregon section. 

 Corn, especially for green feed, silage and "hogging off," is in recent 

 years grown very profitably, but since most of the crop is utilized in 

 these forms instead of in the ear, the tables of production do not show 

 the importance of the crop. 



Rotations and Cropping Systems for Oregon. 



All the essential legumes, cultivated crops, cover crops, green 

 manures, catch crops, nurse crops, etc., required to form rotations 

 adapted to every purpose and to every soil and climatic condition 

 in the state, are available to Oregon. The best of rotations for 

 maintaining fertility are possible in every section and Oregon soils, 

 still with a wealth of natural fertility, respond quickly to good 

 rotations. Such soils as have been cropped continuously for many 

 years show the abuse only in a decreased humus content and un- 

 desirable physical condition, both of which are quickly restored by 

 the use of a good rotaion. Practically no commercial fertilizers are 



