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LoN L. Swift CHAPTER V. Land Tenure in the Counties of Oregon. The conditions of land tenure in Oregon have been outlined for the States as a whole and the State has been compared to other geographical divisions. Let us turn our attention to the different counties and sections of the State itself. The figures showing in what counties the percentage of each of the different classes of farmers was the highest in 1900 will tend to explain the kinds of farming in which each was principally engaged. table 9. PERCENTAGE OP THE NUMBER OF FARMS OPERATED BY THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF FARMERS IN OREGON IN 1900, CLASSIFIED BT COUNTIES. (*) Part Owners & Cash Share Counties. Owners. Owners. Tenants. Managers. Tenants Tenants. Harney 84.8 06.3 4.0 2.0 2.9 83.4 02.4 2.8 9.0 2.4 Tillamook 82.9 09.7 o'.i 0.8 4.3 2.2 Columbia 82.8 06.2 1.1 6.6 3.3 Malheur 80.1 06.7 4.3 2.4 6.5 Wallowa 79.5 06.7 i^o 0.6 3.4 8.8 Grant 79.2 08.5 1.1 2.0 3.2 6.0 77.8 87.6 1.7 4.4 8.5 77.5 11.0 'i'.4 0.2 6.8 3.1 77.2 07.7 0.7 0.9 5.2 8.3 76.7 14.3 0.8 0.8 3.3 4.1 76.1 03.7 01.7 3.6 5.1 9.8 Clatsop 73.9 04.6 00.2 2.8 15.0 3.5 73.4 15.2 01.2 1.0 1.2 8.0 73.3 08.3 01.3 5.3 6.3 5.5 72.9 08.5 01.0 1.0 4.6 12.0 71.6 10.1 01.1 0.8 6.0 10.4 Klamath 70.2 12.1 01.8 1.5 5.1 9.3 70.0 07.9 00.8 0.7 16.9 3.7 Washington.. . 69.2 09.8 01.1 0.7 10.7 8.5 Clackamas 69.0 11.8 01.2 0.5 10.0 6.5 Crook 68.8 16.8 2.4 5.6 6.4 68.2 08.2 66.7 0.9 12.1 9.9 66.4 14.3 01.1 2.4 4.0 11.8 Jackson 65.7 10.0 01.5 1.7 12.0 9.1 62.0 13.8 00.4 2.1 5.0 16.7 61.5 17.8 01.6 0.2 6.5 12.4 YamhiU 60.2 15.5 01.6 0.9 5.7 16.1 59.2 13.1 01.4 0.7 4.5 21.1 Gilliam 58.5 31.3 0.7 2.9 6.6 Multnomah. . . 58.3 06.8 66.3 0.7 28.5 4.4 Polk 54.2 15.0 01.5 0.9 3.5 24.9 50.6 32.1 00.6 0.4 0.9 15.4
- U. S. Census Reports for 1900, Twelfth Census, Vol. V, pp. 116-117.