The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1910-04-29
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Minco, Okla, April "a, 1910. Chas.
G. Kirkpatrick, Secretary Chamber Of
Commerce, Chickasha, Okla: Dear
sir-I note with pleasure your views
relative to boosting Chickasha. Name
ly develop our agricultural res urces.
Now am frank to admit ths- | am
an agricultural crank, but lot me tcll
YOU, no man can study the pass agri-
cultural history, and so judge the fu,
ture by the past, without becoming
an enthusiast
Our people now have a great com
mercial interest built up at Chicka.
sha, but let me tell you, It is at the
expense Of checking on what we lave
Supposed TO be an unlimited deposit
which is our natural fertile soils
There are no doubt men lii Grady coun-
ty who can 90 to our bankers and Sc
cure 2 letter of authorization to cheek
unlimited tor certain business. but
i. you abuse this by continued check
Ing and re-deposit nothing, we all un-
derstand that il would reach a limit
and % it is with our soil deposit
Grady county is one Of the greatest,
AID las a land area Of 645,121 acres.
with ngs han 4OO,0oo acres under
farm control. and not ove~ 10000
acres ii cultivation With total
acreage devoted to corn in the season
Of 1908. Of 10000 acres. our yield was
greater in bushels than was Cadic
county with 1871 900 acres. Now there
Is a taaon for this aad wan. q show
gou that It Is na Dfsi reasos. from
this natural feet. tnat we hag about
~ miles OF the Wasnita river as the
crow lies ~ reason of the angling
direction through our county This
valley IS in width from two to six
miles wide, making an average Of four,
which would contain 10000 acres;
go with me TO the north part OF the
county and can show to you an equal
amount Of Canadian valley, and level
table lands, such fertility not equaled
in Oklahoma. Add these two, and we
have a total Of 214,000
Now, with all these natural condi-
tions. is 1t any wonder that Grady
county produced these yields2 Has
the Grady county farmer any right to
say we did 1T? Have the business men
OF Chickasha any right to say that it
was through their influence that this
yield was made? No, my friend, it was
the natural conditions, and the fertility
contained in our fertile soils.
But let me tell YOU that there is one
proposition that the business men OF
Chickasha can congratulate themselves
upon. And # is this they supplied to
me a fund with which to buy seed corn
for Grady county farmers, while the
results were not what ! had hoped for,
nor perhaps what the donors expected.
But let me give you an average Illus
tration OF the results OF this co-opera-
ton. Roy B. Hunt. OF Alex. school
boy. succeeded in producing So bush
Of corn per acre. while his father, on
the same farm. produced Is bushels
Now. the Hunt records show 50 bush
els and this a bad season, while 144000
acres in a good season averaged but
2s bushels. Now. this is just double
our average on our 100000 crop o.
1908,
Would 100000 extra bushels Of
corn be worth anything to the people
OF Grady county?
Mr.. Kirkpatrick, this letter is now
too long, but / want to congratulate
you for the judgment shown In tht
building OF a country and city. But le
me predict, great as is. your CONNER
clal interest today, your future il
greater than the dreams Of any rea
estate man in ChiclSasha. Other sec
tions may drill holes, set natural ga
and flowing oils, build cities througl
excitement. and their wells run dry
and bats only inhabit their brick struc
lures, but Chickasha Is CONSTRUCTED
ON an agricultural foundation, tha
win never run dry, under proper man
agement +. F. FERGUSON,
Special Agent.