The Springdale news., 1898-09-09

THE geographical location of North
 west Arkansas is such as to secure to il a climate. the most eqnabie agreed bie, healthy and desirable of any rerhaps on tbe continent of America. The undulat- iuq surface of tue country serve to pro feet us from blZzards that sweep the Hp" protected prairies of the North and West. while the hIeh altitude guards us against the heat and malaria of other regions. lhe mercury seldom reaches zero Tn winter and remains there but short time, while 95 degrees is phenomennllY hot in summer. The cool breezes from the South produce temperature so low comparatively that sunetrolSe la un- known The summers, though long are pleasant 'the nights are invariably cool The rainfall is always sufficient to produce good crops. total failure n crops has never been known here. We have railroad connection with the out Side world. being M thin Jew hours rlde ~f St Louis Kansas City, Chicago, Gal weston and Little Rock. and are thus af- fordcd ready market for the products ot our country,
 The country as a whole is an right: its resources are boundlesS it's possibilities and capa biities beyond estimate lts greatest need is an increased population, an influx of honest, sober, industrious immigra ntS-at least ten families to oc- cupy the place now occupied by one. To such people no country on earth can of- fer better Inducements: a more generous soll. a more certain return for the labor and money expended; better educational facilities; better society: and a greater regard fo, the laws Of God and man.
 WASHINGTON COUNTY.
 The first county South of the North west county of the State, Area 975 square miles Population about 10000. Elevation 1900 feet, Surface is diversified hy 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 Sonth 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 straw berries last season, each ear netting from $500 to $500 We have tributary to this town about 1000 acres of straw bel rieS. which net our growers from S30 to $75 per acre, while some get 800 to Sl0O per acre. Raspberries black and red, early harvest black berries. Goose berries, and in fact, all kinds of berries do equally as well. There been shipped from Springdale last season between 400 and 300 car loads of green apples. each car containing from l3O to lSO barrels of bushels each. bringing the grower from 100 to S2 % per barrei also about 20 to D cars of eyapOra ted fruit. This is the home of the apple, but the industry is yet in its infancy. The apples from thls 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 it's home in this tion. 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 fn- vorte fruits for this section in the fu- ture. The peach shipments from this section for last season from the lst If August to the l2th amounted to about 2S car loads. and there has D en put out around this town during 1he past season about 12,0o0 peach trees which will soon double or treble the present crop. Peach orchards here are getting to be numcr- ous. and no orchard looks prettier than peach orchard when the fruit is i.st of the right tint of red and yellow for ship ping Last season Arkansas and New Icr- seY shipped more peaches than any other two States in the Union. each shipping 3. 900 GOO half bushel baskets
 Here are few reasons why this is nateral fruit growing region There are conditions which are an absolute necessi ty 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 OzarIs much ozone ia known to exist and it is one of the active principles that con tribute to fruit growing. We have, then, In 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. slicates. carbonates of potash soda, lime and magnesa with small quantities of oxide of iron and man ganese and alkaline chlorides. That which is received from the atmosphere is denomnated gases and It consists prln- cipaly Of oXygene or ozone nitrogen and