The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-01-06

! Guthrie, Okla Dec. 1S = Especially.
The opportunity for diversified farm.
ing in Oklahoma has never been better
illustrated than by the publication
this week Of the agricultural sta istics
of the state for the year 1908 by the
state board of agriculture. The
census showed for that year 10, 1872 .0l4
acres OF land in cultivation, cut
up into 1872 sos f'rms, on which were
raised seventeen principal crops, rang
ing from corn, cotton, and wheat down
to alfalfa, potatoes and broom corn,
with total aggregate value for all
crop products of the year ut S79, 600. 600
Add to this $500, 1913 received from
cattle, sheep and hogs fattened and
slaughtered or sold for slaughter, S7l7.-
III for poultry 81 ,42e 1853 for eggs !:
s2.537 1874 for butter; 81 POP ,592 for
milk. cream and cheese and an an.
proximate 81 800 900 for fruits and veg
etables-and there is shown approx
mately $10l ,0O0,O0 received by the
Oklahoma farmer and stock raiser for
food products alone during that year,
and an additional $4,000, 400 for wool,
broom corn, hides. etc.
Land and Farms
Tho census repors tc tai of 44,424,-
J80 acres Of land in Oklahoma. of TO-.
l02,6l4 or 24.5 per cent is under cult
vation. Native meadow has 7Ol 1888
,cres for grazing and prairie hay, and
9,92S, 1893 additional acreage under
farm control is held for pasture or ly-
ing idle, the total amount under farm
control in the state being 1888, 100.
The total numbea of farms in the
.ate is 1872 sos. 1920 of which are
owned by those operating them, anc
59,292 being run by renters, showing
81 Of the operated farms OF Oklahoma
are run by their owners. while in ll9s
the per cent was 4S, Showing" says
the board Of agriculture, "a noticabl,
tendency toward the operation OF
farms by owners, and is evidence that
in Oklahoma, at least. the trend is MOI
. way from the farm
The average size of the Oklahoma
arm is l49.8 acres, of which 7e 8 acre.
% under actual cultivation. The av.
erage acreage of corn per farm is 32S:
lotion. l5.i acres; lO.6 wheat; A.
,cres to all other crops.
Oklahoma Crops for 1908
Corn leads with an acreage of a 2S4
SOL. yield of 70, ,783 ,34e bushels, val
ued $3s ,449.s88. Nine counties had
each more than 100000 acres in corn,
Jaddo county leading in the largesl
acreage with Kay county next. In 80
counties were produced more than a
million bushels of corn each, Caddo
county again leading, with more than
dive million bushels. w
Cotton follows second iti 2,OO4 III
,cres in cultivation, n production oi
,54,84S 500-pound bales, valued, will
the seed, at $23. .889 ,5s3.
The average lint per acre was one
third OF bale.
Wheat--which, growing along with
cotton, illustrates the wonderful abil.
ity of Oklahoma to produce profitably
18th the great northern crops, whea
md corn, and the great southern crop,
cotton-had an acreage of 1,408,859, .
product of l3,47l ,42o bushels, and
value of $lo,83O,O82. This crop wa.
producrd despite the heavy floods sue
ceeded by fierce droughts that swept
the wheat that year.
Oats had an acreage of $50, ,68S; q
production of 7,725,757 bushels and
value 81, 1856, ASP.
Kaffir corn, which lists among the
leaders of the second great Drop di-
vision, those peculiar to various local
lties of the state, was grown on 400Oii
acres, producing grain and forage val
ued at $2,54S,20O. Barley and rye.
1888 acres with valuation of : 2OOOC
which is faI too small as the barley
and rye Is used principally for grazing
Castor and Soy beans valued at 81 900
were produced. Milo maize, another
great western prairie crop, was grown
on l45 096 acres, producing grain anu
forage worth 100000. Cowpeas was
grown on $4,000 acres, producing ha,
and seed worth $203,bC0.
Broom corn, which shares with
alfalfa and Irish potatoes, equal i'm
oortance as great secondary crop
secondary in the state only--first in
the localities in which grown, had an
acreage of 1888 ,608 and value of $2,-
10000. Alfalfa an acreage OF l89, ,7O2
and a value of $2.0i3,9 ,988 Irish pota
tatoes, 23,242 acres and a value OF
S932,888. The total hay crop, cut
\ gathered from 759,1l2 acress, with-s
value of $5,37l $40, and production OF
.249 400 tons,
II Onions, cAntalouDes. stra xharr;as