Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1906-08-24

pie, east and north OF the ONO
river, Missouri is a sort Of terra
incognita," an unknown land, and
very many look upon it, as an in
hospitable region, for some reason
unfit for habitation. Comparative
ly few know that it is the third |
state in agricultural products, with
hundreds of square miles of its
richest lands practically undevel-
oped; and while we are accustom-
ed to look upon Ohio, illinois, PEN
nsylvania and Kansas as great
agricultural states, there are more
people engaged in farming there
than in either of them. In onsyear
Missouri farms produced one
eighth of all the corn grown in the
U. g., and at the same time gave
the highest average per bushel.
The corn exhibit of the state
at the worlds fair, 1904, attracted
more attention than any other ex-
hibit in the twenty acre palace of
agriculture, and this is admitted
by all who attended that great
exposition. In all of the great
livestock shows of the s. during
the past ten years Missouri ex-
Ihibitors have taken more first
|prizes than any other three states
combined, and in several instan'
cesmore than all competitors COM
bined, establishing the rank Of the
state as first, in breeding register
ed livestock. Missouri leads all
,other states in number of fruit
trees and in fruit production, has
the largest orchards in the world,
and the excellence of her fruit
is such that there is a demand for
every bushel of it. | have seen
the blue grass pastures of Ken
lucky and those of Missouri, and
, do not hesitate to state that those
| of the latter, on land selling al
, $40 to $40 per acre cannot be ex-
: celled in Kentucky on land that
r is not on the market at even
t double prices stated. In no other
: state have l seen 80 productive
lands selling at such prices as
, land in Missouri can be bough'
for today, but note an increasing
y tide to immigration and a cores
. ponding increase in the prices o
\ land all over the state. In ever,
, section one sees land seekers
from other states, and on every
hand hears of the sale of farms t.
70 men OF Ohio, Indiana Illinois AM
Iowa, who expect to make thes
farms their home for life. TIL
70 mines of the state produce nearl,
4 $7O0, ,0O0,O worth Of coal an
Il metals per year, with its minin
Q interests partieally undevelope
as yet. Missouri has the larges
- permanent school fund of an
" state in the union and spends $40,
70 OO0, 900 a year on her school sys
10 tenn, as much as Ohio today
J. The time will soon come whe
Mt Missouri will be the leading diar
es state, as in that respect she pos
of sesses advantages superior
\. those Of any other state, the san
:, to be summed up as fertile sol
Vi abundance of pure water, a ten
iy perate climate and ability to gro
nd any crop for feeding stock not
b. be found elsewhere. In the ma
all ter of citizenship few other stat
AZ a., can boast of better and more pr
y, ! gressive men than Missouri ca
1e he At one place l found an Ohio 81
'e ciety composed OF former citize
OF this state and In other sectio
| saw men hailing from as mai
as ten or twelve Of the older state
u Her citizens came from everysta
o., and while she has not as large
so foreign population as many 9th
uri states yet this same foreign po
La ulation is of the very best tyI
A' In five seasons travel in the sts
among all classes Of people fou
ar- within it's borders ! never saw !
led 'one quarrel and that between t
nd eastern travelling men. In !
ton;n;on no other state has as ma