ARKANSAS 



ber it is natural that industries connected with 

 lumber should be of prime importance. Lum- 

 ber to the total of over two billion feet is 

 produced annually, and is valued at almost 

 $32,000,000. Some of the larg >t sawmills in 

 the world are to be found in the southeastern 

 section, where grows the yellow pine. Sashes, 

 blinds, doors and interior finishings are also 

 manufactured and shipped in large quantities, 

 in importance are the manufacture of 

 cottonseed oil and cake and flour and grist 

 milling, but these fall far below the lumber 



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T 7 or years the annual yield has been 

 about 2,000,000 tons. 



The most famous of the mineral products 

 of Arkansas are the whetstones or oilstones 

 found in the Ouachita Mountains. Tin 

 regarded as the best obtainable anywhere, and 

 are used all over the world. Lead ami zinc 

 are mined in small quantities, and the depos- 

 its of bauxite or aluminum ore are so extru- 

 sive that much of the aluminum ware 1 manu- 

 factured in the United States is made from it. 

 Arkansas also has the distinction of being the 



ARKANSAS PRODUCTS CHART 

 Figures Based on U.S. Government Reports 

 Millions of Dol lars Annual ly 



THE FARM 

 Cotton 

 Corn 



Cottonseed 

 Swine slaughter 

 Dairy Products 

 Cattle sold 

 Oats 



Garden \geta ble 

 Rice 



fetches 

 Mules sold 

 Wheat 



Poultry raised 

 Swme sold 

 Sweet Potatoes 

 Potatoes 

 Horses sold . 

 Timothy > CloveT> 



10 



50 THE MINE 



Soft Coal 

 THE FACTORY 



Metal Products 

 Leather Goods 

 Brick and Tile 

 Woodworking 

 Cooperage etc. 

 Manufactured Ice 

 Fumiture,Refrigerators 

 Foundry,Machineshop 

 Bread, etc. 

 Carriages.Wagons 

 Printing,Publishine 

 Railroad-car Repairs 

 Flour, Grist 

 Cottonseed Oil, Cake 

 Lumber, Timber 

 



industries in the value of their products. It 

 may thus be seen that Arkansas has had no 

 great development as a manufacturing state, 

 largely because of the lack of transportation 

 facilities. As these increase, however, there is 

 certain to be steady growth, for" not only is 

 the supply of raw materials ample, but the 

 fuel as well, as noted below. 



Mineral Resources. Arkansas has, chiefly in 

 its upland section, extensive beds of coal 

 which range in quality from lignite through 

 bituminous to a harder variety known as semi- 

 anthracite. Though the mining of coal is the 

 chief mining industry, it has never been de- 

 veloped to any great extent, because it has 

 been as cheap to import coal from neighboring 



only state in which diamonds have been dis- 

 covered in any appreciable quantity. The first 

 were found in 1906, in Pike County, and 

 roused intense excitement, but the yield has 

 not yet been great enough to justify any ex- 

 tensive mining operations. It is the belief of 

 geologists that diamond mining may some day 

 become important. Among the most valuable 

 mineral resources of the state are its building 

 stones, which include blue and gray granite 

 in immense quantities, marble of excellent 

 quality, limestone and slate. 



Transportation. The river systems have been 

 particularly valuable in the development of 

 Arkansas, and river traffic is still important, 

 much of the commerce of the state finding 



