Resources and geography in Bosnia

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There are 4 grain fields, one forest, one coal and one fruit resource. Sounds like Bosnia is one of the larger suppliers of grain
IRL, only 5% of the land were good farmland, thus hearding livestocks was quite importment..
Also, with the AH anneksation the true potential was shown.

Given the limited number of provinces I have made two versions, one with a heavy industry approch, and the other light industry. Both are viable.

Bosnia
729 Bihac Hills Forest Cattle 60 35 0
908 Banjaluka Hills Forest Timber 75 35 0 (This represent the Timber of four provinces, Banjaluka, Foca, Tuzla & Sarajevo)
909 Livno Broken Clear Tobacco 40 35 0
910 Sarajevo Hills Forest Iron 60 35 0
911 Tuzla Hills Clear Coal 75 35 0 (like the timber, four provinces had significant mines, which were expanded under AH)
932 Foca Hills Forest Sulphur 40 35 0
933 Mostar Mountain Clear Fruit 45 35 0 (Hercegovina was famous for his wine, and one of the first moves of AH was to improve and export the same.)

Variation b) is to remove the sulphur from Foca and replace it with wool.

Not long after the occupation, Austrian state monopolies on goods like tobacco and salt were extended into Bosnia, along with Austrian freight and customs rates. This measure helped to finance the Bosnian administration, but pushed many local small merchants into bankruptcy because they could not compete with better-financed firms outside the province. They were replaced by government-run salt mines and tobacco factories. These plants did create jobs, but too few to create a middle class or a working class in Bosnia. In the same way, while many railroads were built in Bosnia, they were not constructed in ways that sustained the local economy. Some rail lines fulfilled strategic needs of the army; others met the needs of Hungarian companies which used them to maximize the profits they made from exporting Bosnia raw materials. As a result, the railroad system as a whole did not support industrial growth.
The growth of heavy industries and mines was also retarded by political factors. Hungarian cartels, in particular, used bureaucratic tactics to delay the opening of potential competitors. The coal mines, iron foundries and chemical factories opened in Bosnia tended to be successful, but were too few and too late to have a strong effect on the economy. Coal and iron had been foundation industries in the English industrial revolution: political shortsightedness and economic jealousy prevented them from playing the same role in Bosnia.

Light industry was also neglected. Because the textile trade required less capitalization, some local Bosnians were able to open a factory in 1884. With proper care the textile sector might have expanded. However, the potential profits would have gone to the local Bosnian owners, not to Austro-Hungarian investors who intended to profit from any improvements in Bosnia's economy. Such figures had far more influence with lending banks. As a result, the textile trade got very few loans and was unable to grow.