THE KANSAS CITY, FT. SCOTT AND 



MEMPHIS. 



Begins at Kansas City and passes through the rich, and valuable 

 prairie lands of Jackson, Cass, Bates and Henry counties These prairies 

 are crossed by many creeks and small rivers, along the bluffs and banks 

 of which are small strips of timber lands which are underlaid with a 

 porous or gravelly subsoil, each of which is well adapted to the produc- 

 tion of all our western fruits, apples and j^eaches. The small fruits 

 are especially profitable in all these counties and have a good outlet to 

 the markets. 



This railroad runs on southeast through St. Clair. Polk, Greene 

 Webster, Wright, Texas, Howell, Oregon, Shannon, Carter, Dade, 

 Barton, Vemon, and Jasper counties. All of these counties 

 are more or less in, and on, the Ozark mountains, "The 

 Land of the Big Red Apple." These lands are all more 

 or less adequate to berry, peach and apple growing. While 

 all the land is not equally valuable yet if care be taken with the proper 

 location and the red porous subsoil that will let the rains througia 

 during the wet season, and hold the moisture during the dry season, no 

 one need fear for profitable returns from his orchards. 



These are the very lands suitable for tree growth, and for the de- 

 velopment of good, sound, well-colored, juicy and perfect fruit. They 

 contain all the elements needed, as, a rich surface soil ; porous subsoil, 

 containing fragments of disintegrated lime rock, iron and marl ; a need- 

 ful elevation, and by that natural drainage to promote a healthy tree 

 growth. Our hills are rich from the foot to top in building materials, 

 fuels and precious metals. And why are these hilly lands of our state 

 so highly favored for the growth of fruit ? They are located in a state 

 blessed with a temperate clime. These hills afford a he?lthy location 

 for man and beast, and for vegetation. The swift currents nmning 

 alongside carry off with them the cold blast and prevent Jack Frost from 

 doins: damaae in earlv fall and late spring. 



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