The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-09-05
Exhibits to Be Made of Different Grades of
Wheat--Cotton Shows Slight Decrease
--Land ValueS---W ork of State
Board of Agriculture

counties reporting the condition OF broom
August 25th. s71 per cent compared with SIS
per cent last month and with 49i per cent in August
IS. 909
The returns show that 1913 per cent of the crop has
been harvested and that the average yield per is
1l2 per cent compared with that harvested in 1909
According to the assessors returns there 2t5S6
baos raised In the state last year With the increased
acreage Of 80 per cent and II cent increase in
yield his seasons crop should exceed 10000 bales.
reports .eceiyed from Texas, Beaver and other pro-
ducing counties Indicate that the crop is the best In
years and that they have a larger crop than they
successfully harvest
cowpeas, Kaffir Corn and Milo Maize.
The summer crops Of cowpeas. kafiir and milo
maize have withstood the dry, hot sumner unusually
well and the conditions about 20 pei cent ahead Of
last year The condition OF cowpeas August 25th
Is SIS per compared with $40 per cent year
showing the condition this to be 275 above
that OF Fast year The growing condition of kafr
on August 25th was S5.5 per cent as compared with
SG5 last month and with 55'7 August 25th, 1909
The growing condition of milo maize August 25th
was S55 compared with SAG last month and with
654 last year.
E Alfalfa Makes Zig Improvement
The condition Of alfalfa and other hay crops
greatly revived during the month account of she
splendid rains The condition of alfalfa August 25th
Is given at S35 per cent as compared with 700 per cent
last month and with J45 per cent year ago The
webb worm has damaged the hay and seed crops in
Logan, Noble Garfield, Kingisher, Lincoln and Greer
counties which down the average condition of the
crop considerably.
Farm Work Well Advanced
The reports show the condition of all farm work to
sbe well advanced for this season OF the year Fall
3plowing is well under way. On account of the sum.
mes drouth not being broken until recently the
&show that only i31 per cent OF wheat plowing has
4 been completed on August 25
The general weather conditions prevailing through.
1put the month"; ending August 25th, have been rather
textreme in their variations, but in the main have been
Favorable all growing crops, except the 2st,
2nd. 2ard and 2lth Of August. when extremely high
II temperatures, accompanied by hot winds damaged
Il rons considerably.
The average maxl.ipm temperature for the month
as lQ degrees above that Of the previous month hut
as i6 degrees below the maximum temperature dur
= W he same period last year The average minimum
empcrature for the past month 2S degrees higher
han that Of the previous month
The rainfall Was 1925 inches compared with lSl
\ nches during the previous 81 days
4 The mean temperature for the month $50 de.
rees or IL degrees above the normal for the state for
,ugust while the rainfall Is shown to be As inches
j bove normal for August
The following table shows the average maximum,
minimum and mean temperatures for each Of the eleven
ations reported by the United States Weather bureau
It's cotton region bulletin together with the rainfall
~ these stations compiled In his office for The
period ending with the 25th OF August