LAX DHKTU .1 SOXS, (Harden Seedit, I'hUadrlphla. ,P^^®n^on Gardener* V£,- >* y/ la Cttllofl to tHo FACT thai tin- Cubitwgo .unl other M-mln \ UlTitml hy I). I.ANIMTKTII A HON H to tli-lr i UNtoiiinv I \ UIW KMWN MIKI MW-I entirely hy thutiiaelvtei, U|H>H their y \ y/flDk\ A Oown H*iw| farina, Iht reanlt of many yearn < arolul ami llitnlllgeiil selection.ami aie not the result of i ltanc* and rarelnaa |>ufi haaee from |aitieM who know nothing of the huelneae of ruining aeeiU. Hmh| mining ro4|Ulrw yeamof cloee observation,artful ntt-ntiuu to the one hihject, ami iAh not he a •|iiirel In a almrt time hy (IHMMI win*# attention hue been engroaaed with other |*ui-oit<i The Seed Growing K-toldUhiin nt of !> I.AMHtK.TII A HGSM fltow cotii|>rl*liig 1..371 m rea). ttret founded In 17al. mid |m-*iiig to three generation*, hit* la*ti conducted with the view ol )>iodu iug of th# %ery I mat itol |nirent •|iiniiti We are, therefore, |u*(ill#tl, m a*auilng our cuatomem that TIIK SKKhh (IfKKKKH ItV Sal! an! eiamine otir vtnok or BKKPS, IMPI.EMKNTtt AND TUOI4, all of the ftrat i|Uallty. No aecond inalitv giHMlt for Mih* t'iitalogue free. Price* low. D. LANDEETH & 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. TIEIIE WORLD IS FOR HANCOCK md ENGLISH FIRST, LAST AND ALL THE TIME, AND WILL UK KENT, 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 read what is being done all over the country'by Democrats to insure a glorious victory this fall. Send it to your Republican peighbors, and convert them to Democracy. (HELP ON THE GOOD CAUSE! Address THE WORLD, 35 Park Row, New York, in/son, d/cCarta tie if Co., Hardware Healera. E31.A.1R,11)"W~ -A-IR/IEI WILSOIST, McFARLANE & CO. DEALERS IN rOVES, RANGEStHEATERS. \iints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, TTII_ ID ZEISS' HARDWARE. [.KGIIKXY STREET, - . - . HUMES' HOICK, .... BEI.I.RFUNTE. PA. ItiifinfMH Cur tin. HI ARNESS M A NI*FACTORY iu t# trumu'e Now Block, BEI.I.EFOXTK, PA. 1-1 jr WATCHM, CUTIS, JKWKLRT, AC. HAH work n*-*tly fixulil. On Allegheny etreet, I r>* 'korliofT lloiiw. 4 tf | DBA LKRS IX PURE DRUGS ONLY. K | ZELLKR& SON, i ■ * J • UK ISTi No fi. Brockerhoff Row. £ All the !>Un<Unl Patent Mniiclnef Pre- * •rriptloiiA mi l l Family Be, ipr **nirately *. prepared. Trueee*.Shoulder lira* on, Ac., Ac. 2 Hr 44 m oris DOLL, FASHION ABI,I BOOT A FIIOrWAKKU, Brock.rhoff Row, All.gh.iiT tr.t, ■ > Hlleft>nta, Pa. ■ l. r. nra, PTM'I. I. r. Riilll. I'aah'r. HtMRST NATIONAL RANK OF H 1 HRI.LKTONTK. *treet. Helhfiinte, Pa. 4-tf HpIEXTKK COUNTY RANKING KIL' COMPANY. D#p>aitl P And Allow Intermit, DUcminr Notre; Buy and He|| GOT. Securities, Gold and Conponi, A - BR 4 v BR, President. K|, O. SKVIRIT, Oaehler. 4rtf SONSUHFTION VONITITKI.V CURED. HLL sufferers from this disease IjjEpL that are aniiona to cured ahonld try Im. HKKKS ( RI.KBItATK.n OONHI'MPTI VK TOW r The** Powder* are the only preparation known < cure CoRRUamoR and all dhunae* of the £§: arb LcJoa— Indeed, ao •trwng la oar faith In it; an l alao to convlnra you that they are no hum - will forward to every anlferer hy mail, |m| rare TRIAL BOX. jHpo don't want yoor money until yon are perfect!* <>r their curative powers. If you** life la worth ' don't delay in giving thaae Pownsßa a trUI, aa aurely cure yon. for large box. fd.GO, eent to any part of the Putea or Canada, by mail, on receipt of price. U u"""' ASH A BOBBINS, P|Bfcy .ViO Fallon Strart, Brooklyn, N. T. WITS, EPILEPSY, K~ OR BBFALIaINU SICKNESS I PERMANENTLY CITRED_NO 5 II Ilamtmg—by aaa month', wtag, of Or. Qoo- Calabratad InfaHibla Fit Powdar,. To ore j that Hi.a. powclor, will do oil w rlolm I W. Will mad ih.m by mall, root ram, a rati | : B|t oot. A, Dr (lonlard I, Ih. only pit y .I.lan that * HiiT.r mad. Ihl, illmiM a apMlal utiidy. and aa to tli'runan.la rraa T*rir rnr- thr naa of tliaao Powotaa, w I wiu. ntuaantia a car. la oaarjr raw, or aarcao toe *u urmDin. All anff.rara ahonld *IT ihnw an narty trial, and ba ronTinrxd of thrir rnro j^Kowm. > He. fur larg. hoi, *I.OO, or 4 tmiM Iter (10.10. arnl to any part of Uia UnIM Btataa or llanaiU oa of prlr., or hy prm. C. O. t). Addrnw ASH & BOBBINS, MO Pulton Strwt. Rmnklvn. N. Y. HROCKERIIOFF HOUSE, BRLMFOnTR, PA. I W. R. TELLER, Proprietor. Bffood Sample Room on Second Floor. Baaa to and from all Train,. Spwlal rata , Baa ror*. 1-ly OELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE * H R.—Tiri# T.vM- In #fT. t on mn! after May l t IMOI Snow Shoe 7.20 a. n ,arriv# In B#ll#font# 9.10 A. M. I.fftv#* lb ll#f..nt# 10 2.* a. w ,arrlv#at Muow .Shu# 11 .'•! a. M. 1.- v- Mnw Mho# 20 r w .arriv## | n B#llafnnt# .1.43 t. w. I.#4v# R#|t#font# 3.13 r m ,arrlv# at Mnow Bhr# f.&7 r. m DAN IKb RIIO A DM, G#n#rwl M<i|>-rlnt#ri't#nt. I>ALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL ' ' ROAD—Ttm#-Tabl#, April K*i . .Mall. WBSTWAMD. KUTVAKO. Kip. Mail A M KM, PM . A It H lo •32 Arrlv# at Tvrrn# I*#at# ... 7 8 t 2n " 4 1 2.3 I.#4v Kai tynn# l*#av#... 7 1A Mtf 7 ft- 1 f 21 " Vail •• ... 719 n,H 7 3ft I 7 " Rahl KagU " ... 723 A C 7 4M fi 9 " Kowl#r M ... 7 :i*i a 4r, 742 6 Jl .... " Hannah M ... * 34) 9 7 7 -3 6 ftft " Tort Matilda " ... 744 11 in 7 27 ft 47 •• Martha M ... 762 02# 7|a 63A M Julian M ... k I • 4<t 7 ' ft 27 " rnmnvllla " ... kll 041 7 ft Ik M Mnow Mho# In " ... k2l OAt f> 'A &16 M Mtl-wi nrg " ... k24 9AA ft 4H 5 A ..... ** R#ll#fonta •• ... k32 9 fil ft .V 4Ad •* Hil##i>urg 41 ... k4A 10 3 ft 2ft 44A ~..M 44 Curt in 44 ... k .36 In 14 •i lk 440 44 Mount Kagl# 44 ... 9 (HI LO 19 ft • 431 44 Howard 44 ... 9 klo 29 I ftft 420 .... 44 Kagl#vl||# 44 ... 9lklo 42 A3O 415 ...... M lb# h Oraak 44 ... 92210 47 514 4 .1 44 Mill flail 44 ... 9 .14 11 00 629 400 44 Kl#mlngtoa M ... 937 11 4 6 2ft .1 Aft M Lock lfav#n 44 ... 942 11 k I JENNB YL V A NIA R AILRO A I). m —(Philadelphia and Rrlc IMrlaion.) —On nnd after I)mmbr )*, 1R77 : WEST WARD. ERIK MAII. leave* Philadelphia llMpm " " llarrl.luirg 4M a m " " W'illlameport S ,V> * m " " lock llaren 4t> a m " M Reiu.ro |ou,m " arrtre# at Krt* 7 .16 p m NIAGARA EXPRESS leare. Philadelphia. 7i a m " Harrtabnrp.... 11l Ml a m " W'llllamaport. 3an p m " arrlree at Rrnoro. 4 40 p m Paaaangera hy thla train arr,r* In Belle fonte nt - 4 18 p m FAST I.INK leare* Philadelphia. 11 44 a m - " Harrtahurp 116 p m " " Wllllamaport 7.10pm " arrtre* at Ixick llaren 840 p m EASTWARD. PACIFIC EXPRESS !*** k 11aren..... 840 a m " " W'llllamaport... 766 a m arrive* at llarrlatmrg Jl 66 a m " " Philadelphia.... 146 p m DAY F.XPRESS leave* Renoro 10 10 a m " " Lock llaven tl 20 am - " W'1111amap0rt......... 12 40 a m " arrtre* at Harrlahnrg 4 In p m " " Philadelphia 7 30pm ERIK MAIL leare* Renoro. t 14pm " " Lock llaren II 46 p m " " Wllllamaport 11 06 p m " arrtre* at Harrtaburg 1 46 a m " Philadelphia ?00am FAST I.INR lewrea W'llllamaport 12 16 a m " arrtraa at llarrlehnr* —... 1 68 a m " " Philadelphia 716 a m Krt* Mall West. Niagara Expree* West, lock llaren Amvmmodatlon West, and Day Rapreaa Eaal, make close connect lone at Northnml—rland with L. i B. R R. train for Wllkaakarre and Srranton. Rcla Mall Weal, Niagara Express Waat, and Erta Expreea Weat, and Lock llaren Accommodation Went, make clone connection at W llllamxpnrl wltn N. 0. R W. train* north. Erie Mall Waat, Niagara Kipraaa Weat, and Day Rxpreaa feaat, make clnaa connection at Lock llaran With B R. Y. R R trains. Rrte Mall Raat and Weat connect nt Erie with train* on L. S. A M. S R 8.. at Corry with 0. C. A A. Y. R R., at Emporium with R. N. Y. St. R. 8., and at Drinwood with A. V R. R. Parlor cart will run between Philadelphia and Willlgmaport on Niagara Rxpreaa Weat, Krta Expreea Waat, Philadelphia Rxpreaa Kaet and Day Rxprasa East, and Sunday Expraaa Raat. Sleeping cars on ail night train*. W'. A. BxLnwuv, Gan'l Snperlntandent. GIRARD HOUSE, 00RNRR CHESTNUT AND NINTH STREETS, tmuMtrxit. Thla ban**, prominent In a city famed for Ita com fortable hotel*, la kept In every respect equal to any Srat-clam hotel• la the ronatry. Owtng to th* etrln gency of th* tlmaa, th* prlc* of board ha* bean reduced to rasra pouam par day. J. M'KIRIIN, i-C-Sf Managtr. New Adverttacmcntn. WHO WANT GROCERIES AND OTIIKH SUPPLIES FOlt H A R V E 8 T I i\ T c; HIIOULI) CALL ON SECHLER& Co. FOR ANYTHING IN TIIK I.INK OF SUGARS, COFFEES, TEAS, SPICES, NEW CHEESE, S. c. HAMS, S. C. DRIED REEF, HREAKFAST BACON, DRIED PEACHES, NEW PRUNES, HOMINY and RICE. SYRUPS and N. O. MOLASSES, NEW MACKEREL, ST< )N E W ARE, E N S WAR E, Ac.. Ac., Ac. ALSO ANYTHING IN TIIK LINK OF FRESH MEATS. Wo are killing ctall-fed doors of from 1200 to 140011 M., and have positively tho BEST M EATS that are offered for sale in Centre county. SECIILKR A CO. a- xz o a iz zz s. llu*h Unit ac Mock, Bellefonte, Pa. NEW ENTERPRISE, i LKXANDKR A CO., AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT —ANI> — BKED STOI HKLLKFONTK, PA. Th#v by thi* nil ihe rum* import*, tint I*. to ri#*l In *nd to fnmUh t frmn at th# hwrt |sa#iM prtr* everything in the •h.i|* .f an *gri ultural inipl-m#tjt that fanner* ue#, lik hiding MKKDM of all kitida. I At |>r*ent wr baraon hand and ar# th* authorfiM) ; *g#rit- for th# ml# f th# MY It At I'MK <T||l,l*Kt> I I'MiW, mad# at Mynuus#. N. Y. It i* th- U*t rhllh*l ; plow now mad#, a|a> th# K#ytoti# and |r.n !h M i plow* mail# at Ofttr# Hall No bettor plow, than th-.# can !•# had for th# *arn# amount of tnon#v. Alio UmOooITI Hall < otnplai.t. r \\ . r#—l • ,..ii, ing aUmt th# m#rit. of thi* plant#*, a* th# **•• n< w in u.c in Ontr# roimtv dfttioriatrilp* Ui#m !* I— th# l#.t. i 11A It HOW M and CI LTIY ATOIIM of th# lat-.t m proY#l patt#rn MtIWKRM. I;K tPKItM and GRAIN RINMtItM.-Of th#*# w# —ii th# Oaborri" #ith#r a* *-parat' Mover*. C*tnliii#d K#wp#ra and Mover*, litgl. Ilarv*at#m, or a* CotnMn#d K-aj—r. and |tiiK)#r*. TIIK. H IIKKI.KH. No i.. a* a c mhinH ma. hi n*. I* th# t# t maFhin# of th# kind in th# niark#t TIIK OKRATKMT IMPKOYKMRNT tK TIIK AOK i* th# Nnrri*lo*n Ul#M*r *nd Riiid r. fall and •# it. It i wond-rfully p#rf#< t. Any boy tw*l# y#ar* dd. with n hra*. will fol low ami Lin l all th# grain that anr K#wp#r with *id# d#liv#ry will cut. It not only I tnd* but gl*ii*. and will aai# th# Jtir* of th# rnarhin# in On# year. hy Ukitig up from th# .tutdd# that which 1. now |.*t TIIK M. lir.KHY GRAIN I>R||J. #iih#r with or without l>r>a'h.i.t with <r without f#rtiliv#r and •##*l •'•wing aita'hm#tit. It ia th# l-wt grain drill f. r all pttr|-**e In th# market, j TIIK GKIMKIt TIIRKMIIKR ANI> MrPARATuR Th# r#pwtati.'n of thi. marhtn# I. .< w|| that w-ran my nothing lhot it that t!.. j- pi# d- J not know Any p*r*on wanting on#, or In i##d .f r-iwir. for th** now in th# (<>uutv. pl#a# c.il IIFKIIN F.K f* I'ATF.NT I.KVKI. TIIFAI) IIOBBF. I'GH KK. (>r onr and !■. h'.r"-. llh I'.il. nl K"iiUl..r l.llllr GUM Tlirt—lur Mid Cl".n.r VICTGB l 1.1 l KB llt 1.1.KH S4mi'ui, 1..r tr# roontv. WAGON*,CARHIAUKM RI'GGIKM and Pll ITONM. U - ar# agr nt- for th# al# <>f th# r#l#bral#d ONK I.IN H'AiiOJI. th# refutation of whi-h i*w • || #taU llah#d; alaoof fit# ( iiRTI.AM* PKATKuMM MURING WAGtINM, f'arriag-., Phwtona and lluggi## All ar# warranted ( all and •## •p#rim#n and #*amin# rata logu#* aa to atvl# and p#l- #• l#-f.r# buying *la#wh#r#. Catalgu#a ftirni.h#d -n application. I'KAMTKR AND FKRTI Kl'/RRs —Taruga plaat#r fln#ly gnuind. aa gn. d aa th# l#t Nova Mr-tla. at fh# low prlc# of #7 §i#r ton. P#ru*ian (•narwi aold on order* only. I'h.wpbat#* alway* on hand. M|>#rial tnanur** for dilf-r#nt * topa aold up>>n ord#r* at ruanu fartur#r*' prlr#*. hWId:R-W* ar# Dnpnnt'* ag#nt* Tttaating, M|-.rting and Rift# pnwd#r on haml and add at *.l# pric# . al> fwa# fIRAIN —Aft#r th# growing crop |. harv#t#d w# will U pr#par#d to jay th# high-t mark#! prlc* for all kind* of grain. OOAL-Oar yard la alway* tork*d with th# b#t Anfhra. it# Coal which w# a#|| at low#t prlc# 1,1 MK—W* mak# th# l#t whit# Dm# in th# Mtat#. Ita prop#rti# for m#chankal and agricultural |nir poa# eir#| all oth*T* FAIRBANKM- MCALKS-W# ar# th#ir ag#nt* In C#ntr# county and will auppfy all parti#* wDhing good and tm# aralv* at th#ir low#a| prk# H # *t-nd an Invitation to *v*ryhody In want of anything In our lin# to call at our *tor# room*, op iMlt# th# Boah Hon##, and a#* what w# ha*#, and l#arn from thw# In att*ndanc* m<>re particularly th# arop# of our huaincwi. A I.KX ANDKK k CY>. R#ll#fonta. Pa., May , iMan. j.^jf Y'OH THE CAMPAIGN. TUB " PATBIOT " Dt'BINO TIIF I'KKeIUKN TIAL CANVAM. TN onler that everybody, no matter * bow poor In pnrnr. my mtd th* n#w dnrinf lb* r* politic*) itrnggl* of I Mo, tb* tHIIT Pat*iot IHnndsy rdltlnn Inclndod) will lw sent bj mall to any *d,lru. |-tag* ft**, from th* pr***nt tim* until th* flft*nth of NnT*mt—r n**t. foe frtOO: to club* of fl* -r mor*. (and on* copy frc* to th* a*n<l*rof thorlnh.) Itsn per copy. Without Fon.ta) edition, th* Datty Parmior will )■* a*nt hy mall to *ny addrraa, poaUgo fa, for aama period for Wfiti; to clul.aof fir* or mor* (with on* copy ft** to e*nd*r of club) IS (10 p*r copy. THE WKKKI.T PATRtOT from th* pr***nt flm* nntll tlio w**k after th* Pnwt drotlal election will Iw wot to any addrwia. t.alag* free, lor Fonrr C**r; to clot- of ||r* or npwarda f"f tiiinrr-Firi Cmt per copy, with on* cpy fro* to **nd*r of clnb. In *try c* th* money muat ate,on. Rny th* onler. Naw la tha time to get up rluba, morrallr local orgsnlmtfona cannot clrrulato < hap *r and mor* affecllr* rampnlgn Itteratur* than naw*. n*|i*ra fumlehed at th*a* estraordtnartty low rate*, lead In yonr order* addreaaed to Pitrkit Piuianian Co., Hanaiaat ao, Pa. 2*l. RUHII HOUSE, lIftt.I.EFONTK, PA., IS OPEN. P P. PBTBBN. Proprlator PENSIONS. A LL disabled Soldiers and heirs of d* r ***'d Soldier* who died fron, ronwtuencea of aerate* In th* Army, ar* antltled to PKNSIONft. NO ABBaABS allowed after JI'I.Y I, HM. Send •tamp* for full InatrucUnna la all kind* of ii.ddl.ra' claim*. J. H. SYPHKRD A CO., Peni,m AHCi d F street. WASHINGTON, n n pENTRAL HOTEL, \J (OppoalU th* Railroad Station,) MH.RSBURO, CRNTRI COUNTY, PA. A. A. KOIILBKCKEK, Proprietor. THROUGH THA VRI.RRS on tha railroad will find thla Hotel an excellent place to lunch, or procure S tnaal. aa ALL TRAINS atop about U mlaulaa. 4T She Crntif Democrat. II EL L EPON TK, PA. WE notice by the premium lint of the National Fair Association of Washington, I). C., SIO,OOO is offered for the fastest trotting horses; a bronze medal for the best landscape ; $7.00 for the best collection of cut flowers, and SIO.OO for the best col lection of plants, not less than thirty, correctly named. For fruits of all kinds, the large sum of $71.00 is offered; for vegetables, $.74.00, and for dogs, $151.00 Hogs and horses seem to be the chief "agricultural products" down there. Ms. I'KTKK 11. Mi. AH remarks that fist culture help* wonderfully to enrry it crop of corn through u govern drought. This paragraph, which we find in the agricultural pages of the Tribune, is an excellent text for a long sermon, but we have not just now the time to prepare it, and this is not the most appropriate season for its delivery. The writer has a distinct recollection of hearing his father, who was a most careful and observing farmer, "re mark" the same thing at least twenty live years ago, and remembers, too, that he produced the indisputable evidence of result * to substantiate the | correctness of his theory. THIS is the season for the farmer who wishes to improve his poultry stock to purchase new blood. Breed era of good poultry everywhere have a large surplus of cockerels which they are anxious to get rid of speed ily, to save expense, and are willing to Bell good birds at very much less than they will ask after keeping thenf half the winter. Besides this, fowls can be shipped at this season with much less discomfort and danger than during the cold of January. We arc sure that the poultry on three fourths of the farms of Centre coun ty can lie improved with great ad vantage to their owners, and our advice is to begin the improvement by introducing a cockerel of the kind you may prefer, and to do this now, liesides you can do it at less expense than nt a late date. Early Lettuce. Oat. of Vlrk i Mino There are very few people not fond of lettuce in the early spring. Hav ing removed from the city, where early lettuce could lie bought nt the markets, I wn* much at a loss for this refreshing salad plant—nt least, until quite warm weather. Knowing it to lie quite hardy, I, last niitumn, sowed some seed in a warm, dry spot, and in a week the plants were up. Belore hard frost I placed around my little patch some boards—to la* particular, an old door frame—and over this some loose boards, covering about two-thirds of the space, so that there was about one-third uncovered for light and air. It was where it got the best of the sun, sloping southeast ami it was a surprise to find how, early I had young lettuce from this rude bed. Of course, this will be of no benefit to those* who have hot-beds nnd other conveniences for forcing vegetables, but to very many of your readers I think the knowledge may be useful. This is about time to sow the seed. To get early pie plant, just place an old barrel over the root in the fall, and throw around the barrel a lot of manure or old straw and refuse, and in spring the pie plant will start and produce leaves wonderfully early. Some think putting the barrel over in the spring is just as good, but I am convinced the autumn is the best time. Fall Ploughing. When land is ploughed in the fall and left, till spring without harrowing, it may lie sowed to any kind of spring grain after being well harrow ed, and the crops in most cases will be as good as if the land were plowed in the spring. Stable dung, when plowed under in tbe fall for a spring crop, will be as beneficial as when ploughed under in the spring; but all kinds of common fertilizers should be sown broadcast in the spring and harrowed in, unless one sows seed with a drill that dejiosits and covers the fertilizers at the same time. If it were not for the great hurry that farmers arc subject to in our short springs, it would not be of any ad vantage to plough light, loamy soils in the fall; but in consequence of not having time, in many cases, to plough in the spring all the land one desires to cultivate, it is decidedly advisable, in some cases, to plough in tbe fall, especially clayed soils, which are greatly benefited by being thrown up by the action of the frosts of winter. It often occurs that a field in the spring is too wet to plough when the seed should go in, and such land, if ploughed in the fall, would be in good condition to- harrow In the spring, and tho crop would be better for the fall ploughlug. Our Agricultural Contemporaries. Winter in coming, and all having farm or even garden plot* will find valuable aid in the American A'/ricu/turut • for October, jut issued, with iU hun • dreda of practical direction)*, bint* nn*l suggestions. Among leading topic* are Work for tho Month; a $l,lOO Farm 1 Inline, with plana and specification*; Shelter for NW>ck ; Numerous Uinta and Help* for Farmer*; Humbug* Exposed • a full llouaehold and Children'* I)e --, partinentn, etc.—ls cent* per number; $1..00 per annum; Orange Judd Com j puny, publisher*, 245 Hroadway, New York. I The farm •Journal apjiear* for October 1 in an entire new dress, including a new and handsome bead. We congratulate our enterprising, spicy little neighbor upon it* improved appearance. The decided growth of small farming in the Southern Slate* and its relation to politics, are discussed by Sidney Lanier in the October Srribmr. While not insisting on any contrast of the sections, Lanier has invented a phrase which cleverly describes the bonanza farming of the northwest, with its lack of homestead life. "It is not farming at all," he says, "it is mining for wheat." Bringing up Calveß on the Bottle. "A Shorthorn Breeder" gives The Farm, of Dublin, Ireland, his reasons for improving on nature's way of raising calves: "In the native state the cow gives milk enough to raise her calf, ami no more, and dries oil in four or five months. Some of our improved breeds give enough to raise four or five calves per year, and other breeds do not give enough for one. 1 raise ( all my calves, even thoroughbreds, 11 by liund, and principally on skim ! milk; ami I think that when one ' ! year old they will compare favorably with calves that have run with the j cow. A* a result of such raising, I ; sell onedialf my milk, and the cream i from the other half. The chief ar | gumcnt in favor of letting calves suck jis that it saves iuhor. I admit that | when the cows ami calves arc turned i out together, allowing the calf to take what he wants when he chooses, there is a saving of labor; but this practice is ruinous alike to cows and calves. Any cow of good milking qualities will give more milk than i the calf can take for two months at least. The cow's bag is liable to le ruined, and she is injured as a milker; | after the calf takes the milk, her bag, : being sucked out frequently, is not . allowed to (Intend, ami she receives another injury, which, if a heifer, is , ruinous to her milking qualities. The cow ami calf become so attached to each other that weaning becomes , very difficult, and sometimes impos : sible. The calf nt weaning time fre quently receives a backset ftom which , ! lie never recovers. I "If, on the other hand, the more j judicious plan of keeping the calves | j op, and taking part of the milk, is | practised, there is no saving of lalor. I I would rather sit down quietly and milk all of the milk than fight with a calf for one-half of it. Or if you allow the calvea to suck all they want, and then go around and milk what ia left you injure the cow, as ■ the milk should lie taken at once when the cow lets it down. The cow'a milk is often too rich for the calf and does not agree with it. The calf frequently becomes too fat. When raising by hand you can make the calf just what you want. If you j are feeding skim milk, and the caif is too poor.add a little oil meal; too fat, give poorer feed. A calf raised for the dairy should not be Kept as fat as one for the butcher. My practice is to wean the second day ; I used to not allow the calf to suck if found in time; but have found it lietter for cow and calf that it should suck a few limes. The cow and calf soon forget one another; the cow is quieter, easier stabled and fed than when anx ious about her calf. The calf can lie taught in two or three lessons to drink from a pail or trough, and you can make it just what you want by regulating its feed. There is never any weaning time, as you can gradu ally change its feed to anything you desire." How to Have Clean Dairy Utensils. Ilmrj Stewart in Rural Maw Torkrr. Every dairy utensil should be tin. No wooden vessel should be used in milking, as the wood absorbs milk which sours in tho pores and there curdles, and every particle of curdled milk, whether effected by rennet or by acidity, like the leaven of yeast, is an active agent for souring other milk. As curd of milk is hardened by heat and made insoluble, dairy utensils should first be washed with cold water and soap, and when thor oughly well cleaned they uisy then be scalded. Curd is dissolved by alkali, and the free alkali of the soap not only removes tbe grease of the milk, but also any particles of milk which by any accident may have been re tained in a crevice or corner, and there soured or curdled. To make the cleaning of dairy vessels more easy it ia well to have no sharp cor ners, but to have all the joint* made round, and lliiH may IK: done easily it one has the milk pails made to order Cornstalks and Seed-Corn. llf Col. r I). C'urli*. It takes corn and the cornstalk* longer to dry, or cure, when cat up ly the roots than when the corn is topped. There is more juice in the ; butts of stalks than in the topmost portion, and the watery portion must be well dried out or the stalks will i mould if they are packed together in I quantities. The upper portion of the i stalks, if bound up into small bundles and placed in stooks, will usually Ik: lit to house in two or three weeks, while the whole stalks require a much longer time, especially ii they are large and bulky. The stacks or stooks should not contain more than twenty-five hills when the crop is good, and they should be set evenly around the standing hill so that the slook will not fall down. The ears | will dry quicker ami brighter when I left on the hill as they are when the corn is topped. Top|M-d corn always husks easier as the husks open, and it is easier to get at the ear. Many farmers prefer to cut their corn at | the root, so that it can be drawn into the barn and husked under cover. : They also estimate the husks to ibe too valuable to leave to dry up and waste in the field. When corn is topped, the ears may l>e snap ped olf and taken into the barn ami I husked there, and the husks saTed, | but they are not so handy to handle as when the stalks arc left whole, i Long cornstalks arc a bother when | thrown out with the manure, on ac | count of tangling the manure-fork, i ami on this account corn is often j topped to reduce the length. Some painstaking farmers run their corn stalks through a straw cutter to make ! them line for the manure pile, and so i that the stock will eat more of them. ,It hardly pays the cost. They may j be broken up and marie more palata ble as well as fine fur the manure heap, by running them through a thrashing machine which tears them ; into little bits. An ordinary three horse thrashing machine will also ; busk and shell the corn if the stalks and cars are run through it. When | this is done the corn should IK* very I dry or it will mould unless carefully spread and turned. Cornstalks may IK- packed or mowed together in large quantities if a layer of dry straw is put between each layer of bundles. ! 1 he stalks will impart to the straw a . savory smell ami make it liked better by the stock. Stalks should never IK? put into a mow when damp, or I they will surely mould and be injur , cd. Sweet, well-cured cornstalks are I equal to good hay for fodder, and will make more milk than hay. They are laxative in their nature and hence excellent to feed with hay or grain. More fodder may !>e obtained by j cutting corn up at the roots, and l>eU i ter ears by topping it. The l>ost course to follow depends U|>on the ; wants of the farmer. The best seed corn can be obtained from the topped corn, as there is then no danger of its being heated or ! getting mouldy, and if left in the i field late it will be too dry to be in jured by freezing. Seed-corn can be i safely gathered from a topped field j almost any time if it is kept dry i afterward, but when the corn is to , be cut up at the root it should ixs j gathered before hand. In thin cane —and it is a good rule always—the j earliest and brightest ears should be selected, and those well filled out at the ti|>s. Seed ears ought always to lie taken from stalks which have two cars on them. Ily a careful and con tinuous selection of the earliest ears, ami those most perfect, the variety may l>e made earlier, ami by taking only from stalks with two cars a pro pensity or nature may be established in the variety to produce two ears. I know of a farmer who followed this course to shorten the ripening season of his corn, (smut white, an early sort,) fully ten days, and nearly every stalk bore two'ears. Freezing and thawing injures Becd-corn when it is wet, hence the sooner in autumn it is gathered and and made dry the more-likely it is to grow. It should be "twisted" or braided together by the husks and hung up in some dry room or out doors in the sun for a few days, after which it may be put away in a dry place where it will not be molested by rats or mice, and kept till planting time. We always cut up our corn, as wc want all of the fodder. Evkry farmer knows that exposing potatoes too long to the rays of the sun, or to plenty of light and air, will soon rnin them. A good farmer will dig and dry his potatoes at the proper time as quickly as is convenient, and take them to his dark cellar without delay, being careful not to have too many in one bin. Potatoes which are fine and mealy when dug treated in thia manner will remain good until new early potatoes are ripe. Wk have lately noticed in the dai ly papers accounts of several fatal accidents from farmers coming in contaot with vicioua balls. The fact is, any man ia foolish who allows his bull to run with the cows at large, and thus put himself at the mercy of these erratic creatures. We could count up within our own knowledge more than a dozen men who were gored by bulls.
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