The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-09
suMMaRY oF cRoP CONDITIONS.

The NOxIahofna state Hosrd of Agriculture finds
from ths reports OF lts 40 township correspondents
covering s og the seventysix counties In the state.
that on the z5th OF July, 1910 the growing condition
af corn wns ss1 per cent compared with S5A last
mpnth and With 6s3 per cent on July 25th, 1907,
showing decrease compared with last month az
III Dsr cent ~ against the decrease 256 per cent
during the ssfne period last year. Last month, like
iuy last year. has been hard month on the corn
crop except In the eastern and southern parts OF the
state where there was almost twice the average rain
fail during the month. lnsuring the biggest Yields IN
years In thrtyone counties Hot winds chinch bugs
and several weeks drouth has msteriall ydamaged
ths crop In the central and western counties, with the
sxcspton or the western portion Of the Panhandle
section and localities on the extreme western
boundary line OF the state The rainfall in the western
and central portions has been largely local and IN
a0me BIZ the counties whete Is damaged the worst
the crop above the average IN townships. on
scsount W timely local rains Thirysir counties re-
port from 2 to inches oi rain during the month. but
Tho xversge rainfall for the state, for the month end
Inc July 2sth. according to government records, was
0nly ISL Inches which is about inches below normal
Kinsisher County, where the crop has suffered for
lack of rain for sixty days reports the maximum dam
fRe Of II per cent Garfield, Noble Payne and Logan
5lso repcrt 70 per cent damage TilIman Jackson,
faFnee Grant. Dewey and Alfalfa Counties report 50
per nent damage while other counties report from
10 to 50 per Of crop. II is estimated that In
these twenty affected counties there is acreage OF
only 5o0ss0 or less than one-thrd OF the 5,695alo
acres planted this spring
The thirty-nne counties In the eastern and southern
0eC1I0nf the state tDtt report the corn
from 30 to Ito per cent. compared with 70 to SO
DAr 1cst year al this time have 100000 acres OF
his yssrs crop Leading farmers and grainmen on the
exsern side OF the state de aFe that these counties will
double the yields of last year and that these counties
t1one viii rsise much corn as was raised In the
entire state In 1903.
III Corn in the other twenty-five counties which In
cnde several or the big con-producng counties locat
"a IN central and western Oklahoma reported be
from 81 to 80 per OF full crop and without fur
ther damage will likely turn out near the average crop
tor the state which, according the government ten
year kyerage, IL 81 per cent The estimated acreage
of this crop In these twenty-five counties Is
L4e9000 acres.
According TO the assessors returns. T0,22l,s72 bush
~ Of raised In the state last year and with
the Increased Of II cent and the average
condition or the crop idencaly the this time
m ytar. there il no reason why much grester yield
WI not be made this year under normal conditions,
notwithstanding the reports being sent out OF the
tfafe by crop killeds who seek to give the public the
!ttpress1on rat okahoma's corn crop has been com.
4 srittesy iSS.:.sd.
COTTON HOLDS UP WELL.
ksports from sxtyfour out OF the seventysix coun.
es reporting gives the growing condition OF cotton on
sly 25th as S6.l per cent compared with Ssl last
psonth and with 753 year ago. which shows that the
ffop has held up well under the unusually hot and dry
reathcr Noble. Pawnee and Payne counties report
sse lowest percentages ranging from 81 to So per cent
M apparent change in the condition OF the crop has
slefH made since last month and although received
"a reports than last months from cotton
Hes no change in the condition any apparent dam
ass a reported The prospects are the best In years
Tor bumper Yield and the present condition is Al
cent above the government ten year Com.
census returns by the u S. Department OF Agri'
fxi;urs gives 544s54 bales OF cotton ginned last sea
The acreage planted this is increase OF
1871 per cent last year. Statistics taken this
moath SHOW that less than per OF this years
scresss has been OF will bs abandoned
oRoom CORN CONDITION GOOD.
The growing condition OF broom has improved
during the past weeks, while other crops at
standstiii or were suffering for rain The growing
condition Of the crop on July 25th is reported at 1913
per cent, ~ compared with 1871 last month and 74O
per cent on July 25 1903 The acreage planted sod
ground this season is reported Ss.s per cent.
compared With 1870 per cent for 1903. increase OF
1913 par cent which Is accounted for by the big in
creased OF 80 per planted this year the
1903 crop. According TO the 1909 agricultural stats
tics. there 2os352 OF broom raised last
year, showing the remarkable increase the pre-
rious OF 1860 which makes this years
screass u number OF thousand than
estimated In May by this Department
kAfiR conn AND coWPEA ACREAGE CLIMB.
The Department submitted questions this month
coFerns condition and acreage planted to cowpess
and kalr corn as compared with last year Both show
good increasc The acreage planted In Cowpeas Is
siren AZ per cent greater than last year. and the
condition OF the crop at IS per cent which is above
the average. considering the weather conditions The
kafir corr crop 3S per cent greater than last
With conditioF OF s65 cent notwithstanding the
nct that dfopth and chnch bugs hurt the crop badly
In some OF the central counties
The acreage sown to eowpeas last yealb ACCORDING
70 the returns SS,7l2 and that planted
to ktfir 1926 The latter Is increase OF S2
100 scres the previous year.
MILO MAIZE SPREADS OVER STATE.
Milo maize, which ia peculiarly western crop and
until recently grown only in Oklahoma,
Il now krown In fortyfise counties The acreage
planted thk year is 100000 acres. The 1909 az
ritutitai statistics show increase Of 5s.57s
over the 1903 crop
ACFALFA STANDS DRY WEATHER WELL.
That alfalfa has withstood the dry weather In
rn and western Oklahoma this year much better than
last essnown by the fast that the condition reported
on July 35is 10 per cent 10 per cent better than
The same uafe year ago AS compared With last
bouths condition II Is decrease OF l0l per cent
Statistics taken this month show that 26 per cent OF
the 2f17 acres planted this spring has been abandon
81 4ccofdnx TO the assessors returns the alfalfa
ttreass isst year 22f5Ss acres, gain OF 1886
ttfts over the previous year This will make the to
t aalf Acreage for this year 242s15 instead OF the
1889 estirDste made n May.
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