Flower Seeds Given Away To every Yearly Subscriber to The American Garden, A QUARTO ILLUSTRATED JOURNAL. ONLY 25 CENTS A YEAR. SAMI'LK COP IKN, 10 CKNTN. I \EVOTED exclusively to the Gur -1 * tlfiilug tDterwata of AtueritL (onulim twrlv* pK** of t lowly printed unit if i, ridntiug to IIOKTI CI'LTURK, KLOKKTI.TCIIK THE LAW N, FLOW'KK AND VROKTADLK (I Alt DEN in nil their vwrird department*. EDIT en RV DR. K. M. IIKXAMKK Tht* popular Maga xi tie, heretofore puhlinhfd by WK*NR*. llucM, SON I Co., will h*rmft*r I* puhlDlied by th prtwnit proprietor*, In mi entirely IIPW dretn, and will appear iii January, April, July uud October of > car. Klnt number will be ready at>out April 20th. Flower Seed* for the Wild Harden. Every yearly subecriher will receive, in Rildlllon to the u pocket of FLOWER SEEJ* D>K TIU WILD GARDEN, which contain* A mixture of upward ONE HUNDRED VARIETIES. aufthietit for A *jliare n*t of ground. which will glre a profualoii of fltiwrn during IIIM entire for w'Ternl ycar* in suet canton In •tructioDH for awwiiig and iiilwtiuent Treatment of Flower SwU, %. well a* for othrr plants for tin* Wild Garden, will h* found In tin* April number of tin* AMERICAN GARDEN. B. K. BLISS & SONS, Publisher*, itJ-'lw 34 llar< lay Klwl, N. w York. Xeir Victor S.wlny Machine—Harper Brothers, Agents. fHEW VICTOR. SIMPLICITY SIMPLIFIED! rovements September, 1878. rithstanding tho VICTOR hag long been tin ny Sewing Machiuo in the market- u fact il by about of volunteer witnesses—wo now confidently claim for it greater simplicity, a wonderful reduction of friction and a r.tro combination of desirable(|iialiticH. Itsxhut- Ue in a beautiful specimen.of mechanism, and taken rank with the highest achievements 'or consign Machines, therefore, have no oi l We Sell New Machines Every Time. Send for Illustrated Circular and prices. Liberal terms to the trade. Don't buy until you have Been the Most Elegant, Simple and Easy Running Machine in the Market.—The Ever Reliable VICTOR. VICTOR SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, tVoHtern Branch ft. Brockerboff Row. , 2 | All the Standard patent Medicine* Pre- * X *crlptloii* ri.| Fwmiljr Rec Ipw accurately! r 3! priiwd. Tru#e, Shoulder Hracee, Ac,, Ac. | 3 I *',? I 01718 DOLL, • I J FASHIONABLE BOOT A SHOEMAKER, BrockerholT Row, Allegheny *treet, 1-lj Bellefonte. I ■. c. mm, Pre.'t. J. r. **!*. Ca*h'/. T7IRST NATIONAL RANK OF 1 BELLEFONTE. AlUib'u; MirMt, HtlltfMlla, Fa 4-tf CENTRE COUNTY BANKING COMPANY. kwdw Depoelt* And Allow Inter#*!, Hrmml Not**; Boy wil Hell Oov. gorarftlee, Uold end Coupon*. Jam M A. Bxxriu, President. J. B. RICAUT.CwIiIar. Wf CONSUMPTION POSITIVELY CURED. ALL sufferers from this disease Hint tr? amino* In b* cured ahnnM try Da. KISSNER'S CELEBRATED CONSUMPTIVE POW DERS. Tlie*e Powder* nreth* only preparation known thai will rnr* CoaacMPTlo* and all ill****** of th* Trmoat A Ltrao*—lndeed. *o ilnmj l> onr falih In them. and al*n to eonTlnr* you that thay ar on hum bog, w will forward to every anfferer by mall, po*t paid, a ran* Taut Box. Wo don't want your money until yon ar* perfortl* *aU*tld of thetr rural!*# power* If your life ie worth ■avlag. don't delay In firing those powtm a trial, a* they will aurely cur# yon. ■ Prlr*. for large li S3 no, tent to any part of th* United State* or Canada, l>y mall, on receipt of prire. Addreee, ASH A ROBBINB, 44-ly 360 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, N. T. FITS, EPILEPSY, OR FALLlftft KICKNKNN PERMANENTLY CURED—No 1 Ilnmbuf—by ana month', nragt of Or, Qon lard't Celebrated lefhlbbl* FltPoerdnm. To con *lnc* enfferer* that than* powder* will d<> all we claim for them we will eeud them by mall, roe* PAIS, a ran fllit nog. At Dr. floalard I* the only phyetetan that ha* erei made thl* dl***a* a ipeclal tndy, and a* lo onr knowledge thouMnd* hare been r**MTLI rur ed by th* n*e of th**# Puwntn*. w ■ WILL auaktnrii * pibmamimt rnr* In ***ry caee, or narvan roti au. MOMXT unmi. All "offerer* ahoohl fir* Uim* Powder* an early trial, and be convinced of their cura tive power*. Price, for large box, 13.00, or 4 box** for 110.00, •*! by mall In any part of the United State* or Canada on red apt of price, or by expreae C. 0. D, Addrem ASH A BOBBINS, 44-1 y. :u Fulton Street, Rronklyn, N. T. r pHE CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOK and JOB OFFICE BUSH HOUSE BLOCK, HBLLEPONTR, I'A., IK NOW OKKKKINU GRE A T INDUCEME NTS TO TIIOKK Wlßlll NO riRIT>CUM Plain or Fancy Printing. Wo have unusual facilities fur printing LAW BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, PKOGKAMMES, ' STi TKMKNTS, CI ECU L AKS, HILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, INVITATION CARDS, CARTES I)E VISITE, CARDS ON ENVELOPES, AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS. HjrP riiiting done in tho beat style, on short notice and Ht tho lowest rates. Itty Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. BELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE R R.—Time-Table In effect on and after Mr 1, 1"; l-*a>* Snow Shoe 7. 1 D A. M.,aitive* in Bellefoute 0.10 A. M. I-*•**• Bellefout* 10.7'- A. M., arrive* at Snow Shoe lt-'.7 A. M Leave* Snow sho* 2.'*t r. u.,arrive* in B*lt*fnt* 3 t'> r. M. Leave. Bellefout* 4.14 r M .alTlr** at Snow Shin 0.47 r. M. DANIEL KIIOADS, tl.neral Superintendent OALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL ! 1J HOAD.—Time-Tabla, April 20. lew,; I Exp. Mall. wtatUAan. t*,Tw*t>. Exp. Mall A u. r. it. , v a. ■ ! * 10 tl 32 Arrive at Tvrone l-aave—. 7 a a yn 1 * 3 A 2ft Leave Ea*t Tyrone Leave... 7 14 X 27 i 1 49 21 " Vail ... 7IS n3l 745 r, 17 " Bald Fagl* " ... 723 *l7 |7 4* ti !i ...... " F'-wter " —7 33 a 4*. i7 42 r. 3 " Hannah " ... 736 V 7 736 646 " P-vrt Matilda " ... 744 916 727 447 ...... " Martha " ... 742 02* 7|H IB " .In Han •• ... | *4„ | 7 0 627 " rnionvllle " ... II 11 9 4.1 7 <** 4IS " Snow Shoe In " ... 421 941 ( 6 .'at 414 ...... " Milevbnrg " ... a24 11 44 i 6 46 5 ft M Bellefonte " ... 632 41 630 4 4ft ...... •* Mlleabnrg " ... 144 10 3 ;6 24 446 .. " Curtln " „. a4410 14 *la 440 " Mount Eagle " ... 00010 la 6 9 431 " Howard •• ... 9 alO 29 6V. 420 .... Eaglevitle •• ... olalo 42 16 40 414 " Be*. I, 1 'reek " *2210 47 634 4 0 " Mill Hall " ... 1411 00 529 4on ...... " Flemlnxtoa M ... 937 11 4 524 344 " Lock Haven " ... a42 11 a I PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. A -(Flilladelphla and Brie Dtvlalon.V—On and after December 12, ia77 : WBSTWARD. ERIK >1 A 11. leave* Philadelphia 11 44 p m " HarrUbnrg 424 a m " Wllliamaport 434 a m " Lock Haven 040 a m " Rvnovo... 10 44 a m " arrive* at Erie 7 3ft p m | NIAOARA EXPRESS leave. Philadelphia.. 720 a m " Harrlahnrg.... 10 AO a m " Wllliamaport. 220 p m " arrivm at Renovo. 4 40 p m Paaeenger* by thl* train arr.v* In Belle fonte at..— 4 34 p m FAST LINE leave* Philadelphia 11 44 a m " llarrlebvirg 3 .Vi p m " WilliamiDort 730 p m " arrive* at Lork Haven 640 p m EASTWARD. PACIFIC EXPRESS leave* le k Haven. ft 4ft a m " Wllliamaport... 744 a m arrive* at Harrlaburg 11 44 am " Philadelphia... 344 p m DAT EXPRESS laavea Renovo 10 10am " " Lock llavea It 20am " M Wllliamaport— 12 40* m " arrive* at Harrlaburg 4 10 p m " " Philadelphia. 720 p m ERIE MAIL leave* Renovo a .V. p m " Lock Haven 044 p m " Willlameport. ............. 11 OA p m " arrive* at Harrlaburg 2 44 a m " " Philadelphia 700 a m FAST LINE leave* Wllliamaport 12 34 a m " arrl*F*l llarrlahnrx 3 Aft a m " " Philadelphia 786 a m Erie Mall Weal, Niagara Ktpre** Wwt, Lork Hav*n Accommodation W**t. and Day Kxpreee Kaat, make cloa* connection* *1 Northumberland wllh L. A B. B. R. train* for Wl|k**b*rr* and Scran ton. Erl* Mail W*ot, Niagara Exprea* W**t, and Erie Ktpree* Weat, and teel Haven Accommodation Weot, maka ch*e connection at Willlamapoit wltn N. C. R. W. train* north. Erie Mnll We*t, Niagara Exprea* Weot, and Day Exprea* Kaat. make cloa* connection at Lock Ifavan With B. K. V. R R. train*. Erl* Mail Kaat and Wewt connect at Erl* with train* on L. 8. A M. S. R. R„ at Oorry with 0. C. A A. V. R. R., at Emporium with R N. T. A P. R. IL, an I n Driftwood with A. V. R. R. Parlor car* will run between Philadelphia and Willlameport on Niagara Exprra* Wert, Erl* Exprea* Waal, Philadelphia Exprea* Rait and Day Kxprvww Eaet, and Snnday Exprea* Feet Sleeping oar* on all night train*. W. A. Btiuwtw, Hen'l Superintendent. BKL I, KFONTK, PA. it.G-HIC"CrijTVItALi. NEWS, PACTS A Nil HUOUEHTIONH. TBS TS*T F TBI XATIOBAL WlLrill IS TBI INTKLLI- Hiso* ,*N NUM-MIRR or THS IIIIU. Every farmer in AIM annual experience discovers something of value. Write it and send it to the "Agricultural Editor of the DKMIICHAT, Jtellefonte, I'enn'a," that other farmers may have the benefit of it. Let communications be timely, and be sure that they are brief and iveil pointed. - THE beneficial effects of mulching are very evident to every one who has pructiced it, but the whys and where fores of it we have never seen satis factorily explained. In another col umn of this number we quote from the Tribune u synopsis of a very interesting paper on the Science of Mulching, from the pen of Mr. W. | W. Newman. THE Legislature of New York has | taken a most important step towards I furthering the farming interests of J that great State, in the establishment of an Agricultural Gx|>eriment Hu- I rcau, and providing an annual appro j priation of $20,000 for its use. The J management of this enterprise rests in a Hoard of Control, constituted somewhat like our State Hoard of Agriculture, and including some of the best names among New York farmers. We congratulate our farm ing brethren of New York upon the wisdom of their Legislature. It is to be regretted that our own law makers have been so prc-occupied with other matters as to be unable to profit by the good example thus set them. In speaking of this matter the Record says: The leading idea of this move ment is, in brief, to enable the farm ers of the State to get the best crops at the least cost. To this end careful experiments will lie made with seeds, manures and artificial fertilizers, soils will lie tested and information will be collected and disseminated as to the best methods of farming, including the reduction of noxious weeds, the destruction of harmful insects and the utilization of wasteful products. Everything that pertains to the econ omy of the farm will receive attention. Great advantage will undoubtedly result to the agricultural interest. Experiment stations of the kind contemplated in New York have been for some time established in Connec ticut and North Carolina, while some thing in that direction has been done in New Jersey, In Germany, where the system originated, there are sev enty-fivc of these stations, and several of them are in operation in Italy, Austria, Sweden and other countries. The Connecticut station is asserted to have been wortb half a million dollars to that State, and a quarter of a million is claimed to have been saved to the farmers of North Caro lina by the station established there. The exposure of frauds in fertilizers is one important province of these stations. Some samples analyzed in Connecticut were found to consist almost wholly of worthless sand or ashes, and similar results attended the tests of commercial manures in North Csrolina. Agriculture is the foremost of human industries. It is the one in terest, in fact, on which all others depend. Whatever advances it nec essarily benefits the entire community* and it is every way proper and desir able that it should share in the pro gress and improvement which the application of scientific principles and processes has so liberally brought to the other avocations of mankind. Lubricators for Farm Wagons and Ma chinery. A correspondent of the Tribune writes to that paper as follows: A few weeks ago you quoted a recommend of castor oil as wagon greae. Are you sure that was good advice ? Is not csstor oil too glutin ous; does it not soon get gummy and aticky, therefore cease to lubricate or enable the wheel to turn easily ? Do you think there is a maehinist in the country who uaea castor oil as a lu bricator on any machine, whether the bearings be large or small, wheth er the motion lie fast or slow ? Pieaae give us another article on a good lu bricator for wagons: Most farm wagons are now made with iron spindles and boxes, and for these, as for all farm machinery, we believe that castor oil la the bed lu bricator, and this belief is based upon an experience of nearly ten years. ! For wagons we use the castor oil pure and simple, anil unrefined. For the farm machinery of ull descrip tions, "whether the bearings be large or small, whether the motion be fast or slow," we add to the castor oil a proportion of common coal oil, which is greater or less as the bour ings are large or small, the motion fast or slow, and the weather hot or cold. In comparison with a half-doz en other lubricators which we have been induced to try, this proves most satisfactory. When to Sell Wheat. In a question of so much import ance the experience and observation of the individual farmer may not always prove to be the best possible guide. Indeed it is quite possible that the carefully kept records of those who are in a position to know the fluctuations of the markets from flay to day and week to week, may bring the farmer to conclusions quite opposite to those he would deduce from his own experience. The Onon daga Farmer's Club, which is one of the few live, practical clubs of the country, lately invited Mr. K. M. Gibson, commercial editor of the •Syracuse .Joninn/ , to read them a paper upon the statistics of the wheat trade, and the Tribune summarizes the paper so far as it relates to this branch of the subject as follows : The statement ol price* by month* is instructive, showing t)it the highest rate prevail* in May, when the crop prospect* ol the year arc as yet uncer tain. It indicates that a condition of incertitude is more favorable to specu lation than the most discouraging reali ty. June is next to May in elevation of price*; then .July, Sy which time the pouring in of new grain makes the prices of August the lowest of the your. Die rate then slowly rises through Sep tember, October and December. Then the closing of navigation ami the raining of railroa't freights depress prices below the October level, hut in February they rally to no equality with the quotations of .July. Farmers would do well to note these facts, and sell before the setting in of winter, unless they can afford to wait till spring and get the benefit of highest prices, l'.ut there are contin gencies— war in Kurope, "wheat cor ners" made by home speculator*, and minor causes of difference—that may change the average course of the mar ket. To hold means loss of interest, danger from heating in elevators and from mice and insects in granaries. It is a question that should tie wisely con sidered by the farmer in view of his own immediate want* and the risk* of the future. Asa rule, it is generally safer to sell when the crop i* ready for the market, unless there is a glut and prices exceptionally low. Upon this same subject wc find, in the current number of the American Farmer , a tabular statement of the average price paid jicr month for the past fifteen years, at a prominent mill in Maryland. It w ill lie seen by tbis tabic that the lowest price during the year is in the months just follow ing harvest—August and September —and that the highest, by 13 cents per bushel, is in the month of April. Whether this gain of something more than seven per cent, in price is not more than offset by the loss ol inter est, shrinkage, saltage, and risk of destruction by fire, is a question for each farmer to decide for himself, but wc arc very much inclined to agree with Mr. Gibson when he says that "as a rule, it is safer to sell when the crop is ready for market, unless there is a glut, and prices are excep tionally low 5 ? f r-'f Ptcsrf ? T -jj „ 'ji ! i i j 1 I ! ! i I I ; i i i 5 fj if ill lli III! iglljjjl ! I M I ll • ! a I g 1 tKtattt aliiSt its?- _al ps?st.ffggasaga <*"*"• z. | ?: v y 4'i f£Jr ** ' : ' v "' ilifilft isiS. £ **g| p * c - ,b * r g ! ft J '" n "r - I ~ —m* V.l fitillllMlM 111 1 1 * Ur,h - I •--•* - K -KMU * . SI gSßgg*39ggKgßt>l A| "" -I.L* ** ? g* ILJIII Bt>l Mty - JJiiiiilfi I*"**" - I Arm* pr .81 KStftgfttftgjEjH'a'Kfil .. .*'•' * TIIR local crop reports attest this season, as in former years, the advan tage of drilling wheat—in the quick er start, more vigorous growth, ex emption from injuries by frost and flood, and an earlier harvest. Rarely is an exception noted to the economy and safety of drilling in preference to broadcasting, at least in the win ter wheat region. The practice in not to common in the districts where spring wheat is grown. Agricultural Books and Heports. Wo have received from Prof. (J. C. Caldwell, Director, the 11 ret annual Report of the Cornell University Experiment Sta tion. It is a neatly printed pamphlet of j I Hit pages, most of which are tilled with matter of great value to farming interest*. Some HO pugi-n an- occupied by Dr. James Law (than whom there is no bettor author ity) with " Observations on tho Lung | I'lague of Cattle." The Entomological and Horticultural Reports of Profs, itar- I nurd and Lazcnby, and the Field Kxperi j inenls with Crops, by Prof. Roberts, ure | particularly interesting to the practical 1 farmer. i The American Harden for July has made its appearance and fully justifies the good opinion we conceived of it when Messrs. lllis* Ai Hons issued the first number. The fuel that t)r. iloAnnjor edit* it is suffi cient to bespeak for it the confidence of | the gardening public. Published quarterly, at HI Barclay Street, New York. Plant on Fresh Ground. A cot respondent of the New Kng j bind Farmer , contributes a bit of ex perience which it would Ist; well to I cut out, and paste in our hats for ref erence at next spring's planting: While visiting Mr. Thompson, of Hop kinton, we were shown a line through I the beet field on one side of which I tin- plant* stood thick and even, wiiile I on the other tho beet plant* were very ; scattering, while in between wa* anoth |er crop which inn! come up later. This j difference wa* all caused by n delay in ! planting the latter portion after the \ ground was prepared, 'Die planting wa* commenced on Saturday, and all the | -iced planted that day came up well, but j the remainder put in Monday morn ) ing. after the soil had been exposed to i twelve hour* of scorching sunshine, j which dried the surface down as low a* j the seed* were planted, carne up very | irregularly, the majority only appearing | after a shower that came subsequently. ; 'Die same effect mut have been noticed | HI thousands of gardens where the seeds j planted early, and at the time of prep I aratiori, came up well, but when those j put in later, in hilt* or drill*, previously i prepared, have utterly failed. The Science of Mulching. Mr. \V. W. Newman, in a paper re cently read before the Onondaga Farmers' Club, grants that there is some foundation for the common be lief that soil covered by boards, stones, or a mulch of any kind is mellowed and fertilized, even though nothing can be derived, except in the last case, from the covering material. The explanation of the effect produc ed he finds, first, in the fact that the ground is kept moist and porous, no hard crust being formed on the sur face by the sun and heating rains ; and, secondly that ants, worms and other smaller animals live and burrow and die under such covering, pulver izing the soil and fertilizing it with their excrements and their bodies. Mr. Newman supposes also that the ditlerence in temperature caused by the mulch may have something to do with the enriching changes that go on liencath it, but for this supposition wc find no foundation. Indeed, we may almost be satisfied with the first reason. Every arable soil contains an immense quantity of plant food that is not in fit condition for the use of vegetation, but must first suffer certain chemical changes by which it is converted from insoluble to soluble forms, or from compounds that are less acceptable to the plant. Such changes cannot go on at all in a very dry soil, and .they will go on most rapidly in a moid rather than a wet soil. One of the most important of these unavailable constituents of plant food is the nitrogen of vegetable and ani mal residues. By oxidation in a damp soil with free access of air through its porous surface, tbis nit rogen passes, to a greater or less ex tent, into the form of nitrates, spe cially valuable for plant food. It has been recently shown that this nitrifi cation. as it is called, is brought al>out by the agency of minute living organisms, and that they work better in the dark than in the light; hence in a soil under a covering of any kind that excludes light and prevents evaporation, but does net exclude the air, the conditions are most favor able for this exceedingly important chemical change. Nitrates are easi ly leached out of a soil by percolat ing water; under a stone or board this leaching will not take place as readily as in an uncovered soil ; there fore we are Inclined to believe that a soil which lias thus been protected during several weeks of warm weath er will be found to Ire richer in ni trates than a soil close by it hut un protected, and that herein lies the chief reason of the enriching of the soil under such circumstances. Ma. WARNER says: "Nothing shows one who hia friends are like prosperity and ripe fruit. I had a good friend in the country whom I almost never visited except in cherry time. By your fruits you shall know them." LOSE no time in searching for the apple-borer, a white grub that pene trates the trunk just about the sur face of the soil; a sharp-pointed knife, aided by a stiff wire, will prove efficacious. Attention to fruit Trees. from tin' o)aiitry Snlknra. 'I here are a few operations, •raall In themselves, which are often over looked in summer, the neglect of which results in ponitive harm. Trees which were recently out, and arc making their first growth in the or chard this year, should have the soil kept clean and mellow about them for a few feet on each Hide. Their suc cess and thrifty growth depend large ly on thin care. When the hot, dry days of mid-summer make their ap pearance, newly set cherry trees are greatly benefited, and ofteil saved from destruction, by a copious mulch ing. Where grafts have been set on young or old trees, examine them and rub off all shoots springing up below the grafts. The present is the best time to re move suckers from the trunks of or chard trees—not by cutting them away and leaving stumps which will send up new suckers, but by pulling them off with a brisk jerk downwards, i setting the foot first on them if they are strong. If low down, remove the earth about the tree. A gouge and mallet may be needed for large suck ers. 15y timely rubbing off young supernumerary shoots on young or chard trees, the tops may be brought into good shape without the neetaisity of heavy pruning in future. Regis ter newly set trees in a book before the labels or names are lost. Hints for Celery Growers. j P. T. Qiiit.fi in Atterirnii Oanit-t). Market gardeners who grow celery for profit, and whose methods it is [ safe to follow, always raise this veg etable as a second crop. The ground is heavily manured in the spring with composted yard manure, and then planted with early cabbages, onions, lor lieets. These crops are harvested early in July, and the ground is then plowed immediately and made fine and mellow with a smoothing harrow. Then the celery is planted and kept | scrupulously clean from grass and j weeds, and under ordinary circum stances a full crop is obtained by the I close of the season. The old fashioned method of dig ging trenches to plant celery in, is j numbered among tilings of the past. It is only put in practice now by some antiquated men who style them ; selves gardeners. The method is la i lKirious, expensive and materially re tards the growth of the plants. Jumping at Conclusions. Frotii the Itaral New Yorker. How easy it is to arrive at wrong conclusions. There are two fields of corn near us, l>oth upon sod. Upon j one a tablespoon ful of bone-pbospbate was used in the hill. Upon the other, j farm manure. The first is far ahead of the other, and the farmer concludes that the difference is owing to the i superiority of the phosphate over the manure. In this season of drought jwc have had no rain to penetrate j three inches below the surface. No j doubt the farm manure, which re- mains in heated masses in the hills, | lias exerted an injurious effect upon ! the growing com, while the table spoonful of phosphate has exerted no ! effect of any kind. Had a tablespoon -1 ful of plaster or sand been placed in the bill, probably the effect would ; have been precisely the same. Rut the farmer has determined to use a | tablespoonful of phosphate in the hill j for his corn crop hereafter. Preservation of Green Fodder. Vrtsn K-jxirt ofCVro*ll Ktp*rlm't Sutton Having a large amount of refuse cabbage leaves, turnip tops, etc , when we harvested hese crops last fall, wc tried the experiment of manufacturing some "ensi/tiye," adopting the process used in the manufacture of "sour hay.*' It consisted simply of closely packing this succulent refuse matter into a pit dug into the ground, and covering it with a layer of earth about two feet in thickness. This pit was opened last April,and the product was found to be in excellent condition, and was readily, even greedily, eaten by cattle. It had not molded in the least, but was changed into a dark brown pro duct with a strong, sour odor. We were gratified by the success of the experiment for it showed that by this simple process we could save and turn to good account what would otherwise have been lost. GEORGIA'S Commissioner of Agri culture. Mr. T. G. Henderson, of At lanta, urges farmers to give more at tention to tbc improvment of seeds, and mentions horticultural successes in this direction "little less than won derful. Fifteen years ago, the earli est |>each ripened nbout the 24th of , June. Now a number of varieties ripen by the 24th of May. The to mato, formerly no larger than a plum, has been improved, until now single specimens often weigh more than a pound." 1 KNOW of no plant that is aide to compete with winter rye in growing fodder during the month of April and early |rt r May. I know of noth ing in the months of May and June able to grow as much good fodder as grass land in good condition. For the months of July and August corn is our grand fodder producing plant. For September and October I know of nothing equal to barley.