It. LAXHRKTII ,P SOys, Garden Seed*, VhUudetpMa.
V ' •'/'• v V v*v ■/ •- VV v s'* • ••■Ai' \; wVWyWxAA/i/WV\^v
The Atlonlion of Market Gnnlcnors
iV. /luA/ and other* desiring to I'urrhßß* Heed*
tCi/ f In ihllih! to (lie FACT llml lli*> CMRNn4 oilier lectli
l\>fc | oftorwl l.v l> I.ANhItETII A SONS to 111 Mr rtufoiint*
y\ VIV \"\ wr# *'"l m\•■! entirely ty tliPOMtolvM, upon thvir (
V V °*u farm*. !!*• result of umuy >eam < arxftil Nttd
einl mr*!i*M |iurrhieee fruiii pertiee who know nothltiK
>-* -* f ttt<> htielnMM of mllt| m-odi. Hnl mining re|iurtm
ymra of rloM* olMr%*tii. rurrfnl attention to til* one
oultjerl, niul nut not lie minimi In a shaft time ly tl*>e *le>e attention lie* been n ; ,r**. <1 with olluir
punmtto
The Seed Growing ifetaMiittimnt of I>. LANDItICTII k 8fN8 (now comprUln* 1.A74 screeh flret fotunhM
in 17*4. mid |e4ii| to three gfimtlon, lim Inmmi roiiUu<ltl with the flaw o| |n>dn< inn eeeda of Die very let
mid inret • |I• tv. \>f tire, therefore, juetlfled. In mooiring our cindonier* tliei TIIE SEEIIh OVTICKKD BY
I S IUVK NO sd I'EHlOlt IN TIIIH OH ANY OTIIEH 00l STIIY. The puldi. u< uerwlly ere invited to
•'*•11 mi I elmuitie our etoeh of S I,KIS. IMPLEMENTS AM' HhH.S, all ol the hint quality. No mhtoihl
<|Uality pN>il for wlo fatal' -kh* free. Pruee low ,
D. LANDRETH & SONS,
21 and 23 Soulli Sixth Slreet, and No. 4 Arch St., Philadelphia.
A NEW OFFER.
Almost Given Away, an Eight-Page Paper for Less than
Cost of Paper, Ink and Postage.
THE "WORLD
IS FOR
HAICOCK and ENGLISH
FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME,
AND WILL BE SENT,
Postage paid, from now until January 1, 1881,
Weekly - for 25 Cents
Semi-Weekly - - for 50 Cents
Daily, including Sunday, for $2.50
Or until after the Inauguration for doublo the above pricca.
Democrats, Mend for it and read what is being <1 one all over the country by
Democrats to insure a glorious victory thin fall. Send it to your Republican
neighbors, and convert them to Democracy.
HELP ON THE GOOD CAUSK!
Address THE WORLD, 36 Park Row, New York.
Il i/son, McFarlmte ,t' - Co., Hardware Heater*.
3EiL.A.IRrID"W ARE!
WILSON", McFARL ANE fc CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES ? HEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
IBTJIULIDIEIR/S' HARDWARE.
ALLtXJUKNY STREET, .... DOMES' BLOCK, .... BKI.Liro.NTK, PA.
liil.tiurn* funis.
HA UN ESS MAN U FA CTOIIY
H In Oafinu'i New Block,
BKI.LF.PONTI'.. PA. l-1y
1? P.BLAIR.
1 • JFWP.I.KR,
WATCKU, CLoTE*, JIWBLAf, Mr.
All work neatly eiocntal. Ud Allegheny
mler Brockerhif llonw. 4-tf
DEALERS IN PUKE DRITOSONLY.
2 I ZKLLKII fi SON, i
- M. tiRI (HIISTS,
3 1 N. 8. Brock-rhoff Bow 5
J , All the Standard Patent Mnlklaw Prc-j <
8" •criplion* antl Family tlctpee accurately e
prepared. Trustee, Shualder Brace*. Ac., Ar. 3
*r_ *■ Ti
f oris DOLL.
i J FASHIONABLB BOOT A SHOEMAKER,
Brockrihoff Bow, AUlii; tlwl,
).|y Bellefnnte. Pa
1. c. acaia. Pree't. J. P. H*aau. Ouh'r.
171 EST NATIONAL DANK OF
F BELLKFONTE.
Allegheny Street. Mlflmtt, P*. HI
( CENTRE COUNTY BANKING
VJ COMPANT.
Kwalu Depnelt*
And Allow latereel.
Discount *01";
Buy nn.l Ml
OOT. tmiritl",
Hold nnd Ooupona,
Jian A. Bum, President
J. D. KMJOTBT.Cn.hIxr. Wf
CONSUMPTION
POMITIVKUY CORED.
ALL sufferers from this disease
that an* anilotaa to be cured altonld try 1)1
K IBUNKS'* I'RI.P.RKATKIi OONSUMPTIV S k)H.
DHL* These Powders ure the only preparation known
[ that will earn Conrt-amo* and all dleeuaa of tha
Tnnoar ana Ltnaoa—ladowl, ao .Iron, la ..or fallh la
thawi. and aUu to coaainr. jut thai thj ar. no hum
bug, w. artll forward to nwj nfmi by malt, pal
paid, a rati Taut Hoi.
W doa'l want yonr awj nnlil yon arw pwlwtlr
aattaSrd ol tbrir raralla. powers. If yont llf. la worth
■Brink, don't delay la firing I Mae Power*, a trial, n*
they will earely car* yon.
Prire, to r large bo*. S3.VI. >enl to any part of the
United Stales or Canada, by null, on receipt of price.
Addreaa,
ASH A BOBBINS,
Ally MO Pwlbm Street, Brooklyn, R. T.
FITS, EPILEPSY,
OK
FALLIXU MCKIVEM§
"I3ERMANENTLY CURED—No
.1 Humbug—by ana month', aaana of Or. Qw
lard't Celebrated Infallible Bit Pewrdore. To run
alnre sufferers that those powder, will do all wa claim
lor them we will eend thrat l>y audi, roar r.ia, a ran
nut aox. A. Dr. Oowlard hi the only phyaMan-Uial
her evar made thla dlaewee a special etndy, and aa to
aar knowledge Ihowaande bare Venn nalimtit car
ed by the aee of three powataa, aleiuoctataraa
m.ttnt care In erery caee, or **rv* roc ALL
MOIST Eirannro. All sufferera ebonld aire three
powder, an enrty trial, aad Ita conrlnced of their rnra-
Ure power*
Prire, tor large ho*, tt.on, or 4 boxea Sir IIO.nO. eenl
by mall to any part or the United State* or Canada on
redept of price, or by ripme, G, 0. I> Addreee
ASH St BOBBINS,
44-ly. SSI Pall— Street, Bmohlyn. R. T.
T3ROCKERIIOFF HOUSE,
A3 BBLI.EFONTR, PA.
W. R. TELLER, Proprietor.
Good Sample Room on Second Floor,
SERr-free Baa. to and from all Train.. Special rata*
la wltnamer and Juror*. 1-ly
OELLEFONTE At SNOW SHOE
l r R R.—Tiine-Thle In effect on and after May
I,l**)'.
Leare* Snow Shoe 7.20 A, ■..arriraa In Bellrfonle
, 9.10 A. ■.
la-area Betl.foate 10.4" A. arrire. at Snow Shoe
11.'.7 A. a.
Laares Snow Shoe 2'*) r. a.,Arrire. In Bellefonte
3 41 p. a.
troves Bellefoote .VIA r. a., arrire. at Snow Shoe
6,67 r. a. DANIEL KIIOADS.
Oeneral Kaperinlendant.
I >ALI) EAGLE VALLEY RAIL-
J f ROAD.—Time-Table, April *9, lioe":
Rip. Mail, ataraaan. AAATWAAO. Rip. Mall
a.a. r. a. * a. a. a
* I') 83i Arrire at Tyrone heave Illy)
* I *f- Leave Kaat Tyrone leerr... 7 11 8/7
7 sff 31 " Vail " ... 710 •31
718 IT " Bald Ragle •• 723 rr;
74* fi 9 .... " Fowler - ... 7,M e |i.
742 fi 1 " Hannah " ... 7."Ml 9 7
736 118 ...... • Port Matilda " ... 741 918
7/7 147 ... •• Martha " ... 762 92*
71* 43* ...... " Julian •• ... 9 I 9ln
7 6*7 ...... " I ntenrilla •< ..111 4:!
70D 814 ..... " Snow Shoe In " ... a/I p57
818 6IA ...... " Mllcehurg " .. IH IH
848 6 .1 " Bcllefonte " ... A32 961
8 .V. 461 - Mileehnrg " ... *4B 10 J
Bi. 446 ...... " Cnrlin " 86410 14
*l* 4Hi " Mount Ragle " ... 90010 19
V 431 ..... " Howard " . I I 111 79
Hi 4 'JO .... •• Kaglerilla •• ... 91*10 42
a M 4IS " Beach ( reek " .. 92t10 47
614 4 3 ..... " Mill Ifall - .. 934 11 Of)
529 400 ..... " Plrmlngton " ... 937 II 4
626 364 '• Leach llarea " ... 942 II (
I >ENNBYLYANIA UAI LIU) A I).
1 —'Philadelphia aad Rrle Dirleion.) —On and
after December 12, 1577 :
WESTWARD.
RRtR MAII. learec Philadelphia 11 58 p m
" " Harriet,urg —... 426 a m
" WllHamepurt I Man
" Lock Harm* 940 a m
- 8eh. T0..... |0 18 ata
" arrives at Kria 7 38 p m
NIAOARA EXPRESS learee Philadelphia.. 7 9ita
" Ilerriaharg.... In Mia
Wllliameport. 2 i pre
" arriree at Ilenoro.. 4 40 p m
Paacangera by thla train arr.ve la Bell*. I
fonteat 4 38pm 1
PAST I.IBR learee Philadelphia........ 11 41am
" Harrleliurg.... 886 p m
" Wllllamanort 7 30pm <
'• arriree at Lock llarrn.. t4O p m 1
R> AT WARD.
PACIFIC RXPRESS learee lewk llarea. 8 40 a at
" " Wllllanmport... 768 am 1
H arriree at tlarriabarg II 18 a m 1
* Philadelphia.... 348 p m
DAT RXPRRSB laarea Renoro 10 10 a m
" " Lock llarea.... 11 20 am ,
■ " Wllllaaisport........ It 40 a m ,
" arriree at llarrirfmrg........ 4 10pm 1
•• - Philadelphia. 79D p m ,
KRIK MAIL lewrea Renoro 3 31pm .
" " Lock Rerun I 411 pa ,
- W illlamepart II 08 p m |
" arriree at Hairtabarg. 148 a m ,
" 14 Phlladelahia 7 08 a m 1
PAST LIKR learec Wllllamejwwl 12 36 a m |
" errircc at Itarrisbwra. 188 a m 1
" Philadelphia 738 a m
Rrle Mall Wast, Niagara Riprece Waal, Lark llarea .
Accommodation Weal, and Day Rgprem Kaet, make
cloee conaectlone at Nnrthrnntier land with L. a B. R
R. train# tor Wllheebarre and Scraatna.
Erta Mall Went, Niagara Rtprem Weal, aad Erie
Expreea Weat. and Loek Haren Accommodatlen Wee I,
make cloee cm nee Uon at WilllaaMport wllk N. 0. R.
W. trwine north
Erie Mall Waal, Niagara Rgpram WMt, and Day !
Etprrwa Rant, make cloee connection at Lock llarea
With B. R. *. R K I raise
Rrle Mail Saet and Weal connect at Erie with tralae
OB I. S- M. S. R R.. at Oorry with 0. 0. IA. V.I.
R. at Kmporium with B. B. V A P. R. K., aa lat -
Drißwood with A. T. S R.
Parlor car* will ran hetwera Philadelphia aad 1
Williameporl on Niagara Raprem Went, Erie Kiprase I
Weed, Philadelphia Rkpreae Reel and Day Ripreae e
Beet, and Snnday Ripreee Rut, Aleeptng rare on all ,
alght trains. Wa A. B.iowr*.
tlen'l Scperluleadewt
i 'IIRARD HOUSE, !
A J OORNRRCORSTNirr AND NINTH NTRRKTN,
MSWMU,
Thla henee, prominent la a city fhmed for lie com
fort able hotels, I* kept la erery rrmirt ewaal to any
Arat-elaea hutelt hi tha country. Owing to the *trin
gencyof tha tlmm, the price or board bee haen reduced .
|o tm* notAABd per day. J, M KIBBIN,
1-8-if Manager.
New Advertisements.
FAHMERS
WIIO WANT
GROCERIES
AN!) OTHKIt
SUPPLIES
KOll
IT A K V E 8 T I IST Cr
HIIOliT.I) CAM. ON
SECHLER & Co.
KOll ANYTIIIMU IN TIIK LINK or
SUGARS,
COFFEES,
TEAS,
SPICES,
NEW CHEESE,
K v. HAMS,
S. ('. DRIED BEEF,
BREAKFAST BACON,
DRIED PEACHES,
NEW PRUNES,
HOMINY and RICE,
SYRUPS and N. (). MOLASSES,
NEW MACKEREL,
ST( >NEWARE, Ql EENSWARE,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
ALSO ANVTUINO IN TIIE LINK OF
FRESH MEATS.
Wo nre killing Mtall-fed ,teor* of from
1200 to 14001b#., and have po#itive)y the
BEST MEATS
that arc offered for *ale in Centre county.
SECHLER & CO.
OEOCEES,
Ru*h Hotu<e lilock, lietlrfonte, Pa.
NEW ENTERPRISE.
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
—AND —
SEED STORE,
BILLS FONTK, FA.
They mean by thi# all the name imports,
Itrat 1,. In 'I". I in nn.l to fnrtii.l, t. f.roi.ni .1 I It.
low(*aI |MII.U price .trrrtlilng in th. ,hn|w of •>.
agricultural Itnpl. tneul that farter. ... | Deluding
HKSIM (f nil kind,.
Al prt-eni e hat. on band and ar* Ih. authorUed
B.nl. U Ih. a.l. of Or. SYRACUSE CUILI.KD
PLOW, mad. al Sjraruw, N. T. It |. ||„, beat drilled
plow now mad.; alto th. K.yalon. and iron lw.ro
plow, mad. at Centre 11.11 No l-lt.r pb.wa than
thro- can be had (•• Ih. aam. amonm of mooer.
Alao th C.nli. Ilali ( .>rnplaol.r M . no# naj ,rth
in# at.rnt Ih. m.rt of thlo pl.nlrr a. Ih. StHroow in
■ In Ontr. counly >1. toon.irate th.m to I- th. l-at.
HARROWS and CULTIVATORS Of U, UUal im
|>t('od pa(trn,.
MIIWKK.H. KKI'I K-t and DRAIN BINItKR* —Of
Ih". a. aril th.().h>>rn. rllhrr aa wparal. Mow.ra
('onilrined Hcpon and Mow.ra, .tn#l. Ilnrmtrm, or
a. I'oßihlnr.l lUwprr, and Uludrra.
TIIK WIIRKI.kR, NO. ■,aa a romldnwl tnarhln., I*
Iba hut nra<hln. of tb. kind in th n.ath.t
TIIK OKKATKUT IMPROVKMKNT OP TIIK AUK
I, th. Norrtalown tilntn.r and Br rid.r. Call and arro
It. It l wondr ffrrllj (wrf., t
Anj ln>r twalr. J"r. old. with on. bora., will f,,1-h.w
h.w and l lnd all tit. ralo tll an, Kni|wr with atd.
•I 11, .ty (Bill rat. It not onl, l.lnda hot (iMira. and
will aa*. Ih. prtr. of th. macklrr. to on. roar. I>,
taking up from th.aiul-hl. that whirl, la wow laak
Till H' -HURRY UHAIN DRILL, .Ith" with or
oilhoot hroadraM hew. oilh or wlthoat RrrUllan and
wwd owing altarhm.nl. It I. th. twat grata drill
f-.r nil nuq.wwt In th. markrl.
THE liKIRKR THRKRIIKR AND RKI'ARATf'R.
Tlta r.pnlalhH, rtf Ihla marhina la n a.II ..i.ltlMtnl
Ural w* ran nap nothing al'.at It that th* |wopl da
not know, dap pron oaniing on., or in nnel of
repair* for tit... now In Ih. mnnlT. pl.a- call.
HKKHNKRB PATKNT LEVKL TREAD IKIRRR
P<)Vt Kit. fur on. at.l t*„ l.w—, oith Pat.nl Rpml
R.golator. I.lttl. (Hani Thrr—li.r and Clmrrrw.
VICTOR CLOVER II I'LLKK.
tra ronnlr.
VYAOONd. CARRIAURR RrnntKA and PH YTONK
—He a,, agent, lor U>. ral.of HoirMniU# CONK
LIN WAH ON, 18. r.pnlal|on ofwhhh Un-Wrll ntah
II.l.rol; alnonl th. CoRTI.AM) PI.ATPORM HI'RINU
Vf AdoN'R. Cnrriagra. and lloggtmr. All ar*
aarranled. Call and n t|. jnn and .uoninn rata
logo" aa to alytaa and prh n Iwfor. l ujlug rlarwhwr*.
Cnlalngurw fnritlilml otr appltratem
I'LARTKK AN I) PKKTILI7KRR - Cwrnga i.laater
Rn.ly trniond. a* good aa th. haat Nora fkntta, at flw
lon prtc. of fr or per h>n. P.rurlan (Hrano ndd on
ord.-ra only. I'hcpliatr. atwapa on hand. A|weial
manure* for drflerrnt ctop# odd ap>.n otdvra al amain
far lor.ra' prim.
POWDER.—Wa ar* DoponC# agrnta Blading.
Rporting and Rrfl* powd*r on hand and mid at tM
ill* prkr*; iho Nw.
iIKAIN Aft.r Ih. growing crop I, har-ea*led wr
l' r -p*"<' l P*y lb. hlghort mark*! prtr. lor
all klnda of grain.
(DAL—Onr yard la alrraja atorkrd with th* bmf
Anthra.it. Cowl whlrh w. mil at hrwml prie*.
LIMB—YY. toak. tk. bmt whit, lima Id th. tint*
Ita prop*ril*a Pre mm Iran leal and agrlmllural par
pom* .act all nlh.ra.
PAIKRANKr RCALW -W. nr. th*lr ag.nt. In
Crwtr* roontj and trill .npplp nil pa, Urn wMlng
goorl and Irn. acalm al thrir kwrat prior*.
Wn a, land an lariration lo ...rpSrir In Want of
anything taw lln. h, rail at .rag. n .wna, op
t.-11. lb* Bn.h lloom. and a, ,h.| w* harr, ~5
Irarn from Ihra* in allamkacw mm partioaUrlr th*
ALEXANDER A CO
bll*font*. Pa, Mag . KM. |gg
FOR TIIE CAMPAIGN.
THE "PATRIOT" DL'RI NQ TUP I'RKRIDKN
TIAL CANTAM.
IN order that everybody, DO matter
bow poor In pnrw, maj mad Ih# n.wa daring lb*
grrat political alrtrggl* of 1*, Ih* Dani Pa rat or
( Ron da r edition lorlndad) will h* mnt hp mil to aa,
addrrwa. pnatag* fran, from Ik* prwwni tlm* aalll ih.
ftOrwnlh of Nnrmnlwr n*il, tor Ripe; todalw of Ira
#r more, (and on. ropy ffpc to th. a.o.l*r of tb* .lab.)
•lAO par copy. Wltboot Sonda} edition, Ih* Daltr
Paramr will ha **nl by mail to aay addmag pnatag*
ftraa, tor mm* period tor REM); to rlnha of Ar* or mor.
(wMh otto copy (too to nrader of cluh) (RRO per ropy
TOR WKRKLT PATRIOT
fr.rm th. prra.nt tlor. nntll ih. wmk after tb* Prari
d.ntlul .lectio* wRI ha Mat to aay add ram. poriag,
STisi" r "S_' T S** w i ' c,ot - <* •*' npwarria
tor TUtBTt-Pirg Cum pm gopy with on* to
#*nd*r of dob. la errry MM th. money moat aream
fuy tb. ordrnr. Now I. lb. tiara to 7 g*t .pTub*
Democrath local organlmtlnwa cannot rlrcwlai* drawn,
•r and mora aßretlra campaign llliratnra Uraa u
w|wt fnrnuhrd at tbra* ntraordlaarilT low rata*
toradl in yowrorrton adrlratmad lo Panto* Kauatrtao
On , Haghimras, Pa gg.
BUSH HOUSE,
IIRLLtroNTR, PA., .
IB OPEN.
an-.Tm D P-PKTBRA, Proprietor. '
> ' 1 . - ■■■ ■ —4
PENSIONS.
A LL disabled Soldiers rikl heirs of
j lik nii i I Soldier* who died (tola com—one*ceo
(nlllM to PRXSIUMS. ,
NO ARRRARS allowed after JIILV 1, IMA Sent)
dda,7 ** f "" '" rt ™ cU " • all kind* of UoMtato* I
JLBL BYPHERD A (X)., Pmum Ally's
OH P Street. WASIIINUTON. D. O I
pBNTRAL HOTEL,
V > (Oppo.lt. tb* Rallrand Staltow,) (
MILREBVRO, CRMTRR (DUSTY, PA. ,
A. A. KOHLBKCKKR, Proprlator.
THRODOD TRAVRI.RRA oa tb* railroad wilt And
Ihra Uot.l an c.rell.nt place m lawk, or procara a ,
totol, M ALL TRAINS *Vp about M mlnulra. IT I
®he ffttnlrr Hewoftat.
BKLLEPONTK, PA.
ACS-RIC'U'IjT'D'nA.Lj.
NEWS, FAITH AND HUOOKHTIONH.
tm tur r MI liTioan WKLCAME I T n I*T*LLl
*;■ *RD tuostsiutt at TUI NU
Every farmer in At* annual experience
discovers something of value. Write it and
tend i( to the "Agricultural Editor of the
DEMOCRAT, Bellefonte, I'enn'u," that other
farmers may hare the benefit of it. Bet
communications be timely, and be sure that
they are brief and well pointed.
'1 HE Philadelphia Record usually
has a good "Agricultural Depart
ment "in its Saturday edition. Last
week it was unusually full and inter
esting.
IT is usual among gardeners to
save the seeds of the first tomato that
ripens, no matter how small or ill
shaped. It is latter to wait a few
days and select seeds from the larg
est, finest specimens and those which
which ripen fully altout the stem. We
want tomatoes that will keep longer
thnn any now cultivated. To this
end, it would be well to save as many
as could be spared, and, exposing all
in the same manner, select seeds only
from those which remain firm and
sound the longest.
Birds vs. Insects.
That the DEMOCRAT is an earnest
friend of birds, because it believes
the birds to lie among the best friends j
of the farmer, our readers need not i
be told. This good opinion of our |
little feathered co-workers is lmsed j
partly upon our own observations
and partly upon the observations and j
statistics of naturalists who devote j
their lives to the study of this and 1
kindred matters. Prof. Forbes, of!
Illinois, gives it as his opinion that |
at least two-thirds of TIIK FOOD or |
HI aim consists of insects, averaging
at the lowest reasonable estimate '
twenty insects pes day for each indi
vidual of this two-thirds, giving a
total for the year (which is surprising- i
ly low) of 7,200 per acre, or 250,000,- j
000,000 for the State. This number j
placi d one to each square inch of {
surface would cover an area of 40,-
000 acres. In connection with these !
figures the following estimates by '
Mr. 11. D. Minot, one of the lioalon I
naturalists, are interesting. He states j
that in Massachusetts alone there are j
annually destroyed not less than j
50,000 partridges, .70,000 woodcock, '
15,000 quail and 5,000 snipe, or 100,- j
000 game birds, while in the same j
State 250,000 wild birds (counting j
their eggs) are placed hon de combat.
Mr. Minot places the number of birds J
annually destroyed in the United j
States at 1,000,000,000 roughly esti- i
mated. According to The American j
Naturalist a young mocking bird,'
raised from the nest, has been known
to eat 240 red-iegged grasshoppers in
a day, equivalent to, at least, 480 av
eragc insects. In view of these facts,
do we not, as farmers, do ourselves,
and the community at large, great in
justice when we allow gunners to
roam over our fields, destroying all
the birds they can get within range
of, and frightening away those they
cannot kill!
THE Toronto Mail says: "The!
failure of the spring wheat remains
unexplained. Farmers in the neigh
borhood of Brookvilie are convinced |
that the trouble is not so much with
the rust, as first reported, as with a
small fly, or insect, that destroys the
stem by stinging it near the sheath
and depositing an egg. This insect
may be the wheat stem maggot, which
is doing considerable damage to the
crop in the Province of Quebec and
in New York State. It seems to
operate something like the Hessian
fly, and may become a terrible
scourge."
Possibly this is the same pest to
which the DEMOCRAT referred in the
issue of July 1 as affecting the wheat
in this State. It answered very well
to the MaiTi description.
PARSNIPS, carrots, Swedish tur
nips and especially mangel-worse!,
will all fatten pigs. The roots ought
not to bo given in a raw state, OQ|
always cooked and mixed with beans,
peas, Indian corn, oats or barley, alt,
of which must be ground into meal.
When pigs are fed on such* cooked
food as we have stated the pork ac
quires a peculiarly rich flavor, and la.
much esteemed, especially for family
use-
Sow a patch of rye this month for
cutting green early next spring for
tho milkers. Row thickly on strong
ground.
A HEAVY mulching with muek is
beneficial to aU young trees.
Cows and Churning.
In some respects a cow is like s
fruit tree—one tree bears good fruit;
another bears poor fruit from the
same soil. One tree will yield as
many bushels as another does quarts.
'1 he dairyman cannot be too careful
iu selecting his cows. The cream
from one poor cow mixed with cream
from fifteen or twenty good ones will
injure the butter. Different opinions
have been given about the grain of
butter. Home contend tbat the grain
is formed by the small particles of
oil that are contained in the pellicles ;
when the pellicles are broken the
particles join together and form the
grain. I claim the grain of butter is
formed before it is drawn from the
cow. It is round or egg-shaped, and
composed principally of three fats,
the size and quality depending upon
the blood of the cow, the quality and
quantity of the food she eats, the
purity of the water and air she gets.
The quality of the butter is affected
by the condition of the cow, as to
heat or cold. The more butter made
from a cow in a week the better the
quality. The science of making fancy
flour is to remove the bran from the
coarse wheat rnesl, then to grind it
into fine flour. The old process of
grinding was to grind it as fine as it
should lie before the bran was re
moved. The old process of making
butter was to gather it into a body,
then press out the buttermilk, and
work in the salt. The new method of
making butter, Is to remove all the
buttermilk as soon as the grains are
formed, then work the salt and grains
together, warm it, so it will press
into a body, and it is ready for mar
ket. The old process is like mashing
| up ripe strawberries to remove the
i hull; the new like carefully removing
j the hull and leaving the lierry whole
and round. If the butter is made too
I warm while churning and finishing it,
an inferior article is the result. The
. contents of the churn should be kept
I between 53° and CO" to finish butter
j by the granulating process.
What s Fanner Bbould Enow.
RF.RO U RN-URD.
As regards the comparative attain
j incuts necessary in successful business
j or successful farming the latter takes
| precedence by far. Buying and sell
j > n g requires good judgment only in
! a special line of work ; to learn s
j trade is little else than the result of
: long-continued routine application;
and high professional skill is little
j else than the concentration of all the
; mind's power on a single line of
| thought and action. But the success-
I ful farmer has a multitude of subjects
! to study and master. He should
j know his soil intimately, its chemical
! constituents and its chemical needs,
] and, as a result, what fertilizer to
j apply ; the cereals and vegetables and
j grasses he grows each require s vari
j ety of treatment necessitating a wide
j range of knowledge ; his Iruits re
| quire still greater knowledge and j
j tact; insect enemies are to be fought,
j and mastered, but it cannot be done j
| by one ignorant of their nature and
j habits; the proper time to sow, and
j plant, and cultivate, and prune and
| reap, depends on conditions of soil
j and atmosphere which often puzzle
j the most earnest student of nature,
j while the breeding and management
jof live stock and poultry open up
another vast range of study and ex
periment. He must be a good judge
of men so as to employ proper labor
ers; be must understand the markets
so tbat be can buy and sell to advan
tage; and the machines be uses he
must know bow to operate or else be
often imposed upon. This is but a
tithe of what he must or should
know, and yet he is often looked upon
and treated as a boor because his
dress and manners are uot always up
to the standards.
A PPI.ES never sweat, but moisture
| condenses on them as dew upon grass,
j Fruit should be carefully gathered as
1 soon as ripe, when the weather is dry
and warm ; should never be handled
when wet, and must not be bruised
nor chafed in the least. The natural
waxy secretion found on fruit is a
protection against the effects of mois
ture and air; when the skin is de
prived of this protection or is broken
by pressure, or even by a puncture of
a pin (made in labelling fruit at our
fairs, as is often done), the oxygen of
the sir will gain access to the juices
of the fruit, and fermentation and
decay will result. Gathered as above
described and carried directly to the
ocllar when the fruit is warm and dry,
and packed in barrels or bins, the
atmosphere being cool, the vapor in
it will not condense and no dew will
be seen on the fruit, as will be the
case when the apples are cooler than
the cellar air. Forty years ago or
more 1 thus stored eight barrels of
Koxbury Kussets in my cellar as
soon as gathered, and laid the barrels
on the bilge, and when opened the
Bth of July not an apple was specked,
while the remainder, gathered in an
ordinary way, barrelled and stored In
the barn (as was then said "to
sweat"), during the changes of heat
in November till cold weather, and
then stored in cellar, rotted badly by i
the middle of Mey.
THE unkind manner in which do- ■
meeUc animals are often treated lea
subject which deserves oar grave and i
carefti! consideration. ,
Country Bond Making.
7r<Mß (lii Hurl ford fV>nr*n(
It is a matter of universal comment
with travellers that country road
making in the United Suites is either
a lost art or a to-bc-acquircd science.
The average selectman or road agent
of a country town is usually deplora
bly ignorant of the first principles of
making a good road. Nothing will
so surely advance the growth and
well-being of a town as well-made and
well-kept roads. No part of its do
mestic economy will more certainly
repay the outlay. Nothing more
bespeaks the intelligence and charac
ter or public spirit of its citizens.
In England and most of its depend
encies the roads are made directly by
the State or under its superviaioii.
As a result the contrast between
English roads and those of this
country is much in favor of the
former. A common and natural
mistake of most towns in this coun
try is that an intelligent farmer must
necessarily know how to make a
good road, but the reverse is the
Il°ed-making is a subject re
quiring Btudy and a knowledge of the
nature of soils not often considered
by any hut engineers or those to
whom such knowledge is a necessary
adjunct of their business in life. A
well-made road even in our climate
and with the wide differences in soil
ingredients will last for years, where
as, ordinarily the item of repairs on
our roads means an entirely changed
thoroughfare, the pitch, watersheds
and general character being more in
the way or experiment than a scien
tific ami practical renovation. The
country road-maker commences by
throwing out the "big stones" on to
the side of the road, retaining the
smaller ones, when by thoroughly
"bedding"' the big stones the ucst
possible foundation is had, and with
a covering of smaller stones mixed
with gravel, or even with good loaux
carefully harrowed and scraped, a
roadbed is formed which will defy
l>otb rains and heavy teams. Gener
ally the tyro devotes his time to
heaping up the material in the centre
with such a slope as often to interfere
with locomotion, and which heap the
first heavy team resolves into deep
ruts, vitiating its usefulness for any
but a similarly heavy team, and for it
only with constantly increasing strain
on the horses. Yankee ingenuity has
invented capital road-making tools
which need but intelligent application
to developing such thoroughfares as
would make them admired in place
of being a reproach and shame. Our
country is rich enough to place the
roads in the hands of such govern
ment as will insure their perfection
instead of leaving them to town
officials without the education or ex
perience necessary to an accomplish
ment of the object. Most of the
roads east of the Connecticut River
are sandy, and this fact, together with
the indifference or ignorance of those
in charge toward improving their
character, necessarily impedes ami
retards the natural and growing ten
dency of city people for building and
living in the country.
A Lesson from the Oircns.
From UH> Until Saw Yorker.
We don't highly approve of cir
cuses, yet we have no doubt there
may be "good in everything" if we
know how to get it out. Last year a
"Grand Combination" exhibited in a
field which lies sloping to the west,
opposite the window where we now
write. That field was mown two
weeks ago, and those two weeks have
been weeks of drought and heat.
The whole field is dry and brown,
except four parallelograms at equal
distances, each about 25 by 40 feet,
which are of a vivid green. These
spots are where the horse-tents of the
circns stood for about twelve hours.
What s marvelous illustration they
are to oar mind of the vslae of man
ure as s protection against the ef
fects of drought. The lop dressing
given by the 100 horses that stood
under those tents for a short half day
made all this difference between s to
ts' arrest of growth under a July
sun and a close and thrifty aftermath.
If the drought continues, these
patches may he all the living grass
left in that field next year.
The Bight Way and the Wrong.
It is a very common practice among
farmers, to snll their fine, early-hatch
ed cockerels, and reserve for breeding
those from a later brood, and imma
ture in many respects. This is a
mistaken economy in its broadest
meaning. Always select the very
best and choicest birds, both male
and female, for your own breeding.
If yon wlah to derive profit from
poultry, yon necessarily improve it;
and the only way to improve, is to
breed from the best. In fret, the
larger portion of profit is derived
entirely from this source—improve
ment—sod It is now the order of the
day in everything.
ANT plant that receives water
ought to have U equal to about 8
inches of rain—certainly not ICM
than 2 inches. Thitty gallons of wa
ter to 20 superficial feet of bonier are
about equivalent to 3 inches of rain, 9
20 gallons being equal to 2 inches!
Of coarse the drver the soil before
supplying water the more will be re
quired to moisten it to a good depth,