Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-09
Agricultural Possibilities OF Oklahoma


Oklahoma has now been farmod
longe enough 20 make records Of crop
production through varying seasons
upon which to base an estimate Of its
agricultural possibilities
The great staple crops of the ooun-.
try are corn, cotton, wheat, and oats
Other cr'fs contribute largely to the
total production but these form the
chief sources OF farm revenue
The average yield Of corn for the
past ten years has been 242 bu. per
acre In Oklahoma; In tho United
States, 25,s bu Theaverage yield of
corn in 1910 was 16 bu. per acre in
Oklahoma; in the United States, 274
bu, But IN 1910, the average yield OF
corn in the thirty one counties in Ok
lahoma lying east of the line of forty
inches average annual rainfall was
2I2 bushels per acre, practically the
same as for the entire country. Only
a little more than one-fourth of the
states 1910 corn acreage was within
this region comprising more than two
fifths Of the states area. Real farm
ing may be said to be only beginning
there. And In a year Of unpreccdont-
ed drouth, corn in that portion Of the
state made yields per acre practically
equal 70 the average for the entire
country. In 1910, the total produc.
tion OF corn In Oklahoma was 92,-
S52, 900 bushels, worth S47,1O0,000.
The average yield Of lint cotton per
acre for the past ten years has been
PIG lbs. In oklahoma; In the United
States 1847 lbs. The average yield
OF lint cotton In 1910 was 1876 lbs
per acre in oklahoma; IN the United
States, 1893 lbs. In 1910 the total
production Of cotton in Oklahoma
was 100000 bales worth, including
the seed, s6S,S5O,OO0.
The average yield OF wheat for the
past ten years has been 1878 bu. per
acre in oklahoma; I'm the United
states, f4.3 bu. The average yield of
wheat in 1910 was 16 bu. per acre In
oklahoma; in the United States, 1913
bu In 1910, the total production of
wheat In Oklahoma was 25, 800, 900
bushels worth $22, 900.
The average yield of oats for the
past ten years has been 29.4 bu. per
acre in Oklahoma; in the United
States 29.5 bu. The average yield
OF oats in 1910 was 81 bu per acre
in Oklahoma; IN the United States 81
bu. In 1910, the total production Of
oats in oklahoma was 23,O6S,OOO bu.
worth $s,535,OOO.
The aggregate value Of the corn,
cotton, wheat and oats produced IN
oklahoma in 1910 was $14G,551, 900,
an average OF $2,0S0 for each square
mile OF the states entire area.
The aggregate value of the corn,
wheat and oats produced in Kansas
In 1910 was $143,146.000, an average
Of $1743 for each square mile of the
states entire area. (Kansas produces
no cotton.)
Comparisons are made with Kan
sas and Missouri, not alone because
the great agricultural wealth OF these
states is everywhere recognized, but
because the variation in the average
from east to west In Okla
homa covers a range equal to the var
iations in both Missouri and Kansas.
part OF Missouri and ten counties in
Kansas have an average annual rain
fall Of more than forty inches. Prae-
tically two o-fifths Of Oklahoma's area
Is within that humid region. Less
than half Of Kansas and fully four
flfths Of oklahoma have an average
annual rainfall Of more than thirty
inches. And whatever may be done
In the future. at present compara-
lively little corn Is produced in reg