Sir (Stater jßcraacrat. BKLLK FONTK, 1A. KEWH, FACTS AKt) HUUUKMTIONB. vmmaam m IN XATIOIUI .* UNU it Tat lETlLU nrnnrn tnv rm.t *iv op nit Boerg farmer in hi* annual t-rpertenee fitnitti i aomethimj of mint. Write it and mad U to the "Agricultural telitor of the DUMCRAT, Jlellefonte, I'rnn'a," thai other farmmm mag have (he benefit of it. Let commnuratii.il* be timely, ami be cure that thag am brief and ivett pointed. XUTIMI or TIIE Coi .vrr Socirrr.—We trust that nil members of the Ontie County Agricultural Society will benr in mind that the Annual .meeting for the election of officers take-; place in the Court House on next Monday evening. Tha report of the treasurer for the past year will be submitted at this meeting, and in addition to these items of regu lar business, it is intended by the officers to have a discussion of Ahe all-impor tant question of fencing. This is the most important meeting of the year, and every member should, if possible, be present. mm • .Agricultural Editor's Table. WE are indebted to General I.r. Dec for a special report front the depart ment of agrkvslture upon tlte condition of tbc crops for 187$. The report shows a large decrease in wheat produc tion in the Southern States, and a cor respondingly large increase in the North and West, Taking the entire country there has been a marked in crease over 1877 in wheat, corn, cotton, I barley, oats, rye and hay, while pota toes, tobacco and fruit have fallen con- - sideral>ly behind, la our own State the average production per acre is as follows: corn, 35 bushels; wheat, 16; rye, 15.4; oats, 32.4 ; bsrley, 26 ; buck wheat, 16.4; potatoes, ss; hay, 1.55 tons; tobacco 1,200 pounds. THE Seth Thomas clock company, of 30 Murray street, New York, has placed upon our Agricultural Editor's Table, an extremely neat and useful little orna ment, in the shape of one of their "Nut- I Meg" or "Little Gem" clocks. We do not know that this could be classed as an agricultural product, strictly speak ing, but wa do know thst it would make an elegant addition to the man- ; tie shelf of every farm house in the , country, aud as it is warranted to be a good time keeper, it will be at useful as ornamental. It ia a self-winder and self-setter and thcrefere there ia no key to be lost or mislaid. Iq those days of scarcity of money, its rery low price, 82-50, will i o amend it to every one and warrant us in calling it the farmer's dock. WE extend n hearty welcome to our table to Home ami Farm, a very hand some paper published in I/>uisvdle, Ky. At its name indicates, it is devoted to agricultural interests. Skill and Saoceu. Under the above title a correspondent of the T\tbunr gives a detailed account of the management *of "Iteerfoot Farm." near l.xi.on, by its owner. Mr. KBWAKB IIUSMETT. We copy it entire ae a brill wit illustration of how to make (firming per. At nit hour's distance from Boston lke tin; farm of Mr. Kdward Bur nett, in the town of Boutbboro. The ia a Harvard graduate of '7l, who was not ashamed to he a farm html in vacation or to excel hit fcl- j low-workers in efficiency. As in law there ia always elliow room in the iqqwr circles of the profusion, so he •ksred to invade the myriad ranks of rttr*lisl* with the nrnbition of reach rag a place in the front row. Leav ing student life, he first married and usm pure-bused of his father "Deer fwut Farm,"' a tract of 400 acres, of which 12.1 are now in cultivation. It • primarily a dairy farm for i Urn manufacture of butter with the (•refitsMe edge of gilt. Halisfied •sbi return* when the butter, mndc with ail their applyances of skill aal asienee, commanded "5 cents a (MNUMI, he was not content to sub mit to relnction co-incident with •-04(00;; *o he inaugurated a new ami far successful enterprise— t*e manufacture of "Deeonohire e.ot• tM ere-na," which finds a ready mar ket ia IkMtlnti, at 40 cents a quart. Th* m*ik is strained in pans, 7 feet Mr t awl 8 inches deep, heated hy ■seam from iwrfo rated pi|ies to 150 •TAGRSV-A, then suddenly cooled to a |rait itwir freezing hy refrigeration with ice and salt in a box easily trans beared from one pan to another. It is kept at t'.iis temperature till the isfsa n-c-, which is put up in pint <**uhts, and shipped in refrigerating teuu-s. It will keep sweet for sever al hi\a. The skimmed milk, which iOuiwa a Unit 2 per cent, of cream, twalaa sent to Boston, wliere it brings three cents a quart, ami is said to be ISEsieveerl to "milkmen's milk" of that iMk 'This ia found to be an essential i feasant of |roflt in the ImaincsN. Fromso U 60 cows are kept, main ly Jersey*, and heretofore rery large quantities of superior butter have been produced. The pail .ia the standard of excellence, to whioh col | or and other fashionable points are . held subauavient. Bi*e,yminetr,y, con stitution and well-formed udders are essential characteristics. It is not a herd selected, but skillfully bred for many years upon an imported /ouu dation. The utmost care and.clean liness are observed in feeding, bed ding, milking nnd ill all the process of manufacture. The fact that an ample supply of raw material is es sential in u milk factory, as woLl as any other, is fully recognized, and four qunrts cf meal constitute the morning ratiwii for each animal in Summer, while three qunrts of meal and one of shorts arc given in Win ter iu addition to lino early cut hay. Stalls and (bed boxes are so arrang ed that no cow can interfere with Iter neighbor; a raised platform and dry soil bedding keep her clean and comfortable; a gutter to receive droppings, plaster to absorb the gases, facilities ifor easy dumping and cleaning, are among the con veniences of the stable, which is therefore wonderfully free from odors. There is one feature thnt should re ceive special commendation—n spring balance is provided, upon which the milk of each cow is weighed, w hen an accurate record is invariably made. Such a practice is uu assessment of a cow's value, and a criterion for a decision either to keep her in the herd or lit her for tin* sliatuoles. A natural concomitant of dairying, | unless it ia for tliu milk market, is pig-feeding. .Mr. Ilurnrti has carried the same idea of cleanliness and au |>eriority into the manufacture of ham*, bacon, aanmtje and lard , so that Ilia meats supersede im|>orUvl foreign delicacies of that clasa, and command 18 cents a pound iu this era of cheap pork products, and his lard ami sau sage are sold at 15 cents. Keeping only 200 to 300 Yorkshire and Berk shire pigs in his own |>cns, the pres sure of demand induces hint to pur chase line pigs from Vermont ami New Hampshire, which lie finishes at his own establishment. The pigs are fed twice daily, at 7 a. m. and 4 p. in., with a scalded mixture of one part oat meal, one of shorts, and eight of corn meal, which is allowed to stand twenty-four hours licforc feeding. The pens are supplied with dry loam, are cleaned twice daily, a littered bed is provided fur each, se curing at all times comfortable quar ters and freedom from unpleasant odor*. Very complete facilities for butchering are enjoyed. The car casses remain twenty-four to forty eight hours in a refrigerator; the ham aud bacon piece* arc then placed in a room to ripen for ten days, tieing rubbed thoroughly with salt and su gar every other day. The hams arc afterwards left in pickle four weeks, and then smoked ten days with green walnut wood. The Iracon is smoked in the tame manner (or six days. He is now manufacturing about two and a half tons of sausage weekly, with tbc same care and success. The conductor of enterprises like these might be expected to keep his fields in plethoric condition, mid his dairy and piggery would enable him to do it. Therefore he cuts 200 tons of hav from 75 acres. A gravelly hillside, the site of an old orchard, now two years in clover, yielded 2 ton* per acre the first year and 1} the second. Five acres of mangolds yield 1,000 bushels per acre. A field of In acres in orchard grass is a won der of productiveness. A few years ago til ere was a useless swnrap of fifty 1 acres, which is now the valuable part or the farm. With Inrger production than the average of prairie farms, with prices far in advance of those of the West, then? must be profit in such farming ; nnd the land is grow ing better and yields Inrger, while the very reverse of this is true of many a large district of the West. Brains, energy, personal supervision and lynx-eyed vigilance in each detail of management overcome every disad vantage of climate and soil, mid prove that farming can lie made to pay, even in New Knglnnd. A Basket of Winter Ergs, rSalhertd from ihr Jirtlt of our Seigkbtn, Had yon eggs to sell last month ? If not, why not? Comfort is tlio concomitant of egg production, and food the great fare i runner. The Dominique is a very fine mar ket fowl, plump and meaty, and one of the liest for winter laying. Comfortable quarters and a mixed animal and vegetable diet arc the se crete of egg production in winter, I f the hens are expected to lay they should have a good wnrin breakfast, and plenty of broken oyster shells or ground bone. The right sort of bens, under the right sort of treatment should each average at least a down and a half of eggs per month for the next three months. The cry for a month before Thanks giving ami a month after Christmas is for more egga. Take note of these facts, and wake up to the demands of the market. * Some people can always have plenty of eggs In winter, while others have scarcely nny. The reason is not far to seek. Those who have eggs to use and to sell in winter are people who take care of their fowls and keep the better aorta. A box of coal aahes in ne corner of the hennery and another box of pounded clam shells or broken bones In another corner, with pure water in abundant supply, and the hens will cackle out their eggs and thanks every day. People who keep the ordinary "no breed" fowl have very liew eggs in winter, white those who keep tbu im proved breeds have theui in greater or less abundance. Hut whatever breed are kept, inuch depends upon the care and management of the lien. The first Ui moke the hens lay is to provide comfortable, cheerful, home-like quarters. The great reason why wc have no more eggs in winter is that the liens have not comfortable quarters, nor requisite food. The hen is a tender animal. She is an exotic in this cold climate and wants a warm bed-room and a comfortable nursery. If we compel her to sleep oil a fence or on a tree, ami to lay her eggs wheu the snow caa sift IIJIOII them and the frost will oraok tliero, she will lay very few. Ghurn Slowly. Pon'l |!jr llir gj"l for tlot nr. Ai*i will Uixkr yotir srm.silm, |rso, I foor; Ami |it )*MI all In a r f'r lliia ta a hT*ter m turn, Dob't Uln haala w Lruetr you iiorn Oiuru ' If Jfoa'd w# your but tar mas lib. ami IM| l < burn uttlia u*i tout jerking, Hut ||y the er acre, and his corn crop averaged one hundred and five bushels per acre- That's the Judge's answer to "How can we make farming pay." CRURA and crannies at the door and windows, through which the cold draft* come and go, are great waster* of fuel, and the main difference between the anthracite, oak and hickory fuel con sumed by the iron furnace* in your house, and the hay, oats and corn fuel consumed by the flesh and blood fur mice* in your cow stable and pig |ien, is that the latter ia much more expensive than the former. If you want to save the fuel atop up the cracks. COL. F. D. CUTIS, of Kirby Homestead farm, prove* by figure* that he can and doe* grow sugar beets at the rate of five hundred and !thirty-eight bushels, and a cost of twenty-five and one half dollars per acre, or but little more than four and one-half cent* per busbtl. Genera) I.e Due, Commissioner of Agriculture, has made an analysis of these same beet* and report* a yield of nearly nine and one-half pounds of sugar |*er bu*het of roots. No wonder Col. Curtis ran "win ter hia pigs successfully on beet*." lie evidently knows "how to make farming FEW farmers would look to a young ladiea' college for lessons in practical fanning: yet,on the authority of dames Van Wyck, of Duchess county, N. Y„ we find the Vaeser College farm sup. porting the farmer and hi* family the entire year, two hired men for eight months of the year, paying an interest of seven per cent, on one hundred dol lar* per acre, and constantly improving. Four years ago hi* balance was on the wrong side of the account. "I'ndcr it* present management the farm will do for the farmers, if they will but heed ita lessons, even more than the college is doing for young ladie*." .Vric Ad vert inr men!*, OF. FORTNEY, # ATT'LRM RTATI.AW. OK 1.1. It FORTE. PA. U1 ftonv l the toft In tfc# Court llmio. I t) W. ft. tAUAt. I. I. IUH. WALLACE A KRKBS. v V ATTiIRXKYg-ATLAW, i i r A iirißi ti PA. Will SIISIKI *4 try rsasas si Brllrfonfs vrfer* spa rtellf rlslts4. |.ljr |/K.\ NK FIELDING, ATtORSET AT I.AW. ULEAEFIELD. PA. I CMMtsw m*4s sml prompt! J rmltts*. tlt W ILLIAM McCULLOUGH, v> ATTOEXKV AT LAW. CLKARfIRLO, PA. All lewtnMis promptly slUlwtr.l la. l-ly v a. wsut. rvacs MUSS. \IURRAY A GORDON, A* I ATTOEXEVR-AT I.AW CLEAEPIi:t.O, PA. Wilt Rltmd Iho ItlMbslr (Varts srbm iprlslly mplqrat I If I L. 6PANGLER, *9 a ATTORXET-AT-LAYY, REtt.EfviißTE. cEXTntanrßrr, PA. *p-osl sOsoUns lo l ollartloosi prarOira I* alt lh fVwu; Csaialmltnor In ilsrsssn or E cIMt. t-lf TC. 11IPFLE, • ATTOEXRY AT RAW. LOCK II AY EX. PA All Mssa promptly Mlnlit to. t-tf n& KELLER, a ATTORXET AT LAW, Oflka Aontß st 4 ef tHamoml, My RrltsSmla. P, isasa s. aasvta. #. wsasas ainust I>EAVEU A ORPHART, I > ATTORXETB AT LAW. '.. . •>)(, Kuui'D AJIHIMU. ld'irtt|m, Shell LKR (law Drat ,•"' ntul i - lati *, ar SKCHLKK Fr ♦ b Ntiijsh, SKCII Iy K iU> ' 1 uiid.t* u( An* SKCHLKK SKCIILEK rREM II PRI NKS, prun.ll- Flr | ITu* Hallos Appl-. Wa lon aiary Oil UK dial 111. mar k r*t* afford lo urn Ilia, of liurtnni, oil firali OU'l pur> o**l nrnl SKCII I.KH A CO, ! Iluali lloau* Block, |Ulla(.,t,(a. Hurry li. l/irkn, Hardware. HARRY K. HICKS, [Socwor to T. A. HICKS at IJRO.,] KEALEE IN HARDWARE, SADDLERY, OILS, PAINTS AND STOVES. |' 00B00000000B000M0000B00BM0B00000BB00B00BB00H0BB00H0000® EVERYTHING AT BOTTOM PRICES! TO SUIT THE TIMES. Allegheny Street, RELLKFOXTE, PA. SouiJi of Itiamond. ■ ■ ■ ■ I \ LBEKT KAt TII. 2\ ll.tkl.HT AXI" TIOXI.KV. HKI". tit. CAKKS. III." kc, Mahay, Mml Rabaty. 1-ly r* HII'SH HOUSE, m I I BVOMTK. Ft. THIS OM.T rtMT'CLAM UOTKt. 1* TIIF.rrrT. Trtfn* 4y. litm iiiarM. ftfwrUl rl to yitumii M )nc. Cm, ll irm. t. J. Dtm. Cleft ( ' A UMAX'S HOTEL, \ I (~,..11. (Vmn ll"w. nninwrt, m. tl'.RV* 1 PKK I*V. A fm4 RilifM f-1y f OUIS DOLL, Lj rAMI|i>XARt.* HOOT A fIIOKMAKKR. '•(ipnailo Dh ll# mm, IWUwfoMt#, I**. ?-*; GREAT REDUCTION. EOOWOHY 18 WEALTH. The arsii S7O K*tLla: rt&nti to eniy S2O. 81.50 PER WEEK. llf ♦•■ Wnjpiti 1*W f.o t -THE FAMILY" SHUTTLE SEWING MAIV MACHINE, Ml. iwl InMI., rr.mptt# villi ■ LIHII aaaoatwaat •f ntfitv lhan •• J Mlwi mvblni. unl IMk<4 In j only W> l!*. k*| tin Jm tiu or 'n * ...f; non*y rM.iMwl at >•**, II n.t aathfhrt'.ry. Th. mm v.lto, rallal I* m 4 aatl.brtorr mrW.. j *r*T lafotad In* all IM M family work An #*• ; knonladgrd anmalimil m bantnal Banana, th *• • nshly lialnl. ana M In lhon***d < f Imnn An ' rfflahanl. alloat. rapW. twllabl*. a<( n fmlr Url|a-f In Hi* waarr nil* vi momitwa*. Ihal mil 4. th* w.ak , •if a family for a t|f-tlm. 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Address PATRIOT PißLtaHivo Co., ifarrisburg, Pa. j Hrockkrhoff HOUSE, MCLLCroSTK, pa WOtTSFaAL A TELLER, Proprietors. Good Swm./tle Room rm Firtt FTawr, t#-fn* Bna. and ftte ail Trains. XpeHal rat* I In ita a. and jar**- l-ly j 1?IXE CLOTHING. 1 *( ITS MAOKTOtiRhRXfIACW; rA.NTAUtoJfA. fd.ne 11ats. Caps & Mhirta. MONTGOMERY A CO., Tailors, BKI I.KKONTR, TA. t-ty EX-SOLDIERS ATTENTION. PanaVra* pam arrd tor aoWlera of (ha Into ear, dta aided In any *e* tr* ennnd*. rapture, Jiateru of any kind, n hy ntrdesedal Injnrtoa nesstoß* INCREASED A tar** a ami* t nd lima* ene rursadafex poerdawa Ma oillll-l to an teenaast amto* Into lawa All nnMler* dmiM'sed tor Worese, Eeetraa, r N*.*(<.( lat rar, ratlllnd to TIU. I.ranty. AU Mmw Anna t- lidfsstiiradnico. HUM a* If yea eura praeuially , ,*,( Wfca** lhaaddl' tls daaad Ik* lAu and i-HO ara anrtttod —All nddtort and Unr erdueu j'i v : PAY to I*""***- IM VAN- ETO Y*,** "*J JSSS* • M ** •"! .a T W toll to.imceev W 'TOON". * "tor •.ivtr. (tor TOTNFT ■ i|„J u ** •••*•*. TM* HARTW AEIR