The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-06-02

Fort Smith as in California;" "Y es, for two reasons. First, the shipping facilities are better. You are nearer the center of the United States, and you can reach nearly all points by smooth water. Second, if you ship from California east by water the wine has to be fortified, and consequently it is not pure article when it arrives at its destination. The same objection holds good to shipments by rail dur ing certain seasons of the year."
 MT. Bomelli gave me chemical analysis of the soil here and in Arkan- sas, but as it would take up too much of your space will omit writing it at present. At some future time will write again and give you a full de- scription of California and it's pro- ductiveness.-R. s. Morgan, tn F. Smith Elcvator.
 Thomas' Forest and Farm says Arkansas has the only deposit of soapstone in the Mississippi valley, and when developed, will prove 8 fortune to its possessor. The same paper says nursery is to be estab- lished few miles west of Little Rock, for the propagation of the cele- brated Arkansas seedling apples and peaches which have taken so many premiums in many parts of the United States. MT. Thomas had charge of the Arkansas exhibit in one of our Cincinnati expositions, several years ago, and we hope to see him this year, "bearing his sheaves with him" at the great Ohio Valley Centennial.
 Colmam's Rural, St. Louis, says :: "Arkansas is shipping here and else- where, at present, the finest straw berries she has ever grown. A won- derful improvement is shown in the matter of cultivation, handling, pack ing, etc., and her fruit is bringing far more than that from any of the four or five states competing just now. She has evidently profited by the ex- perience of late years to grow less and better fruit. The berries are so very clean as compared with former early shipments that mulching is evidently resorted to, and the benefit of the steps taken are visible. The crop is not large, but has clearly been well cared for, and the growers realize far more money than they would if fa- vored with full crop" There are several hints in the above tribute to strawberry -raisers in Arkansas which could be appropriated to advantage by the growers who ship their pro- ducts here by the Cincinnati Southern railway Cincinnati Gazette.
 Producing as we do seventy-five varieties of useful timbers, every class of cereals grown on the American continent, more varieties of grasses than are raised north of the Ohio river, every textile fiber used in the arts, with larger number of valuable minerals than any other state, and lands that produce the above from free homestead to five or six dollars an acre, with an exceptionally fine climate, there is no other destiny for Arkansas but that of prosperity and wealth.-Arkdnsds Forest and Farm.
 Situated as our state is, in the lati- tude most favored by the Creator where the human family had birth where the star of Bethlehem led the wise men of the east to our Savior, and where the arts of Greece and Rome fourished to degree never yet surpassed, we certainly ought to be satisfied. Climate we are without power to change, however much we may be able to modify and improve the soil.-Arkonsds Forest and Farm.