The Green Forest tribune., 1900-04-05

tOrtaDl0 competence, put we QO not have a large complement of big farmers and cattlemen. We are more adapted to small farm ing. And there is no country any, where superior to this in that re- spect. The small farmer and stock raiser makes more money here with less expenditure of mon- ey and labor, than those of this class in any otherpar of the coun- try. This has been done, too, with all of the inconveniences re- sulting from a lack of railway ia cilities. Now, that the railroad is coming, farming and stock rais- ing will be more profitable here. The soil is a dark, sandy loam and corn, wheat and oats are the prin- cipal crops. Cotton does well, but is not grown extensively. Short winters and a mild climate are conducive of good results in the stock business. Sheep raising is very profitable here. Land is comparatively cheap, in fact, it is priced below it's value. Well improved farms range from S10 to S20 per acre, and unim- proved lands are quoted at from S5 to S10 an acre.
 Fruit and Horticu1ture.
 This is unquestionably a splen- did country for fruit culture and gardening, and now that the rail- way will enable us to market these products, great revenue will be derived from their cultivation. It is hardly necessary for us to say that Arkansas fruit stands at the head of the list, and in every con- testits excellency and superiority have been awardad first prize. These facts are so well known to those interested in fruit culture as to require no repetition. The Arkansas peach is ''peach, and it loses nothing by being referred to in street vernacular. It's lusci- ousness and delicious flavor equal the California product, and no where east of the Golden state is it grown so abundantly as here. Thisis is the home of the sFbig red apple, and other countries claim ing to grow this incomparable en- peror of the apple. family, pilfered the title. Any man with brains, energy and small capital can buy forty acres of land here, put it in fruit, and realize more from it than can be made on double that amount of land farming in the best agricultural states in the union. Small fruits bring good results and are grown abundant ly. The cheaper lands, which are too broken for profitable farming, are the best fruit lands; and the day is not far distant when all of this class of land will be utilized for this purpose. Gardening can Oe made a success here, as vege- tables grow proifically and may be cultivated without great ex- pense.
 Timber and Stone.
 There is fine supply of timber and good building stone all over this country. Fuel is hardly an object and building timber abounGs everywhere in this sec- tion. The varities are oak, of different kinds, walnut, hickory, ash, cherry, pine, etc. Saw mills are scattered over the country and much of the timber is being con- verted into lumber. Thereis an inexhaustable supply of building stone here, including fine pink ish marble, and as soon as the railroad is completed there will be an active demand for this natural product. We expect to see this building material shipped to va rious parts of the country and an army of men employed in quar- rying it.
 Mineral Deposits.
 That this country is underlaid with zinc, lead, copper, silver and other minerals is well known to mineralogists who have studied the geological formation of this part of the country. The perti- nent question is, do these crude metals exist here in sufficient quantity to make mining profit able? Ailarge number of.men who bo1a iptaIlicraptIu inunctioatoG