Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-11-02

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AGRICULTURE
Audrain county Is strictly Al zgr
cultural region. there being olr :
very small part Of it whieh Is not m.
der cultivation.
The early settlers raised cora,
wheat, ne, cats. backwheas, pota-
toes. sorghum, and tobacco The
same crops, With the exception Of
buckwbeat ana tooaeeo. siH fora
the leading croIs, although timothy,
clover. coxTeas. alfalfa and miilel
have been added.
On aecount Of the good oFsz rang
affordea By the prsiriss. the eaTly
~setCers soon heeauA Interested IN
stock raising cattle being the priDci.
pal stock produced, and the ccun.
" is at present one 81 the leading
stock groHing counties Of the state
For many years The prairies were
severed By Hplendid groSths of ma
i've blue stem. this often growing
hish enough. II Is said, to com
: pletely hide horses and ea2tle whAcl
were feeding on H. Through over pa
guriug this gradually becams come
what sabdued bue still required maci
hard hsb0r to completely kIl 1t ou'
, sven after cultivation began
As the native grasses Nere kiIle'
put. however, they were gradually S
: perceded By blue grass. which hal
spread Of its own accord and IA
I oeen sown to a considerable exten
Z until blue grass pastures a. th'
present time are one OF the primo
IaI assets Of the county.
Although being more easily injure
! y drought than some Of the othe
assure grasses. blue grass furntsls
excellent spring and fall pasaurag
Q and when not too heavily pastures
sarlier in the season often furnishe
much feed during a considerable poi
ion Of the winter.
y The raising Of cattle continues I
De an important industry in Audrai
: ounty, but Other kinds of stock, ea
; lecialIy horses and mules, are N
: eeiving much attention, and in 100
a it was the leading county in Missoul
: in the production of jacks and sta
lions, producing almost four times a
: many as its closest competitor, Jack
son county, 1t also ranked seeon
!. in the production of sheep, only on
county, Boone. surprising II in tina
= respect.
The agricultural importance Of Al
y rain county is well shown by
comparison OF its surplus product
nth those Of the state as a Who'll
Or the year 1908.
:" Although this county occupies
little less than one 1-10o {
: the area Of the state. 1t produce
1-21 Of all the sheep. I-ss' Of tn
Iorses and mules, 1.55 of the hogs
1853 OF all the cattle and I-52 OF tn
? total live stock. 1t also produces
D 1-21 Of the oats. 1852 Of the corr
4 LES Of the hay and forage crops. ]
e co Of the total farm crops, and 1-6
OF the poultry and eggs.
1t viii be seen from this compar
: son thai the agriculture of the cour
Il ty consists OF general farming, a COZ
. bInation Of grain growing and stoc
, raising. To this more than to an
, other one thing the county ewes it
= continued prosperity and to a consit
. cradle extent the retention Of il
? soils.
When the prairies yer first fencs
and cultivated ~thirtyfive to- fit
years In succession and in man.
parts OF the county this practice wa
!. persisted in until seriously decreaf
ing yields convinced farmers that
change in methods must be adopted
At that time a large part OF th'
corn was shipped out OF the count
y and thus became a total loss TO tht
soil.
During the past twenty years, how
3 ever, a more rational system Of farm
ing is gradually being adopted an
4 while there is still much room foI
improvement the soil in many part
- - .m.E~ L. - l-a#sxv.~ condition