The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-22
Real Strength of Arkansas
 Diversity of Products.

Real Strength of Arkansas Diversity of Products.
 From the Pine Bluff Press.l
 The state of Arkansas ha. such wonderful variety of prod ucts, agricultural, mineral ane horticultural that she need no fear competition with the world.
 What is 1t we cannot raise Here in the Valley of Arkansas we can raise the great staple ot cotton in perfection. Our capac. ity in cotton growing cannot be surpassed, has never been squall ed, and never fully developed. The time will come, when under a judicious system of cultivation, every acre of alluvial soil. will produce two bales of cotton. It will do 1t now on our finest lands. With skillful and scientific cul- ture on any class of our soil, at all arabic, we believe two bales of cotton weighing each five nun dred pounds can be raised. We know on our alluvial lands it has been done, wi hout any aid from guano or otEer fictitious sources. One thousand pounds of cotton cents per pound is one hundred l
 and thirty dollars, the yield per acre. Make a moderate calcula- tion: one hand can cultivate ten acres in cotton; the value of the crop will be $500. A strong woman, accustomed to fieldwork, can make half that amount-$650. What more could we desire? CORN,
 the basis for substantial living for man and beast, grows more luxu- riantly here than in the great Northwest-considered by super ficial observers the granary of the world, as the delta of the Nile was once ranked by the Romans. From eight to fifteen hundred bushels of corn can be raised to the hand.
 WHEAT
 is equally prolific, and we have seen the yellow, ripening har- vests of wheat, and oats, and rye, like an army with nodding plumes and splendid banners, waving on our hillsides and dreaming in the sunshine of our rich and fertile valleys, and yielding from 30 to 90 bushels per acre.
 MEAT
 is, next to bread, the great neces sity of the human races. No where in the universe can meat be raised so cheaply as in this lat itude. W. can make, fatten and cure bacon in Jefferson county at a cost of one per cent. per pound. One acre in sweet potatoes will raise from 200 to 400 bushels, and fatten all the meat that an ordinary family will use.
 BROOM CORN
 has, by some of our planters, been made speciality. A few years ago Mir. Ambrose Hudgens made $2O0 per acre, exclusive of the market value of the seed. The broom-corn raised in this section IS unusually tall and fine.
 In horticultural productions, there is scarcely vegetable which we cannot raise ad libitum, from cabbage, beans, okra, tomatoes, and peas, to the ''daintiest darling of alr'-the ruby-tinted straw berry, and the modest raspberry, that bushes for its very sweet ness behind purple vail. Then, the useful and ornamental are blended together so harmonious ly in our beautiful land, and Ma ture grants every esculent so spontaneously as to place it with in the reach of all, whether rich or poor. THE ORCHARD, PAR EXCELLENCE, including the vineyard, deserves special mention. All fine varie- ties of grapes seem indigenous to our soil; caress it in fact like a new born Love, and bask beneath | our mi-tropical sun like Venus tlisporting with the bright sea foam. We can make as fine wine as ever sparkled on the table of French monarch or graced the feasts of a Chian or Falernian 1 bard. Apples, peaches and mel ols of all kinds are to the "man ner born" They grow luxuriant- ly everywhere. The peach ripens and mantles in our clear atmos phere, like q young and blushing beauty, and the apples golden in the sunlight like a dream of Ar aby the Blest."
 1t is only astonishing that with our great natural advantages we have to INVITE emigration; IT OUGHT TO COME UNsoUGHr.