Annual Report of the State Horticultural Society of Missouri Volume 31 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ...exhibitors or sightseers, who have carried away with them impressions of its magnificence and of the extent of its manufactures and commerce. But whilst these in a measure must convey an idea of the surrounding country and the productiveness of the land to sustain such a city, it does so only in part, and a very small part at that. True, when we make a show of grandly improved stock it conveys an idea of our advanced farming, but the exhibits are open to the world, and the stock one sees is as likely to be from Maine or Kansas as from Missouri.. And what is true in that regard of stock is equally true of nearly everything shown at the fair. We want something that shall show the capacity of our orchards and the quality of our soil as a state; something that shall command the attention and admiration of other states and of other peoples far and near, that shall convince them that Missouri is worthy of attention and deserving of more than a passing notice; that shall impress them in such a way as to compel them to cry for more; then will they discover, what many thousands ought to have known years ago, that this is one of the grandest states in the union, and the one above all others in which they can settle to advantage both to themselves and their children after them. There are many ways of doing this, and in a council of prominent men there would develop a great variety of opinions as to which is the best. We are just now presenting an idea for the consideration of the members of the State Horticultural Society, and one which they can make work to advantage, viz: a Missouri Fruit Show, a show that shall command at once the attention and the admiration of all, and whose very greatness shall compel its publication far and wide even if it does not...