The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-10
CORN IS KING IN NEW STATE.
REPORT OF BOARD OF AGRICULTURE SHOWS VALUE
OF CROP OF 1903 WAS S4s'5Is,82B, WHILE
COTTON WAS 25,50SSs2

The final crop report for the year
i90S.. as made public in Press Bullc
tin No. issued by the state board Of
agriculture. proves gains in value & +
the four leading crops, corn, wheat, .
oats and cotton The Increase in these
four crops over the valuation of the
1897 crop is s1S,629S62. notwlthstand-
ing the velue OF this years cotton crop
is nearly SS.O0O.0ee less than last
year, which is accounted for by the
fIlods OF last sprlnk which requir
ed much OF the corton, especially in
the eastern part Ok the state, to be
replanted.
Cotton.
Under the head u Cotton the re
port says
Il viii be seen that according to the
assessors returns there were l,95i,600I
scres grown In cotton last season.
This season the acreage In cultivation
on the 25th Of august is shown TO
have been l,610,4&. whicn is s0.3 per
cent of that II the previous season
or a loss Of 9.i per cent. IN our
bulletin OF June 3. OF this year, there
was shown an increase OF 3 per cent
IN cotton acreage. or a .otal of S,0O9,
las acres planted or intended t1 be
piAnted on May 23. This Indicates &
loss of 3gg ,6g5 acres, or 1873 per cent
from the original intention OF the Ok
ishcma cotton growers this season, a
loss that Is attributed TO pnfavorable
weather condition. during May and
june Of this year
the estimated production for this
seGsDn is shown TO be @S2,2I2 bales,
as against 6flS91 bales returned by
the township assessors as having been
produced last year. This Is an indicat-
ed decrease OF 23& per cent from last
years production. The yield per acre
last season was 165 pounds Of lini cot
ton; the indicated yield this year is
1853 pounds, or decrease of 7.s per
cent. Thus Il will be seen that the
indicated shortness OF the crop is
chargeable both TO considerable loss
in acreage and to a decrease in the
average yield.
Tn this connection It viii be noted
that the production OF last year, 64i.
89l bales, as returned by the tax as
SCISSORS compares with 862,3S3 bales
OF 500 pounds, gross weight aRd S4S'
977 running bales. as returned by the
ginEers of the state to the United
States Censas bureau. Our equivalent
OF 800 pound bales. It Is thought, vii
more properly compare with the irin
ming bale OF the census report. There
fore our report OF production Is shorl
OF that of the Census bureau by 204,
OS6 bales, or q per cent
Tie above estimate Of this seasons
production Is intended 20 compare
with the returns OF our assessors
due next year. II the SAINT ratiu Is
Observed between the two reports
this would indicate that the returns
OF the glnners this season viii SHOW
1888 running bales.
The percentage OF the crop picked
and ginned to the 18th OF November Ii
shown to be a.. Il Is the opinion q,
this office that this Is too high. The
percentage Of the crop of last yeal
ginned to November IL, 1907, was 81 ]
and the average ginnes- 90 that date
for five years is only 5s-- pel cent
This years cr5p was later at every
stage up to the date in question thar
last year. Il is more than likely thR
the majority OF our correspondents
haylng mailed their reports on ol
about the list OF December, gave theil
opinion on this question as the con
dition Of the fields looked 70 them a
the time, ard therefore this figure Il
more likely represents the per cen
OF the erup glnned 10 Decembr 1. We
are giving Il as OF that date. Tn,
United States Census bureau yester
day reported A32 600 bales Of cottor
gInned 10 December s. Il Is the opin
ion Of this office that the total mum
ber OF running bales to be ginned this
season IN Oklahoma will be about
sos, ,45i. The United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture intimstes the. IroT
n Oklahoma for this year at $4,000
bales OF 500 pounds gross weight
Corn.
This has been computed into the
1868 acreage and the result Is given
in tle iifth column as the estimated
production OF corn Tor this year,
Il win be seen that the acreage OF
corn lasi season has been returned by
the tax assess rs al 4,0lq6Sl. On
Juua we gave the estimated in