The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-03-25
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Lana William E. Curtis, stan CORES
pondent, says
we will call Oklahoma the Mir
acle state because OF the wopderfu
things that have occurred in its his
tory and because its growth and de
velopment have been more rapid nal
that of any other community in hu
man history Oklahoma viii be TWEEN
tytwo years old on the end Of April
lor on that day In 1889, the gun was
| lred which was a signal for the rush
cf home hunters who had gathered on
the four borders OF The territory to
Join in a race for the choice of farms
and lots in the towns that had already
been laid out by government engi-
neers Until that date, the land be-
| ing within Indian reservations, no
white settlers were allowed to occupy
| lit and sooncrs' who broke throGgh
the military lines to get ahead OF
the game were removed by force
During that twenty-five years a
population OF more than 100000 has
come into the state, and that total
is increasing at the rate Of 20 per
cent year The census Of 1890
showed 252,G57 people; that OF 1900
showed 790,39l and on June ], 1910
there ~ere 1,65751l Last year
(19lOl the value Of the crops har-
vested was $i2l996,0O0 ana the value
Of The live stock as reported by the
census Is S13S,172,000.
"Oklahoma has more mules than
frE To, ly al
Missouri, and more than the states
OF Illinois, Ohio, New York and
Pennsylvania combined Oklahoma
has more horses than Kentucky 7as
Eorses and cattle combined She has
100000 horses, valued at $65,124,000;
she has $4,000 mules, valued at 500
055,000; she has 355,0O0 mitch COWS,
valued at sil,1S2,000. she has l,637-
600 beef cattle, valued at $31 100000;
she has 100000 swine, valued at
$l0,025,0O0, The farmers wives re-
.ceiycd S2,000,000 last year for their
eggs and poultry, most Of which were
passed over the counters of the
countr ystores in exchange for mer-
chandise The climate and other con
di ions are remarkably favorable tor
poultry culture and the rich pastur
age and abundant forage crops make
Ia an ideal dairy country.
lie soil. the rainfall, the climate
and freedom from the evils that farm
ers in other states have to tieh
make oklahoma the ideal farming
country of the world, all conditions
being more favorable here than any
other place in the universe where
mankind has tried to earn a living
by the sweat of his brow, The homes
that sand upon those beautiful
prairies cost less labor and the pio-
neers who occupy them have suffered
less hardships than those OF any new
land that was ever settled.
Every staple that is known to the
temperate zone can be produced in
Oklahoma, and upon many a farm
may be found growing side by side
All OF the agricultural products that
thrive between the two oceans and
between the great lakes and the gu.t.
Oklahoma can produce not only an
unlimited quantity of corn and wheat
but an unlimited quantity OF cotton,
and the fruits of the south and The
fruits Of the north will grow in the
same orchard
The area OF The state is 44,324tG0
acres, Of which after only twenty
two wears 2l35S,395 acres are fenced,
and more than ten million acres are
now under the plow. Only 2,S75,70i
acres of farm lands were returned 'or
taxation in 1900. the taxable area
having been multiplied four times in
ten years.
Indian corn has the largest acre.
age, produces the largest yield and
brings the farmer the largest income
OF al 1.-The crops that he plants A
total Of 5,617914 acres was planted
to corn last year, which yielded an
average Of sixty bushels to the acre,
and in some cases as high as eighty
bushels. The yield was 90,639, 1876
bushels, early all of the crop was
turned into pork on the farms where
il was grown"