The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-04-28

southern pUTllOu Oh lue state, is Ia
vored more by nature than any other
, section of the state, all over which
with so lavish a hand. In this coun-
ty alone there will be found almost
every kind of minerals known to geol-
ogy and every crop that the science
of agriculture can produce grows
here in the most lavish abundance.
Indian Corn.
The states where fortunes have
been made in the raising of this the
greatest of all feed crops, have never
been able, with all the application of
the latest methods of scientific farm
ing and constant fertilization to pro-
duce with this state. Following, in
many instances, the crudest of me-
thods and deptnding upon the natu-
raj fertility of the soil alone the rep
utation of southern Oklahoma as
corn producing country has been es-
tabished and it now ranks second to
none, in this particular crop. The
average crop, under favorable circum-
stances, without fertilization or irri-
cation, runs from fifty to sixty-fve
bushels per acre.
The Banner Cotton Lands.
And there is no need to say that
we have the finest cotton lands to be
found anywhere. Even in the land
where for years out of number cotton
has been king and where this great
crop has received more attention.
both in the preparation of the soil
and for the reception of the seed and
in the subsequent care and cultivation
of the crop, than has any other; the
country that boasts justly of its cot
ton, Carter county stands preem-
emily at the head. The average yield
of this cropi about three quarters
OF bale to the acre, but this is more
frequently an underestimate than an
oHar-estimate. Frequently whole
farms, where a little extra care has
been given to the crop, both in the
selection of the seed and in the man
ner of planting and cultivation, will
average a yield of one bale to the
acre and exceptions have been found
where the crop returns to the hand
that works it as high as one and
one-half bales. The cotton of South
ern Oklahoma is known to cotton
buyers everywhere for the fineness
of its fiber and always commands
the top price.
Oats and Bermuda Grass.
Another crop that has proven mort
gage litter and a house and barn
builder in this part OF the state Is
the great horse feed-oats When |
the oat crop fails in other states and
the entire country has to have this !
grain, both for seed and feed, the |
people can always come to Southern
Oklahoma and have their wants sup
piled. Sowns early in the season,
frequently in the last weeks in Jan
uary, the crop is safely started and |
past harms way before the northern |
farmer has his ground boken for |
seeding. The yield of this grain runs |
from forty-five to sixty bushels to |
the acre and the pureness of the |
Ill al,
commanding the highest prices. The |
straw from this crop will make over |
one and a half tons to the acre, after |
the grain is threshed out, and when |
baled sells for almost as much as /
prairie hay upon the northern mark ,
cts. The few number of threshing |
machines in this section greatly !
hampers the raising and marketing /
of this most prolific producing crop |
in the way to get the biggest money .
returns. Bermuda grass is another .
forage crop that is commencing to .
receive the much attention that it de-
serves, and with little care and at
tention WILL in very short time
prove one of the most important
crops in this section of big Yields
of everything planted and sown.
Wheat and Rye.
Here are two more crops that.
with the trend of immigration that is
coming this way are proving most
important here, as they already are
in other states. Car5cr county lies
in the great wheat oe!t o. the Red
river and can and does grow in great
quantities. all things considered, the
grain that has built more fine houses I
en- the American farms than any 9th !,
er. Twenty bushels to the acre is an
average yield of this crop IN tbresn-