THE MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS ROAD. 



Running as it does from the southwest part of the state and crossing 

 it diagonally to the northeast part, passes through a great variety of soils 

 and climate and we thus find all kinds of soils and locations where apples, 

 peaches, grapes, and all the berries can be grown profitably. Entering 

 the state in Yernon county, with a branch reaching Kansas City, the 

 ad passes through Bates, St. Clair, Henry, Pettis, Cooper, Howard, 

 Randolph, Monroe, Ralls, and Marion counties. Then a branch follows 

 the north side of the Missouri river through Boone, Callaway, Mont- 

 gomery, Warren, St. Charles, and St. Louis counties. Here you find 

 hillsides and ridges that are simply waiting for some one to plant the 

 orchards, which he will only have to care for and cultivate well to make 

 them valuable mines for the future. Much of the loess formation is 

 along the bluffs also-. 



]^o person can make a mistake in purchasing the cheap lands in 



Missouri all along our creeks, streams or rivers, where they are now 

 mostly coveied with a forest growth. Take these lands and shop, clear, 

 burn off the brush or timber and plant to orchard trees, '^o person 

 need fear that the cheap lands of Missouri will ever be any less in price 

 than at this very time. Careful selection of some of these lands for 

 future orchards and prepared in the proper manner for orchard growing 

 will bring their owners two, three, five times the money spent on them 

 if it be done in a legitimate manner and planted with the proper varie- 

 ties. These cheap lands will be worth in a few years threefold the pur- 

 chase price, and if planted in orchards will pay a wonderfully big per 



cent on the investment. 



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