From left: seated: Wanihiko Hasegawa, managing director, Nippon Flour Milling Co.; Akio Maru, executive director, Nishin Flour Milling Co.; Buichi Oishi, vice minister of agriculture and forestry; Nobuo Kuwahara, chief, 2nd operation division food ministry; Ryoichi Sugama, Oregon Wheat Growers league assistant in Japan; and Dr. D. D. Hill, head of Farm Crops at Oregon State College. Standing (left) F. E. Price, dean and director of agriculture, OSC; Wilson Foote, research agronomist, OSC; Dick Baum, Oregon Wheat Growers league; and Jack Ross, extension farm crops specialist, OSC.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Red clover and fire weed are also sources of deliciously flavored honey found in Oregon. To realize how honey production is growing in Oregon one should see the display made at our State Fair.
Western Oregon has one of the finest dairy sections of the world. Tillamook cheese and Coos County butter are almost as famous as Hood River Apples. The report of the State Dairy and food commissioner for 1935 shows that 29,408 patrons furnished cream or milk to creameries, cheese factories, milk condenseries and cottage cheese factories. The amount of butter fat used by creameries was over 31 million pounds. It is an interesting fact that while there has been a decided decrease in the number of dairy cows in Oregon since 1920 there has been a large increase in the amount of butter and cheese produced.