The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1916-11-02

Creek. Pond Creek and Horse Lick.
All these streams, when flooded will
float slaves, ties and logs, for which
purposes they have been very much
used for some time. They were
once filled with beautiful fish, but
to-day, for various reasons, the fish
are scarcely worth mentioning.
LAUNDERING has been a very i'm
portant industry in the County for
about fourteen years. There are
now two large lumber companies
operating in the County; the Tur-
key Foot Lumber Company in the
east, and the Bond Foley Company
in the Southwestern part of the
County. The saw mill Of the Bond
Foley Company which is at Bond,
is one Of the largest and most COM
plete lumber mills in the United
States. The daily output is esti-
mated TO be about 10000 TO 100000
feet. Both lumber companies have
built standard guage railroads into
their respective forests. These
railroads have already been very
beneficial 10 the County.
The most important minerals OF
the County are iron ore and coal.
The iron ore has not been mined any
yet, and the coal has been mined
little for home consumption. IL Is
believed by some, however, that
there are deposits Of oil in this
County. There has already been
one oil we'll sunk on Middle Fork.
Farming, however, is the occupa-
ton that is here TO stay. The larger
per cent of the families of the Coun-
ty look TO the farm for their sup
port. The value of the farm prop.
erty is si,675,OOO. The chief crops
are corn, wheat, rye, hay, garden
products and fruit growing. Corn
is cultivated more than any other
one crop. There being 10000 acres
cultivated annually and an average
yield of II bushels per acre.
| am happy TO say that the ten
dency of this crop is less acreage
and more bushels. Hay is a very
important crop, there being 5,285
acres Of meadow land which pro-
duce an average OF $500 tons each
year. The average of the potato
crop annually, 1863 acres, which
produce 3i,3S3 bushels. In round
numbers there are 2i,OOO peach trees
which produce 1900 bushels Of fruit
annually, and $500 apple trees
which yield $500 bushels of apples
annually. There are 1880 colonies
of bees. The value of which is
s3,2fO.
The more important wild animals
OF the County are the fox, mink.
skunk, gray squirrel, fox squirrei,
ground squirrel, ground hog, opos-
sum, musk rat and rabbit.
The chief domestic animals are
horse, mule, cow, sheep, hog, and
dog. There are 2,8S7 head Of horses
and mules, valued at s30i,70O and
6,205 head Of cattle, valued at 1884,
600. or the cattle there are 2,749
dairy cows, SOC other cows, 866
yearling heifers, 6O3 calves, 903
yearlings steers and bulls, 578 steers
and bulls Of other ages. The value
OF the 1000 head Of sheep is $4,000.
The average number of chickens
yearly is 10000. which lay 2i3,898
dozens OF eggs. The poultry and
eggs are valued at $50,f09 annually.
On this vast globe, this little spot
OF which you have heard so much
is found at about 81 degrees and %
minutes north latitude and 40 de-
grees longitude.
The area of it in square miles is
35i, with an average of 1922 persons
TO the square mile, or 1924 in all. !
OF this number about 2,200 are legal
voters, 800 of these voters are il
literate. am glad TO say that il
literacy is on the run: for the re-
ports of our rs schools, show that
the advanced method of education |
are taking roots in the bosom of
nearly every school boy and school
girl in the County.