The Russellville Democrat., 1882-03-02

bad weather, lest, if neglected, the of spring will be of inferior quality 0ur l work stock must be well cared for to in. sure good work for the summer crops.
 If, on account of scarcity of feed, we fail to buy it and let our stock become | poor and weak, unfit to raise a crop, we cannot reasonably expect otherwise than l q shortage in our crops, and conseQue nt- ly our store bills, doctors fees and taxes 1 all to loom up before us next fall. l l sincerely hope for the better, and as g ] farmer and a friend to the farmer. I say to one and all, let us ee if there is not 1 room for improvement and avail our. selveF of every opportunity that present. itself II. F. ScANLAND. NOTES.
 Buy none but the best variety of fruit trees.
 Coop feeding is the secret of success: in sheep husbandry.
 THE best and surest way to get 2 good COW, is to raise her yourself.
 THERE is less excuse for feeding g 1 milk COW stingily than any other ami. maj.
 | THERE is no profit in poor butter Every pound is made at loss to the 1 dairyman.
 NEVER brood your chickens in and in | IL makes them weak and more difficult 1 to raise.
 l DoN'r send poultry that is poor or l poorly dressed to market, expecting to get anything for it.
 IT is said that if food is kept from the i sheep twenty-four hours before killing the mutton will have a better flavor.
 KILL the dog first and hunt for his owner afterward, is the method of cer- tain Georgia farmers who mean to make sheep raising profitable. i A FARMER who keeps sheep and has no shepherd dog is nearly in as bad con dition as the mariner who ventures on l the sea without a rudder. CHARRED corn is one of the best things which can be fed to hens to make them lay, not as a regular diet, but in limited quantities each day.
 FoxEs are indulging in serious dep. relations on the farms in Peoria county, l Illinois. There is call for the offering of bountics for fox scalps.
 THE man who neglects to purchase a l pure brel lamb because it costs more 1 than a common one, is the man who al- ways insists that sheep are very un- profitable
 ACCORDING to the results of the experi. ment5 made at the Maine State Agricul- tural College, the pigs fed on uncooked meal grew better than those fed on i cooked rReal.
 Ir does not require heavy pastures for l sheep. They are great foragers, and weeds, leaves and even stubble enters in i their bill of fare. They equal the goat in that respect
 TnE commissioner of agriculture in his last report estimates 7,000,000 people in this country as directly engaged in agricultural pursuits. Farms and farm implements are worth l3,46l, 200, ,433.
 ONE COW well fed and comfortably cared for will produce quite as much ] milk and butter as two that are allowed l to run at large, lie on the wet ground and be subject to the exposure of the l weather.
 A TRIAL has been made in Scotland l to test the value of an acre of cabbage compared to an acre of Swedish turnipS i for fattening sheep, and it was found that the cabbage was worth very neal l S20 the most.
 PROFESSOR Cook of the Agricultural 1 College, says that the moths of the carr worm, Helothis Armiger, were as nu- merous at Lansing last fall, as the com mon cabbage butterfly, appearing upon flowers in the heat of the day as well q; flying by night.
 l A FEW sheep could be kept upon every dairy farm with profit, and would be 8 1 benefit to the pastures, eating that which the cows reject, and when in winter quarters they would eat much the cows refuse, and so would be of very small extra cost,
 PROFESSOR BROWN, special census agent, says that 5,5s5 patents have been issued on blows in this country. Or harrows and diggers; LAC have beer 1 granted on haryesters. 6,235, of which about 100 are on self-bnders; or threshing machines the number is ,722