Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-05-03
Good CROPS BY
FRISCO REPORT
BULLETIN SHOWING PROMISING
CONDITIONS COMPILED.
FRUIT IS SLIGHTLY HURT
Increased Acreage Of Cotton In Many
LOcalllics-toru Prospects In
COurapiug.


.ccivcd at the Frisco general offices
'hy Superintendent j A. Frates OF
the First District These reports were
complied before the sharp change In
the weather however. ON the east
orn division the following strawberry
, crop ls expected.
Monet, llO to l50 cars; Marion
yillc 40 to 90; Logan ~ TO 90; Bill
ings 10 TO Is, Republic. 90; chad
wick, 10. This gives total OF from
3l5 TO 355 cars,
The wheat and hay crops are re-
/ ported as good while the oats crop
] vim hc hca"y The apples have been
damaged somewhat In the low lands,
/ The weather on the division hes been
clear. with heavy rains,
on the central division, between
Van Burcn prd chester, the following
rate the number OF cars predicted;
May 6, 3S; May 13, 81; May 20, 90;
/ May a. A; June o, b,
The wheat crop win be about the
same as last year while there win be
an Increase Of g per cent I'm the corn
crop, The hoy crop win be fun, while
La heavy acreage OF cotton Is being
! planted, The melons win be about
an average lleld, while the potato
crop viii bc the same as last year.
only third OF the peach crop VIII
be realized, The apple crop Is fine"
Reports rom the southwestern di-
vision reports that the melon crop VIII
show an increase Of 20 per cent I'm the
acreage. -Four hundred cars are eX-
Ipe,tcd this season The wheat and
corn crops aIe reported as good. The
oat crop viii be fine There win be
an Increase I'M the cotton crop, while
there viii be only enough hay for
homo consumption, The potato crop
|Will Doe good
The Rcd River division reports
wheat ns nlac and the acreage small,
Tho corn crop win be good, and the
cotton acreage viii be increased 100
per cent Hay is doing exceedingly
we'll The oats crop viii show an In
crease Of 20 per cent over last year
ON the western division wheat IS
In excellent condition. corn good with
IA large acreage, and there is a heavy
acreage In cotton, Tire weather has
been good with rain.
Tho following report was received
| Yesterday bl superintendent J. u.
| Hutchinson Of tho Second Frisco dis
| trict.
Northern Division.
Wheat is llttlo bit early yet to
make much of prediction, hut from
indications, it will be an average
yield. The farmers are complaining
some Of the chinch bugs, but no dam
age has been done by these bugs as
yet A good rain would destroy the
Insects,
Corn planting Is progressing wen
and with fI,orAble weather the next
ten days the crop should all he in.
The present warm weather Is very
good for tns crop and with con
/ tlnuauce o. II corn should begin to
come through the ground.
Oats are doing well and though It Is
a little earl, as yet TO make an esti-
mate Of the crop, everything now
points to rood yield.
Hay is 1850 being greatly bene-
fitted by tn present weather, and Is
growing nicely, Indications are for
a large crop Of hay this year.
Fruit is dcing nicely However, it
docs not seem to be the opinion that
the fruit yield win be ms heavy as
last ycnr, which was an unusual sea-
son
OLnrk Division.
From present Indications fall wheat
will make 30 per cent of FUN crop,
providing favorable weather pre-
walls The spring wheat acreage viii
be comparatively small
Spring pllwIng is progressing nicely
and quito a considerable planting has
been done, The acreage this Year
win run something like 25 per cent
larger than the crop last year.
Everyone predicts that the cotton
crop this year viii ho the largest ever
sathcrcd In this division. The grow
ers have their ground In good condi-
ton for planting In most eases and
viii soon commence to put the crop
In, There will bo approximately n
20 per cent increase In the acreage
over last year,
Peaches have been very badly dam
aged by haG weather and there viii
probably MT be more than ten Nlrs
Tor movement this year Apples have
also been damaged considerably by
tho cold northeast wind, which has
caused one side of the tree 10 be- bar
ron Of blossoms. on account OF the
increased number Of bearing trees this
year over last year, the crop viii he
practically as large, The strawberry
crop has also been damaged by the
cold weather and Il Is not thought that
there win bo more than two or three
ears to move. There viii, however, he
considerable local shipments
Southern Division.
The cotton which was planted early
has begun to come up and presents a
very good appearance, Tut is In dan