The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-08
CORN RANKS FIRST
AS OKLAHOMA CROP
Report Soon to Be Issued BY Board of
Agriculture to Make Public In
teresting Statistics.

Oklahoma City, Nov. S.-According
to report soon to be issued from the
state agricultural department, reveal
ing statistics of last years farming
operations, Oklahoma has 1S2,G74
farms, possessing a total cultivated
area of 1O,954(4O3 acres and fenced
in pasturage of 1881 ,619 acres. Corn
ranks first in the number Of acres de-
voted to its culture, there being a total
OF 4,098,154 acres, with a total yield
of As. .24S, ,35j bushels and total value
of $21, ,97S,325. Cotton has an acreage
rank of second place and value rank
Of first, the former being 2,050,169
acres and the latter being $47,57S,276
on production of 696,774 bales. A full
report on cotton could not be secured
The department estimates that approx
imately one million bales were 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 1901, ,454 acres, which pro-
duced 21,965,956 bushels, with total
value of s17S96,167. This is a jump
from valuation of $12,S2O,727 in 1909
and from one of $10,S23,962 in 1908,
an increase of 72 per cent over the
latter and of AZ per cent over the for
mer A corresponding ratio of in
crease was noted for that of 1908,
states wheat production in four years,
Oats show an acreage of 5,90S
acres, production of 26,SS6,179 BUSH
els, and value of $8,74S682. This is
an increase of nearly four million dol
lars 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
1909 acres, a production of 1,63S, 1894
bushels and vaule of 1888, sol of the
grain The figures also reveal a pro-
duction of 25,095 tons of milo maize
forage with total value of $780, 1856
The figures reveal an increase 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 454,14 acres of Oklahoma
farm land last year was devoted to the
productio nof kafir corn, which brought
the farmers $1,942,644 for a production
of 4,5S0,0S6 bushels, in addition to the
grain yield there was yield of zoe, 1897
tons of forage, valued at 1,154,4 ,443.
This is an increase of $84S,355 over
the production of the previous year, or
II per cent.
Sorghum is one of the surest and
liOoC piOuldDiC NIOpS Ill OhiduOiud anu
last year the farmers devoted 154, ,499
acres of their land to it's production,
upon which they secured 1,955,998
tons, with an aggregate valuation of
$1,113,892. This is an increase of 79
per cent over the production for 1909.
The steady increase in the produc-
tion 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
duction amounted to 262,793 tons, with
a total value of $2,S9S,O7O, and seed
amounting to $450,14S The previous
years hay tonnage amounted to 2,102,-
121, with a seed valuation of $162,004
In 1908 the hay tonnage amounted to
1,S63,739 tons and seed valuation of
$1S0,227, making an average yearly in
crease of II per cent.
Slight Decrease.
In 1910 Oklahoma had 341 ,6S9 acres
devoted to the production of broom
corn. The total production was 42,629
tons, with total valuation of $1,7S3,.