The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-02-13
W. WARREN IS
OPTIMISTIC OVER
CONDITIONS FOR
THE YEAR 1921

W. +. Warren, who is as well post
ditions among farmers, both owners
and tenants, has analysed local con-
ditions in the following statement is
sued yesterday:
'EThe farmers of Carter county, as
have been in q chaotic state of mind
for the past two or three months.
the rapid reduction in values of all
farm commodities was so fast thai it
knocked them off their feet, but they
are at this time slowly recovering.
| AT least rs per cent of the tenant
farmers were unable to meet their
various obligations at the banks and
with the merchants, therefore the
banks have been necessarily slow in
advancing more money to those un-
able 10 pay their 1920, and number
of them will be unable to make q
crop at all this year owing b this
condition. s.h
| "A large number Of farmers raised
practically no corn ewing TO the
large cotton acreage, those who plant
ed made plenty as 1t was good
corn year, but there has been at least
5000 bushels OF corn unloaded from
cars here that has been sold to the
farmers and all the surplus that was
raised in the river bottoms near here
has been sold to them also. however,
the open winter anl apparently early
spring seems to have stimulated the
bankers as well as the farmer and
all are making an effort TO get start
ed anew, but it must be admitted with
rather doubtful misgivings as to the
future because as cotton has always
been the money crop here, and the
conditions of the markets for the past
several months has been such as to
make the farmer wary OF getting in
another large acreage.
II do not believe that there will
be reduction Of over 10 per cent
in the acreage planted this year, as
the condition of a majority Of the
tenant farmers is such that they will
plant 1t and take a chance, in fact
they are nearly all compelled to- for
while the bankers, the landlords and
merchants do not say so. they are no
doubt looking at the situation in this
light and are not encouraging any
marked reduction in cotton acreage.
The Oklahoma Cotton Growers as
socation if it gets in full operation
TO handle this years crop should
be able to help materially toward
regulating the marketing which will
help prices provided there is not an
other bumper crop raised, for with
another enormous crop all the as
socations in the world will not be able
to put prices much higher than they
are at present because Of the enorIn-
Gus surplus already existing.
"If conditions in Germany and other
European countries improve during
the summer which Is extremely prob
able, the demand from that source
VII take care Of lot OF the present
surplus.
There will be a large increase in
! the acreage of oats which are being
= planted in this section under unusual
ly favorable circumstances. the grount
: is in fine condition, the weather s!
b ideal for out side work. and unde,
L present conditions the crop will all b
: sown within the next few days, a
least before tho first of March q
the latest.
Considerable barley Will be sow
a little later. and while the whea
crop will not be as large as It wa
last year conditions are UNUSUAL
promising for a large yield. IN a