The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1904-10-12
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, October II. 1904.
{ adex to New Advertisements.
Arkansas Letter.
Home and Farm.

Home and Farm.
This country is one of the great
mineral counties of North Arkansas,
situated almost in the center OF the
zinc belt. Searcy county, generally
speaking, ia hi]ly and broken, but
there are some sections very nice ano
level. Plenty of good rock for use
on the farm, suited for building
chimpeys, fences or houses. 1t is
wei, tiubered With the different oaks,
pine, hickory, gun, ash, walnut aud
cherr7, which are very valuable.
There is q fortune in saw milling.
The county has sn area CT about
100 SO 1sre miles, only small part
of which is in cultivation. More
than $4,000 acres belong to the
Uoited States and is subject to home
stead. There are less than $4,000
acres 10 cultivation-10,00O acres IN
cotton, $4,000 acres in corn. 10000
acres in wheat, 1000 acres in oats,
5000 acres in fruits, etc all of
which produce abandantly. This
county Is we'll watered by the Buffalo
fork of White river, north fork OF
Red river, Cove creek, Bear creek,
Calf creek and r chland creek.
The lands are very productive, and
are graveliy and sandy, dark in color,
and have c]ay eubsoil.
Cotton on uplsnds yields 500
pound; cotton on bottom lands
yields 1880 pounds; corn yields
from 20 to As bushels; wheat from
Is to Is bushels; sweet potatoes,
100 to 125 bushels; I1ish potatoes,
from Is to 100 bushels; turnips, from
$50 to 200 bushels; peas, from 40 to
60 bushels per acre, without any
fertilizer Tobacco does we'll, yield.
ing from 800 to 1000 pounds per
sore Every thing in the vegetable
line grows to perfection in this
county
Searcy county is the home of the
s:big red eppl4" that took the pre-
MUM at the Worlds Fair. It also
takes the lead in minerals, the prin-
cipal ores being zioc, copper and
lead The finest copper mine in
this country is Tomahawk, in this
county, known as the Tomahawk
Copper Mines There are also many
rich zinc mines located in different
parts of the county. Z.nc is now
Ssins mined in large quantities.
Water for domestic purposes is OBJ
aimed from springs and wells. Many
springs of the finest water to bsA
sourd in the Safe are to be found in
Saarcy county.
Same cf tb: most famous springs
snjwn for medicinal properties 80
ar discovered are: Picsyune, Sur
,erlative and White Sulphur. There
3 much fne scenery in this county
not to be surpassed in the State.
Plenty of range here for all kinds of
stock nearly all the year. Plenty OF
lat cattle, sheep, goats and hogs oil
,ver the county. Farmers are In
prosperous condition generally.
Seasons have been very good. Crops
IRE looking fac. Wheat and oats
rave been harvested which were very
,ooa. 4 failure is unknown. Searcy |
county is we'll supplied with public
schools and churches. The schools
are kept open from three to five
in the year. There is also
me high school, the Marshall Aca-
DENY, located at Marshall the county
seat. Marshall, the largest town IN
tee county, las a population Of about
6oo: has e7ersl churches, mills and
,oercantile and mining interests. st.
Joe, Leslie, Blauco, soowba!l' Wits
Springs and Tomshawk are other
principal points in the county For
health this county cannot be sur