ne I iia sion HE Bellefonte, Pa., June 9, 1891. TRARY NEE TTT her xr It. Farm Notes. Professor W. A. Henry found that a pound of mutton can be produced cheaper than a pound of pork. Don’t pull too many stalks from the rhubarb bed ; let some of the leaves re- main, for they are the lungs that sup- ply life and vigor to the roots. Some men pay a great deal of atten- tion to the branches of the fruit tree, and Jet the roots take care of them- selves. Both require equal attention. Present prices of land and its pro- ducts will not justify a man in clearing rocky landZfor pastures,or fields either, unless it is near some large town where market gardening can be followed. It costs much more to regain a lost pound of flesh on a steer than to add a like weight to a thrifty one. In pur- chasing steers to feed, the thrifty ones will generally be found the more profit- able, Dairymen cannot afford to cut down the feed of their cows on account of the high price of grain. “To do good work cows must have good feed, and small profit from the outlay is better than none. By selecting varieties, and using fer- tilizer liberally, strawberries of enor- mous siz may be grown. The kind of fertilizer to be used depends partially on the kind of soil, and can ouly be de- termined by experiment, The fertilizing ingredients in a ton of corn meal are valued at $7.85; in corn- cob n.eal,'®5.88; in linseed cake, $22.- 80; in cottonseed meal, $26.25; in wheat bran, $14,568; in wheat mid- dlings, $10.63 ; in gluten meal, $19.01. A grocer wants to know why farmers do not make small cheeses, because they are called for. We answer, it is more work to make them, they do not cure as well, and there is more waste— more rind and outside dry curd. Protessor F. H. Storer, in his Agri: culture, says jthat it is notorious tuat every improvement thus far made in European farming has been developed by the large farmers, the peasants hav- ing simply followed where the larger proprietors led. A single row of raspberries will pio- vide sufficient fruit for a family if well manured, but a dozen rows that have received no attention will fail to give even a mess. The raspberry responds well to good treatment, but fails when it is neglected. ! One remedy to prevent squirrels, mice and birds finding pianted corn is to harrow the ground immediately af- ter planting to cover the planter tracks, and then to scatter corn about the bor- der of the fields and in the vicinity of the squirrel holes as soon as the corn begins to come up. Some have used as strong a mixture as one pound of Paris green to 50 gal- lons of water, but one pound to 100 gal- lons would be a great deal safer and equally efficacious. Some have used it even weaker than that and report good success with one pound to 200 gal- lons of water. Professor E. S. Gott, of the Wisccn- sin station, says that by careful ger- mination tests he found that the hulled grains of timothy seed neither germin- ate so well nor retain their vitality so long as those not hulled; also, that timothy seed, when properly stored, is fairly reliable up to five years old, The average commercial value of fer- tilizers has increased in twenty-two years 35 per cent., and the average cost has diminished over 51 per cent. in the same period. To have obtained the same average quality of fertilizer which to-day sells at $28.90 would cost the farmer at the average price of 1868, £80.84. Give me a good mixture and a close growth of grasses and red cloverin the pasture field, and hay cut just before the height of bloom, cured as rapidly as possible and stored in good mows or - barracks, while yet some of it has a greenish tinge, and I can feed farm animals upon it more cheaply than up- on any other food. A simple and safe method of forming new colonies is to go to a strong one and take from it two frames of capped brood and place them, Lees and all, in a new hive. From another colony fully as strong borrow two frames of _ hatching brood, and place one on each side of those in the new hive. In both cases be careful not to take the old queen. Farmers with poor fences complain of the difficulty of keeping a flock of - sheep confined; but a well-fed and con- tented flock is not disposed to roam ard break out of the lot, and may easi- ly be kept within limits by a reasona- bly tight fence. A stonewall may not always be sufficient; bnt if this is top- ped up with stakes and riders it will slop any animal. In Kentucky the average product of an acre of hemp is from 1200 to 1400 pounds of fibre, worth about 4} cents per pound. The cost of planting, har- vesting and seutehing is about $25 per acre, so that it can easily be seen that hemp is a very profitable crop. Any good corn or wheat land will grow hemp, and there iz a great demand for the fibre for twin and other manufac- turing purposes. It 1s grass-rotied, same »s flax. It is bewer to fence off a portion of the pasture, and allow the grass to grow on one portion while the other portion is occupied, than to have a herd tram- plelover] the whole field in search of grass. Many pastures wouid attord an abundant supply of grass with good management. It is impossible for a pasture to withstand constant cropping and trampling. If grazed down too closely, and kept close, the grass will die out should the weather become very dry. Fence off a portion, and apply some kind of soluble fertilizer to the NARI TATE Popular Books. Charles MeDonald—The book which had the greatest run in its day from my counters was “Lorna Doone.”” 1 havn't bad a eal’ for it for months, but for a long time everybody who came in the store wanted it, and I could not begin to get enough to supply the demand. Of the old books, Dumas’ “Monte Cristo,” “The Three Guardsmen” and “The Mysteries of Paris” have ahold on my customers. 1 sell a copy of Victor Hugo's ¢“ Les Miserables” every ten days regularly. Occasionally I have an or- der for some of Gunter’s books, ‘Barnes of New York” being in the lead. I had a box of Stevenson’s “Jekyll and Hyde” which I had left over afier the rage for Stevenson’s books, 1 got this box out the other day and put the books in front of the house, but people look at them and then laughed at me, Poor Hugh Conway's books seemed to have dropped out of recollection. What a run they had! And there was John Habberton. When his “Helen’s Babies’ came out people stood in a line in this store to buy them. I don’t believe I could give one of them away now. The First Umbrella. It is generally stated that it isto Jonas Hanway, the well-known philan- thropist, that we are indebted for the valuable example of mera! courage in first carrying a raised umbrella in the streets of London. It is difficult now to conceive the amount of persecution which this strange proceeding entailed upon that honorable gentleman, whose object was, doubtless, less the protection of his own person than that of showing bis countrymen how they might protect themselves from drenching showers. Long after they had come into occasional use, a gentleman, accompanied by a lady, under the shelter of the new style of rain-protector,was hooted at by grown men as he passed along. A gentleman who chanced to be alone witha raised umbrella on the streets of either London or Liverpool was in constant danger of assault from. the howling mob that was sure to follow at his heels.—S?. Louis Republic. A Fist Fight mn Ceurt. CHATTAN00GA, June 6.—Two promi- nent attorneys came to blows in the Cir- cuit Court vesterday afternoon. Col. W. J. Clift made severe remarks about the client of IH. B. Case, -who said in r:ply that Clift’s language was unpro- fessional, damnable and outrageous. Af- ter a few angry words Clift strack Case a heavy blow in the face. Case struck buck and a elinch followed, in which Case came out on top. The belligerents were separated and fined fifty dollars each by Judge Loon, who declares it shall be paid. The prominence of the men and their legal, political and social standing makes the case a very sensational one and fur- ther trouble is looked for. ¢ The Ear. No oily substance, poultice or lini- ment should be put into the ear, be- cause great injury 1s liable to be done, Warm water is the best possible, and about the only safe, “wash.” Do not scratch the ears with any metal : pin heads, hairpins or ear picks shonld be tabooed. Do not scream if an insect enters the ear ; warm water will drown it, and wash out the ‘remains.” The ear isnot nearly so liable to injury from the intruder as from frantic efforts to dislodge it.—Hall's Journal. ns = Weak WomaN.—The more sensitive nature of the female sex renders women much more susceptible than men to those numerous ills which spring from lack of harmony in the system. The nervous system gives way, sick head- ache is frequent, the appetite is lost, and other ailments peculiar to the sex cause great suffering. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is peculiarly adapted for such cases, and has received the most grati- fying praise for tho relief it has af- forded thousands of women whose very existence before taking it was only misery. It strengthens the nerves, cures sick headache and indigestion, purifies and vitalizes the blood, and gives regular and healthy action to every organ in the bbdy. ——4T don’t see why you went to the expense of a covered van to move our stuff, Maria. It’s so old and worn no amount of weather could damage it.” “That’s just the point. I don’t want people to see how dilapidated it is.” ——1I have beer a sufferer from ca- tarrh for years. Having tried a number of remedies advertised as ‘‘sure cures” without obtaining any relief, I had re- solved never to take any other patent medicines, when a friend advised me to try Ely’s Cream Balm. Idid so with great reluctance, but can now testify that after using it for six weeks I believe myself cured. 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