Weekly station . for farmoperations of all kinds* Vegetation showed signs of very early growth* Fruit treest shade trees,, and ornamental shrubs budded very early andsome of them were displaying minature leaves by the first of March, Winterwheat made a very good growth during the month and oats seeded at this timeresulted in good stands within a very short time* The mild winter weather enabled cotton farmers to gather the last oftheir crop, Picking was continued in some fields as late as March 15 toApril 1, The market ranged from 1^ to 5^ per pound* Wages for pickingfinally dropped t
Weekly station . for farmoperations of all kinds* Vegetation showed signs of very early growth* Fruit treest shade trees,, and ornamental shrubs budded very early andsome of them were displaying minature leaves by the first of March, Winterwheat made a very good growth during the month and oats seeded at this timeresulted in good stands within a very short time* The mild winter weather enabled cotton farmers to gather the last oftheir crop, Picking was continued in some fields as late as March 15 toApril 1, The market ranged from 1^ to 5^ per pound* Wages for pickingfinally dropped to about per pound. It is estimated that Comanchecounty ginned about l6f0C0 bales of the 1920 crop. The acreage of the 1921crcp in this county will b3 reduced about 50 per cent, according to presentestimates. The mild winter was very favorable to forage and truck crop insectpests of all sorts, The 6ree\i bag infestation from ffesas made its first ap-pearance in Love county, Oklahoma early in February and spread, rapidly as.
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