The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1916-06-24
Wheat Turns Out Better Than Expected
Decrease in Quantity But Quality is
High Grade; Not Yet Hurt
by Rain
OUTLOOK FOR 100000
ACRES OF CORN BRIGHT
Condition in Northern and Western POr-
lions Of County Never Better; Second
Cutting Alfalfa About Saved;
Cotton is Thriving

Reports from different sections of
Grady county show crop conditions to
present date for the season of 1916 as
being well UP to the average
The lLeat crop viii fall below that
OF 1915 both in point of acreage seed
ed and in average per acre yield.
= The report Of 1915 showed total Of
10000 acres of wheat in Grady coun-
w. This year the acreage shows a de-
crease of fully 15 per cent. There was
scarcely as many acres seeded last
fall as was seeded during the fall Of
1914, and the hard winter injured a
part of the acreage to such an extent
that in portions Of the county it was
plowed up and the ground planted to
corn this spring Up to within cou-
pic Of weeks Of harvest the wheat con
ditions did not seem to be nearly as
good as was really proved to be the
case. Rains coming just before wheat
ripened caused material increase in
the expected yield and helped to make
the grain Of better quality Last
year the average yield per acre for
Grady county was 10 bushels; this
years yield per acre will show a de
crease, it is believed. In the central
a,d western sections OF the county it
is estimated that the yield will run
well over the ls bushel mark, but on.
the high lands it will fall far below
that mark.
information given out at the offices
Of grain dealers says the grain this
year is of a high grade and full weight.
II is also stated that up to the pres
ent little If any damage is thought to
have been done the wheat crop by the
rains, but with the crop now in the
shock, continued rains will injure the
grain materially. Owing to the great
shortage in the wheat crop in Texas,
the domestic demand is causing a
price Of fully five cents per bushel
more than the prices set on export
wheat.
Last year there was q total Of l5o,-
600 acres grown Of corn in Grady
county and It is about the same the
present season, it is believed. Re-
ports received from different sections
state that the corn crop was never
better in the north and western por-
tions of the county but that in the
northeastern sections Of the county
ii is not up TO the standard From
Chickasha north, however and from
Tuttle west the crop is said to be in
the best Of condition, many acres Of
it already in tassel
The oats crop will be materially
shorter than it was last year The
green bug has not damaged the Grady
county oats crop, but the shortage is
due more to the small acreage seeded
than to anything else However, the
crop generally falls below last years
standard
The alfalfa crop will show a big
gain over that of last year. Last year
there was in Grady county a total es-
innate of 10000 acres Of alfalfa, while
it is said that there is fully 10000 Of
that crop shown in the cordty this
year. The first cutting of the 1916
crop Of alfalfa was made under most
favorable circumstances, the weather
conditions being of the best While
the weather has not been so favorable
to the second cutting. now about com
pleted. yet on the whole this cutting
is being saved and marketed in fine
shape while the shipping demand
seems to be greater than can be sup
piled.
The cotton crop probably shows the
heaviest increase over that of 1915 Of
any other crop. In 1915 there was ap-
proximately 5000 acres seeded to cot
ton in the state. according to the ag-
ricultural crop reports, while this year
shows a gain Of from rs to so per cent
in number of acres planted. Reports
from Rush Springs and other sections
Of Grady county where cotton is the