The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-19
ghc 4aily zaolc Tuesday ormug 0etobr 49, 1897

ton at this time insures a crop three
times as large during this year.
Lincoln county is the banner county
Of the territory. the acreage there this
year beng iaoout 10000 acres
Cotton in Oklahoma produces on a
average from one-half 10 three-fourths
Of bale 10 the acre. and the ease of
marketing and the ready cash buyers
always on hand make il q very desir-
able crop. To the man of a large fam
lily 1t is the ideal thing TO grow upon
ten or twenty acres, as boys and girls
down 10 a very tender age can pick
cotton as we'll as a man. Even while
cotton was in an experimental stage in
the territory, Oklahoma cotton took
first premium al the worlds fair, and il
has since been rated nigh in the mar
ke,s OF the world.
Watermelon-By the first OF July
each year Oklahoma is beginning 10
market her melon crop. and before the
month is out they are going by the
carload 10 all the cities OF the north ans
east
Hay-During the year the territory
has marketed thousands OF tons OF prai-
RE hay in addition 10 supplying the
home consumption. Alfalfa is proving
very profita BILE. Clover does well and
timothy is being successfully started in
some sections.
Other products-There are many other
products OF the Oklahoma farms which
are finding their way 70 the market. A
considerable quantity of excellent broom
1rY1 all
fax is grown, and rye and barley are
raised 10 limited extent. both prcduc-
ing well. Oklahoma this year market
ed dozen carloads or more OF early po-
,atoes at a time when prices were very
high in the north. Sweet potatoes pro-
duee two hundred bushels and over per
acre and are Of excellent quality.
STOC KRAISING.
Her vast expanse of plains carpeted
with luxuriant grasses; an abundant
supply Of fresh water. long summers and
snort mild winters and an almost COM
plete immunity from many Of the dis
eases of domestic animals makes Okla
noma paradise for stock raisers. Cat
tie and hogs rake the lead though some
attention is being paid each year 10
horses and sheep nd poultry form no in
considerable item in the products Of the
territory.
The western third OF the territory Is de-
voted very largely TO cattle raising and
upon the great areas Of virgin prairie
there many thousands OF herds OF cattle
pasture the pear round. This industry is
not devoted to the west alone, however.
for great herds are fat.ened on the In
dian reservations in the east and south
and every farmer has cattle OF his own
preparing for market and sells his sur
plus and roughness TO Texas feeders
shipped in TO fatten in the winter.
In woodward. Beaver, D. Day. Mills
and Greer counties the cattle interests
predominate.
w. E. Bolton. secretary Of the Okla
homa Live Stock association writes OF
western Oklahoma: The range grass is
better than for several seasons and in
consequence cattle are in fine condition"
and that the outlook for bertey grades.
better care and greater profits per head
with less winter kill and invasion by
disease is attracting attention TO Okla
homa as never before"
Horses are generally bringing Better
price and better grade of animals are
being produced. Many fine speed horses
nave gone out from the territory and
several prominent eastern horsamen
have purchased and leased land in
Woods county for horse ranches.
Hogs do well in every part Of Okla
homa and the number shipped from ev-
cry railroad station is large, but the
great hog raising section is in the wood
ed land in Pawnee. Payne, lincoln and
Pottawatomie counties, where the mast
and nuts form large part of their sus-
tenance. Cholera and other diseases are
little known where proper care and food
is given.
With the exception Of several large
herds in the western grazing counties
there are few sheep in Oklahoma. They
do not thrive so we'll on the native wild
grasses but will clear out underorush
ana weeds clean and where they can
have some tame grass with roughness
and a little grain. do fine. the absence %
cold or wet weather being favorable 10
them.
Poultry raising has not received the
attention il merits. but even now the
territory is marketing eggs by the car
load.
HORTICULTURE.
Time has proven Oklahoma to be a
fruit country and her fruits will this
year be seen on the markets Of the ma
ton.
R. KleIner. president q the Oklahoma
County Horticultural association. in re-
port 70 this office after telling OF the as-
ricul:ural advantages OF the territory.
says: "Oklahoma's future Hes in its nor
ticultural capacity" There can be no
future doubt as TO the success % fruit
growing In this territory. Five success
i've crops OF pea ches have been gathered
from orchards that have been planted
ABOVE the late frost line IN spring. and
the fruit is not surpassed anywhere east
OF the Rock noun :ains. IN size, favo-
and color, specimens % nine % ten ana
a nalf inches in circumference are com
mon. The Japan varieties o. plums are
doing exceeding well. Apricots ana
cherries are giving subtraction. Apples
sai pears have not come into full bear
ing, but from present indications. there
need BE no fear Of failure. and the Or
caaTdists are tubilant az the prospects
before them.
With a few exceptions every variety
OF grapes are surprising the owners =
vineyards with n extraordinary yield %
the very best qualities q grapes. IN
well TILED vineyards twenty pound. o.
grapes 70 the vine "a sbou. an avsrge.
and SIX hundred vines 20 ire acre 1iil
give this yea a prospective yieli o. SIX
tons = the acre.
our climate Il especially adapted =
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