The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-04-03
OKLAHOMA CROPS IN
FARMERS HANDS MARCH |
State DORTd Of Agriculture
Summarizes Reports From
Correspondents

yNo 4tlC D0hf0 Ql agriculture Is.
aued tolay the first of q seriea of press
bulletins 40 be printed monthly here
after The information contained ID
thls report is The result Of the com
pllatlcn oi approximately $50 indivld
gal reports covering the growing con.
iitlon Of winter wheat rye and winter
onis on March 96 1903, ANA tae esil
mated percentage Of the 1893 crop Of
corn wlnles wheat, oats and cotl0n
ellll in ihe farmega hands March B
1909
Crop Conditions.
THE average growing condition q
winter wheat an March g6, 1909 fal
lbe state IS shown ae ho 3a.T uer
cent. lhet Of ryo asa per cent, lhai
gF Wlnlof oats g85 pef cent
Hul ig counties report on tyo as
a crou and "a e5 counties the eNfges
ppndnnfa Indicate halMintar oats arc
grown.
According 10 remarks from lhp Ysa
louis cnrrg gspnndcnte they Indicate thal
wlntQr Whent has suffered principally.
irQm dry weather. throughout the win
ior ana high dry winds, aud paYtr
ularly Ia the Western section If ihe
stafc II has heen materially iamAsA
BY blowing sand
Rye has suffered ii i similar man
npr, as lave winter aata, and IN addl
tiOn winter oats have aufFeted. pflu
clpally from the various freezes
ta thuse counties whore the grow
ing condition Is 80 per cent OF less
The oats have been winter Killed Ne
doubt the comparatively low condition
Oh winter wheat is due also ln q large
measure TO heavy pastuflng Rye e
shown 10 have the highest condition
oi the iIiee crops winter wheat zee
ond and Tlnles oats Tie lowest
cropo "a Farm8rsi Handf March
1909.
Tho report shows lhai there IS fsH
ser cent OF lho corn crop equigalaHl
10 lI700.I1t bushels, Oh hand. sin
ter wheel de per cent 81 t.aa5.s1l
bushels oats 1913 per cont af 1906
ios bushels; cotton as per cent o.
i1Gl0 fales.
The Unlled atalea department oI
Agriculture reported that there Naa
81 per cent ot the 1908 corn crop u
lafmora' hands March {, 1909 Of 50
eQuivalen 81 1884 900 bushels with
IS per cent OF the crop shlnued out o.
The county where sroWn winter
wheat Il pes cent IN farmerG hands
total stocks, g.iggl000. 1nd 85 per cent
shipped ous of The county where
Grown; oats 2 apcr cent II farmers
hands. cr 2.9g5.000 bushels. with aa
per cent OF the crop shipped out oi
the county where grown. The rep0rls
irrm township aaoD correspondents,
based on the assessora returns on
Gle 90 aot Indicate this large { per
centaga Of the vsfl0us csens s. the
isrmera hands.
For the Purpose of eompefiacn lhf
assessors returns ioe tae seas ead
Ing March 1908 indicate ihat there
we're on hand March I the following.
Corn, a.SasT6l bushels. Or 1876 per
cont, @inler Wheai. 1896 bushels. 0i
40 per cent oats, ls8.7ag bushels. y
8.6 per cent, cotton. 9.7sg halea. ns
ilb pee cent Thus lt9kill be seen thar
on The same basis tlle comparative
amounts IL tae various ernpe en han
March 4 were considerably lest sol
ere year 1908 than foF lhe fefg lea9
First alanniri Eepor..
'@ anc .rat blcnnlai report 0s the t'k
lah1ma Etate banrd O. asflenlsrse u
iho years ipa7s II lnsi now bslng flAa
lrlbnled Thls report Is reANmH
thc operations Of the state board i
agriculture Ninec atklahdoa On hnFrM
her 15. 1907. Aud haK Incorporated
tneroin c0mpiele reprint u AIT larE
'pnased hg che Flsst Legislature
which bear uppn agriculture and II.
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