The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-10-10
FIRST OFFICIAL
GRAIN REPORT
Shows Big Increase in Acre
age Over Last Year-Mc.
Nabb's Estimates.

Cklahoioa viii harvest 3Sziei59 ,msa.
Gle OF corn ard 2i352f bales Of cotton
this fan. II the estimates prepared by
Secretary G. A. McNabb OF the Okiahoma
Board OF Agriculture prove correct. The
| FIRST onioial nor report ever lssued b
oklahoma was givon cut iodas By Sec
crotary McNabb II contains not only
/ me official figures on the 1905 crops
J but an estimate as well OF the corn and
cotton yields f.r 1905. The report also
covers farm values and otfer important
statistics The report makes use of the
data which aascssnra are row retGired
10 rciIrn 10 jhe county clerks and on
the crop estimates uses information re-
turned by correspondents suecially chos.
on. Correspondents have been appoint
cd IN 1886 OF the i6s municipal townships
IN the Territory aud 275 sent in returns
for this scar. Secretary lioNabh says
ihcse ,st.fns cover Inc Territory suni-
clentlN to make tere Satisfactory esti
mites Of the corn AID cotton yields.
The total acreage Of corn this year is
I 1873 ,597. am hcreasc Of lL92 per cent
over 1894. uu increased arreagc being
reported M twenty-five ont OF twenty
six counties Tho lcWcst acro'ge " any
county Is 1914. and tine iacreaaes in the
other eounues average from 90 $50
! per cent The average per cent fol the
entire Territory is 2i3 bushels ranging
IN tho different counties from - 40 a3.4
bushels The average price paid for
1 corn in Oklahorla markets on September
, 20 is reported as 29.ejc. varying IN dit-
fcront SECTIONS film 25c 10 i5c. ~ @
estimated value on the 1905 crop IS
lplaccd a. Sii isa 4a9 rhe season Of 1865
Is reported as almost an ideal one for
corn growing.
! The cotton estimates as rivc' by Sec
rctary McNabb show q decrcasc from
las vc,r duo primarily to the lerrcisad
acreage. which Is estimated at 1922 Pc
cent less than 1904 only twenty-one
of the tweuty-siN cornties show any cot
ION prediction. Three SHOW an mclcass
In acreage aod ei~hfecn dccrcaso. Tor
the year the .otal cotton production Is
estimated at 2i3.72A4 bales. Al s.afr
per pound. the average price paid =
sept. 20. this crop is valued n si0.ias,
( 100 or a. million less than the total IS
timated valuation Of the 1865 corn crop
According to the reports IRON tie Vnri-
Gus counties. Cnmlnche has tho greatest
corn cror loadme with G22.s7 bush
els; Kay county is next Will S.0fS.S3a
bupshels while Caddo. kingiisher Paw
nee and Woods are close thirds With
something over 10000 bushels each.
l., cotton production COmsnci conn y
also leads. with ss. i2c bales Lincoln fol
lows with 1885 males, Grear IS third
with 25,aa1 bsles, and Cadco fourth WIN
20. i0s bales vonAward pays The high
est price per bushei Cor corn and No
bic county the most Re nclnd FOR cot
ton
'rhe report shows total OF i3,06..3ts
bushels Of whes ~ 1901 3 57l ,e3s busr-
els Of oats. e,56i 900 bushels Of milo
maize and lutfir corn. 2i@sS tons Of
broom corn. 25 O3i bales Of cotton mar
IseteA 3uoiS bales OF cotton ginped
y 9Os.s64 bushels Of corn, N.4l9,9Gl
worth Of garden truck and si.sEa,5Sy
worth Of dairy proddcts The vaiue Of
dairy products is computed with tto as
sumption tbat the average price fer
cheese is i2e per pound butte zoe PEE
pound. and milk i5c per salon.
oklahoma proper comprises approx
mately 20 100000 acres of luia. but a.
email part Of which yet remains sub
iect to homestead entry As this land
was al settled under the Homestead hw
and 1850 acres consti'ating such home
steads there are approximately ifa,55o
farms within the borders Of Oi1laho-
.n.r
According To- the assessors returus for
1905. based on a % pcr cent valuation
;iso present cash value Of arms. mclud-
ing improvements. is s292oSl,7ie or an
average valuation pc. arm of si,5i@
This relt-,sents Ihe faruti s. Rlyest-
ments. exclusive .of i-.pieneais cror
aSd ar,l.
Al farming implements afd ma'h''-
cry ow..., ny the farmers Of Ckahom''
as indicated hy the assessors returns
are valued az s5lS6 2Oo. aud live stock
20 the ,,nount OF S2l S59.9i3, giving %.
tal value OF both live stock, lald and iu'-
plements os S25A127sls aside from ne
chief crops, valued az $50 652,sAl, which
brings mp the grand total To the crodr
of the agricultural resources of the Ter
rltorv 60 S9i9.GS0.qos. This calculations
does not include the fruits and minor
crops produced ~ profusion ana tbunc-
anoe an over the Territory and which
would serve 10 sweil the toiel several
Millions moio The report also shows tha
the value of aaimals fattened and sold
during the pa year Ia oklahoma am-
ourteo Ca N.6 A2t