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 94 LoN L. Swift TABLE 26— Continued. Oountics • Total Value of Farm Land Rank Counties. Total Value of Farm Land Rank $ 172,761,287 $ 5,884,100 7 10,186,780 1 5,815,290 8 2 4,993,820 9 3 Polk 4,977,240 10 4 Douglas 4,764,020 11 6,642,490 5 Jackson 3,614,660 12 Yamhill . . 5,989,550 6 3,381,460 13 3,019,650 14 1,438,470 24 2,846,440 15 1,339,680 25 2,458,750 16 1,324,840 26 2,190,425 17 WaUowa 1,283,305 27 2,142,850 18 Grant 1,220,870 28 2,117,570 19 999,300 29 1,982,331 20 993,506 30 1,559,170 21 958,200 31 1,465,660 22 807,780 32 1,457,920 23 546,910 33 The total value of farm land, which more nearly than any- other one set of figures, represents the agricultural wealth of a place, may be taken as the first basis of comparison. Marion County in 1900 held first rank in this respect, having a valua- tion of over $10,000,000. The five counties lying south of the Columbia River and immediately west of the Cascade Moun- tains, Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Linn, and Lane, each had a valuation of farm property of over $5,000,000; while Washington, Yamhill, and Polk, lying on the west side of the Willamette River, were of almost equal rank. It is to be noted, however, that Umatilla County, situated in the great wheat belt in the northeastern part of the State, ranked second; and on its east. Union was seventh. Douglas and Jackson, in southern Oregon, were eleventh and twelfth. The counties that had the lowest valuation of farm property were Lincoln, on the coast; Wheeler and Klamath, both in the