The Russellville Democrat., 1886-04-01
AGRICULTURAL ITEMS.


more priced than the sgoober" or
peanut This vegetable IL as easii,
grown as any OF our garden or field
plants, and besides being a home
luxury, Is very profitable TO the
grover who is disposed TO enter into
the business upon larger scale. II
making up your crop estimates, o.
hose to he grown during the present
season, please give the pea nut d
place IN the list.
Salvation Oil is the greatest pain
destroyer of the age. 1t instantly
relieves and speedily annihilates
pain, whether it arises from cut.
srnise, ssald, burn, frost bite, or from
a wound Of any other kind. Price
only twenty FIVE cents bottle.
As soon as the wet spring Weather
is over and the wagons and farming
implements thoroughly dry out, it is
a good plan to thoroughly saturate
the wood work of the implements
and the hubs ard fclloes Of the
wheels Of farm vehicles with linseed
oil, which should be applied as hot
as possible. This Will prevent the
implement from injury BY cut door
exposure, and in the case OF the wag
on or buggy wheel, the necessity Of
resetting the tires in mid summer.
II have known MOTHERS FRIEND
used by great many ladies for some
time before confinement. and always
resulted in lessening the pain and
leaving the mother in good con-
dilion," writes q midwife Of long ex
perience.
An exchange makes the following
suggestions as to incubators which
seems to have the force of practical
experience. to back it. IL Gays:
"Many beginners are thinking Of IN
yesting in an incubator. To those
about to buy one we would say.
don't! Stick to tile old hen year
or so, and by tEat time we shall
know which incubator Is the safest
and best At present, Northerners
are turning out incubators faster
than their machines hatch chicks.
and the market IS glntted with all
kinds Of "egg cookers The max
ers OF them are FISHING for fools,'
and they really have better luck than
most of fishermen. OF course there
are reliable incubators for sale, and
they are the high priced ones, but
there will be many Improvements in
all of them in the next two years,
and it will be certainly wise to wait.
! tried Tongaline upon myself for
facial neuralgia, and gave immediate
relief also tried it upon one suf
fering intense pain from neuralgia
Of the head; one dose gave perfect
relief. G. w. Duval, NJ. d.,
Pineville, Mo.
The National Live Stock Journsl
is of opinion that the cattle era has
passed, for the present at least, and
that more attention will be paid TO
the rearing OF horses than heretofore.
If this be true, and we believe that
it is, our farmers should take time
by the lorelock and give extra at
tention to this matter for year or
two ut least. And just here allow us
to suggest that 1t Is the "all purpose
horse" we need most, and the one in
which there is likely TO be the most
money. The crosses on the Clyder
dsles and Normans are perhaps the
best; at least we have very little use
for the trottets and racers. The
sporting fraternity will doubtless
give the needed attention in this di
rectlon.
The raising Of geese ought to be
a profitable business with most OF
our Arkansas farmers. As a rule
the goose is easily raised; when they
have good range they will man
age TO take care OF themselves. They
need dry spot for resting or roost
ing place, convenient 10 water, and
where young tender grass is conven
lent. With these conveniences,
which nearly every farm is provided
by nature will enable any one to raise
geese successfully. OF course there
are portions oil the year when they
should be fed They are not very
particular as TO their grain diet, let IT
be corn, oats, wheat, or mill screen
ings, they are content if enough is
furnished to satisfy their hunger.
They can be picked from six to eight
times per year, and with feathers
from 40 to so cents per pound, and
the carcass selling at from IL to Is
cents per pound, it seems to US that
there is at least fair profit in the
business.
Our farmers should use the harrow
much more frequently, than hereto
fore. There Is no implement on the
farm except the plow perhaps, that
is capable of producing better re-
suits in the preparation of the soil
and the cultivation OF the crop. In
preparing the garden it is indespen
sable. Oats should be sown upon
the plowed soil and then thoroughly
narrowed in, in order that good
crop can be assured. In the case Of
corn the land should be thoroughly
and deeply broken up, and then bar