Demaoralit ata
Bellefonte, Pa., Feb. 8, 1895.
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Farm Notes.
—Green peas may be planted just as
soon as the ground permits. They are
hardy and thrive best when planted
early in the season.
—Now it the time to make the hot-
bed and get ready for the early plants.
Labor can be given such matters now
with less cost than to delay until next
month.
—The farmers who buy bran, mid-
dlings and linseed meal for his cows
will make a large profit on the in-
creased value of his manure and save
loss of fertility.
—Scatter air-slaked lime freely
around the grape vines, so as to cover
every portion of the ground. It is on
excellent in assisting to destroy the
spores of the grape rot.
—Seed corn freezes if exposed to se-
vere cold, but the liability to injury
depends upon the amount of moisture
in the corn. It should be dry and al-
so kept in a dry place. Any precau-
tion used in caring for the seed corn
may prevent loss in the spring.
—Coarse manure may be spread on
the heavy clay land, and hauling can
be done to good advantage when the
ground is frozen, but before hauling
out manure care must be taken that it
be not epread on the fields that are
liable to be washed by the heavy
spring rains.
—What to do with the bones from
fresh meat ig & problem to those who
have no mode of reducing them to a
fine condition for the land. If the
bones are placed in the stove and heat-
ed, 80 as to become brittle, they can be
easily pounded, which converts them
into excellent foods for all kinds of
poultry.
—Those who grow large water-
melons state that they make the hills
in winter. If the ground isnot frozen
too hard a pile of fresh horse manure
is placed where each hill is to be, and
the manure covered with earth. In
the spring, after the weather becomes
warmer, the manure is well incorpora-
ted with the soil.
—The San Jose scale insect has
been found as far East as Ohio, and it
is claimed that it had already put in
an appearance in some of the New
Jersey nurseries last year, but which
may be a mistake. It attacks peach,
apple, pear, cherry and plum trees,
and also rose bushes. The kerosene
emuleion is used as a remedy.
—The more land the more capital
required to successfully farm the soil.
The safest plan is to use one portion of
the land as cash for cultivating the
other by disposing of all that cannot
be used to advantage. One of the loss-
es on farms in the spreading of the
manure on too large an area, it being
insufficient to impart any susceptible
benefit to the crop; but where the
manure is concentrated over a smaller
surface the proportionate gain is much
larger.
—When any kind of contagious dis-
ease appears on & farm no oneshould go
into the yards or pens and then into the
adjoining farm, as the smallest particle
of dirt or manure may serve to carry
the disease to the neighbor's flock or
herd. Even the walking across a
field upon which diseased cattle or
sheep have access may be the means
of spreading it to other flocks or herds.
All diseased animals should be separ-
ated from those that are healthy.
—Experiments made with crimson
clover in New Jersey last fall demon-
strate that it not only thrives on sandy
soils, but seems to adapt itself to all
conditions. On fields of light sandy
soil, where red clover would not grow,
the crimson variety covers the field
thickly. It is impossible to know
what the crimson clover will be before
the spring opens, but appearances indi-
cate that it will make rapid growth
and provide a large amount of green
material, which can be turned under
for corn.
—Some of the best heifers are ruined
when they come in with their first
calves. To properly train a heifer to
be milked requires patience. To strike
her for not permitting herself to be
milked when she does not really under
stand your object is to aggravate the
difficulty. She should be gently hand-
led when a calf, and taught by kind-
ness alone. Ifshe shows any taults
they must be corrected by teaching
her that you are her friead. It is bet-
ter to send her to the butcher at once
than to use a stick on her.
—Plaster is not capable of prevent-
ing the loss of some of the ammonia in
the manure heap, but it is an assistant
in 80 doing. Manure that is kept
moist, and which does not become ov-
erheated, will lose but little of its am-
monia, as water readily absorbs am-
monia and prevents its escape. Kainit
(crude sulphate of potash) is excellent
as a substance for mixing with the
manure, but the objection to itis that
it contains other substances not so de-
sirable as the potash. It is cheap and
serviceable, however, and readily pre-
vents the loss of ammonia.
—A vessel recently arrived at
Philadelphia with a large crop of
canned “French” pess grown in En-
gland, That we should import green
peas, canned from Europe, when such
a crop can be grown in every section of
the United States, is not very credita-
ble. They are always salable in win-
ter, which is demonstrated by the fact
that we send abroad for them, and
they bring good prices. Here is an
opening for some of our farmers to
combine, build a canning factory and
grow green peas. They will prove
more profitable than cereal crops.
Some Facts About Bean Culture.
[The following instructive and inter-
esting article on bean culture was pub-
lished in the New York Tribune lately
in answer to a letter from our towns-
man Mr. William Shortlidge, whose in-
terest in agriculture has led him to in-
vestigate and acquaint himself with
many subjects of interest to the farmers
of this section, ED. ]
A member of a mercantile firm in
Centre county, Penna., writes: ‘Some
of our customers desire to cultivate field
beans. I am unable to find any work
on their culture that will furnish a be-
ginner necessary jnformation. [ notice
quotations of the prices of various kinds
of beans, but cannot determine which is
the best variety to grow here. Having
been a reader of the Tribune for forty
years, I would be glad to receive infor-
mation on the subject through its col-
umns. It seems to me that many would
be glad to read practical articles on the
subject were they published.”
Reply : 1t is doubtful if there is any
published work on bean culture in this
country. Industrious and wide inquiry
has been made where such work would
be likely to be kept for sale if on the
market, but without avail. Inquiry
was extended to large bean growers and
handlers, but none knew of any publi-
cation on the subject excepting a bul-
letin issued by the New York Experi-
ment Station. Applying there, the di-
rector, Dr. Collier, said it was only a
bulletin on the anthracuose of the bean.
I have grown commercial beans, but
not lately. To be sure to get right, I
addressed the largest been handler in
Orleans county, N. Y., a county that
ships about 400,000 bushels annually.
He says : “The marrow pea beans are
considered the most profitable to grow
on most lands. Under favorable condi-
tions 20 to 80 bushels an acre is a fair
yield. They are planted with bean
planters, also with grain drills, 2} feet
apart, in rows. They are harvested
with a machine that cuts the stalks just
below the surface of the ground, drawn
by horses. They are cured in the sun
and threshed with a steam machine,
There is a machine to assort them, but
it does it only partially, and they have
to be finished by hand picking.” From
this it is inferred that they are planted
in drills. I do not like the system, but
that is perhaps the best that can be
done where large quantities are grown.
Beans are particularly susceptible to in-
jury from a growth of weeds, and for
best yield these must be kept subdued
by hand-hoeing and pulling. When
close together in drills there is little
room to use & hoe. T would prefer by
far to plant them with a hand corn-
planter, four or five in a hill, 15 inches
apart. 2
There is much in preparing the
ground. Itis not advisable to apply
barr manure the season the beans are
planted, for the reason that it will not
get thoroughly incorporated with the
svil, and when there happens to be an
excess of manure, the beans will grow
rank and not ripen with the others.
This makes more hand-picking, and is a
waste of beans, as all must be harvested
together. Itis of the utmost import-
ance that all the soil of a field be just
the same ; for instance, if part be sandy,
or gravelly, and part clayey, beans will
not ripen so soon on the last, and that
makes a mess of the whole job. In fact
a clay soil is not the kind to plant in
beans ; they are not apt to ripen evenly
or early enough to escape the usual
September rains, which often damage
badly. They should not be planted un-
til the soil becomes thoroughly warm,
and that is not until some time in June.
I am acquainted with the character of
the soil in Centre county. It is mostly
sandy, and gravelly, and excellent for
this crop; but the machine harvester
could not be used on account of the nu-
merous small stones. If manureis to
be applied thig year, let it be commer-
cial fertilizers, evenly distributed. To
harvest pull them by hand, shake the
dirt off, and throw in small gavels,
such as can be turned by running the
tines of a barley fork beneath. When
pulled, get them dry as soon ss possible
and with the lest handling, and put
them under cover at once. They shell
very easily. Should they have to be
turned three or four times on account of
rains, about half will shatter and be
wasted. Whereverstored before thresh-
ing, the bottom should be tight to save
the shelled beans, unless, indeed, they
oe put on scaffolding over the barn floor,
which isthe best place. They are easi-
ly threshed with a flail. Care should
be observed to get the right quality of
seed. Undoubtedly 11 bush beans
originally possessed the running habit,
and they show a constant tendency to
revert. A neighbor has kept planting
the same seed he has grown for several
years. Last season he had half an
acre of the marrow pea beans, and every
bill had the trailing habit, and rains
nearly destroyed the entire crop. He
did not get a return of his seed. Relia-
ble seedsmen plant only selected seed,
of such plants as evince no tendency to
revert, and hence they charge a larger
rice, and the goods are worth it.
eans for seed should always be select-
ed in the field.
Since writing the foregoing a reply
bas come from & prominent seedsman of
Philadelphia, who writes : “In the vi-
cinity of Centre county the large, white
marrow has been largely grown ; but of
late years we have been recommending
the Burlingame medium as the very
best for field purposes. In Genesee
county, N. Y., which is, as you know,
quite a bean-growing section, it is
grown by the hundreds of acres. They
plant in rows about three and one-half
feet apart, or so far as they can be culti-
vated handily with a cultivator.” I
will add that I. would not plant that
distance apart. It seems there would
be a waste of use of some of the ground
Beans ought to be near enough to shade |
nearly all the ground. Some cultiva-
tors are made to be narrowed, when
necessary to about twenty inches.
Wide planting of beans has been dis.
couraged here.-— Galen Wilson.
——O0. W. O. Hardman, Sheriff of
Tyler Co., W. Va., appreciates a good
thing and does not hesitate to say so.
He was almost prostrated with a cold
when he procured a bottle of Chamber-
lain’s Cough Remedy. He says: “It
gave me prompt relief. I find 1t to be
an invaluable remedy for coughs and
colds.” For sale by F. P. Green.
Resolutions of Respect.
ria
At a regular meeting of Washington Camp,
No. 626, P, O. S. of A. held Jan. 24,95, the fol
lowing resolutions of respect were unani-
mously adopted.
WHEREAS, It has pleased God in his wise
providence to enter our camp and remove
from our midst our much esteemed and wor-
thy brother F. 8.7 Geo. B. Biddle be it.
Resolved—That we submit to the dispensa-
tion of the Almighty in removing one of our
brightest and most active members always
ready and willing to performed his whole duty
as a member of our beloved order which won
for him the love and respect of all with whom
he associated.
Resolved, That our charter be draped in
mourning for thirty days.
Resolved, That to the bereaved mother
brother and sisters we would tender our heart-
felt sympathy in this hour of their great sor-
TOW.
Resolved, That these resolutions be written
on the minutes published in two county ra-
pers and a copy be gent to the family of our
diseased brother.
JNO. L. BURKET )
Ed. Keatley > Com.
G. W. Loner
Stormstown, Pa., Jan.24th, 1895.
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Tribute of Respect.
WaEREAs. Death has again, visited our
Grange and removed from our midst, worthy
sister 8. J. Shope.
Resolved. That, while we bow in humble
submission, to the will of our Heavenly Fath-
er, who doeth all things well and for our good
We mourn for our beloved sister, as a member
of our Grange, and a kind friend, and good
citizen.
Resolved. That we tender our heartfelt sym-
pathies, to the husband and family, who has
lost their best friend. Our prayer is that they
may be enabled, to look to Him who alone can
comfort and sustain them in their affliction:
Resolved. That in token of love and respect
for our departed sister, our charter be draped,
in mourning for thirty days.
Resflved. That these resolutions, be enter-
ed on the minutes and a copy of the same, be
sent to the family of the deceased, also to the
Farmer's Friend, and one of the county papers,
M. M. WEAVER,
ff Com.
B. G. Wrignr,
M. V. THoMAS,
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transposition of Land Pole, meaning
“the land of plains.”
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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
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Sarsaparilla. It braces up the nerves
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philanthropy. It is purely business. We are
not making much, but trade
that is what we are interested
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men during the winter the:
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$400 worth of Fly Nets sold
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pound. We keep
FIRST CLASS HARNESS STORE~no chang-
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SELLING OUT for the want of trade or
Four harness-makers
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when other houses discharged their hand
they soon found work with 5) Se
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HARNESS HOUSE
We extend a most cordial invitation to om
patrons and the public, in general, to witnes:
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 has been
added to my factory and will be used exclu
sively for the sale of harness, being the first
exclusive salesroom
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 ais
heat ana
leather.
16x74 teet and the store 20x60 ad
the largest establishment of its kind outside
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg.
ever used in this town, as
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Our factory now Seoupies a room
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Weare prepared to offer better bargalns in
the future than we have done in the past ano
We want everyone to see our goods and ge:
prices for when you do this, out of self defense
I will buy.
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COLLARS from $1,50 to $5,00
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HARNESS OILS and
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$150 worth of whips
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Horse Brushes,Cury Combs
ones, Chamois, RIDING
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Harness Soap, Knee Dusters, at low
prices, Saddlery-hardware always on hana
Leather as low as 25¢ pe)
everything to be found in &
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at steady work this win-
This is our idea of protection to labor,
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