The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-10-15
'TOn and Half Cutting if Frost
Waits Ten Days Longer" is
the Prediction Of One
Farmer
COTTON COMING OUT
BETTER since RAIN
Corn is Yielding from 10 to 30
Bushels Per Acre Wheat Look
ing Fine and the. Acreage is
Greatly Increased

According TO reports from those who
are conyersant with crop conditions
over Grady county, Dame Nature has
waved her magic wand and presto, the
scene has changed from the one time
blisterod, scorched assortment Of grow
ms crops and dependent farmers. to a
setting replete with green alfalfa
meadows, maturing cotton fields and
acres upon acres Of green wheat fields.
while some Of the latter are yet in the
aowing. Through all is a marked ac-
tivity on the part u the farmers. all
OF whom are wearing a smile that
won't rub of.
Cotton mcn silte that the crop in
Grady county. once thought to be hope-
lessly small. win yield a larger 4sgre-
gate number Of bales than last year,
owing 70 large acreage, and to late
development. The fall rains, followed
by warm. open Weather. have brought
the crop out IN good shape, and the
boils that were thought to be hope.
lcssIy lost because OF the dry weather.
are now maturing and are adding much
20 the total Of the cotton crop. As
the season advances the receipts at
the local gins Increase This morning
the best staple was quoted at IL 3.i on
the streets.
A summary OF all the crops shows
that Grady county is producing more
than WIS expected during the late
sumuYsr months Min men state that
the corn crop is turning on, very sat.
isfactory. considering conditions. >and
the Yields from over the county ara
running from 10 TO 30 bushels per
acre. The receipts az the present
time have fallen or great deal on
account OF the farmers being in the
midst OF a busy cotton season. The
slowing mp IN the corn market, how
ever. is not taken 10 mean that an the
corn. or practically all, is in. but after
the cotton Is taken care Of. the farm.
ers will again turn their attention 10
the market OF their corn The price
quoted ON corn today was 06 cents for
mixed corn and 81 cents FOR white.
For a time during The early fall. II
was believed that the wheat acreage
would fan hun,,seds OF acres short Of
last year. on account OF the thon adj
verse conditions. but following the
abundant September rains. the wheat
growers took on new life. with the re-
suit that the acreage this year viii be
even greater than the season just
closed.
Much Of the wheat Is now up and
locking fine. while countless acres are
yet to be sown and with the best wheat
season in the ground that Grady conn-
ty has had in the past five years. the
wheat growers are holding congratula-
tion meetings whenever as many as
two OF them meet
The alfalfa. once moved down by the
hot winds and drouth. has recovered
as only Grady county alfalfa can. and
the coming crop promises to be the
bumper one of the entire season.
While some of the fields are almost
ready to cut. the majority over the
county will not be ready for a week or
ten days, and it is said that i frost
does not come before ten days, the
last alfalfa crop for 1913 win be the
best Of the year.
As stated by one alfalfa farmer this
morning. 1T looks like ton and
half crop this time and if frost does
not catch It within ten days, it will
make II"
The present crop has come prac-
tically from the root since the fan
rains started in September as only
few fields ever grew any after the last
cutting during the dry weather. It
was thought at that time that many of
the fields had died, but when the rains
came. they sprouted like fields in
springtime.