The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1903-11-18
OklAhOnA.
As seen by man who lives there.
Observation-Disclosures

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Carwile, OKLA, Nov. 4, 1903, Jno.
d. Babbage, ESQ, Cloverport, KY,
Dear Sir
After reading Mr.. q. P. Folks let
ter in the News, in which he endeav-
ors to describe Oklahoma and her pro-
ducts, beg leave to explain more fully
ia regard to the products, as 1 have
lived in the best part of the Territory
for the past ten years.
AS many of your readers know, |
was reared three miles west of Har
dlnsburg, in Breckenridge county and
came to Oklahoma at the time of the
opening OF the Cherokee Outlet.
During this time have been over most
of the Territory by wagon and have
studied the soil and its products as
carefully as anyone could. am a
farmer and. of course, am interested
in soil and products.
l will state right here that Mr..
Polk didn't see the best part of the
country BY going 70 poor or rough
part of Oklahoma one can get about
as good an idea of the Territory as he
could of Kentucky by visiting the
mountainous part of the State. Perry
is in rough part of oklahoma while,
If one travels west from that city, he
will soon come to the vast level plains
which extend for many miles to the
north and west. Nearly all of the
northern and western counties are
very level and as fine lands for agri-
cultural purposes rs can be found any
where. We have not failed on corn
herein Wood county, but once in ten
years, and that year was one OF our
best wheat years, some yields being
thirty-6ve bushels per acre. This
year instead of the yield being from
ten to fifteen bushels it was from hf-
teen to thirty. had eighty acres
myself from which 1 threshed nearly
100 bushels and received as high as
go cents per bushel Our corn is poor,
making ten to thirty bushels per acre.
There Is no better place anywhere for
hogs, as cholera is comparatively I'M
known. Oats last year made from fifty
TO eighty-three bushels to the acre.
AS to our being able to grow a vari-
ETY. Of crops, here quote you part
of the Governor report on diversi6-
cation of crops: perhaps the great
est feature of Oklahoma is in the d.
versity of crops. Nowhere in
America has the farmer so great
variety of products tc choose from as
here in Oklahoma, and nowhere can
he be more successful in agriculture,
horticulture and stock raising"
Among the many things which are
successfully produced upon Oklahoma
lands are the following: Wheat, cot
ton, oats, Kaffir corn, castor teams,
peanuts, cane broom corn, soy bean,
alfalfa, watermelons, canteloupes, cab
bage, turnips and all the vegetables.
If Mr. Polk will come out again
and visit us we will cite him to
score or IN orc of Breckenridge county
people who are settled here in good
homes and doing well. And who,
while they love Kentucky and her
people, have no desire to return there
to live.
Now, Mr.. Editor, / will close, and l
promise, If you won't consign this let
ter to the waste basket, l will not
bother you any more for Il while. But
if any readers of the News wish to
know more about Oklahoma l will
gladly tell them what l know of the
country.
l remain yours with best wishes,
Delphos q. Harmed.
Carwile Okla