The Pulaskian., 1916-01-07
Tha eleventh hiannIal ranort of

John H. Page, commissioner of mines, manufactures and agriculture, sum marking the work of the department in 1913-14, is being issued by local printing company and the entire edi. tion will be placed with the depart ment in few days.
 Under agricultural statistics, the re- port shows that Arkansas ranks twen ty-fifth in population among the l states of the union and twenty-sixth in land area. The average value of farm land in 1910, the report shows. was $14.13 per acre, an increase Of | S7S1 for the 10-year period. The most valuable agricultural lands are in l Mississippi county, with an average value of $44.41 per acre, and the cheapest in Newton county, averaging $4.90 per acre.
 The department estimates the num- l Der of farms in the state at 23000O, in comparison with o1ly 214,678 In !, 1910. The average acres per farm was less than 40, with more than one. 1 half of the farmers operating farms of less than 70 acres. The number of mortgaged farms comprise 21.4 per cent of the total an increase during the 20-year period Sections follow. ing diversified farming, the report states, present greater per cent of farms free of encumbrance. Under recommendations, MT. Page advises that funds for the mainte, nance of the department be made pay. l able out of the feed and fertilizer funds. He points out that large part of the duties of the commissioner con. cern the enforcement of the laws reg, ulating the sale of feed and fertilizer to an extent that would justify the action he recommends.
 Arkansas farms are shown to have increased 1905 per cent in value IT the 10-year period, the totals being l $400,0S9,303 for 1910 and $181,416.0U1 for 1900. Land alone increased 134.1 I per cent, and an increase of 110 per cent is shown in the valuation of farm building The total value oi all farm crops was 9,419,025.
 An assessment of S1,566 .on 60,000 acres of land lying in the Cadron and Conway counties. has been levied by the board of directors to pay l claim for that amount held against the district by the state of the late George H. Burr, The board, which is com posed of D. O. Harton and M. (, Turner of Conway and Dr. A. J. Mes bit of Plumerville, has accepted the regular tax valuation as basis for raising the fund.- and 1t will be sub. mitted to Chancellor Jordan Sellers. Chancellor Sellers will then order the collection of the tax.
 Arkansas 1915 production of peaches was the largest peach crop produced by any state in the South in \ that year, according to government reports compiled by the Manufactur CTS Record. According to these fig ures the Arkansas crop approximated 5,940,000 bushels, or 610,000 bushels more than produced by her nearest competitor, the State of Georgia. Tex as ranked third, with 4,235,000 bushels.
 The first issue of the Kingsland Leader has appeared The paper VIII be published at Kingsland, town In Cleveland county several miles south of Rison, and it's editor is the Rev. R. l.. Cabe and the publisher is Frank N. Henderson. It is a six-column 8-paga newspaper. At present there are on ly two newspapers in this county, the other being published in this city.
 Did you have la grippe during the holiday?" was the popular greeting among students who returned to the Fayetteville university. The majority answered in the affirmative. President Futrall received several telegrama from students who are suffering from eral days.
 The safe farming campaign of tf1e extension forces of the University Of Arkansas, cooperating with the State and National Agriculture Depart ments, and the development bureaus of the railroads, will be reopened Jan- uary IT. according to Dean J. H. Mff- Ter of the extension division of tile university.
 The leyee protecting the City Of Newport has not been repaired. The gaps created to let the water out from the August overflow stand open. That part of the levee within the city han been repaired. but outside the city the protection Newport has enjoyed no longer exists.
 l w. w. Cochran of Alabama arrived at Jonesboro and has accepted po.I sition as farm foreman at the agricul.