The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1913-01-31
Arkansas Lands.
A Few Facts You Ought to Know.
1t Might Mean Your independence
Your Fortune.

has led all the great agricultural states of the
Union for the last 10 in the value of farm products
per
FURTHER in this ten year period, Arkansas has made
greater percentage of gain in everything relating to agr
Mississippi Valley.
Yor DON'T Well here the figures of the
Census Bureau For this period the average value Of farm
!" Illinois s s1%si i" A!ka%'a. Sssoa Ths statement
potatoes, hay and forage crops not fruit truck crops.
In Iowa, this value of products represented gross re-
"r 30 o %" s rer wa s @ I
value of farm lands in Arkansas the gross return
was ia per cent on the average value of farm lands
In the years from 1900 to 1910 the value of farm
lands in Ohio showed increase of 54 per cent in In
ann the increase n was a per le% in Iowa a per cent
greater than of those rich strong. highly developed
states of the North
In that same period the average per farm
lands in Ohio increased 500 cent; in Indiana od per
cent in Illinois, lO5s per cent in Arkansas 1856 per cent
In this ten year period the value Of all farm prop
erty per in Ohio increased d3 per cent in Indiana
|6 cent: in Missouri 953 per cent in Iowa. lOsl per
cent in Illinois, 9d5 cent in Arkansas 1lo cent
In this same ten year period the value of farm build
75s cent; in Iowa "N cent in Missouri 81 per
cent in Illinois 7a cent in Arkansas 1905 cent
In this ten year period the value of farm mpc
ments and machinery acre in Ohio Increased A.. per-
cent in Indiana 81 cent IN Iowa d7 per cent: in|
81 per cent.
l" this ; same tie" yea, ' , the value al In q" hive "Sk per
cent: in Iowa. 437 per cent in Missouri - per cent in
Illinois, dO.G per cent in Arkansas. $50 per cent.
In this ten year period Arkansas made a greater
eryentage of gain in rural population" than any other state
of the Mississippi Valley Louisiana gained l59 per cent
Missouri lost 81 cent: Indiana 81 per cent Iowa lost
~ cent Illinois gained per cent; ARKANSAS gained
United States whole in this time II per cent
For this same ten" year period ARKANSAS heads the
in urban population" The sa in Louis ian" Wa "oa r.rI
in Ohio 81 per cent in Iowa. 1919 per cent: in Illinois
:O4 per cent; in Arkansas j39 per The increase nI
the United Star~ as whole 34> per cent. Ayp MARX
Arkansas has no boom towns Her town growth has
followed safely and Sanrly and sondly her agricultural
development
Ia Nebraska Iowa. Illinois and Indiana with good
farm methods the production of pork about pounds
per and the cost from &c to to- per pound. or
even higher depending upon the price Of corn and the Sc
vereity of the winter In Arkansas. where
tiers much less extent into the operation and where the
winters are short mild permitting many more months
of pasturage, the production with good farming is OOO
pounds per ut cost of 20 pound The State Tx
pertinent Station got l252 pounds per acre ut cost of
81 cents.
We not real estate agents, but organization of
the business of Bear1en and vicinity who feeling that
the outside world do not appreciate the opportunities that
locality offers have banded ourselves together for the
purpose of promoting the farming interests and developing
the farming districts and will treat right if You come
among MS.
cded to list all the land get, which will yon
large real estate commissions the mid lie mans profit
We have published handsome booklet, filed with pic.
tres and detailed description OF our country which isl
yours for the asking
ARKANSAS-The State of Opportunities.
BEARDEN-The Eden of Arkansas.
LOCATED-On the Cotton Belt Railroad. 81 miles
South of Pine Bluff III miles North of Camden.
For further information write j. A Mcleod. Secretary,
Bearien. Arkansas or call on me for literature.
F. L. TELLER,
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