in/son, AirFarlanc ('• Co., Hardware Heaters.
WILSON, McFAKLANE fc CO.
E, DEALERS IN
STOVES,RANGES HEATERS.
ALSO
■Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
ZELA-ZRUDW^IE^IE.
STREET, - ■ - nCMM' BLOCK, ... BELLBFONTK, PA.
Hlisi aess Cards*
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1 FASHIONABLE BOOT A SHOEMAKER,
Brockerhofl Bow, Allch*ay t r.-.-t,
il-ty H-llefont*. I's
■ AP. hvkii, Pni'l- -* P llmill, I wh r.
First national hank of
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Waal and iMj Kvpr* Kjt makf
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■pHHßfti f° r Wilkaal.arra and Hr ran ton.
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4 unnar tlon at Wllliamport witn N. C K
W, tifAlei north.
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gipriitßaai r-.'ik '• rloaa ronnactioA a! Lock llavan
ftribi Had Kat and W*at rorma< t at Kria with train*
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n.. mith 0 N V A P K H., an I ai
will mn hatwaan Philadalphia and
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WMfegllUd. 'ph.a Kipraaa K.a*t and Day Kvpra**
j Kipr'-aa Faat MUapinar ara on all
nigUlßkln* W A. VtALtmtß,
flan ! Puparintandant.
CHKRTNLT AND NINTH HTREfTTP,
rßiLntt.PMi4.
BlKla"''' promlnant in a ' ity famad for Itacom
lii kapt iii aaary r**|i t ajnal to any
in tha country. Owing to tha atrin-
TfcUfi f til 1 tlmaa, tha price of board haa liaoti raducad
Wttfirtt-T par day. J. M KIHIIIN,
Manager
T [ HUSH HOUSE,
HRLI.KFONTK, PA.,
18 OPEN.
D. P. PBTF.B. Prnprlel.r
PENSIONS.
Bp dinahle<l Soldiers and heirs of
Boldlam who diad from onnaaqttanca
in tha Army, ara antitlH to I'F.NHIONf.
allowed nftar JUDY 1, ISRO Band
flI Inatructlona In all kind# of Holdlar*'
a CO., /Vn*i Aliy't
F sir— l. WASHINGTON, D. c
III. Rellrned Mtallon.)
MILKHBUBO, CRNTBB COUNTT, PA.
KOULUECKEK, Proprietor.
TRATKI.KRfI on the rellrowd will And
nHprl en eecellenl piece to lunch, or procure e
■Set M AM. TRAINS (top .bout 36 mlnnlM. 47
Xrir A ilrrrtisriHcnfs.
WHO WANT
GROCERIES
A Nil OTIIKK
SUPPLIES
FOR ;
1 I A II \' EST I X CJ
MIOtTL!) CAM, ON
SECHLER&Co.
FOR ANYTHING IN TilK LINK OF
SUGARS,
('< HTKKS,
TEAS,
S1'I( ICS,
NEW CHEESE,
s. c. HAMS,
s. C. DRIED REEF,
HHEAKFAST HA CON,
DRIED REACHES,
NEW PRUNE?,
HOMINY ami RICE,
SYRUPS and N. O. MOLASSES,
NEW MACKEREL,
ST< >N E W A R E, EI•:NS W A RE,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
AIJM> ANYTIIINO IN TIIK LINK <o*
FRESH MEATS.
\N c m killing sloorn of from 1
1 lfo4r to anl have v thv
liKST M EATS
thnt are olTfrprl for !•• in Centre county.
SE( IIEER & CO.
GROCERS,
}>u.*h House /Hoc/:. UrUrfontr, Pa.
NEW ENTEHPHLSE.
ALEXANDER A (O,
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
-AN,.-
SKKID STORE,
BKI.LKKONTK, I'A.
They mean by thi all the name irnj.irte,
i tliel l. I > <lee, In enl t.i fnrttf.h f,, fanner, .t o,e
|..we.t |-.i1.1e price erertlhlne In Hie .f
.Xre ullurel Implement liwt firmer, u... in. I",line
! BKKliw ..f ill kiml,
I At | reeent we here .-n li.U'l enl are H.e eiiHtorlre.l
I .cent, f r the .le . f ||,e iHMTx: CHII.I.KD
I PLOW, me.|e at Aire. n,e. N V. It |a H.e he,trhll!e<t
plow n..w in.4'' ; ala,, the Key. tone ami ir<.n heem
! pl"wa rii.'le at Centre Hall No letter plow, than
: tlo-,e r.r, |o- Fa 1 f..r Hie fame .no."lit of monev.
! Alw the Centre If ell Corii|i|atiter H'e nee.f ~, notfi
iri efa'iu Hie merit, ..f thl, planter, e, Ihi jioinow in
In Centre rouiily lein.n.lrelee Horn t he the i.e,i
MARROW* ni,. l CI I.TIVAToB* of the lel.arl rrm
prove., pattern,.
MIIW EKS. KK4PKRS .ml GRAIN IHNI>KR* —Of
lhe"e wee.|| tk. < Wl-ime either a, neperete Mower.
Combined lt-nper ami Mow.-r., elnile ll ,r,-,ter, or
e Comhlnert Keeper, ami lllmler,.
TIIK W IIKKI.kn. No ... a. ...mUiied me.liine.l,
the 10..l IW I, fne of the kind In tile market
TUP. ORRATKKT IMI'HOt F.MKNT OF THE AIIK
I, the Norrt't .an Hleener and Binder, f ell end ~ e
It. It I, wonderfully perfe. t
Any leiy twelve veer, old. with one hnree. will fo|.
low and hind ell the grain that any Reaper with ,|.|e
delivery will cut It not only hind, hut glean,, and
will aave the prlee of the machine In one year, hy
taking up from the atnhhle that whirl, |, now |,.t
TIIK Mr -KERRY GRAIN DRILL, either with or
without hrnedceel hiww. with ..r without ferlilirer end
,eed aowtng atte. lim.nl, It 1, the heat grain drill
for all pwriewea In the market.
TIIK i.KIfKR TURK*IIKit ANT) FKPARATOR—-
The reputation of thl, marl,ln. la ,o well eeUldlahed
that We .an aay nothing al-.wt it that the jw.ple da
not know Any per,, n wanting i.nr, or In newl of
repair, for the,, now In the county please call
IIKKIIN KB * PATENT I.KVEI. TIIKAfI i|OR*K
POWER, for one and two h..r,ee. with I'ateut *pe.l
Regulator l.lttle Giant Threwher and Cleaner
4 ICTtfR CU)V ER 111 Ll.Kit. *,de agent, for Cen*
tr. county.
W AGON*. CARRIAGE*. BI GGIE* and PH.KTON*
W . arc agents for the ~le of the relrhrated CONK
LI N W AGON, the reputation of which la a., Well estate
lihed; alaoot the CORTLAND PLATFORM HPHING
WAGONS, Carri.gee. phreton. and Itnggica All are
warranted Call and " ,pe< imen. r.ml examine rata
logiiea a, to styles and pel, r, hnylng elwwhere.
Catalogues fnrnl'hed on application
PLASTER A Nil FKRTILI/.RR* -Cajmga plaster
finely ground, a. goral aa the t eat Nnva jfcotla, at the
low price of |7 I| per ton. Peruvian Guano sold on
orders only. Phosphates always on hsnd. Special
manure, for different cro(>s sold upon order, at manu
facturer,' prlcea.
POWDKR—W'e are Dnpont'. agents. Blasting,
Sporting .ml lllfls powder on lianrl and Bold at wlmla
• tie price.; also fa,e.
GRAIN —After Ihe growing crop |, barrestnl we
will he prepared to pay the highest market price lor
all kinds of grain
COAI. —Oar yard la .Iway. atorknl with the Iwst
Antliraclt" Coal which we sell at lowest price
LIME —We make tha beat whit, lime in the Stats.
Its properties for mechanical and agricultural pur
pnaca excel all other".
FAIRBANKS' SCALES—We are their agents In
Centre county and will .ripply all partlen wl.hiag
g'>d and true aralsa at their lowest prices.
W'e exlend an Invitation to everybody In want of
anything In our line to call at our store rooms, op
posite the Rush llonee, and as. what we have, and
learn from thoae In attendance more particularly the
scope of uur business. ALEXANDER k CO.
Bellefont*, Pa., May fi. Hum. pnf
WOODVAM) SEMINARY.
Boarding and Day School for Young Ladiai
and Uttlo Children.
SECOND AND LOCUST STREETS,
HAKRIBHURO, PA.
R.gnlar term will hegfa RKPTEMRKR 10. IS7.
Course of .tinly—fdaaslc and ft. lenllfir, with Music
ami Art.
Ih-ard and tuition from s3*4) to M0 a year .nd no
For ■ Ircularaand all desirable Information addreea
PRINCIPAL.
TkBOOSBRHOyV HOUBE,
BRLI.KFONTB, PA.
W. R. TELLER, Proprietor.
Good Sample Room on Second Floor.
W*'rw Bum to and from all Train*. Bjure Ist rata,
to wllntMM and juror. I-I j
©HR €RNTRC§ONO(RUI
♦- -
IJELLKKONTE, PA.
jii.ar.lCt7LTX7RyiL.
NKYVH, FACTS ANI> HIHIOKMTIONM.
tug TCMT ur TU SXTIOUAI. WELMRK IH til. I.TCLLI
uk.ug yn PBonpcniTr or th* rAtntiß.
Krery former in his annual rxpenenrr
discovers something of value. Write il and
sentt it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
Democrat, Heltrfonte, t'enn'a," that other
farmers mag hare the hene/il of 11. J,el
communications he timely, and be sure thai
they are brief and well pointed.
THE State Hoard of Agriculture of
Ohio gives the wheat yield per acre
for thirs year at 17 2l0 bushels. This
is Haiti to be the largest yield since
18. r >o, when it reached IS hnahcls. It
speaks well for the character of Ohio
farmers that their wheat yield should
be ho slightly diminished after thirty
years of continued production. We
should be glad to know that Centre
county farmers could make so good
a showing.
The short hay crop of the present
season is causing many a farmer
anxious thought as to how he will
get his stock through the winter. To
such we commend the following from
Hmne and Farm:
lluffw enn wnrk well, mul rcninin in
(food condition, <>n corn nnd out* ground
together, with ntruw for conr-o fodder.
There seem, to be tt prevalent opinion
niiio.ig fin titer* that hay is Decenary to
the health and condition of horse*, even il
they have a sufficient allowance of grain ;
but thi* is quite erroneous. The corn and
oat* ground together furnish an excellent
and well balanced ration for horses, hut i,
of course, too concentrated to feed alone.
Wheat straw contain* no injurious ele
ments, but i* not sufficiently nutritious to
feed alone : yet it is a* healthy a- hay to
furnish bulk in the ration. The torn and
oat* fed with the straw will compensate H>
deficiencies, ami constitute a wholesome,
well balanced ration.
Prospects of the Wheat Market.
\\\ F. Ford, the statistician of
firailstrert's, lias mode a careful esti
mate of the w heat crop of IHBO and
has arrived nt the conclusion thnt. in
spite of an apparent surplus of 27,-
000,1100 bushels over the world'*
needs, prices probably will lie well
maintained. The gross yield of this
country has been 45. r ,i40,000 bushels,
of which 19n,000,000 bushels w ill lie
available for export. The countries
most noticeably short are Great Hrit
ain, 120,000,000; France, 42,000,000;
Germany, 20,000,000; Holland and
Belgium, 14..100,000, and Italy, Swit
zerland, Spain and Portugal,together
about 11,000,000. The remaining
European States have small surpluses,
the greatest, Austria-Hungary, leach
ing about 20,000,000 bushels, while
ill no other case does the excess go
above 0,000,000 bushels. Russia is
credited with a surplus of .5,000,000
bushels ; but even this trifling amount
is more apparent than real, since a
very larga import of rye ami Indian
corn will Ik- necessary to make good
the failure in these staple crops. Al
together, our market prospects are
fair.
Profit from Hens.
Poultry-keeping is properly a
branch of farming, and ha many
times proven more profitable than
nny other branch. The production
of eggs is very profitable if properly
managed. Hy raising early chicks,
hatching them, say in March or April,
the pullets will commence to lay in
October, and by providing comfort
able winter quarters, with the right
kind of feed, will lay all winter.
Any respectable hen will lay on an
average of one bundled nnd fifty
eggs |>cr year, which nt the low aver
age price of seventeen cents |>er doz
en, will yield a profit of not less
than one dollar besides the carcass,
worth half as much more. In order
to have the licst success, however,
the stock should lie kept in good
health, and improved from year to
year by the addition of new ami fresh
blood to the flock. Perhaps nothing
will contribute more to success with
poultry than the adoption of a sys
tem of rules, hasetl upon the experi
ence of those who have been long in
the business. We quote on another
page of the DEMOCRAT a scries pre
pared by Mr. G. O. Hrown, of the
Montrose Poultry Yards, at Hrook
landvillc, Mil., and by him contrib
uted to the American Farmer.
Tiie beet sugar company of Port
land, Me., is working day and night
with a force of 125 men, working up
150 tons of beets daily, and expecting
to use 10,000 tons this season.
Extracts and Comments.
(Jive liens coiifttunt access t< lima in
some form, liens must have the rnw
material in order to manufacture shells;
they can not make them of nothing.-
//.< tmil Farm.
Eggs are selling at fair prices now,
and it will pay to help your hens do
their very best. Lime is essential,
and can he provided in no better nor
more convenient form than that of
old plaster or powdered oyster shells,
(live the hens thoughtful and gener
ous treatment in all particulars and
they will give abundant returns.
UP port on a fh-ld of corn at Hewlett's,
bong Island, belonging to the Rural AVc
I'urkrr, made Oct. I'Jlli, 18*0. Size of
plot, UlO ft. by 122.-1, or .87 of an acre of
corn—"Blunt s Dent"—sown by machine
in rows four feet three inches apart, and
each single kernel intended to he 1.7 inches
from its neighbor*. I'lat culture, with, as
we understand, 200 pounds of Ma pes' spe
cial corn fertilizer harrowed in broadcast
before planting, 100 pounds of the same
when the corn was sit inches high, and 100
pounds of potato special when about IS
inches high. From a judicious selection
of stooks and careful measurement and
weighing, we find the total yield was 227
bushel baskets of corn -m the cob, or 2'll
bushel* upon an aero.
We al-o shelled and weighed a quantity
and ascertained the gro, wight of three
and seven-eights baskets to be Jpound-,
or ■'.s 1 to one bushel, and further that Hit
pound- of corn in the ear gave 2H.'.f7 pounds
of grains and 0.07 of cob, and measured
17 I quarts.
This calculation showed that the equiva
lent of -g<;l bushels of corn on the cob was
I2U I bushels of grains, and about three
bushel- or a little more which Mr. Carman
had selected from the most prolific stalks,
and had already placed in the ham, or a
grand total of about 1 )2 bushels of shelled
corn per acre.
ItoiiKKi .1 DOIMIK.C. E., I'res't Farm
ers Club, American Institute.
\V. I!. llAiuieiiMi A w. F. C. S., Chem
ist, N. V. Stale A grid Societv.
L. C. BKNKIIICT, Ed. N. V. 117, rM.
\\ c quote tin? above from tin- Rural
of last week. In referring to the
report editorially the Rural accepts
it, nmi returns thanks to "those who
for five hours worked diligently for
the data upon which it is based."
Well, we do not question its accu
racy. The high character of the
Rurut itself and of the gentlemen
whose names are attached to the
report are sufficient guarantees of
fair dealing in the matter. We snl>-
mit, however, that since the entire
crop covered but seven-eighths of an
acre, the report would have carried
a much "better face" to the average
farmer if the committee or three or
four other smart fellows bad set to
work and husked it all out, and act
ually weighed and measured the en
tire crop. This would have liecn
much better "data" upon which to
base a report, and could have been
easily accomplished with "live hours
diligent work."
Success with Late Planted Corn.
A. II All'-n In Tflbttn*-
For soiling stock and supplying my
table with green corn the past season,
I liegan to plant the last week in
April, and so continued to the 2.'lrd
of July. The last patch was the
Evergreen Sweet. This was done in
rows four feet apart, and the kernels
dropped three inches apart in the
row. The rows ran north and south,
and I made them this distance apart
in order to let the sun well in during
September and October, which I
thought would IK? much better for the
growth of the crop than if closer
together. I preferred drills instead
of hills, as I did not expect the corn
planted so late could produce good
ears, but would answer well for soil
ing. September sth the corn legan
to tassel, on the 12tb, to silk. I then
commenced cutting for soiling, the
stalks generally were five to nearly
seven feet high. Some few ears were
well filled by OctolK-r If., and were
picked for the table. No doubt I
should have had many more at this
time had the rorn Ireen planted in
hills three feet apart or so in the
rows, instead of the kernels being
drilled in only three inches apart.
The latest stalks left for soiling re
mained green till November I. This
shows how easy it is to grow corn for
soiling from the Ist of July (when I
began this season to cut for that pur
pose), on lo November, four months,
in the latitude of about 40°, where I
have my summer residence. One thus
obviates the want of pasture for stock
in a summer or autumn drouth. Corn
is the most reliable of all feed at this
time, for if properly cultivated it will
grow sufficiently for soiling, however
dry the season may prove.
Keeping Lard Bweeb
Cor. of Cotinlry OenlUman.
1 am surprised to learn through
the different papers how few persons
know that in order to keep lard
sweet the year through, they must, in
trying it, leave the fat in the kettle
with the scraps until they rise to the
top perfectly brown. This removes
all watery substance and gives the
lard a rich delicious flavor, besides
making it more solid. To mako it
white, it must be tried on a very cold
dty, and cooled as quickly as possi
ble in shallow pans. Lard prepared
in this way will keep good and sweet
through the warmest summer. I give
thin for the benefit of others ; I have
tried it lor ninny yt-rs.
The Horae'u Punishment.
horn flu* WilllniiM*fi**
A liorae appreciates a comfortable
fitting hariicaa as much as he does a
properly-fitted shoe. The latter,
when act too tight, or with a nail
driven into or too near the sensitive
tissues, produces positive lameness.
| Inder this condition of tilings he is
: promptly taken to the shop for relief.
Hut he may autfer nearly as much
from the chafing of a badly-littcd
, collar or a narrow belly-band, drawn
too tight. Or from a check-rein
shortened up so as to form of itself
i one of the severest of punishments.
ICither of these conditions will pro
vince restiveness in the dullest brute,
| and in the; ease of an animal of nerv
ous temperament, and having a thin
j sensitive skin, he is liable to become
frantic—the obtuse owner or driver
seldom appreciating the origin of the
difficulty.
No greater evidence can be advanc
ed to establish a horse's entire sub
miasiveness than his willingness to
pull against the collar with a portion
of the breast surface denuded of its
skin, and showing the highest possi
ble state of sensibility. The average
horse w ill do this, shrinking at every
step. A horse learns to dread the
i approach of the master or driver,
with harness in hand, if this has
previously been a source of torment,
|or even discomfort. A horse proper
i !y handled for a period, in a well-fit
-5 ted harness, then chancing to fall into
the hands of a bungler, will at onee
I detect the undue tightness or loose
: ness of the strap, and w ill not settle
! down to his usual gait, contentedly,
while the irregularity remains. Aspir
i ited horse may, under such an irritat
ing influence,do from downright fear
what may be wrongly charged as
viciouancss. Heavy strokes of fhe
whip may fall upon the irritated
i beast only to Ix? followed by evil
; results.
Among the every-*lay torments to
which the horse is subjected, we will
enumerate the following: Ist. Abrad
ed breast. 2d. Inflamed back from
defective saddle or harness pad. .'hi.
Sore mouth from a too tight gag rein,
a severe hit or both. 4th. A sore tail
from too tight or illy made crup|er.
■ sth. An abrasion undei the bodv,
caused by a too tight or badly-fitted
belly band. fith. Irritation of the
i eyes from blinders being strapped
too close together, or on the other
hand are allowed to swing around,
first striking one eye and then ttie
other, "ill. Ears chafed by the brow
: band being placed too high, or by
I metallic rosettes with a sharp outer
j rim, the base of the ear pressing
across this at every motion, sth.
The excessive fatigue of all the struc
tures of the neck under the influence
|of the bearing rein. The bearing
rein, if made taut, and kept so fur
[any considerable length of time, is a
! source of great discomfort to all
I horses, and an insufferable torment to
: many. A taut rein can be used with
[entire propriety on hor*cs of fine
easy up-carriage, especially while in
motion ; but if the muscles and bony
structure of the neck extend forward
| horizontally from an upright sboul
| dcr, rather than striking out from a
| slanting shoulder, then the most in
j tense suffering will IHJ inflicted by
straining the neck up to an angle
j entirely unnatural to the animal, es
pecially if this strain IK- long kept
up. To strain a culprit up by thumbs,
1 till only his toes touch the ground,is
certainly one of the severest adinissi.
: hie punishments that can l>e inflicted
i upon mortal, and the chock rein is
| undoubtedly akin to it, in its extreme
! application.
"Btock Poor."
Many a farmer is kept poor by
keeping too much stock, says the
Mn*<whu*et(* Ploughman, lie would
IK? prosperous if the stock was of the
right kind. It docs not pay to keep
cows through the w inter that are dry
pretty much all the time. It does
not pay to keep over a lot of lean
and fractious steers in the expectation
that they will make good working
cattle by waiting long enough. All
such animals should bo sold to those
who have more food in store than
their present poor owners. Hood
stock —superior stock—pays for itself
all the time. A herd of cows is well
worth wintering that will pay in milk
and butter many times more than the
cost of their keep. No other kind
ought, therefore, to IKJ allowed on a
farm. When cows show beyond a
question that they cannot give milk
enough nor milk good enough to pay
for their support and yield a liberal
profit besides, it is time they were
disposed of on almost any terms that
will clear them of! the farm. It is the
same with all creatures that are an
encumbrance on the farm instead of a
profit; let them be put off without de
lay, and let the so-called sentiment in
the case lie eradicated by heullhier
considerations of what constitutes
thrifty and profitable farming. The
farmer owes it to himself to clean out
everything that is trash and worthless,
and begin and build up on a sound
basis. The more poor stock ho keeps
the poorer be is in consequence him
self.
TIIKRR is profit in feeding calves
liberally the first year.
Keeping Winter Apples.
A writer in the llnralN> w Yorker
Kays: That water in not injurious to
the keeping of apples even when aet
ually in eontnet with them, is shown
by the fact that they keep perfectly
well 0,1 the ground under leaves all
winter. A friend of mine living in
Montreal says that seeing some very
line l afneuses exposed for sale in
that city, he inquired how they were
kept. He learned they were part of
the cargo of a canal l>oat which had
sunk in the canal and frozen in before
it could lie raised. When this was
effected in the spring, it was found
that the cargo of apples, which would
not have kept longer than January
in the air, had been preserve*] perfect
ly in water. An old custom of bury
ing apples in the ground the same as
roots, for winter storage, also demon
strates that moisture in contact with
apples does not necessarily cause rot
ting. In Russia I understand that
apples are preserved in tight barrels
with water, in the way practiced in
this country with cranberries. On
the other hand, apples keep perfectly
in dry cellars,as many fruitgrowers
can testify. What then is the essen
tial requisite for the safe winter keep
ing of this fruit? Simply. J believe,
the preservation of a low uniform
temperature as near the freezing
point of water as |>ossible. This can
lie maintained in dry cellars, but
much more easily and perfectly, I
think, in wet ones. The presence of
water has a controlling power over
the variations of temperature near the
freezing point, as all know who have
had to keep water in a cold cellar to
keep it from freezing. The moisture
does no harm to the apples.
Care of Harness.
The Ha run** Journal has a very
useful article on tlus subject, which
we condense as follows : A harness
that has been upon a horse's back
several hours in hot or rainy weather
becomes wet: if not properly cleaned,
the damage to the leather is irrepair
able. If, after being taken from the
horse in this condition, it is hung up
in a careless manner, traces and reins
twisted into knots, and the saddle and
bridle hung askew, the leather when
dried retains the shape given it while
wet, and when forced to its original
form, damage is done the stitching
and the leather.
The first point to be observed is to
keep the leather soft and pliable;
tins can lie done only by keeping it
well charged with oil and grease;
water is a destroyer of these, but
mud and the saline moisture from the
animal are even more destructive.
Mud, in drying, absorbs the grease
and o|M'ns the pores of the leather,
making it a prey to water, while the
salty character of the perspiration
from the animal injures the leather,
stitching and mountings. It there
fore follows that, to preserve a har
ness. the atraps should !*• w ashed ami
oiled whenever it lias lteen moistened
by sweat or soiled by mud. If a
harness is thoroughly cleaned twice a
year, and when unduly exposed,
treated as we have recommended, the
leather will retain its softness and
strength for many years.
To Keep Beed Pure.
W II Wbit' la Ccwiilf t Oriitlemwi
We have the oft rc|>eafed testimony
of many farmers, who have tried the
experiment, that changing the locali
ty ot seed increases the productive
ness of many kinds of crops. It is
therefore reasonable (although the
why and wherefore is not generally
understood) that there is something
in it, although, after all, I think that
equally good if not better results
may be obtained by a judicious sys
tem of selection, culture and rotation
on different sections of the same
farm. It is my opinion, corroborated
by experience ami observation, that
a system of selecting seed and plant
ing only the most perfect of its kind,
would obviate all difficulty and com
plaint of poor crops and seed, arising
from this source. For example, in
planting potatoes, plant none less in
size (and those whole) than a lien's
egg, and 110 overgrown tubers, and
follow this with a regular rotation,
not growing related crops 011 the
ground oftencr than once in throe to
live years. Select the best, most
perfect kernels of wheat, sowing only
such ; also the lwst and most perfect
of all kinds of seeds, taking pains to
save from the best representatives of
the variety. I nslcad of deterioration
as we often hear, improvement in
l>oth quantity and quality will then
result. I know farmers who instead
of pursuing such a course, sell the
liest because it brings a better price
in market, and then llicy go to others
for seed, or plant such as is left, of
their own after the best is disposed
of, and then complain that their crops
deteriorate, whereas, had they pursu
ed the course indicated above, in a
few years their croj>s, as well as their
purses would greatly improve.
SoW Ml tbo •llenl Mill wo lm>n ami baro.
Awl all tho ninglng ISrda wo gno ■,,, .
Sol poor-fiil oalm l li. iho batt air.
AIM! wo, coolant. ran watch Iho awool dorat.
T<* ao Ibo hat It aav~l, tho corn, iho wheal,
Tho hon-y from a thonaaml oronlo.ll-owora,
Whllo omiiol apploa, doltrotoh twoot,
llang wharo onco bang Iho pink whito applo flow ore.
Is agriculture there are any amount
of theories, but there arc a great
many more facts; these have to be
dug out of the soil; but theories can
be spun in the armchair at any time.