The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-25
ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT.

People intending to move to our state, with view of making it their home, should arrange to come in the fall if possible, it is best in many re- spects.
 Arkansas will make an exhibit of her products at the St. Louis exposi- tion this fall. She invites inspection and will furnish information in re- gard to her re sources free to all.
 The home seeker should remember that Arkansas is 8 land of many crops and nine months harvest, commencing in April with strawberries, of which thousands of dollars worth are shipped north in the early spring, making very remunerative crop for the grower, and cotton ends our harvest which closes about the last of Decem- Der. In the intervening time there is not week in which some crop is not matured and ready for the market.
 Thousands of people at the north from prejudice and want of better knowledge of our state are losing the best opportunities of their lives. Our cheap lands for farming and raw ma- terial for manufacturing cannot be purchased at their present price much longer. Just think, land for three and four dollars per acre that will grow all the cereal grains at the north, and of equal quantity and quality; besides many other pro- ducts, that cannot be grown north. Fruit in great variety and of unsurpassed excellence. Climate un- excelled on the American continent. If you are not able to come and examine for yourself, write Hon. Thomas Essex, Little Rock, Ark, and he will send you free of charge book that tells you much valuable informa- tion about the state and its resources.
 The United States agricultural re- port, No. 52, in speaking of Arkansas, says:
 There is marked increase in the acreage of clover and other grasses. While there is no general attention paid to the cultivation of the grasses, yet many farmers are sowing in a small way, and those who have heretofore tried the experiment almost uni versally increase the area. All grasses sown on proper soil and in proper manner do well, and are grown at a profit to the farmer. The acreage of the cotton crop increases by natural causes, but the tendency of many planters to devote more area to food and forage crops serves to balance the general increase caused by the opening up of new lands.
 The apple crop is generally good, and in some sections excellent. The dry weather of April somewhat re- tarded the growth of the young fruit, but to no serious extent. The pros- pect is now fair for good crop. The condition of the peach crop is better than for several years.
 It is gratifying to all who have the future prosperity of Arkansas at heart to note the number of young men who have in the past few months come to the state with the view of locating and uniting their fortunes with us in developing and building up the coun- try. They come, not from any par ticular part of the Union, but from New England, Ohio, Illinois, etc. The writer has met and conversed with many of them during the past few months, learning their views and in- tentions. Most of them have suffi- cient means for the business they intend engaging in, and possess the energy and perseverance that will surely crown their efforts with suc- cess. It is this class that has made the northweft what 1t is, and to them Arkansas must look for her greatest development and prosperity. Their young blood will add lever to our native stagnation that in a few years will place Arkansas at the front as an agricultural and manufacturing state. Fully appreciating this class of immi- grafton, our people welcome them with heart and hsnd, anxious to ex. tend to them every facility in their power to aid in making their homes pleasant and prosperous.-Forest and Farm.
 Health Found in Our Sunny Land.
 A Wisconsin invalid finds health in our sunny land, and sends the follow ing back to her Wisconsin home:
 JUDsoNIA, ARK.
 DEAR FRIEND: As night has drawn her sable curtain over the glorious orb of day and closed from my view the beautiful flowers, one of Gods choicest gifts 90 magnificently distributed around my home, I will draw my chair to the table and endeavor to give you my opinion of this sunny land of the south.
 l left my Wisconsin home the l4th of January, with the thermometer run ming from forty to sixty degrees be- low zero. Not being able to continue my journey without rest. stonned