Kansas City journal., 1898-01-08
he went to independence to take charge of


the Sentinel.
\ dispatch from Columbia Mo-. Is flooded.
the New York Sun says. with GOOD news
for the Missouri farmers. The experiment
station at Columbia has been making ex-
periments to determine how much sugar
there is in sugar beets. After seven years
of anxious toll the eXperimenters declare
that their experiments demonstrate that
it would not be profitable for the Missouri
farmer to raise the beets for sugar puF-
poses. If he intends to go to the expense OF
erecting factories for manufacturing su-
gar" Powerful information, and In itseli
sufficient TO show the value OF the expert
ment station. 1t could scarcely have been
expected that every sugar beet farmer
would be able to have his own sugar
factory. In the good days dreamed OF by
the Populist seerS the government Will
raise the sugar beets and sugar factories,
and the farmer Will have nothing TO Go
but to think, business which the depart
ment OF agriculture is even now engaged
in teaching him to master.
The following story comes from Shannon
county: In 1863 J. T. Morgan, who lives
a mile southwest of EminenCe, was out IN
the woods near where he lives at present.
He had found horseshoe which he intend
ed to put on his horse and, hanging II on
a small oak bush. left il to come after
it later While in the woods squad or
federal soldiers got after Morgan and.
pressing him very close, he became so badly
scared that he forgot all about his horse
shoe. Last Thursday the lonG-forgotten
horseshoe came into Morgans memory,
and remembering the spot where the shoe
| had been left. he decided to find 1t If pos
sble. Upon going to the spot Morgan
| found partly decayod stump of n tree. IN
which one-half OF a horseshoe was frmiy
| imbedded, the other half protruding. He
| believes that the shoe found was the one
which he had hung around the bush thirty
ty-four years ago.
| In 1896 there were produced IN the state
| of Missouri 35l 500 head of mules-nore than
| were produced in any other state IN the
| Union, says the Maryville Tribune. Mis-
souri, leads the world on mules and the
| Missouri mule leads the world. He is the
| king of muledom. \ few days ago some
| man in Chicago denied the justice of the
| Missouri mules claim to pre-eminence III
| size. "A nice point" says the dispatch
| which contained an account of the dispute
| that followed this denial, was involved III
determining Just what was meant by larS'
est as applied to a mule" but finally, o'
course, the judges decided unanimously il
favor of the Missouri product. the kicF
| being the most characteristic accomplish
ment OF the mule. they argued that the
possessor of the greatest kicking range wa:
more mule than his rival" OF course ths
Missouri mule was more mule than his rival
The Missouri mule is more mule than any
of his rivals. The Missouri mule is mos
mule. He can out-pull, out-kick. outweigh
and out hee-haw any other of the BEAST
of bray. and he is recognizable the worl'
over by the length and beauty of his ears
the smallness and delicacy of his hoofs, tn
music of his voice. the kindness of hi
eye. and his magnificent range for recall
| ctrant purposes. The mule is very i'm
portant member of the productions Of Mis-
souri, He is not raised usually for domesti
purposes. but for shipping; and in the mar
! ket he brings as good returns as any othe
article produced in the state. The mul
raisers and shippers of Missouri are gettin
rich because they are able to recognize
good thing when they see it. Mule raisin
IS. at tbs time. one of the paying industrie
of the state. and It will be as long as tn
2 people of other states continue to apprt
: ciate the superior style. beauty and virtue
| of the Missouri mule.