MANAGEMENT OP GENERAL FAEMS IN OREGON. 5 



USE AND VALUE OF LAND. 



The comparative size of farm, value of real estate per acre, and the 

 use made of the farm area on the two types of soil are shown in Table I. 



Table I.— Relation of type of soil to use and value of land on 212 farms in Marion 

 and Polk Counties, Oreg. {1912). 



Use and value oT land. 



Salem 



silt 

 loam. 



Number of farms 



Average size of farm (acres) 

 Value of real estate per acre 

 Percentage of farm area in- 

 Improved land 



Tillable land 



Rotation 



Field crops 



Pasture 



Summer fallow 



Fruit and garden 



Woodland 



Waste land 



144 



175 



$112 



73.6 

 70.9 

 65.3 

 62.2 

 27.8 

 1.8 

 1.0 

 22.7 

 3.7 



It will be seen that the 68 clay farms averaged 85 acres larger and 

 had a real-estate value $23 per acre less than the silt loam farms. 

 There was 2.4 per cent more of the farm area in improved or usable 

 land and 13.8 per cent less of the farm area lying idle as summer 

 fallow on the silt loam farms than on the clay farms. The relation 

 of these differences to the comparative efficiency of farming on the 

 two types of soil will be indicated elsewhere. 



USE OF CAPITAL. 



The average investment and the use made of capital on the 212 

 farms are shown in Table II. The clay farms had an average of 

 S3, 873 more capital than the silt loam farms, and the silt loam farms 

 had 0.6 per cent more of the total capital invested in working capital 

 than the clay farms. 



Table II. — Use of capital on 212 farms in Marion and Polk Counties, Oreg. {1912). 



Use of capital. 



Salem 

 silt loam. 



Number of farms 



Investment per farm 



Percentage of investment on- 

 Real estate 



Implements and machinery 



Live stock 



Peed and supplies 



Cash to run farm 



Working capital 



144 



S21, 457 



91.0 



2.2 



6.2 



.1 



.5 



9.0 



