The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-01-17


similar movement IN Grady county
The cultivation Of 2000 acres of pea
nuts in Oklahoma county this year
was pledged by farmers and business
men @ho filled the assembly hall Of
the Chamber Of Commerce Saturday,
nd'held the most successful meeting
Of the kind ever attempted here MI
II Cottrell agricultural commissioner
tor the Rock Island. John w Shartel,
vice president Of the Oklahoma Rail
way company, and others, all experts
in the. upbullding Of the agricultural
resources Of The southwest. told Of
ways and means Of increasing the out.
put OF farm products IN Oklahoma
county
Mr. cottrell laid three propositions
before the farmers OF this county
which, II carried ont, win increase
many times the present value Of their
farms and their incomes.
Fl want to cmphaticaily urge the
planting Of 10000 acres Of peanuts in
Oklahoma county this year" he said.
IL is crop easy to raise with your
implements and teams and any man,
with care in the selection OF seed, can
raise go bushels to the acre. The
crop will mature IN 100 days and will
be ready for marketing three weeks
after harvesting a skillfal man can
raise from 10 to 100 bushels per acre,
bringing AZ least GO cents, and the
hap which wil yield nearly a ton to
the acre, sells on the market within
50 cents OF the price Of alfalfa and is
net profit. The main ihiAg / want to
Impress ca you is 10 secure a good
stand The seed must be mature, all
mature nuts show brown markings
in the inside Of the hulls. Do not
plant the nuts which show white
Shells.
Sweet potatoes Is another cror
which win pay biz dividends. There
must be cooperation between The
fa' mers and the Chamber Of Com
r.ice IN the marketing Of This crop
The largest market IS the Rocky
monn.eln region with Denver as ths
gateway On your sandy land which
Is now raising corn or town lot stakes
70 car rise 200 bushels 10 the acre
at tho pfico Of 80 cents per acre Tho
prices "a the Denver retail marke
range from 81 to 81 a bushel and yol
can get your share if you have rep
resentative there. There is passin.
through Oklahoma City from Mary
iand to Denver 1909 cars of sweet po
tetoes. paying twice the rates, an'
the growers on 5000 an acre land ar'
getting ricn
Supplementary irrigation is anoth
er proposition that can be taken Nj
around this city with profit 0rdinar,
crops on irrigated lands viii produce
Sl00 TO 5000 per acre and garden crop
from $500 TO $1,000 per acre Aroun
Greeley Colo. the electric companie
have a special power department Z
supply power for water You have
beg OF underlying water IN this cour
try and with your cheap power go
nave unlimited opportunities to pro
duce high priced crops on cheap Ian
in the center Of 4 fine market dis
uict.
Mr.. Shared impressed on his heal
ers thc possibilities Of supplemental
irrigation In this section He said:
have been far enough in the matte
OF irrigation here to know it is pral
teal. do not advocate large ditto
concerns ] am convinced that larg
ditch company is not profitable, but 0
% to 40 acres the farmers can insuI
getting a production OF three to on
for what he is getting under climat
conditions alone Crops need not
confined to garden truck River DO
tom lands can be smoothed and leye
ed with an expenditure Of $25 to u
acre. WIZ. this sum SO lands ca
be improved and made In producl
value worth 5000 per acre It VI
pay al least 100 Der cent a year (
the cost Of getting water
"There are several methods Of &,
ting water to the land. First is ru
ming wa,Sf and a pump If a gre
number Of farmers took up this pl
there might develop water right d
ficulty, but for a few with that XII
OF supply and apump cheap meth
Of getting water on the land is {
sured, Second. by means Of vel
Investigations show 5 to 80 feet
water-bearng sand under our lan'
enough g provide all needed. 4
requirements Of supplementary irrll
ton are six to twelve inches Of wat
at the proper time
"To irrlgate 20 acres it viii ia
$500 To Sl0a0 fa uuf in n oomni,