MANAGEMENT OF 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 of 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 
$3,873 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 
clay. 
silt loam. 
Number of farms 
Investment per farm 
Percentage of investment on- 
Real estate 
Implements and machinery 
Live stock .. 
Feed and supplies 
Cash to run farm 
Working capital 
144 
§21,457 
91.0 
2.2 
6.2 
.1 
.5 
9.0 
