The Weekly Washington telegraph., 1872-03-06

greater variety of fruit, and to finer
perfection, than can be found in Ar
kansas Apples, peaches, pears, april
pots, figs, plums and grapes do well.
The fruit is large, well favored, and
needs 10 care. Col. Jno. Il. Eakin,
in his work on grape culture, SAYS: ::
"Ihis Is the best region of wild grapes
in Ameyica. What We mean 10 assert
is, that the region between The Missis-
sippi and the staked plains, and be.
tweenthe Missouri river and the swamp
lands Of the Gulf, produce more, and
larger and better wild grapes than any
other portion Of the known world.
This is deliberately said, after much
reading inquiry, travel, and extensive
observation" Further on, he says
that Arkansas as indeed rs to climate
the Italy Of the United States"
TIMBER.
The state is covered with an i'm,
menso forest growth. This timber has
an unusually high commercial value.
The pine treosyrow large and straight
for the reason probably that Arkansas
never experiences violent winds. 1t is
not unusual for a single tree to make
1000 feet of good merchantablc boards.
used as the best kind of flooring, for
inside finish, and for first class pine
lumber. Some portions Of the State
are very heavily timberCd with black
walnut. which only awaits capital to
make it production of value among
tie articles Of export. Arkansas is
noted for ,ha enormous size Of its
cypress trees. Some Of them make
as high as 5000 feet Of b29Cds each.
The cypress is shipped principally as
shingles and railroad ties. Most va
rietio, Of oak grow luxuricntly. The
white and "overcup oak attain four
and five feet thickness. They are
adapted to any use to which oak Is
put, but peculiarly to the manufacture
of the pipe-stave. This stave is rived
60 inches long, 6 inches wide and y
thick, and is Worth 81 30 per thousand
in New Orleans. The profit ought
TO be 100 hundred per cent. All the
hard woods abounds, and must ere
long find their legitimate uses in the
manufacture Of furniture. The lam,
Der interest in the State is profitable
tc all who engage in it; the navigable
streams and the projected railroads
will all tend to aid in its development,
and capital must at an early day flow
into this highly remuncratiye channel.
STOCK RAISING.
- Hogs live in and flttcn on acorns OF
the woods without cost to the owner.
The acorn Of the orercup oak is nearly
two inches long, is nutrious and pala-
table to the greedy porker5. Cattle,
horses and mules range the vast fields
OF blue grasses and small cane. The
latter grows luxuriantly in some places
the whole year round, and affords good
pasture during the winter. Arkansas
must become a good stock growing
State, for the reasons that it has easy
access to markets, and the feed of the
animals costs nothing either in money
or care, where the stock raiser own the
pastures. Stock ranges aro bought for
a small sum compared with their real
value. Fish and game are abundant.
Inc ilsh CONSIST principally Of pickeral,
bass, buffalo and catfish lthe last
named weighing as high as $50 pounds;
and the game is mainly bear, deer,
turkey, duck, prairie chicken and
quail.
MINERAL.
This State is destined to take q
place in the front rank Of those in
whose mountains lie concealed coal
zinc, lead and silver. A lead mine
now being worked near Little Rock
furnishes enough silver to pay the
expenses Of taking it and the lead from
the mine. In addition to this-and !
would like to dwell on the subject if
lack of space did not forbid-are
! found large and profitable donosits of