The Carlisle independent., 1915-04-01

cording to stastics compiled in the of flee of John II. Page, commissioner of agriculture, which will go into his biennial report. Farm property, ac- cording to the commissioner, has an aggregate value of $400,0S9,303, an increase of more than 120 per cent since 1900. Of this farm lands had value of $246,021, 450, showing an in- crease of 134 per cent, and the re- mainder of the aggregate increase was in building, implements and stock.
 According to the last estimate, which is incorporated in MT. Pages report, farm crops in Arkansas were valued at $119,419,025.
 While cotton is Arkansas chief rev enue crop, few people know that there are more acres of Arkansas soil plant ed in corn than in cotton. Statistics prove it. While there are 2,153,s22 acres of land planted in cotton, there are 2,277,116 planted in corn. The es- innate shows that Arkansas produced 776,S79 bales of cotton, the year the estimate was made, and 37,609,5 54f bushels of corn, yet cotton was the dominant crop.
 The value of dairy products produc- ed in Arkansas a year is $6,5S7, ,426, ex- elusive of milk and butter consumed on the farms. The number of gallons of milk produced was S3,OS1,S75, and the pounds of butter produced aggre- gate 29,907,337 Honey, too, forms no little part of the products of Ar kansas farms, for in one year 913,515 pounds were produced by the busy lit tie bees and sold by farmers.
 White, Clark and Washington are the banner cattle counties of the state. White led in 1914 with the largest number of cattle of any county in the state-19,250. Clark County had 1S,- 520, and Washington County 1S,445. Crittenden County ranked lowest, with only S03 cattle in the entire county. Iii White County the 19,250 head of cattle had an assessed value of $207,- 205, while Crittenden County's 803 cat tie were assessed at $8,315 Arkansas County ranked fourth with 16,493 head valued, assessment value, at $172,425.
 Arkansas is becoming a significant this country, according to figures con- piled by the State Tax Commission, which show that 794,911 cattle, valued at S15,477,3 1884, were owned by Arkan- sas farmers and grazed on Arkansas lands in 1914. The assessed valua- tion, representing 50 per cent of the true valuation as given the assessors by the owners, was $7,73S,692, making the average assessed valuation of each animal S9.37.
 The action of the Arkansas Supreme Court in declaring invalid the bond amendment was a severe blow to the residents of Heber Springs, who were preparing to hold an election to vote on issuing $100,000 in bonds to con- struct a system of waterworks and sewers.
 Nearly LOGO has been received by the State Bank Department from Ar kansas banks for the Arkansas exhibit at the Panama-Paeific exposition dur ing the three days since letters ask ing for contributions were sent out
 The Daily Jacksonian, published St Heber Springs, was suspended after being published since last November. This was the first and only daily pa per ever attempted in this city. Mr. Baker will continue the publication of the weekly Jacksonian.
 Eighty-fve farmers who attended a meeting of the newly organized truck growers association at Ward pledged themselves to raise i3S acres of straw berries this year and ordered enough plants for the entire acreage.
 Through the ruling of the Supreme Court that the bond amendment is un- constitutional, a S90,000 sewer project at McGehee was blocked. The sys- tenn would have included six miles of sewers.
 The city of Harrison, which had planned the putting in of waterworks and sewer improvements under the provisions of the bond amendment will not abandon the project.
 The Running Lake drainage ditch which has been under construction since 1912, has been completed and the water let into Fourche River a few miles above Pocahontas.
 At total expense of S10S more than s3,000 worth of zinc was taken from the Morning Star mine in Marion County in one week
 Business men of Mineral Springs have bought 46 acres of land and planted it to strawberries.
 1 BentOnyille is tO have one of the