ID. IJA S' DRETH l l SOS'S, Oarifni Seed*, I'hUmlotphlii. * ■ * ■ • ../■ '\J\S\FYJ * ■■ The Attention of Market Gardeners u '"' n " ,er " *lt>r*lrlntr t i'lrohiM Seed* > *r / \ •Orr , l ly If. LANI'HKTII k HONH to their cttßlnmerfl 1 \ \ nr grown Hint aivel entirely |?y fhern*e|\r*, upon tliolr j i \ Q^T^fVW\A.Ol^n#r i ••* MH "I tnrtna. the ieiilt of many >mr careful ami ' y anil rareltw jtun lnw* fmiu paitiea who know nothing of the l>ii*iiiM of mA*lng MU. HEED IHIIIIIK RETURN* yearn of cluae obaervotlon, careful attention to the one abject, and cannot !►* acquired In a short time by that* whoa# attention ha* been engrossed with other timuit* The Heeal tlrowlng KatnhUflament of D LANDRETII k HONS (now comprising 1,:.74 arreal, fimt founded i 17*4, ami pwlng to three generations. ha* leei conducted with the \lew o| producing seeds of the very heat ml tniteat •|ii*litv, We are, therefore, lustifle*). in aaniirlrig our customer* that TIIE HKKDH (iFKKKKI) ItV X HAVE NO MTKIIIOK IN TilIH OR \NY OTHER t'Ol NTRY The public K . nerallv are Invited to nil mil eganilne our slock of BKKDB, IMPLEMENTS AND TOOIJ*, all of the Itr.t quality. No secoud ualtty goo*!* for Bale Catalogue free. Prices low. D. LANDEETH SONS, i 21 and 23 South Sixth Streat, 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 ass ENGLISH FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME, AND WILL BK SKNT, 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 prices. Democrats, send for it and road what i* being done all over the country by [ Democrats to insure a glorious victory this tall. Send it to your lb-publican neighbors, and convert them to Democracy. HELP ON THE GOOD CAUSK! Address TIIE WORLD, 35 Park Row, Now York. 1V it Hon, Mrl'nr(tilie ..ff How J Q | All tha Standard Patent Medicine* IT' "• ?! .ncflpttona and Eamily Recipe* *C,nratel) * W Tnwß, Bif<, Ac., Mr, 3 < *tf © I oris DOLL, 1 J FASHION AHLR ROOT A SHOEMAKER, DrflrhPibofl hrt*. Alleghany atreat, ).)y Rellefont*. Pa g. C. Bin**. Praa t. 1. t- S **!*. 'aah'r. |?IRBT NATIONAL HANK OF I BKIaLKroNTK, AJl*fh*ny Pa. fiENTIIE COTNTY HANKING rOMPANY. Dfp-iu A rot Allow |M* *nnt Note*; Buy anl Wl Gov. Gold and Oonpovn. J**w A.Bimi, Pml^nt. J. D Bntmßkt.OMbUr. *•" CONSUMPTION POKITIVKI.V CURED. ALL Huflerers from this disease that ar aaxlcna to b* rnrad *hnld try D*. KISSNKRS CEI.F.HR ATKD CONSUMPTIVE POW. DKfIS. The#* Powder* are th* only preparation known that will rnra Coaai neti..* an.l all dlrra*** of th' Tiiloar aan l.trxoa—lndewd. *o atr>n( la onr faith In tbrtn, an.l alao to conrlnc# yon that tliay ara no hntn. hog. we will forward to erery .offerer hy mall, (awl paid. a mar Tim Box. We .lon't want yonr monay nntll yon ara parfartly aattafled ot thalr .nrallee pnwars. If yowr llfa la worth aatlng. don't delay In gitlng thewc Pnw axa* a trial, aa thay will anraly rnra y.n. Prlaa. for large hox, kl.fin, aant to any part of tha United State* or Canada, liy mail, on raaalpt of prt. a, Addrawa, ASH b BOBBINS, 44-1y Fulton Bruoklyi, Jf. T. FITS, EPILEPSY, OR FALLING KICKMEMK pERMANRNTLY CURED—No 1 llnmlmx—hy on# moafh'a M|l #f Dr. Qa, lard'a Calabratad Infallibl* Fil Ptwftrt. To con vinaa anffarara that thawa powder* will do all wa claim for than, wa will Band tliam hy mall, roar rain, a mix ttiti aox Aa Dr. Oorrlard la tha only phyataian that haa aaar ma da Ihla dlaeaa* a apectal *tndy, and an to nr k Bowled*. th.aaanda hareb—n rtantxMttr cur ad hy tha naa of thaaa Pownxna, w < wiu. acananrtx a riiataaar rnra In aaary caae, or atrrxn tor au ■onrr xxraxnrn All unfferer* ahonld la thaaa pirwdara an anrly trial, nd ha contlnrrd of thalr en ra ti** powvm. Price. for large box, •A.ntl. or 4 ho ara for f 10. congeal hy mail to any |aarl of lha United Slate* or llahmla oo raclapt of prtca or by axpraoa, C. 0. I'. Addraaa ASH A RobBINH, 44-ly. .'Kin Fnllon Street. Brooklyn. N. T. TJROCKERHOFF HOUSE, J J BBLLRFONTH, PA. W. R. TELLER, Proprietor. Good Sample Room on Second Floor. Bum to and from all Train*. Special rata* ft wltncwaax and jarora. 1-ly BELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE i R. R.—Tit*-T*M# In ffprl on and after Mat I I.It"": Lentet Bnow Shot 7.20 4. In B*Ufoit ' .ll A M. Bellefonto 10.2-'* 4. m ,rriTsit Hnow Ah<# 11/.7 a. * Uadhi 8nw 8 how 2.* r. M. t arrive* In RetUfont* ! \ 4'. r. *. Relief..nte Vlft r ■„rrtTs it Enow Hh' 117 p.l DAMIKI RUOA DM Uetiertl Hn|terlMniient Halo eagle valley rail- ROAD —Tlma-Tahla, April 29. I">: Etp. Mall. warrwaan. aaarwaan. Ktp. Mail, a.a. r. a. r a.a. a " I" 632 Arrlra at Tymn* lain ... t a 20 ! " 42t Laar# Eaat Tyruna Laara 71A aft 7VI Bil " Vail '• ... 719 a3l 7V. 17 ...... " IUI.I KauU " ... 753 S .17 74" n 9 l>h „ a f..alar " ... 7 -Vl a ... 7lf 6 .1 •' Hannah " ... 7 .IB V 7 7 IIS & .IS " p.wt Matilda " ... 741 914 7/7 ft 47 " Martha " ... 7 .'if VJ" 71" &3* " Jnllan " ... 1 # 111 7 ft 117 ...... " I'oionrlll* " ... *ll 9 4:! 7in 81* " Know Mioa In " ... 21 9 ftl 4 4 S Ift " Milaahnry " ... *24 ftft 414 ft ft " Hallafonta " ... .32 !• L 438 4 M '• Mtlaahurg " ... Hit 10 3 4 i". 4 4ft " Cnrtln " ... a ftft 10 14 414 I " Monnt Eagla " ... 9 Oil In 19 4 9 4 .31 " Howard " ... 9 4ln SB ft Vt 420 „.. " Kaglarllla •• ... 9|410 42 ft 80 4IS Uaa. 1, i raak " ... 9 '22 111 47 ft 34 4 .1 •' Mill Hall " ... 9 .34 11 Id ft 29 400 " riamfiißtoa " ... 9 .37 II 4 ft 2& 3 ftft " Imck llaran • ...9 42 11 I JEN NBY LVA N I A It A I LROA D. I —(Phlladalphla and Erla TH * ialon. | —On and aflar Daeambar 12, 1477 : WESTWARD. ERIP. MAll.laaraa Phlladalphla II ftft p m " " llanial nr ..„............ 4 2ft a m " Williamaport *3A a m '* " Irak Haran 940 a m *' Ran.iro. 10 ftft a m " arrlraa at Ert, 7 3ft p m NIAOARA KXPKBPP lanra, Phlladalphla. 7an '• Harrlthor(.... In ftoa m " M Itliamaport. 2 2" p m " arrlraa at Ranoro 4 411 p m Paaaancara hy thla train arr.ra In Halla fonta at 4 3ft p m EAST I.INE laaraa Phlladalphla II 4ft a m " " llarrlahnrf.. .3 Aft p m " •' Wllllamrjvort 7 All p m " arrlraa at Idirk llaran 44" p m RA4TWARD. PACIFD EXPRESS laaraa laa k 11aran..... 4 40 a m " " Williamaport... 7 ftft a m " arrlra* at llarrlahnri....„ II ftft am " " Phlladalphla.... 3 tft p m DAT EXPRESS laanw Ranoro lo 111 a m " " Idtrk Havan. II 2" ain " " Williamaport 12 40am " arrlraa at Harrirhnr*. ........... 4 In p m " M Phlladalphla. 720 p m ERIE MAIL laaraa Ranoro ( Aft p m " " lawk llaran 9 4ft p m " Williamaport II oft p m " arrlraa at llarrlahnrc.. 2 tft a m " " Phlladalphla 700 a m PAST LINE laaraa Williamaport |J 3f a m " arrlraa at Harrlalnry. 3 ftft a m " " Phlladalphla 7 Aft a m Erla Mall Waal. Niagara Expraaa Waal. lawk llaran Arrommodatlon Wrat. and Day Ripraiw Baal, maka cloaa riinaactiona at Rortbnmlwrland with L. A B. R R. tmina for Wllknlaurra and Sr ran ton. Rrla Mall Want, Niagara Expraaa Waat, and Erla Expraaa Waat and Lock llaran Accommodation Want niaka cloaa ronaacUon at Williamaport wltn N.C. R W. tralna north. Erla Mall Waat, Niagara Expraaa Waat, and Day Expraaa Eaat, maka cloaa connartlon at Lock llaran With B. E. V R a tralna. Rrla Mail Hart and Waat connact at Rrla with trnlna on L. B A M. S. R a. at Corry with O. C. A A. T. R. a, at Emporium with S. N. T. A P. a a, an I at Driftwood with A. V R. K Parlor far* will tut hat warn Phlladalphla and Williamaport on Niagara R a pram Waat, Erla Eapraa, Waat, Phlladalphla Expraaa Eaat and Day Expraaa Eaat,and Sunday Expraaa Eaat. Slaaplng canon all night train*. Ws. A. Batnwta, Han't Superintendent. G I HARD HOUSE, CORNER CHESTNUT AND NINTH STREETS, HBHMtWIt. Thla hM. prominent la a city famed for It* com fortable hotel*, la kept In arary reap act aqnal lo any flrat-rinaa hotel* In the country. Owing to th* atrin gancy of th* timaa, tha pric* uf board h* haan radnrwd to raaai muaa par day. J. M R IRBIN, "Manngrr. A r ew A dvertlaementa. WHO WANT GROCERIES AND OTIJER SUPPLIES KOK I I A R V K H T I IST CI SHOULD CALL ON SECHLER&Co. mil ANYTUINO IN TilK LINK OK SUGARS. COFFEES, TKAS, KII( RS. NEW CHEESE, S. C. HAMS, K. C. DKIKD BEEF, ►BREAKFAST BACON, DRIED PEACHES, NEW PRUNES, HOMINY ami RICE, SYRUPS and N. O. MOLASSES, NEW MACKEREL. ST( INEWARE, QUEENS WARE, Ac., Ac., Ac. ALSO ANYTIIINfI IN TIIK LINK OK FRESH MEATS. •• nr<> killing stMI!-ftl *tepr of from 12(H) to 14001b*., mid have |*>itlvi-ly the REST MEATS that aro offered for *alo in Centro county. SECIILEH & CO. GROCEPS, Rifh Hmue Illock, Relief ante, Pa. NEW ENTERPRISE. ALEXANDER A CO., AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT —AND— SKKI) STORE, BKLLKFONTE, PA Thwy ni'-an by thi ail the name import*, thai la, t<. ilrol In aii>l In fnnilah 1., far mar. at ik> low*.! |.Mall,la |>rlm rt-rp thii-ic In th* .I..|* of an a*rl, ullural lni|,lni.rut that farmer. u. In. lo lln. SKKitS of all klml.. At I'feaent *e bar# n l.atiH an.t are the anthnrt/e-t HKent. 1..1 the •*!<- ~f the KYItMTSK CII 11.1.Kit I'DitV. ma.le at S>rerii*r. N. Y It I. the hat. Inlle.l I | *lnw • ma.le; aU, the Kej.tnne ami iron beam |4wa ma.|e at Centre llall >.< t*.ttr |.|... thai, tl.e.e ran U had l„r the **ni- ann.unt nf unmet Alan thet'entre llall f orn|.|aiitf r We need •, n-.tl. III! atn.nt the merit. I thia plantar, a. the J.IIBMW it, u. In Centre mnnly .leinnnetrale. them t-- I*- the u.t II AKKoW S and CI I.TIVAToItS ~f the taint lm pro.ad pattern. | MOWKKS Klirr.ll* and ORAIN IIINI>KiiA.—Of ; the*.- *e ell the 1 t.l.trite either aa eeparate W'.aer* (YfOihlned Ilea per. and Heaen. ainftr llarreatara. „i ■a. (Y-wtl-in*-.) Ileal*.r. and Hinder* TIIK. W 111 K.li.K, S ■ a. ar..mt.in| ntarhlne, I. the t*-*t m*thine..f the kind In the market THK ORKATKfIT IYIPROY K.MKNT OK TIIK AUK I. the NnrWal'.n meaner and Hinder. Udl and aee It. It la Vi.nderfully peffeal. Any l-nf tw.lte year. ..Id, llh nn* bona, mIII bil lot* ami Idnd all tba grain that any Raapar nltb ante liah.ary *lll cat It nnt only Idnda hut glaana, and will aa.e ilia prtc* nf tba marblna in ona year, by taking up from the .luldde that abitk t. ant* luat TIIK Me.IIKRHY OK A IN Hill I. L. eftbar -llh nr with.,fit hrnadeaat hnaa, with * wlth-mt ferliliret and aaed auwlng alU< hmante It O the t*l grain drill for all tiiirje—e. tn the market. TIIK OKISKK TIfHKSIIK.iI ANI> HKPAKATOH Tl.e reputatmn of thl. tnarhlne I. an w.|| e.tal.li.l.ed that we ran eay nothing ala.wl it that the da ti.d km.* An. panrm wanting ime, , r In mwd of ra|wir. fr.r three m.w In the . ,untr, ph-nee r.ll IIKKHNKH 8 I'ATKNT I.t.YKL TRKAD IHtRfIK. Pow KR. f.w one and lan h--r*-*, with Patent Regulator Little tiiai.t Threeher and Cleaner VICTOR CLOVKR 111 I.LKU S-la ag.r.U Inr Cen tra rfrtint.. W AOONS.CARtIIAOKS HI lioICJI and Pll FTONfI —Waareag.nl. f..r the >.le -,f the . elei rate-l CONK -1.1 N W AfiON. the repntathm nf hl< h i. -I Well eelal -11.he.1 aln.id the coKTI.AND PLATKORM SI'RINO WA'HIH*. Carriage*. I'hwtr.n. and Itnggle. All are I warranted Call and aee .|*- in.en. ami ..amine rata lug ne* a* tr> .I.law and pe|. a. Iwf-.ra l.nylng al- where Catalogue# fnml.hed en appllratlrm. PI.ASTKR AND KKRIII.IZK.Rh -Tatar* plaaler fln.l. gruiiml. aa gleet a. the l-eat Nora Sr-.tia. at the low |.rl*a nt K7 I*l per tun. Permian liaani w,|.| on order* only. I'tu-phatra alwaya on hand. fl|*tial manure. f.,r different cmpa anld up -n order* at manu facturer*' price*. PtiWOKR—We are liu|-r.nl* agent* Pleating, Hpurtlng and Rifle powder on hand and *>dd at wbole^ • le prtre* , aim law- DRAIN After the gr--wlng crop I. har*a*ted we will t- prepare,! to pay the hlgheef market pr|.. lor all kind. f grain. COAL—Our yard I. alway. .locked with the heat Anthracite r.etl which we aell at l-'Weat (Wlc-e LIMK—We make tba beat white lime In the flute It. |-n.(*-rtlfw for nirchatiiral and agrtcultural par |f—. e*cel all Other. kAI It HANK* N ALIA—We are thetr agent. In Centra county and will eopply atl par tie. wi.hing pud and true *al<* at their lowaat price* We attend an Invitation to e.erylaalr In want nf anything In our line to call at our atnre rnoma, op- Cwlt* the Rod, lloo.e. and •>* what we have, and arn from tlx we in attaudanre nn-ra p.'tl, nl.rlr tha arwfw of oar hnalnem. ALKX ANDKR A Ort Rallafor.l*. I*B., May A, IMAtI. |<>|f FOR THE CAMPAIGN. TIIK "PATRIOT" KCRINO TIIK t'RKMIiICN TIAL CANVAW. TN ortlor that everybody, no matter * how poor In pnrr, may raad lha nawe .luring lha grawt political atmggla of I**o. tha lour f'traior Sunday adltlon Inrlndod) will ha aanl by mall In any adilreae, poataga flea, from lha prwaant time nulll the flnaanth of November nett, for H. 00; toclutw of Ire nr more, (and ona ropy free to tha .endarof tba rlub.) 9LAO |**r ropy. W|I|MUI Sun,lay alltlon, Iba lltliT Parutor will ha aanl by mall to any add rem, portage free, for mma |wrl--l for fa .Vi; to rlnlwof flra or mora (with one ropy free to aandar of Hub) tS HO par copy. TU K WKKKLT PATRIOT from lha preeent lima until Ilia weak after the Prvul dentlal election will lw aent to awy add rem, yewtage frew, f.,r FnkTT C*ta; to Hut* of fle or upward, for THITT-KII Cturra y*r ropy, with one copy free to tender of Hub. In every rear the money ninat acrom nuny the order. Now la the lima tn gat np Hat*. Democratic local organiaalloiw cannot clr. oleic cheap, ar and mora afterlife campaign literature than new* Cpara fnmlehed at theaa cvtraonllnaifly low rata, ml In yonr order* addraweed to PATRIOT Pt aii.nivu Co., IlßOauii an, p*. Jfl, HUSH HOUSE, HILLKKONTR, PA, IS O KN . PENSIONS. 4 LL diaablcd Soldiers nmt heir* of J. m (WPMCII HoMUrt who from roitMquffiitM of OOTTIOO In tHo Arnijr. mn *illltS to UKNSIoNf WO ARRKAHS nllownd *(Ut AULT 1, \m. *>nd •nmpn for full | n tnicUlll And thla Botal an auwllanl (dare to lanch, or pgocura • moal, aa ALL TRAIN I Hop •bout t mlnutee, 4T ®he ®tnlw HKIiLKKONTK, PA. AaRICULTtrRAL. N|;WH, KACTH AND HTJFMLKHTIONH. THE Ttar or ma HATIOIIAL -nr*a la ma IRTlLU niacg Attn rttoaraaiTT or ma rgautk. Kvery farmer in hit annual experience Uucorers euinethin e judged. We know that wc have as good farmers and as good farming in Cen tre county as any where in the coun try, and we should be glad to see our farmers bestir themselves and make nn exhibition which shall be worthy of them, lie systematic in your efforts. Take up the Premium List, go over the long list of classes carefully, RIHI mark with a pencil such as you think you may have something worthy to show in, and then go to work and get it ready in time. Don't fail to make your arrangements to attend Rt least one day, and take all the boys and girls on the farm with you. They will enjoy the rest and recreation, and they have earned it. Let us have a good show, a good attendance and a good time generally. A FARMKK tells us, says an ex change, that he has tested the value of his corn put into hogs with the following result: He commenc ed with a lot of hogs weighing 175 lounds each, on the SOth of Sep tember. He fed them two weeks and, when weighed, be fonnd at the price of pork then ruling, |8.50 per hundred, his corn so fed had brought him six ty cents per bushel. The two weeks were mild weather. He again weigh ed and fed tbcm two of the colt I est weeks in November, and found that the corn fed at the same price for pork, had brought him only fifty cents per bushel. He says this teaches him that hogs ought to be fatted early, and in the warm weath er to get the greatest value for the corn fetl. To preserve potatoes they should be dried as soon as possible, and placed immediately in from which the eunlight li excluded. To the Fair. ***! L. M< k. Pruiu tlii Hnrnl N*w Y<*kr— F*lr Millon Why. wliwr* nr* fnu truing Ut now, Vi Ifli WHIInm ati'l K"L*rt and Jim, With wlf* as ti * I tailiy nil dr •*) In fhtdr And old ftoMiln in h'.ll-Uy trim ? You Mvtr nd wk. fjriKliLor IMod, Yon atirHy tiitisl !#• wHI aware That this in ll- former's gala day, We are off to tloi L'ofJhl/ fair To THK r *11! Well, noflie folk* ran |>lay While others are fon t And run not nfTord to shirk. True, your life is hard, nelghUf I'M, hlne the Ifloys hire nil gooeaway ; find Tom stayed at home when th* outs war* soon, They'd hake liecn in tha Imrn to- Jay. 'Tls a |lty for l*.ys and girls When the city's alluring din. Can charm them away from the dear old home For the gold they are hoping to win. There's health, pure and wealth, on the faun, And with ours no life can compare; Hot young folks and old need holiday whiles . Ko you see we are off— to the fair Clover Bed—lts Treatment. Correspondence of Mulligan Tumor. In a late issue of the Farmer, a correspondent undertook to tell the j best mode of saving clover seed. I have hud considerable ex|>erienee both in thrashing and raising seed, and Ido not like his way. He says mow with a machine and rake with a horse rake. This will always get more or less sand in the clover, cs|ie einlly if raked when the dew is on. This will make the men that hull the seed curse the man that raised it, ami the dealer will dock him on the price, and he (the dealer) will get an improved mill ami take the sand out ami keep it on exhibition, showing it to |>eople and telling how dishonest the farmer is. Or if the dealer fails to take the sand out, the farmer will buy it to sow, and find the sand, and he will curse the dealer for mixing sand with the seed. A dealer in our town once showed me a quantity of sand that he hail I taken out of seed which he had bought, and said lie had two hundred pounds of it, which I had no reason to dispute. My way of late years is to cut my sect! with a reaper, then wait for some rain to fall on it, after which house or slack and wait for it to temper in the mow so as to be in good condition for threshing. In cutting care should be taken that the table of the machine does not get too i full; if raked at the proper time it w ill come olf the table in good style ami stand upright, and when the rain comes it w ill run down through and dry much sooner ami without stiring. It should not le shook up or turned i over at nil. If it should for any cause lie left out until the grass j should la-gin to grow up in the bot tom it w ill be necessary to move it in j order that the !>ottom may stay out —which should lie done with a wottden, or what wc call a barley rake; our common steel forks are not fit to handle seed with. It should l not be shaken or turned over, but run the big fork under the gavel and raise gently out of the grass and set the gavel in n new place, and if well anil carefully done there will IK* nothing lost or scattered. Many i thresh their seed in the field anil haul as they litres.!:, but in good weather the seed will become very dry in the middle of the day, and will grind, especially the large variety, when if properly tempered in the stack or mow it will not be so apt to. If wc consult the good of our land or our own interest we leave as much of the straw on the ground as uncut as possible. I am not afraid of leaving a few heads on the ground uncut, if by cutting them it would be | necessary to takeotr too much straw. ' The long stubble forms a mulch on the ground, protects the clover roots | from the severe frosts that we some- ! limes have, and the more need there ; is of this it we happen to have an open winter. If wc are not too greedy and take the seed nil off the ground, in a little while our land will become foul with clover, or in other ' words the ground will get full of seed, as we frequently see land foul with weed seeds, and when we stop cultivating clover will grow in the place of weeds. Try It. How to Increase the Yield of Corn. Krotn the Rum) New Yorker. As a rule among our farmer ac quaintances, fair, plump, large cars of corn arc selected for seed without any regard to the number growing on a stalk. From our own experiments wc deem this a mistake. It is better to save the largest, fairest ears than those which are imperfect or collect ed indiscriminately. But such selec tion is Just as liable to encourage a lesser as a greater yield in the future cro|>s. Corn is very susceptible to change from selection, as wc may know from the scores of distinctly marked varieties known. If we would increase our yield, wc must select seed from the most prolific plants. This, which is true of all plants, is especially so of the corn pisnt. If, further, an isolated spot, as far removed as iioasible from other corn, were planted yearly for seed and the tassels aa soon as they ap pear were destroyed on both those which were sterile and the least pro lific, wc doubt not the farmer would, in a very few years, be amply com pensated for his pains. Ia this case, seed would be saved which had on both sides the most proliflo parentage. We attribute our immense yield of Blount's Corn at the Rural'e Farm, In a great measure, to our very care ful selection of the seed, There can he little doubt that nuch selection will in a few years increase the yield of any variety of corn. On the other hand,if only the largest, hand somest ears are selected, regardless of the number of ears borne on a given stalk, simply what may be con sidered the normal yield of the va riety will be continued from year to year. The Pig Question. rr..m lb* N<-w Veak of, or preferably a "razor-back" type, with bristles and vertebra*, a modicum of tough muscle, with scarcely enough of the oleaginous to grease the grid dle? It may not be wise to run to porcine extremes. In medio mus il/u. On one hand we may not avoid extremes by breeding off the extremities ; on the other, the culti vation of legs may prove a legacy of evil. The ijobc must long remain a foremost feature, but it should not remain too long. " Root, hog, or die," may be a barbarous maxim, yet all corn and no roots tends not tq health and assuredly not to longevity. The dissimilarity of the two ty|jes is marked : the one has more of spirit, the other of grace; one the embodi ment ol restlessness, the other of inertia; the agile type bos more of energy and health, the sedentary bog has |K>Ksibly more of scrofula. If the latter is not fit to eat, the former is fit for nothing else. The "pig of the period" should not resemble an exclamation |>oint. It is possible, on the other hand, that "improvement" may be carried too far, sacrificing health to rotund ity and accumulation, edible leanness to lard. The production of meat, the most in the shortest time, is a law of economic production that must preclude all use of the razor-back variety, and tend tow aid symmetry and centralization. At the same time, pampering and overfeeding ami breeding to excessive fat. contravene in equal degree the saint* economic law, by causing disease, often whole sale destruction. The extension of "cholera" is coeval with this im provement and overfeeding with corn to the exclusion of grass and the wholesome variety demanded by this omnivorous animal. Let the breeder have still some regard for compact ness and symmetry, but give the animal wide range, good pasture, quick and constant growth, variety of feed in fattening, and early prep aration for the knife ; and the result will prove alike satisfactory to pocket : and palate. T fetfui I'fswft* •werj* dosrt) lll*' nil tiff ItAO. W itli 14 wr.) ' :itn >n I■<• it firing : lis ctiafjr itugliffr hM *. wound of §•••, IWM id iic mil* it *ink* to g-nxw mgßing. kIA o urns tb* Fatnttirr * rtrl* broken *|ll : " wvt * Woomluir "utttnef, (airvili " A Practical Illustration. Muring a recent visit to the farm of Major Williams, of Haral>oo, Wis., where, by the way, we saw some of the best Short-horns it lias been our privilege to look at in many a day, we heard of a transaction which very plainly shows the actual value of a cross of Short-horn blood to the common farmer. Last winter, an I experienced feeder, knowing that .Major Williams had lieen breeding ! Short-horns, near Raraboo, for sever al years, came to that neighborhood in the expectation of being able to pick up a lot of grade steers, for leeding purposes, lie found, however, to his surprise, that but few of the farmers \ of that region had availed themselves i of the opportunity of using Mr. Wil liams' Short-horn bulls, and conae ' qucntly he found but little other than "scrub" stock. He picked up as many of the best of these eight to ten-months-old scrubs as he wanted at from seven to eight dollars apiece ; but he finally found one man who had driven his cows to Msjor Williams' hull, and had, as the result, eight half blood steers, of the same age as the scrubs above mentioned, which he was glad to purchase at sls a head ; ; remarking, at the same time, that be should make more money on the gradca, at sls, than on the acruba at $7 and SB. This incident was not without Its effect in thst neighborhood and now many of the farmer* in that vicinity are following the exam ple of their more intelligent neigh bor in patronizing Major Williama' bulla, llut, what it atill belter, tlx thoroughbred Shott-horn bulla were bought for use this spring in that neighborhood, aa.the result of Una practical illuatration of the value of the Short-horn cross. Major Wil liams haa been doing missionary work among the farmers of his part of the State for years, and has at last demonstrated the value of improved stock so plainly that even the dullest of his neighbors begin to appreciate it; and he ia now in a fair way to re ceive some benefit from hit eflort. LIFE, says Mr. Warner, presents but one absorbing problem to the street cow, ami that ia, how to get into your garden. She catches a glimpse of it over the wall or through the pickets, and her imagination or epigastrium is inflamed. When the spot is surrounded by a high board fence, he thinks be has seen her peep ing at the cabbages through * knot hole-