Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-16
COUNTY AN excellent
AGRICULTURAL field
TULSA DISTRICT FAST TAKING
UP THE PURSUIT OF Al
TENTIoN TO CROPS.

Tulsa county is primarily an oil and
gas producing territory. But Of late
years, and OF late months, the agri-
cultural and stock raising business has
advanced rapidly until now this county
promises to be one of the best farm
ing districts In the state. All over
the state the farmers are making
rapid progress and, according TO a
report soon to be issued from the
state agricultural department, reveal
ing statistics, Oklahoma has 1904
farms possessing n total cultivated
area of l0,954, ,403 acres and fenced
in pasturage OF l9,951,619 acres. Corn
ranks first in the number OF acres de-
voted TO its culture, there being to-
tai Of 4,098,15 54 acres with a total
yield of 4S,24S,3 356 bushels and a total
value of S21,37S,325. Cotton has an
acreage rank of second place and a
value rank of first the former being
1850, 1863 acres and the latter being
A7,57S,27G on production of &c.
ia. A fun report on cotton could not
be secured. The department estimates
that approximately one million bales
We're grown in Oklahoma In 1910. This
commodity shows an increase Of "a
per cent over the preceding year.
Next to corn and cotton comes
wheat with total area devoted to its
culture of 1,501,454 acres, which pro-
duced 21,965,356 bushels, with a total
value of $17,S96,167. This is a jump
from a valuation Of $12,32O,727 in
1909 and from one of $10,S23, ,962 in
1908, an increase OF ~ per cent over
the latter and of AZ per cent over the
former. A corresponding ratio of in
crease was noted for that of 1908,
which would mean a doubling Of the
states wheat production in four
years.
Oats show an acreage of SS5,90S
acres production of 26,SS6,l79 bush
els, and a value Of $S,74S,6S2. This is
an increase of nearly four million
dollars over the year previous and five
and one-half million dollars over 1908
which means that in two years the
state has doubled the production of
this important grain. crop.
Milo Maize.
In milo maize is noted an area OF
1T, ,099 acres, a production of 1888
S94 bushels and value of SS33,501 OF
the grain. The figures also reveal
production of 25,095 tons of milo
maize forage with a total value of
s136,356. The figures reveal an in
crease over the production OF the
previous year of $432,9S6, or more
than 100 per cent, the production for
1910 being more than double that of
1909.
A total of 454,146 acres Of Okla
homa farm land was devoted to the
production of kaffir corn, which
brought the farmers $1.942,644 for
production of 4,53O,OS6 bushels in
addition to the grain yield there was
a yield of 200,SS7 tons of forage, val
ued at OF, 1,154,443. This is an increase
of SS4S,355 over the production of
the previous year, or II per cent.
Sorghum is one of the surest and
most profitable crops in Oklahoma
and last year the farmers devoted
154, 400 acres of their land to It's pro-
duction, upon which they secured l.
955,93S tons, With an aggregate val
uation of s1,113,S92. This is an in
crease of 73 per cent over the pro-
duction for 1909.
The steady increase in the produc-
ton of alfalfa that has characterized
Oklahoma for the last three years is
making good Oklahoma's claim to dis
tinction of having more continuous
genuine alfalfa land than any other
state in the country. Last years pro-