The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1905-06-15
SOMETHING ABOUT TANEY
It's Location, Institutions, Soil, Climate
and Resources.


Taney county rs section cut off fron
the rest OF the world, by position, Gus
toms and tradition, as a region identi
| fed with all that is rough, isolated an,
repellent to citizens OF other sections
Some OF these things may have beer
true in a time long gone by, but toda,
we are in touch with all the world b,
telephone, We read the daily papers th,
same day they are published, hear The
gospel preached everySunday in churcl
and school house, contribute to the
needy, obey the laws and prove our
selves abreast Of the times in most lines
of thought and effort.
The county lies on the south line oI
the state, the fourth county from the
west, being about in the latitude o
Virginia, with climate differing but
little from that of the latter. The
average altitude of the county is near
| 1000 feet above the level OF the sea, the
drainagl is all that could be desired,
and the temperature is very equable.
The nights are with few exceptions de.
lightfully cool in summer, aud zero
temperatures are rare in winter. There
is little cold weather outside of January
and February, and by March the sheep
are on the range. Cyclones and bliz-
yards are both unknown, and drouths
effect us only when they are general
throughout the country. The average
yearly rainfall is HIS inches.
Although the surface is broken there
is but little of it too rough for the cult.
walton CT fruits, peaches, pears, plums,
cherries, grapes, Strawberries aud
biackberries doing exceptionally well.
Apples will give just as satisfactory re.
suits when they are given the neces.
sary attention to protect them from
borers and insect pests. Pears and
peaches will grow wild and produce
abundantly.
No section Of Missouri. or any other
state for that matter, has better drain.
age, the system consisting OF White
river and its tributaries, the Beaver,
Bull, Bear, Long, Swan, Turkey and
other streams with countless number
of smaller channels, all of them fed by
springs and affording flowing, crystal
water on almost every quarter section
in the county.
Our valleys are very fertile, produc-
ing abundant crops of the common
cereals, grasses and grains. On one
acre OF ground last year Sampson Bar
ker raised ITO bushels of corn, as certi.
fled to by a disinterested person. A
corn stalk II feet tall may be seen on
the walls of the Republican sanctum,
grown in Taney county last year and
exhibited at the street fair in Forsyth.
Beside it is another stalk raised the
preceding year, bearing two ears of
respectable size starting out of the stalk
eight feet from the ground The
ridges show many excellent farms and
some large orchards. The latter are
growing rapidly both in number and
size, single planters in some instances
having planted several thousand trees
the present season. The Ozark region
is the coming fruit garden of the world,
and Taney county is in the midst of it.
The climate is well adapted to the
stock industry, and the Missouri mule,
famous throughout the world, nowhere
reaches greater beauty and perfection
than here. Cattle, horses and hogs are
successfully raised, and conditions are
ideal for sheep and goats, There is
yet plenty Of out range, aifording pas
turage and browse nine months in the
year. IL is necessary TO feed very little
If any grain, and there are no conta.
gioas diseases among sheep and goats.
In timber we have pine, cedar, hick.
DRY, maple, elm, sycamore, Walnut.
postoak, whiteoak, blackjack and ash,
and numerous sawmills find employment
cutting it up into lumber to be used in
local improvements and 10 ship to other
localities.
There are large deposits Of lead, zinc
in Il multitude of forms, iron, and some
copper, though no great deposits Of the
latter have been discovered. All the
former are undoubtedly here in paying
quantities. Little prospecting has yet
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