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Local century farms or ranches
Klamath Falls Herald and News
September 2, 2008
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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