The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-06-01
RAINS OF PAST MONTH
MATERIALLY HELPED
Bumper Crop on AL Glasses
Of Farm Products
Predicted
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The Oklahoma state board of agri.
culture finds from the reports OF 344
crop correspondents, covering the
seyenty-six counties In the state, thar
on the 25th OF May. 1910, the growing
condition Of winter wheat for the
state was SS.3 per cent as compared
with SIG per cent for last month and
With 61.5 per cent on May 25, 1909.
The past month has been a very
favorable one on wheat. there being
many ideal days OF growing weather
interspersed with timely and season
able rains throughout every section
OF the state, except In the northern
Parts of Kay and Grant counties
where the light showers were Insult.
ftcient TO check the chlnch bugs from
practically destroying wheat and oats
in several townships near the Kansas
state line where the farmers have
plowed up wheat and oats and are
painting the lapd to corn
The several weeks drouth In the
southwestern portion OF the state was
broken during Che month with heavy
rains and, although much damage
vas done to wheat in that section
during April and the early part OF
May, the present prospects are for an
average crop In this section.
Although only twenty-five OF the
sixty counties reporting show that
any acreage sOwn to winter wheat
ilas been abandoned on account OF In
jury occasioned by freezing weather.
dry weather, hail. late sowing, heavy
pasturing, or destructive winds. the
abandoned area for tho state iaQEe7
ported at 81 per cent az eoTpased
with IL per cent for last month"; and
ia per cent on May %, 1909.
The maximum damage is reported
from Kay county which shows big
decreased acreage this year, as well
as an abandoned area OF % per cent
occasioned by insufficient rains and
material damage by chinch bug pests.
Kay county has been elassed as big
wheat producing county since tn1
opening OF the Strip, but the 1909 agri-
cultural statistics from that county
show a big decrease in the wheat
acreage and that II has larger acre
ege in corn than in wheat.
Noble and Grant counties. where
the conditions are similar TO those
In Kay county are nest with IA and 3
per cent abandoned area, respective
| Is. Klowa. Harmon and Texas eoun-
lies report from 5 to per cent aban-
doned area on account of damage by
| L tgh destructive wind5& We
The present outlook Is for bump
er wheat yield the reports being
unanimous in declaring the prospects
n.uch aboe the average.
The wheat crop is about ready for
harvesting in many counties, and tho
crop correspondents estirnate the
acreage to be harvested at 1881, ,42S
acres, as compared with 1.000.235 har-
vested iu the spring OF 1909. With
this big Increased acreage, and with
every Indication for a much larger
yield per acre the wheat yield this
season win undoubtedly be much
larger than any previous crop raised
Ia the state.
Increased Cotton Acreage
4 Reports from sixty Of the cotton
growing counties show the cotton
acreage to be 1I91 per cent as COM
lrared with that planted in the spring
al 1909, notwithstanding the fact that
we have experienced more difficulty
In getting information on this ques-
ton than In several years. on account
Of the backward season which has de-
layed the planting of the crop.
The cotton acreage for the season
wnl douhtlessly be still greater than
The crop reports indicate, as much OF
the cotton Is TO be repanted on ac-
count OF excessive rains and damage
In, hail In some sections and on ac-
count OF farmers intending TO pant
the abandoned area Of wheat. corn
and oats in cotton, on account OF the
acreage being generally short through
out the country The reports also
snow that in many sections much OF
The crop is yet to be planted ana
ltf2 per cent OF the crop Is being re-
planted.
The reports show the estimated cot
ton acreage planted this season 70 y. 20
2.16s, ,99S acres. as compared Win b-'o
4l5 acres In the spring of 1903.
Cotton Condition Good--crop La~
The growing condition OF cotton y
! reported at s5.2 per cent - sS.A.sa.s
with 72.7 per cent on May 20, lsos:
The reports Indicate that FROST anu
halI have done but slight damage ana
,bat the crop is generally IN gooa
rondlllon. considering the haekHaTa
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