Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1914-06-16

prO0uCtlOn OF these crops HO loCdA-tS
surpasses Jefferson county. The sea
sons are not so variable and unde-
pendable as in other parts ct the
state or the South, and crop failures
are foreign to this section. the SUI
periority of Jefferson county for gen
eral farming purposes is evldenced Dy
the average crop yields. Much OF the
bottom land produces 140O to 1000
pounds of seed cotton to the acre,
forty bushels of corn, forty-five bush
els of oats, thirty bushels ct wheat,
forty-fve bushels of rye, one and
one-half tons of clover, two tons Or
turnips, one and half tons OF T!illet,
or timothy, and over a hundred gal
Ions of sorghum. On the uplands
the yield is hardly as much; but, on
the other hand, it is greater FOR other
products. An acre of sandy 'cam
yields about 800 to 1000 pounds OF
seed cotton, twenty bushels Of 'orn,
fifteen bushels of wheat, twenty tive
bushels Of oats, twenty-five bushels
of rye, fifty pounds of field peas, with
little difference in the amount of for
age crops from that produced in the
bottom lands.
The discrepancy in the productive
ness in different soils has led to a
wide range of land values, that per-
mits of farmer being accommodated
according to his means whenever he
desires to make purchases. The land
is astoundingly cheap, but will not re-
main so long, as there has beer a
noticeable increase in value of farm
land the last few years, since the IN
fusion of northern farmers, aud OF
those who are invading this section
from adjoining states, has resulted in
an increased demand, especially for
the cheaper land. Another price-rals-
ing factor is the drainage activity,
which will have as it's result the ad-
vancement in value of the lowland,
and the reclamation of thousands OF
acres that are subject to overflow.
Many miles of new roads have been con-
structed to facilitate the Transporter
ton of farm products to the cities and
railroad centers, and Improvement
districts are in contemplation that
will eliminate all bad roads from the
county.
Packing Industry.
The distinct advantage that Pine
Bluff enjoys as distributing point has
beeen clearly perceived by the large
packing houses, which have installed
agencies here, and which send out all
the year a number of statesmen, who
cover quite a bit of territory. OF
these wholesale meat dealers, there
are C. A. Linaker, Armour & Co.,
Sulzberger & Son CO., and Swift & Co.
Within short time the Arkansas
Packing Co. will have been operating
a packing plant Of such capacity as
to handle 200 head of hogs, 100 head
of cattle and so sheep and calves
daily. This has not only given an I'M
petus to a new industry i'll the country
surrounding Pine Bluff-that of stock
raising-but means decided increase
in the amount of money attracted to
this city.
A relatively important position IN
the wholesale business is that occu-
pied by four wholesale hardware mer-
chants, including wholesale saddlery
and mill supply establishments. the
hardware business has been very
good field, and has offered an excel
lent means of profit to those who have
engaged in it, especially to those VINO
have devoted their energy to pushing
the wholesale lines. OF these, there
are two, which have built up an ex-
tensive trade, the McGaughy Hard
ware Co. and the Fox Bros. Hardware
Co.
Among the other jobbing concerns
NAV be enumerated the several
oueensware companies, coffin and
casket houses, cigar dealers, ice fac
tories, stationery and book houses;
printing establishments, lumber ana
machinery enterprises, lighting supply
houses, stock dealers, bottling-works
and firms dealing in dry goods and no
tions. AS can be readily seen, the
entire amount of wholesale business Is
something enormous, and in order 10
handle it properly there is necessity
for unusual railroad facilities Tor a
CITY of this size. To meet this re-
nuirement, there are many miles OF
switch trackage, adjacent to very near
Nv. all of the larger jobbing houses.
This affords a distinct advantage tol
the 00alCrS, duu UCoA1o q As~A o.
in drayage. The average number o!
box cars employed in the shipment OF
goods to and from Pine Bluff within
a wear is something like 5000, and a
number of local freight trains are op-
Grated daily to convey the goods from
wholesale dealers to the merchants OF
towns.
Manufacturing Center.
With the city surrounded by wooded
lands. yielding an immeasureable and
varied supply of the finest timbers,
there is every inducement for theI
establishment here OF the largest
lumber mills in the state. These nat
ural advantages are quickly being
seized upon by several concerns that,
in the aggregate, are turning out many
hundreds Of thousands of feet OF
lumber in the course Of day, and are
maintaing in the city at least 2,oo9
employees. These mills are numbered
among the greatest of the city build
mo enterprises. Together they are