The Nevada picayune., 1885-02-05
ArkaHsas.

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 accepted the change, and have e, ,u'" tered on 1t anew with determir ton of purpose that will place u
 state in a high social and industri.en- position. Arkansas occupies a ds'&- sirable location in the temperaeur zone, extending nearly three and 'nn Half degrees of latitude whicl
 with altitude, enables her to yiel we the products of ten degrees of latpne tude. The climate is mild and S, is lubrlous, sudden changes of teTith perature being comparatively infrt
 quont. dune, July, and August ar sed less hot than in northern sectionsthe There is but little snow or iceey and our long seasons of warnny genial weathergreatly facilitate tn
 work ofthe husbandman. law Garden crops are planted early he potatoes ana peas often in Februro ro ary, and others in March. The m rains are generally saasonable an'e an propicious, the winter freezes being so light, only tend to mellow tht; soil, and are not of sufficient dura
 - -, h. ton to interfere with early an -, late planting. The climate is con to ducive to good health and longevi ., ty. Sunstrokes and headaches
 br eught on by heat, are here un :, known. According to health sta''' tistics, Arkansas ranks high arf eng
 the other states of the Unionrh Underlying some portions of tn, ,,s surface limestone will be found ac at other places, the magnetism lime
 stone and mill stone grit formatio!
 prevails. Potash, soda, magnesia O. lime, phosphoric acid and oxide oolC iron, enter into the soil. Both al9'' luvial and diluvial rest on a sub
 stratum of clay. Marl IS found 1r
 great abundance; and at many lo-f caities the soil is from eight to tent feet in thickness. U
 It may be noticed here that Ar
 kansas has never been subject to a the ravages ofinsects. The grass.ll hopper or locusts are total stran It ger here. Cotton has heretofore been and is now, to large extent the staple product. but in addition to cotton all the crops of the tenn perate zone are successfully grown, such as corn, wheat, oats, rye, bar ley, peas, beans, Irish and sweet po' tatoes, turnips, tobacco, hops etc, also the different root and vegeta.
 ble crops; squash, Okra, egg-f lant, beets, radish, onion, cabbage, cele.
 ry, oyster-plan lettuce and toHa-
 toes yield we'll. Vegetables are in mark ct in April, plenty, and late
 until Christmas. Gardens -aTe
 made both in the spring and fall.
 All the fruits of the North, as we'll as those approaching the trop- ics, grow most luxuriantly. Apples peaches, pears, apricots, nectarines,
 figs, grapes and strawberries are
 noted for their size and flavor. The , fruit crop of Arkansas has been
 failure but once in thirty years. All r kinds of fruit and vegetables ma t ture and are ready for market from three to four weeks earlier than in : the latitude of St. Louis, and the
 culture of garden and orchard pro-
 duets for Northern markets, will always prove source of great pro-
 fit to the Arkansas farmer; actual
 shipments to the St. Louis market { have yielded a profit of SiOO to $500 - per acre.
 For stock. raising Arkansas has
 many advantages, particularly if 2 the entire year be taken into con- s- sideration. The native grasses Of
 Arkansas as catalogued by Leo . Lesquereux, number i5j, and he
 expressed the opinion that there
 were many more that did not come
 under his observation. The value
 of but few of these indigenous
 grasses is know, and there is much $ to learn in regard to them.
 ' Perhaps no other portion of the
 United States has vaster quantity {. or a greater variety of the timbers - used for various purposes, both use- \ full and ornamental, consisting in | part of pine, oaks in variety, black
 walnut, cherry, holly, ash, hickory 1t of evey kind found on the Ameri- T. can continent, cypress, poplar, gum q, 7, beach, pecan, sycamore, elm, cot Ia "a tonwood, cedar and many others. of The state can also without OK