The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-01
COTTON HOLDS Up WELL


been made since last month and although we received
100 more reports than last months from cotton ooun
ties change in the condition or any apparent dam
age is reported The prospects are the best in
for bumper Yield, and the present condition is Al
per cent above the government ten year average Com
pete returns by the L. s. apartment Of Agri
culture gives 5i4.95l bales of cotton ginned last
son. The planted this season is increase OF
1871 per cent over last year, Statistics taken this
month show that less than one percent of this years
acreage has been or viii be abandoned
BROOM CORN CONDITION GOOD.
The growing condition OF broom corn has improved
during the past Jew weeks, while other crops at
a standstil or were suffering for rain The growing
condition the crop July 25th is reported at S2S
per cent, compared with 1871 last month and 7i.0
per cent July 25 1909 The acreage planted on sod
ground this is reported at 9S.S per cent as
compared with 1910 per cent for 1909, increase OF
1913 per which is accounted for by the big In.
creased of 80 per planted this year over the
1909 crop. According to the 1909 agricultural satis
ties there 2OSS52 OF broom corr raised last
year, showing the remargabe increase over the pre-
yious year OF 600 acres which makes this years
acreage 4 number OF thousand than
estimated in May by this Department
kAFIR CORN AND coWPEA ACREAGE CLIMB.
The Department submitted questions this month
covering the condition and acreage planted to cowpeas
and katr corn as compared with last year Both show
a good increase The acreage planted In Cowpeas is
given at per cent greater than last year, and the
condition of the crop at SS per cent which is above
the average nsdering the weather conditions. The
kafr crop is sS per cent greater than last year
with condition OF S65 per cent, Notwithstanding the
that drouth chlnch bugs hurt the crop badly
in some of the central counties.
The reage sown to cowpeas last year, according
to the assessors returns. 3d., and that planted
to kafir 4S2,l36. The latter is increase OF 81
100 acres the previous year
MILO MAIZE SPREADS OVER STATE.
Milo maize, which is peculiarly western crop and
until recently grown only in western Oklahoma
is grown in forty-fiye counties. The acreage
planted this year is over 100000 acres The 1909 ag.
rieulmral statistics show increase of 5s57s
over the 1898 crop.
ALFALFA STANDS DRY WEATHER WELL.
That alfalfa has withsood the dry weather in
tra and western Oklahoma this year much better than
last is shown BY the fat that the condition reported
July 25 is rs per cent % per better than
the same date year ago. As compared with last
months condition 1t is a decrease OF l0l per cent
Statistics taken this month show that 26 per cent of
the 2iSl7 planted this spring has been abandon
ed According to the assessors returns the alfalfa
acreage last year 224,SSS acres gain OF 5l,636
acres over the previous year. This will make the to
tai alfalfa acreage for this year 242S15, instead OF the
1914 500 estimate made in May
ALFALFA NETS FARMERS NEARLY s5,ooo,Ooo.
Notwithstanding the dry season, the Oklahoma farm.
er has already an average OF l45 tons per acre
a eording the reports received from our crop
respondents who asked to give the average yield
per of alfalfa hay cut up to July 25th On the
above acreage the alfalfa rasers of Oklahoma have al
received si,S06322 for this years crop date
The average price paid the hay is reported at $i00
a ton The correspondents estimates on the tons yet
to be cut will average from one and onehaif
tons per acre, besides good seed crop.
HAY CROP SHORT.
On account OF the dry weather the native meadow
hay crop will be much shorter this year than usual
Reports received give the estimated yield per OF
that to be at so of 'on According to the 1909
statistic only i39724 acres were cut last year and it
is quite likely that not nearly so much will be cut this
year
Reports from the wheat producing counties show
that except in the dry counties from rs to 50 per
l4ots .ie4iAs aas lsea deae ief ~hsal ,haa ,ais
time last year