The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-06-29
MISSOURI swine
NUMBER 4,5OO.OOO
New Book Says This State Has
Fewer Rented Farms Than
Illinois.

lN"lI"IC ISS just ISSUED new bulletin
Rural Progress IN Missouri" In thi:
bulletin the author, w. L. Nelson, AS
sistant Secretary, says:
Missouri has more farms home:
owned by farmers, and unincumbered
than has Iowa, Illinois, or Kansas.
Missouri is a State of home owners
She has fewer rented farms than Hi.
nois, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas or Ok
lahoma.
In number Of hogs Missouri, with
4,505, 600 head, ranks second among
all the States. The Missouri hog is
not "haZel splitter" but an ''institu-
ton" with hams and history.
During the last census decade the
value of Missouri lands doubled, and
cor2eSpondingly increased more than
those of any State to her west, or any
State bordering her On the north or
south.
Missouri is a great corn State.
According to the last census, the lead
ing States in the production of corn
were Illinois, Iowa. Indiana, and Mis-
souri,. These four States together re-
ported more than two-ffths of the
total production of the United States.
Missouri is truly center State.
Here is the heart Of the great corn
belt. Here is tire center Of farm val
ues, and also the center CT improved
arrcage. The statement is also made
that Missouri is the cattle center, the
hog center, the horse and mule center,
ana the center of farm production for
the United States.
Missouri live stock is remarkably
free from disease. Texas fever, sheep
seabies, and CHAMBERS are practically
unknown. During the foot-and-mouth
outbreak there was not one case in
Missouri. The result Of the work OF
a pure milk supply for Mis-
souri, and of keeping healthy the herds
of the State, is a striking story of
progress and efficiency.
Missouri has splendid system o.
public schools. Ours is not an litter
ate State. Taking her population as
a whole, Missouri is not as illiteratc
as New Hampshire, Massachusetts, |
Rhode Island, Connecticut, or New |
York. Furthermore, in some Of these |
States illiteracy is decreasing but |
little, or is actually increasing, while |
n Missouri cur limited illiteracy is
,apidly decreasing.
For the average farmer to invest
nothing in live stock in order that he
night have more to expend for build
ngs would represent poor business
Judgment. 1t does not follow, that
because the average Missouri farmer
hooses to invest 81 ,301 in live stock
nd only 1915 in buildings, that he is
ess efficient than the Massachusetts
armer, who puts $2,401 in buildings
nd only 1852 in live stock.
Missouri is Z great fruit State In
915 we were excelled in apple pro-
uction by but one State, and in peach
reduction by but four States. IN
apple and peach production
Iissouri was second among the vari-
us States. In blaclzberries and dew
eTrieS Missouri ranks first among all
he States. At the Panama-Pacifc
Missouri was awarded
lore medals on apples than were 4
warded any other State or country. ,
Missouri is a leader in live stock.
n number of registered cattle of the
our beef breeds, Missouri is Cutrank-
d by no State. In Angus. Missouri
second; in Hercfords, third; in GA '
ways, third; in Shorthorns, fourth.
urs is a State of great breeders and 7
f long established herds. Missouri
as recently established records in the 7
ale, both of Hereford and Shorth0Tn
attic, Herefords averaging $1,246 and I
horthorns S1.083.
The statement has been made that
Iis5ouri ranks forty-frst among the (
tat9s in average &cre production of
i farm crops. Suffice it to say that f
the head of the column cited to
rove the inetficiency Of the Missouri
lrmer stand Massachusetts, Rhode
land and Connecticut. Who is SO :
polish as to say that these little -
tates, with their abandoned farms,
re greater agricultural States than
ebraska, Oklahoma or Kansas, rank I
|, respectively, forty-ffth, forty
xth and forty-seventh? It