Mexico weekly ledger., 1903-04-23
WHAT / saw In MISSOURI.
An Ohio Man Gives His Opinion Of
Our State.

The Mexico LEDGER wishes every
man In the United States could read
this, which was prepared by an Ohio
man who had been holding farmers In
stitutes In the Missouri, and read be-
fore the Russellyille Ohio Farmers
Institute, 1902.
| Less than "a hours before this In
stitute mot ] was requested to write
| this paper, and this statement must
answer for any Of It's shortcomings,
saw State nearly one-half larger
than Ohio, aState Of which It's scitizens'
proud boast is, ''it is entirely seifsus-
| tanning
| l saw a State that produced the
grand average OF 40 bushels OF corn
per acre In 1902 over all its vast acre
age, and a wheat crop that would
create feeling OF envy among the
| best wheat growers In the world.
| saw orchards Of apples. the trees
bearing full coat OF leaves, and the
branches bending TO the earth under
the weigh Of such fruit that grows in
no other land under the sun
| In November, 1901, / saw an exhibit
of so varities of grapes that for size of
bunch and berry and in excellence of
Equality were never beaten.
saw bluegrass pastures that would
put to the blush the yaunted .'blue-
grass region Of kentucky ever pro-
duced and on land unsurpassed, in
fertility.
At the State Fair 10 1902 / saw as
fine lot of breeding cattle Of the beef
breeds ever was gathered at one show,
and | saw horses sheep and swine that
the world cannot excel.
say as fine poultry as our progress
siye poultry men of Ohio and of my
own county can show, and In saying
this can pronounce no higher eulogy
upon the poultry and its owners in our
sister State.
saw less scrub stock in thousands
of miles Of travel in Missouri than |
could see In a many hundred OF miles
in Southern Ohio, and cast no reflec-
tions upon the citizens Of our own
state who are trying to improve our
stock when say this.
saw State with a grand school
system, and with the largest perman-
ent school fund OF any state in the
Union.
saw schools in country and In town
that were models OF excellence and
with pleasure | saw the movement
toward nature study in the country
schools, something to make our
children better and able to understand
the beautiful and useful In nature and
better satisfied with rural life.
Beneath the surface of the earth |
saw great mines OF iron, lead, zinc,
copper and coal, and | saw great
smelters preparing the ores and con-
verting them into valuable metals.
In institute work saw in a town
the size Of this $50 population, 900
people at one meeting, and there Isaw
a display Of stock, grain, vegetables
and fruits equal to thatof the average
oounuy ia'i'
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local naney that maintained n t;rst-
class farm aenartment that was
literally contributed n nv the stock. |
man and farmers- ot that section
saw towns lIke this with no
mono tort,lo lands abopt them snn.
norting large creamer,cs and cheese
factor,os ana 7, had the honor ~
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co. ,ho pusa,o pon, A mar,ean Evnos,.
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,aaors ,osnho,s IN nn,yaro,tias
aoiIaaas ond h,,h schoo1s ont among
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saw an institute system IN some
respects peteer than our own in cnat
eacn Two OuayS meeting mas bne SERVICES |