The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-02
Great Fan-Like Wheat Field

'iN"' VH'A ENiu
with Oklahoma city ns a vortex there sprends
out fan-lIke, over northwest oklahoma vast fer.
tile plain devoted generally, and for this year al.
most entirely TO wheat II is the home NJ cN.
tenSIye rather than intensive farming. The charac-
ter Of the soil and the lay " the land lend them
selves to the production Of wheat In the most pro-
gressive manner Except for the breaks along
streams It is practically level country. The soil
approaches sandy loan, deep and fertile. No bet
ter soil for making the most of short rainfall has
ever been found Fortunate folks the farmers
OF this section. On most Of this land they are going
10 grow wheat until compelled to grow something
else and why shouldn't they? Big barns aud fine
farm homes IL the answer to this question. This
kind of country continues practically unbrukrn with
ninety percent In wheat on through Alfalfa county
and into Kansas at KiOwa, where We got On the
Santa Fe and headed back southwest for Woodward,
by the way OF Alya and Award IN Woods county.
Approaching the breaks Of the Cmmarron wheat
gives way Ia pasture. kafir crops and broom corn,
the proven dependable combination for safe farm
ing In that section. Around Woodward the country
opens up for more general farming and wheat comes
In for Its share Of the acreage Summertng has
proven profitable on the dryer years. They claim
an annual average rainfall ~ only % inches While
this Is three or four inches below the average ~
counties farther south on the same line, II CORE
ComanChe counties Immediately north IN Kansas
Judging from an occasional tale of which we
have heard coming from this section during the last
few years, we expected 10 find somewhat the same
frnmebullding town we saw there eleven years
ago Imagine surprise when we marched into
town Of modern brick buildings. While Wood
ward has disposed Of her frontier improvements
she has kept alive that Oldtme western hospitality
which made every hoostcr feel that they were hon.
estly glad TO have him with them
Good Business Prospects Never Better"
From Woodward we backtrucked TO Award. thence
along the Frisco to Enid, with business good and
prospects never better" as the appearance and ns.
surauce from what We saw aud heard along the
route and at the various stops IL was wheat
wheat everywhere Along the Rock Island az we
approached Klngfsher some row crops aud greatly
reduced acreage NJ cotton began to appear In the
reports received kngfisher county Is making good
use of county agent In an effort to use livestock
~-and find the adapted crops aud cultural methods
for future agricultural safety Across to Guthrie
We found thirty percent cut In cotton and the
finest prospects for fruit In years From GuthrI,
10 saltwater, could tell some interesting fact
about each stop Al saltwater we made a fylng
trip out by the college buildings aud over the fnrm
where everything was IN fine shape From still
water to PaWnee, at Glencoe n banker took us fol
a ten.mnute dash out into the country to see M
extra fine field Of young alfalfa on upland IA,
thought It was lime IN the soil but II proved to b,
nm Ideal combination Of manure aud moisture IN,
land having been manured heavily before seeding
II was sandy loan soil with a porous subsoll
Thousands OF acres OF such soil In Oklahoma ma,
be made to produce profitable alfalfa A long stort
could be written about the pleasant and interestin
overnight stop at pawnee From pawnee To Shaw
nee we passed through the Cushing oil field Acre
of oil tanks and other equipments and the actIyitir
connected with the boring for storing and trans
porting Of oil was q wonderful sight for farmer
The More Intensive Methods
Along the Santa Fe In Lincoln county fnrmin
presents different problem from what Il does 4
the northwest part Of the state Intensive rathe
than extensive methods will pay best Both IN
low lands and the rolling uplands will have TO hay
special care to maintain maximum production Bu
9 farm conditions were encouraging and at one stn
the farm talk developed the fact that biz percer
Of the folks were beginning to milk cows aud som
purebred bulls had been shipped ln II does seel
that bermuda grass might be made 10 do some rci
service In this section An Interesting ohseryatlo
was the fact that alfalfa at shawnee seemed n
farther advanced In growth than II was AT Fairvle
IN Major county. In the rounds Of this trp toucl
ing or crossing - counties crop conditions for n
time Of year were never more uniformly po
Rumors " Hessan fly IN Garfield county and n
presence Of few Chnch bugs around Pawnee wei
wa nd