Elit Centre Jienwraf. BKLLKPONTK, l'A. iIOE.ICCTL.T'JKiVL. NEWS, FACTS AND BtNKIESTIONS. THE TIKT or THE B ATM* At. WELT EE E IE THE ISTELII OIHCI ARB raoßl-EHITT OF TIIE FABUEH. Every farmer in his annual experience discover* something of value. Write it ami send it to the "Agricultural Editor of the Dkmockat, Itrllefontr. I'enn'a," that other farmers may hare the benefit of it. f-et com mu meat ions he timely, and be sure that they are brief and well pointed. We an: indebted to I)r. Cnldcr, President of the State College, for half a dozen nicely-rooted cuttings of the Concord grape. The vines have been carefully planted and we can hope for no better things from theni than that their fruit shall be as abundant and large as are our wishes for the success of the institution over which the good Dr. presides, and for which he so earnestly labors. Wk direct attention to Mr. Brown's advertisement of poultry in another column of this page. Mr. Prown's method of packing eggs is original with himself, ami insures the hatch ing of a larger than usual percent age of the eggs shipped. Of the several varieties which lie advertises, we pin our faith to the good old Dominiques, and arc introducing into our own (lock fresh blood from his carefully bred birds. BLACKBERRIES, grapes, gooselwr ries, currants, kc., should all have been pruned last fall or during the winter, but if neglected then do it at once, cutting out where too much crowded, and shortening the new wood. Don't try to do it with a knife, it is slow, inconvenient and unsatisfactory. Go to Hicks' and get a pair of his pruning sheers. It will prove the best investment of that amount of money you ever made for the fruit garden. WE have received from Secretary Edge a copy of the Report of the Pennsylvania Gnenon Commission. The commissioners seem to have per formed the duties assigned them with great care and fidelity, and report strongly in favor of the system—"As nn adjunct to previous knowledge to assist purchasers or breeders of cat tle in getting or raising the best, nnd weeding out the poorest, they think it is worthy of being acquired by every farmer. And they would re commend their fellow farmers not to be dismayed at the npparent difficul ties to be surmounted in obtaining a knowledge of the system, as it is only absolutely necessary to acquire a knowledge of the first four orders of each class, and few other points, to practically apply it, as all animals below those grades are not worthy of being kept. Any intelligent man can readily master the system, and soon Itecotoe proficient in it by practice. This knowledge, applied with the tests heretofore usually used, will enable any one to become a good judge of cattle." A CORRESPONDENT of the Husband worn urges the deep planting of peas, saying that while they will lie somewhat longer "coming up" than Bhallow planted, they will more than make up the lost time by rapidity of growth after they arc up, and will yield much more abundantly, and continue in bearing much longer. In this wc endorse the correspondent heartily, knowing from experience that he is correct. Our first planting for the season was a "row" the full length of our garden—three hundred feet—and was made by simply own ing a fhrrow with a common two liorsc plow (the ground having been already well ploughed and harrowed), sowing the JICRS thickly in the bot tom of the furrow, as wc would corn for fodder, and covered the full depth of the furrow by pulling the loom; noil over them with the head of an old wooden rake. We CAnnot however, follow the* lead of the correspondent when lie advises leaving the vines without any support, unless only the dwarf sorts are sown. Our first sowing was of the dainty Little Gem, which only grows fifteen or sixteen inches high, and needs no support, but when wc sow for a succession we shall use the magnificent Champion of England • and take caro to provide ourselves with good tall "brush." Notes of our Contemporaries. Tin: Poultry World bus already mailed its chromos for the half year ending with June, and we think they are superior, if any thing, to the earlier issues. The World is doing good work in bringing the importance, pleasure and profit of poultry keep ing to the attention of American farmers. To those who know the Scientific Farmer it need not bo commended. Any farmer who does not know it should seek nn early acquaintance. It has more real agricultural science scattered through its pages than one would imagine. IN a circular issued by Orange Judd, the veteran chief of the Amer ica n Agriculturist, offering specimen numbers for six mouths, for filly cents, we find the following, every word of which we heartily endorse : I fully believe in the motto, which for thirty-seven years linn Ft<>eiicfit of our farmer readers who are subject to the serious annoyance: "An important specific is announce I to the troiihldioine eruption produced by the poison oak or poison ivy, so com mon in our woods and so often mistak en for the Virginia creeper, winch th* idant oniewli,it resembles. Dr. S. A. Irown, United States navy, states that (his specific lie find* in bromine, which he has used with unvarying aucceaa in at least forty c.i*. lie Uses the drug dissolved in olive oil, cotmoline or gly ceriue, in the atri'tqph of from ten to twenty drops of bromine to the ounce of 0.1, and rubs the mixture gently on the affected part tiir*-e or four times a day. The bromine is so volatile that the solution abould be renewed within twenty-four hours from ll preparation. The eruption never exten Is after the first thorough application, ami it promptly disappear* within twenty.four hours if the application t persisted in, and the patient is entirely cured." The Garden. the P- t'Miftr T•trti'T. This part of the farm is quite dear to our. household. Wc aim nt n farmer's garden only, and we arc sat isfied that this half-aero is the moat profitable on the farm. We do not seek a great variety of vegetables. We select but few kinds, and plant in such away that a horse can do much of the culture. The string beans will occupy one long row, and when the three successive plantings are made, three long rows between which the horse can walk and the cultivator work in the soil. 80 also with our peas. Our vines will occu py the prolongation of these or other rows. In a word, wc seek ac cessibility with the horse, to every plant, and thus economize our lalmr. Homo plants, however, will require feds, and hand-weeding of Che in terspaces, but we try and have as few of such instances ns wc can. Another thing we have found : grudg ing manure for for the garden don't pay,—no, it don't pay. Here we want quick, active growth, nnd large yield from small areas, and wc must have manure for this. Wc can wholesale operations in the garden to a certain extent, hut it will not an swer not to do things well. When deep culture is required, the land must have it; when dung is ncedod, it must be applied ; when trans planting is Imncflcinl, then trans plant wc must, nnd not depend on seeding heavily and pulling up the plants that are crowded. Of one thing we are sure, fertilizers pay any where, it is in the garden, and we would not seek to economize with them. It is well to calculate on a few cabbage plants to fill up vacant spaces where other crops have failed ; by growing cabbage in this way, we often get a most satisfactory crop, without much labor or expense. A correspondent of the National Farmrr having tried many plans for keeping smoked meat through fly time, finds this best of all: Put each piece in a muslin sack with sweet hay stuffi-d closely around it, inside, nml hang in n clean dry place. Bee to and Beet Seeds. Kvery progressive farmer should make it a point to start in the right, direction, by raising one, one-half, or onn-quurter acre of sugar beets, no as to be ready to produce large quanti ties whenever beet sugar works or drying establishments are started in his vicinity. Hut to do this let him exercise due caution to procure gen uine sugar beet seed. Seed growers and seed dealers in Europe, sow the seed broadcast, and such a quantity as to have from 125,- 000 to 150,000 plants to the acre, weighing, on un average, from three to live ounces apiece. They require but little cultivation, and when har vested little store room. In spring these stunted beets are planted, and while the roots now begin to develop, they also begin to develop tli* seed which in turn is less developed than it should be. Hut these Hoedmen are very careful never to use seed of their own growth, otherwise a dwarf race of beets would" soon be the result. Many sugar l-et nianufacturera grow their own beet seed, and a sur plus which they sell. The process followed by them is the following: In the fall, when the beets are nearly ripe,e\pcrieneed men walk over their extensive licet livid a, selecting the most vigorous appearing specimens, showing certain qualities in the for mation of their leaves, by placing a small stick along side. These men are followed in n few days by a gang of farm hands, who gather these beets carefully, and after they are trimmed, deliver lliciutothc seed house. Here they are scrutized by the men who selected them, as to slmpc and size, no inferior shaped or defective root, nor any which weigh# below 11 or above 2 pounds can pass; the rest go to tlic factory for sugar. The licet* selected f>r their superior leaf forma tion, symmetry and size of root, are immersed in a solution of common salt in water, having a specific gravi ty of 71 Ileni!me. Those swimming on tins luinc speedily Ibid their way to the factory to is- sliced or grated, as the case may lie, while those which sink in the brine are now immersed in a still stronger brine of *t Heaiune. Those floating on the same, in turn aia- sent to the factory, while the select ones are carefully preserved during winter to is- planted in spring. The man who lias followed this pro cess with the greatest care, thereby produced a race of ln-ets which com bine with the largest per rentage of sugar they contain, also the largest yield of beets |>r acre, and who gave the l>eets in which these two combined characteristics have liccotnc jierina nent, the name luq ii il Sugar Reel, more than twcnty-llwe years ago; ami who has ever since applied nil his -kill and energy to produce siqs rior 1 HM'ts and seed, is the justly cele brated su.'m' manufacturer and seed grower, Fred Knauber, in (Jroebors, whose I wets o far have carried of! the palm wherever they have been grown in competition with any other. "The Vilmorin," a French licet, is every year grown on experiments! fields alongside of the " Imperial," and, though showing ns high per ecntage of sugar, hn* invanatily a less yield in tons, and the root being prongy, having instead of one cen tral root three or four lateral ones, feeds largely on the surface soil. ERNEST TII. flr.xxr.nT. Talley Several for the Toad. lit* Trfl Many gardeners already appreci ate tiie valuable services of the com mon toad, and nflord them protection for their insect-destroying propensi ties, while as many more perhaps arc ignorant of their usefulness. To the latter class it ina'y lie interesting to know that loads live almost wholly upon slugs, caterpillars, lwetles and other insects, making their rounds at night when the farmer is asleep and the birds t—and the insect* arc supposed to le having it nil their own way. English gardeners understand these fncts so well that toads are pur chased at so much n dozen and turn ed loose, and the best of it is the toads generally stay nt home, so the gardener is not troubled with buying his own toads over again every few days. Notes on Pear Culture. CurffHijKibilsfifs of Fai m J nm*l. 1. Sandy soil, with a yellow clay subsoil, well drained and manured, proiluces jiears of the Iwst flavor and ricliest color. 2. The plan of growing |ienrs in sod was played out with the Newark College ex|ierimenl, that was so puf fed by Orange Jiuld and others six or seven years ago. Clean culture, until the trees arc ten or twelve years old, is a necessity. 3. For standards plant the trees 20x20 feet, dwarf-, 10x10. If you want disenao of a!! kinds, mildew, blight, Ac., plant closer. I have seen dwarf Duchesse with liuibs ex tending eight feet from the laxly of the tree. 4. Flemish Beauty rots at the core; Giffard sheds its leaves before matur ing ; Manning's Elizabeth is nn en tire failure. 5. I ripen all my fruit in the dark. Eons are good for hatching until they nrc two weeks old, nfler which they begin to lose their life-giving quality. Owed to Spring. joiim mntwtx'it ortntovt, Ai good now an BVAR. Wi 11, M|irlg, y•#< F TU" jroOT In., iv sittuT In t.|,| VNiMit ,'. ~ihw Al t*t y i HI asliittii' lof yi.nred'lf f I • |ke U>" M filler s hiii e-huMlu y*Ht | I alxfulil think lio lutil from vunr brrlh A I*•••' c/1.1—,i,| thNt'e the war th< 111 I'M lell-rs ln v eslulii'. Well, M I WU eoA H.', YuU* r tini nt lust wllli yaur "fuiny llrefh" • hlowln' from Ihe No*lhw<- YYedHfihehtiit <e loss usually sustained. •Vtw AilrrrHmnttrntm. 2i*C O 2.-TT if JB POULTRY YARDS, \\'lLl. spare a limited number of * -I'lM.t-. Irwm chalM Ogt.l llt.hn.aa. II m-t**.. 0.r... U,h.rn. MIUS- 1'... ll*laktwa* B.t.um., Turk.;, and !.<* Ctmilar mnl bit .lamp. All:., |f |\ F FORTNKY, I '* ATT'tBXBT-AT-I.SW. llkl l.ir.tXTK, PA. IdAßt Ant lo th* Iwfl in tb* CaMirt ll IRM. t'tj W. . tlLli'l A. I*. I AIM. WALLACE A KREBS, ATTOBXKTB-AT LAW, < I.KAKITKI.P PA. Will Attrtxl ad ! try ca*" mot vs. *■??■ v wilao* l/I KLDI NO, UIGLEII A WILW'N, I ATTOBXBVS-ATI.AW, l ly ei.RAßriKi.n. PA. WILLIAM MCCUMJOVOH, * ATTOmXKV AT l.kW, . PA. Will iIUimI tb* Mlefovu Court* vbh apAriAllj M| I Ilj , I I* SPANDr.EFL tt * ATTOHXBT AT l.*W, BRM.Rr<.XTR, CKXTUK COUNTY. PA, A|*n to Odlartlof*.; (.rarttraa la all tlaa Cnnrta; Conmltath na In Ul IMB nr PC |lt*k l-ly f r a lIUTLK. A • ATTORXBT AT LAW. UtCK II AX Kb. PA. AH ImtltHßS | e'm| tl attakdad to. My ns. K i .I.LI .R. • ATTnRNtr AT LAW, Oflka on All.gb.ny llnrt South atd* of Lynn'a *sX S KA I .SOAIJ XlO. itiwrmw. . - # - • n. M,> „UKK. . . . . MIxgr<(STKPA r |MIK CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOK arid JOB OFFICE BUSH 1101 "HE ItLOCK, lIKLLKKONTK, I'A., IS NOW OKt'KUINO (i R EAT 1N D UCK M ENTS TO TllMftK WISHING PIBAT-'T.ABS Plain or Fancy Printing. We have unuiusl facilities {>-r jiririlir.g LAW IJOOKS, PA MI'IILKTS, CATA LOUIES, PROGRAM MPoS, STATE MKNTS, ci iter LA IW, HILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, Hl SINKSS CARDS, INVITATION CAItDS, CARTES DK VISITK, CARDS ON ENVELOPES, AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS. DaT I'ririting done ill the l>et atjle, ..n ah.'rt unties and St the IvWot rate*. jtar*orders by mail will r* tm 1 sll'Nl. I, tllru t" Inhrtsfk * sm lofuTr lh I'sD: 1 o|R.a J UUf-l >• ' tUliuni b liosih •!.< TiUnU We Uu pt • uf • i'atstit• in i thkU an I ollmst (s'li filed, Cr(H I'sUftl All- *■• W * tigrs tiki leu )fri ijwtlfh • M r*DM Atif urn 1 HE s IKNTIITC 11E< Oltl). AH I'aiit* '4* d (ttm- Measd tie u *ifs I'lUiifi. #U id V>p f*4 r. "j l tt.nl Arrekrs of Pay, Bounty and Pension*. W* hs n flstvnnsi |i •*-ewf Inw ft rw ■ tnl rlwffcn, fitr |r utt 4 all %> i Itnr'a< 1 v*. rnt, Ib'tmly aa l I'si.tl. A* •• (Wig no Inn tikbwi •uctesafll, lor reiufii p4a( eh M • t **• Uf RAA I K LMTT GREAT REDUCTION. ECONOMY 18 WEALTH. The una! $7O Machlntt reduced testly $25, •1.50 PER WEEK! flora ••A' \Vihj,>ll FRSE to Agorttn. "THE FAMILY" SHUTTLE COR SEWING MflU MACHINE. M q,.on Sn, ptdM.nl .., oIM Uuknlmt uld. .ltd tm*!;.. Willi . I •.. .• . in,. •f flirt M lhn i>. ml.*, n> klft.. od tw '•I) ll' Kl| Miwdili,* thvraixUl V(rM~l |lk *>mn (Int.nn *>, *. x| ti n <.!., nu .r (■.., n* mr r.fandi-1 .I.■>.(■ if hut HlltXbir Th. m-art 114, r.IUM., and lldh.r. nw liin. . In..nl*d hir all kind, id fan.li* w-rt. An ar knulrdrd unr-ialrorat .hni. Ily Ik An lamr, .nd dnn raf. la • h a-kl In do trrry dm. rfptUm uf I, oat, . a l-l.m naa. TTm aha. and rtpldlir of ,n moflna and aaalltr of lla ark la la. l-.at na.nnm.wSa • km. ll alll k.m,fall, taik. braid, r-ord, Idad, aal km. qnllt, raU. plaal, fold, arall.p, .hirr, rail, IMS*, .mlrrddm. ran wp I. mad Ika. tr , allh .l.ranr. mar ■ad mlrknam, a.aii)ai. I k]r an* marfcla. rat* #>nnUd Tk. Crhaa r or at- nmhlnro ar* ltat than Ikoaa aaknd |.f dralrr. la anrond kabd, rrhnill and rrkntabml marklnm.or RIM* talllna naf UN Sk- k la Ha* *p IwlimM. knaay tamh InSil.a and dd ■iyW marhlnat Mn| nffmnd aa n.a at radorad prima Rrwar* of Imitation, and aal* Uuy tm am.hl.im That* an. aa t* Sr*l-ataaa roarkinm otrrrd aa Ipro aa Ih# "family, by many doltara. for Imlla.uaiala aaa daamkplt** hooka. awUlnd Wa* wllk mmnla* *f work. Ooada NlMiil In ana part af tk* onaatry, po maMaa koa rmauia thr alar* ami las and aal* d.lirary aar aatmd. Mak patviloa* a4 a ysnaoraa ritin*.Tt..a hrfur# parm.nl of Mil. or on rhrmpt of prtr* hy ■aNataaas Irlm, Mna*r ordar, ay Unit *S*aU mtM IkroaplHml Ik* nowal.r Sir tkla. Ilka rkaapa.l, nkl mttafhrtmy aad ranldorlllna mac hi a. la Ik. world, for llharal imam, addrm* FAMILY SHI TTl.lt HACIIIXS CO.. H TU Broadway, Haw Yark. I>I: I-I.I IV >N"I I; v SNOW SHOE JI UTT ••! *! BAT, • llVti 7 *'*• " ."*• In IMlafeal* I-.,™ lULL.TVM. 4.M ~ „ . 8W- I ** M * DAMU'L.KTLUALIE, ' " ' '"I S ' ;' F / •* f IMU) EAGLE VALLEY KAIL JI' U'LAI; T.INFC.TLI, .ETOU, |trv: ! *i "*■ *"***"• EI- M.ll. - ' I' ■■■ Arrifr t| TtfriD* l>m 1 * 7 , , -~ t MisCi =jf|S •2 I 2 "5" "•" N 2 " S3 R £KS :: R ?5 iS ;;:;: :: : -.'SSii : ! • M'tiitit M ... V IF, ?!; :E . - . • a iu47 1 - M,:L "NJ! " • M)) HI •II T •' ' " Pnln*vti ... kSTII II ' * 3 *' IFF! llao-u •• ... K42)| 1* I>KN N S VI. V A NIA RA I LRO AD. W *>T WA Kit. ULT NAIMUII. PL,W,L|4U„„ JJ f.r, ,, M •I''" W 'it*....- JI , I , " * T> FT TN " K *'•• V <•,„ 1" U ■ m RRT.- *I Kri* . •_ MA'iAIiA !•%* f'Lilftdt !F.|Kl*. 7 5>N M *' FLK/NAJUFF ... J<< J| N , H T 2 |U|, N •rr HI KR„ , ... 4 , M !'*•'l, IT'R I J tbl irmio IN.TF IN LIR.IT*. 1 •' MTA FA FT I.IKE I I'! IU I J}LU ~ JJ £ I ............. ; HI M l l/k lUu-l, *i' ptu KA*TWAE|. ft... T Ul • ti •rrh- T IL IFRW. M/FT .... H U * m S 4' FT TIJ I XI'ILK*." URK |>nnt ' ..... I<. J, H TU * Is uhk lIAWFT .- m 11 . K JI •" . ...12 4 FT U* at HI.TR IKL.TIF 4* 4 LT * M *' ......... T 'AI II in ; MIR.MAILS. I£PM I " JF " K IU*. K 4.'. J. RU ' )J *1.15 * <■.( NL'N U ..I HIT. FI M.A.,V ~ ..., K .„ M>L . K*, . bt>.lH •II N ..FT I. A K ii. ; I* **"'• <"F W at,, KFFAAF, K4. Mail W.M. NLrR. I >1,4 r>l. At PR< ,• *H LA. A AM. AMLMIAA ruaka . (|T. at VI )lliatu*] TI ALIA N 4 ii " T" Ili K4 Malt * .T Nl. R ., RIPM. TR< A*4 FA , MTIRR rv ,%Z • I K*# %4 MII LUL WIH •| OT'MIML ( W TFC Irftl-T ILO I. 4NX HF? A1 W'H TL < A A V H F-A! 1 I > T FTJLTL % T K TL I'KFLA.r I*IINH|MW„| | J L|!MM I S.LMAI. RUT ft I J INI* I- I|* 4-4 • K< R * L,.T TWFIL.F IFTTK (/ft ft.| BLFU IFRNIM. Ml A HRIIUIT. ] | A RPBE BROTHERS, RRNINN FTRKET. ITEl.T*rfijrrr.. PA.. HTVC their oountirr MD AHR'.VW Cll ,. flftftft FTL.atft. HARPER RROTIIERB, ■RFTWO STRKKT, . . FTKLLKTONTE. PA. (HOCWTFTT Mnpi'Cl taV,n ta lUTU|. AT |T KLFLOHM Aatia FIIE*. | |, c. M-waa. IV~T TT. a NAN tMah'r. LJMRST NATIOXAI. BANK OF 1. . KIBI.U.n.KTR ATRIAL. FC.LL.F.WTA. PA W , CSF, C0 ™ ; 'BANKISO LL' DIMIII AL'L Allow ftiIIWAT, IMWNAAT XIWM; ; FTAJ and a.U I '