—— ——— Bellefonte, Pa., February 8, 1907. FARM NOTES. . —Gather the eggs several times a day. ~Impure water is poison to the system. —~New blocd strengthens the constitu- tion. —Overscalding makes an unattractive carcass, Clean nests mean clean eggs, and clean eggs mean well-pleased customers, —The hest breed for you is the one best suited to your locality and market. —A few drops of tincture of iron in the drinking water will tone up the moitiog hens, — Don’t pastare your flock where it can pot obtain shelter from the cold spring rains, ~=~When yout wean lambs do it gradually andl then give them the first choice of pas- ture or fodder. —A Ia, lazy ram will not get strong, thrifty lambs. Feed the ram well, but see that be gets enough exercise to keep him from becoming lazy. — Watch the sheep's feet. See thas noth- ing bard remains wedged between the toes. If you neglect this, their feet get sore, ulceration starts and foot-tot may set in aud affect the whole flock. | players work in couples, so that some or. —If your ewes are to lamb in the spring, see that they get plenty of easy exercise, | and keep up the strength with intelligent | feeding. Corn won't do as the exclusive | grain diet. Brao and oate are good. —There is much variation in the yield and quality of milk from the cows, and no farwer can bave a herd uniform unless he breeds for uniformity hy adhering to one breed; it may even he necessary to rely on some particular family of the selected breed. ~—Probably the greatest losses in the past with bees have been cansed by the hee moth or wax worm. Italian bees and other recently introdoced species are amply able to defend themsélves against the wax worm, 80 that all that is actually necessary to eliminate damage from this insect is to re- queen with Italians or other moth-proof etiain. —Start the colts into winter in good con- dition, and to « 0 this let oats he a large part of their food ration. The first winter is always hard on the colts, and they need plenty of food of the very best quality to get them along nicely. Oats are not ex- pensive feed, and it can hardly be counsid- ered economy to put a colt on corn and hay ration all the winter through. —A hole in the granary, through which the grain would be lost, would not be al- lowed to exist very long after its discov- ery. A hale in the stable, through which the cold air enters and chills the animals, cau-es a loss of grain jost as surely as the hole in the granary, as wore food will he required to assist the animals in maintain- ing warmth. It is the things that are un- observed which sometimes canve loss. When the flow of milk is reduced, or the animals donot make gain proportionately to the food allowed, there 1s always a cause, and it should ve sought. ~—Gond breeding fowls are seldom sold in the home neighborhood for the prices they are really worth. Anything that comes from a distance seems to he enhane- ed in value in the eyes of some people and, though the home-grown or home made arti- cle may he superior, the inferior article from abroad meets with most favor. Though you are perhaps depending on your poul- try for a living, your neighbor sees no rea- son why vou should not exchange roosters or a setting of eggs, and, if buying a bird for breeding, considers that the market price per pound should he a satisfactory re- tarn for yoor pare-bred stock. {f yon wonld sell your fowls at a fair profit, seek your purchasers at a distance. This ean on'y he done throngh advertising, and if the advertising is wisely done and honestly lived ap to, giatifying results are sure to follow, —RBe sure that drinking water is within easy reach of the , Toe advantages of providing water for the bees are, first, to prevent the disease known as thirst; second, when bees are al- lowed to forage away from the upiary, they obtain, oftentimes, water which is impure and of so low a temperature as to be in- jurions to their delicate organisms, and they become chilled aud cannot return to the hive, . Place pure water in close proximity to the colony ; keep the temperature of the water right. Negligence in the apiary results in losses. One of the greatest secrets of snccessfol beekeeping is having the brood chamber fall of brood at the commencement of the white honey harvess. Unle-x all colonies are strong in brood and hees when the honey harvest arrives, we are sure of failing to reap the best re- aults, A good, strong colony of hees is a good preventive against moths. Even a moderately strong, or weak ool- ony, will keep out the moths if the bees are of good [inlian stock. Sa the evident remedy is to keep Italian hee<, and if fora time it is necessary to have hlacks, let the colonies be strong, even if some uniting most be done, If hives in which bees die throngh the winter are left until warm weather with- out any he's in them, such hives will be- com = a perfect horhed for worms, When it is found thas worms are making their appearance, either sulphor them, or place the combs in a story under a hive containing a strong onlony, A strong colony of Italians can take care of three or Laur stories of comb, In all our operations with bees, we must nee gentleness, All qnick, endden jars and motions irritate them, Bers are al ways more gentle and less in- olined to sting when they are gathering lenty of honey, and at such times the ives ean he opened with very little dan- per; whereas, when there is a dearth of honev. the inmates of the same hive might show a great spirit of resentment, The invention of the movahle frame, and of the honey extractor. has afforded bee. keepera the means of taking ons of the hives the comhw loaded with honey, and of re. turning them to the bees when empty, ihre damage or the killing of a single When es TT =~NO ASSESSMENTS. —— 0 fot fail to give us a eall before insuring f Your Life or Property as we are in position | Medical. Tae PERFECT WAY. | SCORES OF BELLEFONTE CITIZENS HAVE LEARNED IT. If you sufter from backache, There is only one way to care it. Th Jeane way is to cure the kidneys, A bad back means sick kidneys, Neglect it, urinary troubles follow. Dusn's Kidney Piils are made for kid- neys only. Are endorsed by Bellefonte people. Wiliam Vallance, of 221 Kast Lamb street, Kellefonte, Pa., says, “People who read the Bellefonte papers hav - probably seen the testimonial given hy me ia 1597 recommending Doan » Kidney Pills. As stated therein | suffered a great deal some vars ago with my buck and kidneys, I'here were pains through the loins snd in the upper part of my spine, a di-agree- able teeiing in the head and acute weak- ness of the back right over the kidneys. | read of many cures which Doan’s Kidney Fills had made in Beliefonte and 1 got a box at F. Putts Green's drug store and began using them. They removed the lameness and banished the aching. The: did =o much good that 1 wonld not hesi- tate to recommend them, and ean endorse them a win wich just ax mu nh confidence, for during the seven years since | made my fir