Biographical Sketch of J. Harvey Swearingen, Johnson County, Missouri,
Post Oak Township.

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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J. Harvey Swearingen, an enterprising and successful, young farmer and
stockman of Post Oak township, was born August 22, 1883 in Highland
county, Ohio, son of W. O. Swearingen.  The father was born in Ohio.
Twenty years ago, he came to Johnson county, Missouri after living in
Washington county, Kansas for five years, during a period of successive
crop failures.  W. O. Swearingen sold his place in Kansas and moved to
Missouri, and he has since resided in Johnson county, first on a farm
east of Leeton for one year, then on the Wyatt farm one year, and is 
now residing on the Greer farm.  For eleven years, J. Harvey Swearingen
and his brother, J. L., were in partnership, but in 1914, the partner-
ship was dissolved and J. L. Swearingen is now residing on the Don 
Carlos farm, a place comprising 300 acres of land, and J. Harvey lives
on a farm in Post Oak township which comprises 185 acres.  With the
exception of fifteen acres of timber land, J. Harvey Swearingen's farm
is all under cultivation.  His place is well adapted to all crops, 100
acres of the place being as fine bottom land as can be found anywhere.
Mr. Swearingen is engaged in general farming and stock raising.  A part
of the farm is in grass land and he has a nice herd of good grade 
cattle, a few of which are dairy cows, as he is in the dairy business
to a small extent.  Mr. Swearingen owns two splendid bulls, one Jersey
and the other Shorthorn.  Neither is registered, but one is eligible.
At the present time, he has ten acres of his farm in alfalfa and twelve
acres in alsike and red clover combined.  These patches of crops which
are new in this part of the country are on the bottom land and they
averaged close to two tons an acre of the former and this season there
were one and a half tons of clover harvested to the acre, the best 
clover crop that Mr. Swearingen has ever had.  Alfalfa, as a forage
crop, has increased in popularity very rapidly during the past ten 
years and all up to date agriculturists are at least giving it a fair
trial.  It is a deep feeding plant, makes a good hay crop, and may be
used for pasture.  From three to six cuttings of alfalfa can be made in
one season after the plants have become firmly established, which 
usually takes three years.  The Swearingens are interested in the 
poultry business to a great extent.  There are 365 hens on the farm and
the past season they made an excellent record for themselves.  From
January 1, 1917 until June 20, 1917 they produced four hundred forty-
two dollars and six hundred little chicks.  Mr. Swearingen keeps pure
bred cockerels and all his chickens are thus of good strain.  The
Swearingen farm is well located and nicely improved, all the buildings 
and fences having been placed on it by Mr. Swearingen himself, since he
came to this place.  The barn, which was erected in 1911, is an excep-
tionally fine one.  It is 40 x 60 feet in dimensions and constructed
of oak, boxed with pine.  The timber grew on this farm and the lumber
from it was cut and sawed right on the farm.  In 1912, J. Harvey Swear-
ingen was united in marriage with Beulah L. Burford, daughter of H. M.
Burford, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume.  To J. 
Harvey and Beulah L. (Burford) Swearingen have been born two children,
both daughters: Nadine, who was born November 22, 1914; and Myrtle D.,
who was born September 16, 1916.  Mr. Swearingen is a member of the
Modern Woodmen of America, being affiliated with the Leeton lodge.  Mr.
and Mrs. Swearingen are excellent and estimable, young people, worthy
of the greatest success in life.

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