ws
tibdto4
thø
OBOON $tA?1
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t'e
rsirento
4r* offor te
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4rtou1 t,ire
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TTOU*L,
1*? Vt
¶tb satbor tbejik the
eoisun1ty ).ea4ere szd outb of the Myrtle point O*
untt wiose vi1ltt oaoperation hss ze4i this tud7
posotbis. The sathor is parttealerli indebted to
Proieor W*. L. Tautesh for his vs3aobt. rutena.
seattno in osr17in out this sttzdy,
e to aofa*sors
Aoknowle4flt$ srs i&leo
Lrtia aaford, Z. L. Potter, I. R. Jones,
liton end G.or. fl, Jenkins for yslueble ui
snoc on the study; to Mrs. rot. galLs toy
the rianuseript eM to y wit., flotse, for heX
noouzsgn.nt ar* f nal typinE of tM ssntuisrip*
3pe1sl ore1it ii due Dernerd. Joy, ditision of
field studtai* and tz'stuthl,
ion *ertiei, U.Ii.D,A.
for ny honre of individual Instrustion and txstnts
in resssreh ritit1E end to the tionsl Ca1tt.e so
Boys ai4 Girls lib ork who awarded the tsllswship
thit nede this trsinin possible.
V
444* 4
4 4 *4 -
4
04 *4* *54 S
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4+ 441
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OF
IGT OVUMUNXfl
of Y*tb
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p..Ia1 i.rvt.ea Par
P1r7 P*s rbss
ZvU
Pb.
azu
Feet Th*?,..,.....
O' ?H MU?I ?)XT
z*i,ti.aaeix s*d
Opthtos Of ft. $2 8.vteaen AniPvs*tn.......
Cbsrsetujetl*a Of ?ke $8 rniUa4 An.e.ria
1.v.a roafl 1U1 1* Pb. Myrfl. Feint
a,
40
40
40
4
4*
44
.. sa .i.*..iø.i. .. 0
0ro**. .,..
1,.. Co.p.rtson of
4$*tt7
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with Oaos
htz'sm &k*Lo4,,,....,.1..
tss of $0
u.. .t a.o.1try
* so 1*1ry
Xstry 7ss.,...........s...
.
iro4uittoi
c...rtaon of 'Top14id $otto* Aars$
6..
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37
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u1ifte.$toni )f Totb To nt.r Dat17
14." Optaioiai t a Cozn*Mt;
.,s...........
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.
f farms 4$adio4 Zn osk
.tbborboo* Ut Itjrtls Z'otnt 0s**tty,...
A$O$ Of 10 DatZ7 1SX*Sflss........ii..i...
Lsntb of Tias )atry srms*'s Op.vst*
r.snt Iarm......,.. .
v.rss Osin In To$s1 Jortb,..,,.,.,..,.,.
Thszs a Saris Op.r'ator,.,.,.....,,.,....,.
Ln*b Of ?jae Labor Hind y 31 opnaton
Opers$or a.p1ao.nts by flars....... ,0*ØS
pariso of $0 Dairy fs* Oporatar
To ?ss$ 10 Y.ars And Pisno for $zI
10 T.*z$.,,,,,,,4,,,.,.....,,., s,...e.,
4
U
23
48
*9
8$
$9
IMTRQDUCTX
Purpose of the
*i
Before Ior]4 sr XX eonsidorsbia disiussiost took $se
among arteUturst extension, fer,a esourity sd vocational
ar.toltLtral work.rs to the eff.at that it ss boeoatn
iAorsas.ingl.y difficult for 3'outh to booe established is
ferrnin. D rinF the war thise nM sri,ultursl V.
of the opinion t)at older non are etsyinp on
t1ai they would under ordinstry conditions ti*
prod uoe 200454 food for oar nation at wax.
rae of t* gosle is the eiaostion of vur*1 yeath to
o otsblish youn$ en 1* farming', Tory little ceams to
have bees dons to u*sov.r fsots revonU.n the extent to
wMah rural youth hvi an oppertuatty to be.ome estoblishid
in fermtnp,
In iba
rt le Foist ooemunity, where dairytn
major arioulti
is
1 .nt.z'prtu, the qa.etiost is raisod
Aft.T the war *hst?* how many dairy *eir*ers will retIre?
Eow many youth wUl want to 15119 tars? What east youth
..t from dairy fsrsis? fhis study attempts to fisi
some of te answers to these questions in the k7rtl* Point
eounIty,
8ound pLsnntn followed by setton, which
ttt
lead to the setabflshmant in fursin of to ot competent
rural youth, Is vital to Asartea's future.
3td has the fo11owin aosifie objsativu witk
$ to the rrfls Point Cs&rntty;
irnias the
tarn sport
zidsno prors for bs1ns1n
partts4ar1y yozth, *urinl ths next 10 r To.
2. To obtaia fs,ate about 4siry tarn apsis 0 raplasese ats
1, To obtain Thats iititeh sbou
duriu the pest 10
ear.
to det.raiaø the ruzaber of r*plaae*aats at dalri fern
operators durinp the next 10 ;sn.
t
o leternins the 4.'°. of epporton
veterans *id oth*r yoitb to etsblisb t
on dairy f
in this stady inetu4 su boys or U years
of egs who hsv s*t entered izp.* a lIfe's sac
tutlsss othrviss iMiested.
are they over $0 years
of age.
A
r
In this atMy Is o atek predosed
poada of silk or 20 pouMs of butterfat La
Approxiridily, this is one on ihieb a
sp*nds
$ o**1zsIf of his tt. aM rseD.s at least sne
noose
op.
rea dsiryin
tars of his own or
dairy furs expertenee.
An .zperienosd
sd very Litt
is Gee who hes operated
adsiry farm of his own arhsshsdsnarnber.ty.sreof
experienos as a dairy tars heM.
gMA, aei qjr is the farmer's beit estimate of his
gain fros dairylag on his present dairy tars.
iryin is the pri*tpat eris4tursL
Qoe* Oouaty b*aes of the plentiful zetniell
soil, of the Coq4U sa6 Coos Ziv.r VCU7s and the ease
with whiob f'*I$UXO
7 be m.i*$sino1 0$ a ralstiV*
produettve ste, A ready market for u&itk is fM is the
numeus obo*s* tutori* aM ,reameries five of
are found 1* the yrt1e Point eoiumaatty,
?bs 1940 census reports Cee Cuty with 0
8 p.raent of the fame is Ore*
persons of the popalattoa,
8 p.rsoot of the rural far. pepiatstton1
3 pflssst uf the rural farm pspalittoz
betweas the su of le
30.
littion Ooo Oount, bad (table I)
p.roon$ of the pr0d13.1*1*
6 percent of the milk predosed
6 percent of the whole milk skippers,
SOXI 0
O
tLZ'I!IW
Rural farm popttlatiott
urni term popz1tiot
ia the ages of U
30 7eir
?ota3. poptUt ton
ed heifer. mILked
Gallons milk produed
7
Go
Oregen
,829
a8,283 $
8,041
$
sa
$
$
1,089,684 :
32,166 a
243,G?9 $
14,789 ;
*
I
$
449,364 :9,680,77? $
64
f whole dlk
Thus weru 9.3 sblpprs of whole milk to øreamsris
dtetribaton and cheese fliatorise Sn Oos Oesnty *tning
April 1944, / One'fourtb a3.O peroent) f thee, htpp*n
hsvs farms in the iyrtt Point Oosunity.
There wru 42,2. pszeet of tite shipere in 0es aonaty
who pro$aasd 6,000 pounds of milk in April 1943. 07cr
on,thjrd (38.? percent) of these larger shippers were in
pJrtl.froMt oommnnit7 (tab]a 2). /
/ dsrs1 Ci** of 1940
Thj tture 4g not taelado cream shippers t
period.
Dsir7 horde in the Llir$1. Point oOisunit7 freshen $Ø$5*
wh&t arUer t$sn in most parts of C*os 3amnty and
SO'4U$$ 14 part for this high pezeensags,
Tsbte a.
?azw
0*I1ift
prt1 144
i1k Ia
?tte eta4 o oportor replaoenents on ary fans is
the 1tynt1e Pøint sose nity iae dentaken 4unini Ui. qp
of 1944 *d oovere a ten year pnied .ndtuj a
It tnei8ee the optnton5 and ideas . dairy tanners, sea.
mt*nit leaders, youth and rvta.men wtd,h was. obtained
thn1np the aionth of Jttty ari &auet 1944,
?bts Stud; W&5 a*ri't.d on by the field suriey sad
qasttonnstre nethod. Pifty reps'e.entett?s dairy farmers1
tp)t oonauntty leaders aM U youth in the irfle Point
oomur4t, wax. per*onsUy int.rrt.wed by the writer,
,zeetjonriat,e were rn*iled to ?O seryliemen who
r.eIded in the Myrtle Point OotauMty.
Iuform$ton was sthez'ed abo!at 1*411 faa, sah
farmer and his fesil;, and the operators of these eo
Information obtained from subsidy roo
be Coos County Ariou2tural Adsat's 0
Lets
Qui1 Le.
dQrtn the past 10 years, as hosn in the qtzestionnsire o
faziers' beet estizatitø were *ad ih**
this ins the moøt ai0u2'$te intor1BttoR obtgtinab, ktt.r
tnt :p'thwtio
rds for 194 woro obtnin frr luea1
the appendix.
Th
fteu throah the pr iaeon of the faare
Zaøh far,er ws eskmd it itS knew ai eaaj iont in tbe
80Z7&ee Who had
up on dnirç farr3 In this aenmwni
tad worked on dairy
ra z' were in.reztd
three
In dairy f*ing. The nUreanae o theas bors were
ty uiting or by preens1L
sUin on their
prirentzs or friends ta the ouit; A eloanairs a4
letter weo then il.4 by £aust 1 1944 to snob of 90
boys whose n*te s'td addresses bad beiu tsied ia this
.ntiois aeed were *østued to obtain inforimfles
their interests in dM27 tarsIn when they re
boa rnioh dai:y farw experiense they had !rn4 nud usher
estterw,
In add ition, the asia of 13 youth now workini on
dairy fnrns were obtained ar4 it were tntervtewad by ase
of the seine ta.etionnatre. flpbt eosvinitj t.sdin were
also interviewed / inolzzdin one dairy tars 1esdsr in
øøb
I and Loesi, reprsseitstivs 0
queetiozmsir. 3o $ sd Ltter in
?sraer qsstionnnjre o, 2 in £pp.ndiz,
iozitcn'a1 80fl*7.
* aei!hbormno, teadere core
wtth te
Oetu
ric1t:rai aert,
The bsr- Uiss of
hit wouU be oxts1texed $0
the Urt1; 1ftt ernait were e.tcrvdr&,4 in eeaaul$*.
poet offtes
1GI1 with tt Co*ut; p3ioi1tizre1
srto
ty*rnrn,rt,ttton of øehoo).
$U2eN' t$dt.I
otiUdren were the tbrne iaIE'or p'cints used ii]. etui i
hbotoOt wn be
a pttciZs
E
winit.
ooidare4 s rt of the ;rt1e
je).eete (fipire
4Z i,borbood
ti f!i (tU2"t%1 ne1bhOTbOO4$ tu the
t* Pi.nt cawntt r..re tted t 1rin, and eaeh
OnlY
O
f these )ue s &2eeee ta.r; to w?teh e
te restd.te ttsrket flrdd tlk.
April sabst4r reerds from
us
five ehesee fseortee sve
of *M fsrsre
ebippin nt ).k 1r thee five risi ihborhaode, A eotuider.
$bI* nabnr were tppt s ss1i esout 8* CZI f those
b*
prodtuIn! lees thaa 6,00fl notznde of Ld1 in April
were
COOS COUNTY
Cheese Factories
Rivers and Streams
Neighborhood Boundaries
1 Arago Neighborhood
2 Norway Neighborhood
10
1].
3 Gravelford Neighborhood
14
4 Catching Creek Neighbor.- 8
5 Broadbent Neighborhood
7
6 Bridge Neighborhood
Total
50
Figure 1.--
Number of Farms
Studied In Each
Neighborhood of the
Myrtle Point Community.
farms
farms
farms
farms
farms
farms
farmø.
T--
t:)
aL to ppr .2ubet tros
iij
!tn
tU
iLi tie
i&i
.i;zU.
fzo e*o ihit
liMt, Us
be1i:
..j
in
Li ,r1ez ot ciu hi
J3U2
:1A
!t'
L
t14
xIii-
wih th. .aw
bj
tt apzozUattj 1/8 t
itL1t
tttj
j&r it t b
e x
t:1ie4
pzt4* o miL.c zifl b. p4aød ii
t
*Ut
ao1dta1. 8 1i*
b
øiry
t*
test te ibct 4. Th up*tus
*4
pesL'z
4,OOQ
4,; rrt*
nc3*
JO;VO
p)3L t b:Lt, X a1,y
L
ii
tti.ta
ttt3t
],944 tk. ;:i
et ptzl
re 60 øerts. tve.1 ::ii 1sai !x
t
2'.G W 4"t
)L'
1t;
mn
i,CC
Le
e1
srfl
do oisto
**
I1i
frit
1f
'ort,
e*r!
httrtt
j.
LO cs ox
dsir'nr
porcsz%,
G4i3 sjj47
e*ttt.
t)t
'j4
tt,te tce f t
at
ss eettt
*.v*is
(e12
dtrj
crk
Ii,
IoRtft *r* ?
tuj
rt
'f tp
r4t'toe 1*r
fts,i
ilL $
vt
fl4I Of te ttv re ti* withOf
thrse pent cno.tbtr of t.tr *i*s
d to t LOO perurt, 'voret1r
&,000
T?.ii ifl fxs piadoo4 6,OO
at idlk or eore 1r
xii 194t
G4iu
poun4s
No studies
uld I
of ei1ev tossi
nst
thrss p.opto of
a,
$, D.psrtsen$
found wh:
so.,.,
ttzrsl eztusioa
ieulturs Ya1iicgtoa, D, 0., asking
rstion en t
N
t thi .01
liar iteas
udios bat none were fortheontag,
e., oM
1* was
Lfld te
33$ on the "Cost aM 1fft.&ue
Oregon" gives valuabLe tafertoa en
faroth, / A stud; entitled
Probleas, sad Interests of Uazeiud Bural Teeni 10p1I
1623 ieen of A", 1zWi*eton evvisa
pressats "tti* started in a chosen veestio*'
second iost iar$aa$ probtea of ruzal ycath
£ survey by representatives of the Oregon Airiculturat
zpsziaent Statien written by H.
. Barrier
and P. K. rsM$ of Or.on Stats CoU
A survey in 1036 of four Oregon coantles, wTtttea by
Barnard P. Joy s4 J. I, leek. Statler studios have bean
in other Itste*.
TIC
cF
UM
tb iyr.
)atr aZ it
oi4t
Z two kiada o sp1snd sad tw
TUZ
ooit
of Aon*.r
ie *uit p Iuotive ei1si& is osUed bott t
s t.a.rs11r very C.rUs s.zd Ly prudtotivs pstre
it L Aun4 Lti te viilleyo 4oj $tbtaxis ef
1iie
dU,ø cive' ta4 1 Gverad b) Ltw rIb*$ris
durLi the i114 vastaz uua ei 1saebør a: Jsnaa*7.
eoh o LU.2. uroy,ez*d La fgd frtir &
the r1erm sad *t:as ua hLpl,r
prLAolsUy f3'
Land beoaaa
E1)4I
it
$4* 'Le need
aeta1 ly
baaass drier
oLi earlier in
. 4oa'erop1ax4
be aivu.4 14$. astare and
bi'uøh 'z' Ltôr. It La ta.uid priwriLv
foo$t4Us
of the veiie:s sad
nsaally to s1otr;
s434n k
erop0 It is often broed ver arid seeded to IUII4aed
eeees At I)a mtosk sad trikr pstuxa.
of
j1wzd wbih Is patnreablo nuaLL7 V
fron -enr to eur 4ependia npon the growth of brueb s
tpo
the 2arner'* s1ssbtn, bnrnin
sad sø.4tn proi.
One fn b8 no bottos ereplaM; 21 bed ao bill. or beneb
croplsnd and 11. bad as son.orop pastvs 1tsbM3),
.b10 3.
Tot3 Asj
rient4
,te4;, mttK
t$ft. of tb 14t larper dair7 fanu th The eommi
not rereøentat1v. of he C34 t1k sbtppe t $ki sr,
beaeaee it 4oee *ot rpreaoM 67 of tbe msIt hvO. eel
3rt4tme ebippire. rte nueher of coire mit
scb
farm In 194$ wts taed In order to obtaIn co
pzoauetion r.oerls (tebls 4), U
nusiber of OO1TØ 1i thu
*$blC 4oø$
$ IZarl.
BU.at
.
£vers
ldp1
9$
boWman us$2 eowa
us
on reeorde or 1944
male 4arIn
aøt so1*** beosues
the ieer at 2944.
A total of 3?l,7
of butterfat wire pzoduo4
Tbta means the dairy farme of the
in 1943 0* 49 farms.
omsucity produced approximately 1.000.000
Mtl* to
$ of butterfat annually. o.r oms'bslf (14.8 p.re.a$)
of tba butterfat was produsod by ieee than ona*fourtk
(24,9 percent) of the dairy fsriers. bs svorspe prodas
11
tian p.z' cow tor 1943 was 266.2 pounds of butterfat
(tabl. 5).
tjouoa
?sbl* 5...P
Saline
kepreentsd-9$lbs. butterfat
Bibest Par
1,28* lbs. butterfat
-u' 7,68? lbs. butter at
4,989 lbs. butterfat
7$ of the fazie usr 8O00 lbs, butterfat.
Lowast
Averae Production
Uedtan Producttoa.
j
(slQ1fl
ttO
O
4inoe the bottom oropl.ind is relativity by far the
most productive areae, a crpsrison may be made btwe*fl
the number of cows and the sores of plowable bottom lend,
Table 6 shows the number of urea per cow,
Table
4"
6.0 acres per so
rpes
Smallest
7$ bsWa
1,3
.5 acre per cow
2,0 scree per cow
2.5 sores pr cow.
PotUóii.eords were obtained from cheese feetories
except for one fluid idik producer whoes prductton
W80 estimated, R.ode were unobtainable on ens tar..
In th p.at 10 yei
(Ja1 1934 to J4y 1944
or U peroatt of t. f.ri etudie iueriseid an
of 77 sore., 38.5 of wtob wee bet ton eropLand. $e,*n
of thee. US or 54 persont now nave 36 cows or non.
Only 4 p.reent decreae.d asreas 4tzrtn this es period,
avers1np 12 acne, U of i?is wee bottom. Thi
inoesøe in aarsae took p1so dtntn 1936, 1937
and 19381 also dtri
1941 and 1941 vttb two s:
oanee in 1944.
The ol4est dairy farm studied started GO years
ao and tkie yoznsst me year ado.
sviras 1.
of tins these farms bad ben dairy fares was 40 ysea'.,
tour.fifthe had bess .y*rated as dairy farms from 50
o 50 year. and half of the.s bad been operated for
over 50 years,
labor, hlre4 seasansl of let
rsqi4r not 60.s ft Also ocopatton*,, sprtoultursl of
m$30T1t7 the tsn 1ra 1crez 3rsd etazrdns phyeicai
rats rsqa3ris 4airytn that feet the b expisthod be
Tkts census 3940 the to a..ord1n
,ssrs4tfter'srtee
$0.8 ii Or.goa La farmers at ag.
fl
-
(thur.
over, or
o
r
1igur.*.Iaeeoft9
ycunper or 30 were percent
&
jre
only
60 were 'ereczt 1$ w)i1e tnc1uave0
6 and
rgeo tb.e beteeu were pereent) ('78 three'fcsrthu
etru, 48,2 of ui Tert ay. z'ltb urt 69 to
fro*i rsco8 fcruere d*1r
E0
the
tce
The
Ith
The loagost anp fermer td opsrste 1a present tUII
nere had movet on to their fa
ias 34 years aid tour
rjtn the met 6 months, LI The av.rap. 1en$b of tt
oper3tore bad spent on their prenei*t tars was O.4 jean.
qeary oxebat (48 pernent) bad epezalad their prean
tnr four years or less (figure 3). A total of 44 pilsent
ad never operated any fare iz..pt the one tbsp were
st the tine this study was
Piar a.-
b
0
ieD.
e.a._ -.
28
a S rusr to Ji4y 1944,
Th* irest,.
AOt
O,OOO. TIa Is oi*r ezid i1cve sU
expenses 4Lr$
0z$IA
on.
rs
the ers *tLok tUe irez
red
1e
*rm. )oar vi the ftft: fsren he.& ban or tc)etr t.x
eiz ontkø sti -eze dLsz'e.rdeU in tota
JQLO
ZL
$tIL LU tG$1 vozfl. n. h.zez'
li4 beA u 14s tE1+Zo or tLari eb w.nts sbwe1 a.
e vzes
btit no farsse &ot a
in
ttsi
worth wse
et tvez*e iiz In tot1 worU per .sr
fox axq on. frw we's
bOO end t. lowest, sirs, ha
6,e2,8e tx pey
per f'arM Pt5 9U. Ovu eu.ftftki
1
161 PSZ'*eUt) Q
thi aiz'y fa'wvm Mn.4 as sverse of
a ear or re (ii rs 4),
ttre 4,."
Toabe
Avc2,e Ct in
ao
Years
8
Jarm Oeei
3.onsat tim, any of tbe farmers i*t.rvi.w4 had
ereted a farm wee 4 years, Thi shortest was six months,
The average length of time they had been term operators
was 2.7.6 years. Only six pireent b.esms
tore
from 1920 to 1925 ftn* from 1930 t, 2.935.
etriktri uniformity between the ndmbez' who bepa
farms in the other five year periods b.Ws.a 1910 tø 2945
(±i8are 5). Only six peroont had farmed more than 34 years.
1 gu'e 5. "*Yeare a
r* 9!!ratior
12
2.0
Number
of
6
raars 4
43
1one* any 0 rator had be
isiry rmer
and the short
six montb, A total of 64 p.
h*ve been dairy farmere since they began Zarm1n
aYer'ge farmer had 16.3 yesre experience as a d
ps rat or,
The
It
Qf the $0 farm ep.rstsre iatertiwsd 20
x's teanats aM 30 or 60 p.reeat were owners
the
tenants was utin as rnana.r and sas of the
partner, Only one fuimer was * part owner a
oorisiderad as an owner fox paoses St this it
The sveraa si of tenants '5* 42,4 years as I
to 48.0 years for wneri
Owners
0* their
present farm 33,8 years, an sv.ras. of nearly foa' times
1oner Pi*a tenants, wbo averaged 3.8 years, feasats have
be.n farm operators an sxa of 32.9 years while owners
hsve farad for an average of 20,0 years. Owners had an
3Vt** gain in total net worth of 8,611 while tei*a*s
mad *3.634, tens$ farms ehanged hands an smrage
imes in
Last 20 years as ootnpsrsd with Ø, few
owners (tab
The ayee age of tenants in Oregon is 44.2 yeats;
part ownars 49,2, years end full owners 82.6 years
aeoordtn to the 3940 coasus,
QUest (yasre)
Touna8t (7
Aezae (.ss)
bid. 4$ 7.In 1$)
Pmeant lums
hartaeb (yesrs)
Ioitgsat (yaea)
34
0
13.5
3$
4$
(7.arI
n4er 15 7I*X$
I
a,
Lon.et (yasre)
$bortet (pears)
AVSTSE. (years)
Under 34 yaar* ()
0.5
$
I
ta ?otsl Worthi
Arse Ito, of ttsi
P.roeatsp at ft
:
*
$
*
*
$
.xapi;
Peroetapo of all Osn
6$
$
Rtthiet (6oUsr)
Loset (dcliii's)
(*flen)
Ur 4,p.* dollars
QpArator
u,
*
$
*0,8
30
30,000
1,000
80.1$
21
as and A
l'smi
Oh
S ohiidr.n 1Sving, 55 f whea
ughtere, an average of sttghtl
one eon and one datzghtir sash. Although there
were
ye basbelors, 37 of the tsris.re had si] the
obii
hi. 8).
90 pe
as
were married
t had ohi1drn
56 prnant bad sons
Y4pe
60 percent had daughters
ran:
Oiieot...,..44
Youngest.,., 1 year
Averagi ..,.17.8 years
]O45 years
76% ba$we
gsa of
'.44
01
Yo
are
et..... I year
Qilóe%,.
Yoang.et...
ie......].9.4 years
6
betwee
1
em
7052'V
76
between
era;
71
I
t is rsoo2nissd that tb total of nfl the
these dair' fsz.ee will have is lar8.r *hs
eoo of the obtidren bars not yet been born
dtermin the average airs of a dairy far!ser'e family
a lifetimi, the ohiUren of those farm,n 4 years. sal
older were tabulated, One.bslf or 25 dairy fereere were
45 yeirs old or older, with an sverge age of 82.9 years,
These far?,r$ had 37 sons an4 26 daughters or an av.rs
of t'io a oneubsIf ebtidren ,.r fai1j; how..r, 20
poreent tt ot have any obtidren. The sv.rs. sp. of
thees obildrsu was 21.4 years with the boys averaging 21.6
and tho 2trla Jl.3 years, The youngest obUd of these 28
farmers is tips years old.
?e
ibr..*fourths (76 psre.nt) of the operator spent
all of their produotive time working on the farm, One
ou.t of ivory ten spent 54 persent or lees of his lime
on the farm, Tb avirg. tin. spent on the fax.
88,5 peroent,
Qver oa..tbird (36 persent) of the farre* a
tees than one month of bted labor duriflg the avera
ear. The war baa enoa raged zehenps of 1obr ai
ts labor was not tholuded b*eatise the opsratr
retyne4 it, An sv.rep. of 9.9 months of labor was
hired by the $0 detr'j f.rm opertrs,
*4a1f of the
termere htrtn 1br hired either one mouth er 12 mou$ke
of 2abor (fiiir.
Ptar, 6..
OPB.iIATUB
R12LAC3MNTS QN PARMS 8TUDZD
!
t1fl
That hae hspprnt.i on the
rtt. Point 4*iry fsrni
resrdin operator repss.o.nts durizi the past 10 ye*rst
T srer this Qta.etion, six 4U*.tIOn* wi
***.4 of
pz,senb oper*toyi, nsiphbori or owners 4epeadLn en
who eotiZd sp1y bbs information. Th questions
rerding the operatoe at the pest 10 .ars wer
ow aZT 0bs1415 Were made and in what yisn
4lij did the pest operator leave?
Who took over the farm?
4. liow did thi xohsne take place?
1, Thor. 414 th* pest Operator pa?
8, Ibat hsae in t.tue (t.nsnt*ovner), if any?
The t1lowii rsp1aoceute 4tz'trt this 10
wire toand to have tsk.* ptaoe
82 pero.t of the farau oha%ped oparetora,
73 replacenenta were made in operators on these farms,
20 r.plsnern.nts wore Me on fit. farms,
90 peroeat of te tenant farms shanped operators
43 percent of the owner' farms ebaaed operstors,
28 percent of ttø t*nant farms ohaned only anoi
6
peree&t o the owner farms
nned only onac.
Th* oh*ni in ol
re from 1930 tø l944 took ph
ratter untforsily, rn
from four ohsnps in 193w be
ten abanE., in 193? and 1941 (fiare 7). Tie svera.
ueb. at
spsr
$e oorpariso
7.3 per year'.
from Jnly 1934 to Jaly 1944.
f owners end tenants in table 4,
8
Ua'r
00k
th*n on-thfri!
1zce beoai.a
poor
ueziønt c
the oertors.
eeIve b' mc,i
ro
e
pexeext rctired fzi
a lite
uotnt) ,
tvo ot t? ü&a (2O.
One out of ee
dctr ttiTor8
or bijz'
ft.z
te1ire
*.z!oan$) west,
to Wttez
znit'.
adci1t1osI, 23.?
trtx1 to w ois1nt' oopett*t
P003?
o
ise ret!.i.ntp were
Ible Thr V.6 rrerco:t
the obaxgos tid t.stb eatm.1 d.
p.ro.n
& P3?Otit&10 5*I WILl the rw*aon or ,$ p.r*i
aut 4.2. percent ehzape1 bOLtI* ot poor k.4ti
in the t.ar't1y
tcoe1.aneo
inuftn a
frei gtier,
to btysdk
t
into two u4ts *M 1.av
form ma6e *p rJ t'erceit (tb1ø 9
t
Tabi. 9..
F did the pa
Poor man een
Moved to
ort
bitter or btper firm
t1rs4 from tsrmin
Poor loses a
Death
o1d for business reason
8joknei
U
10
7
0
34.2
80,6
i 13.7
t 9.6
6.9
:
i.
6.0
4,1
1.0
In toI1y
)JIieoIllauioue
Who took over tIe ferm?
zperI.noed dairy firmer
Xnezp.rienoad 48ir7 farmer
40
26
$
U.e
34,1
&
flow did the mhsnge take plies?
Person kuon by operstor or owner
Person unknown by operator or owner
t.s3, estate esn
t
78.1
13
$
1.
*
0
*
i,e
4.1
814 the pest operator to?
To farming i1*.t.r or other 000ap*'n.s
To another dairy firs in this oanan.
Died
To tbe fering In
Is a
1t7
Changes in tian$ and owner operators
Proi tenant to tenant
62,4
28.0
9
2.?
Pros owner to t.nt
Prom owner to cner
Qf the 73 fsr*re wbo began fermiat on these 80 farmi
duziri be boat 10 years 12 (18.1 p.re.n$) were yoatb,
seven of the youth were heirs, five hung oone and two
/
ntn4ve. Thu youth' ages rsg.d from 19 to 33
/ ee papa 3 for definition of youth in this stud
years when they staited farmtng, evørap
lip
yars.
The sverae ape of the heirs vas two years oL4*r or 2$.
yera.
Søven of the 11 routh em still dairr funing 0*
these tarm. Thr.e of thea are owners arid four are tásn
farsad an sveraps of 4.9 years arid ande an
avarage yearly trisoms of 97O (table 10).
operators
Over OAeIbir4 (34 pero.nt) of the
They hayS
who took over a farm were tn.xperi.noed at dairy fardng
o judged by the p.r'son .snppl.ytn
the infertion
eble 9).
Relation
$
Youth
Youth
8o*
30*
3on
Total.
$ Tenant
: ?lzuint
* Owner
a
Qwner
Ow'ier
* Tensat
* Tinsat
00$
$ 1,083
* ;oeo
a
710
*
$00
$ 1,010
a
*
)vez thret"fourths (78.1 p,ree.nt )of t:* repiseemin
took pines between peopl. who were aaqnatnt
wIth seek
other before thi possibility at ohanh. at operatore O*C
up.
Of the renainini 21,9 pereent, L?.$ prssnt won
exohaged through friends, advertl..msnti, ito., vttii
on3.y 4.1 poroent were handled by real aetat aante
(table 9). Two reasons assa spsrent for this low
p.roent.i. handled by real estate asnte. Oi4r opsrn tor
&ansi were emsidozed in this study, Often ftase tenant
piftoOg shane owners and asy or asy not ohsn#s psr.tors
aM 41 of the 3 operetor ahsnse were fran tinant to
4
te.iant, and otdp 21 were %roa owner to owner, it is ass
believed that ral sttits aunts handli more of the
issUer places which were not s041141r1d La this study.
Over tbr.,*ttfthe (61.6 poroant) of
went to feitin elsewhere or changed their ooeupatina,
Another 28,8 percent moved to another datry farm La tbe
oornunity, while 6.9 peroent vera deaths, and 2,'? person
nt.ed other tpoe of fnmtn in the eossnity (tabli 9)
Of th ?3 operators, 43 wire tensats who took over
the farm fror another tens
eddittonal Ia eh4ted
fron o'nez' to tiatnt as oonpared with nine from tozisad
to owner, Only 11 of the changes wars tram owner to
owri,r
in the case o a tetwtt fan the new tenant asy have
kAowfl either e operator or the rnor,
iCIr..fl
£iuo
54;
0
SUO
C)
fltIi11M
)!Yt&O
I
Qg LZT.P IIZ*WiU3 14
u; i.
1
u;szsd0
54
;u;o 0.
U°1
*
szss flo
us*.t ;o sq
£z;sp szornxv ) ($toexsd p,q
pus uo a.wzs; puq sq suos u;
ozee
u;
;o ;o
suos U;
g' tzus b&oR
5U0I
q$3o14
eucs
u
30
0!
*acT*z
fle
Lzujw
ZiL.ts; *q 1 005
30 Sq;
ij
*is
aaoq UO I$SJ23 put 5$
upiw v ti;o ;c
ao. c £*urs
s'
swoq
b5.X4 30
bW84
a;
j
eoAzs zsq,j bisz& SliP *1*
Dt5 £uo jo eq ues psq
($u..zsd 30 5O0 oa piaq 'eu peq
s!ea u
O*5i$
SUOS
dau$zd
Ta 4$
*X 2UflZ01I 0J
*a
$%uazd
.bq$ *i*T*3 Vt bUG UO* 4
s s sitosdso:t £z; Z*!x$3 Ufl$a
;o øq t U51132s3
p'q ta sue
U0j 30
om
az.
cit
xq;
i
£q;
p
v;
,
woa.q
v
t
4kZITw *0IM*a ia
pm euoa oqm
q sz.0
t.so ;o t
z'p
ij
pq
o
auos oqa
zo*I.ido u
54$ $ZU
t
ur £z;vp
oa*
'sto.
Ut
.i*
sx.0 ot
it
pu
%*
po* . p.ez.;u;
ot ezv.t
fl
.ae.L
$t1
3H
Of tbeio ,4 eons the fathers saId two ooaU finefto
tbeeselveo 2nd that they ocaU fisnoe Mms sore 1esia
three who oot1d neod otibside tinsaeLn. )n. of thes*
three rae the eon of * father rith two eons iatsrstod in
becoming dairy tars operators.
Table 1.1.
3arnber e1esd operatta dairy terms
ooaaw4ty'
Nteber of eons in the armed services
Lvera e ses
**.
th*mb. of eons at horn.
AYe?ftjS $5$*søi..*.
Vorkjn for
Zn psrta.r ip.....
ITizaber deeirin to besomø dairy term operators
1* *zt 10 ears.
o *ss
itomber of
themes Ives'
ath*n can fimsneii
"At what *dS ehozzid a dairy farmer ret trs"
,naw.y to this question of optnton so terser said yoaapr
than 50 years, nor d 14 any farmer say older than TO years.
or onetbixd of the farmers (6 percent) said a dairy
fartt.r shoulá retir. at 60 years øf age;
percent said
50; 16 pero*at said 50; 1.0 percert said 65 sad 1.0 percent
said ?0. The svrsgs age for retirt eat was 0?. yea
Nearly O$5.ii.bftlf (44 p.re.nt) of tks
ore mrs 47 pears
old or older a4 therefore aoeordtr to t1e farmers'
opinione shoald retire in the next 20 years.
Over on..half ($4 pezoont) of the farmers were withis
10 years of the age whoa they said a dairy farmer sbotld
retire, teven (14 percent) were the ape or
ndieat*d by thea for zetireasat,
p
When asked what their plsn* were for the sazt 10
years 42 peroeit tndtoatsd thy planned to eta; and
operate their present fara 26 p.rsent plen044 to retire
or ohane 000ipationa 16 psrent planned to change
in the aoasnnity; la pezoant plaimad t turn over the
farm to their eons and four peroent planned to 8 i*
partnership with their eons (table 12).
& oonsid.rsbls degre, of uniformity of what bappa
th* past 10 years as eoip.irs4 with what is planned Luring
the next 10 years is notiasabji in figure 8, /
n.e e
tars. atadied had '73 tars eperston
the past 10 years, the aompsrtsoa ose be suite o*ltaring
inflating the plans of the psent $0 farsars to '75b7or
redtaojg*g the '73 farmers to $0.
If lbs 73 fsrsrn are
riduied to $0 for the ask. of sosparison it is neese.
usry to abtraet the number of f*rmers tfat 414 not
ahange (19) and then oopute the pIre.ntaEe of the
remaining three gronpe and multiply .ash by $1, the
number of fore oat of $0 that changed bands at toast
onc..
umer
I
Did slay and operat
Will stay and operate
Did have farm and ohange
ooeapatione,,. . .
., .
Will leave farm end obange
ocouputiona.. .
Moved to another dairy
farm in the oournuzrttty-.,.,.
Will move to another da
farm in the oommtmity...,
Turned over to heir or
0
-,1/III,h
1
went in pertnerebip.,..,
Will turn over' to heir or
go in partnerehip.....,..
Table 1*.
Do yoa plea to:
3.
Stay and
op.rat this
Tarn lease to sos or take him into partnershtp
Leave
and buy a dairy fera..
Liave and rent smother dairy farm
Leave and retire or ohange oacupstions-.
Other plans-
Owner
Stay and operate this tarm-.Sell and buy another dairy ta
Turn over to son or son-tn-law and r.tire-.'Go in partnership with eon or
Sell, and retire or change 000upations--.-Bexit
3.ese and retire or obange occapstioui"ut'T
QV1OS 0? IIG
CIWLU
I L ut1o; 0 louth T
iht coa1nIty or nøihbo$iood 1.Mue were
qaeett,ned repazdig ther oDinlone on youth and 4
/
In eewr to the tieetjon
$ qasUtjos$io*s
8b)L1d 7Oath hayi to enter dairi fsratn In tbe )lyrfl*
inp.
Point )omrnnei1ty darIri the next 1.0
ysurer' uv.n of *1
tht lssd.ere anid he ehoold hse a b1 ubool
daest1,n with rioultursi, $rat*In
J One loader
mid ,,t least two 7a*i$ ot ooUee, The opInion ma
ages of youth to besoas a dairy fara operator rsng*
from 18 to 28 years, the avera.
22.6 year..
Thre..totrthe of the aad.rs said fx
&1 to 24 years
ma I as
All of thi leaden felt a youth should have at
least three years of xperjino after 15 years of ape,
and one thoub$ *8 saab as 10 years before beoemiap a
dairy farm operate; iiith full rseponslbflj$y to; him
farm,
Thø sVa;ape was 5,8 years of .xpsienee,
Sn
sbou% youth were
ivea a000r*tn to the
leaders' pi'ilons on the average
4s1r tarn yoath.
The )(yrtle Point union High Bebool baa a voostlonal
agria z1ture department,
zo
us
.*i&
£i.p 0* 11$ '
eu
zi .q
*'
p*$ *uo.zsd oQj
1Z** øq
;
O'* SOT*d p.;j.b i;
z.q% a.qat
pess
Lz;p o p*lt oq* q;oL zo
Lz-çep
M pIuo
-
stttA
*Tlu'tflu
t%IT
ooqo
qag.
i.ve
£.o
;sge
jo *;j tu
UOUfl %U0J
qo;qi .y
s
o ou.q. esu
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'd!2A
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w
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'9
I
$9
,tB
$BI
I*
'o;*1$ $ ;* too;ic.
ød* q$i* 104tu
;eas.
q* os
$14I
9
£
9
a
I 9% I
at
qa oaqoi t;v
'(Err
tes,
u*
'zisoq IueIz;.*u
*u..a.d og o* .a;
o*9id
ps3tz uo3upIo
wo1
ze Li'p e uwooq .xoj.q uzo ;q jo
Pt°L$
O$ *â
0
Lto
sLa;
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t--4e-a..
:very 1øA1ir ft t)tt retnj
rver wo
peG*LZ
pctt
bQ
ørv1as .n
,w.*..**
-
ditr- ep eIou1d be Q1V1 e!.*tftl
ty rtr.
eieri
*v&iib1n 3rlp
Qo'tnfty
-mkd bow t
tie icrr
øiou14t iofl,
ZOO pQrcet an
iJtjl
r ¶) .
$1;4)8W,
'tr!-t
t4
: t irt f*!1t
ftvc! Q
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4)
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to :t
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e
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b.).
f1
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wLo !1
tirmn'0 ?r: iøvr fu*PX
t ther;e $j,:
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bie t
£t.c'
wro
itt1
t
43jr
tt,
c
I!. '
Z
3Q111 2flT !
titrp'ete4
0Th 4, iivLo
tsrr s
rry
bfr
50
:I!
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'
Pi
3
4fl.i
t
th)
ehouLd t
e-4!
n,
DOPI.
1it
O?I.
ho SO
1..
uz
in the
otve
n Pwt Yes
yrn to the quettrn, tW$
try Psrrs Thzi'sbaee
U leadere eFt
more 4siry farr piix'oh*a.d daring th* pee$
;,sp thss izi
&ior4 ttm.s?, live of the tlht følt dairy fsras
had pzrohs,d moat of tboe fazts. Then was oUnsl6.reble
varistlo* lit their opiztton s to whither loasi bustaise
mon or oitetd. spoUs$ore bad pnnobas.d the uez$ moe
tndtosttn that thesi p&u'oha.ei war. about .qez&Z in the
aversed opthtus o tue.. leaders
o
Jalr 1
to Jttly 1V44.
Dø 'oa tta
10 Viii be snOib saitiefotory
youth Who
o dir7 frm after the varf.Tec
fad 1yi2
ou
Do
thrk
of
tam tvaiibIe for qualifIed
thcrc *Li0 aeqt.ats eaas *Ysttabi
for fin,zicgn qt*iULid persona iho ay d.t&
to oiir dsir- Srmtn& In lids oosnity 4urig
the next iO
boa1d rtu'ai 5ervioeen wbo desire to op,r
dairy farms bi gtven epeoIi oonaiderstton vhsn
they
tu
.0*.. .0
.0.0*.0I0.0*.p.0.*..0 .0.0
00
0
In what we ebuid the oommun.tty helpa
.Jivarw tel iN - .0*
eip in obtetnin srLits.bi, ioaa.s*....
Guidano, in 1oent1n a datr7
Ucip in
ett&n1 stte*...
oae a.*tttenid
)th.r sseietsness
8hou3,d ngrioaitareI aioies
a oaani ty i vs ep.e tat earvi a
rvi'i the
oti2A these se aarrt,es he avai isb
)2er
quallftt,d yowl$ een...-
If enottgh ds
demud bQlzi
411
*5 are not aVailabl, to
er dairy
frrns a.
.0.0.0.0.0.0.0
.0.0.0.0.0
to
40
1?t
VMPrII U!
fir?
The naree aid södraeise of ;tath
ss wt
had ltve6 oz' worked
ar 18 ea
on s dstry fr or
4t*ret,4 in iaIr Arjn wer obtsinsd
.z'e
bt3.o .akin
tte suvey o the 50 d&Lr taziss. A a.etioaasU* aM
a fnm lettez' ,/ TerI taild to 70 f theac oa$b ie
re In the axue4 sr7iooe, sd 11 sf11 1ivi In the
ouai $ vaxe per neU Ln$ervis*.4
3? the 70 ser?ie.asn, 40 *ere overseas sad 30 we
% th* LU!Itad 3ttCs at h t1I the let$er were
mat 1e4; J answered the e.tiaaj and 1.5 o tzi
snrnrers zaeivd wc,re Zro*a yetzth overuse. Ohstf
thae
ot
serin wiotu a lst$er she sid ten
their qt.sttonnaU'
airmail, Thie0 topether witi the
aot thtt 83 p.roet a*i4 they vo4d lik, to reosive
II opy of the etud7 I.ntots4
oonsiexsb1* interest.
t
Zn answer to
questi
'Are yota 'oin
ntrete in )AZRT fszmtn to itke * Uvin within
xezt 10 7Gev.?", ne3r17
,
16 -
57 Apps
two.thtr. (U psrs.at)
snew.r.d "7est' r4 tive oo oaid 'po;;tb1Th, AU b
of those wI,ti
t.ercd "e'
ito4 th4 ho ate
to
icft'y term tn t!e rtie Peitt eoivitmtty
!Vh
ske1, .Tt 7OEt are a,t irttereøtei in
,'ut 'vtll rou be tntreetid th?, t*n of $hse who
ftrmW?
t deir fsrt in4$eted another
oen*tn,g ohoioe. flert dtflerent oetin ire
ttstet by the 19 arwqrjn this neetion, Pt*y
tndje't$ed 'ntiattoa" snd three t*ors dnoetto",
Tb
qta*$t,n,
D
O1Z fee). yoa. kn. enouph about
dr fu,in! tn the Mrt1e Point omuit to make
).tvin"1 wee arisverd 'yea
$
ere.i$ of those
Who wished to dairy farm. Only toir Lilt they asoded
b
8).
ti'tha experionee end trai*in Pi1e three or I*4
they would like to have more traiathp'*the s'vers
tine ueinj ,1
l,fl!th
Une4bird of t?ess louth had plsn* to go in psrtir
ship with their parents darin the next ton
0
The evarse a of
youth anwerin the questiost.
nairs was 484 y.*rs Tb. oldest wee a sad the yaw*est
1? years old Cever foua.ftfths (81 pers.at) of the
youth were between lb and at years of ags
The sw.rm
boy had 4/8 ears of farm erperienee after 18 years e
are, 4.. yoars of this betn. dairtn. v,ry boy had
eaat two years of farm experierioe and on1 two boss
0 dairy farTa expertsnee
ver boy had aduated from
ohoo1 and 8
per'oert had prsduated tram hi ehool.. Only on, boy
no hth eoho1 tr$inin at al
*its seven had
co11eje tratniag, but none had crsdizat.d from eotlep.
JIhile 86 peroent had te.sn 4aM olub work for an sver
of four years ,aub, only 28 peroect had bsøn 4uH dairy
oLtb members, A total of 69 pexoant had vooattone1
aErielt.rat tstntp in biph eShQ011 bnt only 31 pee.nt
had oip1etd all tour years
Oi.r folri.,fiftbs (81
n
2o.nt) of the boys snsw.z
had parete who had dairy farmed in the Myrtlø Point
an averape of 15J years and 89 percent of th
parete are attfl dairy friin
!
in the community.
T
The writer tttervjewe4 p.T.a ally eleven of he 13
yonth 1ivin in te Myrtle Point oounity whose nsres
were obtained from the 80 dairy trmers surrejed
1tht of theas youth were livtn with their parents on
airy farm and one 'vea workjn on a dairy ttrm.
/
*c
*pO
of the youth
hi. to obtain en interview with ta
The other Wo were in other ooupatione, ?hir
aa
rarped from 19 to 20 y.ari, averin1 fl3.6 yetrs. Every
youth had had et lanat toix ;eare of dairy fetrm per1sn
rd o yoath had had anv other tern ezperlnoe. They 4
all praduated from grade eabool, six had radaatid from
hi aebool and three bed had eo,e high sehool trsiain,
Thre. had been 44 dairy olzb me'børs and four bad
aen Voetttjonsl açrtanitae in hiI1A sehool. £11 b$
one of the youth have parents who have dairy fa
the Myrtle Poit co unity an average of U yeare,
r2
are atill ittry frming in the ooniuity,
Tog of the 11 yotth plan to dairy faro in the
rtle Point oomnity dtiflng the nert V)
Mh
f theae y&uth felt ho knew
to make a ettetseto
, and nre felt they needed further trsiniab
ight planned Itth their perente to dairy term, Pour
liv.i
wnrs plsnuin to go IA prtnsrsb1p, end four were
i:iflg to take over the boe fsr*.
44
0$TI3?.It
DAIRY 1ACd
Th* svrsi dairy farm baa 148,? mans, 0.0 01
whteh are oroptand bottom. The oroplaM so
from ,tht to $00 sores, av*rsin 6$,g
Pa? fuii,
*0W. whiib pa'O.
2. Th* $VIT5!I der'7
,587 pouido o btterfsI a. year or en
sVeraG of 266.8 pozns of bt*tt.ifat per sow per
6IU3S
The number of eaws re.nje from *1* to N
psi tarn end the butterfat yield rsue
1,286 poun4
from
to 33421 p00*41 pea' yosa.
8. Thea's hoe boon a tendency tsr dairy fans to
Incroase in soreos duta* the pet 3.0 "
S flAIltY B8
3.. The svera dairy farmer was 4$J years of s,
Only six psaesnt of the dairy farmers were
30 years of a whit. 16 peresat vex. skfl $0
years,
The sv.rsi. l.mith *1 time dairy trmere spent
ca the some fare sea 10.4 y.srs *tl. the avers
terrier had spent 16,8 years as a dairy fsrti
nir epoit sz svera at 18.0
operator,
yeare while teanto sen
rz
o.t 1.
3,, Tb verae istn tn total, net worth pe
fa
frog o t. $s,eoo
hwer of the f,ere atM ted bagsn f*z'eitn
the fLy. 7C* pezto4e froie 920 to 92$ and 930
0 951 theai dL1rin
*e*y five yur period ITS
1110
to d*to,
Y0rti peroent of thO faro eperta ,*N
e.n.te nero an sere of 6.6 years yoenz' thais
ownor and had been ta'* opera tore 7.1 nan less.
Tmat fsrs a
hands three ttaee a.
as aim or terse.
I Qstry tars opera t oro had an swere pe of
one son
daubt.r eseb, stboijh ?4 peroant of the
farsors bM all the ,htUpee. ft. era s
and ira
of these shiUr isa 1?0
A tta1 of sa per.
operators l.a th. past 10 7.*rs, Apprutaa
p.rsan$ of Ibo Ssrss shanled heads eneb
of the put opera tore l.tt or
leave priasrily beesuse of poor asoapaant ebtie
were
Myaniu theasely.. by msto Is
befte faz La the eanmoz1t.
retire4 frm strjin.
5. Ovez one.thb of the new
apez'
uars wore iuexprt.ned at lstry trminjj.
4, Lose tban on.eixtb of the new operetori
youth. Apprezjssits]y two4hir of these 71
were heirs.
Oler tbrsefoartbs of the ohanhos took p1a
between people who knew euh other.
I. Thieø out of Y917 fils operators balmS * U*
aoved froa the oowntty or et*a* seoupatto*s,
Over on.hsZf of t)* *hsns. were fros oso tii*z
to *other while only about ono.stztb were fros
one owner to snotbor,
rnua
uATm
one. tftb of the farsers be * so
aa WO.fif the bs* $ son over *4 years of
The faroers cefteatsi that er*e12 t
of th, eons wortla be iitoreata4 in dairy
In
next *0 ;esr
2. The oversjsd opinions of the dairy
tMioets4 that
retire at fl.) years,
ry for*
mi the nut 10 ysers, over onobst
tsr.rs p'an to reaai on beir ss*
*Ov to another f* in the ozdt7, Oo.)ar$b
will ztis or ,haai. 000pstton* aii4 lass tha*
$ foirth wilt ather turn ever the fa!a to their
eons or 'o Lu part*enhip with thea.
OPXSIt.Ii3 Ci? C
1. Xiz the avezi4 opinion of e?it eoaa*aity
ioe4.rs a outb to be qusliftil to aztor
fmic lt this ooauu*nt$ should have a hi
ebool eduo*tioA with urtoaltarsi txeLnixz be
22.6 7ettrs of ape
Ye 0.8 rearn of dt1ry far
xperiene aft.
you's of ape aM be abl* *0
rn1ttlh 28.4 pereeflt Of the ospitsi lave.tiaasit,
The .oun1ty leaden an*n1jiowiir spread that
r.trninp 0rYieøaen *o wish to Ls1r7 tess
aoul4 bsv baip in obtainjip sattabi. l.as,
in beating a dairy azs *n* help in
getting etutad, sad that sprieultnxst spenei
serving the eon*itj eh,aU otter apsetsi
rvteee.
3. A asjority of ooiunity leaders felt
Id be a
sattsf*stor fs*ilys$is.4
m aft or the war and the I M*q ttets asus
ftaazotn wore avaiib1a
XR8 A
ALIIZ8 Of
MPfl
A&O* of 03 'oath to b4 Ui4 or work
a iatx'y fari or wars lz*taru*ed La dstrtn 1*
the rrtt. ?oint eommwdtr war. obtaijs4 fros th
dsir fsrn.ra tnt.rvi,wed. live ott of ivaxj
ix of tbee oatb were in the smio,
hire. of th serviasn srmv.rin lb
ettoaueire t*diote4 that tbe wotU be
eatd in 4atrin to .ks a Ztv1n in the *ezI
0 ;ers. Ap,reziz&$s on.he2.f of those
lntereot.4 in dairy faratna 1an to go in
ohip With tbsi psre.nts
3. The s,erago ego of suitesams siaewerthg the
4aIetiGfl*eis was £2.4 Jssrs, kevtn
2
datri t072 eZpeVi anus after U **'$ Of ft
parsent b* Matd fru bL eabuol., U pareo*$
hPt been dairy 4afl
asttb,a. sn 32 poro*ztt h4
0o1.ted four years of voesftonsl sgne1tn's1
treinind in high aebool.
4, Dyar ninety p.rost of the youth reaniniia in th
Vyrt1 Poist oownity p2un to isLr1 faze in the
'Ii
ta
iq x.4*
£ZU uo
tzs
eDaz.dxi
j
(;uz.d ;o
;* a;øt
ee
qoS
%XS1Z
oia*mii *72
¶
ptrsters b.in detry ta lap o ebont 1?
year Of VhØ fiv* re oen.re *?4
tee
t 10
1.
a total of 30
rid fran datr1zip teen easier
tion or a life at 1sier wall 33 7**tb
dsir7 tiratnp.
3 Approxiestely tvo)i4 of *11 dat
a deaire to es$sbl1eb therne.lvse 1*
4stry trm1ap d*irtn tns next 10 .nri. U
re)leeeterate oO.cttnt&e *4zriAf thi next 20 yea
as dzrInp
period ateidled thin will be 2?4
opportunities for a person to beta dairy
fatz! Less then oneftfth or 3 of these
opport,nitjie will be taken b7 yatb unless
youth inaxe tip a hi her percentage than d ufl
the piat
years.
Gven one4a11 of the yoath tntente4 in da
ing in th* nezt 10 years or 8 azprsss.4 an
intention to e to pertnereip with their parents
or taki
the
5. gore yotix
tiot
th.y wait ei$
in the szt 2O .&rs
ta1øL
kve
zLr7 trIn In tbe past 10 ,,øvz.
o.
aG
2, TotsI
S
8. Oz'aplatad surs
sz,s oa
t1)
cta1 bet tos 1ard
(
ets1 bne aM tfl
Te$a1, sars uf no**Srop
5, ltD*b*r of ,ow
eotp
silk ta 1943.-
Juaber o paw4e at ba$trtt pza4iia*d Ia
llusbr of ja
thIs as baa bss* s 4.ivy fus
to% Inarsose i eres. éarIa t). pss 10 y.a*
aots .-'5b
Ts1 ssres--
sar.s
4u?IAg thi psas 10 i,e,f'
Bat tea
o$*1 sar.s'.."
!.$i*o flu fri as spars or-
!sqts. 4bat
(5$
(9*
95
'to)
ha)
t Ub)
Y55r8 $ f
operator'
4. Tim $ 4say tars opsrtor.i.
5. Preeeiit eper4or
aaU7 ltU*b$s St bs
Th
Ova
(U)
, 2ir*ont* of the
3. £Vo;spe
($oiz
V!4
ett Wot1 on fsrs
zdb of 1abr o.ploy.4
veer a.c4 olIsr Saslu4
? *s srit 1$!..the iaat 10
e
Tears 153$ 51
Tears I
l944e..
Ut .poiIr* tore tas.s
R.t
f.rs1*1u
-Juasoom.t oni *'..
?oo*
$temen$'
3iev*d to better or bier
o1I for btzsjng
a.
_(1$)
'*1**p
--
oor lease arran
1b
3ikaste tn tho
took ever the Sri son or betris
x
done
tr
dsir tarasr-..
-
tb*eLb4$5 took i4asss
reel
itte
or
i person k*esn by
To so
pe rut or o
person, tu*knomn rsviot&s1;
d the opertor
To auet*
?
operator or
strr fza hi Ithis
ta in Ibte eo1$...____ (*2*
zia
o toritog slsisb.rp or other
To
**-*.
---
ampsl
LOX repla.aent
asber
ter*att to
*.r frs tonnt to
iem. from assor $* $$$-q
tasbIL fres aaor to
Ic
O!
rd operate tbte
to sos or tsk his in
partnsr* tp"
I.ey s. ba * 45ft7
Loso ed rit *nttt,r dairy
1e.c
Lisvi sad rsttr* or hanEe oeeps$i,na..
Other p1ItII
Owner or pa
1$* ai4$nothe
pr4e
Via Sz-.
1aIr
e
rid bu
to sni or *tn"tntw ar'4
z.ftr..
rtMritp t lb
ret
i*'e or ohne 000tj.
eiue *rid Cttre or
nps ahaiZ1 a dat
A
A
Wet
at nre at
*4S
*
?ki!i tOT
Zn partnoro tp'
4, Jasber deetfl
in nazI t
?0
bnoa dDtri
Ta.
.
S
on
1U ether fti*ijt
*OttZL
Us
ess
a
r*J
see
Yfl.1 taker be abte I. tia*nae
$
=
b
be *Yi1ibja.ti
1rn3?tonAIB *0, Z
Ofl$ZOJ
U*8flOJIJLURJ POa
?AIW LAD4$
àGflUXb 8RVU0 Thi 0ØWIXfl
I
ttto*ttonm akouU ystk bsv to
f *yrt]o ?oiat .azn*t
he
Wears o2.riae sS$.i 1l'J4tLOS$iO**
Ii iiWith
lt*5r41$1 security .d.d$
-
of i*m.be't
* Do you think been will be iaou$ ssftefso*
-
11Df
fsa417"sts4 15tz7 .rwa available for qealif ad
yotdb who wish be dairy tars otter the wsfl
Us
Sib
5 Do you thiak there ara Msqnst *551*0 aveflab
for ftanetng qaal1ftad pors,ia wbo may sire to
cn$0? dairy Lunaing is this eemai*ty dtwia th*
icx$ 10 ye*rs.*,.. -
'I
$baiU roturi4ti o.rvj,eaa ivho 4e*jo to
p*X$S a1ry fns ho v.ra apoIia uusjeitte
t
Zs hst y ikiodø the oentt hstp $
_______
WhOA t hey ?.t
t* oh a1otp oialt*ble 1.e.**.*.*($$I
GMiaazoe
a 1oett.. tz. 4aiey
110*p t* pst$i*1 a
asaitso
dh.eL4 srio*1taro
oaiity give s'peeii iitoe,
**i*
these see, suflm be usU.
sb1 be Qth* qu1ifted yeoxt
M.....I.
10
rsa si, sot svai1ab1i to 1Vt.
*o4Ud the Isz'g.r dairy are be UvUsd
ma
jow on aiWs ebegW s fsr ham
before $ivi1tn
, Jare $h.za mom Osiry frae pehms*d d1n(''
soepb dairy
the psob
eer thsi* 1* normal b1.s
: 4ai rr fara.rs.
Iy lassi b Uatg.*.sea.-
Jam_($$b
_1J1(lie
lid
; ocztstd ep.a1.bom.....____ lie
tia si,.
Lt
iabr oi
re 7au heTh live4
orkad oa a
f$1* $L!O. O1 'O'4 15
1iabr of ar yoi sv* lLve4 or rk.d oi* a
eere o1d?-IAWT &zi ø1O'3 icu eo 4 i.t
*ucI I4i*atix& hGva yi& liM?
Øg
Teas's oi
eo.
Ts&ze oZ 1i
of
az'o wezm yo& i 4' ol
ea were roa a
ot* ts3 ve
t4 $h bio1
Mewer the t*Uowiij qaoet1n
the War wtt b 310D t4 yi
i!o
WIj
$$z'ioultt4'e
aez$
F2$ 414
..i or a..
no
i1rt* Wj1tti* tiO
41
I'r*irk
01U$ ta be t,re*.
to alki a Uvit wIthIn tb
In
itt emwidt.9
ber o otbor opiz
?. Ie sean, poa 414 ur
In * LTte ?Ø1t sunI$y?* 1*ir7
iie 4sr 1r12t t tba
a. Xe our tbr or
yrt1e o1nt ooaitt
t1L* pr*ot tttS?
9,, U y& are E*t thtisiku
4rzti, whet ,jfl''
7011 be tater'e'o4 In?
Are
*aany
.re) n0ar'
tj 4ur1n
zr3i
rsre
0s0. enswor the tel wi& que9ttoia.
'otni
tkLQ
LOtUL'
Y-'
tret4i
Do i'o
feel.
knA, 0uu*L
bozt
in the
to ?otnt eorn1t; to e a
sat
Do yon fool rou n.e4 t*rtbor orportnos sri4
to aka * esttsfotor Uv1ztl en a
1r7 ftu'in Ia tha Lrrt1e Patat soMtfli.._____
If eiver Ia
Do yea tu7e ar t*r* mrttas 4styy
It2 y&zz'
r sir etb,r.*_4rta
the ezt
m.*
10 jaas?
1*. lu
:
r. OTeT' hot'e
UiI.1-
o*1d os like to reaeI.
it to
*ep of thu
L!IP !LO8D XTU U1aT1NLu
o uayt
4
.sr 1ih*8ri
J .r bgt*Din
z'e$rn.
ia1ieid
I WIfl svreeit$* joar
*e
wtLl
$SaW4tu tI*ne
i t17
a
pLanm f
.ttG*z*atre wAteh
tw grrnbs to ansvwv
f'dz**e.4 .zv*1op
7er p?'up* rsi1y *o *)is
stionnejr.
er.ø In 1iov wii p
win bs a*s
ur rtLIrfl to elvtUan tlSe. Iase nae your
kn1dpe d aniw,r aU qnptIortp
.roer*i yzrs,