The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-08-10
Yield Of $4,000 Acres is One Of
Largest in Years; Price May
Prove Stimulus to Pork
Production
FARMERS BUSY In
STUBBLE FIELDS
Ground in Fine Shape for Planting;
Forage Crops Thrive; Cotton
Acreage Small But Pros
poets Better

Sixty thousand acres of alfalfa il
Grady county are making one OF the
heaviest crops ever known In this sec
tion. Farmers have already finished
the third cutting, most OF which was
saved. and many are now beginning
on the fourth. Though almost none
Of the first cutting was saved. practi
cally half OF the second was placed in
bales are stacked loose in the field to
be fed later and all OF the third was
harvested undamaged.
Farmer Grady County is rated as
one OF the heaviest alfalfa raisers in
Oklahoma. OF the 100000 acres of
tillable land In the county, 0,000
acres are in alfalfa. according to fig
ures compiled by the Commercial and
Karin bureau. and j. c. Good. presi-
dent OF the associations, says those
thousands OF acres are yielding ton
TO the acre for each cutting this year.
With the third cutting already out
OF the way and a beginning being
made on the next. 100000 tons OF al
falfa has been produced by Grady
county fields. OF course all OF this
has not been saved. Possibly half OF
IL vas lost during the heavy rains
that have made for the section the
heaviest corn crop In seven years. All
OF II baled up would mean six mill
lions OF bales OF the best kind of hay
that grows
A large part of Grady county alfalfa
In previous years has been placed on
the market Immediately The largest
hay crop over the entire country that
has been known In years has dropped
the price this year, Il is said. to the
point where farmers are forced TO
feed II on the farm In order to reap
the highest benefits. The drop in the
price is also expected TO prove ben
eft in another way. for 1t will influ
ence many to raise more hogs. anil
mails that force alfalfa TO be a paying
crop" With the forced development
of the hog industry in Grady county.
the absolute necessity of stamping
out cholera will be recognized by
every man that farms. officials say,
and cooperation from all of them is
necessary" County Agent Cooper de-
clares. before we can get the disease
out OF the country"
Farmers are in stubble fields in
every section this morning. reports
from the rural districts state. The
rain which Is reported to have been
nowhere less than an inch and half
and In many places twice as much.
left stubble in fine shape to pillow, and
scores OF farmers are beginning prep
arations for fall wheat sowing.
Forage crops-cow peas. kafir.
maize, feterita. Sudan grass, cane
are reported to be in perfect condi-
ton. Not the usual acreage of stub
Bile land was planted in late feed be
cause OF the excellent prospects for
corn, but that put in is declared to be
assured of the summer growth re-
quired for this late feed TO make a
crop
"The only thing that does not pre-
sent prospects better than have been
known herefor years" the CONNER
cial and Farm bureau men state, lis
cotton" AS good fortune win have
ii. however cotton prospects were so
poor early in the year that most of
It was plowed up and the land planted
either to late corn or feed crops. ac-
cording to the farm bureau, so that
the acreage that started at about
sixty thousand acres. much less than
the average, has later been reduced to
less than ten thousand. yes" 1t is
in pretty poor condition." Mr.. Cooper
said this morning. 'It is late. but the
hot weather we had in early summer
has worked wonders with the crop and
il is now showing far better prospects
than 1t was a month ago"
Grady county's biggest crop. corn.
is declared to be lin a little better
than perfect condition" There are