Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-09-10

unexcelled by any section Of country
In tho world. The wheat crop for the
year 1878 IA estimated III one million
three hundred and fifty thousandbush-
els; surnlus ut 100000. The quality
Is equal to the best raised In the
UniIed States. Flour manufactured
from 10 by the st. Louis mills COM
mands q higher price iu the New
York aud Boston markets than any
other -four sold In these markets.
The present price here at the market
towns is about 81 80; the average pro-
duct per aero IL put at 20 bushels. l
believe with systematic aud scientific
cultivation the average production
could DO raised without difficulty to
80 bushels. Let Eastern farmers
make q note OF this, aud bear In mind
the gross proceeds of q crop OH this
soil Is subject only TO deductions for
labor. ltdocs not take half of it TO
pay for fertilizers.
IN addition to ils admirable adapt
ability to the perfect growth of
the leading cereal, it is equal to the
famed bluegrass region of Ken.
lucky as a stock country. All the
cultivated grasses grow with n luxu-
riauce unknown to the rocky hills
and parsim Oni0us soil of tho Allan
tic scaboard. The common red clover
attains q growth which your cores
pondent could not have credited Oh
any other evidence than tho evidence
of his own vision. have o acres
Of II in Saline and Lafayette counties
as thick as IL could stand, averaging
three feet in height. The ordinary
crop of timothy is two and n half tons
to the aero. Red-top, orchard aud
tho other grasses familiar to your
readers all grow iuxuriantly, but the
pastoral 9glory-of tho country is the
bluegrass, identical with the famed
Kentucky heritage, which springs up
spontaneously, forms u heavy aud
perfect sod, and Is quite as valuable
in winter u Mt other seasons of the
year. l have seer acres of it enclosed
with farming land and protected for
two oil three years. which formed n
perfect mat on the ground from two
to three feet deep. In consequence
of the constitution and structure vi
the subsoil, extremes OF wet and dry,
! whilst they affect the gross value Of
production, do not, as III other Sec
tons OF the Northwest, totally de-
stroy crops. The present season has
been one of unusual droaih, and
yet the corn crop OF Saline, Lafayette
and Jackson is estimated at forty
bushels to the acre. The season of
precipitation begins usually with the
month OF March and lasts till August
or September. The winters are
usually dry, and with EXTREMIST cod
in the months of January and Febru-
airy. Violent and destructive storms
are almost unknown. Water of cX-
%ccIlent quality is abundant and Inay
be readily obtained by digging from
20 to 60 feet. In addition To this
source Of supply the annual rainfall
is ample for all purposes il
collected and retained in .cistcrns aud
reservoirs.
The best varieties Of oak and other
ltimbcr'arc indigenous, and whilst it
gives to the face of the country one
Of its most attractive features, il
meets amply the requirements of Il
large population for all the purposes
to which timber is applied. The
native stone is well adapted to the
manufacture of lime aud to building
! pun IOoSSs- clay hiknSo al Avn
lent quality of brick. Above all,
nearly the whole section is undcrlaid
by q strata of bi,uminums coDl of the
best quality, which constitutes All
inexhaustible store Of fuel, easily aud
chcaply drawn upon, both for local
consumption and export. The salu-
brity OF the climate is scarcely excel
led by any other locality Oh the
continent. This is sufficiently evil
deuced in the general appearance Of
the people. Intermittent fever and
the pildcr forms of miasmatic disease,
prevail to u liElited extent, but yield
promptly to treatment. These lands,
with all their advantages, may be
purchased at prices ranging from
fifteen to fifty dollars per acre, nc
cording to location and value of In
provement. With a small infusion
"f-Sa energy auu thrift, til.
country would become in q few years
the Eden ofthe continent.
1901