The Huttig news., 1910-02-19
FARMING CUT-OvER LANDS.
Truck and Fruit Growing Gan be Made Prof
 itable Business.

 gation of and report on the value of cut-over pine lands" Those who have had occasion to study the matter know that these lands are very valuable. both for truck and general farm purposes. The only good such an investigation by Congress will do is to direct the attention of a large and desirable class of people to the opportunities here offered for successful agricul- tural efforts. As North Louisiana and Southern Arkansas are rich in these cut-over pine lands, and as the area increases every year. we herewith give. in part, an article written by T. s. Cranberry of De- Ridder, La. setting forth tbe ad- vantages and value of such lands:
 Much has been said and written on the Utilization of Gut Over Pine Lands of the South. So far as discussion and theorizing goes the subject has been pretty well exhausted with the usual result and the all-important problem is no nearer a satisfactory solution now, than at the beginning. which dates back at least l5 or 20 years.
 The question has been asked these many years what will be- come of the oountry9 The peo- ple2 The railroads9 The many pretty towns and villages which have sprung up in the timbered sections of the South. all of which was built by the lumber manufac- turing interest of each respective section. After the last long and short leaf pine has been felled? The light is now dawning. A new area of conditions will ta e place at no distant day in these States which will transform the unslghtly acreage of cut over pine lands into beautiful, as well as profitable fruit oa1 .x,,olx c., ~yoo
 With this transformation will come a prosperous and happy peo- .ple, a permanent backbone to the country. Prosperity will be per- petual by the horticultural and agricultural interests as the natur- al resources of the soil is devel- oped.
 In substantiation of these facts the writer will be pleased to refer all of those who are skeptically in- clined to an experimental farm near Bon Ami and DeRidder, La., which was established in that sec tion to demonstrate and solve in a practical way the possibilities of this soil and climate. In the year 1906 an average tract of land con- taining 46O acres was cleared and made ready for the blow. This tract was said to be the poorest in the whole section.
 In making this demonstration this lumber company has taken time by the forelock" and does not propose to theorize any further as to possibilities of the soil. But have opened up the enterprise in a business like way that characterize all of their methods In the winter and spring of 1907 about half of the farm was set in fruit trees of following varieties: Elberta peach, quite number of all the leading varieties of Paper Shell Pecans, Magnolia Figs, Japan Wonder. Abundance and Gonzales Plums, Keller Pears, Satsuma Orange, Japan Persimmons, ten of +ba laadipo varintiac If Ora pac la pan Walnuts.
 In round numbers they now have 26,oOO fruit trees, all of which have done exceedingly we'll and have made a splendid growth this year, most of which will come into bearing next year. The only ferti- lizer they have had chance of getting was that which was applied