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Local century farms or ranches
Herald and News 9/2/08
There are eight century family farms registered
with the Oregon Historical Society Library in Klamath
County, and five in Lake County.
Klamath County
James Owen, ownership established in 1879. Mr. and Mrs.
Vincil Lee Rentle received century farm status for the
property in 1980.
Samuel H. Taylor, ownership established in 1880.
Taylor E. High received century farm status for the
property in 1980.
Silas Wright Kilgore, ownership established in
1876. Mrs. Silas Warren Kilgore received century farm
status for the property in 1985.
William Harrison Horton, ownership established
in 1868. Lawrence J. Horton and Annie S. Horton received
century farm status for the property in 1973.
Elija Riggs, ownership established in 1882.
George M. Ager received century farm status for the
property in 1985.
David Campbell, ownership established in 1885.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles D. Cheyne received century farm
status for the property in 1985.
Fred L. Pope, ownership established in 1898. J.
Randall Pope received century farm status for the property
in 1999.
William F. Hill, ownership established in 1894.
Hill Land LLC received century farm status for the
property in 2000.
Lake County
Samuel G. Corum, ownership established in 1894.
Lawrence and Marjorie Iverson received century farm status
for the property in 1985.
Thomas A. and Johanna Crump, ownership
established in 1895. Edward D. and JoAnn (Crump) Stabb
received century farm status for the property in 1997.
Thomas Jefferson Brattain, ownership established
in 1877. Brattain Bros., Inc. received century farm status
for
the property in 1980.
Wiliam Harvey, ownership established in 1880.
Glenn W. Harvey received century farm status for the
property in 1980.
Peter Withers, ownership established in 1871.
Alan G. Withers received century farm status for the
property in 1985.
For more information or a complete list of
statewide century farms or ranches in the program contact
Glenn and Judith Mason, (503) 297-5892, or by e-mail,
orcentury@juno.com, or visit the Web sites
www.oregon. gov/ODA/cfr.shtml#The_Oregon_CF_R_Program
or www. oregonfb.org/programs/century_farm_ranch.shtml
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Klamath agriculture by the numbers
The USDA Census of
Agriculture is done every five years. The 2007 Census of
Agriculture data was collected earlier this year and
results will be released Feb. 4, 2009.
The following information was collected
from the 2002 Census of Agriculture, which can be viewed
on the Web at
www.agcensus.usda.gov.
More than 2,000 people
operate 1,228 farms in Klamath County, consisting of about
703,000 acres.
Most farms are operated by one or two
people; only 17 have four operators, and three have five
or more.
Women make up more than one-third of
total farm operators, with 212 farms principally operated
by women, up almost 70 percent from 1997.
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