Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-01-25
Arkansas.

The capitalist, the miner. the mlchineSt, the az
ricu;uri>t. AMI the ent"rprsing of all trades pro
tessionS and classes, will fad III the limits of this
young State Of varied and vast resources, Il field
promising MI they may desire. Living rs il docs
between 33 and :jGl, degrees of latitude, in the
very middle ot the temperate zone. itI climate ia
ud and delightful, aud for health is equal to any
OF the Southern States. The people are quiet or
derry, and have with greater promptitule accepted
tie hew order Of things than aGy other Southern
State. and invite most crdilly, and will treat hos
pitlbly, hc people from the Northern States.
Wild land in Arkansas can be bought from the
United States Government at from I2i. cts. to
81 25 per acre; the State herself owns about one
million acres of improved land in n high state OF
cultivation which can be bought at from $500 to
$4,000, equal 10 the best cotton fotqccO and corn
land in the world.
The raising OF cotton for the next two or three
years will be better than gold mining or anypthcr
mining. and those who have the energy and cnt err
Prise will realize the profits and benefits; this is
not the surrnise OF mere visio nary, but the oj-
scrvations of a practic Il man. The best Arkansas
River cotton lands viii produce from a bale to two
bales per acre. One hand cl,tivate ID acres
in cotton; say this will yield % bales, al 500 lbs,
to she bale, worth not less than 80 cts per pound
This will give as the yield from tho labor of one
farm hand the enormous return OF $1,000. The
best tim TO plant i from the 18th of April to the
10Th OF May. The crop is not dlicult one to
cultivate, and there are in every neighborhood
plenty of well posted farmers, ready AMI willing
to impart all necdiul information.
A good merchant Touring mill and ! steam tan J.
merry at Little Rock is much needed, and would
pay well-lhe same miS Sht be said with regard t.
every species OF tclinery tiit has been useful
and profitable in other new States and tcrrito.ies
in the Northwest.
In another communication wispcak OF the rail
railroad projects and the liberal grants of land bv
the General GOvcrnm6nt, and will close now bs
few quotations from the Report of The Geological
Reconnaissance of Arkansas, made by Professor
ID. ID. Owen. published in l>GJ. the year before
the war, and consequently but little known. lie
says, speaking of gold N Arkansas, that "cTcn if
NO gold should be found, profitable to work, there
resources of the State in ores OF zinc mln-a.
ncse, iron, lead and copper. mlrslc, whet and
hone stones, rock crystals, paints, nitro earths
kaOline, granite, ireeStone, limestone, narls, green
sand marty lin mestones, grndstones and slate,
which may weiliustify the assertion that Arkansas
is destined TO rank one of the richest mineral
State. in the Union"
Further on he SAYS: "ArkanSaSis a young State,
and her Biological survey Is in reality only firly
commenced Ii thus early in this work We are.
enabled to report such iltttcrinS prospects, what
may not be anticipated by thorough and minute
detailed surreys.'
He also says Of her soils: "a comparison of the
analysis of her soils. far yet mlde. with few
soils collected in loawa, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
shows that her soils generally are equally rich in
fertilizng ingredients with those of the s,id
States, and that her best bottom lands arc. in
truth, richer.
CITIZEN or ARkASsAs.