Demorratc cn
Bellefonte, Pa., July
13, 1894,
Farm Notes.
—Plant turnip seed this mouth, and
prepare the ground thoroughly in or-
der to have it fine and to kill the
weeda.
—If eggs are low at this season they
at least cost nothing, as the hens can
pick up all the food they reqiure on
the range.
—There are many farmers who
plant by the moon, but they follow the
same methods that have been aban-
doned half a century ago.
—Put in a row of peas again for a
late supply, and even corn for the ta-
ble may yet be planted for a crop after
thé earlier supply has gone.
—The hoe, used between the plants,
may be more laborious than the horse
hoe between the rows, but it prevents
many weeds from appearing next year.
—The more docile the calf the bet-
ter milker is the cow or the better feed-
er is the steer. There is little danger
of handling the calt too early or too
much.
—Sore ‘places on animals, caused by
flies, may be anointed with a mixture
of one pint of crude petroleum, one ta.
blespoonful of wood tar, and one table-
spoonful of carbolic acid, well mixed.
~-It is claimed that if fresh meat is
immersed in buttermilk in a coo! place,
allowing it to remain therein until de-
sired for use, the meat may be kept in
good condition for a week or more.
—Melouns will need very little culti-
vation after they begin to run. They
should not be disturbed in the hills,
but have the ground well worked be-
fore the runners. [f the vines are not
thrifty apply nitrate of soda around
them, but a complete fertilizer "is also
excellent.
—Knowledge is power in farming.
The man who reads, knows animals
by their pedigrees, understands the
characteristics of breeds and feeds his
land according to the needs of the crops
has a large advantage over he who is
not so fortunate. Intelligent tarming
always pays.
—Cutting grass too early because it
is tender is a mistake. The best hay
is secured from mature grass. The
hay that has been cured properly and
cut over-ripe or beginning to change
to yellow, contains the greater share of
nutritious matter and less water than
does the very young and tender grass.
—Itis doubtful if keeping two pigs
together in order to make each eat
more than ordinarily, from greediness,
will pay. There may be a loss of food
by overtaxing the digestive organs, and
there may be a waste by inducing dis:
ease. Such hogs may show rapid
gains, but the cost may be greater than
with moderate feeding.
—DBran is rich in mineral elements,
and for that reason should be made a
portion of the ration of all classes of |
stock. Containing as it does, a large
proportion of bone forming material, it
is well adapted for young stock. Mid-
lings may be fed with profit also, as
such food is nearly of the same quality
and composition as bran.
—Fertilizers can be made to perform
a very effective service on the farm if
farmers will make themselves familiar
with the requirements of their farms,
A large amonnt of money is annually
expended for fertilizers that are pot
suitable for the land or the crops to
which they are applied. A thorough
knowledge of the farmer will prevent
many expensive mistakes.
—After strawberries, raspberries
and blackberries have been harvested,
give the land an application of wood
ashes, or apply about 100 pounds of
sulphate of potash between the rows.
The same quantity of ground bone, or
phosphate of any kind, additional, wil
also be an advantage. The best time
to apply the nitrogen is early in the
spring.
— Wearing the land out, or over-
cropping it, is not possible if the soil is
not properly supplied with the food
necessary for the nourishment of the
~plauis; avd no farmer who is enterpris-
ing will attempt to compel his land to
produce a crop unless he first esti-
mates the loss of fertility from the soil.
Manure and fertilizers are indispensa-
ble when large yields are expected.
—Flies worry the cattle and hogs
very much in warm weather, and the
horses also are great sufferers from the
pests. Spray or sponge them with a
solution made by adding a gill of car-
bolic acid to three gallons of water.
This is about one per cent. solution, by |
volume, and may be used without dan-
ger, though care should be exercised
in applying it so as to avoid getting the
solution in the eyes of the animals.
—The cost of keeping one extra
horse for a year, in order to perform
useless labor on a bad road, which
might be avoided with good roads, is
more than the tax that would be paid
by its owner to assist in having the
road put in good order and kept in ex-
cellent condition for five years. The
cheapening of labor, gain in speed, and
avoidence ot the accidents are strong
inducewents in favor of good roads.
—1f the poultry house contains lice
clean it out and saturate every portion
—roof, walls, roosts, and floor—with
kerosene. Take the nests outside,
lightly sponge them with kerosene,
and apply a lighted match, so as to
have the flames flash over every por-
tion. Then fill the nests with tobacco
refuse, Ifthe lice once make an ap
pearance they will multiply very rap.
idly. Clean out the poultry house at
least once a week, if possible,
Theory of the Formation of Hail.
The interesting theory of the forma.
tion of hail and the part which ele-
tricity plays in the phenomenon is set
forth in a recent lecture. The scientist
said that while the hailstone has been,
to the popular mind, simply moisture
that hus been congealed in falling
through strata of cold air, its produc-
tion is now shown to involve so many
processes that the little sphere attains a
new scientific interest. The raw ma-
terial upon which nature is about to
work its alchemy, the hailcloud, is first
drawn cut by the wind in the form of a
horizontal tongue. It becomes rapidly
evaporated, producing an intense cold.
There are thus formed flakes of dry
snow, which by friction against the
minute drops of water, become charged
with negative electricity and are then
attracted by the positive electricity of
the drops of walter. The snow flakes
behind the cloud are covered with a
layer of ice, at first dry and then mois-
tened. They are at the same time
charged with positive electricity, and are
driven in an outward direction by the
pisses electricity of the rain drops.
eing thus cooled below zero, they
becoming charged anew with negative
electricity, they are coated with a new
snowy layer, and are again attracted by
the cloud. Xach hailstone, taking a
wavy line, becomes enlarged by coating
itself with alternate layers of opaque
and transparent matter, and is ultimate-
ly thrown tothe right or the left, oc-
casioning thus the roaring noise which
preceeds the fall of hail, which then
takes place in two parallel bands, separ-
ated frem each other by a region of
rain,
Just One Short.
An Antarctic Island Where But Six Days Make
a Week.
“‘There'is a small island in the South
Pacific,” said John L. Davis, a veteran
sea captain, who was at the Lindell yes-
terday, ‘where there appear to be only
six days in a week. This extraordinary
phenomenon is brought about by the
location of the island. Travelers around
the world are acquainted” with the fact
that time is lost traveling west, the dif-
ference of time in a transatlantic jour-
ney along being about four hours.
“TU bad to run in to Chatham island
once when disabled, and was amused to
see the way in which the people accept-
ed their fate in regard to the jumping
of time. This little island is just on the
line of demarcation between times and
dates. In order to keep right with the
remainder of the world it is necessary to
skip from noon on Sunday to noon on
Monday every week in the year to
spend a whole day at dinner without
eating an average meal.
“The mountain is so near the antarc-
tic region that days and nights are al-
together mixed up from the idea of an
ordinary individual, but this plan of
jumping the afternoon of one day and
the morning of the next so as to keep in
line with the almanac is something so
ridiculous that none but a seafaring man
can appreciate it or understand the ne-
cessity..
Be ——
Too LATE.—Perhaps-Tennyson has
written nothing which appeals to the
hearts of all who read his poems more
than the lyric of “Too Late.” The bur-
den of the sad refrain comes home with
~teHing force to the hearts of those who
have lost friends by that dread disease—
consumption. They realize, “too late,”
the result of neglect. They feel that
the dear one might have been saved if
they had heeded the warning of the
hacking cough, the pallid cheeks, and
weakening system. They feel this all
the more keenly because they see others
being rescued from the grasp of the des-
troyer, and they think what is saving
others might have saved their loved
one. When the first signal of danger is
seen take steps to avert the catastrophe.
Be wise in time. Dr. Pierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery will drive away con-
sumption. Do not wait until too late
before putting its wonderful efficacy to
the test. Tt succeeds where other
remedies fail.
.
Victoria’s Reign.
In her fifty-seven years of power,
Victoria has seen every throne in the
world vacated at least once, and some
of them several times, and high execu-
tive stations in all the great nations
filled and refilled repeatedly. The post
of Premier in her own country has been
held successively “in her day by Vis-
count Melbourne, Sir Robert Peel,
Earl Russell, the Earl of Derby,
the Karl of Aberdeen, Viscount
Palmerston, the Earl of Beaconsfield,
William E Gladstone, the Marquis of
Sallsbury and the Earl of Rosebery, and
by some of these men several times. All
of these are dead, except Gladstone,
Salisbury and Rosebery. Sixteen men,
beginning with Martin Van Buren,
have in turn filled the office of President
of the United States during her service,
and of those only two, Cleveland and
Harrison, are living.
The Real Difficulty.
He (nervously)-—Do you think it
right for us to be here alone without a
chaperon ?
She—Oh, yes. Mother says she
would not be afraid to trust me any-
where with vou.
He—But I don’t know whether I
dare trast myself with you.--Brookiyn
Life.
Mutual Obligations.
“You are very independent people,’
said the tourist from England, “but
you can’t deny that you owe a great
deal to Christopher Columbus.”
“Oh, I don’t know,” replied the self
reliant young woman. “This country
made his reputation for him, you
know.”
era an:
-—-After the spanking—Mother—
“Now. Johnnie, I don’t want to ever
catch you in that jam closet again.’
Johnnie (sobbing) —+An’ I don’t want
you to, nuther.”
BE —
——The title rabbi means
teacher,
master or
break through the cloudy stratum and,
——DLast June Dick Crawford
brought his twelve-month-old child, suf-
fering from infantile diarrhea, to me.
It had been weaned at four months old
and had always been sickly. I gave it
the usual treatment in such cases but
without benefit. The child kept grow-
ing thinner until it weighed but little
more than when born, or perhaps ten
pounds. I then started the father to
giving Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
and Diarrhea Remedy. Before one
bottle of the 25 cent size had been used
a marked improvement was seen and its
continued use cured the child. Its
weakness and punny constitution disap-
peared and its father and myself believe
the child’s life was saved by this
Remedy. J.T. Marlow, M. D., Tama-
roa, Ill. For sale by F. P. Green.
——1It is not until a man reaches thir-
ty that he begins to wrap the small bills
on the outside of his roll.
SuMMER COMPLAINT,—REBERSBURG,
Pa., May 22, 1894.—My father was
troubled with summer complaint. He
has tried all kinds of medicines but
nothing done as much good as Hood’s
Sarsapari'la. Wm. A. Weaver.
Hood’s Pills are prompt and efficient,
yet easy in action. Sold by all drug-
gists. 25¢.
——A game cock with a wooden limb
is the ‘‘champion fowl” of Rockland,
Maine.
——=Some people are constantly trou-
bled with pimples and boils, especially
about the face and neck. The best
remedy is a thorough course of Ayer’s
Sarsaparilla, which expels all humors
through the proper channels, and so
makes the skin become soft healthy, and
fair.
——Farmer Tibbets—Hang that cow
I always have to club her ’fore I can
make her stand still Little Nephew
(from the city)—Is that the one that
gives the whipped cream ?— Chicago
Tribune.
——ThelCzar of Russia takes 300
trunks with him when he travels.
Business Notice.
Children Cry or 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
Castoria. 38-43-2y
Medical.
Notes from the Pennsylvania State College Experiment Station.
MANGELS AND SUGAR BEETS COMPARED WITH SILAGE,
In Bulletin No. 26 of the Station, Prefessor H. J. Waters and R. J.
Weld report the results of a comparison
duced by mangels, sugar beets and silage
of the yields of digestible matter pro-
corn when grown under similar condi-
tions, and also a comparison of the merits of roots and silage for the production
of milk and butter.
On fairly good upland clay limestone soil, made rich enough for a fair
crop of corn or beets, and under reasonably good field culture, the following
results were obtained :
Green Dry Digestible
Substance. | Matter: | Organic Matter.
lbs. lbs. 1bs.
Yield of corn per acre, - - | 18,591 5522 3589
Yiold ofbeats, "i. 70 ou eg 13,806 | 2196 1829
Increase of corn over roots, - 4,785 3326 1760
In other words, as much digestible organic matter was produced by one
acre of corn as was secured from almost
Similar although very much less
two acres of beets.
striking results were obtained at the
Maine State Kxperiment Station in a comparison of several classes of forage
crops, and involving in each case two years’ work. At the ©atario Agricultar-
al Experiment Station silage corn gave second highest yield of digestible ma-
terial per acre as the average of two seasons comparison of six types of forage
crops. Both of these Experiment Station are out of the corn belt, and a less
favorable showing for corn was to be expected.
In the Pennsylvania experiments a
careful account of the cost of growing,
harvesting and storing the two erops was kept with the following resuits :
Cost of one acre of beets in pit
Cost of one acre of corn in silo :
In 1890 the cost of one acre of beets was $60.00.
$56.07
"21.12
The Wisconsin Bxperiment Station reports the cost of one acre of sugar
beets from a two acre field, without charging rent of land and using no fertiliz-
ers, at $53.80.
The Ohio Experiment Station grew sugar beets at a cost of $31.36 per acre
in 1390, and §38.84 in 1891, making no
The average cost per acre of sugar
scale in California, as reported by seven 1
charge for fertilizers or rent of land.
beets, when grown on a commercial
arge growers, was $48.85.
At the United States Sugar Beet Experiment Station, Schuyler, Nebraska,
the cost per acre in 1892 was $49.78, exclusive of fertilizers and rent.
In special cases these figures may be
but it is believed that the relation betwee
correct for average conditions.
considerably reduced for both crops,
n them given above is approximately
In a feeding trial involving two lots of five cows each and covering three
periods of twelve days, 100 pounds of digestible matter in_ the silage ration pro-
duced 181.92 pounds of milk and 7.21 pounds of butter, while an equal amount
of digestible dry matter in the form of roots produced
137.36 pounds ot milk
and 6.53 pounds of butter—a difference in the butter produced of 10.4 per cent.
But when the {wo lots of cows were fed alike on a combined ration of beets and
silage, the silage lot produced, per 100 pounds of
139 pounds of milk and 6.79 pounds of
digestible matter consumed,
butter, and the roots lot 150 pounds of
milk and 6.46 pounds of butter, thus showing an apparent superiority of the
cows constituting the silage lot. When this is taken account of it leaves a net
gain in feeding value of the silage over the roots of 5 per cent.
Similar results were obtained at this
Station in 1890.
These results are also in accord with those of trials extending over four
years, and involving in two experiments twelve cows each, and in two, sixteen
cows, at the Ohio Experiment Station.
results :
Below is given a summary of their
Pounds of Milk Produced per 100 Pounds of Dry Matter Consumed.
|
| 1880 1890 | 1801 | 1892
BOTT -. 1s 10s Yo Susienviays di Coded 1307 sh uiicion 69
Silace ration, . =... .. .. . | 62 | 60 66 75
The average of all Experiments poi
nts to the conclusion that, when com-
pared upon the basis of digestible matter, silage is at least as effective as sugar
beets or mangels for the production of milk or butter,
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AYERS HAIB VIGOR
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~ the front part of my head—about
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my youth. I tried several other
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Hair Vigor is the best:"—Mrs. J. C.
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AYERS HAIR VIGOR
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{J CHOFIELD'S NEW
HARNESS HOSUE
We extend a most cordial inviistion to our
patrons and the public, in general, to witness
one of the
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 hss 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 whieh the harness can be
nicely aisplayed and s#ill ke away from
heat aud dust, the enemies o long wear in
leatner. Our factory now oceupies 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 bargains in
the future than we have done in the past and
We want everyone to see our goods and get
prices for when you de this, out of self defense
Pu will buy. Our profits are not la e, but
y selling lots of goods we can afford to live in
Bellefonte. We are noi indulging in idle
philanthropy. It is purely business. We are
not making much, but trade is growing and
that is what we are interested in now. fits
will take care of themselves.
When other houses discharged their work-
men during the winter they were all put to
work in hy laetory, nevertheless the bi a
houses of this city and county would smile
we compared ourselves to them, but we do not
mean to be so odious, exeept to venture the as-
section that none of them can sa , 88 We can
say “NO ONE OWES US A CENT THAT WE
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The following are rent constantly on hand.
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HARNESS OILS and
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$400 worth of Fly Nets sold cheap
8150 worth of whips
from 15¢ to $3.00 each,
Horse Brushes,Cury Combs
Sponges, Chamois, RIDING
SADDLES, LADY SIDESADDLES
Harness Soap, Knee Dusters, at low
prices, Saddlery-hardware always on hand
for sale, Harness Leather as low as 25¢ per
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IRST CLASS HARNESS STORE—no chang-
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Four harness-makers at steady work this win-
ter, This is our idea of protection to labor,
when other houses discharged their hands,
they soon found work with us.
: JAS. SCHOFIELD,
33 37 Svring street, Bellefonte, Pa.
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