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ing an acre of corn, including rent of land, is placed at $12.27 

 for the United States. So the Missouri farmer, by being able 

 to save the cost of cultivating two or three million acres and 

 still grow as much corn as Kansas or Texas, has an advantage 

 of $30,000,000 or $40,000,000. 



"Some pumpkins" in pigs and pork! Missouri with more 

 than 4,000,000 hogs is surpassed by but two states. If all these 

 hogs were one hog the only ring big enough to stay its rooting 

 would have been the equator. So, with snout free, it might 

 by a little rooting have saved "Uncle Sam" the price of the big 

 ditch at Panama. In perfection of pork products Missouri 

 occupies first place. Each year about 1,500,000 hogs are con- 

 sumed on Missouri farms. If all the Missouri "hog killing 

 days" were combined in one the only pole that would be big 

 enough to hold the carcasses would be the North Pole. Here is 

 breakfast bacon, the kind with which the pioneers greased the 

 path of empire westward. Here, too, is the home of the old 

 ham, the sweet and savory country-cured product. Here he 

 who makes two such hams grow where only one grew before is 

 proclaimed a public benefactor. 



"Some pumpkins" in poultry! The value of Missouri poul- 

 try products for a single year approximates $50,000,000, or more 

 than that of any other state. This is something to crow over. 

 According to Governor Major, the Missouri hen lays enough 

 eggs to give to each man, woman and child in the United States 

 a dozen eggs annually. In a world-wide egg laying contest, just 

 concluded, a Missouri hen was the winner. If all the chickens 

 in Missouri were one rooster and that rooster were "swatted" 

 according to Marquis of Quisenberry (prize poultryman, not 

 prize fighter) rules, a single drumstick would make the "big 

 stick" of politics look like a splinter on a sawlog. 



"Some pumpkins" in cattle! With 789,000 milch cows 

 and 1,444,000 other cattle, milk and beef production in Missouri 

 is a big business. Each year more Missourians see in the 

 "milky way" a path to profit. From Missouri feed lots come 

 the cattle that top the St. Louis and Kansas City markets. 



"Some pumpkins" in sheep! Missouri sheep number 

 1,650,000. But one other state in the Union has as many sheep 

 worth as much per head. The value per fleece is exceeded 

 only by that of some clips reported from the "lamb shearing 

 works" on Wall Street. 



