Miscellaneous. 627 



"Some pumpkins" in horses and mules! Missouri has 

 1,084,000 horses, being one of six states in the more-than-a- 

 million class. Missourians do not ride hobbies — they ride 

 saddle horses, the best in the world. In number and quality 

 of mules we stand at the head — the only safe place. 



"Some pumpkins" in peaches, melons and berries! This 

 year from the peach belt of Southern Missouri almost 1,000 car- 

 loads of peaches were shipped, m.ost of them coming from two 

 counties. One Southeast Missouri county ships annually 1,000 

 carloads of watermelons. From a few counties in South- 

 west Missouri strawberry shipments amount to 500 carloads 

 per season — enough to make every strawberry shortcake longer. 



"Some pumpkins" in cotton! Missouri is not ordinarily 

 counted a cotton State, yet no other state growing as much corn 

 or wheat as is grown in Missouri also grows as much superior 

 quality cotton. Should Missouri cotton fields fail there would 

 be a shrinkage in "all-wool" garments. 



"Some pumpkins" in people! "No state produces a better 

 crop than its inhabitants." No state has a better citizenship 

 than Missouri. Each year we are growing a better crop of 

 state pride. As Missourians, we are standing up for our native 

 land "whether born there or not." 



SHORTHORN BRINGS $38,983 IN THE ARGENTINE. 



Americus, a Shorthorn bull, has sold for 38,983 gold dol- 

 lars in the Argentine. The price in the money of this South 

 American country was 80,000 pesos. Not only is the price an 

 unusual one — probably a record — but in connection with this 

 sale there are other things of interest. 



Americus is a great show animal. In junior form he was 

 champion and as a more mature bull exhibited the same out- 

 standing bloom, quality and finish. His winnings include 

 championships and many cups, among the latter the Madernan, 

 the Nicanor and the A. de Bary cups. 



Mr. Leonardo Pereyra of Argentine, the breeder of Amer- 

 icus, in a letter to Mr. George M. Rommel, chief of the animal 

 husbandry division of the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture, says: "If Americus is a prototype of this race, his 

 impressive style while in the ring furthermore commanded the 

 spontaneous opinion, not only of our breeders but of the British 

 public present, that very seldom had such a genuine specimen 



