The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-13

me Only wy ! can answer all Is to do
so through the old homo paper and
10y nc courtesy OF the editor.
Inc very rigorous winter further
north has awakened a grca, deal OF
interest in oar mild climate. and your
farmers seem especially Interested in
TIE new state and the opportunities
afforded to buy good lands. There
fore. as you will see. ! have devoted
myself to tie agricultural interests OF
Oklahoma. wtich are only in their
infancy
Land for many generations has
proven the surast ana best Investment
man max make. This applies with
equal force to wise Investments in
growing cities with future and TO
good farm fands. Never ia tho his
tory OF the world has this principle
becn so fundamental as 1t Is to-day
Always in the past there have been
new lands awaiting exploration. OPEN
Ing M. and settlement; but All this
Is a thing OF the past. ana to-day We
arc confronted with putting into cul-
t!Vation tho vacant lands all about
us and bringing ABOUT larger degree
OF intensliied farming with all lands
that have until now haen only
scratched
Between tho Allegheny Mountains
on the cast and the Rockies on The
west are the great agricultural lands
of the world For two to three gem
orations these lands have been tiled
with thf exception OF the Southwest
which has only been scratched in the
valleys and on the richest ridges The
largest acreage OF really good lands
that may be bought cheap are in
Oklahoma.
Oklahoma has in round numbers
i5,o0o,ooo acres, OF which about one
third are titled. 1t would DC an easy
matter to double tha number of acres
tillable, and By applying the modern
methods of iiilage 10 again double
the amount raised per acre. In other
words. instead of supporting Il little
less than 100000 Inhabitants and
having Il surplus TO SELL We could
easily support 100000 to 100000
of people within this young State.
The surprise that confronts the
farmer that comes to Oklahoma from
Iowa. Illinois. Indiana or Ohio Is the
great variety OF crops that may be
produced in this State. There one
good crop. with possibly Il half a crop
of one or two other cereals, is The
limit Here cotton and corn grow side
by side. apparently wing with each
other as to which is the greater sue
cess. In the worst season in the his
tory OF the State. Oklahoma has just
marketed 100000 bales of cotton, and
the crop is not all sold TITS crop,
Notwithstanding the low price. brought
the Oklahoma farmers $4,000, 600
Then wo grow wheat, IIanr corn
milomaizc, oats. broom corn, potatoes
and all sorts of vegetables and fruit,
not To mention the most profitable
cro2 i'll Amcrica-alfalfa.
Thero are hundreds and thousa nds
of examples in okla1loma where al
falfa last year produced more cash
returns per acre than the first cost
of the land upon which It grew
Twenty miles west of Oklahoma City
in Canadian Valley is a patch of alfalfa
OF nineteen acres that Melted tho
owner $40 per acre for three hay crops
and $3.50 per acre for two seed crops
making a total of $3.50 per acre last
year; 1t was a common thing. In spite
of the drought. for an alfalfa Held to
produce $50, s7A and 500 per acre.
Oklahoma offers the greatest OPP
portunity In tho country to mako
money through her alfalfa fields
There are thousands of opportunities
TO buy lands Just as good as this fo;
$50. $50 and SIS an acre. and after
seeding IT to alfalfa, cut enough from
the first years crop to pay for the
land.
No state in the Union has n better
climate. hod few have one-bJlf as
good. We have enough frost 10 mako
ona feel like husNins. and vet escape
the riCors of such weather as thcy
have had this winter all over the
North. Summers are hot in the mid
die of the day. and this heat contri-
butes to the luXurinnt growth OF all
vegetation The evenings and nights
am delightfully."- cool-in fact. so much
so that we usually sleep under n
blanket. j. r. UfDY.