TREE FRUIT and HUT CROPS
1910
1949
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Apples, Cherries,
Peaches, Pears,
Prunes, Filberts,
Walnuts, etc.
STATISTICAL YEARBOOK
Containing state and county estimates of acreage, production,
price, and income from 1910 to
1949, and estimates of carlot
shipments and unloads of cer-
tain tree fruits from 1935 to
1948.
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Federal Cooperative Extension Service
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Extension Bulletin 700
March 1950
Explanation of Terms
(Unless otherwise noted)
ESTIMATES are expressions of judgment regarding what is true at
any given time based on incomplete data, past relationships, calculations,
appraisement, and general knowledge of the subject under consideration;
they are published subject to revision. Tables or data marked "preliminary" are especially subject to further consideration and revision.
TOTAL ACREAGE is the estimated area of tillable land required for
the total number of each kind of bearing and non-bearing orchard trees
whether planted singly, in blocks of one kind, or in mixtures of more
than one kind.
COMMERCIAL BEARING ACREAGE is estimated acreage generally con-
sidered to be capable of producing a crop for sale. This does not include
young plantings below bearing age, family orchards and orchards which
have become unfit for commercial production.
FARM PRODUCTION is the total out-turn of the given commodity,
irrespective of use.
PRODUCTION FOR MARKET is that part of farm production intended
for sale, and excludes farm consumption and normal waste.
SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICES are the average of prices received by
farmers at usual marketing points for quantities sold during the crop
season.
CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS represent the returns to
farmers from products sold and are for the crop marketing season in
all cases except Table 4. Data in Table 4 show marketings on a calendar
year basis. Value of products used on the farm where grown is not
included.
Type-of-Farming Districts
Much of the data for the state has been broken down into the fol-
lowing districts
District 1Willamette Valley counties: Benton, Clackamas, Lane,
Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington, and Yamhill.
District 2Coast and Lower Columbia counties: Clatsop, Columbia,
Coos, Curry, Lincoln, and Tillamook.
District 3Southern Oregon counties: Douglas, Jackson, and Josephine.
District 4Columbia Basin counties: Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow,
Sherman, Umatilla, Wasco, and Wheeler.
District 5Snake River Basin counties: Baker, Malheur, Union, and
Wallowa.
District 6South Central counties: Crook, Deschutes, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, and Lake.
eqcu'th TREE FRUIT and 111JT CROPS
1910-1949
INCOME from Oregon's tree fruit and nut crops in 1948
FARM
was slightly under $30,000,000. This was triple the immediate
prewar average, but 40 per cent under the all time high of $50,000,000
in 1946. The 1946 record was due to the combination of high prices
and a very good fruit year. Production in 1949 was even larger
than in 1946 but prices have dropped to the point where farm income
from tree crops sold during the 1949-50 marketing season will be
somewhat less than in 1948. Although prunes rank first in acreage,
in recent years pears rank first in farm income, followed by apples.
Oregon's Tree Fruit and Nut Crop Receipts
By Counties, 1940-1944 Average
Counties
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Polk
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$2,000,000
$3,000,000
$4,000,000
$5,000,000
$6,000,000
CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKET/NOS
Nine commercial counties average more than $1,000,000 each from
fruit and nut marketings during the 1940-1944 period. Jackson and
Hood River Counties together accounted for half the state total, principally from pears and apples. Table 3 gives further county information for this period and also gives 1948 estimates for the main counties.
This bulletin was prepared for publication by F. H, Dahl and Mrs. Elvera Horrell,
Extension Agricultural Economists, Statistics, under the direction of L. R. Breithaupt and
M. D. Thomas, Extension Agricultural Economists, Oregon State College. B. W. Coyle,
Extension Agricultural Economist, Statistics, assembled the basic county acreage estimates.
State data in this bulletin are based on various reports from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, U. S. Department of Agriculture, except as otherwise noted. County data
were prepared from information from county agricultural agents, growers, processors,
shippers, and various governmental agencies. The sum of the county estimates is in agreement with state totals unless otherwise noted.
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Within the state, Hood River and Jackson counties rank highest in
receipts from farm marketings.
There have been significant shifts in the kinds of fruit and nut
crops, but Oregon's total orchard acreage has not varied greatly in
the past forty years. The high point, about 150,000 acres, was
probably reached in the late 1920's, while the low of less than 130,000
acres came during World War H. The general trend over the past
40 years has been slightly downward. The rapid expansion in nut
acreage has helped offset the long decline in apple acreage and the
more recent reduction of prune acreage.
Table 1. TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS: ESTIMATES OF TOTAL ACREAGE, BY KINDS
(Oregon, 1910-1948)
Kind
1940
1948
Acres
73,000
8,800
9,600
15,800
22,200
Acres
66,700
7,900
5,400
13,600
43,700
300
7,700
Acres
31,000
13,100
4,300
21,000
56,800
4,900
21,600
Acres
17,300
14,700
6,100
19,200
37,500
12,200
24,100
Acres
13,000
15,500
8,600
19,500
29,200
23,300
25,000
137,000
145,300
152,700
131,100
134,100
1920
1910
Apples
Cherries
Peaches
Pears
Prunes and plums
Filberts
Walnuts
100
7,500
Total'
1930
'Other tree fruits and nuts totaled 1,200 acres in 1940, and 1,300 acres in 1948,
earlier than 1940 are not available.
Data
Apples are the only fruit to show a continuous decline during
the period of record starting with 1910. Pear and prune tree numbers have declined during the last 20 years but are still greater than
40 years ago. Cherry acreage has expanded steadily since World
War I. Biggest increases have been in filberts and walnuts, but new
plantings have been smaller recently and the state's nut acreage may
be at or near its peak.
Table 2. TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS: EST/MATES OF TOTAL, COMMERCIAL, AND COMMERCIAL BEARING ACREAGE, BY KINDS
(Oregon, 1948)
Kind
Apples
Cherries
Peaches
Pears
Prunes and plums
Filberts
Walnuts
Total'
Commercial
Total acres
Commercial
acres
bearing acres
13,000
15,500
8,600
19,500
29,200
23,300
25,000
8,300
14,200
7,900
18,300
27,300
22,800
24,000
7,600
12,500
6,100
16,700
26,700
20,000
23,500
134,100
122,800
113,000
'Other tree fruits and nuts totaled 1,300 acres, of which 1,050 acres were commercial
and 900 acres were commercial bearing.
OREGON'S TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS
Acreage influences the long-time trend in production, but changes
in production lag behind changes in acreage. Production continues
to increase for some time after expansion of plantings has ceased.
Likewise, production may decline for some time after the unfavorable
conditions that start a downward trend have been relieved. Year-to-
OREGON'S TREE FRUIT and NUT CROPS
CASH RECEIPTS FROM
FARM MARKETINGS
-.a 7% Walnuts
-../5% Filberts
--../3% Peaches and others
1935-1939 AVERAGE
1945-1949 AVERAGE
$ 9,150,000
$ 35, 620, 000
Cash receipts from farm marketings of all tree fruits and nuts for the
1945-1949 period averaged four times the receipts of the 1935-1939
period. Pears and peaches showed the largest increase. Money returns from apples and prunes increased, but there was a significant
decline in the relative importance of both these fruits. Estimated
receipts by periods of years for the important tree fruit and nut crops
are given in Table 4.
year production of tree crops fluctuates widely due largely to seasonal conditions. Five-year averages in Table 4 show the general
trends in production, and the annual figures show the extent of seasonal fluctuations in recent years.
Prices have been determined primarily by general economic con-
ditions and total national production rather than by the size of
Oregon crops. Only a relatively small portion of the crop is sold
locally, the bulk going to out-of-state markets. Exports to foreign
countries have also played an important part in the price picture for
some fruits. Quantities moving out of the state by rail are shown
in Table 19.
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Table 3.
ALL TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS: ESTIMATES OF COMMERCIAL BEARING ACREAGE
AND CASH RECEIPTS FROM FARM MARKETINGS, BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1940-1944 average and 1948)
Cash receipts from
farm marketings
Commercial bearing
District and county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
Other Districts
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Hood River
Umatilla
Wasco
Malheur
Union
Other counties
Total other districts
STATE TOTAL
1940-1944
average
1948
Acres
1,850
4,620
6,260
2,830
13,220
815
9,210
10,550
17,870
Acres
1,820
5,675
7,820
2,965
14,400
1,080
9,000
13,625
19,350
67,225
1940-1944
average
1948
1,078,000
302,000
1,450,000
113,000
1,040,000
1,255,000
1,705,000
197,000
449,000.
158,000
361,000
911,000
297,000
1,315,000
104,000
545,000
1,150,000
1,372,000
75,730
$ 7.589,000
$ 6,213,000
6,680
10,710
560
8,680
3,280
4,630
535
1,250
1,050
5,900
11,460
$
8,900
3,550
4,955
600
1,260
960
692,000
5,424,000
74,000
6,142,000
1,603,000
1,253,000
135,000
233,000
138,000
37,375
104,600
38,170
113,900
$15,694,000
$23,283,000
585
$
$
559,000
8,416,000
111,000
9,006,000
2,111,000
2,488,000
160,000
456,000
134,000
$23,441,000
$29,654,000
Estimates in this bulletin were prepared from information supplied by county extension agents, Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Pacific Northwest Fruit and Berry
survey of 1935 and 1936, and U. S. Census data. These estimates
are subject to revision when 1950 census data and other survey information become available.
County estimates of acreage, production, and income are given
in Tables 5 to 18. Carlot shipments and unloads of Oregon tree
fruits are contained in a separate section beginning on page 25.
Apples-Reduction of apple acreage in Oregon has continued
steadily for about 40 years. Highest figure on record was 73,000
acres in 1910 while the 1948 estimate is only 13,000 acres, a decline
of 82 per cent. Each of the past four decades has seen some decline,
with the largest reductions in the 1920's. Since 1940 the rate of
decline has been slowed considerably, with one or two counties
actually showing increases in the last five years. Record-breaking
wartime prices unquestionably had much to do with this trend but
the postwar trend is not yet clear.
Hood River is the leading apple producing county in Oregon
with almost half the commercial acreage and about four-fifths of the
Table 4. TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS: ESTIMATES BY KINDS
(Oregon, 1909-1949)'*
Commodities and periods
Apples,
1909
1919
1920-1924 average
1925-1929 average
1930-1934 average
1935-1939 average
1940-1944 average
1945-1949 average p
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949p
Cherries
1909
1919
1920-1924 average
1925-1929 average
1930-1934 average
1935-1939 average
1940-1944 average
1945-1949 average p
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949p
Peaches
1909
1919
1920-1924 average
1925-1929 average
1930-1934 average
1935-1939 average
1940-1944 average
1945-1949 average p
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949p
Pears
1909
1919
1920-1924 average
1925-1929 average
1930-1934 average
1935-1939 average
1940-1944 average
1945-1949 average p
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949p
Prunes and Plums,
1909
1919
1920-1924 average
1925-1929 average
1930-1934 average
1935-1939 average
1940-1944 average
1945-1949 average p
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949p
* See footnotes at end of table.
Farm
Seasonal
production
average price
Bushels
1,931,000
6,924,000
6,232,000
5,581,000
4,642,000
3,342,000
2,757,000
2,831,000
2,645,000
2,970,000
2,864,000
2,668,000
3,010,000
Per bushel
Tons
5,0705
8,5095
6,7806
10,820
12,920
17,850
21,670
24,700
22,900
33,900
12,200
20,200
34,300
1.27
1.46
1.06
1.12
.72
.71
1.54
2.12
2.84
2.50
1.57
2.10
1.60
$
$160.00'
6,942,000
6,571,800
5,519,200
2,627,800
2,090,600
4,107,600
9,321,000
8,045,000
6,706,000
4,931,000p
$ 1,498,000
1,449,400
736,000
1,199,000
2,939,800
152.00
70.00
88.18
155.60
219.60
250.00
259.00
210.00
254.00
125.00
Per bushel
Bushels
375,000
761,000
1,236,000
2,423,000
2,799,000
3,816,000
3,937,000
5,638,000
5,372,000
6,120,000
5,724,000
4,825,000
6,150,000
Per bushel
101,100
34,400
48,800
100,900
$ 2,690,000,
Per tan
Bushels
179,000
504,000
237,000
256,000
282,000
390,000
562,000
743,000
612,000
729,000
851,000
595,000
930,000
Tons
48,9325
59,000
71,940
97,520
104,920
116,060
69,400
75,460
92,100
Cash receipts
from farm
marketings'
1.09
1.40
2.09
1.61
1.01
1.01
1.94
2.42
2.80
$
2.85
2.25
2.70
1.50
$
2.80
2.33
2.27
1.16
1.08
2.46
2.77
3.18
3.42
2.51
2.70
2.05
5,253000
7,965,000
2,196,000
4,643,000p
$
340,0004
598,000
318,800
297,200
211,400
224,400
817,200
1,184,000
1,807,000
1,701.000
1,350,000p
$ 1,866,0006
2,919,600
1,516,600
2,707,400
8,587,000
16,334,000
19,701,000
15,169,000
12,459,000p
Per ton
$ 99.73
55.55
38.21
23.20
19.48
51.84
68.40
77.10
77.00
78.40
68.20
41.20
$ 3,411,0006
2,935,400
2,353,600
1,753,200
3,268,600
5,564,000
7,146,000
3,071,000
2,276,000
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Table 4 (Continued). TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS; ESTIMATES BY KINDS
Commodities and periods
Filberts
Farm
production
Tons
Seasonal
average price
Cash receipts
from farm
marketings2
Per ton
1909
1919
1920-1924 average
1925-1929 average
1930-1934 average
1935-1939 average
1940-1944 average
1945-1949 average P
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949p
Walnuts
1538
602
2,108
4,600
6,920
4,500
7,300
7,700
5,300
9,800
258.00
237.00
385.20
332.00
550.00
380.00
250.00
260.00
220.00
$
31,600
143,600
455,800
1,831,400
2,335,000
2,687,000
1,868,000
1,509,000p
Per ton
Tons
1909
1919
$333.00
405
1920-1924 average
1925-1929 average
1930.1934 average
1935-1939 average
1940-1944 average
1945-1949 average p
1945
1946
1947
1948
1949p
230
380
1,090
2,220
3,940
5,420
7,600
6,900
8,900
5,600
9,100
7,500
$560.00
429.00
428.00
289.00
214.00
319.20
338.00
460.00
440.00
310.00
240.00
240.00
$
192,0006
406,000
483,000
640,800
1,629,400
2,576,000
3,696,000
1,550,000
2,268,000p
p Preliminary.
iData in this table were compiled from estimates of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, unless otherwise noted.
'Calendar year.
3Apple production includes commercial counties only.
11910.
5U. S. Census.
qDne year only, 1924.
',Fresh basis, for all purposes.
8Three-year average, 1927-1929.
commercial production. Newtowns are the leading variety, followed
by Delicious. These two varieties account for more than two-thirds
of the commercial production of the state.
CherriesWith 15,500 acres in 1948, cherries occupy almost
twice the area occupied in 1920. The big increase came between
1920 and 1930, and net new plantings have been only 800 acres since
1940.
Counties with the most commercial acreage are Wasco,
Marion, Polk, Lane, Yamhill, and Hood River in that order.
About nine-tenths of the production has been of the sweet
varieties, the remaining 10 per cent being red sour varieties. Although production has fluctuated widely in each district from year
to year, the large and small crops of eastern Oregon and the Willamette Valley have usually compensated for each other. Exceptions
were the record production of 33,900 tons in 1946 and the 15-year
low of 12,200 tons in 1947, when conditions were similar in both
areas.
OREGON'S TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS
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PeachesWhile the peach acreage in 1948 was double the low
acreage of 1930 it is still 1,000 acres below the 1910 figures. Largest
increases in the past 10 years were in Jackson County and the Willamette Valley. Jackson County now has the largest acreage in the
state, followed in order by Yamhill, Marion, Wasco, and Washington
counties.
Because of the relatively short life span, the replanting rate is
high and many new varieties are being grown. Elberta, Hale, and
Crawfords are probably still the main varieties, however. Very few
clingstones are grown.
PearsWith 42 per cent of the income received from orchard
crops, pears are by far the most important money crop in this group.
Oregon's total pear acreage in 1948 is still 1,500 acres less than the
21,000 acres reported in 1930, but the last five years has seen a slight
reversal of the downward trend. Almost all the increase of recent
years has come in Bartlett plantings in Hood River County. The
rest of the state seems to have approached the equilibrium point.
Jackson County continues to have the largest acreage, and with Hood
River accounts for 85 per cent of the commercial acreage and about
90 per cent of the commercial production of the state. Over a period
of years pear production has averaged slightly under 40 per cent
Bartletts and 60 per cent fall and winter varieties.
Prunes and PlumsBy 1948 Oregon's prune acreage had declined to less than 30,000 acres, lowest figure since World War I. It
is probable that the decline started in the middle of the 1920's from
an estimated high in excess of 58,000 acres. A large part of the
orchards are past their peak in production and many have not been
receiving the best of care. Abandoned or semi-abandoned acreage which is still capable of producing marketable fruit has been included
in the estimates of commercial bearing acreage. Not included in this
estimate are 1,000 to 1,500 acres no longer considered capable of
marketable production.
Umatilla County is a notable exception to this long-term trend
with a larger acreage in 1948 than the record high of 1930. Most of
the prunes go for fresh market while processors are the principal
outlet in western Oregon.
Leading counties in total acreage are Yamhill, Polk, Marion,
Douglas, and Umatilla, in that order.
FilbertsLargest acreage increase of the orchard crops in the
last two decades was made in filbert plantings. The 1948 acreage of
23,300 is almost five times larger than 1930 and almost twice that of
1940. The planting rate has tapered off considerably since 1946 but
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production should continue to increase for another 10 years as young
trees reach full bearing.
The return of large European imports and increased domestic
production led to a severe price drop in 1946 and seems to have been
the major factor in reducing new plantings. Leading counties in
1948 in order of acreage were Washington, Yamhill, Lane, Clackamas, and Marion. About 98 per cent of both acreage and production is in the Willamette Valley.
Barcelona is the leading variety, with some Brixnut, DuChilly,
Daviana, White Aveline and others being grown, some primarily
as pollenizers for Barcelonas.
WalnutsAfter the large plantings of the 1920's, the walnut
acreage has not increased appreciably in the past 10 or 15 years, but
production has continued to increase as orchards reach full bearing.
Some orchards have already passed their peak, however, and several
have been pulled out as lower prices make low yielding orchards
unprofitable.
Yamhill, Washington, and Marion counties lead in total acreage
in that order. These three counties have two-thirds of the acreage
of the state. The soft-shelled Franquette variety predominates in
the commercial orchards.
Other Tree Fruits and NutsApproximately 1,300 acres were
devoted to other tree fruit and nut crops in 1948. Apricots accounted
for about 1,100 of this total, three-fourths of them in Wasco County.
Small acreages of almonds, pecans, figs, and quince are also grown
but are of little commercial significance to the state.
Table 5. APPLES: TOTAL ACREAGE BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1920-1948p)
District and county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District
1
1920
1930
1940
1948p
Acres
1,825
3,000
2,900
2,000
3,550
1,150
2,750
1,925
2,900
Acres
1,175
1,680
1,015
Acres
1,225
475
1,375
1,200
1,100
430
1,050
600
425
700
320
700
550
1,000
Acres
325
22,000
10,025
5,775
1,150
230
585
250
300
735
200
540
700
170
400
130
130
335
485
100
200
100
3,250
2,140
1,350
1,045
4,200
4,200
1,450
1,570
2,350
400
750
700
225
500
450
155
9,850
4,320
1,675
1,105
780
800
550
340
550
300
490
475
580
4,410
District 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District
District 3
2
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3
50
285
400
80
155
75
District 4
Gilliam
10,750
Wheeler
Total District 4
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Total District
District 6
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
Total District 6
STATE TOTAL
15
85
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
5
10
10
185
30
3,300
10,500
170
6,500
5,400
4,100
50
10
2,450
20
15
10
700
575
100
50
30
25,020
10,240
6,515
4,805
700
1,420
2,600
600
1,280
1,670
235
375
1,025
150
150
280
860
5,320
3,535
1,635
1,360
30
10
20
70
20
130
20
20
135
25
15
60
75
100
50
740
31,000
350
17,300
13,000
1,115
350
35
110
550
50
125
175
215
100
310
50
30
90
1,260
66,700
p Preliminary.
11
325
85
5
70
70
5
275
Table 6.
APPLES: ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND FARM RECEIPTS, BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1940-1944 average and 1946 preliminary),
1948 preliminary
1940-1944 average
Cash
receipts
Corn-
District and
county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
mercial
Production
bearing for market'
mercial
bearing
Acres
140
300
190
Production
for
market2
Cash
receipts
from farm
marketings'
100
440
Bushels
10,000
20,000
17,000
4,000
38,000
7,000
20,000
8,000
44,000
326,000
1,970
168,000
$
292,500
10,000
10,000
80
50
8,000
1,000
$
16,000
2,500
6,500
75
5,000
$
26,500
205
14,000
$
28,500
18,000
82,000
6,000
$
22,000
120,000
8,000
140
340
$
50
12,000
70,000
5,000
20,000
140,000
12,000
570
106,000
$
150,000
530
88,000
$
172,000
4,200
1,970,000
$3,080,000
3,550
2,150,000
$4,300,000
460
150
175,000
10,000
280,000
16,000
450
50
95,000
8,000
210,000
17,000
4,810
2,155,000
$3,376,000
4,050
2,253,000
$4,527,000
50
3,000
62,000
68,000
1,000
$
4,500
90,000
100,000
1,800
15
240
540
2,000
50,000
21,000
$
240
600
20
910
134,000
$
196,300
795
73,000
$
50
4,000
2,680,000
$
5,200
$4,080,000
50
4,000
2,600,000
$
7,600
Acres
190
350
220
470
100
280
190
730
Bushels
18,000
29,000
27,000
5,000
52,000
10,000
28,000
13,000
80,000
2,610
262,000
$
75
100
7,000
7,000
$
75
5,000
250
19,000
200
310
60
80
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
from farm
marketings,
Corn-
$
24,000
36,000
32,000
6,000
65,000
13,000
35,000
15,000
100,000
40
400
100
260
$
17,000
36,000
30,000
6,500
65,000
12,000
36,000
15,000
75,000
District 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District 2
10,000
District 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3
District 4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
Total Dis-
trict 4
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Total Dis-
,
trict 5
Total Dis-
trict 6
STATE TOTAL
9,200
3,300
100,000
40,000
143,300
6,700
$5,170,000
1State totals of production and income are based on data published by United States
Department of Agrculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, county estimates prepared
by Oregon State College Extension Service.
'Includes some commercial production not harvested or harvested but not sold because
of economic conditions.
'Crop marketing season.
12
Table 7.
CHERRIES: TOTAL ACREAGE BY COUNTIES
(Oregon 1920-1948p)
District and county
District I
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District
District 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District 2
District 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3
District 4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
Total District 4
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Total District 5
1
1920
1930
1940
1948p
Acres
Acres
Acres
225
Acres
220
1,500
1,600
110
360
930
250
820
365
850
200
650
175
375
1,330
380
2,350
240
1,400
360
1,200
4,535
7,810
7,970
8,535
10
10
100
15
100
100
45
10
15
60
10
10
60
10
10
5
5
5
170
185
200
190
220
110
150
200
185
45
175
150
75
100
480
430
400
235
10
170
580
850
7
5
75
50
10
15
10
3
25
10
470
50
630
335
350
2,350
160
1,550
300
1,200
2
40
580
4,000
325
325
2,500
150
1,900
315
1,200
5
75
60
2
1.100
8
40
550
4,100
1,400
2,500
5
3
3
2,100
3,775
5,480
5,803
40
25
35
540
10
40
645
60
800
20
565
870
610
720
2
1
15
75
30
10
400
25
10
District 6
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
Total District 6
STATE TOTAL
4
25
1
3
15
8
1
2
11
3
4
2
1
3
3
7
20
3
3
1
4
5
5
50
30
40
17
7,900
13,100
14,700
15,500
p Preliminary
13
Table 8
CHERRIES: ACREAGE, PRODUCT/ON AND FARM RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1940-1944 average and 1948 preliminary)'
1948 preliminary
1940-1944 average
District and
county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
District
Commer-
Cash
cial
bearing
Production
for market'
Acres
Tons
receipts
from farm
marketings,
Com-
mercial
Production
bearing
for
market2
Acres
Ton:
Cash
receipts
from farm
marketings,
170
170
1,000
210
1,800
$
1,500
225
1,050
70
800
250
660
37,000
38,000
240,000
50,000
420,000
17,000
180,000
65,000
150,000
$1,265,000
6,960
5,130
$1,197,000
9,000
1,300
70
20
45
10
10,000
2,500
10,500
90
55
12,500
5,000
29,000
10,000
20
85
45
20
250
60
$
5,000
60,000
17,000
$
45,000
150
330
$
82,000
$
270,000
775
1,500
$
380,000
3,250
20
500
25
1,200
6,800
7,000
180,000
1,050,000
3,500
1,400
8,500
6,000
360,000
2,250,000
4,410
9,945
$1,507,000
4,795
11,425
$2,996,000
10
20
420
14
4
600
$
10
20
475
10
1,300
10
$
3,000
2,500
350,000
5
7
2,000
500
100,000
1,200
455
625
$
102,500
505
1,320
$
355,500
11,700
19,800
$2,930,000
12,500
18,260
165
225
1,350
250
2,100
1,900
500
1,150
26,000
30,000
290,000
32,000
370,000
17,000
270,000
70,000
160,000
6,500
8,870
70
25
70
10
95
80
70
130
40
35
190
240
280
620
1,900
155
230
1,250
240
2,000
100
1,325
190
1,010
180
200
2,000
230
2,600
$
110
95
2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District 2
District
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3 _. ....
District
$
3
55
4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
Total District 4
20
520
45
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Total District 5
Total District 6
STATE TOTAL
$4,643,000
'State totals of production and income are based on data published by United States
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, county estimates prepared by
Oregon State College Extension Service.
2Includes some commercial production not harvested or harvested but not sold because
of economic conditions.
'Crop marketing season.
14
Table 9.
PEACHES: TOTAL ACREAGE BY COUNTIES
(Oregon 1920-1948p)
District and county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
District 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District 2
District 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3
District 4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
1 Vasco
Wheeler
Total District 4
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Total District 5 ....
District 6
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
Total District 6
STATE TOTAL
1920
1930
Acres
Acres
230
200
310
250
520
30
175
60
290
115
240
240
150
460
125
120
380
490
2,065
8
1940
1948p
Acres
140
Acres
170
535
910
145
420
600
335
850
135
275
700
1,200
2,320
3,400
4,660
25
15
20
25
15
40
7
5
5
5
5
5
5
45
45
50
57
320
630
335
.
1,285
320
400
300
535
90
7
5
300
475
135
,
350
620
180
350
1,500
275
910
1,150
2,125
15
3
5
1
45
40
40
60
SO
135
3
5
10
35
25
180
700
5
300
700
9
1,500
685
1,000
1,191
250
110
175
100
25
235
200
35
225
260
30
60
330
1,000
520
30
45
35
10
10
35
5
5
310
475
525
20
10
15
5
2
13
3
5
1
15
2
2
30
25
65
5,400
30
25
4,300
6,100
42
8,600
440
1
1
p Preliminary.
15
1
7
3
1
Table 10. PEACHES: ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND FARM RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES
( Oregon, 1940-1944 average and 1948)"
1948 prelim"nary
1940-1944 average
Cash
Corn-
District and
county
District 1
mer.
Production
bearing for market
cial
receipts
from farm
marketings2
Acres
100
230
310
220
420
40
110
440
740
Bushels
5,000
20,000
35,000
10,000
60,000
4,000
12,000
55,000
75,000
2,610
276,000
10
1,000
500
$
5
Total District 2
District 3
15
1,500
$
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
270
600
125
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
Cash
receipts
Corn-
Production
for
bearing
market
mercial
Acres
from farm
marketin gs2
45
160
550
950
Bushels
5,000
9,000
30,000
9,000
55,000
1,200
14,000
50,000
50,000
$559,000
3,445
223,200
$
625,500
2,100
1,000
10
1,000
300
$
3,000
3
3,100
13
1,300
18,000
75,000
10,000
$ 40,000
160,000
22,000
250
1,000
175
-20,000
125,000
13,000
$
60,000
350,000
38,000
995
103,000
$222,000
1,425
158,000
$
448,000
40
6,000
$ 10,000
55
6,000
$
15,000
$ 10,000
45,000
75,000
18,000
120,000
6,000
25,000
110,000
150,000
115
275
450
250
650
$
12,000
26,000
85,000
23,000
150,000
3,500
36,000
150,000
140,000
District 2
Clatsup
Columbia
Coos
Curry
800
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total, Dis.
trict 3
District 4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
Total District 4
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
... _..
Total District 5
Total District 6
STATE TOTAL
3,800
14,000
42,000
120,000
15
150
510
5,000
1,600
38,000
8,000
28,000
65,000
20
165
600
6,000
17,000
50,000
715
65,000
$111,000
840
79,000
$
191,000
190
140
25
20,000
15,000
1,200
$ 30,000
15,000
22,000
1,400
32,000
45,000
4,500
5
100
150
200
25
$
27,000
2,300
200
360
36,300
$ 59,500
375
38,400
$
81,500
5
200
482,000
$
200
4,700
400
2
100
$955,000
6,100
500,000
$
$1,350,000
'State totals of production and income are based on data published by United States
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics ; county estimates prepared
by Oregon State College Extension Service.
aCrop marketing season.
16
Table 11.
PEARS: TOTAL ACREAGE BY COUNTIES
(Oregon 1920-1948p)
District and county
, 1920
Acres
District .1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
District 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District 2
District 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3
1930
1940
1948p
Acres
Acres
150
220
Acres
450
120
550
130
280
280
370
140
200
450
120
510
120
275
280
385
3,600
2,550
2,480
10
65
75
20
30
10
15
75
15
60
60
15
7
80
50
10
10
10
5
210
200
175
167
1,280
6,400
1,300
11,250
770
750
10,600
250
700
10,000
800
8,450
13,350
11,600
10,880
270
290
510
185
485
250
385
215
310
250
290
675
220
725
140
465
450
385
2,900
55
20
25
15
15
180
District 4
15
Gilliam
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
Total District 4
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Total District 5
District 6
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
Total District 6
STATE TOTAL
3
3,450
1,100
20
Hood River
8
2
5,800
5
7
3
50
125
10
50
25
40
5
5
1,650
3,650
4,750
5,882
40
50
15
15
15
25
65
5
40
35
20
20
110
10
325
160
100
85
10
235
250
20
4
200
__
5
4,600
1
85
5
1
5
3
25
15
1
8
2
5
4
10
10
15
15
4
2
'4
3
3
65
40
25
6
13,600
21,000
19,200
19,500
p Preliminary.
17
Table 12.
PEARS: ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND FARM RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1940-1944 average and 1948)1
1940-1944 average
Corn-
District and
county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1 .. ..
District 2
mercial
Production
bearing for market2
Acres
65
100
320
75
420
70
160
180
300
Tons
14,000
17,000
45,000
13,000
75,000
1948 preliminary
Cash
receipts
from farm
marketings'
Com-
mercial
bearing
Acres
$
10,000
25,000
30,000
45,000
22,000
28,000
70,000
20,000
120,000
16,000
40,000
50,000
65,000
Cash
receipts
Production
for
from farm
marketingss
market2
Tons
3,000
8,000
$
160
175
310
70
27,000
7,000
27,000
2,400
11,000
17,000
16,000
6,000
16,000
55,000
15,000
60,000
5,000
24,000
35,000
32,000
65
90
320
85
400
1,690
274,000
$
431,000
1,675
118,400
$
248,000
40
30
6,000
4,000
$
7,500
5,000
40
10
3,600
200
$
6,000
70
10,000
$
12,500
50
3,800
$
6,500
630
9,400
110
85,000
2,100,000
11,000
$
145,000
5,100,000
23,000
620
9,700
75
40,000
2,800,000
10,000
$
100,000
7,850,000
30,000
10,140
2,196,000
$5,268,000
10,395
2,850,000
$ 7,980,000
3,800
1,280,000
$2,780,000
4,500
1,680,000
$ 4,310,000
20
40
6,000
4,000
11,000
9,000
10
30
3,300
3,500
6,000
9,000
3,860
1,290,000
$2,800,000
4,540
1,686,800
$ 4,325,000
5
600
400
4,000
$
800
700
7,000
5
30
500
1,000
4,500
$
30
900
2,600
11,000
40
5,000
$
8,500
40
6,000
$
14,500
15,800
3,775,000
$8,520,000
16,700
4,665,000
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
500
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District 2
District 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3
District 4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
Total District 4
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
5
Total District 5
5
Total Dis-
trict 6
STATE TOTAL
$12,574,000
1State totals of production and income are based on data published by United States
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics; county estimates prepared
by Oregon State College Extension Service.
2Includes some commercial production not harvested or harvested but not sold because
of economic conditions.
'Crop marketing season.
18
Table 13.
District and county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
PRUNES (AND PLUMS) : TOTAL ACREAGE BY COUNTIES
(Oregon 1920-1948p)
1920
1930
1940
1948p
Acres
Acres
8,050
2,120
8,035
10,150
3,250
9,465
800
1,300
1,400
1,000
5,900
100
7,000
2,500
8,000
Acres
600
1,520
2,140
1,380
7,630
Acres
1,100
1,820
2,850
2,250
10,000
32,050
41,000
28,000
20
80
75
25
45
15
60
30
20
75
65
20
35
15
5
5
275
230
150
155
7,725
180
125
11,780
6,350
4,000
8,030
11,900
6,415
4,040
10
15
15
25
10
960
115
215
800
600
600
4,200
100
6,000
2,100
6,900
21,900
District 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District 2
District 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3
District 4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
Total District 4
District 5
3
4
5
1
10
5
1
20
20
1
10
5
1
2,650
110
15
8
3
3
2,815
2,585
2,780
55
340
290
55
25
430
325
20
125
180
10
5
740
800
330
310
3
5
1
4
4
25
8
6
1
5
STATE TOTAL
30
35
2,510
Crook
Total District 6
10
2,400
165
Total District 5
District 6
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
10
5
80
45
10
10
2,430
335
2,020
430
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
p
85
35
50
4
40
15
5
120
180
20
15
10
2
5
1
2
10
2
2
3
95
55
15
43,700
56,800
20
37,500
1
'
5
Preliminary.
19
1
29,200
Table 14.
PRUNES: ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND FARM RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1940-1944 average and 1948)1
1948 prelim.nary
1940-1944 average
Cash
receipts
Corn-
marketingss
bearing
Corn-
District and
county
mercial
Production
bearing for market'
District 1
Acres
Benton
710
940
860
720
5,000
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
District 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
from farm
mercial
Acres
Production
for
market2
Tons
550
700
Cash
receipts
from farm
marketings,
6,150
2,150
7,340
Tons
800
1,700
1,550
2,000
7,400
50
13,000
5,500
11,900
23,920
43,900
30
10
100
10
3
4,000
500
35
10
50
10
3
2,400
600
40
110
3
4,500
45
60
3
3,000
4,700
11,000
$
410,000
3,950
7,800
$
270,000
4,700
11,000
$
410,000
3,950
7,800
$
270,000
2,100
12,900
350
31,100,000
15,000
2,400
18,400
85
90
31,500,000
7,000
2,185
13,250
31,115,000
2,475
18,490
31,507,000
100
150
200
530
10
12,000
20,000
500
110
160
640
90
3
7,000
36,000
5
255
740
32,500
270
730
$
43,000
31,100
69,000
$3,310,000
26,700
46,600
50
31,000
65,000
50,000
70,000
290,000
2,000
550,000
200,000
490,000
450
625
400
435
4,000
50
5,400
1,850
6,750
31,748,000
19,960
19,520
3
613,000
3
$
750
1,500
3,300
20
5,000
3,200
4,500
15,000
20,000
20,000
42,000
110,000
1,000
155,000
105,000
145,000
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District 2
District 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3
District 4
Gilliam
Hood River
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
Total District 4
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Total District 5
$
75
Total Dis-
trict 6
"STATE TOTAL
$2,436,000
'State totals of production and income are based on data published by United States
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics ; county estimates prepared by
Oregon State College Extension Service.
2Includes some commercial production not harvested or harvested but not sold because of
economic conditions.
,Crop marketing season.
20
Table 15. FILBERTS: TOTAL ACREAGE BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1930, 1940, 1948p)
District and county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
1930
1940
1948p
Acres
210
Acres
325
1,780
1,900
Acres
900
775
700
1,880
270
350
2,675
2,000
3,500
3,500
1,000
3,200
550
600
6,300
3,600
4,775
11,880
22,780
3
1
40
90
3
180
550
620
310
1,120
80
210
Total District 1
District 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
1
Curry
530
15
1
Lincoln
Tillamook
4
6
43
100
205
45
125
65
10
190
5
65
200
295
12
20
15
2
Total District 2
District 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
15
Total District 3
District 4
Gilliam
Hood River
90
15
2
IVIorro'w
Sherman
Umatilla
\Vasco
Wheeler
3
Total District 4
District 5
12
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
20
20
12,200
23,300
5
Total District 5
Total District 6
5
4,900
STATE TOTAL
p Preliminary.
21
Table 16. FILBERTS: ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND FARM RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1940-1944 average and 1948)'
1948 preliminary
1940-1944 average
Com-
District and
county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
Cash
mercial
Production
bearing for market'
Acres
280
1,400
1,550
580
1,650
200
300
2,200
Tons
150
450
receipts
from farm
marketings3
Production
for
bearing market'
mercial
Acres
Tons
180
610
940
340
720
200
110
1,000
850
1,700
700
120
130
1,000
720
60,000
190,000
340,000
100,000
285,000
50,000
55,000
400,000
290,000
9,860
4,340
$1,770,000
19,570
4,950
60
30
11,000
145
24
100
60
40
10
170
85
10
75
$
820
250
Cash
receipts
Corn-
480
2,650
3,150
910 '
2,750
460
570
5,400
3,200
from farm
marketingss
$
44,000
150,000
230,000
85,000
180,000
48,000
29,000
260,000
210,000
$1,236,000
Other Districts
Columbia .....
Coos
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Hood River
Total other
districts ..
STATE TOTAL
15
5
2
3
240
10,100
4,420
5
80
$
15,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
30,000
$1,800,000
$
10
2
1
6,000
500
19,000
1,800
500
200
430
20,000
110
5,060
$
28,000
$1,264,000
2
6
$
iState totals of production and income are based on data publ'shed by United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics; county estimates prepared by
Oregon State College Extension Service.
'Includes some commercial production not harvested or harvested but not sold because of
economic conditions.
,Crop marketing season.
22
Table 17. WALNUTS: TOTAL ACREAGE BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1920-1948p)
District and county
District 1
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
District 2
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Curry
Lincoln
Tillamook
Total District 2
District 3
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
Total District 3
District 4
1920
1930
1940
1948p
Acres
215
Acres
Acres
450
665
485
1,225
110
820
870
2,400
Acres
585
1,475
1,600
1,280
3,635
115
1,160
4,370
6,080
5,750
6,750
420
1,600
2,100
1,050
4,600
300
1,000
5,500
6,800
7,240
20,300
22,615
23,370
25
100
25
100
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
Total District 4
District 5
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
300
915
2
20
10
5
10
4
1
50
3
4
1
1
120
35
3
14
1
60
140
160
174
250
50
50
810
150
190
780
250
270
800
380
260
350
1,150
1,300
1,440
25
10
15
10
1
5
5
21
15
2
1
1
1
24.100
25,000
Gilliam
Hood River
450
1,650
2,000
1,050
3,750
5
15
'
10
45
3
2
Total District 5
Total District 6
STATE TOTAL
21,600
7,700
p Preliminary.
23
Table 18.
WALNUTS: ACREAGE, PRODUCTION, AND FARM RECEIPTS BY COUNTIES
(Oregon, 1940-1944 average and 1948)1
1948 preliminary
1940-1944 average
Cash
Cornmet--
District and
Production
bearing for market2
cial
county
District 1
Acres
350
1,370
1,750
900
3,250
250
880
5,200
6,050
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Total District 1
receipts
from farm
marketings3
Corn-
mercial
bearing
Acres
for
market2
5,300
6,600
$1,468,000
22,080
8,030
2,400
1,600
55,000
22,000
10,000
1,000
90
25
750
320
230
340
100
55
5
4
92,000
1,420
520
210
1,250
1,450
24,000
55,000
220,000
55,000
200,000
9,000
65,000
390,000
450,000
20,000
4,703
80
30
710
250
225
170
5
3
1,300
277
$
28
410
1,500
1,950
1,000
4,100
270
950
Cash
receipts
from farm
marketings2
Tons
110
300
1,000
310
1,300
70
340
2,100
2,500
Tons
70
175
690
180
650
Production
$
27,000
75,000
250,000
75,000
320,000
17,000
85,000
510,000
620,000
$1,979,000
Other Districts'
Columbia
Coos
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine ...... ....
Hood River
Total other
districts
,.._
7
$
5
65
27
$
15
$
6
4,000
1,200
85,000
23,000
13,000
800
$
127,000
21,3008,550
$2,106,000
4,980
$1,560,000
23,500
1State totals of production and income are based on data published by United States
STATE TOTAL
Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics; county estimates prepared by
Oregon State College Extension Service.
2Includes some commercial production not harvested or harvested but not sold because of
economic conditions.
,Crop marketing season.
24
em FRUIT SHIPffifilTS and ffill0fIDS
1935-1948
MOVEMENTS of Oregon tree fruits are included in this
RAIL
bulletin as an indication of the distribution of the various kinds
of fruit both as to point of origin and destination. Data are available
only for fresh fruit and dried prunes ; canned and frozen products
are not included.
All data in this section were compiled from reports of agencies
of the U. S. Department of Agriculture. Recent years are reported
by the Production and Marketing Administration, while earlier reports were by the Agricultural Marketing Service and the Bureau
of Agricultural Economics. For data prior to 1935 see Extension
Bulletin 640.
Carlot Shipments of Oregon Tree Fruits
Pears have constituted almost two-thirds of the total fruit shipments originating in Oregon since the war. In 1948, 63 per cent of
the carloadings were pears, 17 per cent were apples, 16 per cent
fresh prunes, and less than 2 per cent were cherries. Smaller shipments of apricots, peaches, and mixed fruit were made. For the
second year in a row, in 1948 there was no carlot movement of dried
prunes.
During the wartime period from 1940 to 1944, pears accounted
for 56 per cent of the shipments, apples 22 per cent, fresh prunes
14 per cent, cherries 4 per cent, and dried prunes 2 per cent.
Data on carlot shipments have been broken down by district as
well as by kind of fruit to show relative importance and trends within
the state. District 3, Southern Oregon, and District 4, the Columbia
Basin, accounted for almost 99 per cent of the shipments in 1948.
These districts consistently ship more than 95 per cent of the state
total. The Willamette Valley and the Snake River Basin make up
the remainder.
Carlot Unloads of Oregon Tree Fruits
Carlot-unloads data are available only for the principal markets
of each fruit and account for about two-thirds of the cars shipped in
1948. These figures do give an idea of marketing distribution, however, and show distribution trends over a period of years.
25
Table 19.
CARLOT SHIPMENTS OF TREE FRUITS BY KINDS AND DISTRICTS
(Oregon 1935-1948)1
Average
District and commodity
District 1
Apples
Cherries
Pears
Prunes, fresh
Prunes, dried
Mixed fruit
Total District 1
Total District 2
19351939
Average
19401944
Cars
Cars
9
4
16
111
Year
Year
1946
1945
Cars
Cars
2
2
5
8
7
25
103
59
27
Year
Year
1947
1948
Cars
Cars
1
1
1
6
1
7
93
9
65
2
140
138
75
181
14
8
7
31
21
7
District 3
Apples
Peaches
Pears
Prunes, fresh
Prunes, dried
Mixed fruit
Total District 2
District 4
Apples
Apricots
Cherries
Peaches
Pears
Prunes, fresh
Mixed fruit
Total District 4
21
31
3,519
4,015
4
8
15
87
41
4
12
2,702
2,731
20
14
42
35
3,446
3,569
2
1
2,984
2,802
3,590
4,081
3,501
3,625
1,932
1,389
1,800
1,923
1,532
244
1,344
24
127
2,017
907
109
2,047
846
103
1,751
1,352
101
28
175
12
2
4
1
149
16
14
60
35
1,053
1
5
610
121
999
900
85
270
12
1,622
1,193
98
3,920
3,634
4,999
5,122
4,637
4,713
107
70
15
25
243
75
102
82
18
36
17
22
6
13
1
34
1
3
26
25
8
28
196
114
286
122
116
123
2,229
1,475
2,076
2,046
1,655
14
197
259
275
1,441
24
127
3,772
3,739
5,148
1,234
14
District 51
Apples
Cherries
Peaches
Pears
Prunes, fresh
Mixed fruit
Total District 5
Total District 6
State
Apples
Apricots
Cherries
Peaches
Pears
Prunes, fresh
Prunes, dried
Mixed fruit
TOTAL STATE
28
45
648
198
123
7,240
12
4
1
86
63
100
149
69
6,032
933
77
111
6,688
8,950
9,418
37
936
144
50
60
76
69
5,494
861
5,326
1,380
103
101
8,263
8,468
1Compiled from reports of the Production and Marketing Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture.
,Includes Malheur County fruit shipped from Idaho points.
26
OREGON'S TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS
27
Carlot equivalent of truck unloads at San Francisco and Los
Angeles were included up to 1944, but are not included in later
figures.
Truck shipments are playing an increasingly important part
in nearby markets, but data are not available by state of origin.
ApplesWestern markets, particularly Los Angeles, are assuming a much larger role than during the prewar years as an outlet for
Oregon apples. New York continues to lead in unloads over a
period of time, but it is relatively less important as closer markets
are developed.
Table 20. CARLOT UNLOADS OF OREGON APPLES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES
(1935-1948)
Average
19351939
Destination
Cars
194
New York, N. Y.
Los Angeles, Cal.
58
Chicago, Ill.
107
118
San Francisco, Cal.
San Diego, Cal.
Oakland, Cal.
Pittsburg, Pa.
--r
_..1
7
Portland, Ore.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Tacoma, Wash.
Boston, Mass.
Average
19401944
Year
Cars
158
146
Cars
278
259
94
145
100
117
___1.
____I
46"
13
11
91
32
----1
32
34
----,
1945
68
20
11
45
--5
,
35
Year
Year
1946
1947
Cars
187
139
116
194
15
58
34
14
46
Cars
Year
1948
Cars
223
107
86
124
97
34
165
89
87
51
36
17
50
50
43
40
32
28
38
2
29
29
'Not reported.
'Two-year average, 1943-1944.
CherriesCarlot unloads of Oregon cherries are no longer reported, so postwar distribution and trends cannot be determined.
Table 21.
CARLOT UNLOADS OF OREGON CHERRIES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES
(1935-1945)'
Destination
Chicago, Ill.
Detroit, Mich.
New York, N. Y.
Cleveland, Ohio
Portland, Ore.
'Not reported since 1945.
Average
Average
1935-1939
1940-1944
Year 1945
Cars
Cars
Cars
23
37
39
16
36
2
48
70
3
6
43
31
26
12
4
EXTENSION BULLETIN 700
28
PeachesPeaches are not important in rail movements of tree
fruit. Most Oregon peaches are marketed within the state or close
by, and the principal shipments are by truck.
Table 22. CARLOT UNLOADS OF OREGON PEACHES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES
(1935-1948)
Average
Oakland, Cal.
Detroit, Mich.
Portland, Ore.
Kansas City, Mo.
San Francisco, Cal.
'Not reported.
Average
19401944
Year
Year
Year
1945
1946
1947
1948
Cars
Cars
Cars
Cars
Cars
---1
142
2
3
7
Cars
s
4
4
4
....
19351939
Destination
6
4
18
3
s
30
2
1
1
9
9
3
5
26
----
Year
2
1
2Two-year average, 1943-1944.
PearsPears, the most important tree fruit in Oregon, are also
the most widely distributed. New York City is by far the most important market, but sizable shipments are made to most of the larger
cities in the entire country. New York takes from one-fifth to
almost one-half of Oregon's rail shipments but a steady market is
also found in such widely scattered cities as Boston, Baltimore, New
Orleans, and Los Angeles.
Table 23.
CARLOT UNLOADS OF OREGON PEARS IN PRINCIPAL CITIES
(1935-1948)
Average
Destination
New York, N. Y.
Chicago, Ill.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Boston, Mass.
Pittsburg, Pa,
Detroit, Mich.
Cleveland, Ohio
Los Angeles, Cal.
Baltimore, Md.
Cincinnati, Ohio
St. Louis, Mo.
New Orleans, La.
Buffalo, N. Y.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Newark, N. J.
Kansas City, Mo.
Atlanta, Ga.
San Francisco, Cal.
'Not reported.
20ne year only, 1944.
19351939
Cars
1,136
227
157
163
80
63
48
21
26
10
23
32
Average
19401944
Cars
1,070
323
273
192
131
123
77
73
31
35
24
51
7
____1
39
s
542
16
16
17
31
23
33
20
Year
Year
Year
1946
Year
1945
Cars
1,066
335
Cars
1,174
Cars
1,404
441
267
206
187
110
Cars
1,645
268
196
128
350
272
195
161
136
98
142
51
103
147
30
29
62
--,
69
43
41
61
49
91
1947
89
66
51
41
74
67
48
36
44
62
66
38
71
22
39
69
39
33
46
23
23
35
1948
443
383
283
224
179
97
88
85
58
58
44
43
43
40
32
29
19
29
OREGON'S TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS
PrunesCarlot shipments of fresh prunes to eastern and midwest markets in 1948 were approximately double the 1935-1939 average. New York is the most important market but considerable volume
is reported from other cities in these areas.
Table 24. CARLOT 'UNLOADS OF OREGON FRESH PRUNES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES
(1935-1948)
Average
Destination
New York, N. Y.
Philadelphia Pa.
Chicago, Ili.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Detroit, Mich.
Minneapolis, Minn,
Newark, N. J.
Milwaukee, Wis.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Boston, Mass.
Kansas City, Mo.
10ne year only, 1944.
Average
19401944
Year
Year
1946
Year
Year
1945
1947
1948
Cars
Cars
Cars
Cars
Cars
Cars
201
31
183
37
89
28
33
16
267
148
67
27
32
233
406
99
94
59
43
47
45
39
36
34
32
32
19351939
63
16
24
11
13
25
18
20
18
9
131
24'
19
21
16
12
52
9339
34
37
25
31
31
18
16
14
25
42
12
14
24
16
8
18
48
42
23
37
40
14
14
20
15
15
12
30
EXTENSION BULLETIN 700
For Further Information
The reader will find on the next page a list of statistical bulletins
on twelve groups of farm products produced in Oregon. As rapidly
as possible to complete the data, statistical bulletins for each group
giving acreage and production data are issued by the Oregon State
College Extension Service. In some instances, where the need is
urgent for specific commodity data, mimeographed Extension statistical circulars are issued that are of value until the more complete
printed bulletins can be issued.
Other statistical bulletins are published from time to time, particularly for the purpose of presenting data that embrace the whole
of Oregon's agricultural commodities or that pertain to farm marketing, prices, income, etc. The Oregon statistical bulletins and circulars are available from county extension agents or the College.
Oregon agricultural outlook circulars
To provide Oregon farmers with economic and statistical information on the agricultural outlook that will assist them in planning
their farm production and marketing operations, the Oregon State
College Extension Service issues timely agricultural outlook circulars.
These are based on data and information of national and world-wide
scope as well as data for Oregon. Liberal use is made of information
from many sources. The outlook circulars are available from county
extension agents or from the College.
Spot market news and reviews
The Oregon State College Extension Service cooperates with the
Agricultural Marketing Service of the United States Department of
Agriculture and Radio Station KOAC (550 kc) in providing radio
broadcasts and spot market news and weekly farm market reviews.
This information, which is based largely upon the current day's government market news leased wire messages, is broadcast during a 15minute period at 12 :30 p.m., and another 15-minute period at 7:15 in
the evening.
The spot market material deals largely with prices and market
conditions prevailing in the principal markets for the day, but the
market reviews contain much valuable information on general trends
and conditions. County agents are supplied with copies of the weekly
market reviews as issued each day.
Oregon Agricultural Statistical Bulletins
At the present time, bulletins containing Oregon agricultural statistics include the following:
Extension Bulletin 700, Oregon's Tree Fruit and Nut Crops, 1910-1949
Extension Bulletin 696, Oregon's Specialty Field and Drug Crops, 19151948
Extension Bulletin 694, Oregon's Seed Crops, 1936-1947
Extension Bulletin 692, Oregon's Grain and Hay Crops, 1869-1947
Extension Bulletin 691, Oregon's Farm Forest Products, 1946
Extension Bulletin 684, Oregon's Meat Animals and Wool, 1867-1947
Extension Circular 527, supplementing Extension Bulletin 684
Extension Bulletin 680, Oregon's Dairy Industry, 1867-1947
Extension Bulletin 679, Oregon's Specialty Animal Industries, 1936-1946
Extension Bulletin 678, Oregon's Farm-Raised Poultry Products, 19091947
Extension Bulletin 677, Oregon's Specialty Horticultural Crops,
1936-
1945
Extension Bulletin 660, Oregon's Farm Price Data, 1909-1994
Extension Bulletin 656, Oregon's Small Fruit Crops, 1936-1944 (out of
print, being revised)
Extension Bulletin 651, Oregon's Shipments and Unloads of Potatoes
and Truck Crops, 1925-1943
Extension Bulletin 641, Oregon's Farm Products for Market, 1936-1940
Extension Bulletin 640, Oregon's Shipments and Unloads of Tree Fruits,
1925-1943
Other statistical bulletins are in the process of preparation, including one of Oregon's Potato and Truck Crops.
Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics
Wm. A. Schoenfeld, Director
Oregon State College and United States Department of Agriculture, Cooperating
Printed and distributed in furtherance of the Acts of Congress of May 8 and June 30, 1914