/>. LAN/> It KTlt il 1 SONS, Harden Seeds, I'hiiadetphia,
The At trillion of Mnrki'l Uimlciicrs
VA - s> mid oilier* tlcsli lnir l I'iircluise Sent*
j/ S f , 'WX la called LO thr FACT tht the Cahlwge HIHI other (Led.
y S V nllcrrd l.y It. I.ANOICKTII A M'NH to their rnatoinrta
I \ nit. grown AIHI MVNL I iitln LY !)' IIM-UIII'IVI-M, II|MIII thwii
owtl * WI ' fnriim, tin* inmijr >t*ar* <-*rnliil uu<l
itiul .in ltn* I'llr IIIM* f nun |.Mrtlr win. know in>l Ittnu
vonm of i !•*• OIMMTVUMI. rnrrful altontlt.il to tli* nut*
•nl.jt. t, mitt tan int In- acquired In n aliurt lime I.) those HIIOMI nit on Hon luu been eiigrtMc.il with uther
|tirtinlt
Tim Seed Growing Katal.l|p|iriifiit t.f !>. I.ANDKKTII k HON A (iw couiiirlwing 1, M 4 acres), f)rt founded
In 17*1. ntnl |>n*ltig t< throe getierntlons, line been conducted with the view f producing of tliw eery le*t
•ml tiurenf quulit> . NN • nr, 111• i t. r>. Justified, in luntiriiig mir cutuirr that TIIK SKKDS OKKKItKI) li\
•I'S 11A V K Nit SITKIUOR IN THIS OH ANY OTIIKK tol NIHY The |.nh|h geti.rully nr.- invitol t..
mil nut examine .nr ctork ..f BKKDB, IMPLKMICNTH AND TOULH, nil of the first quality. No second
qu.ilHv gxMMl* fr naltt Ottnlnguc free. Prices low.
D. LANDRETH & SONS,
21 and 23 South Sixth Street, 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
HANCOCK and ENGLISH
FIRST, LAST AND All THE TIME,
AND WILL BE SUNT,
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.
Democrat*, send for it and road what is being done all over Ibe country by
i Democrats to insure a glorious victory this fall. Send it to your Republican
neighbors, and convert them to Democracy.
HELP ON THE GOOD CAUSK!
Address THE WORLD, 35 Park Row, New York.
H i!sou, MrFarhtne if Co., Hardware Dealers,
1E31.A-IR,II)""W" -A.ZELIEI
WILSON", McFAHLANTO it CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES ° HEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
BUILDEBS' HARDWARE.
ALLKUUKNY STREET, - - IIL'MRS' RLOCK, .... RKLLBPONTK, PA
I r t ========= -
ItunineH Card*.
HARNESS MANUFACTORY
in <Urmn' Block,
BKLI.EFONTK, HA 1-ljr
I? T. BLAIR,
• JEWELER.
W.4TCHM, CL'H*KR, JKWtUT, iC,
All work nntlv On Allegheny
I Bnder Br-H k'rltoff llou*. 4-tf j
{DEALERS IN PURE DRUOS ONLY,
J I XELLERA SON, i
' £ M • iiiti
13' No A. Brork*rhuir Row. 5
> , All th* Bt*rd*rd I'nletit Medicine* l*r- "*
NJ 4rri|>tfoii4 *od Family Ilocipe* ircurßtcly -
sir t<r*f%r-d. Trimee*. Shoulder Hriw e*. Ac. f Ac. ' *
j f! 4 ,f
I OUIS DOLL,
1 J FASHIONAKI.K BOOT A SIIOKMAKF.K,
Bmrki-rhuß How, Allt-itlonj
I t-ly Bll*fnnt*, Pa.
! . r. Ream, Prn't. i*■ n faah'r.
TJMRST NATIONAL BANK OK
i J BKI.t.KFONTK,
Allegheny Street. Hellefnnt*. P*. 4*lf
! / lENTRE COUNTY BANKING
! COM PAN V.
f Rr*l
Anl Allow Interest.
Dißcminr Note*;
Buy End 3*ll
Gov. tlecuritlew,
Gold and Coopona,
Jisu A RI4TER, Prewldent.
J. D 3mrntT.Ca4i*r.
CONSUMPTION
POMITI VEI-Y CURED.
ALL sufferers from this disease
thai <ar* anxtona %•> l* mr*l th'Oild try I>*.
KIMANKH.H fIRLF.HIIATP.O CONHI'MPTIVK HOW*
PKItB. Tit*** Powder* are the only preparation know n
thai will ctira Cowst urriow and all dle*** of th*
TNAOXT A*o I # PXG — ai ilmng la oar falih In
thrill, and alao tronTtn<# you that they ar* no hum
Nig. w* will forward lo every ufferer hy mail, pat I
f paid, a rxn Tkml Bo I
Wa doo't want your mon*y until yon are perfectly
aatiA*d ••# th*ir enrativ* powers. If ytir life ia worth
anting, don't delay In giving thaa* Powncaa a trial, aa
: |h*y will aurely era you.
Price, for large !**, ent to any part of tha
United State* or Canada, hy mail, on receipt of price.
Addraaa,
ASH A ROBBINB,
| 4t-ly Sm Fulton Btr**t, Brooklyn, N. T.
FITS, EPILEPSY,
OB
I ALLIX. SICKIVENS
PERMANENTLY CURED—No
1 lltiml'iiß by OR. month', UMBO of Dr. Qan~
lard't Calabrat.d Infallibla Fit Pawdara. T<> ron
lnr mlTcrm th.t thro* powdrm will <ln oil wr rlalm
fur tli*m w* will arnd (b*m hy moll, roar rn>, a nil
mil an. A. Dr Goulard l Ih* on I, phy.lW.n thai
bw r#t mad* llil. diara** aapwial ntndy, and aa lo
nnr knowl*d- lliouaand* h.rr b—n *•*. IRTI.T ■ nr-
Ml by Ih* nn nf thaa* PuwntM, A I WILL nt'iRiRTM
riia.RißT rar* In **ry na, ar acrnaa ror *LL
■out liriatno. All .ulfrri-r. *hould *l* Ihra*
Powder, an aarly trial, and ba conrlored of tbalr rura
ti r. pnw*ra.
PHe*, for larja !**, #3.00, or 4 ho.ro for 110.00, aaitt
, by mall to any part of tha I'nltrd Rl.tr. or Canada on
rwri.pt of yrk, or by rmprm, C. 0. D. Addrrm
ASH & KOIIHINH,
44-ly. 300 Fullon Rtr**t. Bmoklrn. N T.
BROCKERHOFF HOUSE,
SRM.EPONTB. PA.
W. R. TELLER, Proprietor.
Good Sample Room on Second Floor.
WFRW BUM to and from all Tralna. Spoctal rata*
to trltnamaa and Jarura. 1-ly
BELLEFONTE fi SNOW SHOE
R
1,
Hoow tthor 7.20 A. L.,BrriTH In FU-1
y.lo A. M
ATr s It-'ll **f'iiitm 10.2-' A . M.,irrlfNt Bnow fth^
11 /7 A. M
l,r ATri Hnow 9h< 2.* t. u ,nrri*ei j n lu*lUfnnt<>
3 4*i P. li.
luilfft.ntM '-.IS r m .Arrive* t Snow Bbo#
•47 r m. I>ANIKL KIIOA I*.
UfWril Snperhiternient
OALD EAOLK VALLEY RAIL
■ M BO AD IIMI•! .• I,
Kxp. M*il. ihAßt>. OITWup Kxp. Mall
A. m. r. *. r n. A M
" I" ii 32 Arriv* %t Taron* 7 A M JO
" t 1 2-* Ua*#Kt TjPdii' 7 15 A27
7 "•' r, 21 " VmII M ... 7IV A3l
7v. f. 17 " lUld rl M ... 7 2.1 .rr
74" f • " Kiiwkr M ...7 trt * if,
742 B 3 ....„ M llunnnh M ... 735 y ?
7 :i6 &65 " p.,rt Matilda " ... 744 i 1A
7/7 647 M Martha M ... 762 V 2*
7l* 535 " Julian " ... 5 1 *to
7 627 .... ** I'nioiivllla 11 ... 511 9 4:1
7 615 ...... M Know Mha In " ... 521 t M
5 .'5 615 ...... " Mil<ahurff " ... 524 956
6 & ft M lt*ll#fnt* •• ... 532 951
ft 3* 4 ftft •• Milvuhttrg " ... 5 4ft 10 3
5 2ft 4 4.' ...... ** (Tirtln " ... 5 ftft lo 14
€l* 440 M Motiht Rai(la " ... t* 00 1 |?i
ft 0 431 " Howard • ... U alow
6 ftft 420 .... " villa " ... 01410 42
ft "O 4 Ift ....„ " Rwrh f 'raak M ... 92210 47
534 4 I M Mill llall " ... 9UII 00
ft 29 400 M Fl*niin*lon • ... 937 11 4
6 fft t ftft M lAfk llavrtn M ... 942 11
| JENNSYL V A NIA RAILROA I).
1 —(Philadelphia and Krir Itlrlaion.)—On and
aftr Dwrmbrr li, 1*77 :
WKATWARD.
KRIK MAlLlrarm Philadelphia 11 M p m
" llarrUhnrg...— 4 2ft a m
" Williamap< irt *V, a m
" Lock Harm Mi' a m
" Rrnoro_ in ftft a m
•• a trier, at Krir 7 ftft p
NIAGARA KXPRRKK Irar.. Phlladalphla... 7i a m
" llarrl.hurg... Id Mi a m
" Wllllamaport. ai p m
arrlrra at Itrnoro. 4 4tl p m
Paaarngera Ly thlr train arrirr in Hrllr
font# nl 4 aft pm
KAKT LINK Irarra Philadelphia 11 4ft a m
" llarrl.hurg.— :i 3ft p
" " Wllllam.norf 7MI p m
" arrlrra at leirk llaten *4O p m
KARTWARfI.
PACI PIC KX PR KM ft I "area lawk Harm ft 40 a m
" W'llllaroaport... 7 ftft am
arrlrra at llarri.hnrg II AA a m
" Philadelphia.... 3 4ft p m
DAY KXPHKMM I rarer Rrnoro 10 111 a m
" " Lock Harm II w*m
" " Wllllamaport 12 40am
" arrlrra at llarri.hnrg 4 lo n m
" " Philadelphia. 720 p m
KRIK MAIL Irarra Rrnoro ,V, p m
" " Lnrk Harm 0 4ft ptu
" " Wllllamaport || if, p m
" arrirr* at llarri.hnrg 2 4ft a m
" " Philadelphia 700 am
KANT LINK I rare. Wllllamaport 12 Ift a m
" arrirr. at llarrirhnrg .1 ft* a m
•• Philadelphia....— 7 Bft a m
Krir Mall Wrat, Niagara Kxptera Wert. lawk Ilarra
Accommodation Wrat. and Day Kaprraa Kaat. make
clnar connrwtlona at Northumberland with L. A It. R
R train, for Wllkaaharrr and Mrraaton.
Krle Mall Wrat. Niagara Klprera Wert, and Krir
Kanrrar Wart. and Lock Harm Accommodation Wrat,
maka rhwr ronaactton al Wllllamaport with N. C. R.
W, train, north.
Krir Mall Wrat, Niagara Kxprra* Wrat. and Day
Kxprraa Kaat, make rhwr roanrrtlou al Lock llfirn
With B. K V. R. R. tralaa.
Krl. Mail Kaat and Wert connrct at Krir with train*
on L. H. A M. M. R R„ at Corry with O. C. A A. V. R.
W, at Kmporinm with R. N. T. A P. R. 8., aa I at
Driftwood with A. V. R. R,
''• rlor rmn —til run hetwrrn Phlladalphla and
Wllllamaport na Niagara Kipreaa Wrat, Krir Kaprray
Wrt, Philadelphia fciprraa Baal and Day Biff—
Kt, und Bund*? Bxprww KMI. 9l*#nlnx mm on •!(
night tralna. w-> a. Rainnta.
Oral Muprrintrndent.
( ; I HARD HOUSE.
X S CORNKR CHKMTNL'T AND NINTH MTRKBTS,
, . , PNitAanrau.
Thl* haw. prominent la a city fkmrd for It. com
foruhlr hotrla I. k.,.t la mar, Lprc, wtnal to my
flnt-ctaM hotel* la the maatry. owing to the ytrtn
grncy of thr (Imar, thr pric of board hrr hem redaord
to TtitM DOIUM per rfcy, j. M'KIRBIN,
Manager.
New Advertisements.
1
WHO WANT
GROCERIES
ANI) OTHKK
SUPPLIES
Knit
1 I Alt V EST I NO
HHOt'I.D CAM. ON
SECHLER&Co.
FOII ANYTHING IN TIIK I.INK OF
SUGARS,
COFFEES,
TEAS,
SI'ICKS,
NEW CHEESE,
S. C. HAMS,
S. C. DRIED REEK,
UREAKFAST BACON,
DRIED REACHES,
NEW PRUNES,
HOMINY ami RICE,
SYRIM'S ami N. O. MOLASSES,
NEW MACKEREL,
ST( )N EWA RE, Q FEE NSW A RE,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
AI.SO ANYTHING IN TIIK LINK OK
FRESH MEATS.
\\ •• nro killing nil-fed steer* of from
12011 to 14001b*., mid have positively the
BEST MEATS
that are ottered for clc in Centre county.
SECHLEk & CO.
anocEits,
Bush House Block, BclUfonte, Pa.
NEW ENTERPRISE.
1 LEXANDER A C<).,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
—AND—
SEED STORE,
BKLLEFONTK, 1A.
They mean by Ihi* all the name itn|>..rt>,
Ui.t la. t<> M ia an.l i.. IhraMi t.. kiMn at UN
h.weat |—lble price rterything In Hi- .ha|* >.f ,,
agfi. nllnral Implrm.ul Dial fainter. uae. Including
HKKIM ..f all kind..
At prrerot wr hair i n hau l an.l an- llir authorired
agent. for till. a*|* of flir MYR ACI'MK CIIII.LKIt
I'ldtW, made at Mvrartiae. N V II I. Ihr hral rhlll.nl
(,|ow aim mail. ill". the Kry.L.ne and lr..n loo.ni
plow. inailr at Outre Hall. No Iwttrr plow. ll,nil
tlir.e mil la hn>l (or I III* .anir amollfil of ni.mey
Alan thaiVniir llall I orul'lanler II . roo d .av nnlfi.
IiiC alaiul Ihr Inrrll. of 11.1. planter. a. Ihr jn.innw in
u..' 11l Camrr county dene'narrate. tbrm i . I r ihr la.l
HARROW* and Ct'LTIVA TOR* of ihr Inlet ,m
--pro* ed |iattrrna.
MoWKk* KBAI'KKM and GRAIN HINDER*.—Of
Ihirr ..nil 111. IkUirh. rllhrr a. *ep. r ate >1 .War.
Comlrfned Rra|>rra nod Mowrra. am,la llarrealrn. or
a. •.rril.fn.ol Kmta.ni and Kllidara.
TIIK. WIIKKLKH. N a- a ...ml.lnrd machine. I.
Ilia 1.-.I niarhinr of iha kind In lha markrt
TIIK. GRRATKFT IVII'ROVKMLNT OK TIIK AGK
I. lha IMIWmiWmM and Htiidar. CMI a. I . .
H. It la aondarfully |.arfa.t.
Any !. laalra tanra old. nllh ona horar. alll fol
low and Idnd all lha grain that an<r Rm|wr with .Ida
drlirrry will ct IT not only Linda Liu (Iran*, and
will rata lha |trirr of Ilia tnarhlnr In olia jaar, l.
taking up from ihaataldda thai ahl.li la now hat
TIIK M> -IIKKHV GRAIN Mill I. alitor will, or
wllhoal hrowdm.l ham. with .r alil. nl fartilirrr and
arrd a wing allarbmrnfa If la |ia to.i grain drill
for all ptirfaiara In lha niark'-t.
TIIK GKIHKK TIIRKKIIKK AND KK.CARATGU—
Thr rapulalloa of tlii. tnarhlnr la a. m,|| a.ial.li.iml
that aa ran aa; nothing ala.al II thai Ike Moala 4a
not know Ant prr—n wanting onr. or In rimvl of
rarwlra f..r Iho. now in Ihan.iintr. r.|a a w rail
IIKKHNKKF KATKNT I.HLL TKKAt) IIOKKK
INiW Kit. f. r una and hor.. .. with I'alanl a,o. |
Regulator I.ml.- i.lai.l Thra.lor and Claaior
VICTMR CDiVKH IICLI.KK F..| aganta for Can-
Ira rorint*.
W AGONS. CARIttAGKH 111 ill. IKK and MI KTOKft.
—Wr ara ag. nla for lha rala of lha . alal.ratrd CIINK
-1.1 N WAGON, lha rrpntatlon ..f whlrh la a. w. II a.ialo
11-hrd; ala.lll lha CtIRTI.AND PLATFORM RI'KINU
WAGONS', t arrlagm. phrrlon. and llnggla. All ara
warranto! Call and arr apanman. and aiamina rata
log urn a. h. aljlr. and pri. . Irrfora I ualng alaaahrrr
I'alalognaa fnrni.hr.l on appllmllnn
M.AFTK.K ANIi KKRTILI/.RRF —Cajug* plaafar
flnrlt ground, aa r'aol a. lha haat Nora s. otia, .1 I
low prlra ~f L7iai|iar toll. Karritlnn Guam, ao|,t on
ord.ra onlj. I'h -| lialaa alaar. on hand. H|ir. lal
inanuraa for dllfarrnt rn,|w add n|a.n ordara al mnnu
fartnrrra' prlcrw.
I'IIWHKU —Wa ara |iii|a>iit . aganl. Rlaating,
Rfa.rlliig and Itifla pnwdrr n hau l and add at wholr
aila prlr.-a; aim faw.,
GRAIN Aftar Ihr growing rrnp la harrralnl wa
will I-prapara.l to pa) Ilia higha.l maikai t.rlia fur
all klnda of grain.
OOAL—Our ,ard la alaaya ahakrd with thr Iwwt
Anthrarltr Coal whlrh wr aril at low rat prior.
I.IMR— Wr IMkr thrha.twhitr lima ||, tlia (tfatr
It* propartlra for ma haniral and agrir nllnral pur
all ftliem
rAIKBANKP WALW-We ar ihHr
r#str* rfnnly and will ■i|y*ly all partis nUhinx
gt-nl and frm aral at IhHr j-td . •
Wa •ilfml an invitation toKeryU*iy In *inl of
anything in mr lin*- t rail at our Mor# r.-.ni. op.
I- -he th lliHitf, and ara hat wr hava. and
Irurn frm In attandan* a mora |Mirt|ri|arlv lha
•r<pa of our l.nainraa A I.KV A MK H A
liallafont*. I*a . May FI, |*MI. Il-tf
FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
TIIK " PATRIOT •' HI RING TIIK I'RIMHKN.
TIAL CANT AMI.
TN order that everybody, no matter
* how prmr In putwr, m.r rr*d Ihr nrwg during Ihr
grrwt pollllrgl .trugglr of |A*O, Ihr If.UT I'ATntor
(fund*; rl|t|on Inrlndrd) will Iw trnl by mail |o any
addrraa. |waUgr frrr. from Ihr prtarnt tlmr until Ihr
flflrrnth of Norrmlirr nr*t, for Rl l*); to ,-|ulw of Rr
or morr, (and our ropj frrr to Ihr rrndrrof thrrluh.)
2JiO |mr onpjr. W Ithout Fnn.laj rdltlon, thr Itattr
PATIOT will lir rrnt lip mall to any mldrraa, potUgr
frrr, for aamr prriod for t2 V); In clnlwof flr. or morr
(with onr ropy frrr fo armlrr of club) |2.< prr ropy.
TIIK WKKKLY FATRIOT
from Ihr prrrrnt tlmr until Ihr wrrk after Ihr t'rtwL
dmllal rlrrtlon will t* rrnt to any addrra. mwlagr
frrr, for Konrr Carry; ta rlnlw of lltr or npwarda
f"t TMIt-KIVI Clftra |wr with onr ropy f m to
rrndrr of rlnh. Inrrrryraarthrmonry maitarroni.
patty thr ordrr. Now la llir tlmr to grt up r | u |„
Prmoriullr local organlulton. cannot rlrrnlatr rhrap.
rr and morr rffrrlirr ramfwlgn lltrraturr than nrwr-
Cprra fnmlahrd at th>wr ratraordlnarlly low ratra.
ad In your ordrra addrraard to I'traior Ki auattmo
Co., H tnataai an. Pa.
RUSH HOUSE,
ItKLLKKONTK. PA.,
ie OPEN.
2h-.-lm I> P PKTKRA. Proprirtor
1 . . A
PENSIONS.
A UU diwibletl Suldierßand heirs of
Am. dr.rwrr.l Roldlrra who illnl from ronrrunrncra
1 ! J!!* rntltlrd In PKNRUINK.
NO ARRRARS allowrd after JULY I, IMt). Vn.l
etempa Sir (till Inatrnrtlona In all klnda of RohUm'
rUlmi.
J. H. BYPHEKD A CO., Pension Atty's
*>4 r street. WASHINGTON, it. <1
fiIWEAL HOTIL,
NJ (Oppoaltr thr Railroad Rtatkm.)
MILRSRDRO, t'KNTRK COUNTY, PA.
A. A. Koif LBKCK EK, Proprietor.
rnllmnd will flnd
M Botrl an rarrllrnl ptaro to lunrh. or pfornrr a
naral, aa ALL TRAINS Mop khnot GT mlnntra. |J
©lie Crntw almctrat.
r*LJ>
HKLLKFONTK, l'A.
AOEICTLTURAL.
NICW'S, FAITH ANII HU'IOKHTIONH.*
IIKKI C AMD MOM-MITT or TIIE .ADMEI:
Every fnrmrr in hit annual cr/irrirncr
dtecorem eumethiny of value. Write it anil
Mtml it to the. "Ayrirultural Editor of the
IIKMOI'KAT, Hellefunte, I'enn'u," that other
forme re mini hare the hrne/it of it. hrt
communication* be timely, unit be sure that
they are brief and irell /minted.
WAJ.no, of the J'ractic.ul Fnrmrr,
advocates sowed corn as a green
manure, and cites, us one of its
advantages, that it can IMJ grown
without losing a crop, ns a wheat
stubble cau be plowed up and corn
grown and plowed as 80011 as frosted,
and the field be ready for corn the
next spring.
Tin: Connecticut Farmer, says, with
a great deal of truth, "We know of
no more serious cause of dissatisfac
tion at our agricultural fairs, than
the failure of men chosen and an
nounced as judges to be present and
act. The selections at first are made
carefully and for the most part well,
but it is the exception, rather than
the rule, for the duly appointed com
mittee men to 1m; on duty. Their
places arc filled, as well, perhaps, as
circumstances will admit, but nearly
always at a loss. We urge every
render of the Fnrmrr appointed to
such service to be on band and do
his Is-st. If that cannot bo, notify
the appointing officers before the
week of the fair that they may not be
compelled to choose your substitute
without due care and deliberation."
How Premiums are Won.
ByC T l^-i.ii.ril—li" k..w.
The successful competitor in the
prize ring of to-day has something
more to do than to go into the field
the first day of the fair, take out an
animal of superior merits and present
him or her for the consideration of
tlu; awarding committee. If lie has
a fine thoroughbred cow and is un
able to lay bis hand upon a defective
|Kint, he still lias work to do. First
of all, if she lielongs to any of the
beef breeds, she must 1m; made fat
enough for the shambles, no matter
what may IM* the consequent damages.
Then to make her hair smooth and
soft and of good color, she must IM;
kept in the stable away from the
rain, dew and sunshine. Her horns
must IM; scraped, sandpajiereil and
waxed, much time s|M;nt in brushing,
combing, Ac., before the animal is
reaily for the show ring. With sheep
the same fattening process must IK;
applied, the flcccc taken off as early
as February, and blankets sewed on
to supply the place of the lost fleece
and the sheep kept in well littered
stables from shearing time until the
day of exhibition. Then the wool
must be liKisencd up and stubble
shearing resorted to, in order to make
the Iwxiy |M;rfectly symmetrical and
of the most approved form, and then
they are ready for the awarding com
mittees with the statement, " they
were shorn nlKJiit June Ist in the
usual manner"—(that is, with slienrs.)
* • * * • •
Let it lie understood that what I
have said in regard to show animals
at the fairs is not a charge against the
honest intentions of breeders. As a
class they are gentlemen and do not
stoop to any such practices for the
pur|ose of deceiving customers, but
the time is, when the patrons of our
prominent fairs demand something
more than common stock or good
stock in common condition. They
d/mand that breeders show the pos
sibilities of their favorite breeds, and
the inan who takes his cows from the
field in only breeding order, with
their hair stiff and and faded, or long
wooled sheep with the fleece short,
dirty and matted, is very likely to be
slighted by nine-tenths of those who
attend these agricultural exhibitions
for the purpose of seeing the liest of
the kind and that in the best condi
tion to be seen.
AI.THOIOII it is by no means so
difficult to made a lean pig thrive and
alter his condition, when the feeder
commences operations, as. to effect
the ssmc change in a lean sheep,
heifer or ox, still a grave mistake is
Incurred whenever the young animal
is allowed to decline in flesh, and not
kept constantly advancing in condi
tion.
MR. S. J. W QOI.LXT, Franklin
county, Ohio, says his farm could not
be depended on ior a crop of corn in
a wet season, though quite sure to
give thirty to forty bushels per sere
in a dry summer, but after drainage
it produced sixty to eighty bushels
without a single failure.
TWICE as much fodder can be pro
duced on a given surface when the
forage plant is allowed to grow as a
cultivated crop and reach a certain
degree of maturity, than when, as In
pasture, it is continually cropped off
and trodden down.
More Leau Meat.
l'nrri in Prw ti.nl Karnior.
I have seen an article in an agri
cnltural paper saying that the English
objected to our hogs because they
were too fat, and the editor advised
us to feed less corn and more barley.
This is all very well; but if our hogs
are too fat (which 1 very much
doubt), the way to correct the diffi
culty is not merely by feeding less
corn, but by Introducing better
breeds and adopting u better system
of feeding and management. A large,
lean hog does not furnish the pork or
bacon which either the American or
English market requires. Large
boned, lean hogs are not scarce. If
the improved breeds are too fat, it is
because we do not manage them
properly. We may have to let them
get more growth before we fatten
them. Instead of selling them at
nine or ten months old, we may have
to keep them till they are fifteen or
eighteen months old. Keep them in
a thrifty, growing condition, in the
summer and autumn, the wood will
consist principally of grass or corn
fodder; in the winter we can feed
corn, bran, ensilage, etc. The point
is to keep the pigs constantly gaining
till they are shut tip to fatten.
In this section a good plan would
Is; to have the pigs come in May,
June or July. The sow and little
pigs should run out every day to
grass. The sow should have slops,
or anything that would favor the
production of milk. Feed her liber
ally. As soon as the little pigs are
old enough to cat, give them some
cooked or soaked corn, or oat or
barley inenl with all the skimmed
milk you can spare. Nothing is so
good for little pigs as milk. Success
in raising pigs profitably depends
largely on feeding liberally till the
pigs are three or four months old.
Let them have the run of a grass or
clover pasture, and after harvest they
will do well on the wheat stubbles.
The cost of raising pigs in this way
is very little. In the winter they will
need richer food. They should have
dry, warm quarters, with plenty of
clean straw. Where cows or cattle
are fed grain or oil cake, or where
the new system of ensilage is prac
ticed, the pigs will to a considerable
extent pick up their own living. In
my case, wc give them warm slops
twice a day during winter. They
may seern to IK- getting too fat, but
this will not hurt them. I like to sec
them in good condition when turned
out to grass in the spring. And till
the grass is abundant and nutritious
I should fees! the pigs night and
morning with the same food they
have had during the winter.
With good pasture well bred pigs
that have lieen properly eared for
during the winter, will keep fat ami
thrifty with little or no extra food.
They will lie in a healthy growing
condition, ami can be fattened in
three or four weeks, at any time
deemed desirable.
As the potato plant is propagated
by its tuU-r, after the manner of a
bud or cutting, the effort made by
the plant to produce its flowers and
sets Is must be a waste of power,
winch detracts from the desired crop
—the tubers. We (Mark Lane Ex
prrAn) know an instance in which a
six-acre field of potatoes was tested
to show the truth of this |>oßtulatc ;
three rows had the blossoms cut off
and three rows were left intact, alter
nately all over the field, and the pro
duce of the rows which had lieen de
prived of the flowers showed a very
marked increase over that of the
rows which hail not been so treated.
IK we ran apply to our manure
heap something that will absorb and
retain the gases, we prevent loss.
Perhaps the liest of all absorlients is
charcoal, and in an agricultural sense
this means nil forms of earlon. Hut
the cheapest of all absorbents for the
farmer is dry earth. Our finely pul
verised clays arc capable of taking up
end retaining a large amount of fer
tilizing matter. Laud plaster or
gypsum is also valuable, and it has
the power to fix ammonia, and a very
small amount of it scattered in the
stable or over the compost heap will
atop the escajH! of gases.
A WRITKR in the Ohio Farmer says
that lie is not nn old wheat raiser,
but has not lived the last few years to
no purpose, and thinks he has struck
the keynote of success in raising
wheat, In a thorough fitting of the
■oil before sowing the seed, and he is
convinced that a poor piece of land,
dragged, rolled and then refitted un
til the ground Is as mellow as an "ash
heap," will produce a 1 tetter yield of
wheat than a rich piece of land poor
ly plowed, half dragged, and the
seed scattered among the lumps and
clods, and a portion of it without
covering or any chance to germinate
and obtain a hold.
MR. WM. M. SINUKRI.Y, proprietor
of the Philadelphia /(coon/, has a COO
acre farm, ami after five years' ex
perience in soiling cows, recommends
that system as much n, or e profitable
than pasturing.
FOR a safe, steady, nutritious,
healthy, universally available and
everywhere procurable feed for wean
ed lambs, there is nothing which is
for a moment comparable to wheat
bran.
The Manure Question.
"y W, I Cliatiilffrlttlii-
Repeatedly while I was travelling
in Illinois recently, farmers said to
me, "How in it that you eastern
writers are all the time talking about
manure?" And i always answered
from my firm belief, "You'll begin to
write and talk nliout it too before
long.' Hast week in a western agri
eullural paper an Illinois man almost
deplores the fact that he has got to
draw out 100 loads of manure before
he can put in his winter wheat! I
wanted to comfort him by telling him
that on the writer's little farm of I.'JO
acres, we have just finished applying
over 400 loads of home-m/ule manure
to our Winter wheat ground. On this
manure question at the West 1 am
sure we will soon see "achange come
o'er the spirit of their dream." Even
in immensely fertile Illinois, where on
millions of acres Nature has deposit
ed black, rich earth to the depth of
three feet lx-fore you reach the clay,
even there I notice that on the best
farms the corn is fed on the place to
cattle and hogs, and that clover and
timothy follow corn and other grain
in suitable and wise rotation. And
these farms are best beeniute, the fer
tility has thus l>een wisely retained
and developed in the soil. But where
corn has followed corn for a series of
years and been *old off of the place,
tin; productiveness has greatly dim
inished. Ohio, with originally not so
rich ami deep a soil, has been through
the same cx|)erience, and lieen forced
to enter on a recuperative system of
agriculture, and to-day our crops,
esjieeially our wheat, among our best
farmers, are far better than they were
twenty years ago. Last year there
came up to the State Board of Agri
culture well attested yields of over
40 bushels of wheat per acre from
nearly every county in the State.
Ohio is yearly increasing her fertil
ity.
Flouring Wheat.
Corr|s'ii(Jiil of J'rsrtr *1 farmer.
farmers who do not purchase their
family Hour will find it to be a very
good plan to get their year's grist
floured at one time. This has Ireen
my practice for several years, and I
could not be induced to go back to the
old way. There is a saving of sev
eral days' time in going to mill, a bet
ter grade of Hour is made, and then
the flour improves with age if proper
hj kept. I generally wait until about
the lirst of November, and then go
to mill and put in the day, seeing the
grist ground and sacking the flour
I myself. Have your miller make an
I extra good grade of "middlings'" for
I you, and sack that also. It will
| make an excellent addition to your
buckwheat cakes next winter, and
I come handy al>out the house in vari
• ous ways. The flour should be put
in paper sacks, and corded up in
some cool, dry place out of the way
iof rats and mice. If you hare a
> good miller, try my plan : otherwise
buy your flour.
|
To make a pound of pork requires,
theoretically, four pounds of corn,
allowing for waste, undigested mat
ter and for the sustenance of life. It
is scarcely possible that a jiound of
pork can be produced on less than
this. In practice the best results at
tained have approached this very
closely, and four and a half pounds of
! corn have produced a )>ound of pork.
| But as mixed food is more healthful
than all corn, there is no economy in
feeding waste milk, boiled small po
tatoes, cut clover and other such
food. I'ork at the worst can lie
made for the price of lour and a
half pounds of corn.
■ —....
I r farmers would look at the heavi
ly freighted railway trains as they
s|cod onward toour large cities from
the rural districts, bearing daily away
thousands of bushels of grain, butter,
stock and other agricultural
ultimately to find their way to the sea,
and add to this the fact that at least
one-fourth of what is consumed on
ttie farm is lost from improperly con
structed barnyards, and finds its way
at last to the same great reservoir of
waste, they could readily understand
why there is an annual reduction of
the fertility of the soil.
IF farmers' sons and daughters
could but realise the fact that hence
forth agriculture must liecomc more
and more of an intellectual pursuit;
that a better education in each of the
natural sciences is to be an essential
qualification as to fitness for it, in or
der to render it more lucrative, then
they will cease to regard it as a life
of constant drudgery, and learn to
look upon it in the true light the
world's best occupation, directed by
science.
A CONNECTICUT farmer planted half
a field with potatoes fit for the table,
nnd the other half with small seed.
He tells The American Culiirator that
when lie dug the crop he became con
vinced that it would have been mon
ey in his pocket had he bought good
siied tubers, even at $lO a bushel,
instead of using the callings.
LIME is rarely needed as a direct
food, there being enough of It for
that purpose in nearly all soils. It
acU upon insoluble matter in the
soil, however, making it accessible to
the roots of plants, and it also has a
beneficial mechanical effect upon cer
tain soils.