The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-14

Corn Yield Shows Decided Increase Over
the State--Estimated Yield Of
9l,OOO,OOO Bushels
CROP SUMMARY.


The Oklahoma State Board OF Agriculture finds
from the reports Of $50 crop correspondents covering
All OF the seventyseven CountaE In the state that the
Yield per acre n corn this season is 161 bushels as
compared with yield or 1877 bushels for the 1909 CROP
as shown by the township returns The est
naated acreage grown to this year is 56l79l7 as
comJared win 5,235.3S3 for he 1909 crop
The estimated number OF bushels produced this
reAzon Ia s0639,490. compared vith 70,6I6,250
Dnshes raised last year The estimated yie OF corn
Al impaired with normal crop given In this report s
shown to be In close conformity with the prospective
estimate made last mcnth which Is very gratifying to
the department 1t indicates intelligent and reliable
work upon tie part of the crop correspondents. On
account OF the shortness OF the crop this yssr In the
large producing counties no big county yields
shown by the report The present crop
widely distributed over the state tha In previous
years. sixteen counties this year have 5000
acres each, compared With eleven for the previous
year. Thirtyseven counties this year produced
million bushels and thirteen OF these counties produced
between 100000 and 100000 bushels while last year
only twentythree counties produced much mil
lion bushels donly six Of these produced two mil
lion bushels
Only eleven counties in the state this year pro
ducel less than half million bushels Of corn, while
last year twenty-three counties or than twice
many, did not produce that much corn
Caddo county. which has the largest acreage
o. any county In the state is first with yield OF $780,
925 bushels, which is about half Of normal yield In
the county. Mcintosh county. where big increased
acreage planted this year and average yield OF
so bushels per acre was made is second with 30492O
county Is third with yield OF 29s661O bushels while
Garvin Wagner and Washita counties are next with
over $500 900 bushels each
COTTON BETTER THAN EXPECTED.
Reports from the cotton producing counties recte
That the crop is turning out etter than expected that
ene damage by boil worms In some localities Is not
- great Indicated last month and that the drouth
did not effect the crop as much as anticipated.
Twenty Of the large producing counties report the yield
turning out much better than they had expected and
that the yield will be the best In several years
The correspondents estimate 7G.7 per cent of
uofmal yield compared with 7Io per cent last
month and with 542 per cent OF August % 1909 The
department made special investigation this month to
ascertain the damage to the cotton crop this
BY the boil worm which quite active in a number
Of counties. The reports show the damage done by
these pests to be I13 per cent while the d1mage
ported last month by all insects was IA rer cent The
boil worm operated in fiitytwo counties this season
and the damage In thirty counties from 10 to 3s
per cent. With increased acreage OF 10 per cent
and the prospective yield 20 per cent better than last
year. the 1910 crop bids fair to be material increase
over last years yield OF 5449z4 bales Notwithstanding
The fact that the present Is later than last
year. The u s. Census report shows that 4l99S3 bales
mad been snned October 49, as compared with 3i9,
40 bales on the same date last year.