Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-04-04

RAISING STANDARD

The order promulgated by the fcd-
places q tier of several counties in
Northeastern Oklahoma above the
quarantine line, will mark the begin
ming of pure-bred cattle raising on an
extensive scale in the territory af-
fected, according to agricultural dem
onstrators who have long been work
ing for q removal of quarantine re-
strictions in this end of the state. This
order takes in a belt of country in
sort Of half-moOn shape starting
with Mayes county on the east, and
passing just south of this city in Tulra
county, cuts through part of Creek
and Lincoln counties, then ranges
northwest to the Kansas line.
Included in this area are Usage,
Wagner and Washington counties
where are ranged more cattle at times
than in all of the balance of the state
put together In days past as many
as 100000 head Of cattle have been
Wintered on the Usage ranges. Al
though the advance of civilization is
resulting i'm the cutting up of the great
Usage pastures into small, improved
farms, so ideal is this county for cat
tie that the thoroughbred industry will
thrive wonderfully. Washington,
Mayes, Tulsa and PaWnee counties
will, in the course of few years, be
given over largely TO the production
Of thoroughbred cattle.
Already the nucleus of number Of
pure-bred herds which are to be fos-
tered in Tulsa county are on the way
here. Howard Phillips of Fisher, in
the west end of the county has pur-
chased so Herefords. s. y. Orcutt of
southeast of this city is adding to a
herd of Pole Durhams. w w. StOolSes
of east of the city viii enlarge a small
herd of ShOrthorns. Charles Page OF
Sand Springs has purchased so Here
fOrds. John Done of near Mounds in
the extreme south end Of the county
is going in for the Pole Angus stock
and has purchased 40 head. George
Gilman, a newcomer from Gallipolis,
ohio, is going to open up a stock
farm near the city with Holstein cat
tie as his specially.
No part Of the world is better
adapted TO the cattle industry than
this belt Of counties just freed of
quarantine restrictions. Cattle can
range all winter with but wind breaks
TO protect them against wintry blasts,
which, by the way, never blow for any
great length Of time. This section of
the state is also fast adapting itself
to wheat and alfalfa, the wheat af-
fording pasture in the winter and the
alfalfa providing supplementary
rough feed This is also the recos-
nized corn belt of Oklahoma, the crop
averaging in Tulsa, Wagner and
Mayes counties being approximately
twenty-five bushels per acre last year
with bottom lands going as high as
sixty bushels per acre.
A great asset TO the cattle industry
is the movement for damming draws
for stock water which is being urged
by agricultural demonstrators. A state
law eXempts three times the area Of
land from taxation affected by dam
ming draws and this fact alone is suf-
ficient to make the proposition ap-
pealing to the average land owner, as
taxes in Oklahoma are exceptionally
high.
BY damming draws hundreds Of
farms will be assured of ample stock
water during the severest periods OF
drouth.
With the prospect Of Tulsa becom-
ing a stock center, local capitalists are
planning TO erect q large Independent
packing plant here. 1t is reported
also that one Of the great packing
companies will install a plant I'm this
city. From the standpoint Of railroad
facilities Tulsa is ideally situated for
becoming a stock market.