American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-07-11
The Granary of the World.

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CHANGING at the map, with the naviga
BILE waters of the Mississippi ' alley over
16OOO miles in extent, before us, consti-
tuting the farm, the granarv of the
world, we are reminded that, from
the standpoint of century. there
WAS wide eNpanse of trackless
wilderness behind the narrow fringe of
white settlements which bordered the
Atlantic-that the thirteen colonies have
swelled into thirty-seven States and Ter
rltorieS, and capitals which may vie with
many of the Old World now dot the land
from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Among
the grand results of the system of small
proprietary interests founded by the
fathers-that policy which favored the
appropriation of the public lands by act
ual settlers in small tracts, in considera-
ton of nominal sum of money-has
been the erection of an empire which
may properly be termed the region of
cereals, embracing the States of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin. on the east of the Mississippi River;
and Missouri, Iowa. Minnesota, Kansas,
Nebraska and the Territory of Dakota
on the West. This vast region. in eX-
tent, surpasses the united area of the
British Islands, France, Belgium, Hol-
land, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland
and Italy, embracing ,3.2 square miles.
The region of cereals embraces 1J1 i. 136
square miles, or 4S1. LOG. 90S acres. of
which 1927, 1S9,. SS acres lie on the west
side of the Mississippi River The total
nopuIation of tb;S r.oion l. in ro,,pd
nnmbors ~ ono 600 ~ ~ 600 900 -
,..I;aI, - heai io,Voo'ooo y.
r;Ear Co,, ano 81 III, .1, Vi .ne 800
of terr;torv In the Most ' ,,,ic rI Settiad
portions of Europe, the cereal region is
capable of accommodating a population
W;,': -, eo Uis
~ nil, ny I'M: VI oilio o'i upiie-
fa,,, ;s:,,',nn .arA''4,l,; is d
,,.,..,i ,f -. G' ~ n...i. az .ii'
nrosant IT, 81 H. - af on :;
Il ~ 600 ooa ~, IS IL e.,
rie,a,,,S ri my VI j. '.is 90 co., oon
Ind Tho live So = ,,or,h ef50 0o0 o00
PnbI;c Iards ~ I;s,,,,o,,rad 81, IL
d;l iaIO ~ na.S uisa p'eaieu ION ~
uana, anu 'ie .aiue Vi ,he iarlii,hs u. td
Sno M" ~ Ia. ,I. ''i'e nis le'.hcu PIC
;s eS,in,ated n, eo.sn 900 600 IT, ras,,Its
of !. nrocress az it'll ,,,or, H. ha1f =,
centnry aro s1r,r,od NM =, 1r,,a 10, ID
vaJue If 81 s0o 600 600 Thn c,sh ,.I,,e
of tho farms of JII;rois i Mood at
1920 5Ot; RAG and of arricnlturaI tools and
m.ch;nery eos o0o nlo tn o1;ma,a of
Iii;no;s nr,sentS :, 81 ,a,,nnr,trro
while IT. n,tnra1 non,;nun ic In" e,o
brace a lake and river navigation of
nearly . OOO miles Tho commence of tbe
Stata hos ra,cbod r.rnifcont nronor
So r.;ira,lI - ,.,,, -
81 20 900 600 - ~ io,1;,, At o.
Co.., eynrrts anor 100 200 600 f,,s,,dI,
If ora;n W;chioan's farms ,re Va1ued 1T
4.3s}8 o4O 51S and its farm imnIemepts and
MACHINERY St311te ,g Less than one
fourth of tbe St,te ;S st;T ooc,,,,;ad h.,
-, - - -, - :,,H ~ ~
brought undcr cuItivation In add;t;on
to IFS cereal cron the wool lumber
and ore of N;cbig,n reach a hand,
some figure Commcrci,lIv tba St.te has
400 miles of lake naviration alone its
shores. and a water communication with
the Atlantic tins b,y;ng access To ayast
;ntarraI trado W;nh;,r.n ho, I'll, 49,.
acres Of nnbI;c l.nd - H. r. w.
81. 81. r. ,,,,L,;I. - -.
brsced a II i :,t;o ares OnI,l one seventh
IF the whole area of the Srate is now nm
der cultivation Missouri reveals to the
agriculturist regions of the greatest fer
tility. while to the miner a wide range of
mineral products is accessible. Less than
100000 acres of public lands remain to
be disposed of Iowa is n phenomenon
among the new States west of the Nissis-
sippi and one of the leading in the cereal
region. The cash value of its FARMS EN-
bracing 20 600 900 acres, is placed at 1898
OOOOOO The State nOssesses greater NAT
ural advantages for crop-raising than
Minnesota. Its wheat is said to be the
choicest raised in the cereal region. and
commands the highest price at Chicago.
and the -four made from it is worth more
than any other flour in the New York or
Boston market. Minnesota has lust en-
tered upon the second era of its glorious
existence. Kansas is also IA phenomenal
State, and is destined to become an en-
pire- That portion of it which was once
called the Great American DESERT has
become one of the most productive
regions of the great West. Nebraska,
The grazing region of the State com
P-'~ = 49, 1890 sASiS'- i'aho't mas Sct