Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-12

NO FARMER !, LOO lTID FAR.
Yil,E THAN SLtEN MILES
tltOM : RAILWAY.
TIE ACCURATE STATISTICS
Ad Crops Adapted to Climate no
AcH-S0E'r OF the l'ac,s a. Given
By Mr. f.. +. Tucker.
Tulsa County. Oklahoma.
IoCatiuu-Northeast.

/ ocatiou-Northeas
AltitIde-703 feet al Tulsa.
Rniaiall-3j to 40 inches per an
mum.
Top2graphy-River valley rolling
prairie and some timber.
Sieams--Arkansas river, Bird,
Miugo ana Coal creeks
Soil-Alluvial, sandy loan, clay and
limestone.
Ared-363,S2O acres under farm
control ot5,900 acres; cultivated 81
GO acres less than - per cent,
Value of Farm Product $1,233,-
25O.
Leading Crops Corn cotton wheat,
hay alfalfa, vegetables fruit live
stock and poultry.
lndGstr.cs-Ol, natural gas and coal
production iron steel brick, ice,
glass, milling, refining ana other FAC
tories
Farm Values Improved $25 to SIS
per acre; mimproyed $40 to $50 per
acre.
Concise aui Accura'c.
Fun Of concise and accurate statis-
tics concerning Tulsa and the very
latest chronicle Of the most recent
progress made by the city. a pham-
phlet has Just been issued by T.. T.
Tucker, manager of Information bu-
reau, for distribution in all par.3 Of
The country Every Une OF the dozens
of persons who write the bureau al
most daily from near and distant
points for information about the city,
is sent copy or this pamphlet. The
reputation of IL. r. Tucker as a mu-
niCiIal statistiriau aud compiler of alb
solutoN reliable figures on Tulsa and
Tulsa county is unqhestioned. The
recent data secured ly him tells Tul-
sa's story Of advancement as good
as it could be done On paper.
Some of tile Resources.
Following It's early period when
this stretch OF the Arkansas valley was
occupied 10y large cattle and corn
ranches, coal was discovered In Tulsa
County then vast oil and natural
gas fields with thcir development,
Now It's diversified farming. factory
and wholesale era Is here. Probably
nowhere in oklahoma are all classes
OF land more profitably cultivated
having q cash market throughout the
Year for everything grown, than in
Tulsa county
Forty miles of the wonderfully fer
tile Arkansas river valley. ana tribu-
tary Bird, M.nso and other creeks,
are in this county No farmer is more
than seven miles from railway or
interurhau station, n three-mile haul
being the average. Every neighbor-
hood has good roads, schools.
churches and rural mail, but no sa-
looms Seventy five steel and con
crete wagon bridges each half a mile
long being over the Arkansas river.
All Crops DO Wen.
Al crops common to this climate
do well in this rich soil. Corn long
has been staple; cotton grows in the
same field with It, Alfalfa has aver
aged better than $40 an acre net,
even this year OF scant rainfall. A
Few prominent farmers, to mention
A. +. Antle and c. $. Avery. report
retut, OF nearly SEQ an acre from
their alfalfa fields In ordinary sea-
sons 500 to 500 an acre is unsual.
Wheat. oats, and hay are certain
crops as are sorghum, kaffir and mill
let.
]. II. McBirney, three miles from
Tulsa. threshed 1900 bushels of wheat
from 80 acres and sold It for s1.10 a
bushel. The dairy and poultry indus
tries offer profitable fields. never
befre done.
The same Is true Of all vegetables,
Irish potatoes. melons. onions and
tomatoes, always being dependable.
NJ. b. Shuts. near Tulsa, dug $4,000
bushels Of Irish potatoes from 1i0
acres, this crop netting him sta5 per
acre. J. s. Purley made 5000 an acre
from his mellon field.
As TO the Minerals
Tulsa county has $4,000 acres Of
excellent coal, 500 tons daily being
mined and shipped in season. The
entire county Is a great natural gas
field. The oil production last year
within a bo-mile radius Of Tulsa was
81. 900. 900 barrels worth $4,000, 900.
being one-seventh Of the entire oil |