The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-04-28
SOUTHERN 0KL LAh0MA HOLDS FIRST PLACE IN
PRODUCTION OF CORN, FRUIT and alfalfa

ed and cleaned gran. but where the
sG:i IS prepared in careful man
uer and judgment is used in the selec-
ton Of the soil for sowing, the re-
tirn frequently runs as high as forty
aLt even fifty busl - to the acre
LIZ the raising of vh,at hat of ryn
is ginning to receive 0ste atten-
tiou as the farmer OF ooutherI OKLA.
holdi begins to ret@I out and develop
a n re diversified system q: farming.
Irish and Swe't Pcta.Ies
Probably nowhere N the entire
Country will there o. found anpth er
country so eminently fitted for the
RAISING of these fine and money pro-
ducing tubers. There Is lust enough
sand in our soil 70 bring about the
best results in the cultivation, suc-
cessfully, of these TWO crops. The
famous "spud" fields of Greely, Colo,
even with the expensive systeIn Of ir-
rigation that is there being practiced,
does not equal this part Of this sreat
state in the number of bushels of
Irish potatoes raised to the acre and
We can raise all kinds of the sweet
potatoes, from the old fashioned mig
ger choker" to the pumpkin yam
where other states will not have
more than a look-in. 1t would be
hard to give anything like a correct
estimate of the yield of either of
these crops, per acre, but we fee
safe in saying that from two hundred
and fifty to four hundred bushels
of the Irish potatoes can be grown.
Spanish Peanusa
World famous as one OF the great
est pork producing products OF the
soil, the spanish peanut is also raised
in great abundance here. Lack OF
the proper threshing machinery has
so far deferred the marketing Of this
pea, the raiser of it being content
to feed the crop to the hogs, vine
and ALL But the steady demand for
the properly hulled crop and the
value of the vines as hay, have led
one or two of the largest raisers to
send off and get the proper machinery
for threshing and preparing the crop
for market and in the immediate Vi
cinity of Ardmore there will be
very large acreage planted, this
year to the Spanish peanut.
General Resources.
Much of the foreging has been de-
voted to the agricultural resources of
this portion of the state. We have
no apologies to make for this, as
We deem it one Of the greatest farm
ing countries to be found anywhere,
but it would not be ill-timed to call
attention to some of the other num-
arous advantages to be found here.
Oil and Gas.
II - ldCl StHeTdily Cphtehcu Wy
al, in this section, that the largest
)l wells in the state are to be found
II Carter county The fields owned
md controlled by the Santa Fe rail
'oad company, located at both Oil
City and Wheeler, produce millions OF
gallons annually and the country
around their immediate neighbor-
rood is bringing in more "spouters"
very day. The home of the biggest
'gasser' in the state is also located
in these same fields. Reference is
nade to the now famous Skillern gas
yell which was brought in during
he last month and which has been
mentioned from time to time in the
columns of The ArdmOreite. This
we'll tests over twenty-five million
cubic feet of gas per day OF twenty
four hours and will prove the means
,f solving the fuel problem of this
lection for years to come. Acting un-
Ter instructions OF the board OF city
commissioners, the city engineer is
1t present going over the ground
between here and this well, estima-
NJ the possible cost of laying a pipe |
iae from the "gasser" to the city |
limits. Should we find, upon inves-
igation, that the installation of such
line will not be prohibitive, the !
ity, acting in conjunction with the
'ccples committee and the Ardmore |
Industrial Association will consider
he advisability of voting a bind is
ue and taking over the entire out
nut of this well. In event tina. This
S done, the secretary of the Indus
rial association states that he is
.lready in correspondence with a
lumber of manufacturing enterprises
which assure him that they will come
o the cheap fuel that this town will |