The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-05-27
YEAR WAS FRUITFUL
FOR THE THRIFTY FARMER
According TO Returns Submit.
Tod 10 State Board Of
Agriculture

a great prosperity showing Is made
by the reports from the county clerks
OF Canadian aud Payne counties. bas
ed on iht assessors returns for This
year, which have just been filed with
the state board OF agriculture.
Canadian county, according to these
returns, realized si,5O3,872 from It's
corn crop alone last year, producing
S,035,SS3 bushels GA t0S,97g acres.
Il also produced 2l3.29g buahela OF
wheat valued at 8lS3,3O7. on 2029A
acres, 66i 800 bushels Of Data valued
at S26g r6i from 32S38 acres, 2GAl
bales Of cotton valued az sa7.4l9.
from iOi0S acres; 1865 bushels Of
potatoes valued at Sli.S0i, from
33l ~ acres, and i0.s70 tons Of al
falfa, valued at sS2,ii5, from 7,4i5
acres, with $399i worth Of seed IN
addition.
Orchards Did we'll
The orchard products were valued
TT Si0sei and the small fruits at 50.
ii9. Animals sold for slaughter were
valued ai S43G,6O6. The farmers wife
also dil her share In adding to the
wealth Of the county, as $40. .790 worth
OF poult-y was sold during the past
year from Canadian county farms. to.
gether with s43.39i worth OF butter
and $40 tG7 worth Of milk.
There were on hand nj The time OF
making the assessment a.61t horses
valued at sGi6,324. 2477 mules, val.
ued AZ S2i0005; 7.h52 milch coks. val.
ued AZ sii5,4i3, 1902 other cattle.
valued a. si2G.54g. POLLS swine, val
ued al Sgl.9S7 There are 32,7gg ap.
pie trees IN the county, producing
last year 1891 bushels, G,229 pear
trees producing 1899 bushels: 5.0eB
plum trees, producing 1891 bushels.
5,i27 cherry trees, producing DO
bushels
Owners Double The Renters
Altogether there were in the e0un.
lty 1851 farms owned by their oe.
cupanls and G27 rented. 2l5.88s acres
In cultivation g,Gii ia native mead
0W and l23737 IN pasture and waste
Cotton was the big crop In Payne
county producing 22g5S bales, valued
40 sS36,452 from G3755 acres. Corn
was a close second, with i.6B0. 5Sa
bushels, valued at s787,a6g. from r.,
OoD acies The county only had T0g
acres In wheat producing 1883 bushel
valued al s5.5C2i O.3i3 acres 0i outs
producing l2O747 bushels, valued ii
s5a,GG0; l,77O acres uf alfalfa. pro.
duclng a,A7i tons uf hay. valued nj
g24,09S; and 26i "a acres of potatoes.
producing 1879 bushels, valued at
si72l5
Live Stock Values
There were 1896 horses. valued az
S5ai 23O. 2.725 males valued ai saai..
s27: S78S mllch cows. valued at sI6g,
1856 s, 73l other cattle. valued at
s77 ,2O2: i7O72 swine, valued at S67.
b2S. The total value OF animals sold
for slaughter last year was S27a. .07G.
poultry. si8.9l6. butter s40.s5g milk
and cream. s7i.39l.
The orchards of the county contain
cd i45.O75 apple trees. producing 80.
53G bushels, S,809 pear trees. produe.
Ing 1871 bushels. 72.9i5 peach trees
producing 23.5S5 bushels: i5.Gas
plum trees, producing 3,S30 bushels
s,a9s cherry trees, producing Tib
bushels The total value Of orchard
products was sA2iG3 and Of small
fruits i,772
on the farms IN the county lb5
we're owned and S7l rented There
were 1924 acres IN cultivation. 2i..
96i native meadow and 1886 pas
tuse md waste.