Centre Democrat. (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, December 23, 1880, Image 7
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K Erf# Hm Wwt, Nlngirn Cipro** West, nn l lUj . nik" r h*. rouu... tinti t h"k lUvru grf# Hail K*t Ati'l West ronnort nt Krio with train* 6* h . A M. rt R It at Carry with O C. % A V R n at Crn! urn with It. N Y A P R. K,an I a* IfftftfFfimi with A V It H e* i* will run l.otwoon PhiUlolphia and Wi!tlAbrt >n XlAirara Kiprorw Wsf Krio Kip row Wi*t t MRAdi Iph.a Cipro** Cast an l ln> Kipr**- fantAMan lit Cipro** Rut FU*pini( carton al btfbt Ww. A tUir.wix, Oon'l Btporlntonlont i lIRARD HOUSE, VJ, cBftKRCIIOTNCTANriMNTItSTHKBTB, Ttn.4 BBti* prominent in a nty f,itn.l f.r It* com* ftrrs#b|^ppt* I•. It kopt in rfsrji ro*pwt orpiAi to any ftnt cfcllwib l ''l* in th# nuintry. (ming to th# trtn memey lltno*. thn prl o of hoar-l h * )oon mlurMl lltfHkLiii , ' MKlititlN. N| |1 E* • B' IS OPEN. I. I* PKTKR*, Pmprlalur. I ths llAllnKT'l station,) I tfVI.BROrRO, rCNTRR CtH NTY, PA. . ■- KOHLIJKCKKK, Proprietor. TttiWUBII TRAVKI.K.HS M <H. rallro*J will Sn4 , lf'l* mm M " oirallont plarn tn lunrh, or pnM tiro a TRAINS stop ahont 2'> minnto* ■AvTo I,O;MI at < per CI. v TUB MUTIIAI. I.IFK INSl'll ■■■of NCW YORK, on (Ir*t tnortgaK'". on property. nms not loa* than t'/.tiOO, . - - Any portion >4 th* prin'lpal in o lißio, ami Iwi'ii tho c ustom of tho prl< lp1 to romaln long as wisho*. if th* intorost i*'promptly paid. ■falFH P. 81ICHMAN. Attomry-at-lAw. left Court stroot, Roadlng, PA., st. KfJNß,ro.' AppraUor. / 'rof t ssion at i 'arils* M.\. McKKK, • VTIiiKNKV AT I.AW I- II "I' "I |■ .I i .-nil II in I'.. 11. f. 111.- I'il KNiANK KIKLDINC, 1 I. Ml AM. iil.l.t.iTloN nr.Ti'K. l-'ly I IJ.AKiTKI.iI. I'A \Y A. -MOKIMSON. * ' • ATToUNKY \T I AH. hCI.I.KKoN i K. PA I4H< •in M MHlrltif** Rl •k. opp isito tin (Yitirl llotia# r "lisillhi',l || 111 Kligllsti o| tirituaii - j < T 4irx TMifK. t . M.AOWBA V LK\ A N DEK k liOWKU, - * AT TORN KYB AT LAW, l Hofi.nto, P., . tiiav ho ' moilh'd in Knglih ,r t)or tn oi. Oftlto In ti.irmaii's Huihiitig. l ly J4MFM A. litttf A. j WFJI.II OK Ml ART. pKAVKII \ OKI'IIART, * VI riUINKV." VT I.AW, ii AtleßhMj -in . t, null of Ulgh. Ml* e. 1 1 y I \ F. FORTNKY, I *• V ITilllN KV VT I.AW, KK1.1.1 HiM K. PA l.a-i ■! - r ' .ii.. I aft in lb* Ciinn Ifonae. fl) I \ S. KKLLKIT, I 'a ATTORN KV AT I. AW, Dili .• II Al!.>.||. I|) I ... t .lit.l I.) m> n n.r hi-, pa. JOHN HLAIK I.INN. *' VTT"KSKV AT I VVV. 11K1.1.1 HiNTK. PA Offiro Alh Strct. < v,r Post Oft •• -11* I L. SI'ANOLKR, r ' a ATTIIKNKV AT LAW, HU.I.KI.TIN I K i I N , UK i i i N I V. PA S|.elal a'tMiti • . 1.. < .11- , |.rrli. in ll ib> , < I'. !.-.Hati..i .in I. nnai. ..r K. iKi.ti. My T it MI hjo. rr*i 9 OORtK>x. \ J I'URAY A GORDON, I ATT- iRN KV > VT I AW, I I.KVRKU.I,I) PA Will atteinl the It. Uef..it# nrts %h*n *HS lilh Phi pi ).! 1 r C. HIPJ'LK, I a ATTORNEY AT-LAW. ITH K IIA V KN. PA. , All liuain.M | r .III|.I> alt... |. |I . My \\ M. I'. .MITCHELL, * ' PKAI.TK Al. i| ItVKTOR, UK k IIAV KX. PA.. Will att-n.l to all * rk In Claatflpkl, Centre anil J Cllotofl Cotllities. Hfflf* o|i{Kwin> I> k Ifaven Nath>nat llank 20-ly W HEINLE, " • ATTOII.NCY AT LAW. ItKLLKMNTF. PA Oflk* In Connd Botu*, Allsghsn) tr. t. iptchri ittMtioß ilvm t . ths . n#ctkm -f claim* All t rtslhr** it| ri'h'l t pMtuptl) j', 1 * * w ut.a r t> t. kri.! \\"ALLACK A KKK.RS, * ATTURXKYS M LAW. iT.KAKKIKLt). PA. Will atten I and try • auses at Relief -nte when *{x> ciall) rrtsitiel. |.|, WILLIAM Mi ( I'LLOUOH, * ATTOIINKV VT LAW. ( LKVRKILI.n, PV All linalriMi promptly attended • |.|y MOW ENTER Pit I sc. 4 LKXANDLR <V < <>., AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT AN" ) s iY >i f i-;, IIKI.I.KFONTK, I'A. They miniri l.v tl>i- nil tho nnrno iin|Kirt. t that i. t. d**al in and fmnish t • farmer* at the |o*r**at |-.*Lle price even thing in the shape fan agri- iilturul implement that firmer* use, Including AC CP* of HII kind* At j-re-ent we have on hau I und are the authorixed agents f.r the sde .f the SYKUISC <IIIII.KI J'LOW, made at Pyrmuae.N Y It i tlie h**t •-hilled |il"W tew M.ftd' ; lint th" K' \t Hid || n L. im plows load" at Onlre Kali. No ietter plows thati these ran !"■ ha I ' i ih- atiie amount of tnonev Also thsOatrs llall <'ortiplaoter He nee.l say until lug alnoit the tn* rit of this j l nt r. a* the jissi now in US" in fentre < oiinfy hnoratrat-s thetn t.i he the het IIAIIItOWS wild CI LTI\AToILs ..f the Iwf at nu proved pattern*. MoWCRjt. RRAPCRN and <.RAI\ IHNDKItS--ot tlioae we *"11 the O*loftie either w* eparate Mower*, fomhlm-d It' r* and Mow .m t aingh ll.irveatcrs, or as t'otnhined lt nji s and Itinders. TIIK WHKCLCK. N- '.a- arotnldned nia>hine.it the het niarhine of the kind in th market I'llK ORC \TK>T IMPRON CMCNT oC THE A4IK is th* Nrri*twn tileaner an l Rinder. Call and see it. It is wonderfully perfr t. Any l*y fw#|\" *e4rs <dd, with one hora*. will fdh low and hind all the gram that ny Rapei with side delivery will ctif It not only hinds hut gleans, and will save the price of the vmifhin* In one year, ly taking up from the stuhhle that which I* now |o*t. Til K M sIICRRY ORAIN MHLI,. either with or without hroad a*t IIH a. with or without fertillrer and iw"d aowlng attachment* It I* the he#t grain drill for all pur]**'•* in the market. TIIC <*KH*Klt TIIRMIICII AND SEPARATOR.— The reputation of thi* marliine i* so w*|| eataldiahed that we ran *ay nothing alHiiat It that the |*e>p|> dn not know Any person wanting one, or In nowd of reisiira for the** now In the county, phaae rail. IIKCUNKU* PATENT LEVCL TICCAD IIORRR I'OH CR, for on* and two h-r*e*. with Patent Hpaed Regulator. Little tliavit Threaher and Cleaner. VICTOR CLOYCR IIL'LLKR Sde agent* for Cen tre count?. H AtioSs.CARRIA4IER.m*OfJIKi and I'll V.TONf*. —H . are agents f.r the sale of the "|ehrate<| CO.NK LIN M AOON. the reputation of which is so well etale lid. I also of the fORTLANI) PLATCOIIM HIRING WAfiONH, Canlage*. Phmton* and lluggiea. All are warranted. Call and see specimen* and examine cata logue* ** to stvles and p*U e* before buying elaewheie Catalogue* fnrniahed on application. PLANTER AND CCRTILI/.RR.H.- Cayuga plaster finely ground n food as the best Nova Hcotia. at the low price of f7 <*i per ton. Peruvian Guano *>dd on order* only Phosphate* always on hand. Hpecial manure* for difT-rent crop* add upon order* at nianti facturers ivrlc"*. POW'DKII -He mr „ (ytipont'i agent* Hla*ir.g, H|Mrting and Hide powder on hand and sold at whole i|e prlcef ; al#. fa*e GRAlN.—After the growing crop | harvested we will In* prepared to pay the highest market price for •II kinds of grain. COAL-—Our yard Is always stocked with the heat Anthracite Co*! which ** w#*ll at lowest price. LIME —We make the t-*t white lime in the Htate. It* pmpertle* f.r merhanlral and B|ricQltral pur tfOo excel all other* PAIR BAN KB* RCALRfI.—Wr are their agon!* In Centre county *rd will *upidy *ll partlea wiahftig gore I and true urate* at their lowe*t price* We extend an Invitation to everyl**ly In want of anything In our line to call at oar More room*. op posit* the flush llonse, and *e what we have, and learn from thoae In attendance mors particularly ths sco|e of our huMne**. ALKXANDKU A CO. Itellefoiita, I'M.. May n, IMO, HMf mn (C'nvtvc rUmocvat, k j ♦ II KL L K ro.N TK , I'A. ! iianicjLTirr.AL. Ni:\VH, r.VCTS AM) Hl'ii<iMSTKIN'S. rilr. T KMT or TIIK MATIOHAL IM TIIB 111 111.1-<IE* <IE*- K AND I KoMl't KITT OF Till FAFMKR. hveru farmer in hm an nun! erpenenee (iscneers maneth i rn/ of mlnr. Write it am! ' send if to the •* A'/rii ut/aral Jjlitor of the MKMOI HAT, lie lii fun ft . J 'run'a," that at her : Itiriiier* mm/ have the hear fit < l it. I,et j 'uminuiiicatains he tum h/ } and h> sure that j the}/ are brief aa it i cell painted. K\ Kiiv day we keep a young ani mal with no growth, and every day a mature animal is allowed to L'i'l poor er, we are Keeping them at a loss. \ ran many of the Tanners of our county could vastly improve their water supply, both for barn and house purposes, by having good eis terns. Such will be interested in the aitiele in another column, from the Aiinrinin .1 grirullurift, telling how to build one both good and cheap. Tin: practice of feeding stock on the ground is not economical. There lore never be guilty of it; but if you feed out (loots, provide racks to hold the feed. The actual loss to the far mer, oftentimes, in a single season, exceeds the cost of the necessary racks for otlectually saving this waste. Oi it neighbor, the //'-y<*//// •■<!//, says, "We haven't heard of a single big porker being killed around these dig gings this season. Centre county is a little backward this year." To this we must take exception. The fact that "big porkers" are not to be found is evidence of progress among our pork raisers, instead of showing Item to be "a little backward." We have done something in the wa\ of making "big porkers" ourselves, tnd there is nothing in it. There is nothing more to boast of in having a big pig, than there is in hav ing a big stone-pile. I'.ither can be easily made, if one m i - proper to put mon ey and time enough in the attempt, ami (trie is about as profitable as the ither. If a man wants to put away a thousand pounds of pork, he can grow it at a less cost per pound, and have a far better article on five "pigs" at two hundred pounds each, than on two "hogs" at five hundred poundseach. If these "little fellows" are grown up >n a diet consisting of vegetables—clover and apples if led during the summer, and roots and scalded clover hay in winter—the meat will be very much better than that of the monsters which must be fed for months exclusively upon corn to make them attain their enormous weights. The dearth of "big porker" items, neighbor li'/iuhlirnti , is a sign that our people have increased intel ligence upon the subject, and not that they are "a little backward." December Chat for Poultrymeu. ($. 0 Browit in Am M- in Twiner Fowls will need special attention now. The cold weather has com pletely cut otf tin' supply of insect food. All available meat scraps, re fuse bones, A c., from the table should now lie saved for the fowls, the latter crushed fine with a hammer on a large stoic; the fowls will cat with a keen relish, and the diet will be great ly beneficial. It need not lie under stood that a meal of meat and bones, same as grain or mixed food, is meant. Such is not the case; but just enough, so that each fowl may get a little. Fresh water must not be neglected, even if it is cold ; but in extreme cold weather the water should he given about milk-warm; and as soon as their thirst is satiated, the water dishes should he to prevent the water freezing. Keep the birds ac tive ; make them scratch for exer cise and grain food. It is a most ex cellent plan in cold weather to warm the grain-food, so that it may he giv- I en to them warm as late as possible before roosting time. This will nec essitate a little extra trouble; but the double satisfaction to t he true fancier of knowing his birds have n good warm supper, and retired for the night without shivering, as they cer tainly do when fed on tec-cold corn, ought to lie enough to induce the ex tra trouble to lie endured. Hut the good this attention results in is much more: the fowls will thrive better, lay more, and require less food. No matter if the corn gets a little parched sometimes; it is so much the better. An occasional feed of clover-tops, scraped from the floor of the hay-mow, the fowls delight to pick over during the winter. If so situated that they can scratch in the barnyard the cleanings from the stables, let them do it. Do not neg lect the "green food"—cabbage or turnips—at least three times each week. Clippings and Comments. Harrowing a Held in the spring which li i I been ploughed and manured the previous lull would probably be suffi cient. Uecoril. '•Probably" it would on the garden like soil of the Record editor's splen did Montgomery county farms, but on about twenty-nineteenths of the - average Centre county farms a thor ough cultivating mid rolling previous to the harrowing would be found a , profitable investment of labor. . | 11 is better to hive manure in piles j through the winter than to scatter it • i over the ground in the tall. Iterant. 1 We do not believe it, unless, in | deed, the ground happens to be very ; billy, and the bills very steep. Cer . | tainly not, if the "piles" referred to . j are the small ones upon wlUeli the ! manure is usually deposited in the field, from the wagon, ready for "spreading." If in lun/r piles, care fully built up and plentifully mixed and topped with coarse stalks, weeds, | and so on, which need some assist ; aiice to rot them, or under cover, we 1 will agree. Farmer Thrift's Barn. II II 111.- I'M- Ural Kunii-r. The above is the title of a circular that was recently issued by a world renow in-d mower 'and reaper manu facturing company. The design of the circular is unique. The outside leaves fold together like the double doors of a Irani, which they are made to represent. I pon opening these 1 doors the barn i- found to contain the various machines made by the ! eompanv. Of course this is only a new way to advertise, but the title is suggestive. There is always some thing to be learned by a peep into "Farmer Thrift's I tarn." We find more in it than is shown by this cir cular. indeed, we doubt whether Farmer Thrift, now-a-days, keeps his mowers and reapers in the barn. At least be don't do it longer than he is able to build a place especially for tliein, unless such a place is provided for in the plan of the barn. I tic Irani floor, we know, is used for this purpose, but it is a poor place fot the machines. They are always in the way when the floor is needed for other purposes, and then they git clogged and coated with dust and I dirt. Fanner Thrift always provides : another place for his machinery as he is able. His barn floor is kept | clean and not littered over with man gled hay, straw , chaff and dirt. The i mows are filled, at tins season of the j year, with hay and provender for ; cattle, sheep and horses, and his granaries contain an abundance of grain to supply the house and stables for the year. His horses, cattle and sheep are kent in good condition and always indicate by their appciyance their owner's name. The siables are warm, airy, well ventilated, and kept dean and well littered. The outside of the Irani is an index to the inside. Kverv board is in its place, doors and windows well hinged and provided with proper catches and bolts, and the whole protected by paint front the destructive effects of constant expos ore to the weather. The manure is put into heaps and prevented from leaching or bring, and walks are con structed so that there is no wading through mud and filth to reach the Irarn or stables. Everything, outside and in, betokens thrift and economy. This is no fancy sketch, but a true picture of hundreds of barns through out the country. There is another j class of barns, however, more num erous, perhaps, that In-long to Far j mer Shiftless. If you have seen one of these, reader, please contrast it with Farmer Thrift's, and send Hie picture to us for publication. Manuring Vegetables in Winter. j From Ifi** Country Ijcitt 1* iimn. Perennial-rooted vegetables, such as asparagus and pie plant, will re ceive to advantage large quantities of manure, which may IK; applied early in winter, and the liquid portions will sink into the ground when it thaws, and prove a strong stimulus to grow th in spring. The leaves die down in autumn, and there is no ; danger in manuring copiously, which 1 does not hold with such green plants las strawberries, which retain their leaves, and which may be smothered under any close covering. Kaspber j l ies ami currants may lie much bene fited where the ground is not rich | enough, by a moderate mulching with manure in winter, spreading it several feet on each side, and avoid ing the common mistake of heaping it closely around the base of the stems. SOIMNO saves fences, one of the most expensive features of ordinary farming, prevents the propagation of weeds, and keeps the stock from wasting more fodder than tlioj* cat, by trampling it down. It doubles the amount of stock which can fie kept oil any given nmount of land, and there is a vast increase in the amount of valuable manure tlint may lie saved. There is some additional lalior, but the returns arc so much greater that soiling is the system of the present, as well as the future, of ngriculturc. A Cheap and Durable Cistern, From tin- Aiinrkin Agri'ulthrist f,,t i••• *mi „- r 1 An abundance of rain water for family use, for the barn yard, ami for irrigation in the garden, in still a great desideratum in our rural dis tricts. The great bar to this water supply is the anticipated expense. It | costs money to excavate and line the I sides of a cistern with brick and j stone. .Most farm houses have no I provision for washing except well j water, drawn with the bucket, and i this is often hard, and the yard and burn cellar are without any water for stock. A cistern that will hold all the water that falls upon the; house, or the barn, is within reach of every thrifty farmer, and will pay for itself every year in saving labor, and in the health and comfort of the family, and iin the care of the farm stock. A ! neighbor of ours, who is a gardener las well as a farmer, built a cistern for his greenhouse last year, and liked it so well that he has built another this fall for his barn ami garden. The lirst item of expanse was the labor of excavating on the south side of tin barn, where the frost does not pene trate very deep. The excavation is about ten feet deep, ten feet in diam eter at the bottom, and twelve feet at the top. Tin- soil is gravelly loam at the top, and compact gravel below. Ibit sand, if it were compact enough not to cave, would answer just as well. The sides of the cistern are made as even as possible, and a wash of Portland cement is applied with a broom to the bottom and sides. This dries very rapidly, and four or live coalings will make a perfectly tight and strong basin to hold all the water that will ever fall into it. Tin cost of the cement is very small, and the thin crust, backed by the solid subsoil, is just as good and durable as mason work of brick or stone. For a covering be used chestnut tim ber of one foot in diameter, hewn upon one side, upon which chestnut plunk two inches thick were laid. Two leaders conduct the water from the eaves of the barn into the cistern. A man-hole was left at the top large enough for the cleaning of the cistern, and lor the insertion of the pump. The plank was covered with about two feet of earth, winch is a sullleient protection against lYost in this lati tude. The cistern will hold x,noo gallons of water, or more, and w ill furnish an abundant supplv of water for stock, and for irrigation in ordi nary seasons. The whole cost, for labor, timber and cement was about fifteen dollars. Most farms will fur nish the necessary labor and lumber, and the only money outlay would he for the Portland cement. This ce ment will harden under water, and become as solid as stone. It is en tirely practicable for almost any farmer to build a cistern of the kind dcscriltod, and to have a good supply of water for bis cattle during the winter. Ituild a cistern. Three Aphorifms for Milk Farmers. When the cow is only fed so as to produce a half yield of milk, it costs more than three-fourths as inur-h as a full yield, and the half yield is pro duced without profit, or even at a loss. The best cow is the one that, can digest and assimilate the most food, and turn ail the extra food into milk, instead of laying on llesh and fat. It is the business of a skillful dairy man to select such cows, and then make full use of their machinery to secrete milk, by full feeding. If you desire to produce milk at the least eost, you must select cows with the capacity to turn the largest amount of food into milk—the larger the amount the more cheaply will the milk lie produced. Agricultural Wisdom in Small Chunks. (Jood sweet milk contains one fourth more of sugar than of butter; this sugar turns to acid, and if this acid is too much developed before churning the coveted aroma of good butter is lost. The poultry keeper who succeeds the liest is the one who takes the best care of his flock; There is no more "luck"' about it than there is about lioilitig water. The fodder from an acre of corn which yields fifty bushels is equal in value to a ton of hay. Large yields of milk must necessa rily be the result of a large quantity of focal consumed, —for the cow can not create milk out of nothing. She is not a miracle worker. THK farmers during the past year have sent out of the country $700,- 000,000 worth of studs digged out of the ground or raised on top of it. They have kept the balance of trade in our favor, and have kept all the wheels of manufacturing industry turning around. At the same time they have paid the bulk of the taxes 011 imported commodities. Our whole commercial fabric stands on this basis. Yet the yelping protectionists, who are fed from the bounty abstracted from the farmers' earnings, ascribe our prosperity to themselves. They stand so much in the sunshine that they think they light the world. — Record. Secret of Large Crops in England. One of the strong points in Eng lish farming wan lately emphasized us follows by I'rof. Kobcrts, of Cornell I Diversity: "Herein," says lie, "I am satisfied, lies the secret of Holland's success in \ i raising larger crops, it would take i away the breath of a prairie farmer to hear even an Englishman's enumera tion of the 'spuddings,' the 'grule j bings,' the 'twitching#,' the harrow. : ings, the cross-harrowings, the roll | ings and crusliings that a heavy clay field is subjected to before it is con sidered ready for wheat. "What is this all for ' Simply to unlock the full storehouse of nature. That it is full has been proven time and again. Jsy actual analysis it i found that an average soil contains, in the first six inches, plant food ! enough for from fifty to one hundred 1 and fifty full crops of grain. I do | not desire to discourage the purchase I and use of fertilizers, but w hat I do protest against is purchasing on time [commercial manures at forty dollars per ton, which are really worth only twenty-five, to enrieh cloddy fields already fairly rich in plant-food, lock ed up it is true, but there, none Un less, only awaiting a little judicious ; application of brain and muscle to i set it free. "If these hastily jotted facts and j impressions arc the means of inducing my fellow.farmers to remove some of the useless trees and fences, or to give the field# an additional cross ! harrow ing or two IK-fore casting in the seed, and asking the Lord to ; bless the labor of their hands, my object will have been attained." How High Feeding Pays. I; >llll ht N*ti >ij&) Lit* Stuf k J jrtij*! The cow must IK- supported before she gives any milk. After this food of support, all the food she consumes must go to the production of milk or flesh, and if the cow is a good milker i it all goes to milk ; in other words, I after the food of support the extra food all goes to profit—that is, either to milk or flesh. And it is equally clear that all the food consumed to support the system of the animal is j lost until the point of production is ■ reached. After the producing point i-< reached, the more the animal can eat. projierly digest and assimilate, above this, the greater the profit. This would seem to be too plain to require illustration. What would any one think of a manufacturer who used a steam engine for power who should say that he could not afford to furnish fuel to get up full steam because the last half of the steam cost more than the first half. Now, if there is only fuel enough used to I heat the water just below the boiling l>oint, it w ill consume a good deal of fuel to do this, but no ]>ower will ever Is- produced by it. and this fuel is ail thrown away. The fuel requir ed to keep the water heated up to 200 only requires .">0 per cent, added to give 100 lli. steam pressure and set the machinery all at active work. It is evident that if only half steam is produced it ousts fully three-fourths as much as full steam, and conse quently all the work that is done with this half power is done at an additional cost. THREE or four weeks is the age at which pigs always need the niostcare [ fnl attention. At about this period the pig reaches a point when the milk of the sow is not sufficient to keep up a healthy growth, and unless the pigs have been taught to eat bc fore this time, there will always Is trouble with them. The only way to avoid it is to loach them to eat and drink at the earliest jtossible age. This may easily IK- done by placing a little milk or other palatable food, in j liquid or semi-liquid form, in a trough near them, but where the sow cannot get at it. 15y the time the pigs are a week old they will begin to taste it, i and then they will very quickly learn to eat heartily. Give them plenty of nutritious, palatable food from this time on, and there will IK? no further difficulty.— National Lire Stork Jour nal, Chicago. THE United States Consul at Lon donderry, Ireland, in a recent report, pronounces the American bacon re ceived at that port as an inferior [ product. This inferiority is due, he ! explained, to the want of skill or : carelessness in curing and also from | feeding the hogs exclusively on corn, which causes the liatns or bacon to shrink largely in cooking. English and Irish pork increases in bulk when boiled, while American jcorn fed pork shrinks largely. It A fur thermore claimed that corn-fed pork is ranker and not so sweet-flavored as that from hogs fed upon a variable diet, as roots, milk, grass and the like. SHEEP have an excellent digestion and whole corn answers for them about if not quite as well as if ground. A PIECE of beef made with roots is tnuch richer, more juicy, and better marbled than beef made without roots. IT is believed that the tobacco crop of Pennsylvania will reach the enor mous value of $8,000,000 the present year.