ffillffi PRICE 1111Tfl
1909
1944
Crops, Animals
and Animal Products
AVERAGE LOCAL MARKET PRICES RECEIVED
BY FARMERS
Prepared cooperatively by the
Oregon State College Extension Service, Agricultural Economics Section, and the Divis-
ion of Agricultural Statistics,
Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Department of Agriculture.
Oregon State System of Higher Education
Federal Cooperative Extension Service
Oregon State College
Corvallis
Extension Bulletin 660
December 1945
CONTENTS
Page No.
Table No.
General Index of Oregon Farm Commodity Prices ..._ 4, 5, 6
1
Trend Indexes of Selected Farm Products in Oregon.... 7
2
Small Fruit Crops
8, 9
3
Miscellaneous Specialty Crops
8, 10
4
Tree Fruit and Nut Crops
8, 11
5
Forage and Cover Crop Seeds
8, 12, 13, 14, 15
6
Grain and Hay Crops
16, 17
7
Potatoes and Truck Crops
18, 19
8
Miscellaneous Animal Industries
20
9
Poultry and Eggs
21
10
The Dairy Industry
22
11
Principal Animal Industries
23
12
OREGON'S FARM MARKETINGS: Sources ond Trends
Ay. 1926-1930
^
S123000,000
MEAT ANIMALS
8 PRODUCTS
25 9
Ay 1935-1939
61/2 .000,000
5220,000.000 P
25.2%
22.6%
%
YEAR 1942
Av. 1940-1944
S210,000,000P
-
A0.1945.1940
48.5% P
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LM/SC
PRO
ANIMAL
I5.2%
/5.8%
DAIRY PRODUCT
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25
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8.2%
8.5%
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6.8%
-30
2.9
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0.5 C EXTENSION SERVICE,
OCT. 1944
LRB/CR
Oregon's Farm Price Data*
Average Local Market Prices Received by Farmers
for Crops, Animals, and Animal Products
1909-1944
bulletin summarizes much of the official price information
THIS
for Oregon published by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics
over a period of years. For convenience, much of the statistical data
of the state has been classified into 12 groups of farm products. On
2 of these groups, howeverSpecialty Horticultural Crops and Farm
Forest Productsprice data are either scanty or entirely lacking.
Price data on the remaining 10 groups are contained on pages 8-23.
Seasonal average prices are in most cases the midmonth prices
weighted by the estimated quantities sold in each month of the crop
marketing season. Seasonal average prices for those items not reported on monthly are based primarily on special surveys.
In order to present an over-all picture of farm product prices in
Oregon, a chart on page 6 shows the trend of the general level of
prices received by Oregon farmers by years from 1910 to 1944. This
is based on a weighted average of price relatives (see Table 1) for
approximately 17 commodities that accounted for more than 75 per
cent of the value of farm marketings from crop and livestock production during the five-year period 1935-1939.
The chart and the tables indicate a price level currently much
higher than during the prewar years, 1935-1939. It will be remem-
bered, however, that farm production costs have also increased,
especially farm wage rates, with the result that the economic position
of the farmer may not be as favorable as the price data might suggest at first glance.
The chart also shows that farm products as a whole were high
in price from 1917 to 1920, but dropped considerably during the
next 20 years, and then advanced sharply again influenced by the
inflationary conditions of World War II.
* Most of these price estimates have been published previously in various publications
of the United States Department of Agriculture and the Oregon State College extension
service. In a few instances thei data supersede estimates previously published. Some are
marked preliminary and are sublect to revision if warranted by further information. The
data represent general seasonal average prices received by farmers at local market points
and are based on information assembled from price reporters and other growers, processors,
shippers, dealers, county agricultural agents, extension agricultural specialists, experiment
station staff, state department of agriculture officials, and others throughout the state. The
cooperation of a great many persons who gave voluntarily of their time and 'information
when interviewed personally or by questionnaire contributed to the completeness and accuracy
of the data. This bulletin was prepared for publication by Mrs. Elvera Horrell, OSC junior
extension statistician, under the direction of L. R. Breithaupt, OSC extension agricultural
economist. The helpful cooperation of N. I. Nielsen, agricultural statistician in charge of
the Oregon office of the Division of Agricultural Statistics, Bureau of Agricultural Economics
and his associates in Portland and Washington, D. C., is gratefully acknowledged. The
valuable contributions of M. D. Thomas, assistant extension economist in agricultural statistics at Oregon State College, and agricultural statistician, Division of Agricultural Statistics,
Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States Department of Agriculture, are also
acknowledged.
3
Table 1. GENERAL INDEX OF OREGON FARM COMMODITY PRICES
(1935-1939==100)
Year
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
January
February
ber
October
Novem
ber
December
Average
104
98
92
97
101
100
98
96
102
100
103
101
100
104
104
105
104
99
105
108
107
102
100
91
102
98
91
95
96
March
April
May
June
112
104
102
111
101
101
105
99
102
95
97
108
97
103
96
94
98
96
96
94
92
99
96
93
94
105
103
101
107
107
106
104
145
172
110
106
104
99
104
97
99
94
92
'
July
August
Septem-
99
100
1910-14
average
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1915-19
average_
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1920-24
average_
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1925-29
average_
106
128
169
198
107
140
172
186
100
97
95
94
96
98
100
102
104
102
103
106
171
171
193
100
100
168
176
192
95
100
157
175
192
93
105
165
183
202
91
110
189-
105
106
157
171
193
174
185
207
94
113
169
191
206
100
125
173
196
212
102
127
162
197
217
101
111
159
181
201
,
141
142
143
147
149
147
144
149
153
154
163
162
151
218
142
108
138
129
223
135
115
228
113
114
129
123
231
104
119
125
122
223
104
128
222
130
118
133
125
122
135
124
213
110
121
126
125
202
110
119
121
132
196
120
118
125
131
178
122
127
130
141
167
122
132
135
139
156
121
134
127
145
207
122
123
131
131
147
145
143
139
140
138
136
135
135
139
139
136
142
157
155
142
142
147
151
152
136
138
148
151
147
136
141
146
144
146
135
141
148
144
142
134
144
145
144
135
137
139
143
148
134
135
144
147
157
137
131
141
149
152
139
135
148
147
152
143
140
152
152
164
145
141
151
153
160
141
144
150
148
154
145
140
144
149
149.
147
145
145
143
141
143
145
146
148
151
151
146
431
Table 1.
GENERAL INDEX OF OREGON FARM COMMODITY PRICESContinued
(1935-1939=100)
Year
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1930-34
average _
average
her
October
Novemher
77
58
86
74
103
77
59
82
78
108
105
62
78
84
81
62
76
85
102
March
April
May
June
July
August
129
128
120
75
57
83
71
110
Septem-
82
81
83
101
113
104
102
110
101
96
95
95
107
115
91
92
65
62
75
85
69
58
77
71
85
84
84
82
83
82
80
80
82
81
96
97
97
89
105
88
89
115
92
116
96
100
90
92
99
97
102
122
92
93
91
100
101
98
105
137
99
190
171*
' 184
178*
193
* Hops omitted.
91
91
88
94
95
123
87
89
100
101
98
97
96
112
142
97
115
145
196
177*
183
177*
190
196
177*
182
176*
191
125
f
105
138
106
139
194
198
188
190
176*
179*
191
179*
184*
194
101
126
89
118
85
90
113
116
89
110
77
112
87
100
116
109
Average
117
84
65
74
67
55
127
78
64
80
70
82
December
96
85
67
72
87
136
86
101
117
97
1935-39
February
138
91
73
59
70
91
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1942
1943
1943
1944
1944
1945
January
85
63
76
89
79
89
85
86
97
98
97
101
102
102
102
100
97
119
144
98
121
151
98
125
160
101
130
168
95
129
177
194
175*
179
173*
191
196
177*
179
172*
190
181
184
179*
182
184
105
131
187
168*
187
182*
189
99
118
156
195
175*
180
173*
191
103
130
182
163*
185
196
198
195
175*
177
171*
189
195
179"
185
179*
185
TRENDS IN THE GENERAL LEVEL
OF
PRICES FOR FARM PRODUCTS: OREGON, 1910-1944
100
1935 -1939
INDEX
205
16
I65
I4
12
I 05
100
85
65
1910
'15
20
25
'30
35
40
P
Preliminary
ry
Table 2. TREND PRICE INDEXES OP SELECTED FARM PRODUCTS IN OREGON
(1935-1939==100)
FIELD CROPS
Common
Period
1910-1914
1915-1919
1920-1924
1925-1929
1930-1934
1935-1939
1940-1944
Year 1940
Year 1941
Year 1942
Year 1943
Year 1944
Hay
Wheat
Oats
Barley
112
215
172
168
110
173
150
139
79
90
100
135
100
139
107
131
158
139
82
100
131
108
160
149*
1403
92
100
126
114
167
149
135
104
100
142
89
93
101
120
145
172
89
125
206
205
95
107
129
159
184
89
106
138
170
193
102
119
154
1S9
Corn
ryegrass
87
seed
Hairy
vetch
seed
Austrian
winter
pea seed
Alsike
clover
seed
Red
clover
seed
......
783
892
100
136
1333
1373
100
146
100
106
70
100
103
1431)
104
112
172
1591)
1681)
76
64
94
134
160
65
61
90
132
167
Lambs
Wool
Beef
cattle
Veal
calves
90
139
115
126
68
100
131
80
144
130
154
72
100
145
70
174
130
143
71
100
154
93
125
103
131
80
100
158
94
122
121
140
196
121
170
156
112
153
163
157
100
106
125
152
172
168
209
132
44
97
120
143
165
173
169
151
166
68
107
114
136
167
188
184
157
162
70
100
111
136
160
173
163
10011
127
72
100
116
184
163p
105
105
169p
72
172p
.
LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS
Butter-
fat
Eggs
Chickens
1910-1914
1915-1919
1920-1924
1925-1929
1930-1934
1933-1939
1940-1944
132
175
159
147
89
121
142
144
94
100
138
105
137
150
152
Year 1919
Year 1929
Year 1932
Year 1939
Year 1940
Year 1941
Year 1942
Year 1943
Year 1944
233
156
172
152
84
99
89
109
139
175
174
189
157
Period
p Preliminary.
age 1930 and 1934.
90
100
147
77
91
90
123
154
196
173
* Four-year average 1920-1923.
II Four-year average 1936-1939.
80
100
140
61
84
97
119
146
170
169
Milk
COWS
102
129
129
143
85
100
141
143
172
72
97
103
128
150
167
155
3 Four-year average 1926-1929.
Hogs
47
81
70
53
T. Two-year average 1928-1929.
86
100
149
§ Two year aver-
EXTENSION BULLETIN 660
SMALL FRUIT CROPS
Prices for small fruits fluctuated considerably during the prewar
years, but, as will be noted from Table 3, prices have increased
steadily since 1940, influenced by wartime conditions. For a study
of trends in acreage, production, and value of sales, see Extension
Bulletin 656, Oregon's Small Fruit Crops, 1936-1944.
MISCELLANEOUS SPECIALTY CROPS
Although hops are considered as a specialty crop nationally because the production is limited to the Pacific Coast, they have long
been an established industry in Oregon. The price record for this
commodity in Oregon extends back to the year 1909. Seasonal aver-
age price of hops reached a peak just after the first World War,
when the price was reported at 800 a pound in 1919. Highest price
so far during this period of abnormal prices is the 650 a pound recorded for the 1944 crop. Price records for the other items in this
group begin with fairly recent years, and their fluctuations can be
readily ascertained from data presented in Table 4. For other economic and statistical data relating to this group of crops, see Extension Bulletin 636, Oregon's Miscellaneous Specialty Crops, 19361943.
TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS
Price records for most of the tree fruit and nut crops extend to
1919a year of high prices influenced by the inflationary conditions
following World War I. Price records for apples and peaches, however, extend to 1909. These are shown in the footnotes to Table 5.
According to the records, prices for most of the fruit crops reached
the peak in 1943 or 1944. Estimates of prices received for the 1945
crop are, of course, not yet available. For further economic, statistical, and marketing information see Extension Bulletin 631, Oregon's
Tree Fruit and Nut Crops, 1910-1943, and Extension Bulletin 640,
Oregon's Carlot Shipments and Unloads of Tree Fruits, 1925-1943.
FORAGE AND COVER CROP SEEDS
The seed industry is relatively new in Oregon, with price records
for most of these seeds beginning with the year 1936 or later. Only
prices for alsike clover seed, red clover seed, and alfalfa seed extend
back over a period of years. The year 1919 was the year of highest
prices for these three seed crops. For more complete statistical data,
including data by counties, see Extension Bulletin 613, Oregon's Forage Seed Crops, 1941-1942.
Table 3.
Straw-
Year
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
p Preliminary.
berries'
Per Pound
4.4¢
5.3
5.4
10.3
6.1
5.3
4.8
5.6
8.5
13.9
18.5
SMALL FRUIT CROPS: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON
Red raspberries
Per Pound
4,5¢
7.0
5.7
9.7
5.7
6.1
7.3
10.3
12.5
15.7
16.4
Youngberries
Black rasp- and boysen-
berries
Per pound
3.8¢
6.0
6.6
9.0
5.0
6.3
7.2
9.0
9.4
13.4
13.3
berries
Per pound
5.8¢
6.7
3.0
3.3
3.5
5.5
7.8
12.4
13.0
Logan-
berries
Per pound
2.5¢
3.0
4.0
6.5
3.0
3.0
2.6
5.1
8.1
12.4
12.5
Black-
berries
Per pound
3.10
2.5
4.1
6.0
2.6
2.6
3.6
5.2
9.0
12.2
12.7
Goose-
Cran-
berries
berries'
Per Pound
3.0¢
Per barrel
Per ton
$11.50
13.00
16.00
9.00
11.50
10.80
11.20
10.80
11.60
16.60
24.60
$26.00
25.00
29.00
33.00
30.00
32.00
32.00
33.00
55.00
80.00
95.00
2.5
4.1
6.0
4.0
3.0
4.0
5.1
5.6
8.5
8.8
Grapes'.
'Seasonal average prices for strawberries, cranberries, and grapes prior to 1934 follow:
Strawberries (/lb.) 1918, 16.5; 1919, 18.1; 1920, 18.3; 1921, 13.3; 1922, 6.7; 1923, 10.6; 1924, 10.0; 1925, 11.1; 1926, 7.4; 1927, 8.1; 1928,
6.5; 1929, 7.4; 1930, 9.3; 1931, 7.1; 1932, 3.1; 1933, 4.6.
1926, 7.50; 1927, 10.50; 1928, 13.50; 1929, 14.50; 1930, 13.50; 1931, 7.50; 1932, 8.50; 1933, 7.95.
Cranberries ($/bbl.) 1924, 8.50; 1925, 11.50;1926,
55.00; 1927, 55.00; 1928, 40.00; 1929, 40.00; 1930, 33.00; 1931, 24,00; 1932, 15.00; 1933, 20.00.
Grapes ($/ton) 1924, 90.00; 1925, 65.00;
Table 4. MISCELLANEOUS SPECIALTY CROPS: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE. OREGON
_.
Sugar beets
Year
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
Hops'
Fiber flax'
Flaxseed
Pepper.
mint
Per pound
Per ton
Per bushel
Per pound
12.0 (l
15.0
14.0
18,0
30.0
15.0
10.0
29.0
15,0
20.0
25.0
26.0
30.0
46.0
62.0
65.0
$34.65
36.00
23.35
21.17
19.41
22.50
16.30
25.00
27.00
20.00
35.70
50.65p
58.00p
55.00p
52.50p
of oil
For sugar
For seed
Dry peas
Per ton
Per
Per
$2.75
$1.73
1.56
1.99
2.01
1.67
1.63
1.57
1.94
2.47
2.95
2.00
hundredweight
1.35
1.25
1.35
1.85
2.10
1.50
1.80
1.90
1.85
1.85
2.10
3.75
4.90
6.60
7.70
$6.75
5.25
4.40
4.05
4.63
6.42
7.01
hundredweight
$3.00
2.00
$ 7.50
7.50
7.50
10.00
12.00
2.40
1.40
1.55
2.50
3.25
3.25
4.60
4.70
4.70
Dry beans
Per
hundredweight
$8.60
6.90
4.20
2.90
3.85
4.20
3.90
5.20
4.50
3.85
4.60
3.65
5.50
5.50
6.00
6.00
p Preliminary.
iSeasonal average prices for hops and fiber flax prior to 1929 follow:
Hops (0/1b.) 1909, 23; 1910, 14; 1911, 38; 1912, 18; 1913, 22; 1914, 14; 1915, 11; 1916, 10; 1917, 24; 1918, 21; 1919, 80; 1920, 35; 1921,
25: 1922, 9; 1923, 20; 1924, 10; 1925, 23; 1926, 25; 1927, 25; 1928, 20.
Fiber flax ($/ton) 1925, 31.60; 1926, 37.20; 1927, 34.85; 1928, 33.85.
.71
.94
.52
.77
.63
.73
.93
1.42
2.43
2.19
.52
.71
.73
.68
1.20
1.05
1.30
.94
$160.00
160.00
120.00
160.00
160.00
160.00
120.00
60.00
45.00
50.00
75.00
100.00
85.00
134.00
52.80
69.10
93.00
112,80
124.00
198.00
252.00
72.00
98.00
115.00
127.00
201.00
264.00
$ 56.00
48.00
46.00
80.00
100.00
174.00
168.00
$ 30.00
bushel
$1.40
3.30
2.50
1.25
1.65
1.75
2.15
1.20
1.60
1.40
1.70
1.15
1.10
.60
1.15
1.05
1.15
1.05
1.20
.85
.80
.85
1.20
1.85
3.20
2.60
bushel
$2.80
2.98
2.09
1.79
2.12
2.67
2.53
1.73
2,67
1.95
2.47
1.17
1.47
.80
1.10
1.26
1.07
1.26
1.10
.92
1.03
1.21
1.59
2.38
4.02
3.16
bushel
$2.11
2.46
1.45
1.20
1.64
1.98
1.93
1.36
1.54
1,54
2.25
.85
.09
.62
.66
.92
.77
.85
.97
.63
.93
.96
1.36
1.99
3.27
2.74
Per
Per
Per
Per ton
Per ton
Per ton
Per
bushel
$1.46
1.12
1.38
.68
.74
1.36
1.26
.81
Bartlett
All
Peaches'
Sour
Sweet
All
varieties
Apples
Pears
3.29
2.23
2.63
1.37
1.79
.93
1.37
1.57
1.29
1.58
1.17
1.07
1.10
1.38
1.78
2.67
4,74
3.45
bushel
$3.49
3.58
2.89
2.20
2.48
3.33
2.95
2.13
"Other"
Per
$348.00
225.00
198.00
156.00
126.00
150.00
138.00
120.00
90.00
150.00
99.00
80.00
46.00
60.00
90.00
70.00
48.00
65.00
76.00
45.00
50.00
90.00
95.00
140.00
194.00
219.00
Per ton
basis)
(Dry
Dried
.
$108.00
75.90
67.50
52.80
22.70
47.70
58.00
35.20
44.70
33.60
37.70
31.30
33.50
21.90
32.10
30.20
34.50
36.00
42.70
26.90
26.00
37.10
45.20
67.80
151.00
116.00
Per ton
basis)
(Fresh
use
Fresh
Prunes'
$97.00
40.00
40.00
35.00
23.00
22.09
34.00
18.00
19.00
30.00
25.00
15.50
11.00
9.50
16.00
16.00
13.00
17.00
22.00
9.50
8.30
27.70
25.80
36.00
40.50
54.90
(Fresh
basis)
Per ton
Canning
$320.00
380.00
300.00
340.00
250.00
200.00
300.00
200.00
260.00
270.00
215.00
220.00
220.00
240.00
300.00
346.00
500.00
540.00
Per ton
Filberts
$560.00
425.00
425.00
390.00
425.00
480.00
480.00
500.00
360.00
440.00
360.00
400.00
275.00
240.00
280.00
250.00
230.00
255.00
200,00
215.00
170.00
200.00
240.00
286.00
420.00
450.00
Per ton
Walnuts
p Preliminary.
1Seasona5 average prices for apples and peaches prior to 1919 follow:
Apples ($/bu.) 1909, 1.27; 1910, .98; 1911, .99; 1912, .56; 1913, 1.11; 1914, .61; 1915, .83; 1916, .90; 1917, 1.06; 1918, 1.36.
Peaches ($/bu.) 1909, 1.09; 1910, 1.37; 1911, 1.74; 1912, 1.33; 1913, 1.30; 1914, 1.10; 1915, .84; 1916, 1.00; 1917, 1.10; 1918, 2.00.
'Seasonal average prices for frozen prunes (fresh basis): 1943, $43.40 per ton; 1944, $55.30 per ton. "Other processed" (fresh basis) 1943: $13.70
per ton; 1944, $31.30 per ton.
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
Year
Cherries
Table 5. TREE FRUITS AND NUT CROPS: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON
Table 6. FORAGE AND COVER CROP SEEDS : SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON
Clover and Alfalfa Seeds
Year
Alsike
clover'
Per
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
hundredweight
$17.83
25.83
11.17
15.17
10.17
14.83
2050.
27.17
30.33
Red
eloverl
Per
hundredweight
$20.17
28.17
13.00
14.67
9.33
15.50
2050.
30.17
32.83
Crimson
clover
Per
hundredweight
$ 5.65
8.00
7.55
10.00
8.25
8.30
8.00
Ladino
clover
Per
hundredweight
$52.00
56.35
62.70
59.75
47.75
55.30
70.00
Sweet
clover
Per
hundredweight
$11.45
11.20
7.80
8.00
7.60
10.15
1200.
Straw-
berry
clover
Per
hundred,
weight
..._ .....
$75.00
39.35
30.65
Alfalfa
seed'
Per
hundredweight
$21.33
25.50
19.67
19.67
15.17
23.00
32.17
36.00
37.33
Common
alfalfa
Per
hundredweight
$22.10
26.75
18.70
22.50
14.55
26.25
34.00
Grimm
alfalfa
Per
hundredweight
$27.65
32.70
26.30
29.80
21.35
30.50
40.00
Ladak
alfalfa
Per
hundredweight
$42.20
41.20
29.90
31.00
26.00
34.70
42.00
Table 6. FORAGE AND COVER CROP SEEDS: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON-Continued
AUSTRIAN PEA, VETCH2, AND RYEGRASS SEEDS
Year
Austrian
winter
pea seed
Per
hundred1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
$2.80
3.70
2.30
2.83
2.95
3.20
4.90
4.90
Hairy
vetch
Per
hundredweight
$6.90
7.00
6.20
7.55
7.30
7.30
9.90
Hungarian
vetch
Per
hundredweight
$2.95
3.65
2.25
3.00
2.90
3.50
4.85
Purple
vetch
Per
hundredweight
$4.00
4.30
4.00
4.25
3.40
4.60
5.00
Common
vetch
Per
hundredweight
$3.00
3.50
2.85
3.65
3.00
3.50
4.90
Mixed
vetch
and vetch
and peas
Per
hundredweight
$2.00
2.80
2.70
2.95
4.00
Common
ryegrass
Per
hundredweight
$3.90
5.50
3.60
4.20
3.10
4.30
5.00
Perennial
ryegrass
Per
hundredweight
$ 8.35
12.00
6.25
8.00
8.00
8.85
10.50
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
Year
hundredweight
$37.50
39.70
42.70
40.00
40.00
43.50
45.00
Per
Bent
Table 6.
Per
hundredweight
$30.00
35.00
46.50
40.00
25.50
26.00
33.00
Per
hundredweight
$43.80
34.40
19.25
17.00
9.45
14.25
Chewings
fescue
Crested
wheat
Per
hundredweight
$18.00
18.00
15.00
15.75
14.00
16.00
Tall oat
Per
hundredweight
$37.00
30.00
44.00
24.00
16.00
25.00
Canary
OTHER GRASS SEEDS
Per
hundredweight
$15.00
20.00
13.00
15.00
16.70
27.40
Orchard
Per
hundredweight
$7.80
10.00
5.30
7.50
6.00
6.45
Timothy
Per
hundredweight
$2.50
2.00
2.55
2.45
2.00
2.50
3.50
Sudan
FORAGE AND COVER CROP SEEDS: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON-Continued
Per
hundredweight
$20.00
12.00
12.50
18.00
13.00
22.00
Kentucky
blue
15.00
15.00
10.00
13.00
Per
hundredweight
$20.00
Bulbous
blue
Table 6.
FORAGE AND COVER CROP SEEDS:
SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON-Continued
OTHER GRASS SEEDS-Continued
Year
Alta
fescue
Per
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
hundredweight
$32.70
34.00
12.75
20.00
25.00
Creeping
red fescue
Per
Meadow
foxtail
Per
hundredweight
hundredweight
$52.00
45.00
45.00
$60.00
80.00
75.00
Smooth
brome
Per
hundredweight
$24.40
19.00
15.00
12.10
Lemon's
alkali
Per
Big
bluegrass
Per
Nevada
bluegrass
Per
Shady
bluegrass
Per
hundredweight
hundredweight
hundredweight
hundredweight
$30.00
20.00
20.70
$45.00
$25.00
$50.00
'Seasonal average prices for aIsike clover seed, red clover seed, and alfa fa seed prior to 1936 follow:"
Alsike clover seed (8/cwt.) 1919. 40.17; 1920. 21.50; 1921. 14.00; 1922, 13.67; 1923, 14.50; 1924, 14.67; 1925, 21.00; 1926, 23.50; 1927, 22.50;
1928,26.50; 1929, 15.83: 1930, 17.50; 1931, 8.33: 1932, 8.08; 1933, 12.17; 1934, 19.17; 1935, 16.00.
Red clover seed ($/cwt.) 1919, 47.17; 1920, 23.83; 1921, 15.17; 1922, 19.00; 1923, 18.83; 1924. 20.50; 1925, 27.33; 1926, 27.67; 1927, 24.00;
1928, 24.83; 1929, 17.00: 1930, 18.17; 1931, 10.67; 1932, 8.67; 1933, 11,00; 1934, 17.17; 1935, 13.67.
Alfalfa seed ($/cwt.) 1912, 13.50; 1913, 11.83; 1914, 14.17; 1915, 16.17; 1916, 21.00; 1917, 20.17; 1918, 18.83; 1919, 41.67; 1920, 16.83;
1928, 20.83; 1929, 23.00; 1930, 23.67; 1931. 12.67;
1921, 19.00; 1922, 19.83; 1923,
; 1924, 16.67; 1925, 19.67; 1926, 19.17; 1927,
'
clover ($/cwt.) 1939, 57.00; 1940, 45.25; 1941,
1932, 12.33; 1933, 12.33; 1934, 20.67; 1935, 15.33. Seasonal average prices for small white
60.00; 1942, 40.00. Subterraneon clover 1941, 49.00.
16
EXTENSION BULLETIN 660
GRAIN AND HAY CROPS
The period immediately following the first World War, 1918
and 1919, marked the peak in prices for grain and hay crops in Oregon. The low point was reached during the depression years of 1931
and 1932. Wheat is the most important cash crop for this group of
items, while hay is most valuable for feeding livestock. See also Extension Bulletin 654, Oregon's Grain and Hay Crops, 1869-1944.
Table 7. GRAIN AND HAY CROPS: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON
GRAIN CROPS
Year
All
Winter
wheat
Spring
wheat,
Oats
Barley
Corn
Per
Per
Per
Per
Per
Per
wheat
bushel
$0.93
.88
.76
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
p Preliminary.
.74
.74
.88
.86
1.18
1.97
2.05
2.05
1.94
.94
1.00
.88
1.26
1.34
1.21
1.17
1.04
1.10 '
.74
.38
.42
.65
.74
.72
.90
.77
.53
.71
.66
.92
1.07
1.29
1.38
10ther than durum.
bushel
bushel
bushel
0.54
.47
.41
.42
.39
.42
81.10
.74
.38
.41
.64
.74
.72
.90
:,77
.53
.71
.66
.92
1.07
1.29
1.38
$1.12
.74
.39
.43
.65
,72
.72
.90
.77
.53
.71
.66
.92
1.07
1.29
1.38
.39
.44
.83
.97
.94
.75
.45
.54
.45
.59
.48
.47
.55
.52
.53
.35
27
29
34
.41
.34
.44
.38
.38
.35
.35
.50
.54
.75
.73
bushel
$0.69
.63
.67
.56
.56
.56
.55
.76
1.25
1.46
1.43
1.24
,69
.71
.67
.94
.69
.66
.82
.78
.75
.48
.40
.34
,41
.58
.47
.73
.59
.45
.50
.50
.66
.71
1.00
1.06
bushel
$0.94
.91
.87
.81
.74
.81
.80
1.19
1.68
1.70
1.60
1.16
.91
.97
1.03
1.22
1.03
1.12
1.12
1.13
1.05
.82
.65
.55
.68
.85
.79
.97
.65
.61
.72
.76
.92
1.03
1.34
1.34
Rye
Per
, bushel
$0.98
.97
.96
.68
.78
.92
.87
1.14
1.81
2.04
1.84
1.49
.84
.91
.88
.99
1.01
.99
.96
1.00
1.11
.64
.55
.44
.64
.71
.60
.71
.67
.44
.59
.58
.70
.74
1.04
1.13
Table 7.
GRAIN AND HAY CROPS: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON-Continued
HAY CROPS
-
Year
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
Per ton
Alfalfa
hay
Per ton
$11.90
11.40
9.40
7.90
9.00
$ 8.00
hay
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
All
loose
8.50
9.50
.
11.00
15.40
19.30
18.20
16.60
9.00
11.80
10.60
13.20
11.70
10.30
9.90
11.80
13.80
9.20
9.00
7.10
8.60
8.20
8.70
9.10
9.20
8.40
8.10
7.50
9.20
13.70
18.40
17.40
p Preliminary.
'December 1 prices.
2December 15 prices.
17
7.60
9.50
13.00
17.50
21.20
21.50
14.40
8.70
11.60
12.90
15.40
11.50
12.40
10.60
11.80
12.60
10.10
9.40
6.80
8.90
8.70
8.90
9.60
9.50
8.40
8.30
7.602
9.102
15.60,
20.002
19.002
All
hayi
Per ton
$18.95
13.79
9.42
13.26
10.89
13.23
11.19
10.57
10.71
11.41
14.15
9.41
8.39
5.82
8.94
8.05
8.14
9.42
8.65
8.10
7.90
7.10
8.07
12.70
17.20
17.40
Tame
Wild
hay'
Per ton
hay'
Per ton
$19.10
14.50
9.80
13.60
11.00
13.30
11.60
11.00
11.20
11.70
14.60
9.60
8.50
6.00
9.40
8.20
8.40
9.80
9.00
8.50
8.20
7.40
8.40
13.20
18.00
18.00
$18.00
7.50
4.50
7.00
8.50
11.90
8.00
7.00
7.50
9.10
11.10
7.80
7.50
4.75
6.70
7.00
6.00
6.70
6.60
5.50
5.60
5.30
5.80
9.50
12.70
13.10
18
EXTENSION BULLETIN 660
POTATOES AND TRUCK CROPS
Ordinarily, prices of potatoes and truck crops fluctuate from
year to year depending on the acreage, the conditions of the growing
season, etc., but as in most other commodities the peak prices were
reached shortly after World War I, declined in depression years,
then started upward at the beginning of the United States' entry into
World War II. Other data pertaining to these crops in Oregon are
contained in Extension Circular 430, Potatoes, Extension Circular
432, Snap Beans and Other Commercial Truck Crops, and Extension Bulletin 651, Oregon's Carlot Shipments and Unloads of Potatoes and Truck Crops.
Table 8. POTATOES AND TRUCK CROPS: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON
POTATOES AND TRUCK CROPS FOR FRESH MARKET
Cauliflower
Year
Potatoes'
Per
,bushel
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
I944p
Asparagus2
Cabbage
Cantaloupes
Per
Per toss
Per
crate
$0.95
2.37
.87
1.02
.58
.90
1.02
1.67
1.02
.74
.61
1.45
.65
.43
.43
.62
.63
.79
1.27
.45
.52
.65
.57
.99
1.47
1.38
1.51
$2.40
2.50
2.00
2.25
2.10
1.80
1.50
1.10
1.65
1.20
1.25
1.35
1.40
1.10
1.05
1.25
1.75
2.20
2.35
$20.80
33.10
20.50
30.60
27.00
43.10
24.20
29.40
17.30
20.30
30.80
18.10
15.00
12.50
8.00
13.40
12.90
19.50
25.50
18.90
17.40
13.00
15.00
21.80
43.10
30.00
50.00
crate
Carrots,
Per
bushel
Winter
Per
crate
$1.40
1.30
1.25
1.25
2.00
1.45
1.42
1.20
.45
$1.00
1.25
.75
.60
.55
1.00
.90
.90
.80
1.15
.90
.75
.95
1.80
2.00
2.60
$0.25
.25
.25
.20
.20
.50
.40
.60
.40
.50
.65
.90
1.10
2.10
1.35
2.00
1.01
1.40
1.00
.80
.75
.60
.40
.80
.70
.70
.65
.60
1.20
,80
2.25
1.65
Fall
Per
crate
$2.10
1.50
1.45
.85
1.49
1.49
1.10
1.00
1.00
1.00
.55
.30
.35
.45
.60
.45
.50
.60
.55
.55
.70
1.35
1.65
1.00
TRUCK CROPS FOR FRESH MARI<ET-COSStIflUeIi
Lettuce
Year
Celery
Per
crate
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
Green
peas
Late
spring
Per
Per
bushel
crate
Fall
Onions
Per
Per sack
crate
Tomatoes
Per
bushel
$1.88
Water.
melons
Per
1,000
melons
2.51
$1.58
2.00
1.56
1.29
1.27
1.37
1.36
. 1.11
1.24
.94
1.39
.64
.82
.52
1.12
.98
1.12
.56
.86
.94
1.01
2.80
2.85
2.40
.69
$1.55
1.60
1.70
1.20
1.10
.70
.95
1.00
1.00
1.20
1.20
1.05
.90
.80
2.10
3.00
2.40
$1.35
1.50
1.90
1.40
1.25
1.25
1.30
1.05
.80
.75
.60
.70
.65
.80
.90
1.00
.80
1.65
1.50
3.40
1.90
1.45
$1.40
L60
1.50
1.90
1.75
1.25
1.25
1.30
.80
.95
.48
.85
.35
1.00
.75
.80
.95
1.30
.70
.85
1.90
1.50
1.20
3.39
1.43
1.96
1.73
1.99
1.42
1.44
2.67
1.04
.87
2.55
.44
1.10
1.45
1.21
.96
1.30
.90
.60
1.00
2.40
1.65
2.64
1.40
$1.50
1.40
.95
1.25
.40
.55
.75
1.25
.85
.80
.65
.75
.70
1.00
1.60
1.30
2.75
$200.00
200.00
125.00
70.00
65.00
75.00
75.00
100.00
160.00
100.00
150.00
110.00
125.00
450.00
500.00
350.00
TRUCE CROPS FOR PROCESSING
Cucum-
Year
Beets
Per ton
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
$24.00
24.00
23.00
20.00
18.00
20.00
20.00
19.60
19.40
14.00
14.00
17.50
16.00
17.30
20.00
21.50
bers
for
pickles
Snap
beans
Green
peas
Sweet
corn
Per
Per ton
Per ton
Per ton
$60.00
60.00
53.00
54.50
51.50
55.30
50.70
47.90
43.80
43.00
54.30
75.90
77.60
$15.00
15.00
14.00
10.00
' 10.00
15.70
15.70
16.40
13.90
13.70
10.60
13.70
16.40
17.60
23.80
24.40
bushel
$0.75
.65
.55
.55
.90
.50
,57
.59
.50
.73
.60
.72
.69
.70
.98
1.22
.98
$ 66.88
53.33
58.96
56.67
61.67
62.50
62.50
60,18
64.00
65.00
65.00
62.00
60.00
58.00
50.00
45.00
47.00
53.00
56.60
59.20
48.80
49.80
46.00
54.80
93.20
104.90
110.10
p Preliminary.
'Seasonal average prices for potatoes prior to 1918 follow: ($/bu.) 1909, .61; 1910, .79;
1911. .77; 1912, .34; 1913, .51; 1914, .05; 1915, .68; 1916, 1.40; 1917, .81.
2For market and processing.
Weights and measures: Potatoes 60 lb. per bu.; asparagus 24 lb. per crate; cantaloupes
60 lb. per crate; carrots 50 lb. per bu.; cauliflower 37 lb. per crate; celery 65 lb. per crate;
green peas 30 lbs. per bu.; lettuce 70 lb. per crate; onions 100 lb, per sack; tomatoes 53 lb.
per bu.; cucumbers 48 lb. per bu.
19
20
EXTENSION BULLETIN 660
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL INDUSTRIES
Over a long period of time, prices for horses and mules have
tended to move downward. In 1944, prices of these two farm animals averaged only about half the price they averaged 35 years ago.
Mohair prices declined from a peak of 640 a pound in 1924, the
first year of record, to a low of 6-1¢ in 1932. In 1944, mohair averaged approximately 440 a pound.
Comb honey in Oregon in 1944 was the highest on record. At
270 wholesale, comb honey was 10 above the previous high in
1919. Chunk honey in 1944 was about the same as in 1919, but
extracted honey, at 150 a pound, was 40 under the high point in 1919.
Table 9
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL INDUSTRIES: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON
Honey'
Chunk
Year
Horses
Mules
Per head
Per head
$128.00
$148.00
153
Mohair
,
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
141
122
109
107
99
99
102
116
113
100
1921,
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
99
88
83
87
77
80
77
73
72
64
55
52
53
60
71
N
1942
1943
1944
85
90
95
80
74
64
63
69
70
68
Per
pound
130
125
124
117
111
112
127
124
111
111
103
90
90
83
91
86
76
78
72
61
57
52
60
75
94
100
101
87
76
68
68
71
75
74
64.00
58.0
58.0
42.0
55.0
47.0
31.0
7.0
6.5
10.0
16.0
25.0
40.0
56.0
25.0
30.0
38.0
47.0
46.0
45.0
44.0
Comb
Per
pound
12.04
13.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0
11.0
15.0
25.0
26.0
22.0
16.0
16.0
18.0
18.0
17.0
15.0
16.0
16.0
17.0
15.0
13.0
11.0
10,0
10.0
11.0
12.0
14.0
13.0
12.0
13.0
15.0
18.4
25.0
27.0
wholesale
Per
Pound
8.04
9.0
10.0
10.0
10.0
9.0
10.0
10.0
12.0
19.0
20.0
19.0
15.0
14.0
15.0
9,0
11.0
11.0
10.0
10.0
8.0
9.0
9.0
10.0
13.3
20.0
20.0
Extracted
Per
Pound
5.00
6.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
6.0
7.0
7.0
9.0
18.0
19.0
13.0
9.5
9.5
11.8
12.0
11.0
9.8
10.4
10.5
10.6
7.3
6.0
5.2
4.9
5.9
6.0
6.7
6.0
5.2
5.9
5.0
5.7
13.2
14.9
15.0
All
methods
of sale
Per
Pound
9.14
10.1
10.0
10.0
10.0
9.9'
9.4
9.4
12.9
21.5
21.6
18.2
12.2
11.8
12.7
15.4
12.2
10.8
11.5
11.2
11.6
8.1
6.7
5.2
5.2
6.2
6.3
6.9
6.3
5.4
6.1
5.3
5.9
15.5
19.3
18.7
'Seasonal average price of beeswax in Oregon (it/lb.) 1941, 31.3; 1942, 40.4; 1943, 39.9;
1944, 41.0.
21
OREGON'S FARM PRICE DATA
POULTRY AND EGGS
Based on data in Table 10, prices of live chickens in Oregon were
at the highest point on record in 1943 at 25.90 a pound and second
highest in 1944 at 25.10 a pound. The previous high point occurred
in 1919 when live chickens averaged 24.40 a pound to growers. Egg
prices, on the other hand, were highest in 1919 when a dozen eggs
averaged 45.80 to poultrymen. In 1944, eggs were at 35.40.
The seasonal price record on turkeys begins with the year 1924.
The highest average price paid for live turkeys during the period
1924 to 1944 was in 1926 and 1927 when growers received 350 a
pound. Next highest was 1944 at 33.20. For data on numbers of
turkeys raised in Oregon, by counties, see Extension Bulletin 608,
Oregon's Specialty Animal Industries, 1940-1941.
Table 10. POULTRY AND EGGS: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON
Year
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
p Preliminary.
Chickens (live)
Eggs
Turkeys (live)
Per Pound
11.40
12.9
13.7
12.2
12.5
12.9
12.3
13.3
15.5
20.9
24.4
24.2
21.4
19.6
17.2
19.2
20.1
21.9
19.9
19.9
22.0
18.6
15.5
Per dozen
24.9¢
27.7
Per pound
12.1
10.1
10.9
13.9
15.1
-14.2
15.0
13.7
13.0
16.0
20.2
25.9
25.1
26.3
24.4
24.9
25.6
24.2
26.3
34.1
40.2
45.8
44.9
28.3
25.0
26.5
26.9
33.3
28.4
25.6
27.3
31.0
24.2
17.2
15.0
15.5
17.6
22.7
20.1
20.1
21.3
19.0
18.0
25.3
31.8
40.8
35.4
22.8¢
32.3
35.0
35.0
29.3
25.1
22.3
22.1
14.2
13.0
14.9
18.9
16.3
17.0
18.4
15.1
14.6
20.2
28.5
33.1
33.2
22
EXTENSION BULLETIN 660
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Fluid milk was the leading commodity in value of farm sales in
Oregon during the 1936-1940 five-year period. Prices received by
dairymen for milk, both wholesale and retail, were at an all-time high
in 1944 when wholesale milk averaged $3.65 a hundredweight and
retail milk averaged 13.20 a quart. The low point was reached in
1932 when wholesale milk averaged $1.20 a hundredweight and retail
milk averaged 7.90 a quart.
Butterfat prices have fluctuated considerably since records were
started in 1920. The high point was recorded in 1920 and the low
point in 1932. The local market price of butterfat in 1944 at 510 a
pound was 9 per cent under 1920 but 183 per cent above 1932. Farm
butter followed the same trend as butterfat, with the high recorded
in 1920 and the low in 1932.
Table 11. THE DAIRY INDUSTRY: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON
Year
Milk
wholesale
Per
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
p Preliminary.
hundredweight
Milk
retail
Per
quart
Butterfat
Per
pound
$1.60
1.40
1.65
1.60
1.60
1.50
1.80
2.50
3.05
3.40
3.15
2.25
2.30
2.55
2.25
2.40
2.35
2.40
2.50
2.50
2.05
1.55
1.20
1.25
1.45
1.75
1.90
1.90
1.60
1.65
1.85
2.30
2.85
3.55
3.65
11.0¢
11.2
10.8
10.6
10.4
10.1
10.2
9.3
8.5
7.9
9.4
9.7
10.1
10.7
10.6
10.5
10.5
11.1
12.0
12.7
13.2
56.0¢
37.0
40.0
47.0
42.0
46.0
44.0
44.0
48.0
48.0
36.0
26.0
18.0
19.0
22.0
30.0
34.0
35.0
27.0
25.0
29.0
36.0
44.0
52.0
51.0
Farm
butter
Per
Pound
31.0¢
33.0
31.0
31.0
33.0
31.0
29.0
32.0
40.0
49.0
57.0
60.0
41.0
41.0
46.0
41.0
45.0
45.0
45.0
47.0
48.0
38.0
28.0
21.0
22.0
26.0
31.0
35.0
35.0
29.0
28,0
31.0
38.0
44.0
50.0
48.0
23
OREGON'S FARM PRICE DATA
PRINCIPAL ANIMAL INDUSTRIES
Table 12, showing prices received by farmers for the principal
classes of livestock, is especially interesting when compared with
Table 7, which contains data on prices of grain and hay crops. For
example, when grain prices are low in relation to livestock it may be
more profitable to feed to livestock, and when livestock prices are
relatively low, it may be more profitable to sell the grain for cash.
Prices for hogs, sheep, lambs, and wool reached the highest point
on record during the period immediately following World War I,
while beef cattle, veal calves, and milk cows touched the high point
during World War II.
Table 12. PRINCIPAL ANIMAL INDUSTRIES: SEASONAL AVERAGE PRICE, OREGON
Year
Hogs
Per
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944p
Beef
cattle
Per
Veal
calves
Per
Sheep
Per
Lambs
Per
hundredweight
hundredweight
hundredweight
hundredweight
hundredweight
$ 7.50
$ 4.65
$ 5.90
$ 4.70
$ 5.60
9.10
7.40
7.40
7.50
7.30
6.20
7.60
13.70
15.60
16.70
14.40
9.80
9.80
8.00
7.60
11.00
12.90
10.30
9.20
10.40
9.80
6.50
3.95
4.05
4.55
8.90
9.60
9.50
8.00
6.90
6.00
9.50
13.20
13.80
13.40
5.00
5.10
5.70
6.60
6.30
5.80
6.20
7.60
9.10
9.30
8.00
5.60
5.80
5.50
5.90
6.30
6.70
7.10
9.40
9.30
7.50
5.60
4.10
3.70
3.70
5.70
5.50
6.80
6.00
6.60
7.10
8.40
10.30
11.20
10.60
p Preliminary.
'Straight average of monthly prices.
7.20
6.90
7.20
7.90
7.70
7.20
7.70
9.30
11.20
12.40
12.10
9.10
8.20
8.90
8.70
9.30
9.80
10.90
12.50
12.80
10.40
7.50
5.50
5.00
5.00
7.20
7.30
8.40
7.80
7.90
8.80
10.70
12.40
13.40
12.70
5.60
4.15
4.20
4.55
4.75
5.30
6.20
9.70
10.30
8.80
7.40
3.90
6.40
6.80
7.00
7.40
7.20
7.20
8.60
7.20
4.80
3.20
2.25
2.75
3.10
3.25
3.80
4.10
3.35
3.60
3.75
4.65
5.10
6.10
6.10
6.40
5.00
5.00
5.30
5.60
6.30
7.80
11.60
12.50
11.90
9.60
5.70
8.50
9.50
9.60
10.90
10.70
10.50
11.10
10.60
6.30
4.65
3.70
4.80
5.10
6.00
7.40
8.10
6.10
6.90
7.50
8.80
10.80
11.60
11.40
Wool
Milk
cows'
Per
Per head
Pound
21.0¢
21.0
15.0
16.0
16.0
15.0
22.0
27.0
40.0
56.0
49.0
43.0
14.0
24.0
38.0
36.0
39.0
35.0
29.0
34.0
30.0
18.0
14.0
9.0
20.0
21.0
18.0
27.0
32.0
19.0
22.0
28.0
34.0
39.0
40.0
40.0
$81.10
86.50
66.20
64.80
62.80
73.90
67.20
66.90
75.80
89.90
95.30
73.40
55.60
37.90
30.80
31.90
48.50
56.60
61.80
55.90
53.50
56.50
70.70
82.50
92.20
85.60
4"
OREGON AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
YEARBOOKS
Oregon farm commodity statistical yearbooks giving data
on acreage, production, price, and value of farm marketings on
12 groups of farm products are prepared cooperatively by the
Oregon State College Extension Service, Agricultural Economics Section, at Corvallis, and the Division of Agricultural
Statistics, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, United States
Department of Agriculture, 306 U. S. Court House, Portland.
These become available from county agricultural agents or from
the sources indicated as rapidly as it is possible to complete and
publish the data. The twelve groups of farm products are as
listed below.
SPECIALTY HORTICULTURAL CROPS
Nursery, greenhouse, flower crops ; holly, etc.
SMALL FRUIT CROPS
Strawberries, raspberries, youngberries, boysenberries, loganberries, blackberries, gooseberries, cranberries, grapes,
etc.
TREE FRUIT AND NUT CROPS
Apples, cherries, peaches, pears, prunes, filberts, walnuts,
etc.
MISCELLANEOUS SPECIALTY CROPS
Hops, flax, sugar beets, peppermint, vegetable seeds, etc.
FORAGE SEED CROPS
Alfalfa, clover, grass, pea, vetch seeds, etc.
GRAIN AND HAY CROPS
Wheat, oats, barley, rye, corn, hay, etc.
POTATOES AND TRUCK CROPS
Potatoes, vegetables for market and for processing, melons,
etc.
FARM FOREST PRODUCTS
Firewood, saw logs, pulpwood, posts, piling, etc.
MISCELLANEOUS ANIMAL INDUSTRIES
Horses and mules, mohair, farm-raised fur and game, and
apiary products.
POULTRY AND EGGS
Chickens, chicken eggs, turkeys, etc.
THE DAIRY INDUSTRY
Milk production and marketing of whole milk, cream, and
Ifarm-made dairy products, etc.
IPRINCIPAL ANIMAL INDUSTRIES
1
I
Cattlebeef and veal ; hogsand products ; and sheep
1
I
I
1
I
I
lamb, mutton, and wool.
1
1
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1
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