The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-11-13
OKLAHOMA Y"
FARMS SHOW
INCREASE
Average in 'siS sAsssa d
Per Cent Gain Over That Of
Preceding Year

According to statistics Mnicn VIII
soon be issued in book form from
the office OF the state department OF
agriculture, the total number OF farms
Oklahoma had under cultivation at
the end OF the year 1910 was lS2,074-
The number of acres Of land in cul-
tivation was 1854 l03 which is an
increase of 10 per cent over the pre-
vious year The number OF acres
fenced off into pastures was 2l,353,3s5
an increase OF Is per cent over that
Of the previous year.
Owing to the difficulties encoun-
tered in securing a complete report
from some OF the counties. the actuai
iiguses on cotton, production are
thought to be much larger than the
number OF bales reported, it being ess
timated that Oklahoma last year rails
ed approximately a million bales OF
this staple.
Next to cotton corn represents the
greatest value OF the other Oklahoma
farm products. The total acreage de-
voted to the production of corn was
4,0S5,154, resulting in yield of 4S,-
24S,356 bushels, valued at S2l ,3TS,323
representing a 80 per cent increase
over the value OF the previous years
crop. This is a product that is grown
generally over the state, and some Of
the river bottom lands Of Oklahoma
are as productive as the corn lands
Of Iowa and Illinois.
The article ranking third in i'm
portance in Oklahoma-s group o1
farm products is wheat with total
acreage of 15,014,054 acres, 2l, $780,
$50 bushels and total value OF $1T,-
o96. l67 This is an increase of APP
proximately one million dollars, over
the previous year.
The peculiar advantage that Okla
homa enjoys in the production OF
the market from two to four weeks
earlier than the other sections of
the belt. thus being enabled 10 com
mand the cream Of the seasons prices
Also the problem of providing labor
Tor the harvest is simpliiied by the
harvest work here not coming into
conflict with similar work in the
states farther to the north This sea-
son the farmers are reported TO be
planting greater proportion of the
hard grain Turkey Red variety of
winter wheat than formerly
Just at the time the Oklahoma crop
gets to market the big Minneapolis
mills nave consumed their yearly
wheat supply and consequently the
demand is at a maximum. AS these
mills require good grade of hard
wheat and are willing to pay more for
it than for the soft variety. the Okla
homa wheat farmers are readjHsting
their varieties 10 meet the require
ments OF the mills turning out the
better grades OF bread flour
Oats is the commodity representing
the fourth place in the value of Ok
lahoma's annual crop production
The number OF acres devoted TO this
crop is SS5.90S, the number OF bush
els produced was 26.SS6179, and the
total value WAS ST.. .7i9. GS3 This Is an
advance OF % per cent over the mon
ey value Of the crop Of the year pre-
vious. In some sections of the state
the production Of winter oats is get
ting to be an important adjunct to |
the total yield of the season, although |
the spring planting will greatly pre-
dominate in the total production
Corn, wheat and oats which have |
)een called the grain triumyirate OF !
Oklahoma, brought a combined m
'ome of s1iS,l53.I7S to the state last |
'ear.