The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-08-01
Rapid Disposition of New
Wheat in Southwest
Counties
BEAT CAR SHORTAGE
parkers Are Urging Sale of
Grain at Sacrifice to
Close Old Accounts

q
~ .,d ,f July indicate that John
vbtehurt president OF the state
60 ff agriculture, was not lar
~ I'm hI. guess Of a 50.0O0,0OO
s,,srci wheat crop in the state this
- Th. Panhandle section reports
u LARGEST average Yields. the fig
~ ranging from % 10 3S bushels,
nbu, tho lowest averages are Nom
,h,o a. bushels \ general average
=, a iitr. over 20 bushels would
-soke the total Of 50,00o,o00 BUSH
els .,,-...,.,,.,
= ihp wheat crop was mado IN inc
so,thVgsfgru part Of the state, IN
cha, grain men know as the Fred
.r,l district \ news itcm illusua-
,,y, u what transplred there before
r1lv Is was contained In Grand
He'd paper announcing that
,t-rshar operator Of that town had
.,,i.n.d his work for tho summer
ar5 ru7 his machine under the she'd.
-rair mon say that by the middle
~ ruly so rcr cont OF the wheat of
,ba, district had been cut, thrcshed
ard sold. such a record is unprece-
S.r.gd this early in the season In
,he history Of the state.
Tho southwest territory crop had
,een disposed Of before very much
damage was done by rains and he
.oro carshortaEe began to cmbar-
,ass shippers. Dealers say that near
iv ali grain from that territory was
C., good quality and In good condi-
Non The average Is reported TO have
Ltor ovrr 20 bushels to tho acre.
wheat reaching here from tho oN-
,roue northwestern section is Of eN-
cellen, quality and little of It Is
damaged Some Of that from the
Woodward territory was badly dam
oecd. Rain damage seems to havn
increased eastward from tho Pan
handle section and to have been
greatest. so far as the northern halt
n, tho state Is concerned, I'm the
plackwor district Cutting was do
laycd in many sections and I'm 9TH
ore tho grain sproutod In the shock.
In that region also the oat crop was
poor
Reports from tho ccntralwcst In
F,ra'a the wheat crop IL In good
shape and the yield satisfactory. In
the central section, particularly IN
,he yicnitios Of oklahoma city and
Norman. continued rains did heavy
damage 10 the crop. Reports from
Norman say that probably some
fields will not be cut and that wheat
Is growing 10 such an extent In
shocks that 1t may not be worth
threshing. This area Is limited, now
ever.
Complain of Car Shortage.
Car shortage had begun to get
acute by the middle of the month.
Local grain mon said most COM
plants came from along the Santa
Fe north Of oklahoma CITY and
along the Amarillo line of the Rock
Island TO the west In the latter dis
trct few elevators were forced
10 suspend buying because OF plants
being filled 20 storage capacity ana
little of the grain moving. Except
IN n few scattered points, II appears
that the shortage in the Texas Inn-
n handle has not been acute.
y, Elevator and warehouse concerns
IN Galveston doubled their forces
II Of men early in July and thus dis
patched the unloading OF cars dur
Ing the heaviest early-seasOn rush
they probably over have experienced.
Railroad officials and commercial
ORGANIZATIONS worked together on
the problems OF our movement with
satisfactory results in most IN
stances Tho oklahoma corporation
commission came TO the aid OF the
growers and dealers by abolishing
its rule mwiding for grain ship.
4 mcnts only from certain depots ana
ypromulEa'lng n rule that enabled
growers TO aaye IN equal opportuni-
! . with dealers in the disposition OF
kelr crop
The rarly-season grain movement
has heon extraordinary over the. on
tire southwest. Reports from Fan
handle points and from Dallas and
Fort Worth state that during the
first 10 days Of July three TO four
times az much wheat was shipped
as during the same period last year,
1t Is not Improbable that by August
l5 over ~ per cent OF the wheat
grown In Oklahoma and Texas will
have been sold by growers.
This rush 20 market was due
largely 70 the price TO the grower
and the demands of the grower
banker and probably other creditors.
Regardless of the fact that wheat
within recent years has sold as high
as $3.50. the average grower in this
par, OF the country Is willing to sell
lot dollar The very word dollar
sppeals 10 him. Let the price fall
E2'ow that and he quits selling oI
.Nl,ks ike bay steer. There is n
yIMue money for him at n dollar a
pushel, not much but n little.
BANKERS have been the most per-
Ns''nt proddcrs. Many growers We're
oAirled over from the previous year
anu hank"rs urged selling regardless
~ price to clean up the old notes
'''erai oklahoma City grain deal
'.s on several occasions have heer
uuySed to make remittance for grair
~ bahkers instead Of growers. This
Junction policy has had a whole
..Me effect on the financial situa'
uon' some banks report having de-
Ieas'd loans to farmers 10 pei
.snt ana reserves have been greatly
strengthened.
ship Across Ocean.
EXPORT demands for flour un
Soup''dIy are on the upgrade. Thii
tSpoNsitlo for millers buying un
SSsual'F large quantities OF whoa
uIn,i,hs tho last half OF July. A few
NUS squared away and started op
6%"s AZ tull capacity. The Yukor
ttn!, y Grain company shipped {
- ,"U Tairload Of flour at one tim,
Man NJ rTIoonstant!nople. The Great Yves
I'hg Hs.hg company Of Amarillo ship
one consignment of 1000
.es or flour to Holland. New
,n.Iscs In Cuba and Mexico stim
viau business One OF these pro
rsi,u ior tho delivery Of 5000 bar
- C,St month to one firm in Havana
o,SG,'u,Whea' flour sold at premium
ffilF In tn. month - -, - -,