The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1890-01-21

Chicago Tnder.
The state of Missouri is replete with
interest. Its resources are vast its
possibilities are infinite.
Few states in the union oder 80
many inducements to til. Iemigrant'who
wishes to follow agricultural pursuits.
1t is central in point of latitude, thus
avoiding the long cold northern win
tiers and the dry hot southern sum-
mers All the cereals are grown in
the greatest perfection, and the yields
are enormous. The wheat grown in
Missouri makes -four of the very best
quality. But perhaps TIE most profit.
able crop to the farmer ia that of corn.
1t is his chief reliance, for with it he
fattens bis pork, beef and mutton,
which are always in demand at good
prices. And for stock-rsising, Mis-
souri, possesses wonderful advantages.
Everywhere grass grows in the great
est abundance. The state lie bounded
and traversed by mighty rivers and
their tributaries ii is not subject to
druughts, and should hard winter
come there il always cheap forage to
be had to fall back on. 1t has been
said that no state produces such q
great variety of fruits in such high
perfection. At the American Pomo-
logical convention at Rochester, where
fruit was exhibited in competition
from most of the states of the Union,
three of the Wilder medals were
awarded to Missouri-one of the larg-
est and best display of fruits made by
any state another for the best display
of pears made by any state, and an
other for the best display of grapes
made by any state. The grapes of
Missouri are of the highest quality,
and the wine produced from them I'M
equaled 10 other states. In the great
national contest a few years ago at
Philadelphia, the prize for the best
wine produced in any state was
awarded to Missouri. Apples, pears,
peaches, plums. apricots, nectarines,
ounces and the entire list of small
fruits, such as currants, gooseberries,
raspberries, strawberries and blackber-
ries yield abundantly with but little
care, and furnish most healthful and
luscious diet. Figs can be also grown
with little winter protection.
The mineral wealth of Missouri is
Its coal fields include
an area of 26, 900 square miles. The
coal mines of the state are easily |
worked, and require no deep shafts or
machinery for hosting or
drainage. They underlie the greater
portion of the finest agricultural Sec
tons, not only of the state, but as
productive a region as is on the conf
nent. Coal of good quality can be
purchased at the mines 30 cheaply that
sven where farmers have timber in
abundance near at hand they prefer to
burn coal rather than to cut and haul
wood a short distance. There need
be no fear of a scarcity of iiel in Mis-
souri,. = The fame of the iron deposits
IF Missouri is too well established to
require more than a comment upon
he bearing this most important mef,l
s destined to have in Influencing
he future prosperity of the state. A
distinguished mining engineer, after
giving a detailed account of the M les
which have been examined, sums up
,y saying; "They have enough ore {
n Missouri to run hundred furnaces
thousand years" Next to iron the
most important metal in the state is g
cad. New discoveries of this meta, {
ire constantly being made. The
mineral occurs in lodes, veins and dis q
eminations, the extent of which has /
lot yet been determined. Eor sever e
/ years past, more than one-half the .
cad produced in the United States 8