The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-17
Observations of
Tulsa COuntU
agent
Hy JpHN s. MALONE.
\ Heavy Yield oL.EnsiInrc ,ur,


H.Nhy was filled last week with on
stag" mat was grown on eight acres
oI upland sandy soil. The ground
was plnwcd the last OF May. Ii va
lhc intention 10 list the corn iu but
the weeds got sucn a rank growfb
mat % was necessary TO plow tho
ground. Tho corn was Dlluicd tho
IlrHi week OF June ana tho vnrietv
l7 known as Red cob Eustlago corn
u was cultivated twice and given
no further attention until cutting
Time The yield averaged l7i5 tons
per acre, and the corn was estI-
mated 10 make 40 bushels OF egr
corn per acre. by taking the corn
oiL IL is possible 10 put this land I'm
aItaItn this fall At present il is
seeding tho alfalfa.
\ Question.
do you think | am losing my
time ana sccd?" said farmer to
me inc other day I had stopped
Where he was sowing alfalfa on
ground that was plowaI early IN
July and that contained plenty Of
moisture except I'm the ton two
inches or the soil. He had narrowed
THIS field lately was sowing 90
pounds OF good alfalfa seed per acre
ana was following this with a sub-
surface packer, but the day was hot
ana dusty and the soil was rapidly
drying out, and this man had begun
10 doubt the proprloty OF putting
Eood seed into the soil nt such a
I,nle' Personally. think the course
TINS man followed Is the very hest
that OF seeding on well prepared soil
at seeding time and let the rains
come as they will I'm due time. IT,
however, his soil had been freshly
plowed or deeply dlsked lately so as
10 he loose underneath. then the
chances would he very much against
MS getting n good stand of alfnlfn.
Ihe weather does not get too hot
for the EorruinHtion and growth Of
alfalfa provided there is plentv OF
moisture and provided that the soil
Is firm enough so that the tap root
or tho plant may penetrate into
moist soil,
The same day I visited another
t2rm where a field has Just been
plowed preparatory TO seeding
alfalta and | agreed with the owner
OF tho field that he would have To
wait until rain came to settle the
soil into n good firm seed bed. II
may be that he will not get his
alfalfa properly seeded this fan, but
l think It would he mistake 10
plant alfalfa seed on land that is not
wen prepared.
Truck Growers Association.
A Truck Growers association has
recently been organized and has
held several meetings in the court
house at Tulsa. ~ NJ. Phlpps OF
jerks Is the president. The object
or this association IL 10 develop a CO.
operative marketing plan for sur
plus truck and fruit IN this section.
and TO corporate IN tho production
or fruit and truck. with paved
roads rndiating IN every direction
from Tulsa, the truck business has
developed by leaps and bounds tho
last year or TIVE and with the large
volume of truck produced this year,
tho bottom has dropped out of tho
prices OF some OF our staple truck
crops. Captoloupes and tomatoes
nave been hit the worst, and Il IS
q well known fact that there are
many sections that would like 20
have these prdoucts and that would
he willing 70 pay n reasonable price
lor thom, ana so we are approaching
the time when we must be prepared
To ship out our surplus to other
markets.
This association has in mind the
purchase OF nursery stock for
planting their fan seed