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.
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.
A cattle census, dated Jan. 1, 1936, shows the sum total of beef cattle for Oregon to be 927,977. An estimate a year later indicated a decrease of about three per cent in this number. Even this number would reproduce many scenes like the one shown here.
