The Springdale news., 1898-09-02

THE geographical location of North J west Arkansas is such as to secure to it a climate, the most equable agreeab ble, healthy and desira ble of any perhaps on inc continent of America. The undulat- ing surface of the country serve to pro tect us from blizzards that sweep the nn- protected prairies of the North and West while the high altitude guards ns against the heat and malaria of other regions. The mercury seldom reaches zero in winter and remains there but short time. while 95 degrees is phenomenitilV hot in summer. The cool breeZes rom the South produce a temperature So low comparatively that sunstroke IS nn- known The summers, though long. are pleasant he nights are invariably cool. The rainfall is always sufficient to produce good crops. total failure in crops has never been known here. We have railroad connection with the out side world. being within a few hours ride # st. Louis. Kansas City, Chicago. Gal weston and Little Rock, and are thus af- forded ready market for the products of our country.
 The country as whole is all right; its resources are boundless, it's possibilities and capa bilities beyond estimate. It's greatest need is an increased population. an influx of honest sober, industrious immi grants-at least ten families to oc- cupv the place now occupied by one. To such a people no country on earth can of fer better inducements; more generous sol. more certain return for the labor and money expended: better educational facilities: better society: and greater regard for the laws of God and man.
 WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 The first county South of the North west county of the State. Area 915 ,l, Elevation 1900 feet, Surface is diversified ny hill valley and mountain, resembling many of the richer parts of Virginia. Pennsylvania and Kentucky. Water IS as good as any other par. of the world
 Our soil will produce in satisfactory quantity any crop grown between the sugar plantations of Louisiana on the south and British America on the North.
 But above and beyond every other con- sideration is that of the apple and berry We shipped from this station some thing over 50 car loads of strawberries last season. each car netting from $500 to $500. We have tributary to this town about 1000 acres of straw berries, which net our growers from S50 to S75 per acre, while some get 800 to sI00 per acre. Raspberries. black and red, early harvest black berries. Goose berries, and, in fact, all kinds of berries do equally as well. There was been shipped from Springdale last season between 400 and 500 car loads of green apples, each car containing from 150 to lS0 barrels of 3 bushels each. bringing the grower from sl.G0 to g. % per barrel: also about 90 to 35 cars of eyaporated fruit This is the home of the apple, but the industry is yet in its infancy. The apples from this section took first premium at the Worlds Fair, at the New Orleans Exposition. at the Bos- ton Horticultural Fair. Riverside, Cali fornia. at the Atlanta Exposition, and in fact wherever exhibited. The grape seems to have found its home in this sec tioD. as they bring unnaturally large crops and never fail the size and flavor being excellent,
 The peach crop here last year was the greatest ever known. and will do much toward making the peach one of the ia vOrite fruits for this section in the fu ture. The peach shipments from this section for last season from the list If August to the 18th amounted to q bout 2S car loads, and there has zen put out around this town during the past season about l2, 900 peach trees which will soon double or treble the present crop. Peach orchards here are getting to be nnmer- ous. and no orclhlrd looks prettier than a peach orchard when the fruit is just of the right tint of red and yellow for ship ping Last season Arkansas and New Jer- Sey shipped more peaches than any other two States in the Union, each shipping 5000 GOO halfbushel baskets
 Here are q few reasons why this is n natural fruit growing region: There are conditions which are an absolute necess- tv to fruit growing, and one of the most important is altitude. Altitude deter mines atmospheric conditions In the at mosphere of the south slope of the Ozarks much ozone IS known to exist. and it is one of the active principles that con- tribute to fruit growing. We have then, Tn this especial section both the soil and the atmospheric food without which the best results can never be ob- tained. That portion of the plant or tree food which is taken from the soil is called ash, and it consists of phosphateS sulphates, silicates. carbonates of potash. soda, lime and magnesia, with small quantities of oxide of iron and man. ganese and alkaline chlorides That which is received from the atmosphere is denomInated gases, and 1t consists prin- ci pally Of oxygene or ozone, nitrogen and