Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Now from the one 1700 acre estate the Land Commission is making about 30 family sized farms. These are being sold to reliable young families who are paying on an amortization plan extending over 68 1/2 years. This picture shows Mrs. Jack Dooyar in front of the house in which she and her husband lived for years as laborers on the estate. Because of their faithful service, they were given the opportunity to buy one of the small farms. They are now raising potatoes, cabbage, mangles, turnips, oats and hay. They have 8 cows, 20 sheep, 20 pigs, and 200 fowl. All this is on 40 acres." Photograph was hand colored.
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.
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.
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Ireland has very few industries save agriculture, and is low in natural resources. In some of the level sections peat is the principal product. This is dug up, hauled to town and sold for fuel. The women play a large part in marketing this." Photograph was hand colored.