Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1909 Page: 3 of 8
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MONTHLY CROP REPORT OF OKLAHOMA
STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
SCHMAKY.
The Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture fintls
from reports of its township correspondents that on the
26th of July the growing conditions of corn was 64.4
per cent as compared with 90.0 per cent last month and
83 9 per cent for the month ending May 25, showing a
decrease as compared with last month of 25.6 per cent.
The growing condition on the same date last year was
76.1 per cent, a difference in favor of the crop last year
at this date of 11.7 per cent.
The growing condition of cotton was 75.3 per cent
as compared with 80.7 per cent last month, or a de-
crease ot 5.4 per cent. The growing condition of cotton
on the same date last year was 62.9 per cent, or a dif-
ference in favor of the crop of 1909 of 12.4 per cent.
The average yield per acre of winter wheat har-
vested this season is shown to be 12.2 bushels, making
an estimated total yield, based on 1,000,235 acres, of 12 -
202,867 bushels, being marketed at the average value for
the State of 99 cents shows the value of the wheat crop
on this estimated yield to be $12,080,838. That the
wheat yield and grade has turned out better than moet
authorities expected, is shown by the average test in
pounds per bushel In the accompanying table. The
average for the entire State is shown to be 59.3
pounds. But two counties in the State reported an aver-
age test of wheat below that of No. 2 grade, and they
are unimportant as wheat counties. The average yield
of winter wheat for the State last year was estimated at
12.7 bushels based on 1,328,158 acres, showing a decrease
in production in the year 1909 of 4,815,020 bushels due
to a decrease of 327,923 acres, and an average yield per
acre of .7 bushels, or the crop of 1909 is, in point of
production, 71.7 per cent of the crop of 1908. However,
the average market value per bushel in 1909 is 99 cents
compared with 83 cents last year, showing a decrease in
the valuation of the crop this year as compared with
last of ^2,635,675; or the total value of the crop in 1909
is 83.0 per cent as compared with the value for 1908.
According to the reports of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, this is the highest average market value
for winter wheat in the last ten years. The nearest ap-
proach to this value was in 1904, when the average was
93.9 cents per bushel.
The acreage sown to oats in the spring of 1909 was
456,106 acres. Thg average yield is estimated at 30 2
bushels, showing an estimated production of 13,774,401
bushels with an average market value of 39c, and with
a total valuation of $6,372,016. The acreage planted to
oats in the spring of 1909 was practically the same as
that planted the spring of 1908. The average yield this
year is 8.2 bushels increase over that of last year. The
estimated total production is 3,719,473 bushels increase
over that of last year, while the average value per
bushel is 2.7 cents less than last year, but the estimated
total value of the crop in 1909 is $4,172,601 increase over
that of 1908.
The acreage sown to cow peas is 99.1 per cent as
compared with that planted in 1908, showing a total of
33,890 acres. The average price paid for seed per bushel
Is $2.11.
The growing condition of spring-sown alfalfa is
shown to be 63.1 per cent, and the growing conditio®
of all other alfalfa growing is 73.1 per cent, a difference
in favor of fall sown or old standing alfalfa of 10.0 per
cent. The average yield per acre of the first cutting is
reported as being .88 ton, and that of the second cutting,
91 ton, showing an estimated total yield for the first two
cuttings of the alfalfa crop in 1909 to be 308,091 tons,
or an average of 1.79 tons per acre. Assuming the mar-
ket value to be $8.00 per ton, the aggregate value of liiis
crop alone to July 25 may be considered to be worth to
the State approximately $2,464,728.
The acreage planted to kafir corn this year as com-
pared with last is 100.0 per cent, showing the total es-
tiaoated acreage planted to be 371,405.
The general conditions throughout the State iiave
not been up to the standard and have been unfavorable
to the growing condition of our staple crops. Corn has
been the principal sufferer, dropping 25.6 per cent in
thirty days, due to excessive heat, high winds, and
sparse rainfall throughout the State as a whole. It ap-
pears to have been a peculiar condition. Plenty of mois-
ture seems to have been present in the soil, and as far
as the corn plant was concerned, was up to a standard
for this date. Intense heat, as shown by the tempera-
ture tables, was, in itself, very destructive and appears
to have dried and retarded the development of the plant
from the top, killing the pollen and thus preventing fer-
tilization. In very many localities of the State the yield
will be cut short on this account. Up to July 25, cotton
has not suffered materially, and many correspondents
supplement their report by the statement that cotton on
the upland has, on account of drouth, stopped growing
and is shedding. A study of the table will show that
in many counties the growing condition has increased
this month as compared with last.
CEKEBAL WEATHER COMHTIOXS.
Th* general wtatlier conditions throughout the
State for the month ending July 25, 1909, have been
such as to retard the growing condition of all the
principal crops. Extremely high temperatures
throughout most sections of the State, with but scat-
tered showers have, in the main, been exteremely un-
favorable to growing conditions. The average maxi-
mum temperature for the month ending July 25, 1909,
is 8.9 degrees above that for the previous month,
the average minimum temperature 7.5 degrees and
the average mean is S.2 degrees above that for the
previous month. The average rainfall for eleven sta-
tions of the cotton region is 1.96 inches below that for
the month ending June 25, 1909. The difference be-
tween the average maximum and minimum tempera-
tures for the month just ended is 24.2 degrees as com-
pared with 22.8 degrees for the previous month and
24.7 degrees for the month ending May 25, 1909.
The following table shews the average maximum
and minimum temperature, .together with the mean
temperature, and total rainfall for each of eleven
stations as reported by the U. S. Weather Bureau in the
"Cotton Region Bulletin" and compiled in this office:
STATIONS
Temperature.
if
Ardmore ...
Chandler .. .
Durant -
Holdenville
Munfrum
Marlow-
Oklahoma
Shawnee? . ..
8til water
Tulsa
Weatherford
Max. Min Mean 01 1
100.0;
95.7
<♦7 0
94.3
98.7
94 4
92. N
05.2
08.7
94.2
| 117.7
72.2
70.;<
72.3
80..V
8H.TI
&4.9
82.3
J.o«
1.ao
2.U
J.4*
The above table shows the average maximum tem-
perature for the month ending July 25, 1909, to be
P5.8 degrees as compared with S6.9 degrees for the
previous month, an increase of 8.9 degrees. The high-
est temperature among the eleven stations was
reached at Ardmore for three successive days, being
308 degrees on the 10th, 11th, and 12th of the month.
High temperatures prevailed throughout the State on
July 9-15 inclusive.
The average minimum temperature for the month
just ended is 71.6 degrees, an increase of 7.5 degrees
as compared with that of the previous month.
The average mean temperature for the eleven sta-
tions is 83.7 degrees as compared with 75.5 for the
previous month, an Increase of 8.2 degrees. The
average mean temperature for the month Just ended
is about 3.7 degrees above normal for the State.
The average total rainfall for the eleven stations is
shown to be 1.32 Inches as compared with 3.28 Inches
last month and 5.84 Inches for the month ending May
25, 1909, or a decrease from last month of 1.96 Inches.
The rainfall for the month just passed is about 2.49
Inches below normal. The precipitation has appar-
ently been made up of more or less local showers for
the entire State, but there appears to have been a
more genera! rainfall Ihroughout the eastern and
northeastern sections. The largest total precipita-
tion is shown by the above table to oe at those sta-
tions so located.
As a direct result of the extremely high temperature
and the scanty rainfall dunng the month, crops have
suffered materially, the growing conditions have been
considerably lowered and the prospects for a full
crop are not as promising as for the month ending
June 25, 1909.
BROOM CORN.
On July 17, 1909, letters were mailed to our crop
correspondents in certain counties, submitting there-
with inquiries on which to make a special report on the
subject of broom corn. This inquiry was also submit-
ted to a special list of broom corn growers in certain
counties where n broom corn is grown to any extent.
These inquiries were returnable July 25, 1909, and in-
cluded six questions, proper, relating to the acreage
planted in 1909 as compared with 1908, the growing con-
dition of broom corn on July 25, the percentage of the
acreage planted on sod ground, the per cent marketable
condition, the per cent shed cured, and the average
price per ton received for the 1908 crop.
The following table is a compilation of these returns
and through tbem we arrived at the summary for the
State: .
Table thowing the comparative acreage planted to broom
corn spring of 1909 with 190S; the estimated number of acres
planted; the growing condition vn July 1909; the per
Of at of acreage planted on s U urimnd; the marketable condi-
tion of the 1901? crop; portion of the 19Q8 crop shed cured; the,
average market value per ton and the estimated total value
of the. crop of 1908.
centage of last year's crop that was shed cured is 15.8,
while that portion of the 1907 crop that was shed cured
was 11.3 per cent, thus showing an increase in the prac-
tice of shed curing the brush. The increase in the per-
centage of shed cured broom corn is evidently com-
pensated for by the increase in the average market
value. The reports from our several correspondents
indicate the average value received for the 1908 crop
to be $51.57, which, when compared with the average
value received for the 1907 crop of $48.74. shows an in-
crease of $2.83 per ton for last year's crop. The esti-
mated total value of the 1908 crop is placed at $1,659,162.
The prevailing weather conditions in many sections
of the broom corn district are not at this time all that
would be desired. Farmers were late in getting their
broom corn planted on account of wet weather, and the
scarcity of rainfall during the past month, as shown in
the previous pages of this report, is beginning to make
an impression upon the growing condition of the pres-
ent crop. But few reports indicate that broom corn has
fired to any appreciable extent.
Alfalfa
Beaver
Beckham
Caddo
Cimartom
Comanche
Custer
Dewey
Ellis
Garvin
Grady
Harper
Kiowa
Major
Roger Mills
Texas
Woods
Woodward
Others
t.
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287160 :
2,114 as
h.oo
1,852 K*
6,570
67
13.315
10,743
18,700
6,472
14.7*9
4 130
10 164
7 48
19 66 '
124.251 74.0 19.0
.4 15 8 51.5'
Dola.
50.00
53.00
47.50
52.25
50.00
52.00
41.33
50.00
75.00
85 oe
58.09
44.1
56. W
46.67
51.50
50.62
53,21
$3,850
148,559
52,202
201,685
3,250
104.104
28,352
118,650
12,600
935
98,194
• 4.771
219,296
125,309
92,597
139,256
263,177
2,375
1,659.162
The .above table shows that the acreage planted to
broom corn the spring of 1909 is 101.4 per cent of that
pJanted in 1908, an increase of 1.4 per ceat, making the
intimated number of acres planted in the spring of
1909, 134,251. The growing condition is shown to be
74.0 per cent as compared with 81.5 per cent on the same
date last year, a difference in favor of last year's crop
at this time of 7.5 per cent. The per ce®t of the acre-
age planted on sod ground is 19.0 per cent, or 23,608
acres. This shows, them, that 81.0 per oent of the total
acreage was planted on old ground, or an equivalent of
100,643 acres. The marketable condition of the 1908
crop is shown to be <68.4 per cent for fthe State, while
that for the 1907 crop was but 66.5 per cent. The per-
1'able showing on July S5. lf)09, the growing condition of corn and cotton; the acreage harvested, the yield per acre, number of
bushels harvested, market value, total value of crop and the test weight per bushel of winter wheat; acres harvested, yield per
acre,, number of bushels harvested, market value, and total value of oats; the comparative acreage aud estimated number of
acres planted to Kafir corn.
CONDITION. I
CountieH.
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E
o
8
I j
Adair
Hf)
7
Alfalfa
58
A toka
Ut
02
Beaver
7 b
50
Beckh am
! 0
«J2
Blaiue
50
01
Bryan
G6
72
Caddo
50
Ti
Canadian
47
83 j
Carter
55
84 ;
Cherokee
75
90
Choctaw
05
07 !
Cimarron
W)
Cleveland
07
W) 1
| Coal
63 1
1 Comanche
4H
80 1
Oraijf
JK>
75
Ot ek.
i0
07
Cotter
50
H2 ,
Dtiawan
H7
Dewey
tot)
83
Ellis
77
Carl i eld
lib
73
Garvin
70
75
Grady
(M>
00
Grant
05
Greer
50
78 j
Harper .
05
Haskell
K5
00 1
Hukhen
02
VI ,
TnrhiK.n
4y
ho ;
•leffninon
4U
ri !
J«*bn*toti
54
4 «) |
Kay
Hi
KiufrtiHher
50
78
Kiowa
47
KW I
Latimer
75
70 1
Le Fwce
82
7H i
Lincoln.
02
71 i
1^ iran
Oi
06 !
Love
56
85 |
McClain
70
McCurtain
<*>
fK)
Mclntonh
76
<i5
Major
H)
85 |
Marshall
55
80 |
Mayett
7H
85) 1
Murray
55
85
MuRkoRee
82
72
Noble
04
08 1
Nowata
8.4
Okfuskee
7*
80 ! .
Oklahoma
i*
88 >
OkmulRee
75
80 1
Oaaffe
515
06 !
Ottawa...
85
Pawnee
<•5
6r>
Payne
1)0
04 !
Pittsburg .
70
77 1
Pontotoc
M)
r.o ;
Pottawatomie
72
87 |
Pushmataha
(ft
50
Kotrer MiIIh
55
Rogers
7y
75
Seminole
07
75
Sequoyah ...
82
7H
Stephens
50
62
Texas !
61
50 I
Tillman
4y
70 I
Tulna
80
77 !
Wauroiiei
80
00
Washington
i«U
Washita
61
77 i
Woods
54
76
55
WINTER WHEAT.
53,696
19,033
48,167
1,550
104
1,296
261
22,319
8,686
13,078
38,064
111.112
157
710
100,859
11,047
26,830
45,267
38,71£
18,779
536,960
228,396
722,505
31,146
2,556
2.927
117,701
233,784
1,555.568
12,070
l,811,187
98,888
588,471
503,285
244,127
$41,026
1,882.814
510,112
228,396
690.829
1,430
4,907
48,370
50,284
117,702
233,784
1.524,356
12,070
1,283,943
101,38o
579,401
493,129
244.127
2,808 | .90 , 2,527
104,790 1.00 104,790
14
436,044 'j
.96
418,601
61
18'"
52,006 |
'i'ooT
52,086
58
18
407,888 1
403,809
Ml
15
r.
.99 |
56,355
TW
io
197,007 |
1 05"|
123,550
59
.......
If),204
1.02"!
122,699
59
12
25,056
1.01 j
26,912
58
18
37.021
1.01
38,300
57
The State
64.4
5.17/)
4,733
15
to,aw Toil
'
48
35,617
9
320,553 .92
15,509
JO
155,0110 1.00
I.3H7
20
27,940 1.25
MW
17
15.260 1.00
! 58
12
0,096 1.00
27,010
15
455,150 1 .(JO
72,106
10
721,600 .99
20,334
8
162,672 ; .94
1*5.3 11 1,000,2U5
12.21 12.202 867
862
5,128
15,023
14/621
10,381
♦1,473
31,774
502
736
928
722
1,100
1,248
5,573
5,085
136
7,640
4.1(14
5/680
7,-805
29,169
1,205
622
20,685
18,812
3,(171
21,535
19,799
7,906
2,811
3,790
415
6,973
4,067
1,368
23,263
4,701
573
23,562
2,217
29:>,908
01
156.090
00
34,925
15,266
58
6,696
59 ;
45$, 160
til
714,443
59
152,911
■
1,122
1 ,.<34
15,373
5,502
2,727
1,946
1,381
7,50*.
4,727
1,891
70,200
$0.34
253,085
.37
22,412
.53
112,810
.80
330,500
.37
424.00!)
•35
301,049
.45
233,028
.39
1,016,708
.87
38,048
.40
41 ,'80()
.39
41,184
.E2
08,595
41
213,570
.45
206,280
"•;38
124,490
.40
78,060
.45
i 100,423
.86
42.175
.37
16,182
.37
827.400
.36
300.234
■ 80
34,937
"'.36
335.844
,H9
20.277
.40
85.! 68
.40
732.190
.37
633,568
.35
252,992
.36
0,115
.47
288.392
.39
415.104
.39,
62.184
.46
18.300 i
84,340 !
.4 S
117,4%
.36
2583)01 ;
.39
134,211 1
86,996 !
.45
814 206
.36
150,432 ,
.38 i
21.774 ,
.45 i
824.670 •
.42 i
88,680
.45 |
192.018
"35"
90,765
.39
346 815
38 1
14.225
.60
32.160
131.833
'".87"
ti, 880
'259.350
.40 1
12,200
.42 1
33,660
40.020
■ 65 ;
230.5!*.
.61
132.040 ,
.40 j
109.080
.50
64,218
.4.; i
40 049
.41 i
285.228
.38 J
113.448
39 1
823.888
93,641
11,878
56,408
122.287
148.403
135.472
90,880
376.204
MUX))
21.415
34,273
74,748
78,386
49.7W
35.122
399,031
15.611
5.987
297.964
136.888
12.227
131.079
8.110
.34.395
270.900
221,749
91,077
22,872
112.401
H 1,K90
100X520
KAFIR CORN.
100
100
102
>8.081
293.113
57.134
9.798
346.361
39,906
67.416
85.394
131,789
8.5;®
26 013
117.603
52,818
54.540
27.613
16.420
108.386
44 244
12.080.838 1 59.3
456.10« ! 30.2 13,774 401 I .39 I 6.372.0 6
1 734
4.465
7,183
1.709
4,547
182
3.199
5,003
871.405
OKLAHOMA NATIONAL tiUAKD
ORGANIZES PERMANENT
0OCIETT.
For the purpose of smwirlng a de-
ficiency appropriation from the special
session of the legislature to reim-
burse them for their time ami expense,
and to effect a permanent social or-
ganization, the officers in ti enlisted
men of the Oklahoma National Guard
who participated in the "Crazy Snake"
or "Smoked Meat" rebellion in Mc-
Intosh county last year, organized on
the closing day of the encampment
near Chandler. The following per-
manent officers were elected: Chas.
Barrett, president; Captain Hunter of
Oklahoma City, vice-president, Capt.
Jack Howe of Muskogee, secretary and
Captain Fred Kinfc of lawton, treas-
urer. The legislative committee is
composed of Col. Roy Hoffman of
Chandler, Captain Jack Alley of Tonk-
awa, Sergeant Green of Muskogee,
Sergeant Paulin of Durant, and Ser-
geant Roe of Oklahoma City.
Members of the executive committee
are: Lieutenant Bolend of Oklahoma
City, Captain Edington of Watonga,
Captain Hunter, Sergeant Bender and
Lieut. Flynn of Shawnee.
The estimated deficiency caused by
the operations against Crazy Snake
ranges from $4,000 to $6,000.
Table showing on July t,5, 1909, the comparative acreage,
he estimated number of reus planted to cowpeas and the
price paid for seed; the gt owing condition of spring sown and
other alfalfa, the estimated yield of the, fir*t and second cut-
ings, and the estimated number of tons saved therefrom.
ANJTOAL MEETING.
The following is the program of the annual meet-
ing of the Oklahoma State Board of Agriculture and
the Farmers' State Institute at Stillwater, Okla., Aug-
ust 10, 11, 12, 1909:
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10.
Morning Section.
10:00 A. M:
State Institute called to order.
Annual Address by President J. P. Connors.
Appointment of Committees.
Adjournment till 2 p. m. |
Afternoon Session.
2:00 P. M:
Reports of Committees of the Board.
Secretary's Report.
Election of members to the Board to fill vacancies
created by expiration of terms and by resigna-
tions.
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 11.
Morning Session.
9:00 A. M:
Report of Superintendent of County Farmers' Insti-
tutes—J. C. Elliott.
Discussion led by R. W. Lindsay, A. C. Cobb and Chas.
F. Barrett, participated in by delegates and mem-
bers.
Afternoon Session.
2:00 P. M:
Report of Supt. of Live Stock Inspection—G. T.
Bryan.
Discussion of report led by Ewers White and M. F.
Ikard, participated in by delegates and members
of the Board.
Evening Session.
8:30 P. M:
Report of Statistical Department by J. E. Wood-
worth, Statistician.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12.
Morning Session.
8:06 A. M:
"How the A. & M. College appeals to the Agricul-
tural and Industrial Classes of the State."—Dr.
J. H. Connell.
'District Agricultural Schools."—Hon. W. H. Mur-
ray.
"Agricultural Schools in Operation."*—B. C. Fittuck.
Afternoon Session.
I .'00 P. M: 1
Demonstration Farms."—Hon. Campbell EBSsell.
Report of Committee on Resolution*.
Adjournment
es
st
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r,
Adair
Alfalfa
Atoka
Beaver ...
Beckham .
Blaine
Bryan
Caddo
Canadian .
Carter
Cherokee .
Choctaw ..
Cimarron .
Cleveland .
Coal
Comanche
Craig
Creek ....
Custer
Delaware .
Dewey ....
Ellis
Garfield ..
Garvin ....
Grady
Grant
Greer
Harper ...
Haskell ...
Hughes ..
Jackson ..
Jefferson
Johnston .
Kay
Kingfisher
Kiowa ....
Latimer ...
LeFlore ...
Lincoln ...
Logan
Condition. Yield peri
M B I o **
Love
McClain ..
McCurtain
McIntosh .
Major
Marshall .
Mayes ....
Murray ...
Muskogee .
Noble
Nowata ...
Okfuskee .
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Osage
: i2s
Ottawa ..
Pawnee
Payne ...
Pittsburg
Pontotoc .
Pottawatomie
Pushmataha .
Roger Mills ..
Rogers
Seminole
Sequoyah
Stephens
T>exas
Tillman ..
Tu>sa
Wagoner ...,
Washington
Washita ....
Woods
Woodward ..
The State
$1 -V)
2.17
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OKLAHOMA AT NATIONAL CORN EXPOSITION.
To the Officers and Members of the County Farmer#*
Institutes ot Oklahoma. i
Dear Friends and Fellow-workers:—
On the 6th to the 18th of December next, there will
be held in Omaha, Nebraska, the Third National Corn
Exposition which has for its object the promotion ot
better agriculture by growing better corn, grain and
hay. The premium list of this Exposition will aggre-
gate between $50,000 and $60,000, many thousands ot
which will be offered on special Oklahoma and
Southern classifications. In addition to this there will
be offered in trophies and cash prizes, open to world-
wide competition, between $12,000 and $15,IW.
HERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OKLAHOMA
FARMERS TO NOT ONLY WIN VALUABLE PRE-
MIUMS FOR THEMSELVES, BUT SPLENDID NA-
TIONAL PRESTIGE FOR OUR YOUNG STATE.
Last year Oklahoma had to be contented with a very-
limited representation at this great national show.
This year our progressive commonwealth should
step into the ranks in her proper place—up near th
head of the line. Oklahoma should make such aU
exhibit of corn, wheat, oats, broom corn, kafir corn,
alfalfa, Bermuda, and native grasses, as will estab-
lish for all time to come her superior resources of
soil aud climate in the production of these sreat
staples.
The Stale Board of Agriculture has no appropria-
tion which it can expend for the expense of making
this exhibit. It can and will, however, lend its ever^
efort to co-operate with the individual farmers of thd
state, and with such local aia<l state organizations as
can be induced to enlist in this great work, we know
of no agency through which more can be accomplished
than the aggressive and enterprising County Farmers'
Institutes.
Let the work of collection begin with your local
fairs given under the auspices of the Institute during
the fall months. The Board will endeavor to furnish
a competent corn and grain judge for these variww
fairs. Carry the work on by co-operating with ereTy
private and public enterprise in your county to laaka
an exhibit at the State Fair at Oklahoma City. From
there the best productions can be selected for the
Omaha Exposition, and the Board of Agriculture will
give space in its splendid big exhibit hall at Guthrie
where the best of all these county exhibits can he place*
on permanent exhibition.
These efforts will prove the greatest and the most
convincing advertisement of the State's wonderful
agricultural resources that could be provided, and th
cost will be nominal, while the returns are prompt
and permanent.
We aro send'rg this appeal to as many individual
farmers as we have been able to reach through our
extended mailing list, and wo want the co- deration oS
the enterprising business citizens iu the t. us as well.
This is a movement in which it is possible to concen-
trate the enterprise and public spirit of all our people,
and the Board confidently turns to the progressive
newspaper men of the State and solicits their valu-
able aid in the cause to which they have always bee*
more than generous.
We must put Oklahoma where she belongs in the
forefront of the great Btates noted for their cereal
and grass crops. Every farmer, who feels that ho
can help out in the general state exhibit, is urged to
drop a postal card to the State Board of Agriculture,
signifying the kind and character of crop he is vian-
nlng to exhibit. Crops never have i omised better in
Oklahoma than this year, aud we should make a regu-
lar Oklahoma effort to capture th' ^rand champion-
ship of the Nation. It is within our reach if we but
have the energy and enterprise to rut our products <x i
exhibition.
Make the text of this letter a subject for disensstaa
in your locality, and write this office for any iuiJbnasM
tion we may be able to extend you.
Very sincerely yours,
OKLAHOMA STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
B CHAS. F. BARRETT. Secretary.
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Golobie, John. Oklahoma State Register. (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 18, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 5, 1909, newspaper, August 5, 1909; Guthrie, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc112661/m1/3/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.