Demorraiic ala
Bellefonte, Pa., March 2, 1894.
Farm Notes.
Charcoal is almost a necessity for
hogs. Its cost is but little, and all that
is required is to place a large piece in
the pen daily, as the hogs will easily
crush it for their use.
House plants become gradually cov-
ered with dust, and the leaves are un-
able to perform their functions. It is
essential that they be washed with
tepid water at least twice a week, by
spraying on the plants with a bulb
syringe.
Anv animal will eai too much salt if
deprived of it for a length of time. A
little salt every day will be beneficial.
If a lump of rock salt is placed where
all kinds of stock can have access to it
they will regulate the quantity for
themselves.
The exertion required by a horse to
move a load on a bad road is estimat-
ed at four times the weight he can car:
ry on his back, but on a macadamized
road he can pull ten times as much as
he can carry. The difference between
one horse and two heavy ones.
Fine bone meal has been fed to hogs
with advantage, and ground bone is
largely used for poultry. Cows have
also been known to lick bone meal. It!
serves as an occasional offering to
stock, but whether it is safe to allow it
regularly has not been determined.
No kind of land should remain idle.
It can be made to produce some kind
of crop, or it can be improved in fer-
tility in some manner. If useless for
crops let it be given up to sheep. It
this cannot be done plow it, and use
lime on it, sc as to enable it to become
fit for cultivation in the future.
No man will be successful with pure
breeds if he neglects even the scrubs.
The firet step to success 18 good man-
agement. = This is necessary at all
times, and must be made a duty.
Many of the failures with pure breeds
are due to the pay unless they are used
for all that can be obtained for them.
The potash in the soil is mostly in
the form of a silicate, which is not
readily soluble. All other forms of
potash are very soluble. When lime
is added to the soil it assists in break-
ng up existing combinations and ren
ders the inert matter of the soil more
easily taken up by the roots of plants.
The earliest fodder crop is peas and
oats, sown together, on rich land, using
plenty of seed. When the seed pods of
the peas begin to form the crop may
be cut and cured, or the green food may
be cut daily, and carried to the barn-
yard. A large crop can be grown on
an acre, and it will be highly relished
by cows and sheep.
There are many fixed customs in
agriculture that seem to be handed
down from generalion as laws, that
must always be obeyed. Progress in
agriculture is retarded by these cus-
toms, and even when facts show that
former methods are erroneous there is
resistance to the changes which are
finally forced upon the unbelieving.
Farmers who did not apply lime on
their land in the fall should do so as
early in the spring as possible. The
advantages of lime are almost innum-
erable, as the beneficial results are de-
pendent upon many circumstances. It
is the cheapest of all plant foods com-
‘pared with the benefits it imparts to
soils and crops.
Be sure that the early sitters have a
warm place for a nest. Prepare the
nest first by putting in some road dust ;
slightly hollow it in the centre and
then put on a layer of fine straw.
Eleven eggs are plenty for a medium
sized hen, nine for a small one. Too
many eggs in a nest causes poor hatch-
es and runty chickens.
A Holstein heifer, two years old,
tested last November, produced over
fourteen pounds of butter in one week.
She was well bred, however, coming
trom a family which was noted for
large yields of milk, and for indivi
duals with good butter records. This
proves the advantage of breeding from
animals whose ancestors for many gen-
erations have excelled in thé uses for
which they were intended.
Just as soon as the ground begins to
become warm rye starts in growth. It
provides green food before grass makes
headway, and is very valuable for ear-
ly pasturage. Stock should not be
turned on the rye, however, but for a
short time each day, as the sudden
change to the young rye may cause
looseness of the bowels, and perhaps a
shrinkage of the milk. The change
from dry togreen food should be gradu-
al, in order to avoid loss.
Novelties in seeds are very tempting,
as they offer many inducements
as superior to the old and tried varie-
ties, some farmers buying more seeds
of new vegetables than of the standard
sorts. The first essential to consider is
the adaptability of any variety to the
climate, and to determine this a test
must be made, which should be done
cautiously, and ou a limited space. It
will pay, however, to try all the new
varieties by testing them, selecting the
best for the purpose to be used a suc-
ceeding season.
The farmer has the advantage in
growing his raw material on the tarm.
He converts his grain and grass into
meat, milk and butter, and saves a por-
tion of the cost in the manure. Stock
raising is essential when prices for
farm produce are low, and as much of
the work feeding is done in the winter
employment is afforded at atime when
it can be profitably bestowed. The
profit, however, depends on the kinds
of stock used. Thousands of farmers
devote their time and labor to the task
of attempting to derive a profit from
stock that should be sent to the butch- |
er as unprofitable.
Starvation in Texas.
Houston, Tex.—A circumstantial
story of actual famine comes from Starr
county, in the arid region near the
Mexican border. Resolutions adopted
at a public meeting held at Paisand
set forth that, by reason of the drouth,
90 per cent. of all cattle, horses and
sheep are dead; that no crops of any
kind have been raised or barvested
during the last year; that great desti-
tution and absolute want exists, and
that many are forced to subsist on
roots, prickly pears, etc. Even the
half putrid flesh has been taken from
the carcasses of dead animals and eat-
en to satisfy the gnawing hunger of
many of the inhabitants. Many of
them, particularly the children, have
scarcely sufficient clothing to cover
them. The town’s own resources are
exhausted and aid is asked of the world
in the form of money, clothing and
food.
EEOC IAT.
Struck a Gusher,
A Whole Ohio Neighborhood Flooded with Oil
Going to Waste.
Fostoria.—Emerson & Steel's well
on the Carter lease, drilled 50 feet in
the sand early in the week without
showing either oil or gas, was shot this
afternoon, and its first showing was
greater than any well yet drilled in this
territory, throwing out oil far above
the derrick for more than half an hour
when it was partially controlled.
As nothing big was expected, no
preparations were made for the oil,
which has all been wasted and has
flooded everything in the vicinity.
Couldn’t Call It a Cold House.
The best perhaps of the many stories
that have long been current regarding
the late Lord Crewe in that society in
which he was a conspicuous feature is,
in the opinion of a writer in The Speak-
er, that of his remark to his sister, the
first Lady Houghton, as they stood
watching the fire which all but destroy-
ed his nable ancestral home, “Well,
Annabel, you have often said Crewe
was a cold house, but you can’t call it
that now.” Crewe was restored at
enormous cost by its owner, and it is
now one of the most beautiful houses in
the world.
——The historic fresco which is to
encircle the rotunda of the Capitol has
stopped short. The Columbus com-
mences the historic work and the Mexi-
can war endsit. Theartist finds that
he has not enough history to complete
the circle. Brumidi, the famous artist,
whose handiwork adorns almost every
portion of the great edifice, died and left
his sketches and plans to Costaggini. |
The killing of Indians, making treaties
with them, the battle of Lexington and
Yorktown, and other prominent fea-
tures of our national life were well por-
trayed before Rrumidi died. Now Cos-
taggini finds that he has used up ali the
Indians, whipped Endland twice, kilied
all of the soldiers, discovered gold in
California, and exhausted himself.
Scenes from the war of the rebellion
won’t do, for some of our pecple don’t
like them
The southern half of the country
would not like to be depicted on the
run, nor will the time ever come when
such a scene must be painted. That
period belongs in oblivion. Some one
proposed a picture of driving the last
spike in the Pacific Railroad, but the
virtuous opponents of corporations ob-
jected, although Costaggini expressed a
willingness to make a good picture of
“laying zee corner-stone of ze rail.”
The assassinations of Lincoln and Gar-
field have been suggested ; but those
scenes must not be perpetuated in the
rotunda. Poor Costaggini is short of
history to go around,
——1It is notuncommon for one rail-
way to be carried across another at an
elevation, but it is uncommon for one
canal to cross another so. A feature of
the Manchestership canal is a crossing
of this kind, Where it meets the old
Bridgewater canal that is lifted into an
aqueduct and sent across the larger
canal. But a fixed aqueduct would
have interfered with the masts, if not
with the smokestacks, of big ships, and,
therefore a swinging span, like that of
an ordinary drawbridge, was resorted
to. Obviously, the stationary ends of
thesevered waterway needed to be, and
they are, equipped with gates, which
must be closed before the swinging span
is opened. So when a ship is to pass,
the old canal is cut in two, so to speak,
and each end turned back out of the
way.
——The fall of Erastus Winman
from the position of supposed wealth
and great idfluence to a prison cell is
indeed a mighty one, and notwithstand-
ing his deserving of it fills everyone
with regret. The greater a man’s ca-
pabilities and possibilities the greater
the regret when he misuses or neglects
them, and Wiman’s early success proves
he was a brilliant man. His fate should
be a warning to the young mea who be-
lieve because they have had a little
success they are the most wonderful
men in the World. Wiman’s fall was
largely due to his immoderate self con-
fidence and his feeling of superiority
over his feilow business men.
The Scandinavian hell is freez-
ing cold. It consists of & vast structure
made of the backs and scales of ser-
pents.
——Tke cruel weed catches moths by
the head and strangles them. It does
not release its grip until the insect is
dead.
——1Itis claimed that in order to
sleep soundly it is better to put a pillow
under the feet rather than under the
head.
-——1It is said that those in charge of
a particular kind of animals grow to be
like them in future.
——The tallow trea, which produces
a kind of fat, is one of the most usefal
trees in China.
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Saddlery .
QCHOFIELD'S NEW
HARNESS HOUSE.
We extend a most cordial invitation to our
patrons and th blie, i i}
Daironsas e public, in general, to witness
GRANDEST DISPLAY OF
Light and Heavy Harness
ever put on the Bellefonte market, which will
be made in the large room, formerly occupied
by Harper Bros., on Spring street. It has been
added to my factory and will be used exclu-
sively for the sale of harness, being the first
exclusive salesroom ever used in this town, as
heretofore the custom has been to sell goods
in the room in which they were made. This
elegant room has been refitted and, furnished
with glass cases in which the harness can be
nicely aisplayed and still kept away from
heat and dust, the enemies of long wear in
leginer. Our factory now occupies a room
16x74 feet and the store 20x60 added makes it
the largest establishment of its kind outside
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
We are prepared to offer better bar:
the future than we have done in the iy en
we want everyone to see our goods and get
prices for when you do this, out of self defense
{ou will buy. Our profits are not 1 e, but
y selling lots of goods we can afford to live in
Bellefonte. We ‘are not indulging in idle
philanthropy. It is purely business. We are
not making much, but trade is growing and
that is what we are intrested in now. fits
will take care of themselves.
When other houses discharged their work-
men during the winter they wera all put to
work in my lactory, nevertheless the [1]
houses of this city'and county would nis it
we compared ourselves to them, but we do not
mean to be so odious, except to venture the as-
section that none of them can say, as we can
say “NO. ONE OWES US A CENT THAT WE
CAN'T GET.” This is the whole story.
The following are kept constantly on hand
50 SETS OF LIGHT HARNESS, Y iw from
88.00 to $15.00 and upwards, LARGE
STOCK OF HEAVY HARNESS per
set $25.00 and dy 500 HORSE
COLLARS from $1,50 to $5,00
each, over $100.00 worth of
HARNESS OILS and
AXLE GREASE,
$400 worth of Fly Nets sold
$150 worth of whips
from 15¢ to $3.00 each,
5 Horse Braghes Gury Sonne
ges, amois IDING
SADDLES, LADY SIDESADDLES
Harness Soap, Knee Dusters, at low
prices, Saddlery-hardware always on hand
for Sale, pes Leather as low as 25¢ per
' We keep everything to be found in a
IRST CLASS HARNESS STORE—no chang-
ing, over 20 years in the same room, No two
shops in the same town to catch trade—NO
SELLING OUT for the want of trade or prices-
Four harn ess-makers at steady work this win-
ter, This is our idea of protection to labor,
when other houses discharged their hande,
they soon found work with us.
JAS. SCHOFIELD,
Soring street, Bellefonte, Pa.
cheap
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37 37 1y ellefonte, Pa.
McCalmont & Co.
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LINSEED MEAL,
SUPPLIES.
AND PRATT'S FOOD.
Experiments in feeding at the Pennsylva-
nia State College demonstrate that four pounds
of Cotton Seed Meal and eight pounds of Corn
Meal give more profitable results in feeding
cattle than sixteen pounds of Corn Meal, show-
ing that $1.60 worth of Cotton Seed Meal for
feeding purposes is equal to $2.00 worth of Corn
Meal. Cotton Seed Meal fed to cows produces
POULTRY FOOD,
CRUSHED OYSTER SHELLS
Granulated Bone and other feed for poultry,
make hens lay eggs.
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COLD WEATHER MAKES
CHEAP FUEL AN OBJECT.
We always sell the best quality of Hard Coal
Black Block Nut (Coal, Snow Shoe Coal an
Wcodland Coal. We prepare and sell Crusned
Coke—Nut,Stove and Egg sizes,which can sue
cessfully be used in Cook Stoves, Ranges and
Heaters, which generates more heat for the
money, than any other fuel. No smoke, no
dust, no elinkers. Examine our stock of Coal
and Coke at our yard before purchasing.
The weather indications promise snow. Cut-
ters, sleighs and bobsleds for one or two
horses of the most improved make. Horse
blanketsand sleigh bells of the finest quality
at the lowest prices
PUMPS—Bucket pumps, which convey ai
into the water of cisterns and wells keeping
the same pure. Iron and woeden non-freezing
pumps for shallow or deep wells furnishad at
the least Jossitle cost. Office and store in
Hale Building.
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