Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-07-26
II IS A RUSH At
THE Seed STORES
THE REPLANTING MOVEMENT
LINENS THINGS Up \ BIT.
THE TURNIP As A LEADER
The Feed stores, TOO, Are Doing BUS
incss--Grains Are High and
"ROughncss" Is Out of Sight


The boom is on at the Tulsa seed
houses. The news probe took trip
around the various feed stores and
seed houses IN the cioy yesterday
and the hustle ana hustle evident in
each one looked more Ike an carly
spring rush than midsummer sale.
The farmers teams are lined up in
front of the seed stores from early in
the morning until closing time at
night aud the force Of clerks IS being
rushed to death.
The cause Of It all is the recent
rains which so elfectually broke the
long drought that has held Oklahoma
In it's grasp all summer and made the
crops almost a total failure, Since the
rain there has been replantng
movement started that almost equals
the planting done in early spring.
Cane, millot, kaffir corn and early
seed corn, together with all kinds Of
vegetables, are the principal crops be-
ing replanted.
The lack Of seed, however, Is PROV
ing "A serious dctriment TO the farm
crs Owing 10 the serious drought all
over the country which has occasioned
much replanting the seed supply
naturally low at this time Of the year.
has been almost depleted by the con-
stant demands and consequently the
price on all kinds OF seed has gone
a-soarng.
A local seed man yesterday said
that he often would receive a letter
from a wholesale seed concern in
Kansas City or some other metropo-
| lis stating that the wholesaler had a
certain amount Of seed quoted at a
certain price, and that before a tele-
gram could reach the wholesaler or
dering seed, the entire supply would
be gone.
1T IL, indeed a serious condition"
said he, land we are fortunate to be
able to secure any seed. orders for
seeds Of all kinds are piling up on us
| faster than we can fill them, and If
there Is a farmer in the county who
| has not been in town the past week
after seed, | don't know Of him"
Among the vegetables continued
/
ed most, the turnip probably leads.
| We are selling more turnip seed than
anything else. This is due to the fall
ure of almost every other vegetable
and to the fact that the turnip Is very
hardy and win keep well. There is
also a big demand for seed rye for
fall and winter planting. Rye prom
isos 10 be a big crop in Tulsa County
next year Some early seed corn is
being sown, and If we have a late
open season there will be n fairly
good crop of this grain realized. How
ever, many Of the farmers are de-
! pending on this for winter forage,
Kaffir corn millct and cane are being
sown to great extent. Since the big
rains there Is some prospect held out
for hay, and the pastures already
show the benefit Of the rains"
stock feed is very high and very
scarce, and there Is every indication
that this condition will continue all
winter Hay is now selling at from
GO TO 20 cents a bale, or between
$17 and SIS a ton. Alfalfa is about
the same, to 81 higher, This is an
unusually high price for these COM
modites chop IL bringing about
$3.50 per hundred pounds and bran
is selling at from $l.45 to $3.50,
Grain, with the possible exception Of
wheat, is soaring and at present is the
highest It has been in years. oats are
selling here at 60 cents, and corn IS
bringing So cents, an exceptionally
high figure. Wheat is selling at 81
u bushel and this is the cheapest of
the grains There Is more nourlsh-
ment in a bushel Of wheat at 81 than
there IS IN two bushels Of corn at So
cents.
"Ths big run on seeds at this time
, of the year must be making you
seed men rich the news probe told
tho feed man.
NO It Is not replied the farm
ers friend" "The situation is this:
The unusually high price we have to
nay for the seed in the wholesale mar
ket makes It impossible for us to
charge the farmers as big a per cent
Of profit as we could do under normal
conditions, and | can show you my
books to back up that statement"
Just then the seed man was called
to the front Of the store to wait on
the rush Of trade that was continually
swarming IN the front doors Of the
shop.