The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-08-12
Varied Grades of Soil in Grady
Permits Wide Diversity of
Farm Products Enriching
Owners.
EVERY CROP KNOWN TO-
OKLAHOMA FARM is HERE
Ideal Wheat, Cotton, Corn, AL
falfa and Melon Land Often
Found on Same Farm
Along Washita.

One OF the qualities hat has won
Grady county the distinction OF being
the foremost agricultural county in
the state, is its variety and different
grades of soil adaptable to the grow
ing of practically every crop known
to agriculture.
In Grady county can be found the
tight land, the mixed land, the semi
tight soil the sandy loan and the
ether rich productive soils. On
many farms in this county can be
found several different grades of soil,
adaptable to the growing of all the
leading crops This condition being
common, the Grady county farmer
can raise several different kinds OF
crops, the feature of which is that
should one crop fail he has other
crops ON which to "fall back" His
income does not depend solely on
one crop and consequently makes
farming a safe and profitable indus.
try in Grady county, County Agent
Owens points out,
Sandy Loan Soil.
Beginning at the north side of
Grady county there is the sandy loan
soil of The Canadian valley, growing
its diversity of crops consisting of
alfalfa, corn, cotton and forage crops
This soil is easily cultivated and re-
sists drought to remarkable de-
gree. On account of its texture,
there is seldom a loss in this section
from an excessive amount of rain.
The north section of Grady county
produces only small amount of cot
ton.
Wheat and Grain Belt
After leaving the Canadian bottom
comes the famous wheat and grain
belt of Grady county. This soil is,
more or less of a tight nature, al
though there is found considerable
nixed and semi-tight land well adap-
ted to the growing of great diver
sity of products. The wheat land
section extends across the county
and surrounds the towns of Tuttle,
Pocasset, Amber and Minco.
The mixed soils produce corn, kaf-
fir, millet, cotton, some alfalfa, and
general mixture of other feed
crops. Very little Of these crops are
sold, since this is a great cattle feed
ing section.
The Washita Valley.
Dropping south the river and creek
bottoms make up most of the farm
ing lands contiguous to the Verden,
Chickasha, Tabler and Ninnekah dis
tricts The famous Washlta valley
spreads out in one open, fertile sec
section, capable of producing won
derful variety of farm products. All
falfa land is in abundance, and this
crop flourishes in this section. Five
cuttings of alfalfa is not uncommon
end the normal production is one ten
per acre per cutting A great in
crease in the alfalfa acreage is in
sight for the coming fall.
This valley and all creek bottoms
leading into it is very highly adapted
to the growing of cotton. The staple
grown on this soil ranks with the
staple of the cotton grown in the ex-
elusive cotton sections Of the state.
The climatic conditions, according to
cotton growing experts, are ideal,
and by reason of the fertile soil and
the excellent climatic conditions the
staple is strong and is therefore in
demand by the large cotton cloth
manufacturers.
Almost any feed crop known in
Oklahoma is raised in the Washita
valley Broom corn is one of the
adapted crops and brings the far
nIers thousands of dollars as one of
the cash crops of this county. The
production of broom corn in Grady
county averages one ton to three
acres on this type of soil.
Alfalfa and Corn Section.
Going down the Washita in a
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