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1. Sixty-five Acres of hops

Sixty-five Acres of hops

Description: The Willamette Valley has some of the greatest hop fields in the world. This is a typical view of a hop field in a good yielding year shortly before picking time.

2. Picking hops

3. Willamette Valley farm scene

Willamette Valley farm scene

Description: In January, 1935, the report on farms in Oregon is as follows: Farms — full owners - - - - - 42,653 in the state. “ with managers - - - - - 715 “ “ “ “ with tenants - - - - - 14,065 “ “ “ “ part owners - - - - - 7,396 “ “ “ Total number of farms in the state of Oregon - 64,826.

4. Orchard scene near The Dalles, Oregon

Orchard scene near The Dalles, Oregon

Description: In 1934 Oregon produced 4,930,000 bushels of apples for which the average price of $0.69 a bushel was received. The wheat yield was about 12,615,000 bushels.

5. Herd of 'woolies' in eastern Oregon

Herd of 'woolies' in eastern Oregon

Description: Latest statistics indicate that Oregon stands tenth among the states in the number of sheep on its farms and ranges, with a total of 1,916,000 to its credit. Texas ranks first in the United States in sheep production.

6. A modern dairy farm

A modern dairy farm

Description: Oregon offers excellent advantages for dairying. There was 312, 518 dairy cows in Oregon as show by the 'Division of Live Stock and Crop Estimates of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture' at the opening on 1925.

7. The Moa

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "This is a representation of the giant bird, now extinct, which was a native of Australia. Carpenter's description of the Moa in the museum as Christchurch is as follows: 'If I were to stand under the bird its tail feathers would tickle the top of my head. Its ankle is as big around as my calf and its gray body is the size of small haystack. Its tall thin neck is stretched so high above its breast that Barnum's circus managers would have had a hard time getting the animal into a freight car. its legs are as strong as those of a camel and it looks quite as big as the biggest 'ship of the desert'. Its enormous feet have claws like those of a turkey, save that each is a foot long. I doubt not that the Moa could have stamped out the life of a man at one kick."

8. Black Crested Cormorants

Black Crested Cormorants

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "The Cormorants are birds between two and three feet in length, with an elongated, powerful body, short stout legs and a rather long neck. The plumage is very compact and usually dark-colored and glossy with greenish or bluish green reflections. the head is often crested and during the nesting season the head and neck are often ornamented with more or less conspicuous plumes of slender hair-like feathers which disappear after the breeding season is over. Cormorants are sociable birds, often congregating in flocks of immense size. Some of the others make their home in inland swamps and marshes. they feed exclusively on fishes, which they are extremely dexterous in capturing."

9. Penguins

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "These are flightless birds, of moderate size. The wings are reduced in size and modified by the flattening and consolidation of the bones until the product is a perfect swimming paddle, for which purpose they are exclusively used. These birds are expert swimmers and divers, but unlike most other aquatic birds, they make no use of the feet in swimming beyond employing them as a rudder. They are, perhaps, most abundant in species in the vicinity of the Falkland Islands, but they are common about New Zealand and the west shore of Australia."

10. Ostriches

Description: Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "For the purpose of comparison we show these ostriches which are natives of Africa and Arabia and are the largest of existing birds, a fully matured individual standing some eight feet in height and weighing fully three hundred pounds."