Flower Seeds Given Away To every Yearly Subscriber to The American Garden, A QUARTO ILLUSTHATID JOURNAL. ONLY 25 CENTS A YEAR. SAMPLE COP I Kit, lo CENTS. I \EVOTKI) exclusively to the (!ar- I * dotting i ntnrtfiitN f A merit's. Contains twelve MM fi ELOMLJ i-Imi. i mutter, relating i. IIOIUI CI LT(TRK.KtA)!tirt LTI UK.TIIKLAW N, FLOWKK AM) VKUKTAUI.K UAKDKN hi all th.ii varfsd , department*. KDITKD UV Dn. F. M. lIKXAMKK Thin popular Msgs /.in**, heretofore puMUlied by j MR****. Ilium, SON k Co., will hereafter LX> published • by the preetnt proprietors, hi an *itir*!y now dress, snd | a ill appear 111 January, April, July uud October OF • . l year. First iiutuber will be ready about April -Dili. F/oiecr Seed* for the Wild Garden. Kvorjr jmtrljr MitMcril.i-r will receive, in udililloii In | the paper, a packet T FLOWS* Stkn* rot Till WILD UASDK*, which contain* A mixture ol upward ONE m tin am VAiirriKa. siifthient for • nnitnre roil .f ground, which will give a profusion of flowani during | the entire aettaou fr several yaara in aucctwaiou In •tritctiotia fr sawing ami ul**|uent Treatment of Flower Seed*, aa Well ** for other plantf for Ihe Wild (ianteu, will he found in the April number of the AMKIIl'tl lit IDEM. B. K. BLISS *V SONS, Publisher*, 27'dw 84 Bniclsy Street, New York, j New I ictor Scwiny Machine—Harper J trot hem, Ayentn. ki THE HEW VICTOR. SIMPLICITY SIMPLIFIED! HJZJK a Improvements September, 1878. in Notwithstanding the VICTOR has long been tin ljp '.Xjlw vt EM peer of any Sowing Machine in tiio market- a fact fi- j| llsupported by a host of volunteer witneKses—wo now k If wrjol/t Ifsm confidently claim for it greater simplicity, | I*. .fw-V " wonderful i-i-.iin-tion of friction and a r.iro H Y / combination of deeirnliloqualities. Itarhut .,f . - 4 . j tie is a beautiful specimen of mechanism, id takes rank with the highest achiovcotenU Jk < JC-T '' r consign Machines, therefore, huvo no old " -v '' pj * ones to patch up and n--varnish for our •" We Sell New Machines Every Time. S :id f. r Tlh intra ted Cirr-nlnr anl prices. Liberal terms to tlie trade. Don't buy until you have B -< a the Must Elog?.nt, Simolo ant! Easy Running Machine in tlie " Mafkct.—Tlie Ever Reliable VICTOR. VI JTil' i-r-V.'IWC MACHINE COMPANY, v ..inL. KILDLETOWN. CONK. HARPER BROTH Kits, Agents, spring Street, ... BKLLKFON'TE, PA. If ilson, Mr Cartanc l- Co., Hardware Deafens. HARDWARE! WILSON, McFAITLANE ct CO. DEALERS IN STOVES, RANGES = HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND BTJIUdDBE/S' HAE/DWABE. ALLEUUKNY 3TRKKT, .... HUNKS' BLOCK, .... BKLLKKONTK, PA. HiminesH ('aril*. I IAUNESS MANUFACTORY A 1. in Uarniaii'i Nn Block, BII.I.KPONTK. I'A 1-1/ 17 P.BLAIR, * • JEWELER. waTcrki, rLiMii, inmif, Ac. All work neatly . *. ut*l. on Alh*tfh'>iiy •trwt t uwlrr Br.w k* r hoff llouik*. 4-tf DKALKBS IN PURK DRUGS ONLY. 5 J ZELLER& SON, i *t DRUGGISTS, If ft. Hr-a'kfrhoff fhiw. i 5 All th# Ftmn<|j*rl Patent MffiriiiM Pr*-' * •r m ri|>tiuni aod Family ~ |>r|r®d. Tnwii, HlwiMor Irww, Me., Mr j 3 4,f | | oris DOLL, 1 J FASHIONABLE h'MiT A SHOEMAKER, linn k'u liofT How, All**kcVi^iy t r 1-iy firllrtaltt, Pft. c. c. mi* km, Prn L J. p imrkii. (Vuh'r. |7IHST NATIONAL BANK OF 1 BRLLEPONTK, All*tch*>ny IMrout, RwllafMlt, P%. ♦•lf / .ENTRE COUNTY HANKING VV COMPANY. DffMili And Allow fntrr**!, IMMount NO|M ; , Buy *n<l Mi l! do?. HwnritlM, doM and t'oti|"tn. Ju A Bun*. Prroblwßt. J. B. l*iDKtf,CMMr. A-tf CONSUMPTION POMITIVKIaV CIKED. A LL sufferers from this disease 1 V tliat af ai)Xl<>ti to l> ruvwd l •*>|| try l>* KIBBNKK'M CRI.KIIKATKD GONMUMPTIVK POW DRUB. Thro* Powder**r* lhi only |i •iwrfttion known that will car* CnxCrTluX and all diMWM* of th* Thxoat a* Mtuu#— fnd**d. o •trough? onr falfh In thaw, and aha* to ronrim * you that tliay ara no hum l>iif, ts will forward to avary -ffor r by mall, |*t paid, a rxRR Trial Box. Ha don't want your manay until you ara parff-tW otiM of thalr or all* a powarv. If your IMb i worth •wring. don't dalajr In firing thaw Powoxaa a trial, aa thay will anraly euro you. PrW-a, f.r larga !*, Rl <*). rout to any part of th fin tad Mataa or Oaaada, by mail, on racalpt of prior. A'hlraaa, ASH a BOBBINS, 44-ljr !W0 Pulton Street, Brooklyn, N. T. FITS, EPILEPSY, OR FAlilil!t(i Nll'klfEM PERMANENTLY CURED—No I Humbug- by on. month', titta* of Or. Goe lird'a C.lbr*t.d Infill.bl. Fit Powder,. To mo ilnra auffrrera tl.nl three powder* will do .11 w rlim for Ihrm . will nrnd them l.jr mull, roOT mm, . mi mill. mix. An Dr. Goulard la Um only pliyateian tbnt linn frit mod.* thin diaeaae n nprclal atndy, and nn to our knowledge tli uianndn ham been ruutnuriir car •••I by the in. of lhm Powoaan, w , wiia ui'ABiBTXS A ?*bab*t our. la nmry ow, or kcri:n* lot,' ir.l MoniT Exr*ocu. All <ufTerrrn nbould trim the** I'owd.r* an early trial, nnd I* eonrlamd of thalr . urn tlm imwon. . Prim, for large box, l-TOO, or 4 boxen for f 19.00, wot 1 by in nil to any part of Ilia United Stair, or Canada on 1 t'o'lrnt of prim, or by rxpma, C. 0. I. Addreea I ASH & BOBBINS, 1 11-Iy. Mki Pulton Street, Brooklyn. N. T. R PIIE CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOK and JOB OFFICE RUSH HOUSE BLOCK, BKLLKKONTK, PA., IS NOW OKKKKINO (1 RE A T INDUCE MEN T B TO TIIOSK WISH INO KIRST-CLASB Plain or Fancy Printing. Wo have unusual faoilitio* for printing LAW BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, PROGRAMMES, STA TKM KNTS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, INVITATION CARDS, CARTES DK VLSITE. CARDS ON ENVELOPES, AND ALE KINDS UK BLANKS. Qa&" Printing done in tlio beat style, on short notice and at the lowest rates. ®ay"Or lers by mail will receive prompt at tenth n. HKLLEFONTK A- SNOW SHOE R R.—Tilne-TaMe In effect on nnd after May I l,tm: I Leave, Snow Shoo 7.21> a. M.,arrim, In llellefontr d.lu a. M. ' Untw Bollefoat* 10.2.*. A. arrive at Snow Shoe ! 11/.7 a. a. leave, Snow Sho. 2' C ru., arrive, In lt. ll.fi.ntr ; 3 44 r. a. I,rnmn Itrllrfmtr ."..IS P M .nrrton nt Snow Sbor C.&7 r a. DAN 1 El. KtIOADS, tlrnrrnl Sn|M>rlntrn(|rnt. Bald eagle valley rail. ROAD —Tlm-T,bl, April !, I": | Rxp. Mall. wmtwAXb. aaiiwa*m. Xxp. Mall a. a. p. a. r a. a. a * I". B3J ...... Arrir. Nt Tironr l.rnrr 7 H M3D H t B i*. L.*t. In,t tyr.in, Loam... 7 l.' * 'f, ! 7 f.ll 'it " Vnll •• ... tIV *3| ! T .V. f, 17 " Itobl Knuln " ... 733 *l7 17 4" II It ...... " Fowlrr " ..7 11 * 4i, 17 4i ' 3 " Ifnot.nh " ... 7 3t. It 7 | 7 111 6 f.S " Port Mntil.ln " ... 744 it IB I7 i7 A47 " Mnrthn *' ... 7 fti tl if* Tl* 434 " Jnllnn " ... 1 4< 7 'I 4 if7 " t'nlonrlllr " ... *II w 4:1 7 4 1 " Snow Shor In " ... *XI a4l 8 ""I 414 " Mllml nre " ... * 044 I 40 ft A " Brllrfonte " ... *3X t 41 •38 4 4.4 '• Miltwlrttrc " ... *44 10 3 44 444 " Curt In " ... * .44 1" 14 flt 440 " Mount Kntrlo " ... 9Onlo 10 Bo 431 •' Howard •• ... *ln Jo 664 4XO .... " K-urlMilln •• ... 10|o 4X 440 414 " Itrrrh I'r.rk M ... ft 22 lit 47 ft 34 3 " Mill llnll " ... 034 11 ll' 429 400 " Flrmlnptoa M ... 037 II 4 24 344 - Uk llnr.n " ... 42 II ft 1 >ENNSYLVA NIA R AILRO AI). I —(Philadelphia nnd Krtr Dlrlah>n.> —On nnd •ftr Dtortnbrr IX, 1077 : WESTWARD. i KltlK M All. lentm Philadelphia II 44 p m " " llarrlthurK...— 424 ■ m I" " Williania,K.rt *34 * m " '* lawk llnrrn n 40 aat " " Rai.'.rii 10 44 am " nrrirm at Erie 7 34 p in | NIAGARA EXPRESS Irnrm Philadelphia.. 7 20 >at " " llnrrlnbnrf.... 10 40 am " " Willlaßia|Hirt. 2 20 pin •• arrlrnn At Rcnoro 4 40 p m ! Punrnirr, by Ihln train nrr.r, in Brllw I fnnlr nt 4 34 p a> PAST LINE learna Philadelphia .. 11 ilm " " llarrialinrtr 334p in . " " Wllliamapofl 7 •>' p m " arrlrra at Lock llavrn.. 640p to KABTWARD. PACIFIC EXPRESS Irwra, lawk llama B 40 a m •• '• Willlamaport... 744 a m " nrrlm, at llarrlahnrg 11 44 a m " " PhiladrlpUia.... 3 44 pm DAY KXPRRSS lanrra Rrnnr.. 10 10 a m " " Lock llama 11 2ttam " " Willlamaport 12 40 am " arrtma at tlarrlabmrf 4 10 p at " M Philadelphia. 720 p m ERIE MAIL lenrea Rennro * V. p m " Loek llamn 44p a. " MTlllamaporL 11 If' pni " arrlrra at " Phllndelphin 700a Bi PAST MNR loam* Willlamaport 12 34 a at " arrirm at llnrrtalmrx. 34* a m " " Philadelphia. 734 am Erie Mall Waot. Niagara Ktpreaa Want, lawk llamn | Accommodation Went, and Day Eapreaa Kaat, make • rloae eonnectlon, at Northnmherland with L. A B. R i R. train, for Wllkealmrre and Seranlon. Rrle Mall Wet. Niagara Rtpreaa Weal, and Erie Exprawt Went, and Lock llamn Accommodation Meat, make clone connection at Willlamaport wlln N. 0. R. W. train, north Krl, Mall Waal. Niagara Kiprnaa Wet, and Day 1 Kiprea, Raat, make ehiae eonnorlhia at Lock llama Willi R. E. V. R H train*. Rrle Mall Raat and Went connect at Xrla with train* on L. S. A M. M. R. R.. at (Virry with O. 0. A A. Y. R K., at Emporium with R. N. Y. A P. K. It., an l at Driftwood with A. V. K R. Parlor rare will run between Philadelphia and Willlamaport on Niagara Kxprem Went, Erie Ktpraa, Want, Phlladalphla kxpreaa laat and Day Xsproaa Kail, and Sunday Kiprea* Rant Sleeping canon nit night train*. Wa, A. Kalowi*. Oen'l Snparlntandant. She tfnitw gmotrat. B K L L KFONTK, l'A. jb- ca-xi I err XJT-u-H-A.il.. NKWB, FACTS AND HUtHiKSTIONH. THF. TUT OF TUF * ITIOXAL W KI.FtRK IN T.l INTLLLI IIKSei ASH I'UOIU'KHITT OF TIIK IAH Ml. R. Every fanner in his annual experience .lueovers some/hiny of value. Write it and send it to the 11 Agricultural Editor of the DKMOCRAT, Uetlefontr, l'enn'u," that other farmers may have the benefit of it. I,el communications be timely, and be sure that they are brief and well jiointeii. WK learn, with a great dual of sat isfaction, that Mr. Leonard Rhone, of this county, litis been elected a trustee of the State College. Mr. Rhone is a farmer of more than ordi nary intelligence, and actively con nee ted with the Patrons of Husband ry, and we have no doubt that under his fostering care, the agricultural feature of tlie College will rapidly de velop into the prominence which we have long desired to sce.it attain. COL. V. E. PIOLKTT, who occupies the chief position in the Grange of this State, writes to the Fanner'* Friend of last week, denouncing in his usually vigorous style, the "law yer politicians" in Congress for hav ing "dealt a deadly blow" at tlie use fulness of the Department of Agricul ture, by requiring the Comissioner of Agriculture to hold three-fourths of all tlie seeds purchased by him sub ject to the order of members of Con gress, instead of distributing them himself to individual farmers, as he has been doing under late regulations of the department. The immediate ob ject of the Colonel's righteous indig nation is Congressman Harry White, of the 25th Pennsylvania district, who succeeded iti getting the provi sion attached to the appropriation hill, which takes this three-fourths of tlie seed business out of tlie Commission er's hands. Col. Piolett closes his communication with this straight-for ward bit of advice to the farmers of the twenty-fifth district: "I desiic to say to the farmers of Indiana, Jefferson, Clarion and For est counties, do not give your votes to re-elect tiiis man White. Retire this hero of the Kisknrninntas appropria tion and send a man in hi* place to the next Congress that will listen to tlie farmers and not go into tlie seed bus iness on his own account." Now that "harvest" is over, tlie next important work for the farmer is preparation for the succeeding crop. We have neither space nor time to dwell at large upon all that this in volves, but wish at this time to speak as we liave often s|>oken In-fore, of the great need we have for increased care in selecting seed. It is well to exercise great care in tlie preparation of tlie ground, that it may be brought into the proper mechanical condition, and to apply bountifully the best fer tilizers ; but after this elaborate preparation of the land, it is consum mate folly to sow upon it any but perfect seed. Infinite wisdom could do no better, when pointing out tlie necessity of a correct life, than to turn to tlie culture of tlie earth for its illustration, and say "As ye sow so shall ye reap." To secure tlie best results, our seed must not only lie pure, but good of it* kind. That is to say, that to secure a good crop of wheat we must not only sow clean wheat, but good wheat. After all foreign seeds arc fully separated, still another selection should he made which w ill secure, for seed, only the fully developed, well ripened, perfect grains. The truth of all this most farmers will admit, but complain of the difficulty of accomplishing the desired separation. We have lately examined, and are now using, a fan ning mill which will do it, and do it well. We refer to the "Osborne Mill," which we learn is being largely introduced in our county. We have seen this mill take very ordinary looking wheat, plentifully mixed with tlie foul seeda usually found in it, and at one operation, separate it into three grades, one of which filled the bill aa perfect seed. For this pur pose alone, to say nothing of the in creased value of clean wheat for market, these mills are worth all their cost to every wheat grower, ami we are glad to know that they are being generally distributed through tlie county. We predict that their faithful and intelligent use will soon raise the standard of the quality of the wheat crop, ntid that its increas ed value, because of their use, will within two years repay their cost. WE have received, from Mr. Geo. Wood, No. 15 Warren St., Trenton, N. J., a sample of an exceedingly simple, but much needed little device for extracting the pulp from green corn for table use. We cannot give a satisfactory description of it with out illustrations, which we find it im practicable to give in these columns, but quote the following from the Scientific American : " The curved upright metal stand ard is provided with jaws and a thumbscrew for securing it to the table, and supports at the top two parallel blades, one serrated, the other plain. These blades are made in one piece with the standard, and are slightly concaved to conform to the shape of the ear of corn. The corn to be grated is moved across the blades, the toothed blade tirst tearing open the kernels and the plain one pressing out the pulp, which falls into the vessel tie low. The curved standard readily admits a bowl or dish under the blades, and the clamping screw holds the device steadily while in use The use of green sweet corn as a summer vegetable is rapidly increas ing. All ot the half dozen different ways in which it is prepared for our own table are delicious, and healthful, the only drawback to its daily use, being the labor and difliculty of grat ing it. This useful little implement makes the operation rapid ami easy, and its general use in farmers' kitch ens would add many a cheap and sav ory dish to farmers' tables. It is simple, cheap, and wonderfully effi cient. Not Enough Leisure. 11. X. tailor iu Tribune. Can any on<- tell nn* how it in with all our labor aavina machines tee don't yet any leisure ' Whi-ti 1 was a IKIV we planted with a hon by hand, hoed the corn three tiio<-i>. ploughed the aiimmcr fallow three times, mowed the gran* with a ncytlie, and raked it all by hand, cradled all the standing wheat, and cut the lodged wheat with a sickle, etc., etc. Then we had time to go fishing when we wanted to, could go berrying when the berries were ripe, always went to "general training," etc. Now I don't go Railing once in ten year*, we don't get a tierry, unless we buy iheiu; in fact, don't get uny leisure, fan the Editor or any of ln readers tell the reason ! This correspondent does not say, and we take it for granted does not mean, that a given amount of ialior, "when lie was a boy," produced the same return In products of the soil, that the same amount of labor, aided by "ull our labor-saving machines," does now. We presume that a com parison of either personal or family expenses, between then and now, would sliow that in his case, as in that of most other farmers, the income which was the result of the band labor system of the olden time, would prove altogether insuflicient to meet the demands of these days of labor saving machine*, and that the addi tional amount of labor expended and time consumed only goes to produce the additional income demanded by the changed tastes, circumstances and requirements. It is very much with the mowing machines as it is with the sewing machines. No one will pretend that a woman can sew as much by hand, in a given time, as she can with a good machine, and jet the ladies would laugh to scorn any one who would suggest that lie. cause they have the sewing machines tliey have more time than formerly. The more rapidly they can sew, the more sewing they find to do. So it is out-doors: the more work we can do, the more we want to do, and the more labor-saving machines we have, the more we try to do with thcra, so as to "get our monej* out of them." Hut what we most wnnted to say to this correspondent was that he makes a sorry confession when he saj*s that "we don't get a berry unless we buy tlicm." If he had a berry patch properly planted and cultivated, near the house, as he should have, it would require no* time to "go berrying." The berries would be close at hand, and "the women and children" could gather all that arc needed for a full family supply without missing the time, and icon hi be only too glad, to have an opportunity. The farmer who, in this day and generation, depends upon gathering wild berries for bis family supply, is as tnuch behind the age its one who would "mow the grass with a scythe, and rake it all by hand," or "out the lodged wheat with a sickle." Hy all means, Mr. 8., plant a "berry patch," and begin now. Appropriate one-fourth of an acre to it, and let it he long and narrow. Plant a double row of strawberries the whole length of it, and follow these with rows of red and black raspberries, and blackberries and currants, and tip the end nearest tiic bouse of each row with a bill or two of rhubarb, and our word for it, you will never again complain of want of time to go berrying, nor will you have to make the mortifying confes sion that you do not get a berry, "unless you buy them." Hilling Vegetables. A writer iu the American Farmer says: "At the beginning of farm life, in order to learn the most improved methods, I employed a first-class farmer and gardener fresh from Eng land. He persisted in a mode of cultivation precisclj' the reverse of what I had been used to see—allow ing the mangolds, sugar beets, the corn, potatoes, |>eaß, beans, cucum bers, melons, tomatoes, cabbage, Ac., to go without hilling up. 'l'fle man golds and sugar lieets stood high above the ground,the bulbous part exposed to the sun, many of the mangolds falling over and growing crooked. The part of the cucumbers above ground, which I insisted was rather a root than stem, and should be surrounded bj' earth, was left entirely exposed to the sun. I thought the sun would parch the roots, and they would break or be injured when the stem should fall from the upright to the horizontal position. The Englishman would have his way, hut agreed I should treat some of each sort of plants in my own way. So a few of ail sorts were hilled up and fully as well worked in other respects as his during the season. For a few weeks mine grew as well as his, and the cucumbers, peas, Ac., bloomed as early. After one gather of cucumbers, peas, Ac., the dry season set in, mine |ierished, while his continued to bloom and bear, and so of the melons. My potatoes made about half a crop of small tubers, dug from dry hills; his yielded bounteously of large ones, dug from moist earth, at the same time and in the same fields. So with the mangolds, sugar beets, Ac. The hilled peas, beans, Ac., fired early in the season and succumbed to the drought. Without this experience, if one had said that hilling up growing plants would kill them I should have joined in the response of a million farmers denouncing it as false and contrary to experience, because they did not perish on the day they were hilled up. Ever since I Lave avoided hilling and ridging about growing plants and cultivated the soil as lerei as possible." Take Good Care of the Horses. There is no anirnnl on the farm that is so likely to be neglected as the horse. The horse of the city truckman, or of the expressman, the driving horse and the saddle horse are well cared for, but the farm horse is too often irregularly fed, and, so far as cleaning is concerned, ngular ly and systematically neglected. It is difficult to obtain a hired man brought up on the farm who thinks there is any necessity for taking so cial care of a horse. Some horses u|>on the farm are rarelj*, if ever, properly cleaned, and yet the condi tion and usefulness of the farm horse "de|>end as much upon the manner in which it is caret! for as any other horse. When brought perspiring to the stAble he ought not to hit allowed to suuid over night with the dust drying upon him. A good cleaning is half a rest, and yet bow often we see the farm horse brought out in the morning covered with the dirt of the day before and with the accumulated filth of the night still clinging to him. Under such conditions a horse is not much more than half a horse. Often, too, he is irregularly fed and indis creetly watered. A horse at work should have water five or six times a day. If he does not drink more than two or three quarts at a time all the better. A horse that is kept from water till he will drink two or three psilfuls will l>e very likely to have hia digestive organs ami towels seri ously deranged. Corn. l>r. Sturtevant says in the Tribune that Woshakum Corn, in three j*ears' breeding, tins increased in weight from 56 pounds to 64 pounds per bushel foi the selected eara; from an o|cii ear to a close, compact, cylin drical ear; from a crop that varied greatly in size, sha|>e and quality, of ear, to, at present, a crop of excellent uniformity, and extremely few un merchantable ears. Per contra, a single ear selected for poor quality, yielded 181 ears, of which but two were of fair quality, the remainder, or 99 per cent., being soft, short, gnarled, etc. W here no coiture gave two bushels of ears as good as seed, culture gave 16 bushels as good as seed, and the beat culture gave 26 bushels of ears aa good as the seed. SLOVENLY work does net pay. J3EE <hen that the work of the plough and hoe is done thoroughly. Controlling the Sex of Off-Spring. From th- Uv* Pt/*k Jour-nil. "The latent thing out" in thin line is n discovery hy one Fiquet, of Texas, lie ha* ascertained, to a certainty (!'), tliat the sex is governed by the degree of amorous passion aroused at the time ol copulation ! If the female is more amorous at the time of sexual intercourse than the male, the produce will be male, and vies versa. This discovery of .Mr. Fiquet is about as old as any of the otiier so called theories upon the subject, and its fallacy lias long since lx-en proved. The man who now pretends to have discovered and formulated this law is the same person who, a few years ago, discovered that the so-called Texas cattle fever was simply a fever en gendered by confinement and ex haustion, consequent u|on transpor tation for long distances by rail (?). It is the opinion of most scientists, as well as of nearly all intelligent practical breeders of large experience, that sex is not controlled by any one cause—that a variety of causes exer cise an influence in this direction, and that Nature lias wisely so ordered it that the equilibrium of the sexes may not, from any single cause, nor even from uny probable combination of causes, be disturbed. Asa general rule if you sec one bird going in a flock by himself (if lie is not a hawk), lie is doing a good work for the orchard and farmer; but when you see more than two birds in a flock there is no good go ing on. So far as farm work is con cerned birds and small boys come under the some rule—to wit : one boy is a boy, two boys are half a boy and three boys are no boy at all. When you ace a crow or a blackbird walking in a furrow behind a plough man, that bird is catching grubs and doing some good to humanity ; but when you see either of these birds in a larger flock then there is mischief up. The lest farm birds, aside from the toad, are those birds which climb around among the limbs of trees— all the woodpeckers, aapsuckers, yel low-hammers, fleckers, nut-thatchers, butcher-birds, and in a word nearly all birds which go it alone. THERE is much refuse fat from the kitchen that can be turned to good account by feeling to the liens. Of course, where soap is made it will be used in that way, but it is a question whether it is not much easier and more profitable to buy soap and make the hens lay by feeding them with fat. Every thing that is not wanted for drippings for cooking purposes should lc boiled up with the vegetables for the cows. AN acre of good pasturage will afford sustenance for from five to eight sheep, keeping them in good condition. Hut on account of herb age taken and the closer feeding of the sheep it is believed that three acres of good pasturage will maintain one cow and, in addition, five or six sheep, the sheep choosing plants the cows would reject and feeding closer upon May-weeds and grasses not eaten by the cow. THE man lias not lived in vain who plant* n good tree in the right place; and tlie sentiment which prompted the tree planting organizations at the West, and caused a day to be set apart for a united, voluntary public effort in this behalf, is akin to that which set on foot our charitable and missionary societies. AN inventive genius filled a small tarlton sack with a ajioonfui of cay enne pepper, and tacked it over the rat-hole. When the rat bounced out his eyes were pep|>ered by the sifting from the shaken sack. He squealed like a pig, and e*ra|>cd. The whole tribe have since migrated. A CELEBRATED raiser of long-wool led sheep says: "There is danger of keeping too many together, tin a 100-acre farm ten would cost little and would do finely, twenty would occasion perceptible expense and forty would cost as much as they were worth." THE grand point in churning ia to stop at the right moment. The mis chief is done by over churning. Few people know when to stop, (in other things as well as churning), and to keep on churning when the butter has come will ruin the best of butter and spoil all the work. "IJAVINO three hundred young chickens to care for I am interested in the l'oultry Yard. I find mixing their feyd with tansy tea a good pre ventive of gapes. Ido so about onoe a day, for a few days, then omit till I bear one sneeze. "HALF a cup" of pure hard-wood ashes finely sifted and mixed with the mash is recommended by a cor respondent of the Jtural New Yorker as sure cure for worms in horses— repeating the dose after a day or two, if necessary. LAST year dogs in Illinois killed 27,338 sheep, valued at $65,884 — more than all the sheep killing dogs in the Republic are worth. aew GIVE the potato ashes, lime, super phosphate, bone flour or plaster.
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