The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1912-05-10
STATES GROWTH
RECORD IS GOOD
Comparative Statement Made
With Other States, Ex-
Ceeds Both.
BIG INCREASE IN LAND VALUE
Average Value of Arkansas Land is
$14.13 Per Acre Compared to
$751; a Decade.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Deputy Commissioner Robert NJ
Hutchins of the department of mines.
manufa ctures and agriculture, has pre-
pared a comparative statement OF the
agricultural development of Arkan.
sas, Louisiana and Wisconsin during
the past ten years, showing that the
percentage of increase N every ma
terial item has been greater in Ark
ansas than in either of the other tive
states.
The statement prepared By Mr.
Hutchns is as follows:
ITO be able to judge fairly the de
yelopment of Arkansas within the last
10 years, | wrote. the census bureau
for advance bulletins on agriculture
in Wisconsin and Louisiana (which
reports would enable me to judge the
relative increases for Arkansas to
compare with the reports that have
already been sent this department on
agricultural Arkansas. The per cent
of increase for every material item
was greater in Arkansas than in the
other two states. The following ex-
tracts are the more important items
contained in the bulletins of agricul-
ture in Arkansas, Wisconsin and
Louisiana.
Arkansas Figures.
Arkansas-Progress during the de-
cade 1900-10. The increase in popu-
lation was 20 per cent during the last
decade. The total value of farm prop
erty, which includes land, buildings,
implements, live stock domestic ami
mails, poultry and bees, is $500, 0S9,0 900.
showing an increase of 1905 per cent
since 1900. The value OF land alone
increased 134 per cent The value of
buildings alone increased 10 per cent.
the value of live stock 81 per cent.
and the value of implements and rna-
chinery 90 per cent The value OF
farm land more than doubled during
the last decade, in an increase OF
$751; per acre The average value Of
land in the state now is S14.13 per
acre In 1890 il was $3.50 per acre,
or an increase OF 123 per cent. The
average size of the Arkansas farm is
now Sill acres. In 1900 the average
size was 93.1 In this connection 1t
is we'll to note that the number of
farms increased $685. during the last
decade, or an increase of 201 per cent,
and the improved farm acreage in
creased 16.l per cent. The total acre
age increased from 16.637, 600 to Ii
81 900, and the improved acreage
from 6,954 900 to S062, geo. OF the
farmers of Arkansas 151 ,0S5, or about
20 per cent are white, and 63,593 or
80 per cent are negroes. Only 2,43S
OF the white farmers are foreign born
The negroes constitute about 76.9 per
cent of the tenants
"Wisconsin-The increase in popula
ton was 1916 per cent. The increase
in the value of all form property was
al per cent Garge considering the
value of that property in Wisconsin,
The value Of land alone increased 10
per cent. The value of buildings alone
increased So per cent; live stock,
CAS- per cent; implements and ma
chinery. St1 per cent The value OF
farm land per acre, an increase OF GIL
per cent The average size of the
Wisconsin farm is 11S acres. The
number OF acres of improved land and
acres in farms increased the same,
per cent during the decade
"Louisiana-The percentages OF in
crease for Louisiana were lower than
these Of Wisconsin for every item
save in the value of land, which in
creased "a per cent in value per acre
and II per cent for all land.
THE facts shown in the last census
and the tone of the letters OF in
quiries received by the department OF
agriculture all emphasize the fact that
the resources of Arkansas are nc
longer unknown, and that the home
seeker no longer shuns Arkansas, but
welcomes any literature describing
her resources. The characteristic, Hi-
ira conservative Arkansan has been
slow to exploit the advantages to De
had in Arkansas, yet he has been
pleased to admit that Arkansas IS
amply able to care for all corners ana
invite industry with open arms