I Wilson, 3teFartane <l v Co., Hardware Dealer#.
HARDWARE!
WILSON, McFARLANE & CO.
DEALERS IN
rOVES, RANGES HEATERS.
ALSO
'rtinls, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
TXIICIDIEIRcS' HABDWABE.
•EOIIKNY BTRKKT, .... HUM KB' BLOCK, .... BKLI.KFONTK, PA.
liitsiaesH Canls.
<J§"
TTARNESS MANUFACTORY j
JLJL in Qiraii'i Ktf Block, I
BKLLKKONTK. PA. 1-lj
F\ P. BLAIR,
I JKWKI.KR,
WATCHER, CtUCSA, J*WAI*T, AC.
ail Work n.-Rtlv executed. Ou Allegheny etreet,
nude. Brockerhulf HOUR*. Alt
DIALERS IN I'UUE DRUGS ONLY,
■i ZELLEIt&SON, 3
5 ♦ t e DRUGGISTS.
No a. Brockerlloff now. ;
All the Standard relent Medicine. l're- *
m— " -- end Family Itcclpce accurately „ I
vfzflnr'-i HI —I. Truaec.i, Shoulder Braces, Ac., Ac. ' " '
4-tf I
IMOUIS DOLL,
yjtz FASHIONAHI.K BOOT A SHOEMAKER,
Hrockt*rho(T How, AllfgUvuv iirret,
'|-U Hellfftllt*. Pie (
r. in*mis, PiWt. J. r. RAMKII. roh'r.
HbIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
JF BKLLKrONTK,
Hirwi, Hellefmitr, P. 4-tf
COUNTY BANKING
COMPANY.
Hgfri - po| >ite
f Ami Allow Interraf,
Dinouu? Not***;
Buy taifl
Gov. g<M-nrltlcf,
Gold and Coupons.
A. BIAVII, President.
FfrHL P. BMloiKT.('fUhier. A-tf
HELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE
JL> R R.—Tlme-Telde In effect on end after Me) !
Leave Snow Shoe 7.20 A. M.,rriTe In Bellefonte
MS a *
gßeaVe* Beltefeate 10,2-". A. M.,nrrirra et Snow Shoe
ee Knew Shoe 2' r.u.,arrlrei In llellefonte .
KftßXee.-. Relief..ute .".,15 r w.nrrlcee et Snow Shoe
at" r. u. KAN 1 HI. KIIOAKS,
(lenernl Superintendent. :
"DALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL-
I) ROAD—Time-Table, April 21'. 1**":
faf. Meil. WUTWAUD. EASTWASD. Kip. MAII.
r.
t It) 6 32 Arrive et Tyrone Leave.-... 7 A H 20 !
8 3 6 2-i LTATI keet Tyrone Leave... 7 15 S 27 *
T .39 ft 21 " Veil '• ... 7IV s .11
t 617 " Held Regie " ... 753 H37
141 C 1 ..... " llenneh " ... 7ld 9 7
mSjKM 5Si " Port Matilda " ... 744 lit
7St 647 " Merthe " ... *7 52 9 2*!
63R Jnlien ... R 1 * 4" !
9 527 ...... " t'nioneille " ... 111 941
ieflav SIS ...... " Snow Shoe In " ... S2l 9 .'>l j
■H Als " Mllevbnrg " ... *24 955 I
Wm'oe 5 5 ..._ " Bellefonte " ... 832 951 I
HHI 455 '• Milaahnrg " ... 4.5 10 S
Ha 445 " Cnrtfn ... *5510 14 I
MM 440 " Mount Regie " ... 9no 10 l'i j
II •• Howard ... 9 *lo 29
420 .... " Reglerllle ... 91110 42
650 415 '• Beech Creek " ... 922 111 47
•34 4 3 " Mill llell " ... 93411 to
•29 400 " riemlngtoa " ... 937 11 4
i
3 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
<P!iiliid<'lphla *itd Kri" Divitlon.) —On and '
iflkr PfH tnbrr l'i, 1"77 :
WKHTWARDe
HUE MAII. |4M%T IMiiU-Mphl* 11 Mpm
BT" " Htrrlal>ar|.. M a. 4 2I m m
" WillianiEport A ,v a m
I" IXH k
" Rno?Awt.H. 10 W m
•rritHW Et Erl 7 36 p m
A lwntiHi
•• •• llirvitLurg.... In .Vum
M •• WillinntEport. 2 2n p m
•• irrlfM ftl llrnnto. 4 Hi p in
ra by tbU triio rr<T In B^ll*-
ut 4 3el p m
NKIt'ATfW
" ILrriaLurif 336 p m
" MllllamMKirt. 730 pm
irritM at Is* k luten 8 4bp IE
KASTW A HO.
EXPM3? IMh lenrk Harro 40 a m
• " Williamaport... 7Ma m
* arrUM at llarrfEburc. II 65 a m
M H Philadelphia.... .3 46 pHI
PRKB9 laavrw Benovo 10 10 a tn
*' l/vk llarwn 11 2"am
" M llUamEport 12 40 am
arrlTea at Vlaniahar!(..•. 4 lop m
" Philadelphia. 720 p m
lIL leaves Reaovo.. k 3A p ra
•' llaven 0 45 p m
M Willlamaport 11 oft p m
arrive* at llarrtaloirg 2 45 a rn
Philadelphia 7 no a m
MR learea WllHamaport 12 3.6 a m
arrirea at flarriahurir 3 6k a m
" Philadelphia 736 a m
all Wail, Niagara P.tpreaa Waat, Lork Haven
datinn Wat, and Ihy Rxpreea Raat, make
nectiona at Northnmherland with L. 4 B. R
for Wllkaaharre and ftrrantnn.
(all Wit. Niagara Kipreaa Weal, and Krte
Weat.and Lock Haven Arcssmnxwlatlnn Weat,
ae connection at WilllamEport with N. C. R
i north.
lail Weat, Niagara Kxpreaa Wwt t and Hay
Eaat. make rh < ounertiou at Lock Haren
K V. R R tralna
ail Raet and Weat ronnectat Krle with tralna
I M. H. R R.. at Corry with O C. A A. V. R
mporinra with R N. Y. A P. R. R., an I at
d with A. V R R
cam will run between Philadelphia and
iport on Ntapara Kipreaa Waat. F.rie Rxpreaa
biladelphia Kxpreaa Kat and Day Rspraae
I knnday Rxpreaa Kat. PUeplng carton all
doa. WM. A. RELDWIN,
flen'l Puperlntendetit.
;ARI> HOUSE,
iRNKR CHESTNUT AND NINTH STREETS,
raitAßurniA.
leu... prominent In e city femed for Ite rom
hol#l. la kept In eeery reapect equal to any
■ hnteli In the ronntry. Owing to the atrtn
the time., the price of board ha. ticen reduced
DOILAM per der. J.M'KIBBIN,
Meneeer.
BUSH HOUSE,
MEI-LETONTr. PA.,
IS OPEN.
D. P. PETERS, Proprietor.
PENSIONS.
L disabled Soldiers and heirs of
rented lo Ml art who died from ronaeotienrea
e In the Army, am Bntltlad to PKNRIONft.
HEAR* allowed after JULY 1, lkkO. Rend
Tor full Instruction* In all kind* of Roldiem'
JYPHKJfD & CO., Peneion Atty'e
M>4 P Street. WASIIINUTON. D. 0
fTRAL HOTEL,
(Oppoelto the Rallrned Button,)
MILRSBURfI, CENTRE COUNTY, PA.
A. KOIILBECKKR, Proprietor.
UUII TRAVKI.ERS on the rallrottd will And
lei en excellent place In Innch, or procure •
ALL TRAINS atop nhotit 25 minnten. 47
.Yen' A Urertlnrm en tn.
FARMERS
WHO WANT
GROCERIES
AND OTHER
SUPPLIES
FOR
MAR V EST I >s r G
SHOULD CALL ON
SECHLER&Co.
FOR ANYTHING IN TIIK LINK OF
j SUGARS,
UOF'FEES,
TEAS,
SI'IC'ES,
NEW CHEESE,
S. C. HAMS,
S. O. DRIED BEEF,
BREAKFAST BACON,
DRIED PEACHES,
NEW PRUNES,
HOMINY and RICE,
SYRUPS and N. O. MOLASSES,
NEW MACKEREL,
ST< >N E W ARE, QUE ENS WAR E,
A'c., Ac., Ac.
ALSO ANYTHING IN TIIK LINK OF
j FRESH MEATS.
\\ n tirn killing etnll-fi-d ttwn of from
j 1200 to 14001b*., and hava |Mjitively tha
BEST MEATB
tit at Hre nflt-rMI for ala in Centre county.
SECIILER A CO.
Bxuh House Block, Bellefonte, l'a.
NEW ENTEKPKISE.
j LEX AN DER A CO.,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
—AND—
SEED STORE,
BELLEFONTE, FA.
Thcv tnonn by thie all the nnnia import*,
| thet 1., hi d.-nl in end tn fnmiah h, farmer, at the
j Inee.t |.eei|.l. prlre .r.rrthing In the .hat* r-f en
I egrh ultural Implement thet fermrr. UA, inilmlinx
| SKKI'B of ell kind,
j At preeent ee here <,n hnd end ere the anthnri>ed
agent, for the le of the SYRACUxK i 1111.1.KD
PLOW, made el Syrarnee, N. V. It I. the . hilled
plow now made; ale, the Kpj,'on. end Iron U'.m
plow, made et Centre Itall. No letter plow* then
lhe.e ran te had l-.r Hie .erne amount of money.
Ale. the Centre llell Cornplenler We need .ay noth
lug about the merit, of thle planter, ae the £■<' now | n
Uee ill Centre roanty denu.n,lr*tee then, to to- the beet.
MARROWS end CULTIVATOR* ,f the leteet mi.
pruredpattern..
MOWKRB. KKAPKRB and OR AIN BINI>KItS.-Of
thee- weee|| the (wleirne either a. eeperate Mower*.
Cunildned Reape-r an l Flow.re, .ingle llarreat.re, or
a. Combined Reefer* and Binder*.
TIIK At 11F.F.1.K8. No ft, aa a romhlne<| marhine, le
the to,t maehine of the kin,l In the market
TIIK ORKATKST IMPKOVKMKXT OF TIIK AUK
I. the Norri.town llleaner and Binder. Cell end .ee
It. It le wonderfully perfect.
Any hoy twelve year* old. with one horee. will fob
low and bind ell the grain thai any Reaper with eldo
deh,err will cut It not only btnde but glean*, and
will eare the prlr* of the machine In one jar, hy
taking up from theetnbhle that whlrh la now |,nt
TIIK M< -IIKRItY ORAIN KKII.L. either wlih or
without broalca*t lioee, with or withont fertilirer and
■Bed owlng attarhmeat* It I* the beet grain drill
tor all parpoaee In the market.
TIIK OKIHKR THRMHKR AND BKPARAToR
The reputation of thle machine I* ao well nelabli*hf*l
thai we can eay nothing almel it that the people do
not know Any peron wanting one. or In need of
repalre for thee now In the county, pteaee call.
IIKKRNKRM PATKNT I.KYKI. TURAII IIOIUIK
POW KR. for one and two horaee, with Patent Bpee,!
Regulator Utile Ulaiit Threeher and Cleaner
VICTOR CI2)A'KB IIULLKR. B>de agenle for Cen-
Ire county.
W AUONB, C A KB I AUKS RI'OHIKB and PII.KTONB.
—We are agenla tor the eale of the celeb rated CONK
LIN WAGON, the reputation of whlrh lean Well **tale
ll.hed: alaoof the CORTLAND PLATFORM *PRINO
WAHONM, Carriage*, ITiirtone and llnggtee All are
warrante,!. Call and eee .perimene and r*amine rata
logue. ae Pi atrlee and price* tofnre buying el*ewbere.
Catalogue* furnlehed on application
I'LABTKR AND FKRTI Ll7.Rßß—Cayuga plaater
finely ground, a* good aa the tieat Nora Mcolla, at the
low price of 17 nil per ton. Perurlan fliiann *old on
order* only. Ptowphatee alwaye on hand. H|>erlal
manure* for different elope eold ii|H,n order* at inanu
fartnrer*' price*.
POWDKR.—We are HuponC* agent*. Rlaetlng,
fiporting and Rlfie powder on hand and eold at whole
eele pricei; alao fa*e
ORAIN.—Afler the growing rrnp I* ha Treated we
will he prepared lo pay the hlgheat market prlre tor
all klnda of grain.
COAL —Oar yard le alwaye Blocked with the heat
Anthracite Coal whlrh we aell at loweat prlre.
LIMB—We make the beat white lime In the fitale.
Ite propertlea for mar ban leal and agricultural pur
poaea exrel all other*.
FAIRBANKS!' BCALKfi— We are their agenle In
Centre county and will eupply all partlea wtehlng
good and true erale* al Ihelr loweet price#.
We extend an Invitation to everybody In want of
aaylhlng In our line tn nalt at our etore mona, op
piwile the Rnah llonae, and eee what we bare, and
ieara from thoae tn attendance more partlcnlerly the
trope of our hitelneae. AI.KXANDKR A CO.
Bellefonte, Pa., May ft, IMS). HMf
WOODWARD SEMINARY.
Boarding and Cay School for Young Ladloi
and Uttla Children.
SECOND AND LOCUST STREETS,
IIAKRISRURO, PA.
Regular term will Iwgla AKPTRMRRR In, ll7t.
Conrae of etudy—Ctaaaic and ArlenMfir, with Mnele
and Art.
Board and tuition from 1250 to IXO a year and ao
extra*.
For circular* and all dealrabl* Information addreee
M- PRINCIPAL
T>ROCKERHOFF HOUSE,
1 ' BKLI.KFOI4TR, PA.
W. R. TELLER, Propriator.
Good Sample Room on Second Floor,
OOrFrea But* to and from all Traiae. Special rale*
to wltueate* aad juror*. 1-ly
Crntw s3morfat.
♦
HKLLKFONTK, I'A.
NEWB, FACTS AND HUDFSKHTIOXM.
Til r. TUT or Til■ NATIIIXAL TV ALTAR* I* Til* IXtILLI
IIIXCL AIR. L-UONI-I: RIT R OT TLL> I ARM IK.
Every farmer in ft it annual experience
iliHenrern something of value.. Write it anil
send it lit the. "Agricultural Editor of the.
DEMOCRAT, Hellefunte, l'enn'a," that other
farmers may hare the benefit of it. Let
communications be timely, and be sure that
they are brief anil well pointed.
THE election is over,and the coun
try is safe once more, and we shall
have more time and space to devote
to this department of our paper. We
will make renewed efforts to make it
more and more worthy the caretul
attention of every farmer in Centre
county.
DKY COWS and springing heifers
may be wintered on refuse liny fodder
and straw, provided they receive
nourishment to keep them in fair con
dition; but dry cows in winter, when
prices for dairy products are at their
height, should not be tolerated.
"Bonanza Fanning" Not Desirable.
.Mr. W. I. Chamberlain, in an arti
cle describing the "bonanza farming" !
of the great West, and showing its
disadvantages to the ngriculture of
the country, very truthfully says :
Smaller farms, with a recuperative
rather than an exhaustive system of i
agriculture, will in time, then, ho a
necessity in Ilakotn as well as elsewhere.
The land must he farmed by men who
live upon it and intend to make it their 1
future homes, and not hy those who go ;
there year hy year in summer time and j
strip it of one more year's crop and then '
retire to warmer climes for winter.
Harrowing Wheat.
I offer my experience for the benefit j
of others. I.sst March I harrowed one
field of wheat und sowed clover on it. ;
Another field, same soil and condition, j
sowed clover hut did not harrow. The j
wheat on the first did the best, and the j
clover took better, both doing inoder- j
atvly well, hut the harrowed field better ;
in both respects.
Wc find the above in the corrcspon- i
dence of the I'met i rat Farmer , and >
quote it liccausc it is much like our |
own experience this year. We had j
two fields of wheat, one of fourteen
and the other of near eleven acres,
on "bottom land" which lias hereto
fore persistently refused to "catch in
clover." In seeding last fall, we
plowed fields in narrow, high lands
ami after the wheat was in, made a !
"round" in each of the "dead fur
rows," thus deepening them, and giv
ing the water an opportunity to es
cape. In consequence of this, the
land dried this spring much ear
lier than usual. Wc waited until it
came into good working order, and
then harrowed—with sloping toothed
harrows, made heavy with chains, and
sowed the clover seed, immediately
behind the harrows. Asa result we
have better fields covered with as fine
and dense n crop of clover as we
ever saw, and this on unfavorable
land and in a season in which the vast
majority of our neighbors arc com
plaining of the entire failure of their
seed to "catch." 80 far so good;
but there are those who will ask, Was
not your yield of wheat lessened by
the harrowing ? In reply wc simpl}-
state facts: This wheat was sown
upon wheat stubble, because the for
mer crop was not what it should have
been, and the clover, sown in the
usual way, without harrowing, was
an entire failure. Neither crop of
wheat was measured, but in the opin
ion of all good judges who observed
them, the latter which was harrowed,
was at least double the former, which
was not harrowed.
Sheep as Wealth Producers.
The gentle sheep has always been a
wealth producer. The latter end of Job
"* hleesed, for he had 14,000 sheep,"
which would mean to one of us an in
come of just as many dollars per year, if
not twice as many. What an invest
ment for capital, that brings 50 or 60
per cent, yearly, with almost the cer
tainty that appertains to U. 8. four per
cents. A Hock will easily increase 00 to
70 per cent, yearly, and half that will be
compounded after the second year.
This rate of increase is enormous and
sufficiently points to the vast profits
that are made from successful sheep
rearing.
So says a correspondent of our
enterprising contemporary, the Rural
Neva Yorker. Perhaps there is a good
dog law in bis community.
The farmer who lets all the liquids
of his barnyard run to waste is a
spendthrift, however "closcflsted" he
may be with money.
Various Suggestions.
From tlii* Country UMIIIMHUII.
There are a number of good prac
tices which farmers might ho induced
to adopt if occasionally reminded of
theni. Among them we give the fol
lowing ;
Copper wire and copper straps are
often very convenient ami of much
use in repairing tools, doors, grates j
and parts of buildings. Copper wire
is about as easily handled its twine,
and is more unyielding and durable.
Its flexibility gives it great advantage
over iron wire, and it does not rust.
Copper straps for nailing are better
than leather on one hand and hoop
iron on the other. Copper tacks are
good for mending old harness, as they
are easily clinched.
Provide boxes or shelves with
apartments, and place in appropriate;
divisions, distinctly marked, all re
fuse screws, nails, bolts, rivets, sta
ples, tacks, Ac., and replenish them
as needed by purchases at hardware
stores, procuring all the kinds and
sizes you ever want. Such things
always at hand, costing perhaps but
a lew cents, may save you dollars in
time when repair is needed at a busy
time and laborers are waiting.
Teach every person in you rem ploy,
as well as yourself, always to put
every tool back in its place as soon
as done with, no matter how great a
hurry lie may be in. Better spare
half a minute now in doing so, than
for you to hunt half an hour wilh a
team or man waiting. We know
men who waste whole days in the
aggregate in hunting for misplaced |
tools, and in asking eight or ten dif- {
ferent persons on the place where
they are.
Keep your cellar properly and
well drained; allow no decaying
matter in it; prohibit the throwing of i
slops in puddles at the back door, j
ami never allow sink pipes to become
choked or to emit foul air. Much of
the sickness in the country is caused
by such bad air.
Keep all the hinges and latches
about the house oiled, to prevent
wear and squeaking. Go over them
once a week with oil and feather; ;
make regular work of it. Keep gates
properly greased at latches and
hinges, and see that they do not sag.
The lalmr of dragging a sagging gate
is as hard as it is useless. To prevent
sagging,see Vol. VI of Rural Affairs, j
p. 219.
Use coal ashes or wood dust, or
both, in all your vaults daily. This
will prevent all bail odor, rendering
the cleaning as easy as shoveling
sand, and will prevent all danger of
wells becoming poisoned by the
drainage.
Give pure water to animals. Cows
are sometimes watered froiy wells in
the manure yard containing impuri
ties, and the milk is thus more or less
defiled and poisoned, the butter taint
ed, and the owner wonders why his
family sutlers so much from siekness.
If you expect good healthy pigs and
wholesome pork, let them have pure
water, pure food ami constantly clean
quarters. We have actually seen the
careless and dirty character of some j
farmers photographed in their filthy
pigpens.
Use petroleum as a preservative of
all exposed woodwork and tools. It
is very cheap, and penetrates the
pores. It is good for all wood build
ings, good for gates, farm wagons,
rakes anil forks, and for all rustic
work exposed to weather. It will pay
its cost back again at least one
thousand per cent.
On rainy days, examine you mow
ers and reapers, and all other machin
ery of a similar character ; clear ofr
j ali the grease on the axles which lias
been hardeded with dust, and put all
in good running order. Kerosene
applied to such parts will enable you
to clean them easily.
When any tool, harness, wagon, or
anything else breaks do not wait till
you need it for use liefore repairing
it, but get it mended at once. If a
horse loses a shoe, do not woit till he
becomes lame, but have it set imme
diately.
Economizing Fodder.
CnrrMpnaOmrp of Connlrj (Untlomnn.
In seasons of short crops of hay,
we arc often put to it for ways and
means to keep the customary stock
through the winter without their fall
ing away in condition. I have found
that much can be saved by keeping
the stock comfortable, and that a
smaller quantity of feed will keep
them in condition than is generally
thought necessary. Not that stock
will thrive without food, but that with
proper preparation and kind care
otherwise, a large saving can be made
in hay and fodder. Every one knows
that if animals arc kept warm and
otherwise comfortable, it takes less
food. Therefore the first aim should
be to give good, warm, well-ventilated
shelter, and keep them clean by suit
able litter and one or two cardinga
daily. This latter accomplishes an
end which few fully realize. Then
again a considerable saving is made
by putting feed in the most assimila
ble form, so that unnecessary labor
of the animal ia saved. All unneces
sary exertion must lie paid for in
food or waste of body.
The labor of comminution ia, in
part, saved to the animal by catting
or chaffing. In this way, a poorer,
coarser quality of food may be mix
ed with the better, and be made to
perform the office* of the better. A
larger proj>ortion i* assimilable if
cooked, or even well wet with hot
water, ami allowed to lie in bulk to
Hoften for twelve to twenty-four
hours. It is astonishing to see how
clean the coaser cornstalks are eaten
when cut and treated in this way,
especially if a little seasoning of salt,
bran or meal be added. Straw, swale
buy, and much other coarse fodder
which is often thought of little worth,
is thus made to do valuable service.
The value of swale hay for feed is
often greater than it has the credit
for, where properly used. I have
found that it is more economical in
purchasing cattle feed, to invest the
larger proportion in concentrated
feed, like corn meal, shorts, bran, Ac.,
rather than buy fine hay. Stock not
only does better, but the money sav
ing is not inconsiderable. Hay can
not be taken from a mow, carted to
a distance and again unloaded with
out a larger per cent, of waste than
is generally supposed.
Brevities.
Farmers will always icmaui poor
so long as they allow others to do
their thinking.
Have your pullets began to lay
yetlf not, why not? See if you
can find out.
If bottom lands are dry enough
ditches should be cleaned out and
new ones opened where required.
Return to the soil what is taken
from it, or its equivalent, ami then
with ordinary cultivation the soil will
increase rather than diminish in pro
ductiveness.
In a part of our garden which was
plowed, last fall, in narrow lands,
re-plowed and finely harrowed this
spring, all seeds came up well, while
on the adjoining ground, which was
not fall-plowed, the seeds sown at the
same time, came up so poorly that we
had to re-plow the land. To the
beginner in gardening, such experi
ences offer most valuable deductions.
On the deepening and turning over of
the soil, before winter, depends much
of next season's success.
" Weathering."
Krum flir American Agriculturist.
This term is often used among
farmers, and is certainly a good one,
as it expresses as much of Hie nature
of the process as can be contained in
a single word. \> hen land is left
without a crop, and is exposed to the
action of the air and sunshine, the
winds and rains, frosts and other
natural agencies by which the origi
nal rocks, th.ough long years, have
been converted into rich soil, we say
that it is "weathering."' In other
words, there is no crop to take up the
nourishment as it is formed in the
soil, and there is therefore an accu
mulation of these food materials in
the soil, and it gradually improves by
the process. The throwing up of the
soil into ridges in the autumn, that
there may be a greater surface ex
posed to the weather, is an instance
of winter "weathering,'" while fallows
are the most common instances of
'weathering'' during the summer.
A Large Wheat Crop.
The Vnllry Argut, of Merced coun
ty, California, says ; J. L.Crittenden,
of Cottonwood, on the west side, in
forms us that he harvested this year,
on his farm, a field of 150 acres of
wheat that averaged lifly-one bushels
to the acre—on an aggregate 7,<550
bushels. The ground was irrigated
in September, 1879, and plowed deep
with single plows, and harrowed well,
after which the wheat was sown, and
harrowed in and no more irrigation.
The product is classed as "gilt edg
ed." He says it is the best w heat he
ever saw. Mr. Crittenden is now
irrigating the same field for a crop
next year, and designs giving the
same treatment as proved so success
ful last year.
FEW realize the necessity of man
uring orchards. When once planted,
the trees are to remain on the same
soil thirty or forty years, at least.
They, in a few years, exhaust the
food in the soil that they are most
fond of, and then they will cease to
be productive and thrifty unless
properly fed.
OF course, the great majority of
the poultry sold in market is cross
bred or grade stock, and varies great
ly in size and quality. Many poul
terers think if only their stocjc is
big, and have yellow legs and skin
that is all that is required ; but the
time is coming when poultry buyers
will exact quality rather than size in
the fowls they buy for table use.
FOR storing onions there is no bet
ter place than a dry, cool and airy
loft, where they can be spread out
tbinly, and looked over for the re
moval of those which may have be
gun to decay. Warmth and moist
ure are fatal to the keeping of onions,
and much handling ia almost equally
so.
CHILD of the grand old Autumn F
October floaielh by,
A regal grace on her run-kirecd face
And light in her beaming eye;
Over her noliahed shoulder*
To the dull and fading gram,
The golden brown of ber hair flow* down,
Ai her tpringing fooutep* past.
Well Seasoned Fuel.
Vr<nn fl*r Awricftti Agrfculturiat.
Mont farmers use wood lor fuel,
and tin- beat time to chop, haul, pre
pare and pack it under cover, is in
the comparative leisure of the winter
months. There are several reasons
for this. One good reason is enough,
hut we have four. It is a great sav
ing of fuel. By drying the wood,
most of the water is ex|K-lled, and
there is little loss of heat in drying
|as it burns. It costs about $2 to
work up a cord of wood for the stove
after it is hauled t< the wood pile,
and it makes a difference that any
one can calculate, whether a cord of
wood.burncd green, lasts twenty days,
or burned dry, lasts thirty days.
The use of well-seasoned fuel makes
a large saving of time and labor, and
on this score alone it pays to always
have dry wood. It is a long job to
light a fire with green wood, even
with the help of paper and shavings.
This work has to be done in the
morning, when time is most valuable,
either for sleep or in getting an early
start for the work of the day. It is
about an hour before the green wood
gets dry enough to burn, and the fire
ready for cooking the breakfast,
warming the room or both, a delay
which is not at ail satisfactory to any
one. The wife or housemaid may be
tempted to use kerosene to start the
Arc, and too often gets severely burn
ed, if not killed. The loss of an hour
every morning, with hired men wait
ing for breakfast, makes a big Agure
in the course of a year. Look at it.
Then the habit of preparing a year's
stock of fuel in the cold months cul
tivates forecast, and is in keeping
with other good habits, such as pre
paring for seed sowing, getting tools
in order, cultivating and harvesting,
all in due season. These things tell
in the bank account. And, lastly,
dry fuel has an intimate connection
with the serenity of temper and
happiness of the household. It
makes all the difference in the world
with one personally*, whether the wo
man who sits opposite him at the
table, pouring tea and coffee, is made
a spitfire by daily tussle with hissing
Arebrands and soggy wood, or a
saint by the use of seasoned fuel.
It makes a great differencee with the
children and the servants. We are
skeptical on some points, but have
full faith in the use of dry fuel as a
means of grace. It is not of the
theme of public discussion, so we
drop a word here at the hearthstones
of our readers: Remember there is
a limit to "the patience of the saints,''
and burn dry fuel.
American Agriculture.
There arc nearly eight millions of
I people in the United States engaged
| in agricultural pursuits, which would
indicate a population of about thirty
millions in the rural districts. We
exported during the last fiscal year,
$288,050,83') worth of breadstuff's, or
thirty-five per cent, of the entire ex
ports of the country. The total ex
ports of living animals, meat, provi
sions and other agricultural products
aside from breadstuff's, amounted to
$329,000,000, making the total agri
cultural exjwrts, sft 80,000,000 and
upward, which is 82 j jer cent, of the
entire exports of the country. These
ffgurcs show how largely the pros
perity of the country depends u|on
its agriculture.
A FARWI.K tested the value of his
corn put into hogs with the following
result: He commenced with a lot of
hogs weighing 175 pounds each, on
the 20th of September. He fed
them two weeks and, when weighed,
he found at the price of pork then
ruling, $3.50 per hundred, his corn
so fed had brought him aixty cents
per bushel. The two weeks were
mild weather. He again weighed and
f*d them two of the coldest weeks in
November, and found that the corn
fed at the same price for pork, bad
brought him only fifty cents per
bushel. He ssys this teaches him
that hogs ought to be fattened early,
and in the warm weather to get the
: greatest value for the corn fed.
IN feeding it should be borne in
mind that there are three kinds of
feed indispensable to the well-being
of poultry : grain or seeds, such as
corn, wheat, shorts, barley, etc.;
green plants, like boiled potatoes,
rawr cabbage and other vegetables*
, and insects or meat to take their
place. Many farmers sulwtitutc beef
and mutton for insects, believing that
it not only answers equally well but
makes the fowls more acceptable to
consumers.
A POULTRY fancying friend recom
mends laying In a stock of sods be
fore cold weather comes in, and stack
ing them up in a corner of the ben
house or under other suitable cover,
where the hens can have acceas to
them during the winter. After snow
comes, the biddies will find a good
deal of employment for their leisure
time at least, if not more substantial
benefit, in picking the heap to pieces.
EXPERIENCE teaches us that stock
entering into winter quarters in good
condition can be kept without diffi
culty, while an animal beginning the
winter in a poor condition, notwith
standing an abundance of food, care
ful housing and the best attention,
will invariably be in poor order the
following spring.