Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-05-07

in Kansas and Nebraska better
price than here"
1t may surprise our Iowa farmers
to hear that the cultivators of La
.fayette county boast Of never having
lost crop in sixty successive years
q compliment which can be paid to
very few farm districts in the west !;
this remarkable results attributed to
the great depth and porous structure
of the superficial and sub-soils and
not to, the loose methods OF cultiva-
ton here in vogue. Everything is
grown here to perfection that -four
pishes between the northern limits OF
the cotton fields and the Red river
of the north. The mania for wheat
growing finds substantial justifica-
Ftion in the z, ZOO, 900 bushels OF elegant
white winter wheat grown in the
county last year. Ii has been stated
on good authority that 1000 acres of
heat were in, crop last year, and
that the average was fully twenty
two bushels per acre. AS yet not
mere than one-half of the wheat
growing capacity Of tho county has
been tested. 1t must be remembered
that until within the past few years
hemp and tobacco formed the main
articles of export. and it was the
popular belief the country was
not adapted to wheat. The corn
crop last season was nearly 1000, 900
bushels, and dry season at that. The
visitor ia not left to the opinions and
experience Of practical fruit men
long in the industry here. He will
find everywhere in the county the
conditions Of soil, altitude ana
climate that makes q veritable fruit
growers paradise. experimenting
these he may find, too, hundreds of
half cultivated vines ards that yield
the most delicious fruits of the vine
at mere nominal cost !; thousands of
half cultivated apple trees that last
autumn were bent, to the earth with
their burden of as fine fruit as ever
grew between the Atlantic and
snowy range scores of peach, pear,
plum and cherry orchards whose
luscious fruit is fed to stock for want
Of local market. ,,. .,.-
I Next in Importance to farming is
the raising ofstock, and the products
in this line are perhaps the best of
their races. Horses, cattle, sheep
and hogs are, found here OF as pure
bleod as can be found On the CONT
nent. The magnitude Of the stock
raising business may surprise some
when state that the yearly exports
| of the county will average 1900 car
loads. Diyested of its speculative
features the business pays careful and
intelligent growers, feeders and
breeders all the way from twenty to
labor expended, some reporting
6ecks OF sheep. l5o~ -. vg<5-
The facilities for transportation of
j the productions are the most excel
lent. The Missouri river bounds the
county for thirty-six miles OH the
north, the Lexington aud Sedalia
branch Of the Missouri Pacific rail.
road crosses the county from north
to south, and the Chicago aud Alton
runs the entire length Of the country
cast and west, thus opening the
4 three great western markets, Kansas
City, St, Louis and, Chicago, for the
shippers to take the one at which he
will realize the greatest profit. LOO
i Tho educational advantages of the
ceunty are the very best, aud nc
finer, more thoroughly graded schools
arc to be found in any state. The
city and town schools give q course
that prepares the pupil after passing
through successfully to enter any ol
our common colleges. The schools
Of Lexington, Waverly and Dover
are of = high grade, ami have princi
honor to I'll theis profsssiens%. iies% Ea4 E49rnkS aS
ton contains four colleges in addition
to Its common schools, forming 9
course unexcelled by any in the
state. These colleges are the old his.
toric Masonic college, which mum
Il bers in its alumni some. of the strong
est men in the state, and is now th,
Central Female College, under tn.
The building was the scene of ColOne
Mulligan's siege by Price, and many
marks of those exciting times still
remain. The Elizabeth Aull Female
Seminary, 'sn institution patronizet
, by the Presbyterian denomination
is in q very fourishing. condition
The Baptist Female College has
large roll of students, and the Went
worth Male Academy Is doing nobl,
: work and rapidly raising in rank ant
influence. .-...,- ,....,...fl.. b.. r..-f....
: The newspapers of the county ar
: up to aud ahead of the standard o
! their social, intellectual and materia
: surroundings. They are the Intelli
gencer, Register. Herald aud AL
! vance, three democratic and one re
, publican. This shows the predoml
, mating political element of tn
a country to be largely democratic
butt is Of the more liberal slemell
q and more or less progressive. They
/ enc and all, are anxious for norther
n tand eastern people to come i'll an
. they will be met by the leaders in
!. manner that will make them fee
: perfectly at home. ,. .......-.
|. The towns OF tho county are Lex
ington, the county seat, populatio
h 1000; Waverly, 800; Higginsvillt
q 1000. Concordla, 600, Black burr
r Odessa, Dover and Auliville 800
!, 500. a. '.'
a dc not know a better way {
!. closing my letter than again alludin
q to tho prosperity of the county
E these words: The financial conditio
q Of the county is excellent; tax
= levied GU over So, 100000 worth {
n property > the banks have larg
a amount of deposits which they Cal
not loan eighty per cent Of the farm
. ers are comparatively Independent
|, and third of all of them are none
y leuders. With few exception
n "they are liberal patrons OF fire
y schools, religion, literature, and tt
!. best arts Of husbandry." c. E. r.
d BEA0oNsFIELD AND THE LAD1E
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