The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-09
Rain, Weevil and Worms
May Make Tulsa County
Truck Farming District

Rain, boil vcrNI and army worms
hn,u convinced many Tulm county
farmers that truck gardening and
livestock are more lucrative phases
OF their profession than wheat and
cotton raiEIur out of "a year whose
Climatic conditions have mpIo hard
financial shedding for tho man
whose land is largely Ia small grain
viii probably come Tulsa county
with an cuviahlo reputation Tor iu
dairyiug and truck gardening indus
tries. win tulsa markets creating
o. d,mnuud fur garden truck and
milk. more farmers are turning now
to rulaiuE vpttlc and rultiNatur
Vegetables Tor city sales than over
before ln the history uf the county
They ur, playing safe Thoy are
Eoing to rlisu stuff that rulu VIII
buy
Tho man who raised whcot as hlH
major rrup this year did not break
even. according 20 J g. Malone.
county farm agent Excessive Juno
rains cut production, made tho quail
lty of what remained poor and th"
crop this summer was below nor
mai Roll worms. boil wccvil and
army wormH put tho cotton farmer
out " the running this year Dc
ciarcd Mrlonc--pud this leaving the
market conditions entirely out Of
the question Last year II didn't
nay the farmer To pick his cotton;
this year II ho picks and hauls his
toad tu market he Is well paid for
H. In View of III" present market.
hut the farmer who last year raised
four bales of cotton IL only raising
ono this year. Divcrsificatiou ~
crops is ono reason for the Yield cut.
market conditions another Tho boil
worm. Malone said In this conucc-
tion, the HcourgC ot the south, np-
pcarcd In oklahoma this year for
the first time In ~ cotton raising
history Neither woovlls nor army
v"rma have been exceptionally bad
here before. but this year an three
hit at once. with the result that the
cotton farmer, with two years ~
adversely hchlnd him, Ia very prob
ably planning 10 turn 10 some other
phase of farming that will entail less
possibility Of grief
Truck Farmers Dld We'll
Truck farmers, Malone believes,
Market for their output rs always
certain hero In Tulsa. But tho
county agent believes that thcro "
u bigger demand Tor garden stuff
horo Ia Tulsa thnu has vet been sup
piled from Tulsa county. Farmers
uf this territory could ana should
moct the demand for garden food
stuffa without making II necessary
. to import anything Of tho Kind. C"l-
/ cry, for instance. Is something that
{ Is raised little or not at all here,
and thorc is a big demand for n.
Malone socs no reason why II should
not bo raised and sold hero and
the necessity for import removed.
Head lettuce. onions and cabbage
are all imported 10 a great extent.
Sweet potatocs are virtually "A sure
crop. The only drawback 60 the
cultivation and marketing of them
here is that a. present there are
no storage facilities for them. The
building ~ storage houses IN "A good
lnvrstmcnt for the farmer. Malone
believes. Such storage houses would
be most practical II made nelghbnr-
hood affairs, and could be hunt at "A
cost OF from $500 10 $4,000.
IIOnds VIII Help Farmers,
Development OF roads II going 20
MAX" farming leAK Of "a gamble and
more certain of its returns. Market
ing Of produce " always more or
less Of n problem with the truck
farmer. and especially whom read
conditions make il difficult fDr him
20 get into town Another phase ~
the marketing problem was toucnod
upon by Malone when ha pointed
out the fact that with more good
roads, Tulsa folks can 90 ana buy
direct from the farmer what they
want. This In being done nbw 10 "A
certain extent and farmers who
make n speciality ~ truck garden
ing and who have established COM
mcrcial contact with the town Cus-
greater than tho supply right now.
There is ap undorcurrent OF feel
inK--Bmbitlon, IL you like--among
Tulsa county men Interested in the
dairy market, whether II be whole
sale or retail, In favor of more and
better milk for TulHa. DaiTym0n Of
the county hit low prices and a glut-
ted market this year Adi 10 Jh,s,
said John Puulsson. dairymau. the
other day IN discussing the subject.
insufficient Inspection, and II is not
10 be wondered that there H. room
tor future growth I'm tho dalrying
business IN this county
Inst week ". r. C1se, inspector.
called meeting OF representative
dalTymon OF the county who EN-
dUrsrd tho now city ordinance rolh-
tive 10 milk inspection. Tho dairy