The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-27

staple crop. The wheat crop Is
made and harvest over, as a rule,
| before the dry season starts.
All Records Broken.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
summers generally are dry. all rec
ords for rainfall during this period
were broken in 1921 and 1922 when
there was a sufficient downpour to
/ guarantee mammoth corn crop,
which will show the biggest yield In
the history OF this district, and
crops OF kafir, sudan, milo. feterlta.
cane and other small grains Will be
Icorrespondingly big. Kay county
has for several years been the leader
in alfalfa In all Oklahoma and she
maintains that position today. lt is
estimated that this crop in Kay
Icounty Will have a value OF $1,000
600 this year.
! The wet season at harvest time IL
resulting ia the farmers stacking
their wheat foy the first time in the
history of this part OF tile wheatbelt.
! Heretofore 80 pc. cent OF the wheat
growers have throshed direct from
the shock and almost Immediately
! following harvest. During the past
two years the harvest periods have
been exceedingly wet and throshing
/
| farmers were compelled to stack
their grain and await a more favor.
able threshing time. The rule, ac-
cording 10 farmers, Is about three
wet harvest seasons In 20 years. in
| this locality. Two In succession
break all records.
| Have Demonstration Farms.
Kay county farmers are ahead in
another way, IN that several excel
lent and extensive demonstration
farms are maintained within the
icounty without any cost TO them
These are in addition to the work
that is being done by the county
farm agent, maintained principally
by state and county funds. on the
1Ol ranch, Col. Joe c. Miller con-
ducts a big demonstration farm all
the time, continually experimenting
to obtain grains and grasses that will
thrive the best in this climate, and
he carries these experiments also
clear through the livestock lines.
Thereby doing much toward the
present rapid upbuilding OF all
grades OF livestock In Kay and ad-
Joining counties. The 1O1 ranch now
has the largest herd Of pure bred
Duroc-Jersey hogs in the world.
on the Chilocco school reserva-
tion OF 5000 acres. in the north cen
ltral portion OF Kay county, Is an
other big agricultural and livestock
experiment station. 1t IS maintained.
OF course, for the education OF the
Indian youth, OF whom about 500
attend annually, but the methods
employed there show that Chilocco
wheat has the highest average in the
lcounty and that Chilocco livestock
| mi "a n n u ffyI tu, 4,,4
lines.
Another big demonstration farm
that Kay county is pledged in the
near future will be located within n
mile OF Ponca City, on the holdings
of II. w. Marland, oil magnate and
head OF the Marland Oil and subsi-
diary companies In addition to
maintaining the most beautiful gar
dens In the southwest and an At
tractive golf course, both open for
the use OF the public, Mr.. Marland
Ia now building this demonstration
farm for the benefit OF the farmers
OF Kay and adjoining counties. II
viii feature both agriculture and
livestock.
Leads Nation I'm Chickens.
Kay county farmers have become
such extensive chicken fanciers that
the county now leads all others In
the United States in pure-bred poul.
try, chicken raising having become
one Of the leading farm Industries
The county also has over nine hun
dred acres in vegetable gardens
over seven hundred acres in peaches
\ 900 In apples and 700 hundred in
other fruits. The Ponca City por-
tion OF the county Is also one OF tho
most extensive pecan nut centere OF
the southwest. a native crop that
adds materially to the farmers an
nual income.
Possessing two rural community
buildings, which are demonstrating
that they are great upbuilders OF
community life, is another KAY
county distinction. Both Of thes,
are the property OF Grange organi.
cations Of the Sumpter and Pratt
Center districts Of the county. KAY
, has IA Grange locals, being one OF
, the leading Grange counties in tn,
west, and gradually these organlza.
tions are impressing a wonderful in,
, fluence on farm life that is result.
ing in better and more satisfied con-
ditions and also IN keeping the boys
, and girls on the farms,
, Another big thing that oil Is dolnr
for Kay county and Kay county
lal llclS ~ ma dhlHk II lbSElule n
, build n system OF hard surfaced
roads without direct taxation,
, method that will eventually give the
Z county an excellent system Of sucl
highways. This road money comes
, from the oil production tax, as
? sessed by the state and amounting
TO per cent on the value Of oil pro
, duced. OF this amount thus raised
two-thirds IS kept by the COUNTY
: and one-third returned, TO be divid
) ed equally between the road an,
! public school funds.
In Kay county this money ha
| been used TO build hard-surface,
! roads, II being matched by an elua
q, | amount from federal funds. The re
4 suit is that there are approximate!
) ten miles OF such highways nov
5 leading out of Ponca city, out o
,, | Newkirk and 4 out OF Blackwell
a with 10 miles additional being bull
p this year. Through an innovation
/ introduced by Il u. Cam. the Poncj
City member OF the Kay count,
issioners, all hard surfacej
highways are built with ronudinI
corners at all turns, The claim
J made that Kay county more so thai
ot oil rrnInafuu county