fmP' V r (C BOOST MISSOURI AND THE *'CALL OF THE FARM" 9$ PRELUDE TO THE 1913 RED BOOK PUBUSHED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS JNO. T. FITZPATRICK, Commissioner JEFFERSON CITY, MO. BULLETIN FOKM "BOOST MISSOURI" AND THE "CALL OF THE FARM" A Small Pamphlet Which Gives Information Relating to the Work the Bureau of Labor Statistics has Undertaken During 1913-14-15 to Widely and Favorably Make Know^n the Resources, Advantages and Opportunities of Missouri . fREPARED AND PUBLISHED BY THE ^ <•" BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS JNO. T. FITZPATRICK, Commissioner A. T. EDMONSTON, Supervisor of Statistics H. P. REEDS I r„ Ji?cciL».c !■ J- L. BRADLEY / Commissioners ) JEFFERSON CITY, MO. A Prelude in Bulletin Form. THE HUGH STEPHENS PRINTIXG COMPANY JEFFERSON CITY, MO. 6^ 0. OF D. '913 n TABLE OF CONTENTS. 1. — Map of Missouri. 2. — State to Publish Booster Pamphlet. 3. — "Boost Missouri'— All Commercial Clubs and Business Mens Leagues Interested. 4. — "The Call of the Farm.'' — A Republication with Revisions. 5. — Agricultural Possibilities of Missouri. —The Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jefferson City, Mo. 6. — Opportunities in Missouri for Agricultural Settlers. —By Prof. F. B. Mumford, Dean State Agricultural College. 7. — General Treatise on the. Agricultural Possibilities of Missouri, Its Inducements and Annual Achievements of Its Farms. —By Hon. W. L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary State Board of Agriculture. 8. — State Free Employment Department of Missouri, Its Object. (3) FEDERAL Agricultural Statistics, Missouri Farms and Farm Property; 1 Cost of Operating Farms; TABLE A. Population Number of farms Color and nativity of farm- ers: Native white ...... i.^ Foreign-born white. ... Negro and other nonwhito. . . Number of farms, classibed by size: Under 3 acres 3 to 9 acre.s 10 to 19 acres 20 to 49 acres 50 to 99 acres 100 to 174 acres 175 to 259 acres 260 to 499 acres 500 to 999 acres 1,000 acres and over. ; 3,293,335 277,244 259,111 14,467 3,666 455 8,561 10,740 47,398 74,178 SO , 020 32,109 19,812 3,427 544 LAND AND FARM AREA. ACRES. Approximate land area, acres. . . 13 . 985 , 2S0 I^and in farms, acres 34,591,248 Improved land in farms, acres. . 24 , 581 , 186 Wood land in farms, acres 8,918,972 Other unimproved land in farms, acres 1,091,090 Per cent of land area in farms. . 78 . 6 Per cent of farm land improved 71.1 Average acres per farm 124.8 Average improved acres per farm 88 . 7 VALUE OF FARM PROPERTY. All farm property $2,052,917,4SS Land .$1,445,982,389 Buildings S270 , 221 , 997 Implements and machinery. . $50,873,994 Domestic animals, poultry and bees $285 , 839 , 108 Per cent of value of all prop- erty In — Land 70 . 4 Buildings 13.2 Implements and machinery. . 2.5 Domestic animals, poultry and bees 13.9 Average values: All property, per farm $7,405 Land and buildings, per farm $6,190 Land per acre $4 1 . 80 DOMESTIC ANIMALS. (Farms and Ranges.) Farms reporting domestic ani- i mals 270 ,b37 Value of domestic animals $273,366,662 Cattle: Total number 2,561,482 Dairy cows 856,430 ' Other cows 306,681 Yearling heifers 306,951 Calves 296,475 Yearling steers ami bull.',. . 299, 160 Other steers and bulls 495,785 Value $72,883,664 Horses: Total number 1 ,073,387 Mature horses 932 , 269 Yearling colts 103,615 Spring colts 37,. 503 Value *1 13.976,563 Mules: Total number 342,700 Mature mules 265,601 Yearling colts 57,7.50 Spring colts 19,349 Value $43,438,702 Asses and burros: Numbci- 12,877 Value .?3, 053, 873 Total number 4,438,194 Mature hogs .. 2,800,281 Spring pigs. ... 1,637,913 Value .. $31,937,573 Sheep: Total number ] ,811,268 Rams, ewes and wethers. . . 1 , 116, 189 Spring lambs , . . . 695,079 Value $7,888,878 Goats: Number 72.415 Value $187 ,409 POULTRY AND BEES. Number of poultry of all kinds . 20 , 897 , 208 Value $11,870,972 Number of colonies of bees .... 203 . 569 Value $584 , 549 TABLE B. FARMS OPERATED BY OWNERS. Number of farms 192,285 Per cent of all farms 69.4 Land in farms, acres 25. 1S9.241 Improved land in farms, acres 17 . 694 . 543 Value of land and buildings . . . $1 , 206 , 020 . 845 Degree of ownership: Farms consisting of owned land only 152,807 Farms consisting of owned and hired land 39,478 Color and nativity of owners: Native white 177,620 Foreign-born white 12,556 Negro and other non white. . . 2 , 109 FARMS OPERATED BY TENANTS. Number of farms S2 ,9.58 Per rent of all farms 29 . 9 Land in farms, acres 8.772, 162 Improved land in farms, acres 6,489,931 Value of land and buildings . . . $469,821 ,561 Form of tenancy : Share tenants 46,744 Share-cash tenants 8,553 Cash tenants 24,461 Tenure not specified 3,200 Color and nativity of tenants: Native white 79,609 Foreign-born white 1,833 Negro and other nonwhitc. . . 1 ,516 FARMS OPERATED BY MANAGERS. Number of farms 2,001 Land in farms, acres 629,845 Improved land in farms, acres 396,712 Value of land and buildings. . . . $40,361 ,980 MORTGAGE DEBT REPORTS. For all farms operated by owners: Number free from mortgage debt 102,514 Number with mortgage debt . 88 ,486 Number with no mortgage re- port 1 , 285 For farms consisting o f owned land only: Number reporting debt and amount 64 ,02.s \'ahie of their land and build- ings $38tt.l76,0OO .V mount of mortgage debt. . . $112,565,403 Per cent of value of land and buiUlings 28.9 TABLE C. COST OF OPERATING FARMS. Labor. . . Farms rei)orting . . . 120,7)4 Cash expended $14,970,(>35 Koni and board fur- nished $3,674,060 Fertilizer . Farms reporting. ... IS . 43 1 Amount expended . . $671 ,073 Feed Farms reporting. ... 110.416 Amount expended. . $17,148,008 Receipts from sale of feed- able crops $20,077,983 ■pOUIiTRY QUEBI* • ■OB'.'.THB-' tTNION" Products Missouri Holds Higli Rank for Map of Missouri ioia-iJ:-i5 Givlnft Conntr Outlines, Chiaf Bailroada, Conn«y Seal*. Leadintt Citiaa and Rivera Published by the State Bureau of Labor Statistics JNO. T. mZPATRiaC, Commissioner A. T. EDMONSTON, Supm-isor of Statistics «-P- REEL'S Kon^'b^Lrsl J- L. BRADLEY JEFFERSON QTY, MO. H >> .A.-I«A ''Boost Missouri" BOOTS AND SHOESiiTO WALNUT LUMBER FIRE CLAY CORN WHEAT HORSES AND MULES WATERMELONS STRAWBERRIES TOMATOES i .; BIG RED APPLES Ti.i) ELBERTA PEACHES, . FLOUR. FEED, MEIAL COOPERAGE PACKING HOUSE PRODUCTS MALT LIQUORS (BEER) STREET AND RAILWAY CARS SMALL FRUITS BRICK AND TILING CANNED GOODS LIVE STOCK FROGS. FRESH WATER FISH NURSERY PRODUCTS SYCAMORE LUMBER": - RAILROAD TIES i^'^ SAND AND GRAVEL.ji.., GLASS NATURAL MINERAL WATERS MUSHROOMS RED GUM LUMBER HONEY AND BEESWAX GRANITE AND OTHER BUILDING ST^ONE CEMENT ' PEARL BUTTONS WHAT MISSOURI LEADS IN Poultry and Egga Zino Ore Lead Ore Cobalt Nickel Barytes Plug Tobacco Cadmium Corncob Pipes Tripoli Red Gum Cooperage Tiri'Tiiiti ! Missouri maintains a Free Employ- ment Department. Gratuitous S^Vicei given to all. Farm Help and Timl^er^ij^u supplied ; situations furnished without charge; write to the nearest Free Employment Bureau. l',; ST. LOUIS 104 N. Tfenth St., F. J. O'KecIe. Superintendent. , KANSAS CITY -224 New Nelson BIdg.. Harvey Osborne. Superintendent. ST. JOSEPH— 110 N. Seventh St., Geo- J. Kamler, Superbntendeiit. « M >ii { i I ' li I I iti !■«• 'I " FEDERAL Agricultural Statistics, Missouri Farms and Farm Property; Live Stock; Principal Crops; Production of and Value; ( Cost of Operating Farms; Domestic Animals not on Farms; Number and Value. \ THE FIGURES GIVEN ARE BASED ON THE FEDERAL CENSUS OF 1910. TABLE A. Poynlation Numlter of farms. ■ ■ Color and natlvit}' of farm- ers: Native wliitc Korelgn-born white •Negro and other nonwhito. ^iliinDer of farms, classlhed by size: Under 3 acreB. . ;$ to 9 acres 10 to 19 acres. . 20 to 49 acres . . ."iO to 99 acres ... 100 to 174 acres 1 7.5 to 259 acres 2«<) to 499 acres .'ioo to 999 acres 1,0(X) acros and ovoists a, 293, »;}.") ^ ^77 ,244 259.111 14.407 3,600 4.55 .S..561 1(),740 4 7,. 398 74, 178 SO , 020 :i2 . 109 19.812 ;{,427 514 LAND AND FARM AREA. ACRES. Approximate land area, acres. . . \.i . 985 . 280 I -and in farms, acres :i4 ..591 ,248 Improved land in farins. acres.. 24.581,186 Wood land in farms, acn-s 8,918,974. ()( her unimproved land in farms, acres 1,091.090 Per cent of land area in farms. . 78 . 6 Per cent of farm land improved 71.1 Average acres per farm 124. s Average improved acres per farm 88. VALUE OF FARM PROPERTY. Ail farm property $2, 052 Land $1,445 lUiildfng.i S270 Implements and machinery. . $50 Domestic animals, poultry and bees $285 Per cent of value of all prop- erty In-T- '-' -» Land .^ . . ^. lUiildings . " Implements and machinery. . Domestic animals, poultry and beos Average values: All property, per farrm Land and buildings, per farm Land per acre DOMESTIC ANIMALS. ,917,488 , 982 , 389 ,221,997 ,873,994 839,108 70.4 13.2 13.0 $7,405 $6, 190 $41.80 (Farms and Ranges.) I'arms reporting domestic ani- mals Value of domestic animals Cattle: Total number Dairy cows other cow ^ :iiiul Other si curs aud bulli>. . \ alue . i > . , Horses: Total number. . . Mature horses . Yearling colts. Spring colts Value Mules: Total number . Mature mulos. . . Yearling colts. . Spring colts. . . Value Asses and burros: N'umbcr Value Swine: Total number . Mature hogs. . Spring pigs \ alue.. 270,037 $273,366,662 2,561,482 856 , 430 306,681 306,951 290,475 299, 100 495 , 785 .$72,883,664 1 ,073,387 932 , 209 103,615 37.603 ! 13,976,563 342 , 700 205,601 57,750 19,349 $43,438,702 12,S77 ^.J, 053, 873 4,438.194 2,800,281 1,637,913 $31,937,573 Sheep: , .„.^ Total number 1 "'1','A'fftO Rams, ewes and wethers 1 •i»vi2o Spring lambs ,- Sob sts Value ?' ,888.87^ Goats: „„ .,r. Number... „./,2'TAi Value $1.87,409 POULTRY AND BEES. N umber of poultry of all kinds . 20 . 897 , 20S Value.. *^1'SZ!,*?«Q Number of colonies of bees. . . • '^.•'i.){ Value «.5,S4,549 TABLE B. FARMS OPERATED BY OWNERS. Number of farms ^'"^'^ro^'I Per cent of all farms ,ofj ?ii Land in farms, acres -'''iJ^'?' k^t Improved land in farms, acres 1' •"•'^•o^r Value of land and buildings. . . $1 ,206,020.84o Degree of ownership: Farms consisting of owned land only 152,807 Farms con.sisting of owned and hired land .59,478 Color and nativity of owners: _ Nat i ve white 1 ' 7 . b^" Foreign-born white ^i fno Negro and other non white. . . - • lOJ FARMS OPERATED BY TENANTS. Number of farms '^^,in'''n Per cent of all farms _ 29.. > Land in farms, acres 8 ,772 , 162 Improved land in farms, acres 6,489,931 Value of land and buildings. . . $409,821 ,561 Form of tenancy : Share tenants 46,744 Share-cash tenants 8,553 Cash tenants 24,461 Tenure not specified 3,200 Color and nativity of tenants: Native white 79,609 Koreign-born white 1 ,833 Ne^ro and other nonwliito. . . 1 ,516 FARMS OPERATED BY MANAGERS. Number of farms 2,001 Land in farms, acres 029,845 lniprov((d land in farms, acres 396,712 Value of land and buildings $40,361 ,980 MORTGAGE DEBT REPORTS. For all farms operated by owners: Number free from mortgage debt 102,514 Number with mortgage debt. 88,486 Ntmiber with no mortgage re- port 1,285 For farms consisting o f owned land only: Number reporting debt and amount ' 64 , 028 A alue of their land and build- - ings -«.*89,476,000 .\nu)unt of mortgage debt. . . $112,565,403 i'cr cent of value of land and building.s 2s . 9 P^ - — — TABLE C. COST OF OPERATING FARMS. Labor. . . . Farms reporting ... 120,714 ,. -,, Cash expended $14,970,635 ■ Rent and hoard fur- nished. $3,674,000 Fertilizer . Farms reporting. ... is . 434 A moimt expended. . $671 ()7{ Feed Farms reporting. . . . Uo!4ig Amount expended . . $17,148 008 Receipts from sale of feed- able crops S20,077 ,983 TABLED. LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS. Dairy Products. Dairy cows on farms reporting dairy products, number 770,045 i-»airy cows on farms reportiuK ,,?""« produced, number 730 , 503 -MUk — Produced, gallons |s.s,297,972 Sold, gallons . 15,733,185 J- ream sold, gallons 1 ,.399.989 "Utter fat sold, pounds 4.927,383 nutter — Produced, pounds . 42. 105. 143 Sold, pounds 14.046,771 cneese — Produced, pounds. . . . 159,785 xr„i . '^^^^' pounds 104 .539 \ aiue of dairy products exelud- mg home use of milk and ^, cream $13,086,318 Keceipts from sale of dairv prod- ucts $8,187,856 Poultry Products. Poultry — Raised, numl)er 29,. ^80. 192 Sold, number . 10,056,882 ''-ggs — Produced, dozens 104 , 185 , 1 19 Sold, dozens 71,886,145 V alue of poultry and eggs pro- duced $31,669,494 iteceipts from sale of poultry and eggs. " $18,285,980 Honey and Wax. Honey produced, pounds 2 . 105 .815 Wax produced, pounds 23,784 Value of honey and wax pro- duced $274 , 174 Wool. Mohair and Goat Hair. Wool, fleeces shorn, number.. . . 968,321 Mohair and goat hair, fleeces shorn, number 24 ,061 Value of wool and mohair pro- duced $1,650,479 DOMESTIC ANIMALS SOLD OR SLAUGHTERED. Calves — Sold or slaughtered, number 203 . is i Other cattle — Sold or slaugh- tered, number l ,332,813 Horses, mules, asses and burros —Sold, number 278,337 S w i n e — Sold or slaughtered, number 5,374,746 Sheep and goats — Sold o r slaughtered, number 916,679 Receipts from sale of animals . . $ 1 43 . U67 , 066 Value of animals slaughtered. . . $15 , 272 , 156 TABLE E. VALUE OF ALL CROPS. Total $220, Cereals $147, Other grains and seeds $1 , Hay and forage $33 , Vegetables $13 , Fruits and nuts "... $8 , All other crops $15, SELECTED CROPS. (Acres and Quantity.) Cereals: Total acres . 10, bushels. 246, Corn acres. . . 7 , ibushcls. 191 , Oats I acres ... 1 , "^''^ ^bushels. 24, Wheat /a<'-"- , .,2. Emmer and spelt. .. fa Barle.v , • I .^ . ^y® .busiiels. Kafir corn and milo /acres. . . maize ^ • • • Ibushels. 663 . 724 980,414 153,007 845 , 094 305 , 829 872,688 506,692 256.476 786,298 113,953 427,087 073,325 828,501 017,128 837 . 429 7,935 104 , .540 7,915 1.34,253 20,001 205, 8 LS 13,543 228,386 Other grains and seeds: Dry peas /acres. ; . - .s. 23 ,030 \bushcls. 109,357 Flaxseed /acres ... 20 , 630 \busbcls. 154,532 Hay and forage: Total /acres, f (.28,348 \tons. . . 1 .091,342 All tame or cultivat- [acres. . . 3 , 231 , 054 ed gra.s.ses Itons. . . . 3,560,501 Timothy alone /acres. . . , 1 ,260,896 Itons. . . 1 ,334,556 Timothy and clover /acres. . . 1,504,055 mixed \tons. . . 1,630.211 Clover alone /acres. . . 202,622 \ tons . . . 309 , 20«) Alfalfa /acres. . . 35 . 478 itons. . . 96,105 Millet or Hungarian /acres ..J . m 115,907 grass ItOHS. V. ># -^tlil ,686 OtTier tame or culti-/al;PBe. : . ^ •■ - ■ 52,696 vated gras.ses. . . . Itons. . . 48,794 Wild, salt or prairie /acres. . . 142.922 grasses Itons. . . 102,099 CJralns cut green. . . . /acres. . . 89,315 \tons . . . 94 . 236 C'oarse forage I acres. . . 164.434 Itons. . . 274,308 Special crops: Potatoes /acres. . . 90 ,259 1 bushels. , 7,796,410 Sweet potatoes and [acres .. .' 7,938 yams \bushels. 876,234 Tobacco . . ■ acres . . 5 , 438 pounds. 0,372.738 Cotton . . acres 96 , 527 I bales . 54,498 Cane, sorghum iacres. . . 45,088 tons. . . 201,206 Syrup (made), gallons 1 ,788,391 All other vegetables, acres.. 129,570 FRUITS AND NUTS. Orchard fruits: Total (trees. . . 23,128,107 bushels. 11,957,399 Apples (trees. . 14,359.673 \ bushels / 9,968,977 Peaches and necta- ) trees. . . 0,588,034 rines bushels. 1 ,484,548 Pears 'trees. . 006,973 1 bushels. 142,547 Plums and prunes. . (trees. . . 917,851 \bushels. 234,872 Cherries /trees. . 622,332 I bushels. 123,314 Grapes /vines.. . 3,026,526 (pounds. 17,871,816 Small fruits: Total /acres. . . 17.009 Iquarts.. 23,696,221 Strawberries [acres. . . 9,048 Iquarts.. 15,171,0.34 Blackberries and/acres... 5,975 dewberries (quarts.. 0,391 ,209 Nuts [trees. . . 153,244 Ipotmds. 2,823,368 TABLE F. DOMESTIC ANIMALS NOT ON FARMS. luclosures reporting 85,637 Value of domestic animals $20,814,834 Cattle: Total number 75,941 Value $2,720,956 Number of dairy cows. . . . 54,218 Horses: ~ aua ♦ -» ^ ^ . Total number. ..',.. : *^.*. . A ^'^« - 132,068 Value $14,919,261 Number of mature horses. . 1 29 , 024 Mules, asses and burros: Total number 1 .5 955 Value. 375,957 Number of mature muii 14 , 473 Swine: Total numbet'. ..... 78 , 557 Value $686,954 Sheep and goats: Total number. 19,272 Value $111,706 l,ive Stock; Principal Crops; Production of and Value; Domestic Animals not on Farms; Number and Value. \ THE FIGURES GIVEN ARE BASED '] ON THE FEDERAL CENSUS OF 1910. TABLE D. LIVE STOCK PRODUCTS. Dairy Products. Dairy cows on farms reporting dairy products, number. .... 776,615 Dairy cows on farms reporting milk produced, number 730 , 503 Milk — Produced, gallons 188,297,972 Sold, gallons 15,733,185 Cream sold, gaUons 1 ,399,989 Butter fat sold, pounds 4 , 927 , 383 Butter — Produced, pounds 42 , 105 , 143 Sold, pounds 14,646,771 Cheese — Produced, pounds .... 159 , 785 Sold, pounds 104,539 Value of dairy products e.xclud- ing home use of milk and cream $13 , 085 ,318 Receipts from sale of dairy prod- ucts $8,187,856 Poultry Products. Poultry— Raised, number 29 , 880 , 192 Sold, number 10,656,882 Eggs — Produced, dozens 104,185,119 Sold, dozens 71,886,145 Value of poultry and eggs pro- duced .$31,669,494 Receipts from sale of poultry and eggs. $18,285,980 Honey and Wax. Honey produced, pounds 2,105,815 Wax produced, pounds 23,784 Value of honey and wax pro- duced .S274,174 Wool. Mohair and Goat Hair. Wool, fleeces shorn, number.. . . 908,321 Mohair and goat hair, fleeces shorn, number 24 ,061 Value of wool and mohair pro- duced $1 .650,479 DOMESTIC ANIMALS SOLD OR SLAUGHTERED. Calves — ^Sold or slaughtered, number 203 , 48 1 Other cattle — Sold or slaugh- tered, number 1 ,332,813 Horses, mules, asses and burros —Sold, number 278,337 S w i n e — Sold or slaughtered, number 5 , 374 , 746 Sheep and goats — Sold o r slaughtered, number 916,679 Receipts from sale of animals . . $ 1 43 , 967 , 066 Value of animals slaughtered ... $15 , 272 , 156 TABLE E. VALUE OF ALL CROPS. Total $220,663,724 Cereals $147,980,414 Other grains and seeds .$1,153,007 Hay and forage $33 ,845 ,094 Vegetables $13,305,829 Fruit.s and nuts $8,872,688 All other crops $15,506,692 SELECTED CROPS. (Acres and Quantity.) Total' (acres. . . 10,255,476 Uiushels. 246,786,298 Corn i' acres ... 7,113, 953 \bushels. 191,427,087 Oats (acres. . . 1,073,325 \bushels. 24,828,501 Wheat (acres. . . 2,017,128 ibushels. 29,837,429 Emmer and spelt. . . /acres. . . 7,935 Ibushels. 104,540 Barley /acres. . . 7,915 Ibushels. 134,253 Rye /acres. . . 20,001 Ibushels. 205,813 Kafir corn and milo /acres. . . 13,543 maize ibushels. 228,386 Other grains and seeds: Dry peas /acres . . . Ibushels. Flaxseed /acres . . . Ibushels. Hay and lorage: Total /acres. . . (tons. . . All tame or cultivab- /acres. . . ed grasses \ tons . . . Timothy alone /acres . . . \tons. . . Timothy and clover /acres . . . mixed Uons . . . Clover alone /acres . . . Itons. . . Alfalfa /acres . . . \tons. . . Millet or Hungarian ! acres . . . grass I tons . . . Otlier tame or culti- 'acres. . . vated grasses .... \ tons . . . Wild, salt or prairie [acres. . . grasses Itons. . . C; rains cut green. . . . /acres. . . jtons. . . Coarse forage /acres . . . [tons. . . Special crops: Potatoes /acres. . . Ibushels. Sweet potatoes andfacres... yams \bushels. Tobacco I acres . . . \pounds . Cotton I acres . . . j bales. . . Cane, sorghum /acres. . . \tons. . . Syrup (made), gallons All other vegetables, acres . . FRUITS AND NUTS. Orchard fruits: Total /trees. . . Ibushels. Apples ftrees. . . ibushels.^ Peaches and nucla- /trees. . . rines Ibushels. Pears ftrees . . . Ibushels. Plums and prunes. . /trees. . . Ibushels. Cherries /trees. . . mushels. Grapes /vines. . . [pounds. Small fruits: Total /acres . . . Iquarts. . Strawberries /acres . . . Iquarts. . Blackberries and /acres . . . dewberries Iquarts.. Nuts /trees. . . [pounds. 23,036 109,357 20 , 630 154,532 3 , 628 1,091 3,231 3,560 1,260 1,334 1,504 1,630 262 309 35 96 115 141 52 48 142 162 89 94 164 274 ,348 ,342 ,654 ,501 ,896 ,556 ,055 ,211 ,622 ,209 ,478 ,105 ,907 ,626 ,696 ,794 ,922 ,099 ,315 ,236 ,434 ,308 96 , 259 ,796,410 7,938 876,234 5,433 ,372,738 96,527 54 , 498 45 , 088 201,206 ,788,391 129,570 23,128 11,957 14,359 9,968 6,588 1,484 606 142 917 234 622 123 3,026 17,871 ,107 ,399 ,673 ,977 ,034 ,548 ,973 ,547 ,851 ,872 ,332 ,314 ,526 ,816 17.009 23.696,221 9,048 15.171,034 5,975 0,391,209 153,244 2,823,368 TABLE F. DOMESTIC ANIMALS NOT ON FARMS. Inolosures reporting 85,637 Value of domestic animals $20,814,834 Cattle: Total number 75,941 Value $2,720,956 Number of dairy cows. . . . 54,218 Horses: Total number 132,068 Value $14,919,261 Number of mature horses. . 129,024 Mules, asses and burros: Total number 15,955 Value $2,375,957 Number of mature mules . . 14 , 473 Swine: Total number 78 , 557 Value $686,954 Sheep and goats: Total nxmiber 19 , 272 Value $111,706 STATE WILL ISSUE BOOSTER PAMPHLET Missouri Bureau of Labor Statistics is Gathering Data For Elaborate Publication. TO ADVERTISE THE STATE'S RESOURCES Copies Are to Be Distributed at Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, (From St. Louis Republic, under Jefferson City date line of May 10, 1913.) Information is being gathered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for a special publication, profusely illus- trated, to be known as the "Missouri Booster Pamphlet," which is to ex- ploit the advantages and opportuni- ties each county offers to desirable settlers, capitalists and manufactur- ers. Circular letters are being sent every commercial, financial, industrial and manufacturing league or association in the State inviting their co-opera- tion in the work of widely advertis- ing Missouri and asking their assist- ance in securing the information which is to go into the pamphlet. Farmers' organizations tliroughout the State and organized labor every- where will be requested also to lend a helping hand. The pamphlet, which is one of the features of the elaborate pro- gramme the new Labor Commis- sioner, John T. Fitzpatrick, has pre- pared to boost Missouri as a pros- perous, thriving commonwealth, will contain a brief history of every busi- ness, commercial, industrial and finan- cial organization in Missouri, re- late what each has done and is doing to develop the State and give the names and addresses of their 1912 and 1913 officers. The president and secretary of each will be invited to contribute a short article on the resources and oppor- tunities of their community and what industries are needed and would pros- per in their locality. Minerals to Be Discussed. In addition to exploiting the manu- facturing and agriculture possibilities of Missouri, the "Booster Pamphlet"' will tell, in detail, of the almost in- exhaustible supply of unmined lead, zinc, iron, fire clay, white sand, kaolin and paint pigments, unquarried lime- stone for cement making, granite, marble, onyx and building stone in South Alissouri and of the fields of coal in the northern half of the State.. The dairying and fruit-growing pos- sibilities of the Ozarks will receive particular attention, and it is to be emphasized that the counties of the southeast corner produce, in abun- dance, a specie of cotton which ranks in worth next to the famous Sea Island variety of Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas. No particular section of Missouri is to be boomed, but, instead, the State is to be taken up, county by county, in alphabetical order, and what is grown, manufactured and mined in each told about in a com-' plete but concise manner, and infor- (6) Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1913. Jefferson City, Missouri. mation as to what rivers and streams it contains and what railroads traverse it, imparted. For each county there is to be a map in colors, giving, beside the names and locations of the cities and towns, the rivers and streams, rail- roads and all township divisions. Par- ticulars as to population, public and private schools, churches, roads, va- rieties of timber which flourish, the nature of the soil, the price and iquantity of available farming land, loanking and other financial facilities, assessed value of real estate and per- sonal property and the quantity and value of surplus products for 1912, will make up j:hapters of the publi- cation. Commercial Clubs Active. The Business Men's League and similar organizations of St. Louis, the Board of Trade, Manufac- turers' Association and all kindred bodies of Kansas City, the various business associations of St. Joseph, Springfield, Joplin, Sedalia, Carthage, Webb City, Moberly, Jeflferson City, and, in fact, of every city and town in tlie State, are to be asked to assist in carrying out the booster pro- gramme of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The contents of the boosting pam- phlet are to be of such a nature that the publication can be used to adver- tise Missouri at the coming Panama- Pacific Exposition. The task of col- lecting the information and preparing it for the special publication has been commenced by Supervisor of Statis- tics A. T. Edmonston and Deputies H. P. Reeds and J. L. Bradley. It will contain a complete direc- tory of the co:nmercial, financial, in- dustrial and farmers' organizations of •the State and a history of the prog- ress of Missouri, not alone for the year 1912, but during the last decade. The first edition will be 25,000, with more to follow as the demand re- quires. A special edition will be run ofif for free distribution at the Mis- souri State Fair in Sedalia early in October. The intention is to scatter the pam- phlets from one end of the country to the other. Pamphlets which fol- low will deal with "Organized Lalaor, Missouri, 1912-13;" "Missouri Labor Laws" and "Missouri State Free Em- ployment Department, 1912-13." All form chapters of the "Missouri Red Book, 1913," which will be ready for free distribution at the close of the year. (From the Sedalia Democrat, July 27, 1913.) *'BOOST MISSOURI.'' THIS IS THE SLOGAN THAT NOW IS HEARD THROUGH- OUT COMMONWEALTH. STATE TO BE WELL ADVERTISED Bureau of Labor Statistics Will Get Out a Pamphlet in Three Editions That Will Be Sent to All Quarters of the Globe. Special to the Democrat. Jefiferson City, Mo., July 26. — The commercial, industrial, farmers' alli- ances and labor organizations of the State have taken hold of the move- ment to "boost Missouri" with such vim and enthusiasm that success is already assured for the proposition. The resources, advantages and oppor- tunities the State offers capitalists, manufacturers and desirable settlers are being exploited as never was the case before, from every city and town of Missouri. "Boost Missouri." Progress of a Popular Movement. Commissioner John T. Fitzpatrick announced today that the Missouri Booster Pamphlet the Bureau of Labor Statistics is working on and will scatter far and wide to advertise the State "will be made up of three •editions, the first of which, 25,000 copies, is to appear and be distributed in September. Three Editions Promised. The forms are to be left standing, the publication, which will have 300 pages, brought up to date, revisions of other kinds made and the second edi- tion, another of 25,000 copies, issued next July. The third edition will be for the use of the Missouri Panama- Pacific Exposition Commission in I9i5> and also for distribution everywhere. The contents 'of the "booster" pam- phlet will undergo another revision and many additions made. A small map of Missouri will be replaced by a larger one, measuring 24x30 inches, in colors. The Forty-eighth General Assembly will be asked to appropri- ate enough to pay for 250,000 copies, all in red cloth binding, and for send- ing out 100,000 of this edition, by mail, to men and women interested in the development of Missouri, who ■cannot attend the San Francisco ex- position. A. N. Lindsay of Clinton, Mo., gen- eral secretary of the Federation of Missouri Commercial Clubs, has of- fered the Bureau of Labor Statistics his aid and that of that organization, which is composed of all commer- cial and industrial clubs of the State, in collecting the information needed for the "booster" bulletin and secur- ing the county maps. One of the features of the publica- tion will be a group photograph of the officers and executive committee of the Federation of Missouri Com- mercial Clubs, consisting of William Hirth, Columbia, president; James A. Houchin, vice-president, Jefferson City; A. N. Lindsay, secretary', Clin- ton; A. W. Douglas, chairman execu- tive committee, St. Louis; J. R. Lowell, chairman press committee, Moberly, the executive committee — George A. Mahan, attorney at law, Hannibal; W. E. Cundiff, business manager The Ruralist, Kansas City; B. H. Bonfoey, real estate and insur- ance, Unionville; C. W. Flower of Flower-Barnett Dry Goods Co., Se- dalia; W. B. Sanford, Holland Bank- ing Co., Springfield; A. W. Douglas, vice-president Simmons Hardware Co., St. Louis; R. H. Stockton, St. Louis; F. W. Fleming, president Kansas City Life Insurance Co., Kansas City; William E. Spratt, real estate (formerly mayor), St. Joseph; A. H. Hinchey, secretary. Commercial Club, Cape Girardeau; James P. Kem, clothier, Macon; J. A. Hudson, presi- dent Columbia Telephone Co., Colum- bia; Thomas C. Hackney, attorney at law, Carthage; and William Hirth, publisher Missouri Farmer, Columbia. First to Respond. One of the first business organiza- tions in Missouri to respond to the call of the Bureau of Labor Statistics for aid in securing information for the "booster" bulletin was the Tarkio Commercial Club of Tarkio, Mo. The president, W. R. Littell, wrote the Bureau of Labor Statistics to have the best possible map of Atchison county made for the "booster" pam- phlet, saying his organization would pay for it. Austin Crenshaw of Fulton, Mo., sent word that the commercial club of his city was heart and soul in the Missouri "booster" movement and that organization would look after Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1913. Jeiferson City, Missouri. the interest of Callaway county. Since then the following business associa- tions have promised their support: Business Men's League of St. Louis, through its secretary, William Llewellyn Saunders; the Commercial Club of Kansas City, through its sec- retary, E. M. Clendening; the "Grind- ers" of Kansas City, which is an aux- iliary of the f^our millers; Sarcoxie Horticultural Association of Sarcoxie, through its secretary, J. F. Wagner; Clinton Commercial Club, W. A. Docherty, secretary; Farmers' Edu- cational and Co-operative Union of Cuba, J. F. Mitchell, secretary; Jack- son Township Good Roads Associa- tion of Kinsey, Ste. Genevieve coun- ty. Smith McClanahan, secretary- treasurer; Riverside local. Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Associ- ation of SteelviUe, F. E. Shuck, secre- tary; Farmers and Fruit Growers' Association of Neosho, Albert Hilles, secretary-treasurer ; Caruthersville Commercial Club, J. P. Lloyd, secre- tary, and John Parks, treasurer; Aroma Fruit Growers and Shippers' Association of Newtort county, E. E. Gay wood, secretary; the Neosho Fruit Growers and Shippers' Association, J. H. Christian, secretary; Seneca Straw- berry Association, T. G. Snyton, sec- retary; Lebanon Commercial Club, H. A. Clark, secretary; Kinloch Park Improvement Association of St. Louis county, J. G. Dochweiler, secretary; Citizens' Improvement Association of St. Charles, Asmund Haessler, secre- tary; Humansville Commercial Club of Vo\Y county, J. M. Allen, secretary, and William McCracken, treasurer; Rolla Civic Club, Mrs. Jennie Har- rison, secretary, and Mrs. H. R. Mc- Craw, treasurer; Sedalia Boosters' Club of Pettis county, M. V. Carroll, secretary, and C. C. Evans, treasurer; Western Towing Club of St. Louis, George A. Minges, secretary; Com- mercial Club of Joplin, F. L. Yale, secretary; Missouri Athletic Club of St. Louis, E. W. Barnmueller, secre- tary; Commercial Club of Cape Gi- rardeau, A. A. Hinchey, secretary; Carthage Business Men's League,. Harry L. Marks, secretary, and W. F, Moring, treasurer; Bethany Commer- cial Club, B. P. Sifler, secretary; St. Louis Real Estate Exchange, John J. Dowling, secretary, and W. E. Caul- field, treasurer; Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis, Eugene Smith, secre- tary; Butler Commercial Club, A. H.. Culver, secretary, and H. M. Cannon,, president; St. Louis County Farm and Market Bureau, John G. Rinkel, sec- retary; St. Louis Association of Credit Men, C. P. Welsh, secretary; Stone County Booster Club of Crane,. B. F. Carney, secretary and treas- urer; Stoddard County Farmers' Edu- cational and Co-operative Union of Dexter, W. J. Vaughn, secretary; Agricultural and Commercial club of Wright City, A. B. Keadle, secretary; Lumber Dealers' Association of St. Louis, O. A. Fier, secretary, and the Phelps County Agricultural Society. These organizations will assist in distributing widely the "booster" pamphlet, and the secretary and pres- ident of each will contribute brief articles dealing with the advantages and inducements their county offers capitalists, manufacturers and set- tlers. Suggestions Made Use Of. Men and women all over the State have offered their services and are suggesting chapters for the publica- tion. Commissioner Fitzpatrick has detailed Supervisor of Statistics A. T. Edmonston to prepare the pamphlet for the printer. Deputies H. P. Reeds and John L. Bradley are assisting in "Call of the Farm." AgHcultural Possibilities of Missouri. the task of gathering and compiling the information which is needed. W. E. Cundiff of Kansas City, a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Commercial Clubs, has contributed an interesting article on "Missouri as an Agricul- tural State." The railroads of tne State are supplying the illustrations which are to be used to vividly por- tray the advantages, resources and possibilities of Missouri. CALL OF THE FARM/' (A Revised Republication.) WHAT MISSOURI HAS TO OFFER TO AGRICULTURAL SETTLERS AS SEEN FROM THREE DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW. With agricultural pursuits offering the best inducements for a familj' of moderate means and all large cities filled to the overflowing with men and women who would prosper on farms, if they devote the same energy and time to tilling the soil they do to earning a bare living, the liack-to-the-farm move- ment has recently received a fresh stimulus through contemplated National Government aid. For Missouri the back-to-the-farm movement will now not end until every available acre of desirable unimproved land has been taken up for cultivation. The National Government announced that it would publish and distribute among aliens and others in the industrial centers of the United States a pamphlet setting forth briefly and in a general way the opportunities offered to agricultural settlers bj- the various states and territories. ■ Missouri was called upon by the Washington authorities to furnish a brief but complete outline on what it had to ofifer homeseekers. Various state departments and many men and women in ])rivate life became interested. The contest immediately awakened much enthusiasm, and keen but friendly rivalry for first honors, ensued. Many interesting and highly meritorious articles were submitted, and of all there was not one which was not entitled to fair mention, each handling the subject, "The Agricultural Possibilities of Missouri," skillfully from a different viewpoint. The contribution offered by the Bureau of Labor Statistics was selected finally as the one for the national pulilication already mentioned, chiefly for the reason that it completely covered the State, it brieflj' reciting what inducements each section offers in improved and imimproved lands; what agricultural products are giving the best returns and how Missouri farms worth $3,000 and $4,000 were earning larger incomes than many worth more money in other states. Two other articles submitted were so meritorious that it was found im- possible to decide between them as to which was entitled to second place. Therefore both were awarded that honor, a high one, considering the keen rivalry the contest aroused and that every contribution proved to be a gem and entitled to weighty consideration. 10 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1913. Jefferson City, Missouri. In a treatise on "Opportunities in Missouri for Agricultural Settlers," Prof. F. B. JMumford, Dean of the State Agricultural College at Columbia, paid a splendid tribute to Missouri as a corn state, emphasizing that the largest nursery of the world is found here and asserting that in a good fruit year the apple production of Missouri excels that of many other great apple states. The third contribution, one by Hon. W. L. Xelson, assistant secretary of the State Board of Agriculture, consists of a general treatise on the pro- ductiveness of Missouri, listing tersely the many advantages and inducements the State holds out to agricultural settlers and reciting in a clean-cut manner our annual farm achievements. ■The three leading contributions on the "Agricultural Possibilities of IMissouri" follow: AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES OF MISSOURI. (By the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jeffer.son City, Mo.) While Missouri now ranks high as an agricultural State, holding third position for its annual production of corn and, usually, seventh for wheat, there are practically no limits to the possibilities of agricultural development. The fact that this commonwealth already is one of the chief corn and wheat producers of the United States, coupled with the further fact that only a little over a half of our extensive area suitable for agricultural purposes is under cultivation, clearly demonstrates what could be done with ordinary farming" alone if every available acre was tilled. If every available acre of land in ^Missouri, suitable for cultivation, was properly tilled, our annual outp,ut of corn, wheat, oats, hay and similar staples would increase over sixty per cent, without taking into consideration the gains in the production of vegetables, fruit, dairy products, live stock, honey, wool and all other farm commodities which, in consequence, would naturally also follow. This estimated increase does not take into consideration what could be accomplished by scientific and intensive farming. Comparatively few Mis- souri farms are now being worked for all their soils can produce and renew- ing the land with fertilizers is by no means a general practice. What Missouri could do if it was divided up into small farms, ranging from 40 to 100 acres, and each worked intensely, would almost be beyond belief to anyone who has never cultivated on a scientific scale. It is conserva- tive to state that the annual yield of all agricultural products would increase thirty per cent for the lands now being tilled, without including or consider- ing the unimproved but desirable tracts which are open and ready for settle- ment. Missouri Has Many Farms. In Missouri there are probably 43,985,280 acres of land. Of this vast amount 34,591,248 acres make up the 277,244 farms the State is credited with, "Call of the Farm." 11 Agricultural Possibilities of Missouri. but still only 24,581,186 acres are under actual cultivation, leaving about 10,010,062 acres in the farms either entirely unworked or used only for rough grazing purposes. Adding this latter large acreage to the other 4,000,000 acres which are entirely unsettled, it means that Missouri has approximately 15,000,000 acres entirely uncultivated, or live-eighths as much as the area now being tilled, which gives the State third rank in corn and, usually, seventh in wheat. Of this unimproved area 3,500,000 acres arc low lands, which are so fer- tile that many stretches can be made to produce from 75 to 100 bushels of corn or from 30 to 40 bushcU of wheat to the acre. For vegetables the soil is unexcelled and, if properly tilled, ten acres will earn a good living for a truck farmer. This bottom land, chiefly in Southeast Missouri, where the loam is from 30 to 100 feet in depth, can be purchased for from $10 to $60 an acre, according to its location and other conditions. Of course, all of the lower price areas are entirely unimproved and in many cases covered with more or less timber, and some distance from a railroad. This is the land around which levees are now being built and huge ditches dug to furnish drainage in the rainy season. Here is where cotton, watermelons and alfalfa grow prolifically and yield a paying return to the owner of the average farm of 125 acres. The proportion of the cost of a levee and a ditch is generally paid for in installments in two or three years, and then comes the period when money accumulates. The timber on most of these unimproved areas will gen- erally pay for the clearing. In North Missouri improved land can be purchased for $60 an acre and up. Here is where wheat, oats, blue grass and clover grow luxuriantly, with the consuming markets, Kansas City, St. Louis and Chicago, close at hand. Potatoes, tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables are easily raised and readily sold for a high price without much of an efifort on the part of the producer. Missouri Farms Earn More Money. In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and other eastern states the same kind of farms as those just described arc worth from $100 to $200 per acre, and they have no better or higher price markets to supply; with the additional drawback that the greater worth there of the lands gives the average agriculturist a very low income on the large amount of money he has invested. It is therefore apparent that with the same capital and expenditure of the same amount of muscular energy more money can be made by farming in Missouri. y\.n eastern farmer with land worth $6,000, on which there is a $2,000 mortgage, does not earn as much from his toil as does the Missouri tiller of the soil who values his property at only $3,500, but all paid up. The point of such a comparison is obviously plain. The eastern farmer would do far better if he sold his mortgaged property, emigrated to Missouri and purchased a $4,000 farm, paying for it in cash. In two years, under ordinary conditions, he would have a snug bank account and no more interest to meet or pay- ments on encumbrances to make. While cotton, watermelon and alfalfa growers are making satisfactory- profits in Southeast Missouri, horticulturists in and around Howell, Oregon,. 12 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1913. Jefferson City, Missouri. Greene, Laclede, Barry and McDonald counties, at the other end of the State, are earning good returns from peaches, strawberries, cantaloupes, pears, grapes and other fruit. Around Henry county broom corn and flaxseed are bringing in thousands of dollars annually to the farmers who make a specialty of them. In Platte, Chariton and Schu5der counties exclusive attention is being given by many to tobacco, and the growers of the weed are being well paid for their toil. Potatoes can be grown profitably nearly everywhere in Missouri, but as yet onl}' the farmers of Ray, St. Louis and Jackson counties devote the most of their energy to this farm line. While the annual crop of tubers of Mis- souri may seem large, the yield never has been sufificient enough to supply the home demand the year around. That there is money to be made in this State by raising potatoes the growers of the Orrick district in Ray county long ago discovered and that is why, year after year, they continue to devote themselves almost exclusively to producing this commodity. Around St. Louis there are many truck farmers who derive good yearly incomes from stretches of land containing from ten to twenty acres. They devote themselves chiefl}^ to vegetables and aim every spring to have their output ripe and ready for the market ahead of their neighbors. About half succeed, reaping in return a reward in shape of a fancy price for early toma- toes, stravi^berries, lettuce, radishes and similar spring varieties. Every county in the State seriously needs this class of agriculturists. There is no danger, for years to come, of any section of Missouri securing too many gardeners. Vegetables are in constant demand the year around in Kansas City, St. Joseph, St. Louis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Memphis and other places which have become markets for Missouri products, generally at a fancy high price, with seldom the danger that overstocking will occur. Missouri Poultry Products. Dairying and poultry raising, which a few years ago were considered side issues in Missouri, are now absolutely necessary adjuncts to every farm by reason of the constantly growing demand for these products. Es- pecially is this true of the latter industry. The poultry and eggs of this State which were marketed during the year 1912 sold for $45,000,000 in round num- bers. The entire production, including home consumption, during these twelve months was valued at $75,000,000. These figures may seem to be excessive, but it must not be lost sight of that Missouri poultry and eggs are being shipped to New York, Philadelphia and Boston. With all unimproved lands still remaining for settlement taken up, the annual poultry industry will quicklj^ reach the $100,000,000 mark. This is some of the wealth which is in store for the settlers who hasten here early, purchase a farm on the installment plan and busy themselves producing the commodities for which Missouri already has a national reputation. The corn crop of 1910 of the 114 counties of the State amounted to 273,900,000 bushels, according to the figures of the Department of Agriculture. At the low price of forty-four cents a bushel this enormous yield was worth $120,516,000. It must not be forgotten that this wSs only the production of half of the area of Missouri which is so well adapted for this cereal. With this "Call of the Farm." 13 Agricultural Possibilities of Missouri. large yield in viev^ for only a limited section, it is an easy matter to conclude that if all of the farm lands of the State were under cultivation the yield of maize — without intense or scientific farming — would be enough to give this State first rank for this grain. Missouri as a Wheat State. The 191 1 production of wheat for Missouri was nearly 30,000,000 bushels, but as large as this yield is, it is only about enough to provide bread for our own population until the next crop is harvested. There still is room enough here to double this production, and the surplus could easily be sold in the cotton regions directly south of this State. Recent experiments have shown that an average sixty-acre ^lissouri farm,, valued at $3,000, if it is run along scientific lines, is equal in producing power to a i20-acre farm in other states, valued at $10,000, which is being cultivated in the ordinary way. In two years, if the proper care is exercised, such a Mis- souri farm pays for itself. Wheat and corn can be raised, but strawberries, potatoes and tomatoes will be found to be good revenue producers, with poul- try and eggs as profitable side lines. Stock Raising in the Ozarks. For s'tock raising and dairying the Ozark counties, as a rule, oflfer induce- ments which cannot be excelled by any other state in the Union, considering everything. These lines, together with certain fruits, will insure a regular income to any settler with a small capital to commence on. Land in this portion of IMissouri can be purchased for from $10 to $40 an acre, according to the location and improvements. Railroads which are now in existence and branch lines which are to be built furnish the markets in St. Louis and Kansas City. This is the coming part of Missouri, especially for dairying and stock raising. Most of the year cattle, hogs, sheep and goats find their own food and need very little attention. There is plenty of good water everywhere, with no danger at any time of the supply becoming exhausted. The annual rain- fall here is from forty to fifty inches. In North Missouri it is from thirty to forty inches. Missouri has the soil and climate for any commodity which can be raised anywhere in the temperate zone and never has, in its whole career as a State, ever known a complete crop failure for anything its farmers generally raise. No drouth, no matter how extensive, has ever extended all over the State. The rainfalls always furnish enough water to amply feed the hundreds of rivers, streams and creeks which have sources of supply in the springs of the Ozarks. While the possibilities of this State in raising oats, barley, buckwheat, pop corn, tobacco, cowpeas, rye, alfalfa and many other farm staples have not been fully touched upon in this article, the same increased production is ahead for each, as is predicted for wheat and corn, when Missouri, which now holds sixth rank for population, is as thickly settled as its resources and advantages show it ought to be. Even corncobs, which in other states are considered valueless and are burned to rid the farm of them, are eagerly grabbed up at 14 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1913. Jeiferson City, Missouri. a fair price by pipe manufacturers and turned into a commodity known the world over as "Missouri Meerschaum Pipes." So much for Missouri. This is probably the true explanation of why the average native of this State, when anyone from elsewhere extols his own commonwealth and attempts to elevate it above ours, simply says: "Well, I'm from Missouri, you'll have to show me!" A. T. E. OPPORTUNITIES IN MISSOURI FOR AGRICUL- TURAL SETTLERS. (By Prof. F. B. Mumford, Dean State Agricultural College, Columbia, Mo.) The highest priced agricultural land in America is located in the corn belt. The reason for this is that the area in which Indian corn may be grown suc- cessfully is limited. Not only in America, but the area of land suitable for growing Indian corn in the world outside of the United States is very small. Sir John B. Lawes once said that Europe could never hope to compete with America in agriculture, because of the ease with which corn may be grown in this country. Missouri lies in the center of the American corn belt; there a^e no corn lands superior to those found in Missouri. One man in Missouri grows more corn each year on his farm than is grown in the nine states of Utah, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Rhode Island, Wyoming and Nevada combined. Three counties in Missouri grow more corn than nineteen other states, in which are included all of New England. These three counties grow more corn than is reported for the state of New York, or Maryland or West Virginia. Missouri grows three times as much corn as all of South America, three-fifths as. much as all of Europe, and nearly one-half as much as is pro- duced in the whole world outside of the United States. The value of the corn crop in Missouri each year amounts to more than $100,000,000. Her wheat crop is valued at $30,000,000. Missouri is also one of the leading hay and forage states. In 1909 the hay crop alone for the State was valued at over $30,000,000. This does not include the vast areas of blue grass, clover and timothy pastures wdiich in point of extent and quality are not exceeded by any state in the Union. The above facts are evidence of the abundant resources and high state of fertility of Missouri lands. In Missouri land is today cheaper, considering its intrinsic value, than in any of the corn belt states. Good corn land, which has already become scarce and so much in demand that it sells in some localities at $250 per acre, is still to be had in Missouri for less than $100 an acre. Of all the corn belt states, Missouri has more imoccupied land than any other. Twenty million acres are unimproved. Large areas of this land need only the intelligent skill of the husbandman to add million's of dollars to the total agricultural revenue of the State. Much of this land is peculiarly adapted to the production of high class fruits. Larger areas can be made into productive and profitable pastures for cattle, sheep and horses. Some of the "Call of the Farm." 15 Agricultural Possibilities of Missouri. Ijind adapted for grazing purposes can be purchased from three to ten dollars per acre. Missouri has more apple trees than any other state in the Union. She has the largest orchard in the world. In good fruit years the total apple product of Missouri exceeds that of many of the great apple states. In the production of live stock Missouri has always rivaled adjoining states which are more generally given to grain farming. More than one billion dollars is invested in farms, buildings and equipment for carrying on the business of stock farming in this State. While Missouri is not generally regarded as a sheep-producing State, it is nevertheless true that she has more sheep than any adjoining state. The poultry products of Missouri are greater than that of any other American state. Another reason for the remarkable productive power of Missouri crops and live stock is due to the favorable climate. Missouri is far enough north to escape, the enervating heat of the south and far enough south to avoid the rigorous climate of the north. The Missouri farmer pastures his animals eight or nine months in the year, and requires little expensive shelter for the mild winters. The rainfall is abundant and well distributed, and hot winds are iinknown. The State of ]Missouri maintains for the aid of the prospective settler an Agricultural Experiment Station, which is organized for the purpose of solving new agricultural problems and giving advice to all farmers in the State; out- lying experiment fields in twenty localities are solving the local problems due to special soils or particular locations. The State of Missouri has, through the Agricultural Experiment Station, demonstrated the efficacy of the serum treatment for hog cholera and is inoculating at the present time more than 10,000 hogs per month. The Missouri State Board of Agriculture is organized to aid the farmers of the State, by means of farmers' institutes, veterinary sanitation, thus safe- guarding the health of IMissouri live stock, and through its Highway Depart- ment, to encourage the construction and maintenance of country roads. This excellent organization appointed by the Governor has contributed largely to the development of the State. The State Board of Horticulture likewise has accomplished through pub- lications and public meetings great service to the horticultural interests of Missouri. The State Poultry Board has contributed largely to the pre-eminent posi- tion of the State in aiding the poultry interests by publications, poultry shows, and more recently in the development of a poultry station. The organized government of the State is through these various agencies protecting and aiding the agricultural citizens of the State. Probably no state in the United States has a more excellent series of state boards appointed by the Governor primarily for the development of the agricultural, horticultural and live stock interests of the State. 16 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1913. Jefferson City, Missouri. GENERAL TREATISE ON THE AGRICULTURAL POSSIBILITIES OF MISSOURI; ITS INDUCE- MENTS AND THE ANNUAL ACHIEVE- MENTS OF ITS FARMS. (By Hon. W. L. Nelson, Assistant Secretary State Board of Agriculture, Columbia, Mo.) Missouri, midway between the geographical and population centers of the United States, is the center of the agricultural universe. She is neither a northern, southern, eastern nor western state — nor is she all these. Her south- ern border is farther south than Virginia, and her northern border farther north than Kansas, yet she excels the former in cotton and the latter in corn. One Missouri county produces a million bushels of wheat in a year; another a quarter thousand carloads of strawberries; another as many carloads of peaches; another a thousand carloads of watermelons. A crop of a million dollars worth of corn, averaging the 114 counties of the State, is annually credited to each county, and the corn yield in only one-half the counties in the State eciuals the total corn crop of one-half the total number of states and territories in the Union — so varied and so splendid are Missouri's agricultural resources. Missouri is a great corn State, yet her glory is not alone in the golden grain. She occupies a prominent place in the production of practically every temperate zone crop that counts. Missouri is not a one-crop State. If opportunity is not recognized as knocking at each farmhouse door every day it is becatise she appears in so many forms. It matters not from what other state the prospective settler may come, or what method of farming he may prefer to pursue, he will find growing in Missouri crops with which he is familiar and conditions conducive to comfort and contentment. Here are well-improved farms with modern residences, big barns and broad acres of blue grass and grain; here are aristocratic repre- sentatives of the live stock world — horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, bred in the purple and adding to the plenty of a prosperous and progressive people. Here, too, is the Missouri mtile, the pack horse of the pioneer and the never displaced motive power of the most advanced civilization. In Missouri scientific farming, backed by brains and encouraged by capital, has attained a place worthy of the highest efforts of the best equipped agriculturists — of those who would escape the hardships of the pioneer, for in Missouri the days of pioneering are in the past. But the days of opportunity are in the present. Hundreds of thousands of virgin forests await the woodman's axe; as many acres are as yet "unprofaned by the plow," and with dredge and ditch a vast empire, richer than the far- famed valley of the Nile, is being developed almost as if by magic. Here, for the man of paucity of purse, is opportunity without oppression; opportunity "Call of the Farm:' Agricultural Possibilities of Missouri. 17 where are churches, schools, transportation facilities and comforts of civiliza- tion, and where no greedy corporations control. Here the settler's children can romp on blue grass and drink from springs of cool, sparkling water. Nowhere else is desirable land within easy access of great cities with splendid markets to be had at such paltry prices. In Missouri are no sandy, wind-swept wastes, no abandoned farms. No soil-exhausting system of successive seeding to some certain crop has robbed the fields of their fertility. The people are not tied by tradition. They live in the present and face the future. New methods of farming, bearing the seal of approval of the College of Agriculture or Board of Agriculture, readily find favor. With more miles of navigable river than any other state, and with thou- sands of miles of railroads, operated not by one company, but by many, prac- tically all working harmoniously with the producers of the State's agricultural products, there is heard no talk of a transportation trust. No long and severe winters make necessary expensive barns or big feed bills for stock. Conditions for dairying, sheep husbandry and poultry raising are ideal — Missouri's annual sales of poultry products alone being placed at $45,000,000. Immense orchards of big red apples and the purple of vast vine- yards tell of plenty and of pleasure. Performances, not promises, proclaim Missouri's paramount place in agri- cultural possibilities and permanency. *'BOOST MISSOURI.' — Kansas City Times. The Bureau of Labor Statistics has gone into the wholesale advertising business for the State of Missouri. With the sug- gestive slogan of "Boost Missouri" it is endeavoring to pursuade Missourians to advertise the State constantly. The slogan appears on all printed matter issued by this department, including its envelopes, ajid is undoubtedly accomplish- ing its intention. All bulletins issued by the bureau on the resources and advantages the State offers bear, in purple letters, half an inch high, the words "Boost Missouri." The Bureau of Labor Statistics has asked the "booster clubs" of the State to furnish it with county maps for use in its forthcoming publication, already well advertised, entitled "The Missouri Booster Pamphlet." Among the future bulletins to be issued by Commissioner Fitzpatrick are "Mis- souri as a Honey State," "Missouri as a Watermelon State," "Missouri as a Cotton State," "Missouri, Its Resources and Ad- vantages," "Peaches; Fresh, Canned and Dried." "The latter bulletin does not in any way apply to the female population of Missouri, although the subject would cover that fascinating necessity," the latest bulletin of the bureau announces. "The State is full of heavenly 'cling* peaches, ranging in age from 16 to 30. When the 'peaches' marry they are classed as 'canned,' being then put away, any- way for a time, subject to the death ot the husband, or a divorce court decree, to again place them on the market as a surplus product, but by no means a 'dried peach.' "Missouri does not rank high for its out- put of 'dried' peaches— this referring both to the variety which grows on trees and those which are classed as 'clinging vines.' It does not care to, the inhabitants of the State preferring their peaches fresh, but occasionally 'dried' peaches are encoun- tered and made the best of. "With proper treatment the latter variety can be made palatable. Old maids may be called 'dried' peaches, but old maids are scarce in Missouri. "Canned peaches have their attractions, hut fresh peaches are generally preferred, not alone by Missourians, but all over the east, north and west, the State ship- ping out many carloads during the month when they are fully developed and ripe. Tasty and appetizing, they attract atten- tion everywhere. "The skin is the creamy color that makes them attractive, and a blushing tint and soft downy appearance adds to their beauty. "All orchards of Missouri produce peaches in more or less abundance, but the Elberta variety chiefly come from Oregon, Howell and other Ozark counties." 18 Bureau of Labor- Statistics, 191. Jefferson City, Missouri. STATE FREE EMPLOYMENT DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI. Gratuitous Service Given to All — Farm Help and Timbermen Supplied. Missouri maintains a free employment de- partment as a part of the Bureau of Labor Statistics — offices in St. Louis, Kansas City and St. Joseph — with a view of keeping the unemployed in close touch with those needing: help of any kind, male or female. The service is free of charge, with the only requirement that any one out of employment and applying for a situation report promptly when work is found. Employers are supposed to notify when they have filled vacancies. There is no- limit to the class of help the Bureau can fur- nish, supplying professional men, skilled trade workers and any number of men or women for positions lower in rank. Special attention is given to calls for farm help and timbermen. Employers in small towns are also cor- dially invited to make free use of the service with no cost to them. When in need of help, write to the nearest State Free Employment Bureau. St. Louis — F. J. O'Keefe, Superintendent, 104 North Tenth Street. Kansas City — Harvey Osborne, Superintendent, Room 224 New Nelson Building. • St. Joseph — Geo. J. Kamler, Superintendent, no North Seventh Street. Main Office. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, JNO. T. FITZPATRICK, Commissioner, A. T. EDMONSTON, Supervisor of Statistics, H. P. REEDS Deputy Commissioners J. L. BRx\DLEY. JEFFERSON CITY, MO. Send Your Requests For HELP To the NEAREST STATE FREE EMPLOYMENT BUREAU. The Service is FREE, Make Use of It. Write, Wire or Telephone. Employment Agency Inspection Department . MAIN OFFICE, JEFFERSON CITY, MO. JNO. T. FITZPATRICK, Commissioner. St. Louis — 104 North Tenth Street, Jas. J. Barrett, Assistant Commissioner. Kansas City — New Nelson Building, George A. Major, Inspector. St. Joseph— 107 North Seventh Street. ..■i^Y^,\pt -' _". WRITE FOR INFORMATION. l"or further informa' orning the agricultural possibilities souri; location of the lands open for settlement; soil, climate, resources axid inducements offered by the counties to homeseekers, and all other facts per- taining to the State in general, address: Commissioner Jno. T. Fitzpatrick, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Jefferson City, Mo. NEW MISSOURI CAPITOL BUILDING JEFFERSON CITY, MO. SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE 1913 RED BOOK Bureau of Labor Statistics JEFFERSON CITY, MO. BOOST MT««OUKI"