The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1905-03-18

have termed it the seeding ground
OF America" Its orchards have be-
come famous as prize winders in ex-
positions and as big sellers in all
markets. The reputation of the
Arkansas grape and berry has
reached far despite the'iact that the
state is widely known as the home
of the big red apple"
1t is cotton, however, that is king
in Arkansas. The state ranks with
Mississippi in the production of
this staple, One tenth of the cotton
Of the United States, is now grown
in Arkansas. 1t is remarkable
fact that there is no sectIon oil the
state that will not successfully
raise cotton. The yield per acre in
the uplands is between 500 and
500 pounds of seed cotton, while on
the bottom lands it is between
1000 to 1000 pounds. The crop
of 1908 of cotton totaled more than
100000 bales, In Little Rock
alone the cotton bales received dur
ing the season 1905-03 aggregated
265,97 which was double the re-
eeipts of three years previous.
Progressive as the state has been
in the raising of cotton it has
been almost utterly dormant in ear
ing for the product at home, Less
than | per cent of the cotton raised
n Arkansas gets beyond the stage
of raw material while in that state
Capitalists are now beginning to
realize, however, that Arkansas
should change all her raw cotton
into the manufactured article within
the confines of the state, and before
many years there will be. manu-
faeturies insufficient number to ac-
eomplish this.
Arkansas mineral wealth cannot
be estimated, rs the mineral re-
sources are practically undeveloped.
More than 100000 acres contain
valuable mineral deposits, and there
are 5000, 900 acres which contain
valuable architectural stone and
clay.
Add to these and other resources
more than 5000 miles of majestic
nayigable rivers, which are destined
to vie with the railroads as avenues
of commerce, and Arkansas becomes
worthy of the attention which
homeseekers are beginning to give it
under the impulse of enterprise and
capital"
In the magnificent forests and in
mineral deposits Arkansas possesses
her richest gifts. The value OF the
annual outputs of cotton and lum-
Der is now above the $50, 100000
mark and the forests are apparently
inexhaustible. Originally covering
the entire state, the forest area now
aggregates fully $4,000, 900 acres.
Every acre OF this forest land con-
tains enough timber to pay for the
land many times over, while the
land values remain as they are at
present. Arkansas sawmills now
have daily output of more than
500, 100000 feet, and the value of
the pine products of the state ex-
ceeds SIS, 100000 dollars annually,
which is $4,000, 900 in excess of any
other state.
The richness of Arkansas in lum-
Der is greater than that of any other
southern state-in fact, greater than
any single state in the Union with
the exception of Name, whose tim.
Der exceeds the value per acre of the
timber of Arkansas In comment.
ing upon the forests of Arkansas,
Prof F.. L. Harvey declared that
they were remarkable for the great
variety of trees, for the area of pine
growth, for the great extent of the
hardwood area, and for the large
number of species which in other
states are counted shrubs, but which
in Arkansas reached sufficient size t.
be counted as trees.
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