The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-05-26
Ai,OTnER LETTER FROM TIE EDITOR
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Jersey cows rank il the order named,
in Iowa, also in Missouri and Wiscon-
sin.
The farm population of Iowa shows
a slight increase during the past ten
years, As per cent of the Inhabitants
now reside outside of municipalities.
The per capita wealth of the state is
high and the average annual earnings
Of the farmers is SO, 1000. 90 which is
made on less than 100 acres of land.
Statistics show that the state is only
exceeded, exclusive of the South, in
native born citizenship by Kansas, In
diana and Missouri. The foreign born
population is only II 2-10 per cent and
so per cent of its population first saw
the light of day within the state. The
value of lowa's hogs exceed hat of any
other state, so also does the value of
its cattle. The verdant fields of blue
grass. good barns and well kept farm
testify as to the great value of the cat
tie and hog industry of both northern
| Missouri and Iowa. In most of these
states of the north central west, the
public roads run either on the section
or half section lines. Silos are seen on
every farm in every state we visited.
We went from Iowa to Madison, the
capital of Wisconsin, where we inspect
ed the University, regarded as one of
the g greatest educational institutions of
the country. They have about 5000
students, one-fourth of which are girls.
Here, as at every other place, every
consideration was shown our party and
the college authorities left nothing un-
done to make u visit both pleasant
and profitable. Madison is a beautiful
city of 80. 900 people. Wisconsin pro-
Guced last year 1872, coo, 900 lbs. of
cheese and 100, 900, 900 lbs. of butter;
46 per cent of all the cheese and 16 per
cent of all the butter produced in the
United States comes from this state.
There are $500 cheese factories in the
state which turn out thirty-fve differ
ent kinds Of cheese. Wisconsin ranks
third in potato raising and it's hay crop
is fine, consisting of timothy, alfalfa
and clover; 70 per cent of the improved
farms of the state are stocked with
dairying cattle. There are LOO, 600
dairying cattle within the state and
300, 900 beef cattle. The Poland China,
Duroc Jersey, Berkshire and Chester
Whites are the most satisfactory breeds
| of hogs.
Missouri, Iowa and Kansas each have
immense focks of sheep but in many
places the tendency is to curtail the
sheep industry because of the fact that
so many are killed by dogs. The farms
in all this northwest section are largely
alike. They present a beautiful pic
ture Just immense level tracts with
occasional we'll rounded innundations
which but serve to bring out more per-
fectly the excellent architecture of ma
ture and the wonderful provision made
by u Creator for man.. In the pas
lures are immense numbers of well
cared for cattle and many hogs. Evil
IDENTIFY the automobile is curtailing the
raising of horses in these states, how
ever. there are many beautiful ones and
on almost every farm can be seen a
number OF colts scampering around their
mothers. The Percheron horse is al
most everywhere used-not a mule to
be seen.
In the vicinity of Dubuque, Iowa,
huge rocks can oe seen standing some
times 20 feet above the surface of the
backbones of cliffs and so perfect do
they appear in erection that they call
to mind the remains of old temples that
we read of in oriental history.
From Madison we went to Chicago.
the second city in size in the United
States, and about the fifth.in the world.
Thru the courtesy and the kindness of
Mr.. Edward c. Buehring, manager for
the great establishment of Rand. Nc
Nally & Co., map makers and book
manufacturers, four members of our
party were given a there hours drive
over the city where we saw the great
parks and many other points of inter
est in this great metropolis of the west.
Chicago has made it's parks for its peo-
Pile; nowhere do you see the sign keep
of the grass" but on the contrary the
people are invited tt lounge on the
grass and to eat their lunches anywhere
and regardless of the amount of paper
left in the parks, which almost sur
round the city; it is cleaned up and gone
the next morning. In Chicago is the
Chicago University upon which Rock
Teller lavished much of his wealth. 1t
is one of the richest universities in the
country.
From Chicago we went to Ann Arbor,
Michigan. to visit the Michigan Univer-
slty where there are over 1000 stu
dents, coming as they do from almost
every state and from many chimes. Its
annual expenditure is over So, 900, 600.
1t is certainly ideally located and there
is that about it to quicken the intellec-
tual energies of every youth.
From Ann Arbor we went to Detroit,
a city of 700, 900 people, where we took
this steamer and are now headed for
Buffalo and it is the purpose of our
party to start homeward MONDAY. 1t
is $50 miles from Detroit to Buffalo and
we are due to make the trip in fourteen
hours. There is no land to be seen any
where and to all appearances, we may