. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... CUTTING SUGAR CANE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 17. DRIVE NKAR MINDEN Agriculture are begin-ning to show results, asappears from the in-crease in the number offruit trees. Between18 90 and 1900 the num-ber of peach trees inArkansas increased from2,769,000 to 4,062,000,or 47 per cent.; appletrees from 2,114,000to 7,486,000, or 254per cent.; and plumtrees from 375,000 to1,082,000, or 188 percent. In the same time the area devoted to potato growingin both states was enlarged 13,000 acres, or 59 per
. Louisiana and Arkansas railway; its territory industries and financial condition ... CUTTING SUGAR CANE LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS RAILWAY 17. DRIVE NKAR MINDEN Agriculture are begin-ning to show results, asappears from the in-crease in the number offruit trees. Between18 90 and 1900 the num-ber of peach trees inArkansas increased from2,769,000 to 4,062,000,or 47 per cent.; appletrees from 2,114,000to 7,486,000, or 254per cent.; and plumtrees from 375,000 to1,082,000, or 188 percent. In the same time the area devoted to potato growingin both states was enlarged 13,000 acres, or 59 per the increase in acreage devoted to truckfarming has been a decrease in the average size of farms,indicating a more general adoption of the intensive systemof farming. In the ten years from 1890 to 1900 thisdecrease in Arkansas was from 119 to 93 acres and inLouisiana from 138 to g^ acres. In comparison with the value per acre of crops pro-duced, the value of land in both states is low. In 1899 thevalue of farm products of the two States amounted to 62per cent, of the total value of farm land with New York this
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