The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-06-26
Indications are Yield Will Be
Near Million and Quarter
Bushels from 10000 Acres;
Price Around $500
BESTS LAST YEARS
YIELD BY $2,O6O,OOO
Estimated Average About 18
Bushels Per Acre; Last Year
Average Was Around
Five Bushels Estimate,

That Grady county's wheat crop
that is Just now being thloshed will
amount in cash to $3,240,0 900 for a
yield Of 100000 bushels from the
10000 acres of wheat in the county,
are the estimates made by wheat
growers and grain dealers who hare
been in daily touch wllh the situa.
tion here since the ground was seed
ed last fall
This shows an approximate increa o
Of $2,S6O,OOO over the lump sum that
the crop year ago brought Last
year, the southern part of Grady
county produced practically no wheat,
except in spots, while the northern
part, around Minco and 1uttle, pro-
duced good wheat One field last
year near Minco averaged q bushels
per acre. while thousands of acres in
the southern part of the county were
abandoned, the crop being nil on ac-
count of no rain. 1t is estimated
last year, counting tho entire acre
age average about five bushels per
acre, for the approximate $4,000 acres
harvested
Uniform This Year.
The yield this year is fairly uni.
form over the county. Threshing is
under way, but has only started and
an accurate figure on the yield per
acre cannot be fixed Some OF the
farmers claim their wheat will aver
age more than 25 bushels per acre,
while others say their fields will run
less than Is. The estimate of grain
dealers places the yields average
over the county at 1S bushels per
acre, which is in line with the govern
ment crop report.
Wet, cloudy weather has held the
threshing back several days. The
harvest is cleaned up and everything
is In the shock except a few scatter
ing fields of wheat and oats. No re.
ports have been made as to loss,
worthy of note, because of rain dam.
aging the wheat after it was in the
shock, this despite the fact that there
have been several rains on the fields
since the crop has been harvested
These rains have come at intervals
with warm sunshiny days following.
Test is Good.
The tests Of the wheat that has
been threshed are fairly good, mill
men say Samples that have been
brought in from the fields show that
the wheat is running around 81 to
SO test, which according 70 the gov
ernment test makes good No. 2.
Figuring the yield at 1S bushels
per acre, the 10000 acres will pro-
duce 100000 bushels, which is by
far and away the largest crop the
tplhlly llin bNbl luiHtu Jul. luo
price. dealers here say, will run about
So per bushel here to the farmer fig
uring on a No. hard basis Some
premium has been offered for wheat
shipped in June, but the prospects
are, at this time, that few. If any.
will have the good fortune to ship
any considerable about on this pre-
m.um basis
Prepare Move Crop.
The railroads, anticipating the con-
dition, have for the past several
weeks been assembling cars here
froms every available quarter Hun
dreds of box cars line the sidings oil
the three railroads here. Practically
every available foot of space in tho
yards is taken up by these carriers.
1t is expected that during next
week the crop will begin to move
here and Grady will see it's busiest
marketing period. Forty threshing
machines are cooked and primed"
and ready to open up. When these
get going in full blast, about the
only trouble there will be in sight is
finding a place to put the hundreds
of thousands of bushels that will be
piling up.