The Russellville Democrat., 1875-07-01

DSooog itiio hi"Hot"SeeASe' by Mir. Daniel F. Beatty are high ly recommended by distinguished men and eminent musicians, and no doubt are very superior in strument. See advertisement in another column.
 MT. James Shinn has handed us a sample of White Norway oats grown on his upland farm about three miles from town. They are certainly as fine as could be desired. The straws average 6 feet long and the heads will aver age 20 inches. This is perhaps better than the whole field would average, although MT. $. assured us he could have picked speci- mems which would have excelled the ones handed us.
 Our vicinity was visited by refreshing shower last Sunday evening and night. It had been just three weeks since we had had any rain sufficient to wet the ground and everything was get ting exceedingly dry and dusty, Monday morning the atmosphere was fresh and cool, and from the appearance of the clouds we think our friends in the north western and northern part of the county also got a good rain. The corr and cotton crops will be greatly benefited by the shower.
 MT. Cyrus Ewing has sent us specimens of grasses grown on his farm about B miles east of town The samples include timothy, red top, white clover and Kentucky blue grass, and any body who will look at these specimens car doubt no longer as to the capaci ty of our soil to produce fint grasses and pasturage. Parties who have been accustomed tt grasses, who have seen these samples, say that they are abou as good as the average of any country. We are proud to set these experiments being made and we have little doubt but in : few years there will be complet, revolution in the old style of farm ing in this country, and one, too which will add new life and un
 precedented prosperity and re munerativeness to the agriculture of our country.
 EARN SPEcI.IENs.-We hay, been shown some specimens 0 grain grown by MT. A. w. Matth ews, some s miles southeast o here. One sample of Foult. wheat with heads from 4 to 6,
 inches long is very heavy anC ! we'll filled and will yield 15 to 2 bushels per acre. Another sam
 pie of Closon's Red Chaff Whit, wheat, the largest white whea known to our farmers here, is tn finest we have seen. The head
 of 8 uniform length of about
 inches and the yield will be 20 t,
 30 bushels. This is said to b. ahardy variety. Another sampl of common May wheat is ais'
 very good and is good for l4 to l, bushels per acre. The latter wa
 grown by MT. F. c. Falls. Nil Matthews also sends along a sam pie of timothy which is hard fo
 any country to beat. The head
 vary from 6 to 12 inches il ' length and the yield is two ton | per acre-on good land it woul' be three tons. The samples vii be sent to Geo. E. Dodge, ou Centennial Commissioner. Gu farmers should emulate Nil
 Matthews example and shoS f what can be done in our country -PRoF. HADDoCK's ScHooL.-- The closing exercises of thi school were had last Friday even ing at the school house in tn l eastern part of town, and attract ! ed q large crowd ofspectators. In the outset Prof. Haddocl
 stated that the exercises were nc l prepared or intended for publi r exhibition, but that they wer nothing more than the usual Err l day Rhetoricals which he has i . connection with his school.
 The programme was not lengthy [" but was lively and got off wit I disnatch and enlnt sufficient f