6 BULLETIN 105. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTI/JRE. 



TYPES OF FARMING. 



The number of farm records obtained in the survey made in 

 Marion and Polk Counties in 1912 is not sufficient to justify com- 

 parisons of the many types of farming to be found in the Willamette 

 Valley. For this reason all of the records of the survey except 212, 

 those representing general or mixed farming, were discarded. The 

 tA'pes of farming practiced on these 212 farms will be considered 

 from the standpoint of the use made of the rotation area, the live 

 stock kept, and the sources of income. 



RELATION OF THE ROTATION AREA TO TYPE OF FARMING. 



Figure 1 represents graphically the use made of the rotation area 

 on the two types of soil. Oats, it will be seen, were the most promi- 



CROP 



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cJm"t 



68 SALEM CLAY FARMS 



OATS 



WHEAT 



HAY 



7 1.2 

 32.8 

 13.9 



43.0 

 19.8 

 6.5 











^^ 



POTATOES 



1.2 



0.7 



1 





PASTURE 



3.7 



2.3 



■ 





MISC. CROPS 

 SUMMER FALLOW 



2.0 

 40.6 



1.2 

 24.5 



■ 



2.5 







I'M- SALEM SILT LOAM FARMS 



OATS 



\A/HE AT 



HAY 



CLOVER SEED 



43.7 



Z5.5 



26.5 



5.2 



38.3 

 Z2^ 

 23.2 

 45 









HH 





POTATOES 



3.6 



3.1 



■1 





PASTURE 



2.3 



2.0 



■ 





MISC. CROPS 



4.3 



3.8 



■■ 





SUMME.R FALLOW 



S.I 



t.l 



■■ 





Fig. 1.— Utilization of rotation area on 212 farms in Marion and Polk Counties, Oreg. (1912), 



nent crop grown, and oats and wheat occupy relatively about the 

 same percentage of the rotation area on the clay farms as on the 

 silt loam farms. The types of farming followed on the two soils 

 differ materially in the percentage of the rotation area devoted to 

 clover seed, hay, and summer fallow. The prominence of the oat 

 crop and the difference in the uses made of the rotation, it will be 

 seen later, have considerable influence on the comparative profit- 

 ableness of farming on the two soils. 



RELATION OF LIVE STOCK TO TYPE OF FARMING. 



Figure 2 shows the number of animal units kept per 100 acres of 

 improved land, and the number of animals of each kind kept per 

 farm. It will be seen that dairy cows were the most impoitant 



