Nevada County picayune., 1888-02-29
ARKANSAS.
Some of the Inducements the
 State Offers Home-Seekers.

That she contains the largest area of pine timber of any state in the union.
 That nowhere in the United States are the criminal laws more vigorously enforced.
 That the Mammoth Spring in Full ton county is the largest spring in the world.
 That the railroads in the state have proven remunerative investments to their promoters.
 That within her borders are found the only approachable hot spring whose waters are of utility in reliev- ing suffering humanity.
 That each of her seventy-iive co,ln- ties contains vast forests of the most valuable timber used in the manufac- lures and arts.
 That iron ore iS to be found in ey- cry county in the state outside of the great eastern alluvium of Missis- sippi river front.
 That by the last census there was found more very old people in \ T. kansas than the same population can show anywhere else in the world.
 That the public free school system of the state. considering the length of time it has been in force has prov ed the equal of any similar system and still improves.
 That the zine ores adjacent to Cal anime. in Sharp and Lawrence, with those in Baxter and Marion counties in quantity surpass any known in the |. S.
 That the purest water on earth Is found at Eureka Springs in Carroll. Raycnden in Randolph. Newburg in Zard. and Horns Cave Spring. on the Independence and Sharp county line.
 That in the northern tiers of coun- ties. from the western boundary of Benton to the eastern boundary of Sharp. may he found the healthicst sheep and cattle region on the Ameri- can continent.
 That the water power of Spring river. begining at Mammoth Spring and extending through Fulton. Sharp Randolph and Lawrence counties. properly utilized, is capable of opera ting all the machinery now in use in the State of Missouri. Arkansas and Texas.
 That region comprising Nevada. Howard Hampstead, Ouachita. Clark ana Otncr counties III tue Spl'h"t~t has enabled Arkansas. repeatedly. to carry away the premium over the en- tire American cotton belt for the fin est stable known toman.
 And while vet in her infancy as q fruit producing state. young Ar kansas of the new south has wrung from the assembled world at New Or leans the reluctant confessions that she produces the finest fruits known to the civilized nations of earth.
 4 correspondent writing from Lawrence county thus gives his views to what can he grown in Arkansas
 He can raise from 200 to 300 bush of sweet potatoes to the acre. and for $50 he can build a house that will keep them the year round.
 He can plant one acre of artichok- es and fattcn fifty hogs on it the hogs dc their own digging and waste nothing.
 He can raise all kinds of stock lOO per cent cheaper than it can he done luther north.
 He will not have to fertilize his  land to make il yield a good harvest.
 He can make living easier than in any other state in the south, and at the same time enjoy a more equi- table climate.
 He can run his farm without q mortgage on il.
 He can raise fine fruit. greater variety and more of il than in any other country in the world.
 He can have vegetables on his table the year round.
 You can plant one acre in cane and make 900 gallons of beautiful clear syrup with no sorghum twang to it.
 Bees require no attention luther than taking what honey yon wish.
 You can raise four tons of clover per acre. and the ground does not have to be seeded hut once in five years.
 Five tons of German millct Is not q large yield for one year.
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