The Marshall republican., 1913-08-29
GOOD ROADS

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JEFrEGsoN CITY. Hot August
27.-ntcrostia .ac.a ali isurca asr
gifcn in a Good Roads boostne
bulletin entitled, Agricultural stat
islics. Missouri. 1915" which Labor
Commissioner Jno T.. tf.,o1tr.ts is-
uci l1Joy TO show gle uce s!ly o.o.
network OF improved H.1to highagys.
which viii place The r.uotct spot IN
Missouri In elote touch with 'uo m9t,
uury co.trr.
Information is sit0n thal .horo .T,
.15gii nrm. ln che SKATE, taking up
go acreage atioan,lus TO ai,iPi.2l.
acres OF .nc i'.9Ss $50 oe.oI %. ianI
On Missouri or 90. arm lands.
-i. .sI.isG acres arc Improved w
r.er cultivation. '%ol,lrs fo.0to"f
acres ol With S.nis % acre. .r.
s.Il nearly SO u5a.l ,' u.l a..
which means wDll ua.sc.od. v'h
saua sections hl9h ana dry, tut ro.
.0r d~a.rgi1> ana saotp sId GOAT rai
ue. .u1 o.h,r fco.iol. 'oF ana vaf
terrific. i,. io produce uom 81 n
J.. bori,.ls o corn 'ur aero. annual
ir. 600 moment tats ar. c.osr.I
t~ra..cJ ard prutt,tHr 10y h.Fl. Hl.
tautiaI Iryrs Th,a tapr, uro iI
0HHf aeit no. rcfnEr4 IN tfur .Ittr
all aside 'fop chez toof Q.
uhlch DC ci,t and g. ynsj g.. ur
.tgIfr to o. p1ttto ogaio MA
I'M 'plrra" of' Labor slrTaG g
iu'a.iu goa on 20 state tas r1o
i..tr ana che taLiagup a' al 81. %.
Univ proved lands o. Che state silt
easily raise tbo total worth OF N
our's aunl3I arm p4oauot tt.p'
iHr 'l.e stock and dafy ol8'G,s. '.o.
aC,01O. GOO to sSDc.cUc,n.. lI'.
ia.. and dairy products NHi l-r.i
Zoo al1uat aud yo,Ds, ou.i
take IJsi place for o. lH1gs' COZ
litld mstcrd OF hollius ,hiri Hc
ton, and ~, wheat crop vim increase
, 30 rcs cent, adyautt1s J'a state ono
err two notches In that respect.
A Failure fgr ,hr Negro
Trcr" o. O. 'ruirH .pr tae ucsro d.
r.rm.re o1thc 2,7.2la farms i'
tho tate. S,GGG are rom Iy negroes
ll.lG7 by white foreigners ana 25e,.
IN by whi,e natives. The Ecgg,
nul the foroiener hes tho sgmc oppor.
trlitv ON a arm thot 70 native white
has. lhe earnings oJ tho arm az
ruic dependingJ Focr3ily an t
! nri.t. ability aud activity OF ~.
owner. Nature draws no color liao
= nor makes any other Kind OF diatlnt
tion when it comes 20 rewarding 10.
industry. The AVERAGE size farm o
Missouri. one OF ebulj l2i acres, au
Iuually 6rives, whcn averaged, ahou.
. StSAe from product which arc e'
TO market. In addition there Is IN.
r rec living. the best lhe land afford.
With ouch articles a. chicken, countr,
70 butter ana hams. bultermIh, and ricl
y cream on the daily menu, ~ @ Is de-
4 sired Also free ron. when the farm
IS owned by Tho person running il
If 40 outlay COR tueI necessary.
d with All mrms o the state, tl
m bvilGings on them aud other improyc
p ueu,s and al domos,b anlm3lbp oN
n try and bees, worth aitotaI Of 62,QQ,a.
h 9I7.4SS. II mean tgat tbs agor3g
farm, one o. l25 acres, i worth 81,
4o5. Tie'liHeraro Worth Of tho.
farm lands b9r aero Is $50.
That a small farm IN Miasouri pay.
%. IN proportion, as well as one Of t2
O. acres, is shown by the ract that thor
are t55 acres, 1891 with from tire
Ito nine acres aud 1870 with trol
T. ten 10 nineteen acres, the aunu'
r. yields Of which we're Included }
n, getting At the aye1QgS ouEin S Pc
: sEm 8ai w "a
ss According TO ~ hrmRtion ,fprp,sl
4 al ,spbefsis'6f Of slatlsties a, E gGi
rs q'onstoA Of the nuriau Of Labor Sta
istios there are SO,D2O FARMS m fTf
souri. with en- acreage OF from 100
Hrs acres, Farms rapeing from
10 % acres are next in numhar ehel
Us being 7a.t7S OK this class on earnir
II. Ia good living for the owners (
r. other sizes there are i7,aas in Y
ut state, with from 90 10 30 acres; 81
he 10a ransins from tT5 10 259 acre
r. l9,Ste, eco 10 400 acres; 9dg7. "a
r. to 9sa acres aud ssi With 1000 acr,
and over.