400 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



woLikl not, 1 am sure, have mc encroach upon the dearest privilege of 

 the average Jayhavvker, ancd throw away more ink in a cause that has 

 already consumed oceans of it, so I will bid my readers, good bye. 



Yours fraternally, 



J. G. KINDER. 



THE MISSOURI PACIFIC. 



From St Louis to Kansas City, Mo., through the rich Mi.ssouri 

 valley for many miles north and south of that great river is the finest 

 body of rich farming land, for all purposes, in all the world. For beauty, 

 fertility, variety of crops and general healthfulness, it cannot be sur- 

 passed anywhere. Rich in all natural resources requisite for human 

 comfort and prosperity. Lands of unsurpassed fertility adapted for the 

 production of grains, grasses, fruits and vegetables of all kinds. Corn 

 and wheat from the Missouri valley are well known both in quantity and 

 superior quality. Fruits grown here rank highest, and especially for 

 profit. The apple (the king of all fruits) stands prominent and unex- 

 celled. Especially is this more apparent when we consider the price of 

 lands, and our markets to supply. The rich blue grass pasture lands 

 are unsurpassed, and the large herds of high grade horses and catt'e 

 give proof that for fine stock Missouri leads even the far famed Ken- 

 tucky Bluegrass State. 



Aside from the unexcelled agricultural and horticultural possibil- 

 ities, abundance of good water and timber, with a mild and healthful 

 climate, Missouri is equally rich in minerals and coal. Mining, however, 

 has received but little systematic attention. However, developments 

 made warrant the prediction that Missouri, in the near future, will be 

 the Pennsylvania of the west. 



Among the various railroads traversing the state, tne Missouri 

 Pacific, with all its branches, passes through the richest portion. Its 

 main line from St. Louis to Kansas City, reaches from the Mississippi 

 on the east to the Kansas state line on the west, a distance of 283 miles. 



