The Pulaskian., 1920-07-22

of the southern states; it would show another fourth in corn, the leading crop of the middle states, and the re- mainder of the area would be divided between rice, crop of the extreme south; wheat, a crop of the northwest, alfalfa, clover and other hay crops, which are universal: apples, excelling those of Michigan or New York; peaches superior in color, size and flavor to those of California, and gar den crops of every kind. Excepting rice and cotton, all of the crops named can be grown on most farms of Ar kansas, enabling the farmer to prac- tice diversifcation on the individual farm upon the same scale that it is practiced in the. state at large"
 Dariying and stock raising is com ing rapidly into importance. Fifteen million dollars is estimated value of hogs sold or slaughtered in Arkan- sas in 1919, and this is based on a very low enumeration, for the hog population has been reduced by indis- criminate selling on a high market. Arkansas should have three million hogs instead of 100000 and the an- nual increase should be S30,000,000. More surprising are the government figures which place the value of whole milk produced on Arkansas farms at $63, 100000 annually With steady increase in the number of dairy cows and a rising per capita production, due to the improvement in the dairy stock, this item of revenue will rap idly increase.
 To many, the statement that Ar kansas factories turn out $100,000,000 of finished products each year, will come as a surprise The lumber in- dustry ranks first, the manufacture of cotton seed oil and cake second, and flour and grist milling third. Little Rock, according to the government census report, is the chief manufac- turing city of the state, with Fort Smith second; Pine Bluff third; North Little Rock fourth; Helena fifth and Hot Springs, sixth. Following is a list of the manufacturing industries of the state and their numbers: Lum- Der and timber products, 1,252; oil, cottonseed, and cake. 43; four-mill and grist mill products, 102; cars and general shop construction and repairs by steam railroad companies, 19; printing and publishing. 300; rice, cleaning and polishing, 5; bread and other bakery products, 160; carriages and wagons and materials, 41; ice manufactured, 65; furniture, 21; coop craze, IT; mineral and soda waters, S5; foundry and machine-shop prod ucts, g; canning and preserving, fruits and vegetables, 63; eonfection- cry (ice cream), 31; wood, turned and carved, 10 DIICh duu lIics lSiId COItd, and fire clay products, 26; saddlery and harness, g; Confectionery, 12; mattress and spring beds, T; marble and stone work, 51; minerals and earths, ground, '; copper, tin, and sheet-iron work, 30; all other indus tries, 162.
 Arkansas contains 33,616,OOO acres of land and half a million acres of water. Four-ifths of the land origin ally was covered with forests or woods. The woodlands grade from tracts heavily timbered with valuable species down to those containing little more than brush numbering began in the state on small scale cen tury ago, and cutting has gone on ever since. Systematic numbering in Arkansas, however, is comparatively recent, and the state is today one oi the richest in timber resources. About ~---~------------- >-~-------->