The amount of each class of cereals produced in each of the four divisions may be more easily seen by examining the per cent of the value of each class in comparison with the value of all cereals in each division.
TABLE 21.
PERCENTAGE OF THE VALUE OP THE CLASSES OP CEREALS TO THE TOTAL VALUE OF CEREALS IN EACH DIVISION. ([1]) United States Western Division CaU- fomia Wash- ington Oregon 55.8 3.2 2.1 0.9 1.7 Wheat 24.9 62.0 59.9 74.0 68.6 Oats 14.6 14.4 5.1 14.5 22.4 2.8 19.5 31.6 10.4 6.5 Rye 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.2 0.7 . . . .0.4 (1) (1) (1) 0.1 0.6 Kafir Corn 0.1 0.3 0.6 (1) Oregon, Western Division, California, Washington, all pro- duced a large relative amount of wheat when compared with the United States. Nearly seven-tenths of Oregon's yield of cereals was wheat, and even a larger percentage of Washing- ton's, whereas only one-fourth of the value of the cereals pro- duced in the United States came from wheat. Oregon was a large producer of oats, appearing to be quite exceptional in this line of production. As is well known, the Western States produce very little com. The Western Division was excep- tional in the raising of barley, and California even more so, but Oregon was scarcely above normal in the production of this grain when compared with the United States. To sum up, Oregon's farm land had in 1900 a greater total value than the average of the eleven states of the Western Division, greater than Washington's, but less than two-ninths of California's. The total value of farm produce in Oregon was greater than that in the average of the eleven states of
- ↑ U. S. Census Reports for 1900, Twelfth Census, Vol. VI, pp. 68-69.
