Arizona republican., 1897-09-26
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| Droughts will come and hot winds will burn up in a day the results of months of toil.''
 l The hypochrondiac has been proven a false prophet, an ignoramus who be- | longs on the staked plains, but not in 1 Oklahoma. Conservative estimates made early in the year showed a won l derful wealth in store for the people These estimates have been full filled. More than that, they have | been exceeded in actual results by millions of dollars. It is no longer 1 a matter of conjecture; it is reality. The crop season began with an l abundance of rain, which weakened the theory that this was forever dry country. When the cereals reach 1 ed a strong growth, men looked at the warm, bright sky and said that the good luck could not continue. I Their words were drowned in the rain that followed. Only once did the be- l liever in Oklahoma doubt; there was dry period of three or four weeks, 1 during which the late corn was con- siderably damaged. But it was only 1 the corn. The wheat, the oats, the castor beans, the cotton, the kaffir corn, the orchards and the melons | waxed stronger and stronger as the days passed. The rains came with 1 the regularity of a calendar clock. | Gradually the wheat ripened, was | harvested and threshed. It was not ! eaten by chinch bugs nor consumed | by rust.
 Farmers, in the exuberanee of their 1 joy, said there were forty million bushels. There were actually not less | fhao
 average of about twenty-two bushels to the acre. The growers had rejoic- ed in the hope that they would get at least fifty cents a bushel They have had their pockets filled with gold at an average of about 73 cents a bushel; some got a dollar a bushel. Estimat-
 ing that this average price will be obtained for all the wheat, the yield this year is worth p--1ctically eleven million dollars
 The cotton planter was in a dole ful mood at the beginning of the sea- son. He complained of too much rain, which was true. The growth
 was retarded probably three weeks.
 But cotton had its innrng The dry weather that injured the corn pushed l forward the cotton with marvellous
 rapidity. Web worms and other pests appeared only in isolated places.
 The acreage was nearly three times greater than last year and, Tn almost
 every instance, the yield is estimat- ed at an average of not less than one-haf bale to the acre. whereas it was about third of bale last year. EAhout ten days ago tho cotton fields | began to reed rain. There has been
 a general rainfall during the last few days over all the cotton district.
 Experienced planters say that the total yield for the territory will be
 not less than 150,000 bales. The
 only danger is an early frost, which
 there is no reason to expect. The
 staple is better than last years pro-
 duct, which encourages planters to
 believe that they will get an average
 price of 6.3 cents a pound.
 The cotton seed is worth s35O a
 ton. There is half ton taken from
 each bale. This makes the cotton
 crop easily worth five million dollars.
 The value of marketable live stock
 is put at three million dollars
 amount none too large, considering
 the present prices and the rapid
 growth of the stock raising industry
 in the territory
 The yield of other agricultural pro-
 duets is source of great wealth.
 These include castor beans, flax, corn,
 oats, sorghum, Kaffir corn, potatoes.
 etc, all of which produced abundant
 1y, except early corn. There will be
 about a three-fourths corn crop To l this can be added the peaches, grapes,
 apples, plums, berries and melons,
 in every way the finest ever grown in Oklahoma. Fairly good prices were
 received for fruits of all kinds and
 the growers are greatly encouraged
 for the future. The peaches and mel ons were of such superior excellence } that their appearance in foreign mar l kets quickly attracted the attention of consumers and gave Oklahoma a
 reputation as a fruit growing coun-
 try worth many thousands of dollars as an advertisement for next year s To all these sources for bringing in : money can be added the egg, butter and poultry business. The value ot
 all the above products is easily two : and half million dollars. This gives . an opportunity for figuring on what
 Oklahoma will pile up this year fo1 t market on a nearly actual basis e Here are the figures:
 t wheat Sl1 900 ,0O( ,. Cotton -..... ..... 5,O00,00( h Live stock. ..... ..- .. 3,000,O0( l Miscellaneous -. ..... .. 2,500,OO( n Total ....... =. S21 ,500 COG n This is SS6 for every man, woman e and chi'S in the territory Oklaho il ma claims that this record never ha: [ been beaten in as new a country.
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