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 Land Tenure in Oregon. 77 Oregon had a greater number of farms than Washington, but only half as many as CaHfornia. Oregon's farms were also larger than Washington's; on the other hand, they were smaller on an average of 120 acres than California's. The total area of farm land in Oregon was, in round numbers, 1,500,000 acres greater than in Washington, but scarcely more than one-third of that in California. Washington and Cali- fornia both had a larger per cent of their farm land improved than Oregon, Washington's improved area being slightly greater than Oregon's, and California's nearly four times as great. The average value per acre of farm land in Oregon and Washington was nearly equal, while in California it was more than ten dollars higher than in these states. To find the relative status of agricultural conditions in Oregon to that in Washington and California, the total value of farm land in each state may be taken as the most exact basis of comparison. By this criterion, Washington's farm wealth was 0.84, and California's 4.6 times that of Oregon. A more exact idea of the relative size of the figures for Ore- gon in the items of the above table may be had if the figU'-es for this state are taken as a unit in comparison with the num- bers for the other four divisions. TABLE 14. NUMBER OF TIMES EACH OF THE FOUR DIVISIONS UNITED STATES, WESTERN DIVISION, CAIJFORNIA, AND WASHINGTON IS GREATER OR LESS THAN OREGON IN THE ITEMS OF TABLE 13. Items. United States Western Division California IWashington Oregon 160.37 6.71 2.01 0.93 1.00 Average area per farm .... 0.53 1.42 1.45 0.91 1.00 Total area of farm land. . . 83.52 9.29 2.86 0.84 1.00 Improved area of farm land 124.63 8.01 3.59 1.04 1.00 Per cent of area improved. . 1.49 0.88 1.26 1.23 1.00 Total value of farm land. . . 119.15 9.92 4.60 0.84 1.00 Average value per farm. . . . 0.74 1.48 2.28 0.89 1.00 Average value per farm. . . 0.74 1.48 2.28 0.89 1.00 Average value per acre 1.41 1.07 1.61 0.99 1.00