The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-04

seed oil it is purely vegetable and no animal fat can be more wholesome or nutritious as food. In our own fam fly (and we are farmers) when our supply of lard proves short we pur- chase cotton-seed oil as a substitute, preferring it to the unknown product called lard from northern packing houses. Now, as to the effect of cot ton-seed meal for cows, we use it daily and have for the past twelve years, considering it superior to corn meal or any other feed we have ever used, and have never seen any but good effects, or heard of any other in the surrounding country. The sooner such men as Henry Stewart stop writ ing of things they have not the least knowledge of, the better it will be for the farmer, and if some of our so- called agricultural editors were sufficiently informed to discriminate as to the truth of what they admit into their col umns, it would prove no detriment to their journals Forest and Farm.
 We have in Arkansas climate and soil that will produce all the farm crops grown within ten degrees of latitude, and many of them reach higher degree of perfection than in any other part of the Union. This is no idle boast, for we have come in competition with most of the states at some of the many expositions where we have made exhibits of our pro- ducts. Arkansas has never yet made an exhibit of her cotton, fruits or cereals, without receiving the highest award. But with all nature has done for us we are sadly in need of better modes of farming. We want better culture and better implements to work with; we want better stock of all kinds and greater variety of farm products than we now grow. Arkan- sas can be made one of the best stock raising regions in the land, as we grow nearly every forage plant known to man. Of this we speak from positive knowledge, having for the past ten years paid particular attention to this branch of farming. Northern people come to our state and are surprised to see us producing such crops with the implements in use. Intensive farming is not known with us; land is too cheap, and when the farmer wants larger crops he uses more land. So it will continue to be until land is worth more than at present-from two to three dollars per acre.-Forest and Farm.
 A few days ago representatives of one of the largest furniture factories at Grand Rapids, Mich, were in this state looking for furniture woods. We understand they placed some very large orders for red oak, quarter sawed, and also for gum wood. When manufactured the oak will be known as English antique oak, and the gum as liquid amber or satin wood-who says there is nothing in 8 name2 A friend at our elbow-an architect says, few days ago he was called into neighbours house to see very fine chamber set, specially ordered from Grand Rapids, Mich. It was beautiful. but he recognized it as our sweet gum, stained and finely pol ished, bearing 6 foreign name. Its owner was very much disappointed on learning the true name of her elegant foreign furniture, though she need not have been, but rather proud that the beautiful products of Arkansas' forests should be claimed for other lands Forest and Farm.
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