{flu tfrnlvr gfwotat. IiKLLKFONTK, I'A. ilGlvlCCLTtrivilLlj. NKWH, FACTS ANI) HUOGKBTIONB. TUK TUT or TUB NATIONAL WUTABI l< Tin INTILU- Erery farmer ii t h it annual er/ierience diseorers something of mine Write it ami semi it to the ,l Agricultural Editor of the ]>KMor lawyers, nnd shocking ly poor doctors, who ought to have been good shoemakers and farmers, who reached their present and un profitable station by niming too high." Thus speaks the New Hamp shire .Mirror and Farmer. "Isn't that a mistake?" asks I)r. Ilnskins in the Vermont Watchman. "Didn't they aim too low ? But if they alined too high in trying to IK- professional men, would it not have been a fault in them to have aimed still higher by trying to lie farmers ? For it takes a great deal more brains and energy to tie a successful farmer than to suc ceed in professional life, according to our oliscrvation and experience." PORK sold in the carcass must bring as many cents per |>ound as the meal fed in fattening the hogs cost dimes per bushel in order to get one's money back and have the manure for the labor of feeding and the general man agement of the business. If corn, for instance, costs sixty cents a bushel, pork should sell at six cents |er pound. Farm Intelligently. . J. K tf hi Pnu'tlml Knriurr. Time was, in the history of our country, when, if a inuii knew enough to hitch his team to a plow ami go into the field and turn over the soil in a rude, half-way sort of a manner, and then plant and HOW hin crops, lie I could safely rest in the assurance of an abundant harvest, for the sun and rain and dew of heaven would com plete the work he had begun. Hut that day has now past. The rich vir gin Hoil which was for centuries in preparation, has, particularly in the eastern and middle sections of our country, become exhausted ; much of it, it is needless to add, has been wan tonly wasted. And he who would now have success in farming must exercise brain as well as brawn, must combine skill with industry, or, in other words, farm intelligently. "Hook-farming," to use a common expression, can no longer be profit ably ignored. ,lf people were en dowed with an intuition that taught them bow to do all things correctly, there would be no benefit derived from an interchange of ideas, or if a man was endowed with an unusual faculty for learning tilings by obser vation, and was so circumstanced that lie could spend a portion of each year traveling, he might le able to make such applications of the knowl edge thus obtained as to compete with men who fanned on scientific prmoiplts. Hut as intuitive knowl edge is scarce, and as farmers, as a class, are not given to traveling,there remains no better way, and indeed no other way of deriving information on agricultural questions than by read ing books and papers devoted to such quest ions. It is no more to be ex pected that a man could farm suc cessfully who did not inform himself iu to his business, than to expect a lie-reliant, ur a lawyer,or a physician would succeed in bis particular call ing without informing himself as to the nature of that calling. The man who, ignorantofthe ait of na\igation, would attempt to guide a vessel across the Atlantic, would Is- deemed a lunatic or ail idiot, and yet it is scarcely more inconsistent than tin manner in which hundred* of men all over our land are conducting their farms. # Hut the leaven of light and knowledge In agriculture i* a', work, and let us hojie it will continue to Hoik until our farmers, one and all, shall Is't'otne thoroughly waked up to lite importance of farming intelli gently. Wheat Culture, Id til th l'r, u *1 Fttnn * The time for seeding wheat should lie regulated by the appearance or non-ap|M-arnnce of the Hessian fly. In localities where the fly does riot appear, it i well to sow early enough for the plant to make a good, strong fall growth. The larger and stronger the roots, the more certain it i* to withstand the frosts of winter. Hut where the fly ha* made it* ap pearance, it i* far latter to risk the winter-killing than the ilv. The more rapid the growth of wheat when it cornea up, the surer it is of escap ing the ravages of this insect. The value of guano and kindred amnio niacnl fertilizers largely de|>enart instead of eight, and then the wheat hoed in the spring as well ns in the fall, nlrout the time of the attack of the second crop of the fly, that the depredations of the fly would lie greatly lessened and the crop of wheat greatly increased. It lias liccn tried and proved. Importance of Onus. In its direct money value, and in . its collateral and indirect benefits, grass ia worth more to the world than all the cereal crops combined. Its direct is nothing in comparison to its indirect value in the influence it has in preserving the fertility of our farms by ita manuria! wealth in all forms. No man can thrive on a farm —no farm can be self-supporting where grass ia wholly neglected, or advantage is not taken of atock raised on the grass farms. The old Belgian proverb la true—"No grass, no cattle; no manure, no crops." It ia supposed by many that only such aoil as ia not fit for cultivation in the cereala or roots should lie devoted to grass. This ia a mistake. We can afford to take our licit soil for the production of this crop, and this ia the real plan for bringing them up to the highest point of fertility. Production and Keeping of Eggs. From lli' Country fieri tl*nuatt. Oftentimes it in a matter of impor tance to keep eggs fur a time. When prices rule low, they may be preserv ed in comparative freshness for sev eral weeks, even in July and August, if care is taken to place them on end an soon as brought in from the nest. One not uncustomed to the handling ami care of eggs can form no idem of the shortness of time required lor the yolk of an egg to settle on one side, where it adheres to the shell and quickly spoils in warm weather. Al ways place the egg on the big end. I have tried both ends, and have decid ed in favor of that position. J'.'ggs should be gathered from the nest every day, and where there are many In ns kept, twice in a day. It matters not for what purpose we desire eggs, the hens that produce them should always lie young and healthy. Kggs that are kept for any length of time . should always be those from young hens, or if two years old only from those in perfect health. If this rub is closely observed by breeders who export eggs for batching, from one locality to another, there will be ls-t ter satisfaction given. It is of much importance that the eggs have |x.-r -fcct shells, and a ben not in perfect health may drop her eggs regularly, yet the shells may possess imperfec tion* that render them unfit either for keeping or hatching, A hen in perfect health will not drop an egg daily for more than three days in succession. Fowls that are confined in narrow inelosures lor any length of time cannot be in jicrfeet health. They are forced out of their natural habits, and the restraining of nature tell* on the system, sooner or later. For immediate use, their eggs, perhaps, arc a* good as any. Willi increasing age the egg shells grow thincr, nt.d some drop with no shell* at all. Strength and alumina of the system, supported by good wholesome food, produce the shell. It is a calcareous substance that forms around the egg after it i* |s-rfectod in the oviduct. The com pleted egg consists of several com |Miient part*, each one of which draws on the vital energy and stam ina of the bird, which i* so formed that its body performs its natural functions in regular order when in health. \S c must consider that they are forced out of their natural order when we f<-ed them up for great <*g)-' production. Hid any one ever hear of n wild bird that dropjied a -oft egg, or ever see a h< lie— egg that wa* dropiicd by a wild bird v We have produced jsuiltry that do not sit. Nalurt intend- d tie hen* to *it en he • eggs f<>r three week*, and afterwards to mux- and run with her chicks for four or five weeks longer. In ibis interval the system gain* tone uiol strength. It i- nu entire change - a division of lalior. and the fowl gathers strength ami tone for future egg production. The regular sitter seldom dp-p more than sixU-cti egg in a clutch and tln n come* broodim-v. Kggs dmiijied in May ami June keep mueh Is-tler than those- ilr-qq* >i later in the season. The nasoo i that the fowls are in Ih-m< r condition. Af ter the middle of July the close sum mer heats ami ultry night* come on. and the birds are more or less exhaust ed. The moulting season is close at band, and the whole system i* pit-par ing for u change, the recovery from : which is a question of time and rare, .lly this time, if left unheeded, their roosting places have become foul and infestou with vermin. From this time out stimulant* ami mild tonics •hould Ik- given to the |s rpetuul layers as required. To Ik- thoroughly profit able, those fowls should not lie kept over the second winter, unless it i in I exceptional cams. There i* no breed of fowls that accept* management ns readily n* the Hrnhma*. They yield to ! confinement, in lime, place and food, without repining, yet they are tender ami require more ( are ami forethought in feeding than any of the other races :of sitters. Perfect eggs, after once obtained, should IK- set up on end in good, sweet, e'ean oats, and kept in a ( el hin ntock to drink nlagnant, stinking water, lie cause it Is too much trouble to fur nish good water, has mistaken hin calling. He has no business to keep stock. CUI.TI VATKII fields are subject to wear and tear, and, like the innn, re quire replenishing with fowl. J | AKDWAKK. WILHON, MrFvVHTzAIVTO As CO. DEALER# IN STOVES AND RANGES, PAINTS, OILH, GLASS, HAKES, FORKS, CRADLES <3c SCYTHES. SOLK AGENTS FOK JOIINSON-s KA I ,KO MI>J K. ~x,i,K,v mm .... nor .... ~ CEITTr.AL STATE NORMAL SCHOOL I Eighth .Xurrnnl St/hhA JJmtrirf,) LOCK HA VKN, CLINTON CO , PA. i . A. N. HA I B, A. M., I*rincijiof. 'PHIS SCHOOL,an at present con -1 mast r. 111. 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