The log cabin Democrat., 1912-08-20
COUNTY RESOURCES
 TOLD IN REPORT
FAULKNfR'S DESCRIPTION
AS TT WILL APPEAR IN FORTH COMING VOLUME BY COM
 MISSIONER SLOAN.

mines, manufactures and agriculture has forwarded to the Log Cabin Dem ocrat an advance copy of the descrip- tive article of Faulkner county which will appear in the forthcoming bien- 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- lcal center of the state, has an area of 4l6,640 acres, population of 23.- 7oS and is pre-eminently an agricul- tural county. 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.
 Seventy-one and nine-tenths Der cent of the land area of Faulkner county is in farms, 5l per cent of which is improved The value of all farm property in the county is $4,- 796,l41, which is an increase of 91 per cent within the last decade. In 1900, the value of all farm property was $2,510,217; IS per cent of that increase was in the value of the land | alone and 23 per cent was in the value of farm animals.
 The principal crops of Faulkner county are cotton, corn, oats and gar den vegetables. Fruits of all kinds do well, especially berries and peaches. Many thousands of fruit trees are now being put out. Timothy, millet and red top are the principal varieties of cultivated grasses. Alfalfa has been found to do exceptionally we'll in certain sections. Sweet and Irish po- tatoes are well adapted to the soil; in 1910 over 10000 bushels were raised in the county. Cotton is the most i'm portant money crop. P. V. Hamilton of Finders, Faulkner county, secured last year an average of one bale per acre on seven acres of upland that had been in cultivation for 60 years. which shows the possibilities of even the poorest land.
 The average value of land in this county is only $7.81 per acre, which is an increase in valuation from $4.59 in 1900. Unimproved land can be bought for from $3 to $6 per acre and inn proved land from $5 to $20 per acre. The terms offered are decidedly to the advantage of the purchaser
 The county has an ample supply of timber for home use and considerable that is merchantable, the most inn lportant 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 leading to all parts of the county. Six steel bridges have been built re- gently over the larger streams. A good road leads to every schoolhouse in 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 of minerals have been found in the county, but none have been made paying as yet. Zine, lead, manganese and some coal and few of the rarer minerals and some indi- cations of natural gas.
 Conway is the county seat and has a population of about 5000. With colleges, Hendrix College, Central College for girls, and the State Nor maj School, and an excellent public school system, Conway offers exceep- tional educational advantages. It is an agricultural and industrial center as well as an educational center. It has two banks, one daily and two