The Nevada picayune., 1885-03-12
Prescott and Nevada County.

was written by "U. h." a travel | ing agent of the Rural and Work, man, and published in that paper on 2Sth ult:
 Prescott, Nevada county, Arkan- sas, is situated on the St. l.. I'M & s. railway, about one hundred miles from Little Rock and ffty miles from tue Texas line. It diff fers from most Arkansas towns in having better public buildings, be ing under strict sanitary regu- lations, and in the fact that while acme towns are either at a standstill or going back wards during these hard times, Prescott Is steadily increasing in it's number of inhabitants and the extent of it's trade.
 It is really refreshing to find so tastefully arranged courthouse. Too many in our state are ungainly, ill., built shells. Nevada county has new brick courthouse of tasteful desin and handome finish, built of home made brick and Arkansas pine. The offices are conveniently arranged, and the court room.is the best equipped and most beautifully finished l have ever seen in the state.
 Prescott boasts of a large school house equipped with all modern improvements and capable of seat ing 100 pupils. Prof. J. W. Conger is one of the most efficient educat- ors in the state, together with sew eral assistants. The city has sev. en churches. She also has among her educational advantages first class music teachers and a circulat- ing library.
 Prescott has a just proportion of bushes houses for her population, and a brisk and honorable compe- tition keeps trade lively. Lumber and cotton are the principal cx- ports. The cotton market has been steadily growing foY the last five years, every year showing an incaease over the proceeding, which cannot be said of many places. Nine thousand eight hun dred bales was tbe shipment for this season. As for lumber, suffice it to say that the mills of this place and immediate vicinity last year shipped almost one thousand car loads.
 The steady growth of this four ishing city is owing to the unusual excellence of the farming commu- nifty surrounding it. The country in this portion of the state consists of rolling lands perfectly drained. Near Prescott is fifteen or twenty thosand acres of as fine prairie lands as one could wish to see. The land consists of dark, black and gray soils, very rich and pro- ductive. Cotton is the principal crop in N evada county. Wheat is not extensively raised as there are no convenient mills. Corn is a staple crop, bringing from forty to seventy five cents per bushel. | Oats do well, grasses ilouish, yege- tables of all kinds yieldgood crops, two crops of potatoes being usual ly raised in one season.
 This section is sheltered from the cold north wind by the Boston mountains so the season is two CT three weeks earlier than that of two or three | counties further north.
 Many of the farmers about Pres colt have gone into the stock bus mess and they have some as fine | Jersey and Durham cattle as can be shown in any state. The prai 1 rie lands offer opportunities Tor the use of improved machinery. Sul- l ky blows, hay rakes, and cultiva- tors are no longer novelties in Ne vada county. Lands sell at from s2,50 to SIP per acre for unimprov- ed. Improved farms are worth from sI5 to s35 per acre. In the county are large tracts of railroad lands that can be had at very req sonable rates and easy terms.
 Prescott and Nevada county want intelligent and thrifty homo seekers to visit her and examine for themselves her attractions and advantages. may add that such persons will be we'll repaid for their trouble in so doing, before narchasin alseWhera U, D.