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required and this is of special importance to the general farmer who 

 cannot afford costly fertilizers. Phosphorus, the plant food element 

 which must generally first be replaced through commercial fertiliza- 

 tion, is unusually abundant in most Oregon soils. Lime, which plays 

 an important part in fertility, is abundant in all Eastern Oregon soils, 

 but in Western Oregon as in nearly all humid soils is scanty. 

 But large lime deposits are available for correcting this deficiency. 



Cropping systems for supplying green feed for dairy cows con- 

 tinuously throughout the year are one of the unique features of the 

 Western Oregon dairy farm. On the higher priced lands closer in, 

 such a system permits very intensive dairying, maintaining a cow to 

 every acre where the system is fully developed, and steadily increasing 

 fertility. Under favorable conditions it requires only four crops 

 smooth vetch, alfalfa, corn and kale to furnish such continuous 

 green feed. 



Rotations or cropping systems for hogs, which carry the animals 

 from farrowing through the finishing period without leaving the 

 pasture until they go to market, are possible both in Western and 

 Eastern Oregon the "hogging off" of vetch, clover, alfalfa, field 

 peas, rape, artichokes and corn being very profitably practiced. 

 Similar rotations for sheep and poultry permit handling all of these 

 animals on a like intensive scale. The irrigated areas as well as the 

 dry farming lands have available such cropping systems and fertility 

 rotations as fit their special requirements. 



For the farmer who wishes to grow field crops only (and this is 

 most attractive of all types of farming for the man of small capital 

 who must have immediate returns) the list of cash crops successfully 

 grown in Oregon is unusually good. No better crops than clover 

 seed, vetch seed, grass seeds, field pea seed, field beans, alfalfa seed or 

 potatoes can be found either for profits or fertility. 



Note the map indicating the six great geographical sub- 

 divisions of the State. This is something like dividing 

 animals into general families ; the cat family, the dog fam- 

 ily, the horse family, etc. tThere is still a big difference 

 between the lion and a house-cat, and you must not expect 

 uniform conditions throughout the whole of any of these 

 great subdivisions of our State. For detailed descriptions 

 of each section in each County, consult the Oregon Almanac. 



The disappointed homeseeker is worse than a poor adver- 

 tisement. He discourages his neighbors and scatters seeds 

 of failure. The State of Oregon does not wish to bring peo- 

 ple here only to disappoint them. We want everybody to 

 know the facts and prefer to under-state rather than to 

 over-state. 



