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[[underlined]]Aug.11[[/underlined]] Left Snyder at 8:30 A.M & reached [[underline]]Enid [[/underline]] at 3:30 P.M. The principal interest of the trip was in passing out of Mesquite & semi arid into the humid division [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] just before reaching Hobart and again crossing a strip of mesquite and cactus country down the south side of the Cimarron Valley from near Cherryvale to just beyond Okeene.

From Cache to Snyder arid from Snyder to near Hobart the country is very similar, mainly open plains with much short grass and scattered mesquite, some prickley pear, & Yucca glauca and Euphorbia marginata, Psoralea tenuifloria and Dalia comosa. The numerous rocky buttes and ridges are surrounded by scrubby post oak, black jack, and celtis, while along the streams narrow lines of Ulmus crassifolia Juglans nigra (dwarf), Populus fremonti, Negando, Salix nigra and grape & sumach form ^[[winding]] lines of timber [[strikethrough]]at[[/strikethrough across the plains. 

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In going from Snyder to Hobart we pass through several gaps in the western extension of the Wichita Mts. and see scattered ranges and buttes stretching as far to the west as the eye can reach. These hills are almost continuous with the north line of the escarpment of the Staked Plains and would form a ready line of extension for mule deer.

The crops from Cache to Snyder and thence north to Hobart are mainly cotton, corn, milo maise, kaffer corn, some millet & a few fields of alfalfa, melons, sweet potatoes, and peaches. Grain stacks and stubble fields are common and in many fields the grain has rotted in the shocks from the excessive rains. Cotton is said to be the best crop and cotton gins are found at most of the towns and some bales left over from last years crop. Cotton is now in blossom and looks promising when well tended. Corn is good & nearly ripe.