The Ozark Mountain region of Missouri and Arkansas as it appears along the line of the Kansas City southern railway . 26 THE OZARK REGION. THRESHING WHEAT, SILOAM SPRINGS. ARK. twenty-five miles or more of cement side-walks have been laid and substantial steelbridges have been built across Sager creek,a stream flowing through the town. TheArkansas Chautauqua Association has a finepavilion, with a seating capacity for 3,000people. The sources of income in Siloam Springsand vicinity are manifold, but the greatestresource is the production of fine fruit. Theclimate and soil are splendidly adapted
The Ozark Mountain region of Missouri and Arkansas as it appears along the line of the Kansas City southern railway . 26 THE OZARK REGION. THRESHING WHEAT, SILOAM SPRINGS. ARK. twenty-five miles or more of cement side-walks have been laid and substantial steelbridges have been built across Sager creek,a stream flowing through the town. TheArkansas Chautauqua Association has a finepavilion, with a seating capacity for 3,000people. The sources of income in Siloam Springsand vicinity are manifold, but the greatestresource is the production of fine fruit. Theclimate and soil are splendidly adapted tocommercial fruit growing. The soil rangesfrom a red clay to a black loam, underlaidwith a red clay subsoil. Below the subsoilthe bedrock is limestone, which makes thefinest foundation for fruit-growing soil is found in places and is par-ticularly esteemed, because it imparts earlyripening, color and flavor to fruits, insuringthem lasting favor in the markets. The largest and most important fruit cropis the apple, and after that the peach. Thereare usually harvested in Benton County twomillion dollars worth of apple
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