Arkansas true Democrat., 1860-02-01
MORNING, FEBRUARY 1.
FOR THE FARMERS

o oihcihHattl commercial says | A day or two since a workman. descend inga well which had been excavated on Darr street, was over-powered by the nox lous gas and became insensible. A Eoht was let down and as immediateIv avt;n- gulshed from the same cause, when one of hls comrades proposed to descend to his sas- slstance but he was prevented by the fore- man who wisely remarked that one man could be rescued more easily than a connie As speedily as possible he procured on.n. tlty of unslacked lime which he cast into the pit and then dashed down pail of water | me good effect was evident in brief space Of time for pull at the rope was felt. and the man was drawn to the surface. bavino fortunately escaped any i'll conseouepce from the remedy which had been used to dispel the carbonc gas.
 SIGNS OF A Coop Ox,-Until oxen are four year old they are called steers. af- terwards oxen. The sign. ofa good OK TOT work, according to my experience and observation, are these: long head, broad and level between the eyes. keen and 1 pleasant. Such marks indicate ability to receive instructions and willingness to obey. An OK with very large horns near the head is apt to be lazy, and he will not. endure heat we'll: forward leps straight, toes straight, forward hoofs broad not peaked, and the distance short between the ankle and knee; these prep erties enable an OK to travel on pave ments and hard roads. If the OK toes out' the stran comes on the inside claw, and when travelling on hard ground, he will be lame at the joints between the hoofs and the hair; when the toes turn out, the knees bend in, and an OK with crooked knees is apt to become lame by holding heavy loads down hill; full breast straight on the back, and round ribs. proIectlng out as wide as the hipbones- these are signs of strength and a good constitution. The best colors are brown, dark red and brindle. When an OK has completed his eight or ninth year, he should be tattened.-C o. Hu55ard.
 MUTTON DEAR.-Here is mutton for winch s xteen dollars pound were refused The JachsonuiNe (M ) Times says:
 Jos. Morton, president of the Morgan county agricultural society, few days since tendered to the agent of the "cash. | mere shall goat company" of Tennessee. for one of the pure blood Cashmere goats, Its weight in silver, which was refused - The company will not part w.th the pure bioods a, any price. The seven-eighth | blood produces the wool which commands elght dollars per pound in the market.
 HoRsE CESsUs.-The following curious account is given in Appleton's Cyclopadia, ot the number of horses in the various parts of the world.
 he general estimate has been eight to ten horses in Europe for every hundred in habtants. Denmark has forty-fve horses to every hundred inhabitants, which is more than any other European country. Great Britain and Ireland have 2.5OO O0O horses; France, 3,000,000; Austrian cm pire, exclusive of Italy, 2,500, ,00O, Russia. 3,oo0,O0O The United States have B., 0oo, ,000 which is more than any European country; the horses of the whole world are estimated at 57, ,420 ,O00,"
 What a " Small Fisted Farmer Can Do,
 The Westport (Mo. Star thus notices the operations of small listed farmer'' in Jackson county. We need more of inst such men in Missouri:
 Mr. Horning has but seven acres of ground, but we doubt not that with his German thrift and industry he realizes as much from those seven acres as many old roGy farmers do from seventy. About three acres are devoted to fruits and orchard graSs--wo acres to grapes-one and half to vegetables and melons, and the balance include his buildings, storerooms. ward arbor, &c. His trees and vines were selected from the very best-every vine having been inspected and recommended by Mir. N. Longworth ofCincinnati, before being ship ped. Most of the vines are very young. and only about one acre has been bearing heretofore, yet that ono acre has yielded more money than any ten acres of corn in Jackson county. The grapes sell readily at o0- cents per gallon, and the wine at S2 50 per gallon.
 Last year this little orchard afforded o0O bushels of apples for Westport and adjacent markets, at from 75 to 80 cents per bushel, besides furnishing good pas turage to two or three fine cows. whose ' fi0i'' VI hidA, putteF, ana cheese would be incredible to loose farmers of the old fogy stock.
 During the present season Mr. Horn ing has raised, in corner of his ground, hundreds of melons, which were cashed as soon as ripe.
 With good luck, in favorable season It IS estimated that the yield of this little German farm will be about as follows:
 e0o 'O bushels apples, at 75c per bush.. $500
 4oo @ gallons grapes, sold at 50c. 900
 4oo wine at $2 50. 1000
 Melons, K
 Vegetables. io5
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 HOLLOW TAL!-A REMEDy!-A friend writing us from Mason county, says that a stock raiser, residing in his neiohhorbood