The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-02-06

NQEeus OF utneFs could be mentIou- /
ed along the south Canadian and 4
Washita. who have grown corn for
the last fifty years. and faitened
thousands Of cattle with The product
With all this proof, would this indi
cate that corn could not be produced
III any part Of 0klahomag
The soil and the climate as a gen
eral proposition are an right. the
trouble is with the people. who are
too apt 20 secure any type OF soil. pre.
pared in any old manner. aud plant
any sort Of seed then wonder why the
failure.
Few farmers would attempt 10 pro
duce a sixteen hundred pound two
year old beef. with the same amount
OF feed necessary to produce thous.
and pound yearling Yet they will
plan a large late variety Of corn.
which is calculated to produce one
hundred bushels Per acre. on soil
which is not capable OF producing
fifty. They do this. and why do they
DO SO? They fail to understand the
nature Of plant life, and do moi realize
that plants are just as exaeting for
plant food as is animal for animal
food
Trne. this season We have lost our
seed the same was true OF the season
1901. and had we gone upon the
theory that corn could not be produc-
ed in Oklahoma on our first failure.
we would have lost the next ten
crops instead Of one. We might az
well 80 upon the theory, that we
would discontinue the production Of
wheat, oats, kaffir, maize or cotton,
through the loss OF excessive rain fall
such as the season Of 1908.
Fhe great state OF Iowa, which /
had the privilege Of visiting last
year during August where / saw the
pastures as brown as they should be
here in January and the tanks, which
were constructed by throwing dams.
where the clans had thriyed for
years, now lay dead, on the dry parch.
ed, cracked lake bed, with fields OF
corn. looking for all the world as if
| they had been scorched by an Okla
homa zephyr. This was from near
Moline near Muscatlne. Iowo On
the same trip from Davenport to Chi
cago, could not lut note the fine
appearing soil, with moisture con
tent and atmospheric conditions just
right for the production OF corn;
could not but wonder at the time, If
those farmers too, hadn't troubles Of
their own, if we only knew the secret
Just then, noted a field Of oats
staFding in the shock, with heads
green with sprouted grain, and a
threshlng machine begged up by the
roadside. Naturally ! concluded this
was one OF their secret sorrows, ere
ated through conditions, which are
beyond control OF man. Do not un-
! derstand me as telling the misfor-
tunes Of others. to lessen our grief
| But it is to show a severe change in
climatic condition, which did not stop
on the Oklahoma border, and had it
been less severe in Iowa, isn't It rea-
sonable to conclude it would have
been correspondIngly so here? ! do
so, fully believing. which belief IS
backed up by over forty years Of act
ual living on the 9Sth meridian, that
this condition, was more severe than
for many seasons and perhaps we
hope 50" more so than will occur in
many years 10 come ] have some
natural proof, not positive. as ! have
/ seen trees in caddo county. which
would Indicate at least seyenty-fiye
seasons growth, which were killed
by excessive moisture during the sea
son Of 1908 This season have seen
native trees Of equal age, die through
excessive heat and dry conditions.
| This must indicate, the wetesl aud
dryest seasons during the lie OF the
/ trees. Is It reasonable to suppose that
! this dry period viii continue, to the
extent Of justifying the discontinu-
ance Of the production OF corn on onr
best soils?
We must study our varied soils,
and prevailing climatic conditions.
and produce all the different sorts Of
grain or forage. through proper prep
aration, cultivation and seed selec.
tion. and through this produce a seed
adapted 10 home surroundings. This
OF the early corn. if planted on our
best Of soil, would increase the
state average ten bushels per acre
in seed selection alone.
! do not intend by this to convey the
idea that all soils in Oklahoma will
produce corn successfully. even with
an early aorn-ahow mo tho afatn that