Victor Sewing Machine-—Harper Hrolhrrn, Agent*i.
tHEW VICTOR.
SIMPLICITY SIMPLIFIED!
ovements September, 1878.
itlw binding the VICTOR him long boon tbc
uy Hewing Machine in tlio market a fact
I by a bout of volunteer witnc**e- wo now
confidently claim for it grantor Himiilicity,
a wonderful reduction of friction ami a rare
combination of duairableqiuvlitioM. Its Hliut
tlo ia a beautiful Rpecimen of mechanism,
and taken rank with the highest nchicvomcntM
of inventive genius. K,>tr. —Wo do not lease
or roiuiign Machine*, therefore, liavo no old
one* to patch up and re-varnish for our
We Sell New Machines Every Time.
Send for Illustrated Circular and prices. Liberal terms to the trudo. Don't buy
until you have seen the
Most Elogant, Simple and Easy Running Machine in the
Mafket.—The Ever Reliable VICTOR.
VICTOR SEV.'INC MACHINE COMPANY,
We*tern ltrnnch "dice, liDj SZAXR HR., CHICAGO, lix. MIDDLETOWN. CONN.
HARPER BROTHERS, Agent*, Spring Street, - - - BELLEFONTE, PA.
THE NEW YORK WORLD
FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME
HAHCOCK aD ENGLISH
THE WEEKLY WORLD will contain each and every week the fulleat and MMt complete telegraphic report® of
the progreaa of the {Kilit irl campaign from each nod every .State in the lulon. Theee deepatrhra will tw
telegraphed num the Headquarter* of wwih Democratic State Committer, and will accurately report the exact
prognwe of the great fight for grand old Democratic Idea* under the lead of Hancock MM Knglinh. Kvery
(democrat in the land mutt keep pwial al>out what !• being done all over tha country to secure an over
whelming victory at the poll* next November.
HELP ON THE GOOD FIOHT!
THE WEEKLY WORLD
will be tent to your addrea* from now until the end of tha cauipa'gn for
TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
Or FROM NOW UNTIL MAKCII 4. 11*1, f„r
SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS
POSTAGE PAID.
THE SEMI-WEEKLY WORLD
FROM NOW TILL AFTKK TIIK CAMPAIGN FIKTT CKNTB.
THE! DAILY WORLD
$1 PER MONTH, POSTAGE PAID.
Address THE "WORLD, 35 Park Row, Now York.
Wilson, MrFarlane d l Co., Hardware Healers.
HARDVTAREI
WILSON, McFARLANE & CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES ? HEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
BXJXI_ILER?,S' hardwabe.
ALLEGHENY BTRKKT, .... 111 MKF BLOCK, .... BKLLEFULSTK. PA.
Un.sinr.s.H Cm-tin.
I IARNESS MANUFACTORY
*• - M Uifmto'T NKV Block,
•SLLBFOftTX, tk 1-1 j
I? P. BLAIR,
1 • JEWELER,
W4TCHU, CLOCSA, JBWftLRT, kc.
All work iiontly 1KU(I. On Allfghrrnj rtwl,
nnJ*r BrucktrbolT IIOIMO. 4-tf
DEALERS IN PURE DRUGS ONLY.
S I ZELLERA SON, i
a *t * bRI'UOInTS.
3 1 M■ . Br.ickerhoir Row 5
£ All th# SlMxUnl I'kißiit MtdirJn** l'r* <
8cr1|tlon And Family acraralolj *.
pr|wrwl. Tnnw t Bhual4r Hracw, Ac., Ac. 3
s 4-tf g
T OUIS DOLL.
LJ FA-AIIIONABI.K ROOT A AIIOKMAKKR,
RrorkerhnlT Row, Allflim; ilrwl,
l-lj MMMA P.- j
. c. genu, Prm't. 1. f. RUHR. I'uh'f.
L?IRST NATIONAL BANK OF
I BKI.I.KFONTE.
Allegheny Mr**!. IWUfbntA, PA. 4-tf
pENTRE COUNTY BANKING
VJ COMPART.
Racaire Dapoall*
And Allow Intoraat,
Dternnnl AMM;
Bay anil P.ll .
Oor. Serorttle*,
Hold and Coupon*.
Jxni* A. Bun. PrwM.nl.
J D #uo*t. C**h ler 4.1 r
CONSUMPTION
POSITIVELY CURED.
ALL sufferers from this disease
lh*t are aaxl.uia to b* rnrad ahoald try Dn.
KISSRER'S CEI.KHRATKD OONHIMPTIVI Pow.
PERA. Tb#* Powderrar# lh. only preparation known
that trill car* Co stun mo* and *ll dl.maa* of th*
Taiut I> l.tito*—indeed, mi •tron* I* onr faith In
them, and alao to conrinr# ynq that th.y or. no hum
ba*. w* will forward to ttwj nlfor.r by mail, po>t
paid, a mi Taut Roi.
W. don't want yonr money nntil yon am perfectly
aattoSed of tb*ir rarntir* power*. If yonr tlf. I* worth
oaring, don't delay In firing than* Powaco* a trial, a*
th.y will tnraly rora yon.
Prtca, for largo box H on, writ to any port of lb*
Dotted Mote* or Canada, by mail, on raceipt of price.
AMnm> ASH A ROBBINB,
44-ly *OO Pollon Burnt, Brooklyn, M. T.
FITS, EPILEPSY,
OB
FALLINU NICK NEK*
■ PERMANENTLY CURED—No
I I, Hnmlaig—by aa* month'* ***** tf Or. On*
■ lard . Colabroi./InMl.bl. Fit Paid. rx Tb non-
I rinr* naff.rort tk*t tli-e powdarx will do *ll w claim
■ for them • will mod (hem by mall, pott Hl*, • pun
■ mil not. A* Dr. Goulard I* lh* only phyxletaa that
■ h** arer mad. thi* dim*** * apart. I ntndy, nnd u to
H onr knowlndg* tbowand* h*rob*no mummt cur
■ od by tb* n* of Unto* Poa.-ra*. nnwiu, actginrgg *
H rauugmr .or* In *'ry no, or n*rti*n roc >u
■ nonn ntmi. All alT*r*r* ibonld *>* Ibww
■ Powder* *n aarly trial, nod b* conrlorad trtMr cam
■ tin notrort
0 Prior, for largo bo*. W 00, or 4 boxen for (HOB, *ant
aanll to any part of Iko United Statea or Ounfe o*
of prtc*. or by expraaa, C. 0. D. Add torn
ASH A BOBBINS,
m Pulton Street, Brooklyn, N. T.
BELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE
R R.—Tlmo-Tabl* ID fT on and after May
T, IBM):
Leare* A now Shoe 7.20 A. a,,arrir.* In Ball.font*
9.10 * a.
I'H B*llefunt* 10.f> A. ■..arrlraa at fnnw Bbo>
HAT . a
ln Snww Sho* 2.(0 r arrlraa In Brtl.fool#
3 41 r. a.
Imrw H-11.f.,0t. ,1.14 r a..arrlTM at Snow Sho*
j # 47 r. a. DAKIKI. RIIOADS.
gmaral autwrlalrnd.nl.
BALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL
-kJ KOAP.—Tlmr-Tnbl*, April 2. l*i(:
Exp. Mall. w**tw*tn. curntnn. Etp. Mail
r a.a. a
#lO #32 Arrira at Tyton# Lear*..... 7 * • 20
• 3 # 2.1 Iwara fjul Tjr .n. 7 14 # /J
Tl* #*l M Vail " ... 719 921
7SA #IT ... " Bald Rogla " ... 723 *77
74* 9 " Fowlar " ... 733 n4#
742 # 3 ...... " Hannah " 7 3# 9 T
7 IS 444 " P,.u Matilda " ... T44 91#
727 447 ...... " Martha - ... 742 92*
71# 43# ...... " Julian •• * 1 440
7 9 427 ...... " rnloarllla " ... #ll 941
| 7 •• 4l# ...... •• Know Hhor la " ... #2l 941
i# 4# 414 ... " Mil.el.arg " ... 424 944
! 4# 4 4 - Ib-llafonta " ... 32 941
•3# 444 ... '• Mlleaborg •' ... 44 10 3
•24 444 " Cnrtln " *4slo 14
•I# 440 ... " Mount Kagl* " .. 9Onin 19
• 4 431 .... •• Howard " „ 9 tlO P
444 420 .. •• Roglrrlll# - ... 9ltlo 42
4V> 414 ... " Rrarh Ooak " ... 922 1(1 47
434 4 3 ... Mill Hall " ... 93411 00
429 400 ... •• Flamlngtoa " „937 11 4
'4 24 344 " fork (farm " ... 442 II *
P:NNBYLVANIA RAILROAD.
—(Philadatpbta and Brla Plrlaioa.v—On and
. ar P*cmbar 12, I*7? :
WRSTWABP.
ERIB MAlLlmroa P1i11adr1jd>1*............... 11 44 pm
" llarrlrliarg...... 4 24am
" M Wllllomaport I Man
M " lock llar*a.. 94# • m
- " Ranoro... 10 44 * m
" arrira* at Erta 734 p m
i NIAGARA EXPRESS laaraa Phllodrlphla. 7 20* m
" tlarrtahnrg .. 10 40 a m
" Wllllamipurl. 220 p m
" arrira* at Honor*. 4 40 pa
Paawngrr* by tbl* train art.ra la Ball*.
font# at.. ... 4 34pm
PAST I.IRE laaraa Philadelphia 11 4.11 m
" " ll#rrlat,urg„.... 3 3.4 p m
" - Willtomaport 7 30pm
- arrira* *1 Pork llaraa 140 p m
KA9TWAHP.
PACIFIC EXPRESS laaron Lack M0r0n..... f 40 a ■
- M WillUmaport... 744 am
" arriraa at flarrtaborg 11 44 am
N - Philadelphia.... 3 44 p
DAT EXPRESS lonr** Ranoro... 10 10 a ■
*' Lock Harm. 11 30 a m
" Willtomaport....... 12 40 a m
" arrira* at llarrt*barg.... n 4 10pm
" Phlladalphto. .. 720 pm
ERIE MAIL laaraa Ranoro ( 34 p m
" Lock ftaran 444 p m
" Willtomaport II (M p m
" arrira* at Harrtahnrg.. .. 244 a m
" " PhlladrlphTa 700 am
FABT LIRE loarra Wllllomaport 12 3# * ■
" arrira#at llarrial.nrg Ulan
' w „ _ " PhOodalphto. 734 a m
Eri. Molt Wwl, Rtogar* Etpraa* Waot, Lock Harm
Anaammodatton Wart, aod Pay It * pram Boot. m*k#
•torn oonaaotlona at Rorthnmbrrtand with L. i I. R
IL i r r'*L'T f WlMoßwf* and Beranten.
Brla Moll Wot Rtogar* Rsprma Waal, and Bri*
Kapraa* Want, and Lock lUrra Accommodation Want,
mok* ctooa connection . WiHlaamport wits R.C.R.
W. train* north. ,
RH* Mail W**t, RI agar* Eiprm* Wmt, and Day
Exprao* R**t, moka ciom conaarlion at Lack Harm
Will. B. E. ▼. R. R train*.
Brio Moll RnH and Want roaomt at Eri* wttb WW**
"■ L * "if w1tl 0.0. #1 7.1.
R., at Emporium with B. N. T. A P. R. R., m l at
Driftwood with A ▼ R. R '
_Htlor OM9 tW tn botnmn Philadatpbta and
WiHlamjnort on Rtomra Kxpram Wmt. Eat. Ex pram
W*M, Phlladalphto Rxpram Rml oad Pay Ixpram
Eatt,and Sneday Bxpram Root Xlwping carton *ll
night trala*. W. A. Batnwiw,
Goal SnpoHntmdmt.
New Advertisement.
ZFA-X^IMIIEX^S
WHO WANT
GROCERIES
AND OTHER
STTX^LXIES
FOR
H A R V E STING
HHOUI.D CAM. ON
SECHLER & Co.
FOR ANYTHING IN Till LINK OP
SUGARS,
COFFEES,
TEAS,
SPICES,
NEW CHEESE,
S. C. HAMS,
S. C. DUIEI) BEEF,
BREAKFAST BACON,
DRIED PEACHES,
NEW PRUNES,
HOMINY and RICE,
SYRUre and N. O. MOLASSES,
NEW MACKEREL,
STONE W A RE, QUEENS WARE,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
ALSO ANYTHING IN THK LINK OR
FRESH MEATS.
W r killing nail-fed uteern of from
1200 to 140011)8., and have positively the
BEST MEATS
that are offered for rale in Centre county.
SECHLER & CO.
OEOCEBS,
Bwh If oner BloeJc, Bellefonte, Ba.
NEW ENTERPRISE.
4 LEXANDER A CO.,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
—AND—
SEED STORE,
BKLLBFONTK, PA.
They mean by thi all the name import*,
that 1., In >WI ID and to furnieh fa Itrmtn at Ihe
low—l p—iMa price ererytblng ID the chape of an
agri. utlural implement that farmer, un, Including
SKKDS of DII kind..
At pr—c nt we hare OD hand *nd nr. tha aalkorliwd
agent. for the of th. SYRACUSE CIIILLKD
PLOW, load- ll (irtflw, N. T. Il In lb. b—t chlltod
plow Dow made; ilno tlin Keyatone nod iron b—tu
plow* mid. at Cant— llall. No bailor plow, Itian
Hie. rau la bad lor tba nam* amount of nwwi.
Alao Iha Contra Hall CooipUotrr. *• Deed any Both
to* atnvqi tba martin of Una plantar, aa tba Ai now la
■uo iu ( antra rouolr damonntrataa tbam to ba tba bant.
It AURoWS and CULTIVATORS of tba lataat lm
prrnad j Mellaril,.
MoWKRA. HKAPKRR and lilt AIN HI N DIRS —Of
lb—a wa aall tba Oaborna allhar aa —parale Mowera.
Combined Raw pore and Mowera, Dn|la liar.—tarn, or
aa Comlrined H-ai-r. and Madera.
TilK WIIKKI.kR. No.(,.aa a rombtiad machine, la
tba b—l inachinn of tba kind la tba morkal.
TIIK OREATRST IMPROVEMENT OP THR AOR
la tba Horrtotoww Ulanaer and Rlndar. Call nod ana
It. It la wood—fill, perfect.
AD, bo, twal.a raw* old, with ooa bona, will lab
low and Mad all tba (rain that aa, R—far with atda
daltaar, will cat. It ant aal, triad, bat gl.ua a. and
will an tba price of tba amebian la aaa yewr. b,
taking Dp from IkaatabMa thai which i, now Lot
THK M' .-lIKRKY GRAIN DRILL, aithar with or
Without broadraat ho—, with or wtthowt fartillnor Dad
aaad eowiag alia bmaot. It ia tba baa I (rata drill
ho all pur p> wan la tba mark at.
TIIK URISKR THRESHER AND SKPARATtHL—
Thn rnpuutiua of tbia mnrbtnn ia ao wall tahllahnd
that wa ran my acrihing al- al It that tba people do
uat know An, paraon wanting nan, or In Band of
repair, for th—a now in Iha roaaty, pi— rail.
HEKIINKRH PATENT LKVKL TRKAD IIORSK
Putt KK. ( a ■on and two Horn—, with Pataat speed
Regulars Llttln liianl Thr—bar and CI nan nr.
VICTOR fUU KK MILLER !M. ag-nu farOao
tra count,.
VV AOONS. CARRIAGES, IHOGIKS and Pit ETON,
—Wa am ignnla for tba aal a of the celebrated CORK.
LIN WAOON.tbe reputation of which la no wall aatab
llnbad; alao ol the ttIRTI.ANb PLATFORM RPRINO
WAGONS, Carrlag—. Phvloaa nad Ruggtai. All art
warranted. Call and a— apacimaaa and -lamina rata
logo— aa Ui at,lan and prh m hafota buying alaawhnrn.
Cataloguaa fiimiahnd on application
PI ASTER AND FERTILIZERS—Oarage plantar
Rial, grand. go. at aa tba bawl Nora Soot In, at tba
low prica of (7 nu par ton. Parwrtna Ganao mid oa
orders aal,. Phpbt— alwa,, on hand. Spar ml
mat.nraa for dlffarant cropw aold upon ordara at aiaaa
fartnrer.' prima.
POWDER —Wa am Ifapoat'g agnata Slanting,
sporting aad Rifla pnndnr on band and aold at wboln
aalaprimw; alao fnno.
GRAIN.—ADar Iha growing crop la bare—tad wa
will ha prnparnd la pa, tba high—t mark at prtra far
all klada of grain.
COAL—Oar yard la eleay. atorkad with tba bait
Aatbrarlta Cnal which wa aall at ton —1 prtra
1.1 MR— Wa twakr the b—l white lima la tha State.
It- ptupnrtlnw for marbaakaj aad agricultural pur
poa— -leal all otbar*.
FAIRBANKS' STALKS -ft am thalr agent. la
Caatrn roaal, aad will enppl, all parti— wtaking
good and Iran aralna at tbntr low—l prtr—.
Wa atlaad aa laritathia to near,bud, la waat of
aa,lking la owr llaa to call at owr atom rue me, op.
ptwrite the Buab llon-r aad aaa what wa bora, aad
lawrn from thoaa la altaadanra aerie part tra tar I, tba
erupe of our hnatanm A LKX ANDRR S CO
Hollnfaate, Pa , Ma, ri. IMS). |Mf
FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
THE " PATRIOT " DURING THP PRESIDEN
TIAL CANVASS.
TN order that every body, no matter
-4 bow poor la purer, ma, read tba newt during tba
gnat political at niggle of ISSO, tba D.ar Ptrator
(Panda, edition Included) will ba mat b, mall to aa,
add men. pontage fraa, from tba praaaat time aaUl tba
an—nth of Noetnthor next, far Rt.oo; to rlulw of Ira
or mora, (and on# cop, Dm to tbo an Oder of the r lab.)'
S2AO par ropy. N ithowt Sunday ad I Hon. tba Dutr
Parator will ba mat b, mall to nay add man, p. a tag.
frwa, for name period far fcAO; l<> rluboofSru or mora
(with on* oop, free to enactor of dab) CLOO par eopy.
THK WEEKLY PATRIOT
from tba pr—nut lima until Iha weak after tba Prat
dnutial alert ton will ba —at fa an, addreea, poetagn
fro#, far Poarr Casta; la riaha af Sro or upward,
far Tutiri-Ftrg Casta p— fupy, nltk oao eupy fraa to
mndar of clab. In arary nana the money mua't mwn.
pany tha order Now la the lima to got ap data.
Democratic (oral orgaalaatfaaa Cannot rtnrwlate r haul
er and mora a Sac lira campaign literature than aowrn
pnpan furtilahad at lb—a eitraorrilaartly low rat—
Road la your order, ud.lriaat.l to Pgrawr Pt auaaiaa
Oa., Httatwrad, Pa. g&
• f
BUBII HOUSE,
HRLLEFONTE. PA.,
IB OFBN.
V*-** P. P. PETERS, Proprietor.
PENSIONS.
A LL dlMbled Soldiers and heirs of
XX 4itiag.ll Scritllrra who dfad from eoaaaoaoaaee
O—'i "5 SSMIW fa PKNkIONS.
NO ARRSARS .1 lowed after ,OLT I. tSSS. Sand
rteDm fa* fall loatmctfaaa In all klada of SoMiar,'
J. H. SYPHKKD * CO., /Wow XlfarV
pKNTHAL HOTEL,
yj (Oppoalte tb. Railroad StottoaJ
MILESBCRO, CENTRB OOUNTT, PA.
A. A. KOHL BECKER, Proprietor.
roA VyicßM am Urn railroad will Sad
srmocrat.
H K LLKFONTK, PA.
O-n IC-CT I-T TT It-A. I^.
NKWH, KACTH ANI> SUGGESTIONS.
TSg TUT t Til RATIONAL WILTANI TNI INTILLI
OINCI All rioarißiTT or TNI TAINII.
Every farmer in hit annual exptrtenet
discovers something of value. Write it antl
tend it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
DEMOCRAT, Helle'fonte, I'enn'a," that other
farme.rn may have the benefit of it. Let
communications be timely, and be cure that
they are brief and well pointed.
Leas Fig-pen and More Pig-pature.
RLAIDHIDKM I'HKK J.KAHI.IC TO PUO-NOHK*
AND VAT CHIRKS.
Colonel F. I). Curtl. In Tribune.
Mere blubber is not desirable food
in our climate. As pigs are now
bred and fattened they are little more
than animate lard. Everybody has
been trying for years to see how fat
they could make their pigs, and bow
much they could make them weigh in
the shortest possible time. This uni
versal system of stuffing has resulted
in breeding out muscle (lean meat),
and thickening up the fatty portions,
which are merely the deposits of the
oil contained in the food. To facili
tate this fattening (oil depositing)
process, absolute rest is required.
Therefore to subserve their purpose
piga are confined in close quarters,
with no exercise except stomach ex
ercise. This organ is brought by the
nature of the case into a morbid con
dition, when it is expected to con
sume and digest without limit. Figs
are stuffed to the very verge of break
ing down of their digestive functions,
and often beyond it. In the latter
case they are speedily slaughtered lie
fore they run down. Uusually pigs
are confined in foul pens, where they
are obliged to lie in their filth, and
breath air poisonous with the fumes
of decay. The whole system is
wrong, resulting in distasteful, if not
unwholesome food. The effect of
Ibis system of care and breeding
pigs with the feeding of rich and
concentrated food to promote rapid
growth, has been to change the na
ture, or rather the physical construc
tion of the animal from a muscular
to a blubberous condition.
Exercise and slow growth conduce
to muscular development, as muscles
are formed where and when required.
This is a universal law in the animal
kingdom, illustrated by the black
smith's arm, the race horse, and it
could be shown in perfect demonstra
tion by confining one pig in the way
pigs are usually fed, and Ukiug an
other of the same litter and training
it to extended exercise, or by simply
allowing it to roam at will in a field
during its growth. The pig thus al
lowed to roam would when fattened
possess double the amount of mus
cle (lean meat) over one kept in a
close pen. The recognition of this
principle put in practical use can in
time change the character of pigs so
as to make them more palatable.
Everybody complains now-a-days of
pork being too fat, and yet every
body almost persists in growing pigs
in the very way to make them too
fat. Fig meat is naturally healthy
food, and calculated for the wants of
laboring people, as it furnishes long
digestion and plenty of nutrition,
which are what they require. The
modern improvements in breeding
have resulted in making heavy
weights in a short time, and in round
ing and thickening the bodies, but
the so-called improvement has re
duced the demand and the value of
pigs for food. I do not mean to be
understood that fewer hogs are
grown, or a less number exported :
but I do mean and know that in pro
portion to the inhabitants in this
oounlry a much less quantity of pork
is eaten than formerly, and it is sim
ply because of its over-fatness.
There are two ways to remedy this
evil; one is to enlsrge the pig-pen to
a pig pasture ; the other Is to grow
pigs of the more muscular breeds, or
to select breeding stock from those
of any breed which give evidence of
more development in this direction
than of fat. Chunky hogs should be
avoided, as chunkiness means fat. It
is singular what follies farmers, who
should be the most sensible of people,
will pursue. They have been daft so
long on pug-nosed and fat-cheekod
pigs that they have nearly expelled
the pork barrel from every man's
cellar, and one of the most profitable
animals from the farm. Northern
farmers under the delusion of pug
noses and fat-cheeks have ridiculed
the " rail-splitters" of the South,
whereas the truth is the Southern
planter had more sagacity and prac
tical sense than the admirer of im
proved stock, for the former has
well nigh bred himself out of a staple
article of food, and a staple source of
profitable income, while the latter has
kept up the reputation of his bacon,
and maintained his supply of whole
some living. As I hare suggested,
we want more pig-pastures and fewer
pig-pens. Growing pigs should have
more range, so that there may be a
perfect development of body, bone
and muscle. They want less conoeo
tfated food and more of a light
nature, such as grass, cornstalks and
roots, to keep them growinfbut not
fak Under this treatment there
would be more length of body and
larger frames, which may be rounded
up in the autumn by richer food. A
continuous system of rearing and
feeding in tbia manner would produce
breede of bogs not HO heavy perhaps
in weight, but more desirable as piga
are generally managed.
Manure aa a Farui Crop.
of Pnu tl< al Fartii'r.
Farmers boast of how much corn,
oats, wheat or buy they raise; how
many cattle, hogs, chickens or sheep
they feed, put did you ever hear
farmers boast about the largeness
of their manure crop ? They count
from seventy-five to one hundred
bushels of corn per acre a large yield ;
thirty bushels of wheat a good crop;
but how many loads of manure per
acre is a good crop ? Our Granges
and farmers' clubs discuss how they
can raise the lurgest crops of pota
toes, tobacco or rye; do they ever
talk of how they can secure the
largest amount of manure? Our agri
cultural departments publish reports
of the yield per acre of the grasses
and grains, but do they publish the
yield per acre or per farm of applied
manure? Perhaps you know who
in your county raised the largest
crop of hay or grass, but do you
know who raised the largest manure
crop? You know who of your neigh
bors farms corn or wheat most suc
cessfully, but do you know who farms
his manure pile best? You know
who of your acquaintances feeds his
stock best, but do you know who
feeds his soil best? The answer to
all these questions must be, No.
Why is this? is not the application
of manure as important as the raising
of crops? Is it not fully as impor
tant to understand how to restore
fertility as to take it. Does it not
require as much good management to
raise a large crop of manure as corn ?
And does it not pay just as well?
Why, then, is there not more interest
taken in the subject? Why do not
our agricultural societies offer a pre
mium for the best crop of manure as
well as for the best crop of grain ?
Why not offer a blue or a red ribbon
for the load of best manure as well
as for the best bushel of wheat?
Now it seems to roe that this sub
ject is greatly neglected. One farmer
may sell 5,000 bushels of corn, 2,000
of wheat, and 3,000 of oats. Another
may sell half that amount and we will
say that the first is the largest and
best farmer. But hold! The first
farmer burns his straw; ditto corn
stalks; feeds his hogs on a side hill
where the manure washes into the
creek, and allows his stable manure to
fire fang. The second carefully saves
his straw for manure; sees that it
and the stubs of the corn-fodder rot
in the compost heap; saves his hog
manure for his sandy soil, and makes
and applies five loads of manure
where the other makes one. The first
farmer may put more dollars and
cents into bis pocket for a few years,
but be is steadily impoverishing his
soil; the second is yearly increasing
his land's productiveness and hence
is adding all the time to his capital.
The former class are getting very
scarce, but they still exist.
Farmers are fond of a beautiful
horse—who is not ?—of a fine field of
wheat waving golden in the sun ; of
the tasscled maize that promises
seventy-five bushels to the acre; of
the potato that must be split to get
it into the pot; of the high-bred
Brahma rooster of majestic carriage
that struta and rules in the hen coop;
of their patient wives and. rosy daugh
ters ; of their handy man servants
and maid servants; even of their
long-eared asses, but what farmer is
fond of his manure pile ?
Every successful farmer has a
healthy respect for the reputation of
his manure pile and a really com
mendable and praiseworthy pride in
the large size and excellent quality of
bis manure crop. The farmer who
has a little, weak, stunted, dwarfed
manure pile down in one corner of
his feed lot, is considerably behind
the times. If the truth was known, I
wonder how many farmers make two
wagon loads of good manure for each
acre that they till Not many, I
surmise; yet it can be done and
ought to be done.
Who will start a manure "boom ?"
Who will stand on his own dung hill
and say,"l challenge the world to
beat it?" I am not poking fun. For
seriously, the time will come when
men will take as much pride in a
large crop of manure as of corn, and
when agricultural societies will not
forget to put "Manure, best barrel,"
on their premium lists.
THR accomplished fruit grower is
always on the alert to induce his
trees to make a moderate, healthy
growth, and at the same time to pre
serve a perfect outline, and an often,
regular disposition tit the branches.
The use of mulching material is un
questionably a beneficial operation,
especially whilst the trees are young.
Rough, coarse, strong manure will
keep the surface of the soil moist and
cool, ami at the same time supply
nourishment to the numerous fibrous
roots. Frequently, insects will col
lect under this mulch ia large num
bers, but if it be constantly stirred
this may be obviated.
AT a recent farmers' meeting a
speaker gave a receipt for making
farming pay, as follows: "Have but
one business, and get up in the morn
ing and Me to it yourself,"
Wheat Experiment*.
0. Urtltln ill Practical Parmrr
I cut four acrea of Fultz wheat on
the 24th of June, this year, being
earlier than I ever cut wheat before.
Thin piece of wheat waa on ground
that I have Ixjen experimenting on.
Three yeara ago laat fall I pot it in
wheat after oata, putting on a light
top-dressing—about Ave load* of
barnyard manure to the acre. The
next aeaaon I harvested only eight
bushels per acre. 1 thought the land
wanted feeding, ao in the apring I
put it in drilled corn, drilling in two
huahcla per acre. It came up well
and proved to lie a good crop. In
August I plowed it under and aowed
to wheat in September. We had it
very dry in the fall and it made but
little growth. It went into winter
looking badly. I think the corn
turned under furniahed too much
underdrainagc, making it worae than
it would have been. Hut next apring
after the wheat got root, it came on
finely and was better than I expected
it to IK*. I had aowed it to clover in
the apring, but failing to get a catch,
I thought I would try again. So I
plowed it up again laat aeaaon, and
aowed it to wheat. When 1 com
menced to plow it I saw that the land
had changed its complexion. It
| looked a good, healthy color. The
wheat came on fine, getting a good
growth by winter. 1 aowed it to
Pcavine clover last March, and I have
a splendid catch.
1 had been reading in the Farmer
about the amounta of seed aown by
different onea, and I sowed thia field
in five different patches, commencing
with a bushel and a half on firat
patch, and running down to half a
bushel. In cutting I find more straw
in the first sowing, but a great many
abort heads, hut in the last sowing
the heads are all of good length. I
, think the yield of the several patches
will not differ much, and the whole
piece will perhaps average 35 buahela
per acre.
The Economy of Boiling.
Soiling saves feed and labor. One
acre of oats will feed 25 cows for a
week. An acre of good clover and
orchard grass ban fed the same num
ber for four days. An acre of half
grown corn planted in rows three
feet apart will feed them for 10 days,
and when full-grown wiU last for 20
days. Twenty-fire cows will use up
one acre of good pasture in one day.
In soiling, all the ground can be
made to produce two crops, and
some of it three, and although the
pasture will keep on growing, yet it
will not grow ao fast as crop on plow
ed ground and the surface soon be
comes soiled and spoiled by the
droppinga. On the other hand, when
cows are soiled, all the manure ia
saved, and can Ixs gathered and put
out on the fields as it may be wanted.
There is economy in feeding and in
saving manure; and in practice the
two savings arc equivalent to doub
ling the stock which any number of
acres can carry.
Begin at the Garden.
G>trr*|>ro4flnr* uI Bsrti Xnr Yorker.
I remarket] to an old farmer back
in the country, whom I had not seen
for several years, and whoae farm, in
the meantime, had improved wonder
fully, that his place was so changed I
hardly knew it. "Yes," said he,"l've
been fixin' up a little. The old woman
pestered mc to death about the gar
den. and so I slicked up a little, and
fixed about the house, and it looked
so nice I went at the farm fences and
the brush, and saved more manure,
and kept killing the weeds, and the
crops got better, and so I kept going
on, and tilings do look pretty good
now. Wile takes a paper, and I take
one, and get time to read it, too, and
1 used to think I hadn't time for
anything." And so be ran on, seem
ingly much pleased with what be had
done, and bis life and hia home
without doubt the happier for it.
Examples oi a like kind may be found
all over the country.
Glover Bakings.
It is probable that the scarcity of
hay this season, will secure a general
saving of everything that will do for
winter feed. But clover that has
been spread thinly on the ground
while the crop was being harvested
"between showers," is nearly worth
less as feed. The blossoms and leaves
are broken off, and what is left is
dried woody fibre, of little value. It
should, however, be raked off rather
than left on the ground, as even n
thin mulch will entirely destroy the
clover beneath it If not worth pat
ling in the barn, throw it in the yard,
where cattle can pick at it if they
wish. The growth of clover roots
after the first cutting is worth more
to improve the lend than the thin
mulch of scattered clover, which
would destroy growth in spots. With
the best care in curing, many clover
leaves will be broken oft and lost.
These mske good manure, and are so
small ami fine that they do not injure
growth as the stems will.
A SOLUTION of hen manure in water
is said to be one oT the best fertilisers
for vines of all *klnda that is within
the gardener's reach.
than" l yU wndo tiros after
sfitii v f