Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1911-06-29
MORGAN COUNTY.

leave this part ,inrepresented, we
will endeavor, in part at least, to
comply with your request. In years
agone it was supposed that Boston
was the Club" about which every
thing revolved, in fact on the author
'ity of William Nye, old John Adams
arose very early every morning to oil
4 the wheels of the vast machinery for
fear the world might "gang aglee,"
unless it was properly attended to.
All this has been changed in later
years, since the young men, and
many older ones too, have taken
Horace Greeley's advice and "gone
west" All of which we will pro-
4 ceed to prove.
The center of the total farm acre.
,age in the United States is in Mis-
souri,. The center of farm values is
within the boundries of our state.
The center of corn production of this
Z country is in Missouri. The center
of the gross income from farms OF
the United States is in Missouri.
The center of manufacturing, edu-
cation, progress, culture, follows the
center of production, and therefore
we will soon be IT. And the center
= of Missouri is Morgan county.
Where is the "Hub"2
There are two entirely different
soil structures in Morgan county,
with Versailles, the county seat, near
the dividing line. The northern part
being probably about three-hfths
Whereof, is of red limestone quality
with a slight mixture of flint and varies
in depth from one to four feet, and
y is especially adapted to the growing
sssof wheat. This extending out
Through Cooper and Moniteau coun-
ties, is probably the very best wheat
lands in the state and none found
anywhere better. In addition to this,
1t is adapted to the production OF
corn, blue grass, timothy, clover and
to all classes of fruit and vegetables.
Along the creeks bodies Of alluvium
are quite frequent and unsurpassed
in fertility. While the surface might
be described as rolling, yet it is leve
enough to admit of the use of al
kinds of farm machinery.
The southern two.hfths OF the coun'
ty belongs to the same soil character
istics as the Ozarks; that of clay
mixed with flint and of grayish col
or and runs in depth from few inch
'es to two or three feet.
This is generally hilly and tim
bered, but when cleared is foun'
well adapted to grasses of all kinds
Even in the thin timbered lands i
their wild state blue stem and Japan
csc clover are abundant, thus furnish
ing good grazing to all kinds of stoc
summing wild. and when fenced in
improves very rapidly as pastures
And with the rich valleys to gro
grain and the mild climate, the whol
of this section will doubtless, in ii
near future, be covered with pastur.
and become valuable live stock an
farming country.
Another advantage to the farm'
here. is the moderate climate, whit
enables him to have so many workir
days in the year that his work nee
never push him, as the plow can |
kept going almost or quite eve
month in the year.
Another advantage the farmer h
here over his Sorthern neighbor
that he has chance to grow = va
uable hay or some reRoyatiag crop
rowpeas, after harvesting his whe
crop, thus enabling him to grow ts
crops during the same year and
the same time build up his farm
restoring 10 past at least, the fertili