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was somewhat short, the yield from thousands of acres being 

 used as breakfast food for aristocratic representatives of the 

 live stock world. So used, it puts on the pounds and commands 

 premium prices. 



"Some pumpkins" in hay! With a hay harvest of 4,143,000 

 tons in 1912, Missouri, according to government figures, was 

 surpassed by but three states — New York, Iowa and Pennsyl- 

 vania. The Missouri crop was practically the same as the com- 

 bined output of all the south central states — Kentucky, Ten- 

 nessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma. 

 In value, it was more than double that of the Kansas crop. 



"Some pumpkins" in blue grass! Missouri is credited with 

 growing more blue grass than is grown in all the states north of 

 her northern border or south of her southern border. This 

 greatest of all grasses cannot be baled and shipped to other 

 states to add to their fertility and to lessen ours. Nature gen- 

 erously gave it to us to hold in trust for all time. In turn, it 

 feeds the millions of animals that graze over it and thus con- 

 stantly contributes to the fertility of the soil. Only the seed 

 is shipped. This finds ready sale in Kentucky and other states. 



"Some pumpkins" in total value of farm crops! Missouri 

 is now fourth state in the Union in total value of farm crops. 

 Texas is first, with crop values for the year 1912 amounting to 

 $407,166,000; Illinois, second, 3289,326,000; Iowa, third, $284,- 

 395,000; Missouri, fourth, $196,968,000. A further analysis of 

 the figures as given by the government shows Missouri's superi- 

 ority. For instance, the total land area of Missouri is but 

 43,985,720 acres as compared with 167,934,720 acres in Texas. 

 Missouri, with only about one-fourth the land area, produced 

 last year farm crops worth approximately one-half as much as 

 all Texas. In 1912 Texas farmers cultivated 7,300,000 acres of 

 corn land; Missouri farmers, 7,622,000; Kansas farmers, 7,- 

 575,000. The corn acreage for the three states differed but 

 little — the difference is in the yield. Texas grew 153,300,000 

 bushels of corn; Kansas, 174,225,000; Missouri, 243,904,000. 

 For his work the Texas farmer got 21 bushels of corn per acre, 

 the Kansas farmer 23 bushels and the Missouri farmer 32 

 bushels. Had the Missouri farmer planted two million acres 

 less of corn than he did in 1912 he could still have harvested 

 more corn than did the Kansas farmer. Had this same Mis- 

 souri farmer planted three million acres less of corn he could 

 have grown as much corn as did all Texas. The cost of grow- 



