Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1896-06-10
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~ 10 ~ Dusnels; quality good.
Oats 40 to 45 bushels; good. Corn,
lax and potatoes are fine.
Jno. c. Nelson, Ruby: Wheat,
II bushels; quality common. Oats
10 bushels; corn, prospect fair.
Wheat looks fine but poocly filled;
corn very weedy.
w. w. Clapper, Miles: Wheat,
10 bushels; quality good. Oats
larger acreage; 80 bushels. Corn
larger acreage; prospect very good.
All other crops promising.
Pat Flanagan, Watova: Wheat.
prospective yield per acre 10 bush
els; quality good. Oats will yield
something like 40 bushels; quality
good. The corn prospect at this
time is good
G. l. Walker, Cofeyville:
Wheat. u bushels; fair quality.
Oats 80 bushels, quality good.
Corn 10 ks we'll. OF these three
staple crops there is little differ
ence in acreage of last year.
NJ. c. Jones, Cotton Valley:
Wheat, acreage same as '95; yield
10 bushels; quality fair. Oats
acreage same as '95; yield 40 bush
els; quality good. Corn looks well
High winds, rust and bugs have
damaged the wheat very much.
Albert Morris, Big creek: Wheat;
one-third less acres than last year,
the yield will be from 10 to 20
bushels per acre and the grade
good. Oats, one-third more than
last year and they are the finest
ever saw growing. Corn, about
the same acreage as in '95; the
prospect is very bad farmers were
kept out of their fields three weeks
by wet weather and if they could
ge: in now it would be too late
There will be an abundance of
peaches and apples.
A. Mills, Chetopa, Kas.: Wheat,
acreage, compared with last year
one-third less; prospective yield
per acre 10 to 10 bushels; quality
good. Oats, acreage; one-third
more than last year; prospective
yield per acre % to 40 bushels;
quality good. Corn, acreage COM
pared with last year one-third
more; prospect at this time good
if it stops raining. Prospect for
flax good; not so mucn sowed as
last year. Commenced cutting
wheat on the 3rd. Ground dry
enough to tend corn on the 4th.
]. J. Hayden, Pryor Greek
Wheat, acreage, compared with
last year about 60 per cent; pros
pective yield per acre, 6 to s bush.
els; quality good. Oats, acreage,
compared with last year, not to
exceed 80 per cent; yield 20 to 80
bushels; quality good. Corn, 10
per cent more than last year; pros
pect at this time, never better.
On account of scarcity of seed less
ground was sown to small grain,
and more put TO corn; lots of land
lying fallow. viii be a large
acreage sown to cane and millet.
Hay prospect is excellent.
Enoch Switzerland from West
Cabin says, the wheat inhis neigh
borhood will make fair yield of
a good quality of grain, that the
crop has come out WONDERFULLY
since the rains began. Oats, be
says will be sorry; owing to the
extremely dry weather in April
and early part of May this cereal
got a poor start. and the weeds will
take some fields. Corn, he says
shows rather a poor prospect,
some fields being already so far in
the weeds and grass as to be al
most hopeless, and if the rains
continue in super abundance FOR
another week or two short and
poor crop of corn will be the result
Judge Jess Cochran, Cole creek,
southwest of Chelsea: Wheat about
same acreage as last year. Yield
estimated at near ID bushels and
quality good; oats, larger acreage
than last year; they are not look
ing the best but are improving.
Corn, about same acreage as last
year and in this vicinity it is
reasonably clean. The exception |
is where the ground was pastured |
all winter which, because of no |
hard freeze, left it cloddy and far
mers were compelled to wait for a
rain before it could be cultivated. |
The spring was later than common
and of course crops are behind.
A freeze in May destroyed most of
the fruit.
Vinita Flour Mills: The acreage
of wheat is 10 to So per cent of last
year. Reports are so conflicting
it is difficult to form a satisfactory
as to the yield. Should
not put it above 60 or 20 per cent
of the big crop of 1894; nor is there
likely to be so many bushels as
last year but it promises to be bet
ter. Oats: The acreage is greater
than last year and prospect fine.
Should say the prospect of wheat
and oats combined over last year
was in the ratio of 3 to 1. Corn:
More planted than in 1895 because
they did not get in so much wheat;
on the prairie it has been dam
aged by wet weather and in the
bottom much has been washed
away and must be replanted. Flax
and fruit promise well and there
never was such prospect for hay.
w. Z. Halsell, cattleman, Vini-
Ia: If we have another corn crop
like that of 1895 you will see hard
er times than ever. Corn fed cat
tie will sell at about = 1-2 cents
and grass cattle at - cents.
The year before, 1894, corn was
worth 80 cents and was profitably !
ted at that price, and everybody
who had field of corn got some I
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