. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN No. 705 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Contribution from the Office of Farm Management W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief Washington, D. July 27, 1918 PROFITABLE MANAGEMENT OF GENERAL FARMS IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON. By Byron Hunter and S. 0. Jayne, Agriculturists. CONTENTS. Scope of the bulletin 1 Summary and conclusions 1 Agricultural history of the valley 2 Types of soil 3 Definitions of terms used 3 Use and value of land 5 Use of capital 5 Types of fanning 6 Some factors which influence efficiency 8 Some factors wh
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. BULLETIN No. 705 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Contribution from the Office of Farm Management W. J. SPILLMAN, Chief Washington, D. July 27, 1918 PROFITABLE MANAGEMENT OF GENERAL FARMS IN THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY, OREGON. By Byron Hunter and S. 0. Jayne, Agriculturists. CONTENTS. Scope of the bulletin 1 Summary and conclusions 1 Agricultural history of the valley 2 Types of soil 3 Definitions of terms used 3 Use and value of land 5 Use of capital 5 Types of fanning 6 Some factors which influence efficiency 8 Some factors which influence crop yields 14 Relation of soil type to percentage farm in- come is of capital 19 Causes of the difference in efficiency 20 Starting clover on the clay soil 21 SCOPE OF THE BULLETIN. ^ This bulletin is based on information secured from the analysis of a year's business (1912) on 212 general farms in Marion and Polk Counties, Oreg., and a general farm practice study in the Willamette Valley covering a period of several years. It presents some of the more important factors which influence the profits on the farms studied, shows why the ''valley" or silt loam farms are operated more efficiently than the "red hill" or clay farms, and makes recom- mendations that should materially increase the profitableness of general farming throughout the Willamette Valley. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS. Of the 212 farms embraced in this study 68 are located on the clay soil and 144 on the silt loam soil. 1 The figures presented in this bulletin are those secured in a typical year before the war, 1912. It would be impracticable to offer recent figures, because of the unstable conditions prevailing the last few years. The prime emphasis is not to be placed on the presentation of comparative profits for one year, but on the lefesons which these figures set forth. In short, it is the desire merely to indicate some of the fundamentals of farming success in the Willamette Valley
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