The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1901-1982, 1912-08-22
COUNTY RESOURCES
TOLD IN REPORT
FAULKNfR'S DESCRIPTION
AS IT WILL APPEAR IN FORTH
COMING VOLUME BY COM
MISSIONER SLOAN.

| II uCchlHS Oh CHe SJdLe uctdi ei"Cie VI
mines, manufactures and agriculture
has forwarded to the Log Cabin DEM
ocrat an advance copy of the descIip-
tive article of Faulkner county which
will appear in the Forthcoming blen-
NAL report of Commissioner Clay
Sloan. The department requests that
any criticisms or suggested changes
in the article be sent to Commissioner
Sloan at Little Rock at once, in or
der that all necessary corrections may
be made before the report goes to
press The Faulkner county article
is as follows:
Faulkner county is the geograph-
| ical center of the state, has an area
of 416,6a0 acres, population of 3d.
708 and is pre-eminently an agricui-
tural comfy. The county is general
ly level, with some rolling hills; the
average elevation for the county is
319 feet above the basin. The coun-
ty is drained by numerous streams,
the most important Of which are the
Cadron and Palarm, whose bottoms
are very fertile
Seventv-one and nine-tenths per
cent of he land area of Faulkner
county is in. farms, 81 per cent of
which is Improved The value of all
farm property in the coanty is $4,-
| 796,141, which is an increase of 81
per cent kithin the last decade. In
1900, the Ialue of all farm property
was $2,514217; 48 per cent of that
increase wis IN the value of the land
alone andl23 per cent was in the
value of f$m animals.
The prif ,ipa: crops. of Faulkner
county arch Notion, corn, oats and gar
! den vegetables. Fruits of all kinds do
well, especially berries and peaches.
Many Thousands of fruit trees are
cow being but out Timothy, millet
and red top are the principal varieties
Of cultivated grasses. Alfalfa has
been found 10 do exceptionally we'll in
certain sectibns.- Sweet and Irish po-
tatoes are we'll adapted to the soil; in
1910 over 1900 bushels were raised
In the county. Cotton is the most i'm
portant money crop. P. V. Hamilton
Of Enders, Faulkner county, secured
Last year an average of one bale per
acre on sew In acres of upland that
had been in cultivation for 60 years,
which shows the possibilities of even
the poorest lind
The average value of land in this
county is onlhH81 per acre, which is
an. increase, i valuation from S4.59 in
1900. Unimp we'd land can be bought
for from So D Sc per acre and i'm
proved land ON S. to 500 per acre.
The terms off Eed are decidedly to the
advantage ofIthe purchaser.
The county has an ample supply of
timber for hume use and considerable
that is meTchantable, the most i'm
portant OF, which are the oaks, in all
parts, Of the county, cypress in the
bottoms, pine and hickory in the hill
portions. Building lumber can be
bought at very reasonable rate.
The roads Of this county have been
greatly improved within recent years.
Now there are good graded roads
Heading to all parts of the county.
ESix steel bridges have been built re-
Gently over the larger streams. A
fgood road leads to every schoolhouse
lin the county.
The educational and religious ad-
vantages offered in the county are the
very best. The public free schools
throughout the county show an in
creased rate of attendance and the
morals are unusually good. In 1910,
$30,124 was spent for teachers sal
aries alone in this county. A church
of some denomination can be found in
every community
A number oI minerals have been
!, found in the c1nty, but none have
been made pay X as yet Zinc, lead
, manganese and, ome coal and a few
of the rarer mi erals and some indi-
cations of natul7 gas.
Conway is tn bounty seat and has
population O. bout 5000. With
colleges, Hend College, Contra
College for girls and the State Nor
NAL School, ant an excellent public
school system, 9 nway offers exceep
tional education; advantages. 1t i!
an agricultural /; ID industrial center
as well as an eoSrational center. I
has two banks, one daily and TIVE
weekly newspapers and a great mum
. Der of other industries. Of recen
years Conway has had the lowest rat,
of mortality of airy city in the Unitet
, States.