The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-10-07
CR9P REPORTS ARE NOW MUCH BETTER
Cotton Gain Remarkably Strong --Cowpeas and Kaffir
Corn Better. What State Board Of
Agriculture Has Gathered

vesting Of the crop TO progress rapidly than Il
has at any time during the history OF cotton growing
On the State. Picking is now well under way and
cotton in most sections is nearly all open.
The prospective estimate Of the yield Of corn, az
compared with normal crop, is shown to be almost
the same as the condition last month The preliminary
estimate Of production for the other crops mentioned
is also In close conformity with the growing condition
oi these crops, as given In our last report
Farm Work Well Advanced
The reports indicate that farm work Is well ad.
vanced That proportion OF fall powIng completed Is
IN advance Of last year, and the reports show that
nearly all the wheat land Is all ready for seeding
and that much larger per cent OF the crop than Usual
has been at this date The reports also indicate
that there will be substantial increase in the wheat
acreage sown this fall
The report indicates more than an average yield to
all products with the exception OF the corn crop
which, with large increased acreage and the condI.
ton denticay the same as last year, the yield prom
ises TO be much larger than last year With the pre-.
vailing high prices OF all farm products and the best
yield In years. except 70 corn the Oklahoma farmer
is TO be congratulated the result Of his labors this
season.
Conclusion.
careful study Of this report and comparison with
other reports show that the increased yields this
Is not due TO general weather conditions but be-
cause the ftrmers commenced the season with good
seed In the ground and paid attention proper
preparation OF the land and cultivation Of the growing
crops, the weather conditions this have
been about the last year Cotton IA being sold
in the neighborhood OF lS l-2 cents pound for the
lint. and there seems to be good demand for cotton
seed at higher prices Without going even into tenta
tive estimate Of the size of the present crop It Is safe
to say at this time that with Increase acreage OF
10 per cent and with the condition I'll per cent better
than last season. the production should be much greater
than last year According to the u s. Census returns
there 5f4,s54 bales OF cotton gnned In the State
last y%1r.
With increase in acreage OF corn, OF II per
cent and the present price OF the product which is
between o5 and 75 cents the value Of this years crop
bids fair to be much larger than last year, although
the yield per acre win be about the same. With the
largest crop OF Rar corn milo maize and other forage
crops In years, and with big increased acreage OF
alfalfa and native meadow hay cut the corn shortage
wfll not be felt badly this year last Therefore
With The largest wheat and oats crop produced
the State at naterng prices already harvested and
with the present excellent prospects Just discussed
Oklahoma will certainly take her place this year high
up among the producing eommonwealths OF the Middle
West
II will be noticed that the production OF broom
is 2S3 per cent above that on the same date last
year. and that also the merchantable condition OF the
present crop is "a per cent better than the previous
crop This department has persisently urged farmers
TO grow broom a money crop and Is gratifed
to see the acreage this 80 per above thai
OF last year. and that the growers have also adhered
10 our suggestions of taking better properly
cure their brush On account of unayorable weather
conditions In of the large producing counties
duiing the harvesting season. some of the brush is not
as e1od as last season. which, taken together with the
increased acreage in the State has reduced the price
somewhat last year. but indications point toward
estimated that there viii be much less imported broom
corn In the United States this year on account OF the
Oklahoma crop being from 20 to 30 per cent larger
than last year.