Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-02-10
NOW IS THE TIME
TO PLON GROUND
SOIL BItEAKING FINE, SAYS DE
MONNTRATlON AGENE
EARTH A-PLENTY DAMP
Nonc Too EarlN to Sow Oats-DrOuh
No Sctbuok-Ralns May Dclay
Later on,

Later on,
That the dry weather Is iu mo- wise
iotardiug the farmer who has made
efforts TO uo plowiug since tho first
OF the year Was the statement made
10y j. T.. ll1rtcr demonstration farm
ng agent f-r the government for
Tulsa COUNTY yesterday
1T does seem little surprising
said Mr.. Hartor I'm speaking OF the
condition Of the soil" but / have
found by p'owiug that II breaks up
loose and moist In most places How
the soil can De moist after such a long
dry spell IS more than / know
Through belief the drought has
retarded sprinl breaking considerably
rot wlthstard.ug that the ground In
.ull places where It has not been
trampod by stock is plowing m fine
shape Many farmers have consider
ed It useless to go out into the field
Win the ploJ and am confident that
there arc hundreds Of acres Of Tulsa
County soil mturned today because
,armors have thought that the ground
was too dry ana hard to stick q plow
into.
This is the right time to get out
into the fields and got busy with tho
p'oWs ana Do prepared Tor the earliest
planting and sowing. 1t is ideal plow-
Ing weather and tho farmer Who g.
Lcgloctiug a. stir his soil q, this
Time may probably be rushed q lit
Tie later one when he wishes 10 sow
oats. Ilow points wear dull some
what sOono. no than when there is
much moisture in the soil, but that
,s of little consequence in comparison
90 having the ground ready when It
comes time TO do the planting
According 10 MIR. Hurter, the wise
farmer of 'IulSL County who is con-
tomplatng sowing oats, viii do so just
MS soon as he gets his ground in shape.
II is none too early says the demon-
"trauon agent at this time TO sow
This cereal and that much work will
no off the farmers hands so that he
viii have more time 10 devote to his
other sowing, Another advantage
cted Us that should there come a
rainy Siege Ct several weeks duration
uter In the month or early in next
month, the sowing Of oats might be
delayed untE too late for this climate
II is not unlikely that the majority
.Ct Tulsa County farmers viii plant
corn this year just as soon as good
Judgment ass 20 frosts asserts itself. It
Is believed that every farmer I'm the
county pro3itcd much by last years
experience, when the man who had
the early fields reaped sa a bountful
harvest Of corn, while he who plant
I'd later saw his corn crop curtailed
by the hot winds which blew during
july ana August.
Mr., llaror maintains that there
should be far less concern over the
length OF time in which it has not
rainad than seems to be manifested
by many Wells throughout the
country ore holding out in Nood shape,
and ass far as farming is concerned
he Is very optimistic.
The best farmers Of the county
,Iaim that an that IS necessary now is
to complete the preparations for
planting so thatl when the time comes
there viii bee MO delay ana good re-
suits win be much more possible.
Much of this preparation, they say,
should have been done some time ago.
All the land that is TO be put i'm corn
or cotton snould have been ploWed
prior TO December /, deep on the prai-
.r.e aud bottom lands for corn. but