The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-03
Wednesdays Session.

by grand old Missouri
Wednesdays Session.
The first session Of the congress
was held at the Landcrs thcatur at
10 O'Clock Mayor Louis p. Ernst
made an address of welcome ana John
H. Curran Of St Louis, chief com
missioner, responded This was fol
lowed By m address by Gov. Hadlcy.
Gov lIadIcy. in his address at the
opening Of the congress. said in part:
Il feel that not only do the people
Of Missouri, but also the people NJ 9th
cr states, know too little of VIVA, we
have accomplished and Of the vast uu.
developed resources that Missouri has
20 offer The total area of the state
Of Missouri is a 100000 acres. Of
which only 23.500.00o acres are i'm.
proved and In cultivation. Thus near.
y one-half Of the soil OF Missouri
has never been touched by Il Dluw-
share, Seventeen million acres Of for.
est await the stroke of the woodlands
aye. And yet Missouri which was the
first state lying wholly west Of the
mississippi to be admitted TO the .
Union, is nearly 100 years old and has 1.
within its domain cities that have .
passed the first century Of their ox.
istenco | believe that this fact has /.
also tended TO create the impression .
that all Of our resources are devci. /
opcd; that all our soil has been cult /
vatcd, and that all of our wealth has .
been exploited. And thus II Is that /
those who live in states to the east.
TO the north and to the south. who .
have been looking for new homes In
the west and the southwest, have sup
posed that in Missouri the door Of 0p.
portunity was closed and have passed
on to other states and other terrific
rics
"Tho value Of the dairy products of
the state in 1908 was less than si0.-
GOO, 600, while the value of these prod.
ucts in each Of our sister states to
the north and 10 the west exceed $50.
300, 600 each year And vet there is
no better dairy section In our entire
according to the testimony
Of experts, than that which is found
N the plateau of the Ozarks
Equally great are the possibilities
If the development of our agrcul.
ural wealth by the use of the unused
'oi'. There is in the state Of Mis-
'ouri today over 3.000o0g acres o;
'wamped or flooded lands. the cultlva.
ion Of which is prevented or impaired
~ reason Of swamps and oyerfows.
( this land was reclaimed 50 as to
'icld certain crop each year. that
which IT would produce would he suf- +
lcient to support the entire popula.
ion Of the state, ,
More Science Needed. {
THAT our soil has not been scientih. !
ally cultivated is truth that is J
loarly apparent The average pro- s
uction of wheat in this country Is /
My II ushcl per acre. and yet in /
eleum, France and England the !
icld is nearly 30 bushels per acre. u
nd yet, the soil upon which the \
heat is grown In America Is the p
lual of the soil Of any Of hese for
ign countries.
In the midst, therefore. Of this in. $
nstigation by the American people as +
the cause of present conditions, j
.lssouri opens her doors and bids Il
lem welcome. She can offer more u
'om for homcseekers and more on. t'
ortunitios for investors than any
ate In the Union"
Wednesdays program Of the land te
'ngress included three interesting Is
ssions, In which some of the most b.
ointment men in the state partici. ra
tied. II A. Buehlcr of RoIla, state OF
ologist. delivered an auuross at the c,
renoon session. following the speech Ia
Gov Hadley, on Missouri Mining ST
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