The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
FARMERS CHEEKY
ON CROP OUTLOOK
Mues:: Of Wheat Saved in
Spite of Excessive Rain,
Inquiry Reveals
A BUMPER CORN YIELD
QUESTIONABLE Shows Many
Growers Are DlversifyinR
Crops This Year

Tint tho farmers ~ souihcasiorn
Oklahoma are hupoful Of good crops
this year I'm apitr of excessive rains
that threatened very material dam.
nEc is Indicated by Information
gathered ,ngf week from the 1Ericul-
tural areas Of approximately 20
counties uy the mortgage loan dH-
partmcnt ~ the Exchange Trust
COMPANY Another outathudlug t'h.
turo ~ the report ia the fpot thht
moro than over before, farmers II
Oklahoma are dly,rifyiug crops.
never HEnin win they b" caught Hl
MS 10 be- made dependent upon onr
or two products.
Zig Corn Yield
Corn viii ho bumper crop. vir
tuauy all districts within the area
visited by representatives, of ihe
company In spite Of tho fact tina
the last four years have been record
years for corn. this win be the groni'
est corn year Ia Tho history of the
farming country included I'm GRADY
McClaiu Murray Garviu and Cart"r
counties Tho crop viii hc equally
good in Tulsa, Nogors. Washington,
Craig, Delaware, Wagner Mhyt
and ottawa counties, where 1t Is rN-
nttttl ~ hNfi hE'N il'lli wv " ~
bushels an acre In the bottoms aud
from 40 10 60 In the uplands Tn"
estimated yield In the south central
part of the state is about the same
the rnIna have mnturod the crop 10
the extent that whether or not ih"ro
~ more moisture H. immatoIi1l ~
the welfare of the product Tho
corn In Bryan. Marshall, Johnston
and Pontotuc counties ~ IN fair con
dition. the report states. owing 10
tho excessive dnmpncsa, II has not
been cultivated as II should have
been ard the yield has bcou only
fair The cotton acreage has hccn
cut down very materially In this ter
ritory for corn.
Cotton a. in poor condition be
cause Of the ravagcs OF the Don
wccvii, and In many instancca farm
crs have plowcd up thcr cotton
fields to plant them In feed crops
The crop Is from 60 to 20 per cen.
OF normal In Soquoyah, Mcintosh
and Muskogoo counties.
Although II Is too early Hs yet to
accurately gungc the cotton yield ~
the south central part OF the sthte,
all Indications point to good crop
unless the boil wcrvil takes II. IL ~
In excellent growing condition now,
but there has been Tumors OF IN"
pest I'm the southern fnrea. especial b
ly, and unless the extremely hot
weather eliminates It. there Is dan
ger from that source before the crol'
natures. In Tulsa and adioining
counties, although the cotton acre
age is smaller this year thnn before
the crop viii he almost II not al
large hs In former years. this IL true
especially In Wagner and Rogers
counties. Small grain has been har-
vested and cared for in this terri
tory while In some districts 80 To
40 nor cent damage has been done
oats by the rains, the average dam
age through Tulsa. Rogers, Wash
ington, Craig, Delaware. Ottawa,
Wagner and Mays counties Is only
about 10 per cent. and tho crop Will
average 80 to 90 bushels 20 the acre.
oats IL poor In the south central
part OF the state and IL below nor
NAL along the southern border coun-
ties.
wheat Is much the sam" all ovci
this part Of the state visited, Sprout e
ed grain has cut the Valuo of the
product and the yield has been les
Rened also by the rains I'm some
parts the estimated yield is 20 bush"
els. in others from eight to 80 bush
els the acre. Tho Average produc
ton In Soquoyah, McintOFh hnd Mus
kogec counties IL estimated nt "a
per cent of normal
In the south central counties IN,
alfalfa yicid has been prolific. hut
the first crop WAS nearly all KILLED
by frost, and 50 pcr cent OF the re-
naming has been hurt ny rains
Good alfalfa IS selling now for vi
a ton but many farmers are storing
n and expecting hettcr price foi
n later There IL n bumper crop OF
alfalfa In the north central and
northeastern part of tho state. and
farmers are making their second
cutting. First cutting of hay aver
ages from ton To a ton aud a hal
per acre.
The critical time has passed I'm
anriallv and farmers everywhere are
irving 10 get out of debit and ont'
"a firm basis again They aye r."
signed 10 tho drop I'm prices of theii
products as necessary part ot the
rosf-w reconstruction process thh'
win eventually lead To- permanent re-.
adms'mcn' and urc doing their hes
Through the medium of crops ~ hell
bring u about.