The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1903-10-22
THE PRODUCTS OF OKLAHOMA.
They Are of More Diversified Char.
acter Than in Any Other Portion
OF the Country.

The products of the soil of Okla.
homa are of a more diversified charac-
ter than any other portion of this
country. Wheat. corn. rye, barley,
oats. cotton, potatoes, sweet potatoes,
buckwheat, castor beans, Kaffr corn.
alfalfa hay, and numerous other pro-
ducts of the soil grow successfully side
by side. The wheat fields produce
twenty-five million bushels of wheat.
In the season of 1902 the cotton crop
amounted to 2lS, 600 bales, SO far as a
record was kept, but no doubt much
was marketed which was not counted.
During the past few years farmers in
Oklahoma have been raising from Is
TO As bushels of wheat per acre, from
so to 10 bushels of oats, from 40 to
so bushels of corn, and one-half TO one
bale of cotton per acre.
The old familiar romance attached
to cattle raising is fast fading to
mere memory. The old days of the
cowboy. the mess-wagon and the
roundup are things that have had
their little day AID left the stage for
ever.
With the passing of the "cOw
puncher" goes one of the most unique
and interesting characters of western
life, and with bis extinction comes
the science Of stock raising. The adj
vent of the eastern farmer has revOlu-
tionized the stock question and the
vast ranges of the central and eastern
portions have almost entirely disap-
peared. although large herds are still
graZed In some sections of the terri
tory. The smaller punches of Short
horns and higher bred cattle generally
are continually increasing in number,
and the characteristics of the country
are such that it is not remarkable as
stock of almost every kind can be fat
tened more readily and made COM
Portable with less shelter tnan in al
most any other section of the Union.
Hogs thrive to perfection and ship
mentS of them are increasing 10 phe-
n0menal degree. Alfalfa grows in
abundance. Almost every root vege-
table used in swine fattening can be
raised with but little attention. Corn
can be profitably fed and fine mast
is found in large quantities in many
localities. In some portions of the
territory sheep are advantageonsly
handled, but not in numbers it would
seem conditions justify. Anyone
familiar with the breeding of the
better grades of horses and mules will
at once recognize in Oklahoma a lati-
tude and climate that can not be sur
passed in this particular. Everything
from the thoroughbred tqkhe pow
horse will be found there.
Further information about Okla
homa and Indian Territory is given
in "Rock Island States Southwest, a
64-page booklet recently issued by the
Passenger department OF the Rock
Island System. For copy. write
John Sebastian, Passenger Traffic
Manager. Chicago. Ill.
The Rock Island System also issues
a monthly paper called the Western
Trail and devoted to the territory
trayersed by Rock Island lines. Each
issue contains letters from mer and
women who have bettered their con-
dition IN life by removing TO the
Southwest. The Western Trail will
be mailed you for one year for % cents,
in stamps or silver.
Homeseekers' Excursions twice a
month via Rock Island System TO
points Ia the Southwest. Pull infor-
nation at all tickets Offices.
So live that it will not take the lat
ter part of your life to blot out the
first part of your existence. Rocky
Mountain Tea will do the business.
50 cents. j. w. Rilard.
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