. Statistics and information concerning the state of Missouri and its cheap farming lands, the grazing and dairy region, the mineral and timber resources, the unsurpassed fruit lands, and limitless opportunities for labor and capital. orchards come into fullbearing, this State can control the AVestern market. The wonderfulresults already reached in this bianch of agricultural industry are sur-prising when its com-parative infancy istaken into considera-tion. In the raisingof small fruits, Mis-souri has exceptionaladvantages, for, inaddition to reachingtheir greatest perfec-tion here, both inqu
. Statistics and information concerning the state of Missouri and its cheap farming lands, the grazing and dairy region, the mineral and timber resources, the unsurpassed fruit lands, and limitless opportunities for labor and capital. orchards come into fullbearing, this State can control the AVestern market. The wonderfulresults already reached in this bianch of agricultural industry are sur-prising when its com-parative infancy istaken into considera-tion. In the raisingof small fruits, Mis-souri has exceptionaladvantages, for, inaddition to reachingtheir greatest perfec-tion here, both inquality and quantity,the early seasonsenable the producersto put them on themarkets of the coun-try in advance oftheglut which annuallyoccurs, thereby se-curing the highestprices. They are alsoin position to supplythe late and exhaust-ed markets of theSouth. When all these ad-vantages are takeninto consideration, and, in addition, the comparative cheapness of rich,improved lands in desirable communities, with every advantage ofsociety, schools and churches, no candid and fair-minded joerson willdeny the superiority of the claims of Missouri on the consideration of theintelligent farmer Avho is seeking a home in tlie great CATHEDRAL SPIRES ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY. LINE OF MISSOURI. 15 Another division might, be made into prairie lands and timber landsEach division contains soils of all grades of productiveness. Bisecting the State by a line drawn from the city of Hannibal, on theMississippi river, to its southwest corner, the half lying to the north andwest of this line may be described as the prairie region of the which lies east and south of the bisecting line is the timbered orforest section, in which are found numerous prairies of greater or lessextent. The prairie lands are again divided into bottoms and bottom prairies closely resemble in soil the river bottoms. In a cer-tain sense the formation is identical; each came from accre
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