Slit tfnvh't gnuaaat. 111 LLI KON T■ , PA . iiaiIIC"C7LTXJIIAL. NEWS, FACTS AND SUOUKHTIONH. UlSl'l AXD rßull'UlTl or Till IIUIK Every farmer in his annual erprrtenee discovers something of value Write it and send it to the "Agricultural Editor of the DkmotKAT, / telle fonte, I'cnn'a," that other farmers may hare the benefit of it. Let communications be timely, and be .sure that they are brief and welt pointed. Road sui'KßVrsons should hunt up road machines about now. Roads can Ito uicndcd at one-half of the present cost in many places by the use of a road scraper. The current number of the Scientific American makes note of four new in ventions relating entirely to agricul ture, and none of them are churns, cither. The inevitable bee hive is among them though. PIIILAPEM'HIA is trying to get the next State l'air, and ought to have it. • Till- I Machinery I Sail is proposed as the building, and there is none other so good in the State. If the clTort , should succeed we prophesy that the meeting will lie the finest the Society lias ever held. If you cannot make your ar rangements this year for a 44 house garden," such as we spoke of last week, you can at least dedicate the nearest corner of the corn-field to a truck-patch, and after manuring and working it thoroughly, plant it with lima lx-ans, peas, sweet corn, and so on, making two or three successive plantings of each, and secure a full supply for the table, at less cost than you imagine. A CORRESPONDENT of the Tribune encourages mechanics nna to help out short pasture in July, August and Feptember, they yet neglect to raise such crops, and consequently suffer loss by such neglect. One of the liest fodder cro|>s, if not the very liest, either as an adjunct to pasture, or a full feed under the soiling sys tem, is sweet corn. Large crops of it can be raised on small areas. We hope every reader of this who has a cow and only a little room will plant a patch of sweet corn and test the value of this recommendation. A sufficient quantity of seed may be difficult to get at the first start, but every farmer should raise enough for his own use. The best table varieties nre the best for milk cows. THE cattle lung plague has un doubtedly made its appearance at several points in our Htate, and seems to have "come to stay." I)r. Michener, the Veterinary Surgeon of the State Voard of Agriculture, en tertains the fear that it may spread over the entire State. We urge upon our fanners the necessity for an ac tive campaign agaiiftt it. The beat veterinary authorities agree that the disease is highly contagious, and that "the infecting principle is present in the air expired, in the exudations, the secretions, the excretions are in the blood. It is present in all stages of the disease, hut is worse during the fever." A thorough cleansing and white washing of the cow-yards and stables, with a free use of crude carbolic acid in the whitewash, and a strong so lution of carbolic acid frequently sprinkled over the stable floors, will go fyr toward disinfecting them. Heaiuno in mind the goqed, and I when a weed makes its appearance it is pulled out. The manure in the Fall protects the crowns of the plants from the cold and makes a mulch for the plants to come up through, and at the same* time is nn annual fertilizer. Fifty cents each year will cover all of the expense our asparagus bed is to ns, and it is good for a cutting every other day for a month or longer. The variety is Conover's Colossal, hardy and ex cellent, but it should not lie set close ly if mammoth stems arc ex|>ectcd ; two feet apart is near enough for big s|>ecimens, and sixteen inches is bet ter than a foot. The bed should not > be cut the first year after setting. A l>cd can lie raised from the seed which will lie ready to cut the third year. The seed should be planted in hills sixteen inches apart, and the young plants kept clear from weeds and the ground kept mellow. • We raised a bed once from the seed, but had to dig it up, owing to changing the grounds; and tins reminds rac that a spot for nn Asparagus lied should always lie selected which will I not be likely to lie disturbed, and the lied, with the care we give ours, will last through a great many genera tions. It is a nice legacy for one's children nnd grandchildren. I have known of beds in flourishing condi- j tion a hundred years old—surely a I pleasant reminder of the thoughtful-1 ness of ancestors. FISAKCIAL prosperity originates with the former, the first link in the great chain of circulation whose bas is is the plough. TnitHK never has lieen, and never will be, any real profit in poor farm ing. One of the Drawbacks. When urging upon a majority of farmers a morn general incorporation of wool onon the flock-owners a burden which, if to be borne at all, should lie shared with thu holders of all other property. Insisting upon legislation for re straint of dogs is not, and should not lie construed ns a warfare for the ex termination of those often useful and sometimes indispensable animals. Reasonable men readily ndmit that the dog has his place in the world's great economy, and bemuse they are lints reasonable they insist that that same dog shall lie kept in its place; and to this end demand a rigid en forcement of all laws now on the statute books, and will ceaselessly labor for an advanced public senti ment that mill not only make such enforcement possible, but mill sur rouud the sheep walks of the whole country with such legal protection ns may l>c |K.sihle under a |wo|>er re spect for thu lights ami property of ail citizens. Agricultural Growls. I*r m IVmi PRi''lr-t( hi* ! * •. Commissioner l#e Due, of the Agricultural Bureau, is acquiring an uiqKipularity in the Twentieth Con gressional district of this State, which is actually lamentable. The Twentieth district is composed of agricultural counties whose people have heretofore been abundantly si|v I plied with seeds from the department nt \\ nsliinglon, Imt since tliecominia- | sinner declined to allow Congressmen ! the slight privilege of distributing the seeds they have lieen entirely cut off. Unless something is done it is j likely to create a scarcity of about t everything but profanity. The farm ers up that way don't want any tea ! plants or bnmlswi shoots or Ism-Ism sprouts ; tlicy may not even esrc for ! any straw hat or .fn|>enese fan seed, ami would doubtless be contented with any reasonable consideration accorded them. The dilllcully in this country just now is to prove that there are any farmers outside the national conservatory. THERE'S ONE THING to be said about this Jersey of ours over the river—when she tackle* a thing she tackles It. It Is pleasant to observe that instead of tearing her hair ami weeping over the cattle disease she has sent her head cattle men to the front with orders to stop it or break a trace. The head cattle men are establishing quarantines here and there and locating olllces all around so that every case may be reported, and they bid fair to hold the plague in check. Meanwhile, though Bucks is said to Iw in danger from the dis ease, several cases having been chron icled, Pennsylvania is sound asleep. THE secret of having hens lay in winter, when eggs are in their highest price, is to get your pullet chicks out early in the year (February, March or April, at the latest), and feed them straight on till October and Novemlier. Give them warm, cheer ful quarters in winter, with sound nourishing fopd, and they will begin to lay early— and cannot Mop —under decent care and fair treatment. Bun(lry Matters to be Attended to at Onoe. From th America Agl< ultmUt. l'oultry should lie kept free from vermin ; dig up the ground in the runs mid clean tin: houses nm| so es cupo gupcs. Provide good coops for young cliicks, und let them run in the garden or orchard. Clean up everything shout the house and barns and burn the rubbish; numerous eggs and chrysnlids of insists will be burned with it. Put all the tools and implements in order, and white wash pigpens, poultry-houses and slieei>-pcns. Look well to fences be fore cattle find the weak places ; if these are once found, they are al ways dangerous. Pile, up all loose i manure; it may thus be made into good condition for corn or roots next month. As the weather becomes warm, use plaster freely to deodor ize yards, stables, and pens ; it does a double duty when thus used. Clear the outlets of drains, and repair washed roads. A Promising Experience. FtOm Uia Scientific Am. r,. an Remarkable ex peri incut H in wheat cultivation have IxHsn trie! in Michi gan. 1 nder the supervision of a committee appointed for the purpose OS lbs. of seed to the acre were sown in drills 10 inches apart, and the grain was cultivated with a horse hoe once in the fall ami twice in the spring. For comparison, another plat of ground was sown with wheat drilled in, in the usual way, 0u llm. to J the acre. The committee re|H>rts that the average yield was O'.iJ per cent, greater in the ftixtccn-inclidrills than in the eight-inch, and while the former did not lodge or crinkle, the latter did so badly. Good Btock Requires Good Care. I Wrvtn 111. Farm Ji.;rul. One of the great causes for dissat isfaction with pure-bred stock arises from the fact that the purchaser docs not feed lils-rally enough, expecting the stork which has been for years accustomed to plenty of food nnd the Iest of enre and attention, to thrive on that which Uulolud out to the common stock which never had ls'tter. -Veic Ailcirti*fmrnt*. UKALKKS IS I'URK MU GS ONLY £ I /.KLLEK A SON, a B I m Ko A. lie " kefte ff ho. jjj -- All lh* fUr.Ur! Pil'ftl MedWinM Pre < £ Mil rn.iljr 'tirtly a. * t-r>|uaL M. ul W , i, g |J? j 4-1/ , | 1/ P.BLAIR, I • JEW.IER. *ATrn Et. ri/vria, kr. A'l ■ 'V h'wllT l4 On AH'ftreriy !•- tUv* lUw 4|f | \ F. FORTNEY, - "• ATT'tKS XV AT I W URIXKIoSTK. PA. IjhtA *• i| * i -• a -! |4f 'l**l ItlUflW. WV ft kl'll.lk. Tt* V WI!X.)N, ATTORXBTA-AT I.AW, I T* < I.BARPIKLP. PA. \villiam McCITLI/)I'(;n, 1 ' A/VOBPBI AT I.AW, ci.KAariai.D. PA. All Iwlnsi pmmptlj it'.M (. lip I s Ctlrt SUM! Murray a gordon, ATTORNEYS AT I AW. ri.KAariKi.P. PA. Will klUlt4 IWllrlollU Coklta hm tj--rally \ 1 If I L. SPANGLFU. fl • ATToIISET AT I.AW. RKI.I.EF"NTR. ritXTRKCXICSTT, PA t. til ill tw 1.1-uIUu hla iimM wK. |isk. Ilj T G.HIPPLE, ■ • ATTOTIXPT AT US Lock llAAkk. PA. All >,,i.1t..a. |rnnt| Up a*ad*d U> 11, I ) S. KELLER. ■ '• ATTORNEY AT LAW. •-> AIItK.p At,Ml Aoath M-l. nf Lpna't •tap a, ' 'r RrllrAaala. Pa. 4 iM. > ,1<:„ qapaaay |>KAVER h OKI'HAHT, * 9 ATTORNBVA AT LAW. OIRr. rm Allrphrap Itlwl, a.*lfc erf 111*1,. Ilallr !". ra H, At IIIIIIHA r. ■ ~.11 \ LEXAXDER A BOWF.R, f W ATTORXRTR AT I.AW. IWII.AwI.. Pa , at., U nrnnlird | fe, lg i,u, of Oae nan. OW. la Oarmaa'. ItalMla* |.|p \ LBKKT KAUTH. 4 V RAKERT AS I' OOMPW-rtOKERr, RRRAR, CAkkA. PI MR, A*, Rt.kop Alra.l tain,, >-*P RrlSrfoatr, Pa RUSH HOUSE, ■ ' RBLLEPOSTR. PA. TIIR OSI.T FIRST CLASS HnTKI. IS THE CTTT. T-rm. tlltim da v. Irf.arr alta.Wr.l, Sprrtal raUa ulrr. la allium,. .ml /artna. ORB. llorru, Pittp'r. Maj P. J. S.a.ia, dart f'ARMAN S HOTEL, X* Onalla Ooart H.maa, RBLLEPOSTR, PA. TERM. II V, PRR PAT. A ROAD IJIHJ atUrbad. J.|, I J IRA RI) HOUBE, \ * (XIRXER CSKSTSL'T ANP StSTR KTREKTR, muMMiu. Tlil Imw. pmmlnral la a 'lfy HmH An 11. ma foilaltl. SnA.I., I. k',,l la nf la.pi. I rdere by mail will receiv |.r<>inj t attention. UF.WrMTUK Til* PI.ACE ! CENTRE DEMOCRAT OFFICE, , Hufh Umitr litock, MKUm *■"*■ NTK. PA. PATENTS IXD T TD XZ - 33. IE S. • proem. Unm Ptnti • % laimuu. >o I nw IB lItABCI 111 lof I'ltlftfi id th* I Pl*i (*}<*:*; tim t. I • I ' •*' llof IL* l'm\ it Off#*#. Iw4 || lifig*4< i •{ if* r. . r | % kt*tiU M •I"" jif-mif* Nlfftt* In caU ltd o1hr forrlju tt)'l a]l oOiir tL H!w Mid the ' ar%m • tfc#- inO PI of Wi la** had t#a i M Pllml Till*. N< 11-.NTII If' HF.C'OItI >. 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I at I>rin*,.*d i|k A V It It an* ,t 1-art.r ran il| run !tr.a M,iUd.tr,l,ia and Ml||la|„. |a> rt ,-t, Nlarar. |.||m. w~t tn, tll-m* M-t ••l.ll.d.lpbia and |..t ti .m ' -** ri*.all altkt train* ■ A Htui.it. j Q*I IMfliliaiiat. | | ARPER BROTHERS, FIRINO FTBErr. DELHrt'JfTE, PA., Hsto ttrir Muntrn and ihrlro# flllotd with NEW GOODS, f BANKP.UPT RATKB PurchßMNl at - IIANKHI'TT RATES {UANKKUIT KATES WHini THEY OFFER AT | BOTTOM TRICES, BOTTOM TRICES, BOTTOM TRICES. OOKFIFTtHO OF Dry Gitftdt, Millinery Goodr, Clothing, Fancy Gnndt, Notion*, Ac. IWKITS and SIIOF.S BOOTS and SBOKS at very low price*. BOOTS ami SHOES BATS and CAPS luteal alylot of BATS and CAPS • . HATS and CAPS Carpet Bag*, Umbrella*, Paranoia, Latliet' Cloaka, Carpeting, Ofocarita, Ac. OtwtplMnt *r,rj Ikmc thai raa W beat ia a Int. tli wi ■tf w , HARPER BROTHERS, RPRINO FTRarr, . . RELLEFONTE. PA. OOCNTRT PRODt'CK tabea la *iriu4(* at tl. htclmt ma?lt.t prim. ,_jp a. c. araaa, Prm't. t . a. ataan.