Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-05-13
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FEED THOUSANDS
Tulsa District VIII Have 178,
$50 Acres of Crops in Cul-
tivation This Year.
CANNING BUSINESS GROWS
Army Corps Could be Pro-
visioned With Products of
the One County.
CANNING BUSINESS GROWS

Tulsa county. rich in mineral and
agricultural resources with its 362,-
$50 acres of which 100000 are till
able; its 40-mile stretch of river val
ley; thousands of acres of broad pas
lures teeming with fattening herds
and fields OF growing grain. is able
to feed an army corps.
Sut Notwithstanding its present
richness Tulsa county farmers are
responding splendidly to the national
appeal for an increased production
Of foodstuffs. Very little land that
has ever been cultivated will remain
idle this year. Thousands of acres
have been reclaimed by the process of
irrigation This also will be cult
waited Hundreds OF graneries and
silos have been built thruout the
county, and 1t is indeed few farms
that havcnt one or both, more fire.
quently the latter. Meetings have
been held in every community by
clearing house representatives and
DR.. G. T. Earnheart until recently
county agricultural agent. urging that
every available acre be put under
cultivation
Gardens Increased.
one result of the meetings has been
IA decided increase in acreage of gar
den truck. Another is the impetus
givon the contemplated canning in
dustry 1t is conservatively said that
two-thirds, maybe more, of the small
homes thruout the county have
truck patches" Even in towns and
cities the increase has been more
than substantial. Hundreds of acres
have been planted upon a larger scale.
Wholesale and retail seed men say
they have sold three times as many
seed as ever before, at the same time
failing to meet the demands made by
farmers and town folks" bent on
home gardening.
All those familiar with farming
conditions thruout the country are
optimistic over the expected results.
They say that with anything like a
good season there will be a bumper
, crop--the largest I'm years. And espe-
cally Is this true of the Arkansas
river valley, stretching out for 40
miles in length and broadening in
width from to Il miles. and equally
as rich for some productions as the
far-famed valley OF the Nile.
Million BushcI, of Corn.
II is estimated and conservatively
so, that Tulsa county will produce
million bushels of corn, with an ade-
, quate season. This is comparative
estimate against the S65,S00 bushels
1t produced last year. ON much of
the valley land, and so far as that
matters Hill land too, corn Is way up
and looking fine" 1t will not be the
short nubbns OF some years. but big
we'll developed ears, on substantial
stalks Everything thus far points to
the bumper corn crop OF the decade.
Last year Tulsa county farmers
cultivated 500 acres of alfalfa.
This year 900 acres is the mark.
over one thousand acres OF beans
and peas and laguma will be planted,
making It the largest crop OF that
variety ever produced in the county.
Those in touch with the situation
however claim the acreage will be
more than one thousand acres, due
to the increasing peril OF food
shortage.
Canning Industry.
Extra efforts are being put forth
toward establishing large canning
establishments to utilize the fruit and
vegetable crops, expected to be held
over from early markets. 1t is
figured, that by next fall the demand
for stuff of that sort will be in great
demand, not only by the quarter
masters department of the army but
by eastern markets as well.
Plants of such capacity will be put
into operation that millions OF bushels
of fruits and vegetables can be
treated The agricultural officials be
lieve these county products alone Will
go a long way toward preventing
real food famine, at least In one or
more cities.
In the event the United States takes
over the food supply and this years
crop productions. Tulsa county farm
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