The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1906-02-19
OKLAHOMA COUNTY
RAISES BIG CROPS
Wonderful Stories That
Come Out Of the West.

| OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Feb 10
( The amazing stories that come out OF
I The West-that region bordering the one
hundredth meridian and extending from
! fifty to sixty miles east OF that once no.
I torious deadline-are believed only by
! those who have kept IN touch with the
revolution that has taken place IN that
! region during the last twelve or fifteen
years
For instance, about the middle OF
/ July, 1t began TO be told about over the
country that Grear county-the south
west county of Oklahoma-might pro-
duce 100000 or SI2OOO.0oO worth OF
| crops this year. The story seemed in
| credible, and those who know the stride
Grear county has made. and know that
the farmers have grown wealthy. made
abundant allowance for the desire OF
the new country press 20 ampiify the
good points Of that region.
Big Cotton Crop,
But the reck oning can now be done
with fewer CUE s5es and more facts and
/ figures than in midsummer The cotton
crop. for instance. will be about 6. 900
bales The cotton on board the cars
ready to leave the county is worth $50
per bale, and the seed delivered at ting
! oil mills ready to be turned into on,
meal. etc, is worth Sic a ton. or IS for
each bale Of lint. The cotton crop has.
therefore, brought, or viii bring, the
Greer county farmers 81, 420.00),
The acreage of oats is as large as the
cotton acreage, or about 10000 acres.
this estimate being based upon the re-
ported cotton acreage yield. The yield
was fifty bushels per acre. and the
value of the oats crop on board cars,
or at the feed lot. was 20 cents per
bushcl. or 100000 for the entire crop.
The corn and kaffir acreage combined
was somewhat in excess OF the cotton
or oats acreage, but the yield and value
being about the same as that of the
oats crop, about 100000.
The grand total for the four staple
crops Is s1O,42O, 900. Those who are
inclined 10 cut these figures can throw
els, and the value Of garden truck,
cattle. hogs horses, poultry and dairy
products to maintain the aggregate as
given.
Broom Corn Boom.
\ few days ago It was announced
that Shattuck, a small town in Wood
ward county, not more than ten miles
from the one hundredth meridian,
would be this year the greatest pri-
mary broom-cOrn shipping point in the
world.
Fifteen or twenty years ago Illinois
land in certain localities shot UP in
value to fabulous prices because IT
proved to be exceptionally good broom
corn land. While broom-corn prices
are subject to violent fluctuations, and
those who speculate in the crop take
big chances, the farmer who sticks to
1t usually makes a fortune.
\ gentleman whose business takes
him all over Woods county brought to
this city a budget Of good times stories
from that county, among which was
one concerning the value of alfalfa. He
stated that I'm Woods county is region
miles long especially adapted to the
growth Of alfalfa
In conversation with q grower in
| that region, the gentleman was told
! by this farmer that ne cut two crops
Of hay this year, and then allowed the
next crop to ripen for seed He Sc
cured eight bushels per acre and sold
| the seed for $3.50 per bushcl
Aid From Washington.
The possibilities OF the one hun
dredth meridian country were not
known until the Department of Agri-
culture Joined hands with the pioneers
byksupplyiug them the seeds Of crops
that produce the best results. and
making careful tests of varieties.
The pioneers. acting upon the infor-
nation thus furnished, are making a
dozen blades Of grass grow where one
grew before.