FORAGE SEED CROPS
1941.
1942
ALFALFA, CLOVER, GRASS,
PEA, AND VETCH SEEDS
STATISTICAL YEARBOOK
Containing state estimates of
production and income from
1936 through 1942 and county
data for 1941, prepared by Ore-
gon State College Extension
Service and United States Department of Agriculture.
Oregon State System of Higher Education
Federal Cooperative Extension Service
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Extension Bulletin 613
January 1943
EXPLANATION OF TERMS
(Unless otherwise noted)
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ESTIMATES are expressions of judgment regarding what is true at I
any given time based upon partial data, past relationships, calculation, I
appraisement, and general knowledge of the subject under consideration, i
and are published subject to revision.. Tables or data marked "prelimI,
inary" are especially subject to further consideration and revision.
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HARVESTED ACREAGE is estimated acreage from which all or any part I
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of the crop is harvested.
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FARM PRODUCTION relates to the total outturn of the given commod- i
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consumed in production of further farm products on the farm where
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grown.
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IAVERAGE FARM PRICE is the weighted average of prices received by
ifarmers at usual marketing points for quantities sold during a crop year.
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CASH FARM INCOME is intended to represent the money income of I
farmers from crop and animal products and is obtained by evaluating, at
Ithe average farm price, quantities produced during a crop year and sold
i or held for sale. These data, therefore, are for the marketing season or
crop year and should not be confused with estimates intended to represent income from sales by farmers during a calendar year irrespective of
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year in which produced.
FARM VALUE may be obtained by evaluating farm production at the
average farm price and would differ from crop year cash farm income by
including value of quantities used on the farm where produced.
TYPE-OF-FARMING DISTRICTS
Much of the data for the state has been broken down into the following districts :
Dist. No. 1.Willamette Valley counties: Benton, Clackamas, Lane,
Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Washington, and
Yamhill.
Dist. No. 2.Coast and Lower Columbia counties: Clatsops, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Lincoln, and Tillamook.
Dist. No. 3.Southern Oregon counties: Douglas, Jackson, and
Josephine.
Dist. No. 4.Columbia Basin counties: Gilliam, Hood River, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Wasco, and Wheeler.
Dist. No. 5.Snake River Basin counties: Baker, Malheur, Union,
and Wallowa.
Dist. No. 6.South Central counties:
Crook, Deschutes, Grant,
Harney, Jefferson, Klamath, and Lake.
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Forage Seed Crops
1941-1942
Production and Income Statistics'
By
M. D. THOMAS, L. R. BREITHAUPT,
and N. I. NIELSEN'
REVIEW OF OREGON'S FORAGE SEED CROPS
by government programs, Oregon farmers have
STIMULATED
responded to the nation's wartime need for forage and cover
crop seeds. According to preliminary 1942 data in this report, acre-
age and production of most kinds were substantially larger than in
1941. Prices for most seeds also have been considerably higher during the current marketing season.
As a result, Oregon's cash farm income from the 1942 crop of
Austrian pea, vetch, alfalfa, clover, and grass seeds is expected to
total $12,235,000, nearly 90 per cent more than received from the
1941 crop. This income is the highest in 7 years of record and
nearly three times the 5-year average from 1936 to 1940.
Of an estimated total of 454,850 acres harvested for seed in
1942, Austrian peas accounted for 78,000 acres ; vetches, 210,000
acres; grasses, 113,500 acres ; clover, 48,350 acres ; and alfalfa cut
for seed, 5,000 acres. These acreages were all substantially larger
than in 1941, except for alfalfa seed, which was 1,000 acres less.
Yields were generally better than in 1941 although considerable loss
of some kinds of seeds was caused by slugs, weevils, grasshoppers,
and rain.
iThe estimates published herein are based on information assembled from growers,
processors, shippers, dealers, county agricultural agents, extension specialists, experiment station staff, agricultural adjustment agency representatives, state department of agriculture
officials and other informed persons. The cooperation of a great many people, who gave
Voluntarily of their time and information when interviewed personally or by questionnaire,
has contributed much to the completeness and accuracy of this report. Such cooperation is
gratefully acknowledged.
2M. D. Thomas is assistant extension economist in agricultural statistics at Oregon
State College and assistant agricultural statistician, Bureau of Agricultural Economics,
United States Department of Agriculture; L. R. Breithaupt is extension agricultural economist in statistics, news, and outlook at Oregon State College; N. I. Nielsen is senior agriUnited States Department of
cultural statistician of the Bureau of Agricultural
Agriculture, and collaborator in agricultural statistics
in the Oregon Agricultural Extension
Economics'
Service.
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Table 1. FORAGE CROPS SEEDS: ACREAGE HARVESTED AND CASH FARM INCOME, OREGON, 1936-1942'
Group and item
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Pea and vetch seed
Acres
Dollars
Clover seed
Acres
Dollars
Alfalfa seed
Acres
Dollars
Grass seed
Acres
Dollars
Total
Acres
Dollars
65,550
1,434,600
71,200
1,074,000
98,400
1,648,700
197,350
3,676,000
230,500
3,137,000
288,000
7,910,000
21,310
928,500
50.300
2,035,600
51,155
1,082,200
40,415
1,151,900
43,200
898,700
45,025
1,355,000
48,350
1,597,000
6,400
155,000
7,700
303,000
9,600
234,000
12,000
213,000
9,600
165,000
6,000
97,000
5,000
112,000
31,990
- 839,000
30,975
679,700
58,240
1,117,200
72,270
664,600
92,270
1,471,000
98,990
1,897,000
113,500
2,616,000
137,800
3,084,500
154,525
4,452,900
190,195
3,507,400
223,085
3,678,200
342,420
6,210,700
380,515
6,486,000
454,850
12,235,000
78,100
1,162,000
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p Preliminary.
"See Tables 2 to 5 for kinds included. Although basic information for 1942 was too incomplete to prepare separate estimates for some kinds.
they are included in the group totals in this table. Data in considerable detail for each of the above groups may be found on the following pages:
Alfalfa seed-Pages 9, 19 and 20
Clover seed-Pages 8, and 16 to 19
Grass seed-Pages 10 to 12 and 21 to 23
Pea seed-Pages 6 and 13
Vetch seed-Pages 6, and 13 to 15.
FORAGE SEED CROPS, 1941-1942
Austrian pea seed, with an expected income of $3,400,000 from
the 1942 crop, showed the greatest increase over the previous year.
Other high ranking kinds and the expected cash farm income are :
hairy vetch, $2,750,000; common ryegrass, $1,420,000; alsike clover, $800,000; Willamette vetch, $540,000; Hungarian vetch, $485,000 ; common vetch, $400,000; bentgrass, $358,000; perennial ryegrass, $340,000; and red clover, $340,000. Approximately 30 additional kinds of lesser economic importance are included among the
forage and cover crop seeds grown in the state.
Most of the Austrian pea and vetch seeds are grown in the Willamette Valley district, but in 1942 there was considerable expansion
of these crops, particularly Austrian peas, in eastern Oregon.
Grass seeds, except crested wheatgrass, are produced mainly in
western Oregon although Union and Klamath counties in eastern
Oregon are important in certain kinds. The Willamette Valley,
southern and south central, Oregon, and the Snake River basin all
contribute substantially to the several kinds of clover seed grown in
the state. Most of the alfalfa seed is harvested in the Snake River
basin counties.
Vetch and pea seed. Under war conditions the nation has depended primarily on Oregon farmers for vetch and pea seed, although
there was considerable expansion in other states in 1942. Preliminary information indicates that vetch and pea seed were harvested
from 288,000 acres in 1942, or an increase of 25 per cent over the
previous year and more than 34 times the acreage harvested in 1936.
Yields in 1942 were about average in the Willamette Valley, where
most of these seeds are grown, but slugs and spreading weevil infestation of hairy vetch caused considerable loss. Yields were very good
in eastern Oregon, where most of the increase in acreage for 1942
took place. Prices were considerably higher than in 1941 but most
sales were at minimum levels supported by the government.
The 230,500 acres of vetch and pea seed in 1941 occupied about
60 per cent of land producing forage and cover crop seeds in Oregon and accounted for about 48 per .cent of the income from these
crops. On many farms these seeds are grown with grain or ryegrass,
so considerable production of value in addition to the vetch and pea
seed is derived from this acreage. Table 1 shows the trend of these
crops in Oregon from 1936 to 1942. The increase in acreage has
been rapid, primarily as a result of government price guarantees.
Production has varied from year to year with changes in acreage and
yields. Yields differ widely between farms, but in general they
were very low in 1941. (See Table 2 and Tables 6 to 12.)
Table 2.
PEA AND VETCH SEED EST/MATES, BY KINDS, OREGON, 1936-1942
Seed and year harvested
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
Austrian pea
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
Dollars
income
20,700
21,200
28,000
38,500
69,000
48,000
78,000
14,800,000
20,350,000
21,280,000
26,200,000
48,000,000
30,000,000
74,100,000
2.80
3.70
2.30
2.83
2.95
3.20
4.90
378,000
706,000
440,000
660,000
1,335,000
875,000
3,400,000
40,000
29,000
28,400
37,000
84,000
120,000
125,000
8,750,000
7,500,000
7,100,000
9,600,000
24,000,000
23,000,000
30 , 000 ,000
6.90
7.00
6.20
7.55
7.30
7.30
9.90
541,000
477,000
405,000
641,000
1,610,000
1,530,000
2,750,000
7,900
8,000
7,600
15,500
32,500
36,000
36,000
4,350,000
4,400,000
3,575,000
5,750,000
13,500,000
9,000,000
10,800,000
3.00
3.50
2.85
3.65
3.00
3.50
4.90
100,000
123,000
84,500
157,000
330,000
230,000
400,000
g8s
22,000
940,000
5,360,000
9,900,000
3.25
4.50
6.00
28,000
210,000
540,000
8,300
6,700
6,500
6,400
7,000
6,500
23,000
4,435,000
3,625,000
3,020,000
1,950,000
3,650,000
2,400,000
10,800,000
2.95
3.65
2.25
3.00
2.90
3.50
4.85
120,000
117,000
61,000
49,200
96,000
73,000
485,000
1,200
650
700
1,000
3,000
4,000
4,000
605,000
300,000
365,000
500,000
1,500,000
900,000
1,100,000
4.00
4.30
4.00
4.25
3.40
4.60
5.00
23,000
11,600
13,500
19,500
45,000
34,000
45,000
4,000,000
5,000,000
9,500,000
7,000,000
8,000,000
2.00
2.80
2.70
2.95
4.00
70,000
122,000
232,000
185,000
290,000
Hairy vetch
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Common vetch
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Willamette vetch,
1940
1941
1942p
Hungarian vetch
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Purple vetch
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Mixed vetch and vetch and peas'
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
p 1942 data are preliminary
Very little commercial production before 1940.
2This production is regarded as a product of the cleaning process and is additional production from the acreage of peas and -vetch harvested.
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FORAGE SEED CROPS, 1941-1942
Clover seed. The acreage of crimson clover and white clover
harvested for seed in 1942 was considerably larger than in 1941. Red
clover acreage was about the same as a year earlier, as the expanded
acreage in the Willmette Valley offset declines in Malheur and some
other counties. The acreage of alsike clover seed in the state as a
whole was down about 10 per cent, although increases mostly in the
Willamette Valley compensated for some of the decline in south
central Oregon counties. Due to the competition of hay and pasture,
the acreage of ladino clover harvested for seed was sharply reduced
in 1942. A considerable acreage of crimson clover intended for seed
in 1942 was lost at harvest time due to rains. Yields and quality on
the remaining acreage were materially reduced by the unfavorable
weather. Clover seed prices during the first part of the marketing
season for the 1942 crops were considerably higher than they were
for comparable quality a year earlier.
(See Table 3 and Tables
13 to 20.)
In 1941, clover seed harvested from about 45,000 acres, or 12
per cent of the total forage and cover crop seed acreage in Oregon,
accounted for $1,355,000 or 21 per cent of the income. The acreage
trends of clovers harvested for seed differ cbnsiderably by kinds, but
as a group, the acreage has increased since 1939 although it has not
been as large as in 1937 and 1938. (See Table 1.) Crimson clover
has been expanding, but the acreage of alsike and red, particularly,
fluctuates considerably from year to year. Malheur County has
ranked high in red clover seed production but the acreage in that
county has declined since 1939. Klamath, Deschutes, and Crook
counties are important centers of alsike production while Josephine
County has led in ladino clover seed. There is considerable acreage
of these three kinds in the Willamette Valley also as shown by
Tables 13, 14, and 15. In addition to the kinds already mentioned,
some small white, sweet, strawberry, and subterranean clover seeds
were grown in Oregon in 1941 and 1942.
Alfalfa seed. The acreage of alfalfa seed in 1942 was reduced
by unusually severe grasshopper damage to many fields that were intended for seed ; by the disappointing experience and low yields resulting from rains during the two preceding harvesting seasons ; by
the increased need for hay on many farms ; and by the comparatively
favorable hay price situation. Clean seed yields averaged a little
better than in 1941 but they were low, since the total production from
an estimated 5,000 acres harvested is not expected to exceed 325,000
pounds of clean seed. Prices during the early part of the 1942 marketing season were somewhat higher than a year earlier.
Table 3. CLOVER SEED ESTIMATES, BY KINDS, OREGON, 1936-1942
Seed and year harvested
Area
harvested
Farm
productior
(clean seed)
Pounds
Alsike clover
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
Dollars
income
7,800
21,000
24,000
17,000
23,000
20,000
18,000
2,400,000
4,140,000
5,040,000
4,080,000
4,950,000
4,800,000
4,140,000
17.60
23.50
11.00
15.75
10.40
16.10
20.00
406,000
935,000
533,000
623,000
500,000
753,000
800,000
11,800
27,000
24,000
19,000
13,000
11,700
12,000
2,100,000
3,900,000
3,300,000
2,400,000
1,620,000
1,500,000
1,740,000
23.60
28.35
13.50
14.10
9.20
16.25
2050.
462,000
1,022,000
410,000
315,000
142,000
230,000
340,000
200
450
460
320
1,200
7,000
13,000
38,000
176,000
178,000
80,000
630,000
2,030,000
3,300,000
5.65
8.00
7.55
10.00
8.25
8.30
8.00
2,000
13,200
12,400
7,500
50,000
162,000
255,000
1,220
1,400
1,860
3,000
4,500
4,400
2,500
106,000
102,000
182,000
280,000
340,000
230,000
125,000
52.00
56.35
62.70
59.75
47.75
55.30
70.00
53,700
53,900
110,000
162,000
157,000
122,000
82,000
125
800
1,100
2,000
9,000
77,000
110,000
240,000
57.00
45.25
60.00
40.00
4,700
33,400
63,500
93,000
290
450
835
650
300
450
500
51,000
115,000
235,000
130,000
60,000
100,000
85,000
11.45
11.20
7.80
8.00
7.60
10.15
12.00
4,800
11,500
16,800
9,400
4,300
9,500
9,500
329
400
350
39,000
58,000
42,000
75.00
39.35
30.65
26,000
22,000
12,500
25
5,500
49.00
2,500
Red clover
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Crimson clover
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Ladino clover
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Small white clover
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Sweet clover
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Strawberry cloverl
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Subterranean clover2
1941
1942p
p Data for 1942 are preliminary and are not included in some instances because of in-
completeness of basic information.
'Commercial production in Oregon was small prior to 1939.
2There was little, if any, commercial production in Oregon before 1941.
FORAGE SEED CROPS, 19414942
The acreage of alfalfa harvested for seed fluctuated from 6,400
acres in 1936 to 12,000 in 1939 and back to 5,000 in 1942, but in any
year the acreage cut for seed is only a small part of the total alfalfa
grown. A few growers specialize in producing certified varieties of
seed but much of the seed is obtained after one or two cuttings of
hay have been taken. Most of the alfalfa seed is produced in Malheur, Baker, Union, and other eastern Oregon counties, as shown by
Tables 21 to 25. Yields were low in 1941 and this crop accounted
for less than 2 per cent of the acreage and income from forage and
cover crop seeds. In previous years it was relatively more important.
Table 4.
ALFALFA SEED ESTIMATES, BY KINDS, OREGON, 1936-1942
Seed and year harvested
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
Dollars
income
Conjmoss alfalfa
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
5,300
6,310
7,425
10,000
7,100
4,280
3,300
612,000
992,000
918,000
808,000
700,000
230,000
190,000
22.10
26.75
18.70
22.50
14.55
26.25
34.00
120,000
250,000
172,000
169,000
97,500
56,000
59,000
550
570
775
750
870
715
600
90,000
120,000
106,000
72,000
94,000
46,000
42,000
27.65
32.70
26.30
29.80
21.35
30.50
40.00
23,700
38,000
26,000
20,000
19,000
13,000
15,500
550
820
1,400
1,100
1,270
825
1,000
30,000
40,000
128,000
70,000
162,000
76,000
85,000
42.20
41.20
29.90
31.00
26.00
34.70
42.00
11,300
15,000
36,000
20,000
40,000
24,800
34,000
150
360
180
100
10,000
22,000
8,000
8,000
Grimm alfalfa
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
,
Ladak alfalfa
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Other alfalfa'
1939
1940
1941
1942p
4,000
8,500
3,200
3,500
p Data for 1942 are preliminary.
'Commercial production in Oregon was small prior to 1939.
Grass seed. There was further expansion in grass seed acreage, particularly common ryegrass, and the area harvested is estimated to total 113,500 acres in 1942. Yields of most of the grasses
generally turned out somewhat better than in 1941. Prices received
in the early part of the season were also higher than a year earlier.
The acreage of all kinds of grass seed in Oregon in 1941 totaled
nearly 99,000 acres, or more than three times as much as in 1936, as
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shown by Table 1. These crops in 1941 occupied slightly more than
15 per cent of the land in forage seeds and accounted for a little more
than 29 per cent of the income. Common ryegrass accounts for most
of the acreage but many kinds are grown and most of them have
been increasing in importance. (See Table 5.) Tables 26 to 32
show that in 1941 the largest part of production of most kinds was
located in the Willamette Valley. Outstanding exceptions to this are
bentgrass, which is grown mostly in the coast and Klamath counties,
and crested wheatgrass grown in eastern Oregon. Union county is
also of considerable importance in several kinds.
Table S.
GRASS SEED ESTIMATES, BY KINDS, OREGON, 1936-1942
Seed and year harvested
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
Common ryegrassl
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Average
farm price
Dollars per
hundredweight
Cash farm
income
Dollars
23,500
21,000
42,000
55,000
65,000
70,000
84,000
12,900,000
7,055,000
18,300,000
30,500,000
27,500,000
24,000,000
30,000,000
3.90
5.50
3.60
4.20
3.10
4.30
5.00
485,000
364,000
638,000
1,238,000
810,000
965,000
1,420,000
2,200
3,700
7,000
9,500
12,500
13,200
775
200,000
425,000
932,000
1,350,000
1,720,000
2,300,000
3,300,000
8.35
12.00
6.25
10.50
14,800
49,700
57,600
106,000
133,000
200,000
340,000
5,200
4,400
4,100
4,500
5,750
6,250
6,400
664,000
460,000
566,000
632,000
752,000
875,000
800,000
37.50
39.70
42.70
40.00
40.00
43.50
45.00
248,000
181,000
234,000
250,000
298,000
379,000
358,000
685
1,265
5,760
2,000
6,300
2,800
130,000
162,000
543,000
260,000
500,000
250,000
43.80
34.40
19.25
17.00
9.45
14.25
52,000
51,000
96,600
42,400
43,500
32,000
50
190
500
925
10,000
30,000
108,000
186,000
393,000
800,000
960,000
30.00
35.00
46.50
40.00
25.50
26.00
33.00
47,000
71,000
97,000
205,000
310,000
Perennial ryegrass
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
8.00
8.00
8.85
Bentgrass
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Crested wheat grass
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Chewings feseue
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
2,200
3,750
4,000
See footnotes at end of tab e, page 12.
2,700
9,200.
Table 5 (Continued), GRASS SEED ESTIMATES, BY KINDS, OREGON, 1936-1942
Seed and year harvested
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
Alta (tall) fescue,
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
70
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
Dollars
income
22,500
23,500
240,000
232,000
270,000
32.70
34.00
12.75
20.00
25.00
6,500
7,600
29,800
44,000
65,000
5
1,200
25,000
18,500
23,500
22,000
20,000
18.00
18.00
15.00
15.75
14.00
16.00
200
4,300
2,500
3,700
3,000
3,200
100
250
150
100
75
70
16,000
15,000
16,000
56,000
37,000
17,000
37.00
30.00
44.00
24.00
16.00
25.00
5,200
4,500
6,500
13,000
5,700
4,000
100
200
350
20,000
40,000
75,000
52.00
45.00
45.00
9,400
17,700
33,000
20
10
25
30
100
150
3,500
1,000
5,000
4,500
15,000
25,000
15.00
20.00
13.00
15.00
16.70
27.40
500
200
600
6,000
2,300
6,500
65
50
100
7,000
7,000
10,000
60.00
80.00
75.00
4,000
5,400
7,200
260
140
220
135
85
125
20,000
8,000
58,000
12,500
13,500
16,000
7.80
1,400
700
3,000
50
50
50
100
4,500
6,000
6,500
12,000
24.40
19.00
15.00
12.10
1,000
1,000
900
1,300
720
1,000
960
1,390
1,100
750
1,000
575,000
415,000
278,000
760,000
700,000
525,000
750,000
2.50
2.00
2.55
2.45
2.00
2.50
3.50
12,800
7,600
6,400
17,800
13,000
12,000
20,000
150
750
1,250
1,500
Tall oat grass
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
100
125
120
150
220
Canary grass6
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Creeping red fescue,
1940
1941
1942p
Orchard grass
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Meadow foxtail,
1940
1941
1942p
Timothy grass'
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
10.00
5A0
7.50
6.00
6.45
900
800
1,000
Smooth brome grass6
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Sudan grass
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
See footnotes at end of tab e, page 12.
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Table 5 (Continued). GRASS SEED ESTIMATES, EV KtNos, 1936-1942
Seed and year harvested
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
Dollars
Lemon's alkali grass7
1939
1940
1941
income
10
20
25
1,500
4,000
2,500
30.00
20.00
20.70
400
800
500
700
600
600
600
500
550
70,000
65,000
90,000
108,000
75,000
66,000
20.00
12.00
12.50
18.00
13.00
22.00
13,000
7,500
11,000
19,000
9,700
14,000
1942p
Kentucky bluegrass
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
Bulbous bluegrass
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942p
17,000
20.00
3,400
80
200
450
150
50,000
14,000
100,000
30,000
15.00
15.00
10.00
13.00
7,500
2,000
10,000
3,800
10
2,000
45.00
900
35
3,500
50.00
1,600
25
2,500
25.00
500
Big bluegrass,
1941
1942p
Shady bluegrass,
1941
1942p
Nevada bluegrass'
1941
1942p
p Data for 1942 are preliminary and are not included in some instances due to incom1Farm production of common ryegrass includes, in addition to the production on the
acreage shown, the following quantities salvaged in cleaning other crops: 1936, 3,100,000
pounds; 1937, 1,650,000 pounds; 1938, 3,400,000 pounds; 1939, 3,000,000 pounds; 1940,
pleteness of basic information.
4,100,000 pounds; 1941, 3,000,000 pounds; and 1942, 3,100,000 pounds.
'Very little commercial production before 1938.
'Superior and Reed varieties.
Very little commercial production prior to 1940.
'Some additional production is salvaged from other crops but data (m this are incomplete.
6No data available for years prior to 1938 but harvested production was small.
'Very little commercial production prior to 1939.
'Commercial production of these kinds prior to 1941 was negligible.
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Table 6. AUSTRIAN WINTER PEA SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON, 1941
County or district
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Area
harvested
Pounds
Acres
District
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
District
3
Columbia
Baker
Malheur
Union
Klamath
Lake
State total
Table 7
County or district
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
4 Washington
Yamhill
District
1
Columbia
Lincoln
Douglas
Crook
Deschutes
Other countries'
State total
'Coos,
ath, 20 A.
3.15
3.15
3.15
3.25
3.10
3.10
3.10
8,200
127,000
14,800
33,400
101,000
300
57,300
260,000
118,000
25,310,000
3.14
720,000
200
55
35
60,000
20,000
15,000
3.00
3.00
3.00
1,600
500
400
290
95,000
3.00
2,500
70
20
40
550
120
10
35,000
10,000
200,000
3,750,000
36,000
440,000
120,000
4,000
3.00
4.00
4.25
3.50
3.25
3.25
4.00
3.00
900
400
7,600
125,000
1,100
13,000
4,400
100
48,000
30,000,000
3.20
875,000
HAIRY VETCH SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON, 1941
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Area
harvested
Pounds
Acres
Benton
Dollars
ineome
44,000
200
2,700
Crook
Deschutes
Dollars per
hundredweight
3.15
3.25
3,100
15,500
7,100
20
1
Cash farm
290,000
4,200,000
528,000
1,150,000
3,520,000
12,000
2,050,000
9,300,000
4,260,000
680
7,500
1,200
2,500
6,400
Benton.
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Average
farm price
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
Dollars
income
17,000
5,700
19,000
19,000
8,500
300
20,000
4,500
22,000
3,400,000
1,000,000
3,420,000
3,450,000
1,530,000
72,000
4,200,000
1,000,000
3,850,000
7.30
7.25
7.35
7.35
7.25
7.25
7.30
7.25
7.25
226,000
65,000
228,000
228,000
102,000
5,000
285,000
65,000
254,000
116,000
125
250
1,800
150
1,600
75
21,922,000
25,000
40,000
315,000
75,000
600,000
23,000
7.30
7.25
7.25
7.35
7.25
7.25
7.30
1,458,000
1,700
2,600
21,000
5,200
40,000
1,500
120,000
23,000,000
7.30
1,530,000
5 A.; Josephine, 15 A.; Umatilla, 25 A.; Baker 5 A.; Union, 5 A.; Klam-
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Table 8.
County or district
COMMON VETCH SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
harvested
Area
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District
1
8,300,000
3.50
214,100
2,500
300
300
500,000
75,000
75,000
3.50
4.00
4.00
10,500
2,000
2,000
3,100
650,000
3.60
14,500
200
50,000
3.50
1,400
36,000
9,000,000
3.50
230,000
Table 9. WILLAMETTE VETCH SEED Es
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District
Area
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
15,925
216,000
400,000
292,000
462,000
648,000
47,000
1,200,000
1,000,000
1,080,000
5,345,000
75
15,000
16,000
5,360,000
800
95-0
Coos
State total
6,700
12,000
25,500
43,700
30,200
1,600
43,000
14,000
37,400
ATE% OREGON 1941
harvested
900
1,400
1,800
175
3,900
3,000
3,000
1
Dollars
income
32,700
3
County or district
Dollars per
hundredweight
3.35
4.00
3.65
3.50
3.35
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.40
300,000
450,000
1,000,000
1,650,000
1,200,000
50,000
1,650,000
500,000
1,500,000
Columbia
State total
Cash farm
1,500
1,500
5,000
6,000
4,000
200
6,000
2,000
6,500
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
District
Average
farm price
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4.50
4,50
Dollars
income
4.50
8,300
16,200
11,700
18,000
25,500
1,800
45,000
40,500
42,400
4.50
209,400
4.50 -
4.50
600
210,000
Table 10. PURPLE VETCH SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
County or district
Lane
Linn
Douglas
Union
Other counties'
State total
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
275
125
2,500
60
40
115,000
50,000
700,000
24,000
11,000
4,000
900,000
'Jackson 35 acres; Malheur 5 acres.
14
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars Per
hundredweight
5.00
5.00
Dollars
income
4.50
5.00
4.55
5,200
2,300
25,000
1,100
400
4.60
34,000
Table 11.
County or district
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District
1
Douglas
State total
Table 12.
HUNGARIAN VETCH SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars Per
hundredweight
3.50
Dollars
income
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
3.50
4,200
15,800
6,300
21,000
14,800
3,200
2,100
5,200
2,385,000
3.50
72,600
15,000
3.50
400
2,400,000
3.50
73,000
350
1,500
560
2,000
1,200
250
200
400
140,000
525,000
200,000
700,000
480,000
100,000
70,000
170,000
6,460
40
6,500
MIXED VETCH AND VETCH AND PEA SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
County or district
Farm
production'
(clean seed)
Area
harvested
Pounds
Dollars
income
6,925,000
2.95
182,700
75,000
3.00
2,300
2.95
185,000
District 1
Other counties'
Dollars Per
hundredweight
3.00
2.75
2.75
3.00
3.00
2.75
3.00
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
Linn
Marion
Cash farm
8,100
7,600
19,500
48,000
22,000
700
19,500
30,300
27,000
300,000
300,000
650,000
1,750,000
900,000
25,000
750,000
1,250,000
1,000,000
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Average
farm pace
3.25
3.00
7,000,000
State total
'This production is regarded as a product of the cleaning process and is additional production from the,acreage of peas and vetch harvested.
'Columbia, 10,000 pounds; Douglas, 50,000 pounds; Jackson, 10,000 pounds; Deschutes,
3,000 pounds.
5
Table 13. ALSIKE CLOVER SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
County or district
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District
1
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
5
Deschutes
Grant
Dollars per
hundredweight
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
Dollars
income
4,000
3,000
2,400
64,000
11,200
27,000
20,000
18,000
420,000
75,000
500
250
300
60,000
30,000
36,000
16.00
16.00
16.00
8,800
4,500
5,400
6,000
686,000
16.00
103,300
50
7,500
17,500
4,500
16.50
16.50
16.50
1,150
2,600
30
District
Cash farm
300
200
200
3,500
750
175
Crook
Average
farm price
700
255
29,500
16.50
4,450
1,600
3,500
520,000
980,000
16.00
16.00
82,000
153,000
20
70
6,000
2,550,000
17,500
16.00
16.20
16.00
405,000
13,690
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
8,500
District
6
4,073,500
16.12
643,600
15
40
1,000
10,000
16.00
16.00
150
1,500
20,000
4,800,000
16.10
753,000
Douglas
Jackson
State total
Table 14.
County or district
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District
1
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
District
LADINO CLOVER SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
3
Crook
Deschutes
Klamath
State total
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
Dollars
income
900
850
450
800
650
30
30
20
35
15
1,500
1,500
30
25
80
1,800
1,500
4,800
60.00
60.00
60.00
1,000
900
2,700
265
14,500
60.00
8,250
5
2,000
300
43,200
121,000
60.00
55.00
55.00
23,100
63,800
2,725
164,500
55.00
87,050
900
350
150
10
27,000
17,500
6,000
500
55.00
55.00
55.00
55.00
14,000
9,300
3,200
200
4,400
230,000
55.30
122,000
800
1,400
1,200
720
Malheur
900
2,700.
16
150
Table 15.
County or district
RED CLOVER SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
Farm
production
(clean seed).
Pounds
re
Aa
harvested
Acres
18,000
45,000
16,000
27,000
88,000
2,000
102,000
130,000
72,000
Average
Cash farm
Dollars Per
hundredweight
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.00
16.50
16.00
16.00
16.35
16.25
Dollars
farm price
income
2,600
6,400
2,200
4,000
13,200
300
15,000
18,800
10,700
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
180
500
200
300
1,100
20
1,200
1,300
900
District
5,700
500,000
16.24
73,200
200
5,000
100
35,000
825,000
15,000
16.00
16.25
16.00
5,300
130,000
2,200
5,300
875,000
16.24
137,500
70
160
13,000
28,000
16.00
16.00
1,900
4,200
10
60
2,000
50,000
9,000
16.00
16.00
16.00
300
7,700
1,300
500
102,000
16.00
15,400
50
40
10
75
5,000
3,000
2,000
4,000
9,000
18.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
18.00
800
500
400
700
1,500
11,700
1,500,000
16.25
230,000
1
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
District
5
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
200
Lake
District 6
Columbia
Douglas
Josephine
Morrow
25
Umatilla
State total
Table 16.
County or district
Clackamas
Linn
Marion
Polk
Malheur
Crook
Klamath
1
SMALL WHITE CLOVER SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
500
36,000
28,000
500
30,000
500
14,000
500
5
450
350
10
200
10
70
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars Per
hundredweight
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
60.00
Dollars
Other counties'
5
State total
1,100
110,000
60.00
1Baker County, 1 acre; Umatilla County, 1 acre; all others, 3 acres.
17
income
300
21,000
16,000
300
17,500
300
8,100
63,500
Table 17. CiumsoN CLOVER SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
County or district
Benton
Clackamas
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars per
hundredweight
Dollars
3,600
70,000
400
9,800
55,000
385
180
400
8.50
8.25
8.50
8.50
8.30
8.50
8.25
8.25
8.50
7,000
2,030,000
8.30
162,000
40
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District 1 and State total
Table 18.
County or district
Lane
Morrow
Umatilla
Baker
Malheur
Union
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Acres
Pounds
Dollars per
hundredweight
12.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
10
50
30
10
8,000
1,000
1,000
10,000
15,000
40,000
1,000
2,500
11,000
9,000
1,500
450
100,000
5
50
60
200
5
Deschutes
Harney
Klamath
Lake
Table 19.
County or district
Jmatilla
Baker
Malheur
Crook
Klamath
State total
Farm
Area
harvested
5
State total
800
7,800
4,000
10,600
SWEET CLOVER SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
25
Crook
income
45,000
880,000
5,000
120,000
690,000
10,000
100,000
50,000
130,000
170
3,200
25
400
2,200
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Morrow
Farm
Area
harvested
10.15
Cash farm
income
Dollars
900
100
100
900
1,400
3,800
100-
200
1,000
850
150
9,500
STRAWBERRY CLOVER SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars Per
hundredweight
30.00
30.00
35.00
35.00
30.00
30.00
Dollars
30
20
250
700
2,800
1,000
4,500
3,000
30,000
350
42,000
10
35
5
18
30.65
income
200
800
300
1,500
900
8,800
12,500
Table 20.
County or district
SUBTERRANEAN CLOVER SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars per
hundredweight
50.00
45.50
Dollars
Clackamas
Other counties/
State total
10
15
4,400
1,100
25
5,500
49.00
income
2,000
500
2,500
/Lane, 2 acres; Yamhill, 13 acres.
Table 21.
County or district
COMMON ALFALFA SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars per
hundredweight
25.00
25.00
25.00
Dollars
Douglas
Jackson
Josephine
District
5
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
6
8,000
25.00
1,800
25,000
84,000
20,000
25.00
28.00
26.00
5,500
22,400
4,600
3,000
129,000
27.15
32,500
65
3,200
25.00
700
25
120
2,000
9,000
25.00
25.00
400
2,100
800
70
5,000
64,000
25.00
25.00
1,200
15,000
1,080
83,200
25.00
19,400
15
50
40
15
1,800
4,000
3,000
1,000
30.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
500
900
700
200
4,280
230,000
26.25
56,000
Hood River
Umatilla
Wheeler
Table 22.
County or district
Malheur
Wallowa
State total
200
1,100
500
80
Yamhill
State total
income
500
2,100
400
3
Crook
District
1,000
5,000
2,000
10
50
20
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
' District
Farm
Area
harvested
COSSACK ALFALFA SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
20
10
500
1,000
30
1,500
19
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
40.00
40.00
Dollars
40.00
income
200
400
600
Table 23. GRIMM ALFALFA SEED ESTIMATES, OiwoN 1941
County or district
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
District
5
Marion
Polk
Yamhill
Douglas
Grant
Klamath
Lake
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars Per
hundredweight
Dollars
200
200
5
300
8,000
14,000
30.00
30.00
2,300
3,900
405
22,300
30.00
6,200
10
20
15
150
60
1,000
2,000
1,500
3,000
900
12,000
3,300
35.00
35.00
35.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
30.00
300
700
500
800
200
3,400
900
715
46,000
30.50
13,000
15
40
State total
income
Table 24. LADAK ALFALFA SEED ESTIMATES, OagGoN 1941
County or district
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
District
5
Dollars
6,000
1,700
8,800
50,000
35.00
16,500
5
500
35.00
150
10
10
1,200
300
35.00
35.00
140
40
11,200
4,800
33.00
35.00
350
100
....
3,600
1,400
205
18,000
33.70
5,600
80
8,000
35.00
2,700
825
76,000
34.70
24,800
Umatilla
State total
Dollars per
hundredweight
35.00
35.00
35.00
540
Harney
6
Cash farm
income
18,000
5,000
27,000
Deschutes
Grant
District
Pounds
Average
farm price
200
40
300
Crook
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Area
harvested
Acres
Table 25. OIIESTAN ALFALFA SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
County or district
Malheur
Union
State total
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
Average
farm price
Dollars Per
hundred-
50
100
2,500
4,000
weight
45.00
45.00
150
6,500
45.00
20
Cash farm
income
Dollars
1,000
1,600
2,600
Table 26. COMMON (ITALIAN) RYEGRASS SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
County or district
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Area
production'
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars Per
hundredweight
4.30
4.25
4.35
4.30
4.25
Dollars
1
Douglas
Josephine
123,000
2,000
130,000
555,000
62,000
3,050,000
50,000
3,200,000
13,800,000
1,570,000
4,400
100
1,600
1,600,000
60,000
600,000
4.25
4.50
4.25
64,000
3,400
24,000
69,875
23,950,000
4.30
963,400
125
45,000
5,000
3.50
4.00
1,400
200
75
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
income
10,000
40,000
4,700
9,000
Linn
District
Farm
harvested
965,000
70,000
4.30
24,000,000
State total
'Includes following quantities cleaned out of other crops-Benton, 350,000 pounds;
Clackamas, 25,000 pounds; Lane, 350,000 pounds; Linn, 1,800,000 pounds; Marion, 160,000
pounds; Polk, 170,000 pounds; Washington, 50,000 pounds; Yamhill, 80,000 pounds; Douglas, 10,000 pounds; and Josephine, 5,000 pounds; totaling 3,000,000 pounds for the entire
state.
Table 27.
PERENNIAL (ENGLISH) RYEGRASS SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
County or district
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars per
hundredweight
Dollars
income
2,300
400
1,000
7,000
800
425,000
70,000
175,000
1,300,000
148,000
8.75
9.00
8.75
8.75
9.00
36,600
6,100
14,700
112,000
13,000
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
650
10
300
117,000
2,000
57,000
9.00
9.00
9.00
10,300
1,800
5,000
District 1
12,460
2,294,000
8.85
199,500
40
6,000
9.00
500
12,500
2,300,000
8.85
200,000
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Douglas
State total
Table 28. BENTGRASS SEED EST/MATES, OREGON 1941
County or district
Benton
Lane
Linn
Marion
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Lincoln
Douglas
Klamath
State total
j
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
10
400
200
650
2,500
500
100
15
150
1,725
500
40,000
15,000
36,000
450,000
60,000
10,000
1,000
22,500
240,000
6,250
875,000
21
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars per
hundredweight
45.00
42.00
45.00
45.00
43.00
45.00
40.00
45.00
45.00
44.00
Dollars
43.50
income
200
16,800
6,700
16,000
193,000
27,000
4,000
400
9,900
105,000
379,000
Table 29. CRESTED WHEATGRASS SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941,
County or district
Area
harvested
Farm
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Dollars Per
hundredweight
15.00
Dollars
income
4,200
Gilliam
600
30,000
Morrow
Sherman
Umatilla
Wasco
Wheeler
300
150
800
50
18,000
9,000
80,000
5,000
14.00
15.00
14.00
15.00
2,100
1,200
10,000
700
1,900
142,000
14.30
18,200
400
10
150
60
50,000
1,500
15,000
4,500
13.00
14.00
14.00
15.00
5,800
200
2,000
620
71,000
13.35
8,600
20
35
2,000
3,500
15.00
16.00
300
500
100
40
50
35
20,000
1,500
7,000
3,000
16.00
16.00
15.00
18.00
2,806
200
280
37,000
15.90
5,200
2,800
250,000
14.25
32,000
Hood River
District 4
Baker
Malheur
Union
Wallowa
District
5
Crook
Deschutes
Grant
Harney
Jefferson
Klamath
Lake
District 6
State total
600
900
500
Table 30. CHEWI GS FESCUE GRASS SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
County or district
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District
1
Clatsop
Columbia
Douglas
Union
Other counties'
State total
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars per
hundredweight
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
25.00
Dollars
income
100
475
150
500
600
20,000
85,000
30,000
90,000
105,000
4,800
21,000
7,500
22,000
26,000
200
275
500
35,000
55,000
90,000
25.00
25.00
25.00
8,500
13,500
22,200
2,800
510,000
25.00
125,500
200
30
30
650
40
60,000
9,000
3,000
210,000
8,000
27.00
27.00
25.00
28.00
25.00
16,200
2,400
3,750
800,000
26.00
205,000
700
58,200
2,000
'Umatilla, 5 acres; Baker, 10 acres; Malheur, 10 acres; Deschutes, 10 acres; Klamath,
5 acres.
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Table 31. ALTA (TALL) FESCUE GRASS SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
County or distric
Benton
Clackamas
Lane
Linn
Marion
Multnomah
Polk
Washington
Yamhill
District
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Average
farm price
Cash farm
Acres
Pounds
Dollars per
hundredweight
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
20.00
Dollars
100
200
100
150
250
25,000
40,000
15,000
30,000
25,000
100
150
20,000
30,000
13,000
85
1
Clatsop
Union
State total
Table 32.
Kind of seed
income
4,800
7,700
2,800
5,500
4,500
20.00
20.00
20.00
3,800
5,800.
2,500
1,135
198,000
20.00
37,400
15
100
4,000
30,000
20.00
20.00
800
5,800
1,250
232,000
20.00
44,000
OTHER GRASS SEED ESTIMATES, OREGON 1941
Farm
Area
harvested
production
(clean seed)
Acres
Pounds
I
Average
farm price
Cash farm
income
Dollars Per
hundredweight
16.00
25.00
45.00
27.40
80.00
6.45
12.10
2.50
20.70
22.00
45.00
13.00
50.00
25.00
Dollars
3,200
220
Tall oatgrass,
20,000
Canary grass2
4,000
100
17,000
17,700
Creeping red fescue grasO
200
40,000
6,500
Orchard grass'
150
25,000
50
5,400
Meadow foxtail grass'
7,000
1,000
Timothy grass'
125
16,000
Smooth brome grass'
100
1,300
12,000
12,000
Sudan grass8
750
525,000
Lemon's alkali grass,
500
25
2,500
Kentucky blue grass"
14,000
550
66,000
10
900
Big bluegrass"
2,000
150
Bulbous bluegrass"
3,800
30,000
1,600
Shady bluegrass's
35
3,500
500
Nevada bluegrass"
25
2,500
State total
2,490
72,400
768,500
'Clackamas, 175 A.; Polk, 20 A.; Yamhill, 20 A.; other counties, 5 A.
2Lane, 10 A.; Marion, 20 A.; Coos 70 A.
sBenton' 50 A.; Clackamas, 40 A.; Linn, 10 A.; Marion, 75 A.; Yamhill, 15 A.;
Union, 10 A.
'Clackamas, 50 A.; Lane, 15 A.; Linn, 10 A.; Marion, 20 A.; Baker, 10 A.; Malheur, 5 A.; Union 40 A.
6Benton, 15 A.; Clackamas, 15 A.; Linn, 5 A.; Marion, 10 A.; Yamhill, 5 A.
6Baker, 20 A.; Union, 45 A.; Klamath, 50 A.; Lake, 10 A.
'Baker, 10 A.; Wallowa, 5 A.; Harney, 25 A.; Klamath, 30 A.; Lake, 30 A.
8Benton, 25 A.; Lane, 25 A.; Linn, 500 A.; Marion, 50 A.; Polk, 10 A.; Yamlull,
20 A.; Douglas, 75 A.; Jackson, 20 A.; Josephine, 5 A.; Union, 20 A.
Malheur, 5 A.; Klamath, 20 A.
"Klamath, 550 A.
"'Union, 10 A.
"Jackson, 25 A.; Morrow, 10 A.; Umatilla, 85 A.; Baker, 30 A.
"Crook, 5 A.; Klamath, 30 A.
"Lake, 25 A.
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SPECIALTY FARM PRODUCT STATISTICAL YEARBOOKS
Five specialty commodity group statistical yearbooks similar to this
are issued and become available to interested persons as rapidly as it is
possible to complete the data. These are namely :
SMALL FRUIT CROPS
Strawberries, raspberries, youngberries, boysenberries, loganberries, blackberries, gooseberries, cranberries, etc.
1
FORAGE SEED CROPS
'
Alfalfa, clover, grass, pea, and vetch seeds.
SPECIALTY HORTICULTURAL CROPS
Nursery, greenhouse, flower crops; holly.
MISCELLANEOUS SPECIALTY CROPS
Hops, flax, sugar beets, peppermint etc.
SPECIALTY ANIMAL INDUSTRIES
Farm-raised fur and game, turkeys, honey, etc.
If possible, it would be advantageous to extend this statistical yearbook series to include annual county estimates on four additional groups
of commodities, namely : Tree Fruit and Nut Crops, Grain and Hay
Crops, Potatoes and Truck Crops, and Principal Animal Industries. This
development would make available complete production and cash farm income estimates by sources for the state and particularly for each county
and type-of-farming district.
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