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Bellefonte, Pa., September 5, 1890.
Farm Notes.
Good shelter, with plenty of bedding,
is an important item with stock,wheth-
er feeding for market or not.
Convenient arrangements for feeding
will lessen the cost in feeding stock of
all kinds, as there will be less waste.
There is some truth in the claim that
rank £nd luxuriant growth of vine is
not always conducive to earliness of
crop.
The farmers of Peru, Ind.,have got a
binding-twine factory running which
makes a good twine out of Indiana-
grown flax straw.
The heaviest item of expense on all
farms is labor. Tosave a portion of
that expense do not let a singte weed
go to seed. Look into the fence cor
ners.
The squash bug lays its eggs on the
inside ot the leaves, and they may be
easily iound upon examination. The
squash vine borer deposits its eggs in
the stem.
Damaged grain is not cheap food,
but*has been known to do injury in
some cases. The animal that produces
will thrive better and give a greater
profit on the best food than on that
which is inferior.
Growing trees ofany kind is grow-
ing acrop. Now if we will use the
trees as we use other crops, giving
them good rich soil and decent care,
we shall act wisely and likely succes-
fully grow one crop of trees.
Any odd time you have will not be
lost if you use it in keeping the fence
corners clear of weeds. It may save
time next year when you are ‘short
of time.” Weeds mature very fast
this month ; look out for them.
Secretary Sessions estimates that
Massachusetts produced under glass
last vear 2,500,000 heads of lettuce and
3,700,000 cucumbers ; estimating the
lettuce at 30 cents a dozen and the cu-
cumbers at 3} cents each, the product
is valued at $200,000.
With growing stock care must be
taken not to over-feed, as all that is
necessary is to feed a sufficient quan-
tity to keep in good thrifty condition.
With fattening stock, however, it is
necessary to see thai they are fed
all that they can eat up clean at one
time.
Creameries near large towns can
make a fine article of pot cheese by
scalding the buttermilk to 120 degrees
or 140 degrees and hanging up todrain.
One-third buttermilk and two-thirds
skim milk in the fall makes a very
smooth moist cheese for everyday use
in winter.
It is better to sow a little plaster fre-
quently than a great deal at one time.
There is much question which time is
best for this operation, and by repeat-
ing the towing some one will be just
right. The cost is slight. Plaster is
everywhere the cheapest manure for
clover, and 100 pounds per acre, if fine-
ly ground, is enough at one time.
Soaked feed should be provided dur-
ing the summer months for the pigs.
This is particularly important where
pure fresh water is not accessible at all
hours. Soaking all the grain for
twelve hours softens it and makes it
more inviting. But never allow grain
to lie in water until fermentation be-
gins. The fattening property of grain
18 reduced by fermentation.
In the year 1706 the average weizht
of fatted steers in the London and Liv-
erpool markets was but 300. This,
too at the average age of 5 years. In
1755 this average weight was increased
to 482 pounds. In 1830 the weight
was 650 pounds, more than double that
of 1706. The average weight of the
fa‘ted steer to-day is four times what it
was in 1706, only 184 years ago.—St.
Louis Republic.
Some sires show greater excellence
than others, and some excell in one
sex more than another. In cases well
known may be n:~ationed the import
ed thoroughbred horse Glencoe, whose
daughters were more valuable as brood-
mares than his sons for sires. This is
also noticeable with some trotting sires,
such as Mambrino Patchen, whose
daughters excelled his sons for breed-
ing purposes.
Some poultry keepers use bedding
for their fowls, the same as they do cat-
tle and horses, putting it under the
roost and roosting branches every night,
then shaking it out well, removing the
followirg evening. In such cases the
droppings must, also be removed daily,
and aside from this unnecessary labor,
the droppings are wet, not eastiy hand-
led and when stowed away in barrels
for future use, will pack very sohd and
frequently heat and become offensive.
Each season brings out something
new, and many enter and breed poul- |
try on a large scale; few succeed if!
they start this way, yet not all fail. !
Mr. Havemeyer, of New York, has |
quite an extensive establishment, keep- |
ing 1200 to 1500 hens for eggs and |
market purposes,and raising some very
fine-blooded stock. This man is a
leading sugar refiner, and although he |
is wealthy he vever fails to impart
good business methods into his poul- |
try-keeping which is one secret of his
success. Being located near an exten-
sive market like New York his surplus
stock finds ready sale and good prices.
In answer to.J. W. Dowler, Penn-'
sylvania, who asks “What will kill or |
destroy lice on cabbage and turnips 2” |
we say try dusting fresh lime on them. |
If one dose does not do the job give a
gecond. Some gardeners consider the
salt remedy infallable for those on!
cabbages. As soon as the lice appear
or when the plant begins to bead, open
the leavescarefully with the fingers and
sprinkle common salt between them.
A California gardener used two table-
spoenfuls of Kerosene mixed with a
pint of water, and applied by rubbing
1t on the out-side leaves. Two appli:
cations are usually sufficient.
| Great Nerve Restorer.
. Rattlesnake Farming.
How the Reptiles Are Caught, Fattened
and Made to Yield Oil.
J. E. Childs has a monopoly of snake
cultivation and production of snake oil in
Arkansas in which state is located what
is well known through that country as
the Cbilds snake farm. This peculiar
and unenvied enterprise is situated in
the suburbs of Harrisburg, in the north-
eastern part of the state, where snakes,
especially rattlers, are found in aban-
dance.
The manner in which the rattlesnakes
are caught and handled is enough to
make cold chills run over persons who
are timid. Twenty-five cents to $1 per
pound for rattlesnakes, however, makes
it an inducement for the natives. Two
men go together. One of them carries a
long, forked pole or cane, and when a
snake is found this pole is used to hold
the snake or reptile on the ground. The
other snake hunter carries a strong cord,
which is looped over the head of the
poisonous prey, and is then used for car-
rying the reptile to market, which, how-
ever, is done without injury to the
snake. :
When the snake catchers arrive at the
residence of Mr. Childs the latter, in a
careless-like manner, takes the matter
in hand, and if a box of rattlers, for in-
stance, is brought to him, he removes
the lid of the box and takes the snake
(wild from the woods) out just as one
would reach in for and take hold of a
rabbit. The rattler, as soon as the top
of the cage has been taken off, sets up a
continuous’ rattle and hisses fearfully.
Mr. Childs, however, pays no attention
to this little racket, but simply takes
the snake to his farm, weighs it, pays
the catcher and is then ready fora repe-
tition of the act. A good big rattlesnake
will weigh from six to ten pounds, and
if fat will be worth nearly or quite as
many dollars.
The size of the snake farm is about
half an acre, with a tightly closed pen
in its center, which is the abiding place
cof the snakes. Here the ugly reptiles
are kept and fattened, and when they
are ready to put under the process for
the production of vil the reptiles’ heads
are neatly chopped off, and by means of
a string are tied, head upward, to the
side of the pen where -the sun is the
brightest. The beat of the sun,it is said,
causes the oil of the snake to drip out,
and it is caught in a receptacle and laid
aside to be subsequently sold at from
$1.50 to $2 an ounce or from $20 to $32
a pint.
—
The Corsican Vendetta.
Should a Corsican in revenge for in-
jury done to himself or his relations, or
even to his dog, kill another with
knife or with coup de fusil, public sym-
pathy sustains him, the hills shelter him,
and justice in the shape of gendarmes
winks with both eyes unless the murder-
er be very unpopular. True he is termed
a “bandit,” and has to take refuge in
the macqui, as the natural bush is ealled
that clothes the mountain sides. Well-
informed Corsicans tell one that there
are at this moment in the islind over
1,000in hiding. But please understand,
the bandit is no brigand. Should you,
defenseless, happen to fall in with him
he will not take your purse, but on the
contrary offer you food if he has it and
shelter in his cave, and most probably
refuse uny payment for his hospitality.
It is only his foes family against which
he wages war, and of course in self de-
fense with the gendarmes. These lat-
ter he will shoot with as much uncon-
cern as a woodcock. And yet, though
the Corsican will not rob you, it is not
because he does not love money. For a
very few francs, both Corsican gentle-
men and English residents aver, you can
find a man who will do your killing for
you and rid you of your enemies with
knife or bullet, And while this utter
contempt for human life prevails there
can be no hope of the extinction of the
vendeita.— National Review.
——1It has been discovered that a cur-
rent of electricity passed through impure
water, restores it to purity by destroying
any living germs with which it may be
impregnated. Animalcule which es-
cape the eye, and which almost elude
the microscope, can not escape the all-
searching power of the electric flash.
.
Women are longer lived than man;
a woman of twenty may expect forty-two
years more of life, a man of the same
age only thirty-nine years.
Business Notices.
Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria.
When baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
When she had Children, she gave them Cas-
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No fits after first day’s
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Floraplexion builds up the weak system and.
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sent free; all charges prepaid. Address Frank-
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Drunkenness—Liquor Habit.
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cured who have taken the Golden Specific in
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Sechler’s Grocery.
TT THE HUNGRY PUBLIC.
It is only those who
eat—the many who re-
quire the necessities of
life, to prolong their ex-
istence, that we address.
Those who use no-
thing,—who think they
need nothing,—who live
on expectation, hope or
some intangible nothing,
will save time by passing
this column by. It isnot
intended for them but the
other fellows. We write
what is here put down for
the people who are mortal
enough to get hungry,and
in consequence of getting
hungry are sensible enough
to try to get what is good,
pure, wholesome and nee-
essary, at prices that” don’t
require them to lay out all
that they earn, to appease
their appetites. We have
been in the hunger appeas-
ing business for many,
many years. We know
what men want, we know
what women and children
desire,and we know how
much better and how much
more pleasant it is to re-
side in a community where
people enjoy good health,
than among dyspeptic com-
plainers, growlers and suf-
ferers. To have healthy
people pure food must be
used. We understand this,
and understanding it, keep
nothing but the purest of
that can be
To
everything
found in| the market.
satisfy the demands of the
many different stomachs
that we try to gratify, re-
quires a vast variety of
dainties, condiments and
relishes, as well as the sub-
slantials; and knowing this
there is nothing that is eat-
able, relishable or appetiz-
ing, that we do not keep.
It is for you who want, or
use anything eatable, eith-
er as meats, fish, groceries,
fruits, nuts, relishes, or in
fact anything from a piece
of chewing gum to a first
class beef steak, that we
write and pay .the printer
to print this invitation for
you to come and see us.
Ifyou live in town drop
in and see what all we have
and what quality of goods
we carry.
Ii you live in the country
come in the first time you
come to town and learn how
easy it is to get good, pure,
fresh groceries, as low if
not lower than many have
been in the habit of paying
for old, impure and
strengthless articles of diet.
If you have any good fresh
farm produce bring italong.
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Educational.
ae PENNSYLVANIA
STATE COLLEGE.
Far. Term Opens Seer. 10TH, 1890.
Examinations for Admission to the Next
Year, September 9.
This institution is located in one of the mos
beautiful and healthful spots of the entire Al
legheny region. It is open to students of both
sexes, and offers the following Course of Study:
1. A Full Scientific Course of Four Years.
2. A Latin Scientific Course.
3. The following SPECIAL COURSES, of two
Years each, following the first two years of the
cientific Course : (a) AGRICULTURE; 0
NATURAL HISTORY ; © CHEMISTRY an
PHYSICS; (a CIVIL ENGINEERING.
4. A short SPECIAL COURSE in Agricul
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5. A short SPECIAL COURSE in Chem-
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ist
6. A reorganized Course in MECHANIC
ARTS, combining shop-work with study.
7. A new Special Course (two years) in Liter-
ature and Science, for Young Ladies. Ample
facilities in Vocal and Instrumental Music.
8. A Carefully graded Preparatory Course.
9. SPECIAL COURSES are arranged to meet
the wants of individual students.
Military drill is required. Expenses for
board and incidentals free. Tuition free.
Young ladies under charge of a competent lady
Principal.
For Catalogues or other information, address
GEO. W. ATHERTON, LL.D.,
President,
27 25 State College, Centre county, Pa.
Miscellaneous.
J pees ! LUMBER !
— A. GRAHAM & CO, —
of Hecla, have completed their mill, tram-
ways, &e., and are now prepared to furnish
LUMBER AND BILL STUFF
of every kind, or in any quantity.
WHITE PINE, YELLOW PINE,
HEMLOCK or OAK will be delivered
promptly and at very reasonable rates..
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Gas Fitting.
M. GALBRAITH, Plumber and
: Gas and Steam Fitter, Bellefonte, Pa
| Pays perticular attention to heating buildings
by steam, copper smithing, rebronzing gas fix
urest, &c. 20 26
Sales.
HOICE BUILDING LOTS.
Messrs, Shoemaker and Scott offer for
sale seven building tots located on east side of
Thomas street, 50x100 feet.
Also, thirty-five lots located on cast side of
pantie road leading from Bellefonte to Belle-
onte Furnace, 50x175 feet.
Also, sixty lots on Halfmoon Hill, 50x15 feet.
For further information call on or address,
R. H. BOAL,
34 4 tf Bellefonte, Pa.
OR SALE.
CHOICE BUILDING LOTS AT STATE
COLLEGE.
The heirs of Robert Foster deceased, offer
at private sale a number of most desirable
building lots, along the main road at State
College, at prices less than half that asked for
less desirable lots adjoining. Price, $150. Ad-
M. FO
dress. . M. y
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ay FOR SALE!
: In order to settle up their estate the
heirs will offer at public sale the very desira-
ble property, known as the
R. M. FOSTER FARM,
adjoining the State College,
The property consists of
140 ACRES, MORE OR LESS,
upon which is erected a good bank barn,
dwelling house, and all necessary outbuildings.
It has excellent cisterns, choice fruit, good
fopces, aud every foot of ground upon it is til-
able.
It adjoins the State Oollage farm on the
west, and is one of the most esirably located
farms in Centre county. Terms willbe made
easy or to suit purchaser.
For particulars address
THOMAS FOSTER,
222 North Third street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Centre county.
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