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.
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KIL' COMPANY.
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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.