l l'ihon, MrFarlane l> Co., Hardware Dealers.
WILSON", McFAKLANE it CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES? HEATERS.
ALSO
■ Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
: ZBTJIULIDIE^S 7 HARDWARE.
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■ I BKLLKFONTK,
Allegheny Btreet, B*llefnte, Pr. 4-tf
t CENTRE COUNTY BANKING
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Ami Aliuw Intercut,
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Gold and Coupon*.
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I T>KLLEFONTE& SNOW SHOE
1 ) R. It Time-Table In effect ou and after May
t" l.lHlfl:
L Leaves Snow Shoe 7.20 A. arrive. in Bellefonte
K 9.10 A. M.
: l.earee Itellef.ute 1056 A. arrlree at Snow Shoe
W 1 I T a. M
Leave, Snow Shoe 2.'> r. arrive* in Bellefonte
K 3.45 p. n.
Leave# Bellefonte .'..15 r arrive# at hnow Shoe .
K .67 P. *. BAN IEL KIIOABS,
General Superintendent. ]
I I>ALl> EAGLE VALLEY KAIL-
H X) ROAD—Time-Table, April'" l . !";
K Kxp. Malt. wiATWAHn. *AarwAßt>. Exp. Mail
■ a.a. p. a. 'a. a.a
E * 1.1 T "2 Arrive at Tjrrv.ne Leave ... 7 IH
B a ;i 655 Leave Ka#t Tyrone Leave... 7 . X 55
E 759 51 " Vail " ... 742 *4*
1 7 .55 647 " Bald Ea*l* " ... 747 02
I7 41 34 " Fowler " ... 751 <•
■ i 42 6 .'II Ilannah ... 7 5". 9 13
IT 7 " Port Matil la .. ' !• 9I '
17 27 517 " Martha ... •"7 3lt
gf I" <• "* " Julian ... * W V id
■ 7 9 567 " tlntonrltle ... I 2-t 9
I7• ai .6 4v Snow In ' v ' 4
H66 6 46 Mlleabnrg ... * 34 9 4#
If • 4f. 5 .15 '• Bellefonta " ... 4 ; 957
Eff dr. IS '• Mlleahnrg " ... *5410 "a
■• 25 515 " Curtln " ... 9no M !'■
K 18 sln " Mount Eagle " ... I'd 10 3t
gO 0 5"1 " Howard ... 92010 IT
6.5 4 .'d) .... " Eaglevllle ... 93810 49
■T 6 .'at 4 4.5 " Beecl, Creek " ... 9401n 54
B 634 433 " Mill Hall " ... 95411 18
§ 629 430 " Flemlngton " ... 957 II 'dn
r 625 425 " Lock Haven " ...10 01 || 25
I 1 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
—(Philadelphi* and Krk l>l?l#ioU.)—Ou ftod
Bp after IX, 1*77
W KHTWARII.
§*: KRIK MAIL leaves Philadelphia 11 Wpm
Williani|M>rt H ISA a in
Uh k llaffti W 4 a m
Hk- " " Rn*o 10 Wa bi
•• arrive at F.rla 7 V p m
m 19! AHAPkA KXPKK.4B Uara. Philadalphla- 7 > ata
•• ** HarHl>urg.... 10 AO a m
M •• Willlam*p<rt. 2 J p m
•• irriM* at
Bt?a* > nflrpri !y thl train arn* in Ik-He
£ 4 14 pm
li- FA.T LINE PhilaiMpliia. 11 Him
llarril>urg 3 36 p m
M •* WHlianitM>rt 730 pm
M arrivea at l/wk llaven A 40 p m
KA*TWARI).
m FACIfIO EXPRESS Ifiym lyrk Ilaven .... A 40 a m
• ** Williamaport... 7 Warn
M arrivea at llarrtelnr(f 11 Mi m
•• M Philadelphia.... 346p ai
S"3AT EXPRESS laavea Renovo 10 10 a m
•• •• Lork Haven 11 30 am
" M Wllllameport 12 40 am
•• arrive# at VlarrUhnrg 4 10pm
•• " Philadelphia..**.. 720 p m
C BRIP MAIL leave# RMUM A .V p m
" '* l/M-k Haven V 4' p m
M M Williamaport 11 06 p m
" arrive# at llarriilnirE.... 2 46am
I • M Philadelphia... 7 Warn
PAST LINE leave# Williamaport 12 36 a m
f M arrlv##atHarrlahnrg 3 Mam
" Philadelphia 736 am
t* Brie Mail We#t, Niagara Rtpr## Weat, Lock Haven
Akmammodatlon Weat. and !>ay Rxprea# Raat, make
® ileae ronnertlone at NorUmmt-erland with L. A B. R
B. train- for Wilke#larre and fcranton.
fc Ihle Mall Weat. Niagara Kipre## Weat, and Kria
Bjfclpre** Weat. and Iork Haven Accommodation Weat,
■Kfeli# cloae connection at WHllatnaport with N.C. R
n north.
gi Brie Mai! We*t, Niagara Eiprea# Weat, and Pay
IgjHßpreaa Raat, make cloae connection at Lock Haven
BEN R R truin*
IHprle Mail Raat and Weat connect at Erie with train#
cli L 8 A M. 8 R R. at Corry with 0. C. A A. V. R
Hal Kmporinm with R. N. Y. A P. R. R., an I af
Hltw.sdi With A V U R
BapParL.r car# will run between Philadelphia and
War. uport on NlngAr* Evpre* Wet, Lrie Kxpriw.
I'hlUd.lphl. Rxprn. bat *nd Bay Bxprm
Sunday Exprm Kmt. Slwpln* rr#un all
I'ijSHfbt iraina. Wx. A. BALPWIX,
• len'l Superintendent.
mam-
HOUSE,
V* CORNKR CHKSTNLT AND NINTH HTBEICTS,
raiLAnn.rniA.
I. h.iiH, prominent In a city famed for It" com-
bl. hotel., la kept In every reaped e.,nal to any
hotel# In the country. Owing to tha atrtn
■Hkevof the tlmaa, the price of Injard baa l>e.n reduced
nptwar a DOLLAH per day. J. M'KIBRIN,
Baaater
W a
BUSH HOUSE,
HRLLEFONTR, PA.,
IS OPEN.
P. P. I'KTKRS, Proprlator.
! PENSIONS,
j disabled Soldiers and heirs of
reaaed Soldlora who dle.l from conamtnenem
a In th. Army, ara entitled to PBNSIONB.
BRARS allowed alter JULY I, 18*0. Bend
ior full Inatructlona In all kind* of Soldier*
IYPHBRD ft CO., Prntinn Atty'i
004 V Btrat, WASHINGTON. 0.0
ITRAL HOTEL,
(Oppoalt* tha Railroad Station,)
MIL3SBURO, CRNTRff COUNTY, PA.
A. KOHLBKCKKR, Proprietor.
UGH TRAVKLBRS on the railroad will And
[el an excellent place to lunch, or procure a
ALL TRAINS atop about 36 minutes. 47
-i f • A d rert i semen ts.
WHO WANT
GROCERIES
AND OTITKR
STJIFrPLIIES
KOH
IIAR \ r EST I XG
SHOULD UAI.L ON
SECHLER&Co.
FOR ANYTHING IN THK LINK OF
sue. A US,
COFFEES,
TEAS,
SPICES,
NEW CHEESE,
B.C. HAMS,
8. C. DRIED BEEF,
BREAKFAST BACON,
DRIED PEACHES,
NEW PRUNES,
HOMINY and RICE,
SYRUPS mid N. 0. MOLASSES,
NEW MACKEREL,
ST< >N EW AIIE, I' E E NSW A RE,
Ac.. Ac., Ac.
ALSO ANYTHING IN TIIK LINK OF
FRESH MEATS.
M o arc killint; stall.fpd atoor* of frntn
I 1200 to Htktlh*., and liavo poaitivdy tiio
BEST M EATS
j that aru otiered for alo in Centre countv.
SECIILER & CO.
GROCEES,
liu.-h lln use Block, BrlUfonie, Pa.
I -
NEW ENTERPRISE.
ALEXANDER CO.,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
—AND—
SEED STORE,
BKLLKFONTE, PA.
They mean hy thin all tiie name import*,
that i., to deal in and to furnl.h to farmer, at the
lowed |.e.1!,1e price everything in the ,hA|w ..f an
I AKricnltural Implement that former, uae, Inrludliiii
9KKB9 of all kind..
At prvrwut we have ~n hand nnd are the authortred
A.ent. for the wle of the BVKACI 9K I 1111 I.KB
FLuMf. made at Byrat ue, N. V. Jt i. the to.t i hilled
plow now mode; alo the Key.tone and Iron te-am
plow, made at Centre Hall. No belter plow, than
the.e can be had lor the came amount of rnon.v
Alwi thei'eatre Hall l ornplanler. We need oay nolh-
Ing aUuit the merit*of thl. planter.**lhe'y#a>now in
u.c in Centre county dene.nalrale. them to he the lewt,
HAKRGVVB and Ct LTISATOHB of the lalet me
proved pattern..
M'"WKRj, RKAI'KRft and GRAIN IIINHRRBOf
Ih.w aewll the l>.t..rne either a# eepnr.t. Mower.,
Cumtdned Reapr r. ami Mower., .Ingle Ilarvestera, or
a- Combined Iteaner. and Binder*.
TIIK WII KKLKIt, No t., a cmhlned machine,!,
the he.t mar hine of the kind In the market
TIIK GRKATF.BT IMPROVKMK.NT <IK TIIK AGK
I* lire Norrleioan Gleaner and Binder. Call and *e*
It. It I. wonderfully perfect.
Any Imy tw*lve year* old. with one her.#, will fo|.
low and hind all the grain that any Hraper with *|,|e
delivery will rut. It not only hind* hut glean*, and
will HV* the price of the machine in one year, hy
taking up from theatiihlde that which I. now hat
TUB McIIKRHY GRAIN BRILL, either with or
without hrnadca.t hoe., with or without ferlilirer and
teed w.wlng attachment. It I* the he.t grain drill
tor all prpnce In the market.
TIIK OKIHKR THRMIIKH AND BKFARATOR
The repntallon of thl. machine i. | Wall e.tahli.hrwl
that we ran aay nothing almat II that the |wa.ple d*
not know Any pereon wanting one, nr in need of
repair, for now in theoomty, pleae rail.
IIKKIINF.KB I'ATKh'T I.KVEI. TRKAD IIORftR
PIIWKR. for one and two hnrm., with Latent Hpee.l
Regulator. Little fliaut Threeher and Cleaner.
VICTOR CIAIVKR IIL'LLKR. Sole agent# for Cen*
tr# ronnty.
WAGONS, CARKIA'IKS. ni'GGlKft and PII.KTONIt.
' —We are agenu for the .ale of the celebrated CON K
LIN W'AflON. the reputation of which ta en well eetalo
llahed; alennl the (7IRTLANB PLATFORM SI RING
WAGONS, Carriagee, Phwlnne and Bugglee All are
warranted Call and aee epertmene and examine rata
luguca a* to etyloa and |ir|i M liefnre buying eleewhere.
Catalogue, furnlehed cm application.
I PLASTER ANB I KRTII.I/.RKS —Cayuga planter
finely ground, aa gemd a* the heat Nova Modla, at the
low price of 17 <*J per toll. Peruvian Guano eold on
ordere only. Phiwphatee alwaye on hand. H|ievlal
manure, for different crope eold upon order, at manu
i farturera' price*.
POWDER —We are Dnpnnt'e agent. Rlaatlng,
spirting and RISe pnwder nn hand and told at whole
eale price* ; alao faee.
ORAlN.—After the growing crop |e barveeted we
will lie prepared to pay the hlglieet market price for
all kind, of grain.
GOAL.—Our yard la alway* .locked with the bmt
Anthracite Coal wblrh we eell at loweet price
LIMB —We make the be.l white lime In the State.
Ite pnipertle* for mechanical and agrlcnltnral pur-
I ma*a excel all othera.
FAIRBANKS' SCAI.KS,—We are their agente In
I Centra ronnty and will mpply all partiea wleblng
good and true eralee at their loweat plicae.
W* extend an Inelution to everybody In want of
anything In our line to call at onr etore roome, op-
KMlla the Buah llonee, and aea what we have, and
ara from thoee ID attendance more particularly the
eropeofour hnalnea*. ALKXANBRR A 00.
Bellefonte, Pa., May B,IMHI. 19-tf
, WOODWARD SEMINARY7
Boarding and Day School for Young Ladloi
i and Little Children.
BKCOND AND LOCUST BTRKKTB,
IIAURISnURO, PA.
! Regular term will hegtn SEPTEMBER 10, If .
Conrae of etudy—<7aelr and HHentlSr, with Muale
and Art.
Board and tnltion from 1250 to (360 a year and no
eitraa.
For rlrcnlnr* and all dealrabl* information addraa*
31 : m __ _ PRINO!PAL._
TJROCKEUHOFF HOUBE,
• l J IIKLLKFGNTI, PA.
W. R. TELLER, Proprietor.
I Good Sample Room on Second Floor,
i eVPraa Una* to and ftom all Train*. Special rata*
f to wltneaaea aud juror* 1-ly
Cnilrr gtnwcrai.
♦ —-
BELLEFONTE, PA.
NEWS, FACTS AND HUTIUKSTIONS.
TIIK vtT or Tux National, wxhraug IH THK INTXI.I.I
--IIKNCB AND eaoat'V.HiTt or TIIK raauxn.
hvery farmer in hit nnnunt experience
Uueoverß tomething of value. Wrue it ami
send it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
DEMOCRAT, Itellefmitr, I'enn'u," that other
farmert may have the benefit of it. l.rt
communication br timely, and be sure that
they are brief and welt pointed.
Common Sense in Pig Farming.
I'crbnjis it woultl be too much
to assume that all our farmer readers
carefully rend our account of Col.
Curtis' "Pig Party" as published in
our issue for November 4. If any
have failed to do so, we suggest that
they do it now, and then read the fol
lowing paragraphs quoted from Spe
cial Report No. 22, of the U. S.
Dep't of Agriculture. They are ex
tracts Irotn the letters received from
the Department's correspondents in
the localities to which they are cred
ited :
I have to report a loss of hogs by
disease during the past year of S2O
- The malady which proves so
fatal to these animals is generally
known as cholera. It is supposed to
be caused in most part by a too ex
elusive corn diet, and the too frequent
practice of feeding them in their liltliy
quarters. The disease is regarded as
preventable but not curable. — Otoe
county, Nebraska.
Our swine are of the long-nosed
kind. They run in the woods eat
worms, snails, and roots, drink pure
water from mountain streams, and
sleep under big cedar trees. During
the six years 1 have resided here I
have never known a hog to die of
disease.— Columbia county, Oregon.
Liquid Manure.
Over the signature of "A Subscrib
er," a Millheim correspondent of the
American Agriculturist , asks that
journal to tell him "whether it would
profit a farmer to apply liquid man
ure to land, and the quantity to the
' acre." Although the reply to this
question is necessarily of general ap
plication, the residence of the ques
tioner in onr own county makes it
"local" with us, and we quote it be
below:
l.i<|Uid manure i the "double diatiiled
extract of fertility"—distilled, so to
apeak, in the uniinal economy. There
i* not a plant on th" farm which will
I not he grateful for it, but it mut not he
too strong. Whether you can apply it
with profit, i another question. Prob
ably you could with proper appliance*,
e*pecinlly a good prinkling carl. The
quntilily to be applied lo the sere i*
hard to measure. Experience will indi
cate the strength desirable, and it will
lie found most beneficial upon grass and
grain crop", frequently applied while
thev can be gone upon without detri
ment.
Value of Water for Cows.
hotn th*- X#Lr##k# flur*l.
Cows should have access to water
at ail times, especially cows that give
milk. They want to drink often and
return to their feed. The best stable,
nnd one in which stock do the best,
is one whcic water is always running
in through troughs before the cattle.
Thus managed cows may be kept up
to a full (low of milk, cither winter
or summer, and for this reason : if
the pasture fails from drought, it ma)'
be supplemented with other feed, but
a failure of water cannot lie remedied.
So in winter cows thnt arc only wat
ered once a da} - , as many do who
consider themselves good farmers,
the cows shrink in their milk, and it
can never IKS regained. The same
rule will hold good in the stable;
abundant feed may ite suppled, if
the water supply fails the profit will
be nil.
The necessity of plenty of pure
water for stock is one of the first im
portance to breeders nnd feeders. It
must not only lie in abundance, but
it should be in such supply that stock
may cither take it at will, or if sup
plied at stated times it should lie
offered at least twice a day, and three
times will be better. No animal can
thrive properly that has access to
water but once a day. Every good
feeder knows this, aud hence in all
large feeding establishments the
greatest care Is taken to keep the sup
ply ample and constant. Many far
mers neglect this, and always to their
cost. If water cannot be had near
in an other way, wells should be dug,
and the water raised by wind or other
power, aa the case may be. Having
plenty of water, see that the stock
get it regularly as they feed. It will
Ey. Remember that animals should
treated well in order to thrive
properly. We are familiar with the
troubles incident to the neglect of
regularity in food and drink with the
human body, and the consequences
are analogous for our cattle.
Apples boiled with meal arc good
for pigs.
Agricultural Books and Periodicals.
We have received from Commissioner
of Agriculture ho I'uc a copy of the
Department's Special Report No. 22,
having for its subject the contagious
diseases of domesticated animals. The
Department's investigations in this di
rection are being conducted with a good
degree of energy and intelligence, and
cannot fail to be of benefit to the agri
cultural community. One of the inter
esting features of the present report is
a map, prepared by Dr. Charles Lyman,
showing the parts of the country in
whieh contagious pleuro-pneumonia
exists.
The Kmn Journal, 144 N. 7th street,
I'hlladclpliia, says :
It is our constant endeavor to treat
all subjects in season ; to be concise and
to the point; to be practical rather
than theoretical; to exclude long-wind
ed discussions and fine-spen theories of
fancy farmers; in short, to give our
readers CREAM, not skim milk. It oilers
no premiums, gives no chromes, pud's
no swindles, inserts no humbug adver
tisements, and does not devote one-half
ol its spare to telling how good the other
half is. It is published monthly and is
furnished to subscribers at 50 cents a
year, postage prepaid. Terms, cash in
advance. At the expiration of the year
the paper is stopped, unless renewed.
That is an excellent programme, and
we can give the Journal no higher praise
than to say that it "fills the bill."
Every family, without exception, in
city, village and country, will find it
j highly useful to constantly read the
■ American Ayrirulturitt. It abounds in
| plain, practical, Tclialjh information, most
valuable for in-door as well as out door
work and comfort, and its 800 to 1,000
; original engravings in every volume are
both pleasing and instructive. In this
i respect it is preeminent and stands
I alone, and it should have a place in
j every household, no matter how many
! other journals are taken. Its Illustrated
Department for Youth and Children
; contains much information as well as
amusement. lis humbug exposures are
invaluable to all clashes. The cost is
very low, only 11.50 from now to the
end of 1881, or four copies for $5.
\ Single numbers, 15 cents. ne speci*
: men, f> cents. Take our advice and
I subscribe now for volume 40 (1881).
Orange Judd Company, publishers, 245
| liroadway, New York.
Care of Live Stock.
The farmer who neglects his rattle
at this season of the year, when pas
tures are damaged by frosts, thereby
incurs loss which can not he easily
repaired until the fresh pastures of
another spring are available. The
tune to begin feeding is w hen the cat
tle need more than they can gather
from the fields, and that time
always comes with the cold chilly
weather of autumn, with its drizzling
storms and frosted pastures. Under
: such conditions cattle lose vitality.
While they might pick enough to
maintain thrift, if the weather were
mild and pleasant, they need more,
; because they must fortify against the
severity of the season. Farmers are
! often deceived by the appearance of
1 their fields. They think there is a
j good bite of grass, from its fresh
I appearance ; but they forget that the
good bite is not a bite of good grass
—that appearances in this case are
deceitful. They forget that their
animals need more feed, and of better
quality, than when the weather does
not make exactions upon their flesh.
A good way to secure a wholesome
condition and maintain thrift in the
animals, is to bring them to the stable
whenever a cold storm occurs, and in
the case of milch cows to put them
up at night regularly, and feed liber
ally, so that on the following morning
they may go forth to the pastures
with paunches already filled. It is
false economy to compel cattle to
pick their living in the fall, in order
to save the scanty supply of fodder
in the harn, for the demands upon it
by this course are inevitably increas
ed. The true rule is to keep the
cattle thrifty at whatever cost.
Removing Small Stones.
Fmm tb ormiitn"n Tlrn|>li.
We have now before us a short
and sharp paragraph on the necessity
and security of removing from the
highways the loose small stones which
arc so frequently allowed by road
repairers to remain scattered about on
the roadbed. The article referred to
says; "A single loose stone, which
might be thrown out in two seconds,
is sometimes struck by wagon wheels
50 times a day or more than 10,000
times a year. Ten thousand blows
of a sledge hammer as hard on one
wagon would probably demolish it
entirely, and the stone does no less
harm because it divides its blows
among a hundred vehicles. There is,
therefore, probably no investment
that would pay a higher rate of profit
than a few dollars' worth of work in
clearing public highways of loose and
fixed stones."
AOITATC the manure question;
throw everything in the barnyard,
keep your stock In your yards, do not
have them running in every field on
the farm and on the public highway.
Then yon will begin to aee what the
manure will do for yonr run-down
land.
A Lot of Good Things.
STOI.KN, BKCI(IEI) Ott BORBOWKB i'llOM
Of It CONTEMI'ORA Kl EB.
Where small fruit is to is: set out
next spring plow the ground now and
manure it.
Now remove all dead wood from
currant hushes and clip off one-third
the length of new shoots.
It pays to feed cows giving milk
liberally, butter is high, and now is
the time to feed profitably.
Always give the soil the first meal.
If it is well fed with manure it will
feed all else, plants, animals and men.
When any tool, harness, wagon, or
anything else breaks, do not wait till
you need it for use before repairing
it, but get it mended at once.
One well fed calf is worth two or
three that have been recklessly han
dled, and it is decidedly less trouble,
and a source of more pleasure as well
as prolit.
The grape ought to be as widely
disseminated as the apple, and there
is no good reason why it should not
be. A four-months'supply of grapes
will promote health in the family,
save doctors' bills, and prove an im
portant part of the food supply.
I'lanl a vine now.
The orchard needs to le fed as
well as any other field w hen a yearly
crop is removed. Circumstances will
determine the kind of manure to use.
That from the stable is always in
order ; ground lone, ashes, or green
crops turned under are all of great
value, and one or more should be
used. Fall is the best time to manure
the orchard.
Small Compost Heaps.
All farmers know the value of
"compost" and how to prepare it.
Many farmers manufacture hundreds
of loads of the best manure in this
way. They gather together on the
premises forest leaves, cornstalks,
including the roots, weeds, vines,
olfal from fence corners, muck from
ponds and ditches, occasional sprink
lings of lime tlirough the mass, layers
of barnyard manure, and thus build
up oblong squares and let it remain
over winter. When April arrives the
mass has gone through fermentation
and comminution, and presents a
mound of fertilizing matter better
than a small gold mine would be to
the proprietor of the farm. Hut we
want to see these com|>ost heaps in
the garden, and there is no reason
why they should not lie there as well
as upon the farm. There is rubbish
■ enough in the garden, with the assist
ance of leaves, some mould from the
woods, if attainable; if not, from
i [Kjrtions of the premises it can be
j spares!; scrapings from the turnpike;
, manure from the stable, and every
attainable substance that will decay
through the winter. A little slacked
lime will be a good assistance. A
half dozen to a dozen loads of excel
lent manure will be manufactured by
the time it is wanted in the spring,
without incurring scarcely any ex
jicnsc.
"Btore" Pickles.
An exchange says : We have many
letters asking how to put up pickles
so that they will look like those sold
iin the stores. These pickles look
| t>cautifully, but we cannot advise our
readers to try to imitate them in all
respects. The fine appearance of
these pickles is dee to two things, the
"greening" and to the use of colorless
vinegar. The very green pickles are
made so by soaking them in a solu
tion of alum and verdigris. The
use of a small quantity of alum, an
ounce to every five gallons of water,
to harden the pickles, is not objection
able. After the salted cucumbers
have been thoroughly freshened by
soaking in blood-warm water, anil
changing it every day, until the cu
cumbers are fresh enough, they arc
put in alum water and kept at blood
heat for a day or until sufficiently
bard. If they are not green enough
be sure not to use verdigris. The
vinegar used is "White Wine Vine
gar," but it is really made from whis
key and water. Its only merit is,
that it is colorless, it is a pure acid
without the fine fragrance and flavor
that belong to cider, or even real
wine vinegar. For home use, cider
vinegar is vastly preferable; but the
pickle makers, for the sake of looks,
use the other.
Corn.
Dr. Sturtevant aays, in the N. Y.
THbunt, that Wausbakum in
three years' breeding, has increased
in weight from 56 pounds to 64
pounds per bushel for the selected
cars; from an open ear to a close,
compact, cylindrical ear; from a
crop that varied greatly in sice, shape
and quality of ear, to at present a
crop of excellent uniformity and very
few unmerchantable ears. Per con
tra, a single ear selected for poor
quality yielded 181 ears, of whieh but
two were of fair quality, the remain
der, or 99 per cent., being soft, short,
gnarled, etc. Where no culture gave
two bushels of eats as good as seed,
and culture gave 16 bushels aa seed,
and the beat culture gave 26 bushels
of Mrs as good as seed.
Work and Feed.
Frum DiftnU't'i Jvnrntl.
An instance of an inventive genius
in aii illiterate farmer's hoy is too
good to be forgotten. A small far
mer hired a youth to assist him in
the work of his farm as an indoor
servant. The first piece of work he
was set to do was to thrash out some
corn. As the farmer was passing the
barn in which the youth was at work,
he heard the flail la/.ily keeping time
to a tunc the lad was singing. Stop
ping to listen, he ascertained that the
words were, "Bread and cheese, tak*
thy ease." Going into the house the
farmer said to his wife: "This is a
queer sort of a lad we have gotten;
he seems to think that the speed at
which he ought to work should Is;
measured by the kind of food he gets."
And then relating what he had heard,
lie suggesed, "Suppose we give him
something different at dinner to-mor
row, and see how that acts ?" This
being agreed to, he had apple-pie
added to his bread and cheese. This
brought down his flail somewhat more
rapidly, for it was going to the speed
wlierewith the lad sang "Apple-pie,
accordingly." "Bob's doing a hit
better to-day, lass," said the farmer
to his wife; "let us mend his dinner
again to morrow, anil see what that
will bring forth." So, when the next
dinner time came around, he had a
good plate of beef and pudding set
before him, which went down quite
grandly and brought the flail into
splendid action to the words "Beef and
puddin' I'll gi'e thee a druhhin," and
to a jolly good tune. "I see plainly,"
said the farmer, "If I wish to get
good work out of Bob we must feed
him wellso Boh had his bill of fare
changed without having recourse to
a strike.
How FOWIB Grind Their Food.
On this subject S. Edward Todd
discourses as follows : Fowls have no
teeth to grind or masticate their food
with, anil the l>est they are able to do
with it is to pick it and swallow it
whole. Kernels of grain are swal
lowed by them, and as they are sur
i rounded by a tough |slliclc or skin,
which the juice of the stomachs will
not readily dissolve or digest, they
could obtain no nourishment at all
from grain, if this tough pellicle was
not broken. Now, if we dissect the
gizzard of a fowl of any kind, we
i tind a lot of small gravel stones,
which are usually the hardest kind of
' flint, granite or sandstone. Surely
here is a pocket edition of Farm
i <irist Mills.
"Fowls swallow their food, broken
j or not, and it enters the crop or first
stomach, and remains in it until it
lias become softened, more or less,
when a small quantiiv at a time, just
as grain runs into a grist mill, is —<
forced into the gizzard among the
gravel stones. This gizzard is a
i strong muscular stomach, and plays
| night and day, when there is grist to
; grind, similar to bellows, contracting
and expanding; thus forcing the
gravel stones into the grain and
: breaking it to fragments, and tritu
rating the whole mass, after which it
is in a suitable condition to be quick
ly digested."
Time for Another Humbug.
It is about time for getting up an
excitement on another humbug, to
put money into the pockets of some
body—a new forage plant, for in
stance, might be trier! again, although
this lead has been pretty well worked,
in the Prickley Comfrey and Fcarl
Millet business. The sorghum lead
may not lie entirely exhausted. Some
wonderful sorghum might do for a
year or two. The farmers will have
some money this fall, and it may do
them harm. It is best to get this
root of all evil away from the honest
sons of toil, for they are no more fit
to be trusted with "it than children
with edged tools.
Correct.
From thr FATTJI J<mrn*l
Farmers who take their own wheat
to mill to be ground for home con
sumption make a grand mistake when
they have only a small grist ground
at a time. Flour improves with age ;
that is one thing. A better grade of
flour can be made where a large lot
is ground at once; that is another.
Time is saved in going to mill; that
is one more. One is suter to get his
own wheat back in flour and the
whole of it; that ia the final clincher.
Any farmer that has tried it knows
we are right; and any miller will say
the same thing.
AN Illinois correspondent, writing
on the selection of seed corn, remarks
that the dent in the kernel means
soilness and sweetness, and that
southwards, where the dent varieties
do beat, the flinty tendency should be
eliminated by selecting the rougher
ears with dull creamy shades of color.
Glossy varnish on bark and buds is a
provision common in Northern spe
cies of shrubs and trees, while species
native in warm regions, and not re
quiring such protection against win
try desiccation, have an open leath
ery looking surface, not smooth or
bright oflored. He states that the
flint varieties of corn grown in the
North and East will not attain their
greatest perfection in the South or
West, and vice versa.