®ke Oftnfrt democrat. BBLLBFONTI, PA. NEWS, FACTS AMD HUUTLKSTIOMS. IMS IST If TBS SATIOSiI >IUUI U TBS ISTSLU SSSCS iO rMMTSBtTT or tms titan. Every farmer in hie annual experience dieemere eomething of value. Write it and eend it to the "Agricultural Editor of the DBMOCSAT, Bellefonte, Ptnn' A," that other farmere may have the benefit of it. Let communicetume be timely, ami be cure that they are brief and well pointed. EDITORIAL NOTES. A ooursc of lectures on agricul tural subjects is now in progress at the State University of Ohio, which must prove exceedingly interesting as well as of lasting benefit to all concerned. The privileges of the course are not confined to students, but are free to all, and are intended particularly for the lienetlt of tbe practical farmers of the State, ad vantage being taken of their leisure season. The programme embraces eighty lectures, and will cover four weeks, with four lectures per day, for five days in a week. This is cramming at a pretty rapid rate, and the benefit would be made greater if the time could be doubled. The idea, however, is a good one, and we specially commend it to the authori ties of our State College. Wx URAU and read much of tbe "Exhausted soils of New England," and yet in last Saturday's Maine Farmer we find items in different parts of the paper in which wheat crops are incidentally mentioned as yielding averages of twenty, twenty four, thirty-three and thirty-six bush els per acre. To be sure we've heard of much larger averages than these right in our own county, but then this dosent look much like "ex haustion-" TH* New York State Agricultural Society has done itself the distin guished honor of electing HOHATIO SEYMOUR to be its President. If the people had been wise he would have lieen President of a much larger con stituency some years age. SEMATOU DAVIS, of West Virgin ia, is establishing for himself the rep utation of being the farmer's cham pion oa tbe floor of the Senate. Ag ricultural interests are receiving their proper share of attention at his hands. A Brilliant Suggestion. (From Nw York Triton*, j A correspondent suggests that since potatoes are raised mostly for food, it would seem to lie proper for committees to have competing varie ties boiled for their private consump tion before making up awards. Yes, and while we are about it, suppose we have a few of the beets and carrots ami so on boiled too, with tbe "backbone" from the "fat pig," and have tbe cabbage made into "kraut" Then we may as well have the wheat ground into flour and baked, and tbe beans done np la soap, and tbe "pumpkins' 1 wrought into pies. And how on earth can we tell which of all the beautiful fat steers will give us the best beef nn less we have a airloin of each roast ed? "Cleanly Practices" Amount for it (F.on Um o—iMiiiTlsilk ) There is one little incident in this reputation of Philadelphia butter which must never be forgotten. The followers of Penn mads up a large class of our original farming popula tion. With these people, cleanli ness was especially one of the virtues. It was not a mere sentiment that it was "next to godliness," bat an every-day testimony In all tbey did. Aided in these clesnly practices by their numerous springs and spring houses, we have little doubt we owe to them, as much as to any other circumstances, the eminent character which Philadelphia butter enjoys; and we believe that if other quarters would give especial attention to these little niceties, as good butter might lis bad in any part of the Union as here. Psdigfss Whost Go to the wheat field, seek the best, most thrifty and healthy stools, hav ing largest number of stalks, with largest, fullest beads aud most plump KUn ; plant this, and when it ripens pursue the seme course with it as be lore; and so on, year after yssr, un til satisfactory results are obtained, and this will give a highly-improved, reliable and valuable pedigree wheat Poultry vs. Pork. Poultry can be raised and fattened as cheaply as pork or beef, and chicken fixings are certainly more palatable, occasionally, than a steady diet of potluck. If fattened for mar* ket, poultry usually brings twice the price of beef. Many farmers have learned the economy of feeding corn to poultry rather than giving it all to pigs, and if more followed their ex ample, it would be for their advan tage, and would prove a national blessing. The fowl business is not so simple a matter as most people imagine. To make it a success requires Judgment and persevering effort, such as few boys possess, unless guided by older heads. Let the lioys do the work, but let the parents direct about it, and see that it is done. They can not do a la tter thing fur their chil dren than to take the poultry papers, buy poultry books, get them inter ested in the poultry business, and make them intelligent workers. No farmer leaves the management of his horses or hogs to his children, with out looking alter them shnrply. The same nmount of care bestowed upon a flock of fowls that is daily given to the swine, will,in proportion to the cost and feed, pay much better than will the porker. And the sooner our farmers realize this patent fact the better they will be off, and the more satisfactory will be the result in this branch of ordinary farm man agement. Smoking Hams. 'Fnm lb* llusbftn.lnmii ] Hams are smoked to improve fla vor and to aid in their preservation. After smoking they arc less liable to be injured by mould, and flies are less likely to visit them. Smoking when properly performed and with suitable material does not impart a disagreea ble taste. Com cobs, burned slowly several feet from the hams, do as well as any other substance—perhaps let ter. Hard maple cbi|s are good. It is important that the smoke should be cooled before it reaches the meat, hence the necessity of a slow fire ami that it be far enough from the meat to prevent heating it. Trough v. Barrel. [from lb* Sw Vu*k Triton*.] A trough made out of wide plank it much better than a barrel or hogs head of scalding hogs. With a chain wrapped once around the hogs' body and a man at each end of the chain, the hog is gently drawn from the scraping platform into the trough, and the men by pulling alternately | on the chain keep the bog rolling and properly exposed to the air until ready to pull out. In this manner the whole surface is scalded at one opera tion and and the handling done with great facility. Does Pork Making Pay. ]C nil.uu4.ut* or lb. !.* Yofk Triton. J Having a cow, the disposal of skim ami buttermilk made necessary the purchase of s pig in June, born in May. Fad it on milk. In the bar rel I kept about three quarts of corn meal, stirring the contents from the tottom each time the swill was fed. Pig kept fat. When corn was har vester! fed the nubbins. Cost|: Pig, $2; corn-meal, $1.25; nubbins, 75 cents; expense of slaughter, 50 cents; total, $4.50. Kcsult: 160 pounds best quality pork, at 51 cents, SB.BO. Profit, $4.30, and not a little valuable manure. Whiskey on The Farm. lVro tt* X*w Tsrk Triton*.) Tally one more for whiskey. It kills the poison of rattlesnake bites —on the principle of fighting fire with fire; it kills lice on cattle—on the principle of "dog eat dog," and now a correspondent tells Colonel Col man that half a pint administer ed to a refractory sow which refused to Buckle her infant offspring, had such a "mellowing" effect that ahe "received her eight little ones with the usual porcine expressions of ma ternal aatisfaction, and has been a kind mother ever since." A Western Farmer on Fenoes. A Western farmer giving his ex perience with fences says: "I tried osage, and it died as fast as I could reset it. I tried willow, and it spread all over my land till it was more of sn umbrella to shade corn than a fence to keep stock. I tried pine board fence, and horses would sit down on it, manufacturing a lumber yard into a wood pile faster than any way I ever saw. lastly, I tried barbed wire; it did not shade my corn, and when the horses sat down on it—why they got off." Here are three hint* boiled down, from The New England Homedead : 1. Kill the parasite that cause* scale leg In poultnr by anointing with ke rosene. S. Conduct roadside water over grass- 1 and. 8. Encourage hogs to mix manure by making holes in the heap with a crowbar and filling with corn. Do not curry favors with the rich or great. If you most do something of the kind, lust carry yoar cattle and bones. This will do them good, and benefit yoa also. OooLed Food for Poultry. Tbc practice of furnishing at least one meal of cooked gruin and vege tables to fowls daily, is now much more generally in vogue in this coun try among fanciers and breeders than it formerly was. This method we have continually advised in The Poultry World columns for years. Jf tiiis plan has not been custo mary throughout the year, as a rule, with any of our readers, then wo es pecially commend it at the present season, and through the winter and spring months, as the very liest that can be devised. It matters not whether we keep fowl stock for marketing, for breed ing or for fancy sales, this is by far the better system for adoption in feed ing any numl>cr of fowls. It is more economical than the old plan of feed ing wholly upon raw grains. It serves to keep the birds in far better condition. It tends to make them more thrifty, and assists in increas ing their steady growth to afford them a portion of their duily feed boiled or steamed. Sucli foisi is mor nourishing and is more easily digested. It is more palatable nil desirable to the birds, vknd in every way we deem this the better mode, as we hnve frequently stated in these pages. It is best, and usually most con venient to the poulterer, to furnish this ineal in the morning. If fed warm during the frigid months, from December to April—it will be still more acceptable to the fowls. And a good full breakfast, hot and fresh, will be quite as well appreciated in the weli-ordered hennery as it is at our own tabk-s by ourselves. By all meuns, then, let your fowls enjoy one cooked meal every day in winter time.—Poultry World. Managing Bones in a Small Way. A great deal of valuable fertiliz ing material ia lost or wanted by reason of unac(|tiaintancc with cheap and handy ways of utilizing it This ia particularly true of bones, consid erable quantities of which lie about and are accessible to farmers and gardeners, but are not used ltecause no cheap way of making them avail ble is known. Now. half a ton, or so, of bones may le easily reduced to a fine powder every winter by burn ing them, a few at a time, in the kitchen stove. Put five or ten pounds in the stove with the wood during the day, and next morning, when the ashes are taken up, the bones will be found mostly in a pulverulent condi tion. Any incomplete!)* burned pieces may be left in tire stove until the next day. This will quadruple the value of the ashes as a fertilizer, at no expense except that or a little trouble. The Irone-ash thus pro duced is about half the weight of the raw I sines, and its commercial value ia about S4O a ton. I>o not unwisely imagine tbst you will IMS aisle to "get along" without Isooks ane kept in aome dry place. A little plaster of dry eurtli added to the man in e from time to time k eps it in a good mechanical condition, and prevents uny evaporation of amounts. THIS odor of your manure heap should lie more attractive to you than the smell of the whiskey shop. Hurry li. Ilirke, llardimre. HTA-KIKIY K.' HICKS, [Su.-wssur tu T. A. lIK KS A 8R0.,] I'EALKU IX HARDWARE, SADDLERY, OILS, | PAINTS AND STOVES, f EVERYTHING AT BOTTOM PRICES! TO SUIT TIIE TIMES. Allegheny Street, BELLEFOXTE, Al. South of Diamond. SECHLKR Um SKI II I.Kit Br.w , ia|ni 4,WKr r POTATOES . m. . f.( II l.r.i, I— Mwmii Er wo.wr um— i BKUHLKR uuun4 andftrua SKI'III Kl' ttVPlliali CRAJrRKRRI u> | r.p. cd ."KlIli.KI. U,4 1H. .UlMIn BKCHLKR! BRCHLKR v BKCHLKK "*' u ~ SKCHLER CHKEsa prim. mIM. full cruna. 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Oomprtartiig mry thing that mm ha Mn4 la i Ural* laws hms, HAMPER BROTHERS, sratNO araacT, • • ssixrroxTx. r* ootnvrar raoprca ••* i* mUw* at tiw U|IHM nukH prtoa. 1-1* EX-SOLDIERS ATTENTION. Fvaatoaa pen* ftn aaMWt M UM let* ear, to •HM hi aa? eat h* eneato. reflate, Stoma of aa* htaS. t *7 arrtdaahal lajartra ramuoxs im asAaan A lam aahar at thoaa aee natal Ha* pi aSaai ale antlUei to an Immn onto. Into toe*. All aoMtona *to toM,a* tor Wervaa, limn Macatmou. lm, caUtlaS to rvu. haM). All *lann toaa h* I lanayna*. at*, aaaw aa if m eaae , n toll, in iii at. Wham Ua anMtor to Iml Iha ettoe an* halm an aaiSM —AH anlllila a*4 I hah eto. ea a* Iho eer <4 I*ll are a..a oatltlo* to a fteatoa. i. ' - , I MII 1 Ir. I' - ■ 1 ' " I• r baul erf u4 raealaa la n4a*e a Starve In, Vhu, ftha "■ATJOMAL CITTACT SOLIUE*,* a par- ' pAIHaS at to Natteaal OaeKr,!. |hto| all ifim lnhnMtMi sisisi VNfMhM (t4 twmnt* • a . —SS ataa) ■*-—*- Icaita I Vi*i aai. a Hal , in* i, ss* su wrrm *mwwv *>-**,w. V—vtwwjjsiiw^'v* l I. VIWSUM, " rf ' i C. A Ctolai Attorney, i 1 to* HO, WaahlafW D. C. r JMIi; CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOK and JOB OFFICE RUSH HOUSE BLOCK, BKLLEKONTI, PA., i wow orrtuiKti dRE A T INDUCE MEN T 8 TO Til OAK WUKIKfI riWT^'LIM Plain or Fancy Printing. We have unusual fkdlitka f or printing LAW HOOKS, PAN I'D LETS, CATALOGUES, PROGRAMMES, CIRCULARS, "ATEMENTS, DILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, INVITATION CARDS, CARTES DK VISIT*, CARDS ON ENVELOPES, AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS. Bdr Printing done in the beat atyle, on ■ abort notice and at the loweal ratea.' 86P"<>rdcre by mail will receive prompt attention. KEVKMBK* Til K FLACK f CENTRE DEMOCRAT OFFICE, liutk Iloutt lilotk, HI'.II vtrklCT. BELLRFOXTK. PA. /I PATENTS AND thax)E.^^.rxs. W. prom re Lrra. p.mrt ea Ixainon Ko 1 "'*"*<* !• let p.rtare id tta tnitod ptai at-..i utmuoa *l., W iM-rtr-n u- I i—it. lb. (rf!,,. a ,l Mllflliofi tdi I(ir*a|atir are pntirwd - la lb. K . nn , Karx-.at- . 1 ""A [*' ftMletad bp aad duted to Sc ImttSc It (vatala. || im, aat Ira. toad at iw addrue "U iMMlal o*rd. 7 taed •• a 4*rrrl|4loa of roar laeaattea, pelt* rr taai la pur owa u! we *,ll u **•<* a, to patratotdtltp. "TO, fall lartrorUoae. t liar-pap authlna tut out adrfce Our ln Free to Apentm. "THE FAMILY" SHUTTLE tOR SEWING MsUv MACHINE, Wt~l apoa ia. fadWied or aanaatod atth ma t uinw Im An jaara. Kfd laardar raa o. ra.aut; aaoer todaadol at .oc. If a~< iatt.U. hie arm lanebd If all klad. f taadl* work. Am m kaoaloddod aawdroeal axehahM iwni. thar uodhlr tea*d. aad aaad la Hnaa.adi <4 hiaa. Ah rfia Uot, aileat, rapid. rollaMa. aad rvo ml, helper to the cwar, alia at lahhuw thai *U| d. the wurk oCa laaul, fa Itu-lta,. or M aid mn tram Kl talk ltda, Iw.a/oaa ahoahhr. toeaa tor a Hak ladar ■ twkta* par*. Maauta, tared ad Ka. pO. Uhrd ttco-1 w 111 rea hr pan atthaat nrpatra; la ■■|dt laßra,aaajr to auaad*.aal.rucad pardwtlr la aa hoar, aad aiawp. raadr la a uawnat to da arm itiac-Ttldler "d hoa*f or Km aark at Uaa cat, am aaUlt, mmdklr ard tartar, aad attk tow laSar ar trmld. thaa aaj other warktorat, crtfTrthk aaar