The Russellville Democrat., 1882-09-07

and the weld per acre is equal t
 that of the soil similarly situated il
 any portion of the State, or South
 west Wheat, oats, barley, rye an,
 corn are the principal grain crop
 and yield abundantly with prope
 preparation of the soil and culture
 The present crop of wheat will aver
 age twenty bushels per acre, in man,
 localities thirty to thirty five bush
 els per acre having been harvested
 Nowhere in all the West have W,
 seen as fine rye and oats as grow II
 this county, many specimens of tn,
 former that measured over seven fee
 Tn height having been placed on ex
 hibition in our office, while we have on hand sample of the latter that IS 6 feet 4 inches in height with heads EIGHTEEN inches in length Corn grows luxuriantly and yields bountifully where it is given proper culture. Cotton grows finely and produces well, but, except in the bottom lands, it does not pay as well as the grains. The grasses, such as clover, timothy, herds grass, millet, etc, yield the most abundant crops, and a more extensive culture of the same would make this section one of the best stock raising localities in the West, as there is a splendid range almost the entire year. Stock only requires to be fed about four months in the year. In vegetables the most astonishing results are ob- tained and no difficulty is expert enced in securing prolific supply of every kind for table use. In all the broad domain of the West and South west, no better fruit growing region can be found than Western Arkan. sas. A complete failure of the crop is of the rarest occurrence. The market reports of St. Louis show that Arkansas fruits .are earlier and command better prices than those from any State contiguous to that city. To parties who wish to en- gage in irunt culture, we say, come 10 rope county.
 CLIMATE AND WATER.
 The climate of this region is most salubrious, the temperature being equable, the instances of extreme heat and cold being rare. The aver age temperature in midsummer is about SS degrees and in winter about 40 degrees. Enough moisture pre- yails to promote vigorous, rapid growth of vegetation. In all DOT tions of the county, everfiowing streams abound, fed by mountain springs and affording the greatest abundance of water for stock. The people are supplied with cool, health ful water from numerous springs, and, where these are not convenient ly at hand, from wells sunk to an av- craze depth of thirty feet. These sources afford an abundant, never failing supply of water.
 CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS.
 In no State in the Southwest is the cause of religion more zealously fostered than in Arkansas, and Pope IS not behind any of her sister coun- ties in the good work. All creeds and sects are represented, and neat houses of worship can be seen on every hand. The Methodists, Bap tists and Cumberland Presbyterians are In the ascendancy, although there is far proportion of all oth. CTS. The ministers are jealous, in- telligent christian men, and leave nothing undone to advance the spiritual welfare of the people among whom they labor. The cause of ed ucaaion receives the hearty support of the people. The school law of the State places within the power of the people the privilege of annually yot- ing tax of five mills for the main tenance of pubic schools in the sev. eral districts, and they gladly avail themselves of the same. As a con- sequence, every neighborhood has a neat school house, in which a school is maintained for from three to nine months in the year. Intelligence and the education of the masses are the watchwords of our people, and the effect of the beneficial influence thereof is seen on every hand in the improvement of the farm and home. and the healthy growth of morals. iu..ttl l-r- THE TOWNS.
 The principal town is Russellville. situated in the southern part of the county on the Little Rock and Fort Smith railway, seventy five miles from the state capital. It has a pop. ulation of twelve hundred persons, and the increase is steady and per manent. The citizens are wide awake, progressive and up with the times. Among the substantial i'm proyements is the Melrose Cotton Mill, ready for the machinery. This grand enterprise is the proper ty of stock company organized last winter with capital Of s75,000, of which $50,000 is paid up. The building is massive and substantial, being 252 feet in length and 5S feet m width, one story high with base ment, and will be filled with the latest style of improved machinery for the manufacture of ropes, yarns ,1 A. IL.