Wilton, McFavlone ('■ Co., Ilorthrorr Healer*. IE3I_A.IRrID"W ARE! WILSON, McFAli T J A TS T K CO. I)KALEHS IN STOVES,RANGES' HEATERS. A I.so Paints, Oils, Glass anil Varnishes, AND BUILDERS' ALLEGHENY BTRKKT, .... HOIKS' BLOCK, .... BKLLEttINTR. PA. JtutincNH Card*. HA 11XKSS MANUFACTOKY til llarmeli'a New Blodk, BELLKFON'TK, I'A. t-l> r P. BLAIR, 1 , JEWELER, •ATCBU. dncga, JIW.tBt. AC. All *rk neatly axnctitad. Ou Allegheny alre-l. Utnler Rroclll'hofT 11'HiiH*. DEALERS IN PUKK DRUGS ONLY. 2 I KELLERA SON, No rt. Brn k#*rhoff Hiw. Z All the SManUitnl I'aUnt MI'M- - acriptloua and Family accurately . jc ; 11 Truiri*. HliomNw BrwN, Ac., -* | | OUIS DOLL, XJ FASHIONABLE BOOT A SHOEMAKER, I lit u* k*u buff How, Ar.enh.-n v atreet, I j_ ly llellefonte, T C. RWM, * '"• | THIRST NATIONAL BANK OF r HKLLKFONTK, . f AlWUvny turret. MUfolits, Pa. 4,1 , / lENTRE COUNTY BANKING \J COMPANY. Recaltr Dep-wlla And Allow Interest, Iharmiht Ndlra; Buy ml Ml llov. Sernritle*, Oold iid Coupon.. ' ( Jmu A. Btaven, Prealdeot. J. Ii (nwM.lNlit. BKLLEFONTK A SNOW SHOI r R.— TlmmTabla in effect on n.l after Ma} ' ''l/lr.M Snow Shoe 7 20 A. w..arrite. In Ballaßwtf , ' BrlUfoata 10.15 * u.arrlte, at Snow SW jnrt Shoo 2.U0 r. t.,arrlte* In llallafonlt '* Yelltea Bellefunte 5.15 r w .arritea al Snow Shoe . DANIEL RIIOADS. '. General Superintendent. I>ALI> EAGLE VALLEY RAIL > ROAD -Tm.a-T.ble, A| ril I*"" Bar. Mall WHTW4ED. aaaiwtao. Kip. Mall 4 M P V. '*' *' * H 10 7oj Arrive at Tyrone Leave ••• J - * N A66 Ut*#lAtTjrWßeL*i. 3 •*'' H ; 7 6 m 14 " -I\i I 7666 47 ...... " Hal I Eaglo M J*' H J* 74H 3d '• Fwltr " ••• * r '- '' 742 f. 11l •• Hannah ** • ' 735 :i " Port MatiUla " ... <*> 1* 7 '27 817 " Martha ... * *7 tl, f, iA •• .liiltan " . *I ' o * , | '.7 11 I'montUla 11 ... ®73 • -8* | 7OD 54S " Snow Show In " .. * '* *•> Ml i " Mll-wl.iir* " JJj *** 840 AIW " B'll-f. nt. " -• .VI ill '• >lila>r* - *Min i 625 ils " Curiln " ... 1,1 |" > ' l " ~' Jj J"*' A554 50 " Ealrrllla " --WJ *" ! SVI 5 " llorh ('lawk " —4oln 44 sit 53 " Mill Hall " .- •1411 1' 549 4 -10 " llamlngtoa " ... 9 -'o I I 535 4 i'< " Raria " ■ .14 41 It BI 1 >K NNSYLV A NIA RAILROAD, j X —lPUUdaipbU and Kri Dlrlaaon.) —Oa an. ) after Ntrmher 14. 1.77 : W FJiTWAKD. KRIR M AH. laa Philadelphia 11 Mpn i M llarri.hurx 434 a it. i M tViMm.(..rt * Man j M - le-k llaten 4 a o " BanoTo.- —1054 an j '• arrltee at Krle 75A p n NIAGARA KXPKRSS Iratea Philadelphia. 74' an llarrlahor*.... 10 Via n I .• '• Wlllumapoet. 251p rr j •• arrfree at Rcnoto. 4 40 p o | Paaaancr* by thla train arr.** In Bella. finite at 4 IS p n , PABT LINE leatea Philadelphia II 44 an •• '• Harrl.lmnt 385 pa .. • M i111am.i~.rt............... 7*lp n. j " arrtrea at lewk llaTaa..__ *4np a. KATW ARD. PACIFIC EXPRESS leare. Ie k llaten. 8 40 an w ~ M'illfatnaport... 755 an i. arrlteaat llarrial.nra II 55 an ~ '• Philadelphia. .. 5 45 pa • DAT EXPRESS leatea Renof. 10 1" • " *• n lent-4, lliria II 3ni b ~ tt illlameport ........ 12 40 an " arrlteaat ll~rrthnri....„ 4 In p n M '* Philadelphia 720 p n ERIE MAIL lea tea Rea.t., S 85 p m m e Lmh llaten 945p in II i. Williamtpnrt. II 05 p m 4- " arrltea a llarrlhiiro. 145 am •• Philadelphia 700 am FAST LINE lea tea Wllllam,|~irt 11 55 a m " arrltaa al llarrlthnrr BSS a m n " Philadelphia 7 • Bne Mall Weat. Niagara Ktpteaa M eat, Loek llaten 2 Aecxntmedatl.in Weet and Dty Ktprem Eaat. mak. elnae mnneetinna at Northiimlierland with L. A B. R B. train* fur MTilkealwrre and Seruntnn Erie Mall Weat. Nlaga'a Ktpteaa Weat, and Erie K*preea M eat and lawk llaten Armmmndallnn M eat maka el.we rnnnactlon at Milliamapmrt wltn N C. R W. 4r~ln nnrth. Eet, Mall Waat. Niagara Ktpteaa Weal, and !>aj Ktpreaa Kat. make elnae roaoertinu at Loek llaten With B. K V. R R. train*. Erie Mail R~*t and M'l ennrwwt at Erie with train* on L 8 4 M 8 R B. at Cnrry with <. C A A V. B K., at Kmp'rlnm with H. N. Y. A P. R. R-, an I *i Drlftand with A. V R R parl-.r rara will run letweea Philadelphia and William*P"rt on Niagara Ktprea* Me*t. Erie Ktprea. Weat, Philadelphia Rtpre** Ka*t and Day Etpr*w Eaat. and tnnday Rapreaa Ka*t. Sleeping egraon al night train*. * " 4 Btvnwtti, OBU'I H4i|#rlfi!4nnßi( 4 MRARD IIOUSF, I J CORNER CIIESTNIT AND NINTH STREETS. rntKntirni t Thla hnwaa prominent In a rlty famed for It* mm fortalde hnt*l*. I* kept In etery reap.fl a.,.,al U. any ■rat rlaae hotel. In the ronntry Owing to the atrtn wenrvnf the timea. the prlra of hoard h.* l-ea n red or ad ; to tna* tmUetnn pwr lay. J. M KIBItIN. I _A*< # MBHRIPP * * BUS II HOUSE, BBI.LEFONTE. PA, 18 OPEN. 3*-1 m I>. P. PETERS. PrnpHator. | ' • CENTRAL HOTEL, \_y (Oppoeita the Railroad HUtkia.) MILEBBCRG. CENTRE COI'XTY, PA. A. A. KOHLBKCKKR, I'ropriotor. Tnnoroil TRAFBI.ERS on the railroad will nd thla Hotel an ntrellent plara to Innrh. or pmenre a —I an AI.I. TBAIWE 4npahwH ■ mtnntan. 47 MHYF.YTo Loan at i\ perCt. JTIV/il U I RR T„K MirrtJAL LIFE INBJJB ANCE 00. OF NEW YORK, on Brat mortgage, EM lmpfcN lii Kii){llali ur tin man il-lj c. v. utitmi. c. M.BOVBB. 1 LEX A N DER A BOWER, a\ ATTORNEYS AT I.AM-, IV'llrfontr. Pa , may tw> t oniiltr<| in K(>Kl'" 1 * ° r < '* >r man. OIM* rln tiaruian * lliiilfliiiK. I-' y JKMfM 4. RKWIR. J OUI GLFMLKT HEAVER A OE I'll ART, ATTORNEYS AT LAM. Offlro on atrr*t, irth of 111yh. fontr, l' l-ly nF. FORTNEY, a ATTOBN BY-AT-LA W, HKLLKPONTE. PA Ul ili'ir to (ha IOHN BLAIR LINN, 41 ATTORNEY AT i.AW, IIKI.I.KFtINTK. PA. )fllcf4 Altcchrn> Strwt, ®ir P> t • iffl- • 'il-ly 1 L. SI'ANCiLEK, *t a Al TORN I 1 t I LAW, RKLI.EFONTE. t-ENTKK (Xit. NTV. P 1 tal BttMltkMl t" Oollm • M{ |rsa- (kM in all lIMI Con*nlttir>n in Ufn*ian vr K I ly OS. KELLEIt, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. • • *!• L ny t'trFHt Nmtti anlw of Lron'i I •torr. B#ll*font*, !'•. I -ly f H. MORMT. cmi noinojr. \| URRAY A GORDON. iI ATT >i:si Y8 tT I AM CLEARFIELD PA Will tha |L'l|rf..t,!e< Cs'Urta *b*n p"lly wploy>4 I i* 'P C. HII'I'LE, 1 • ATTORNEY AT LAW IS K HAVEN. PA All Ln*in promptly attp-n-U'l t* 1 ly \\'M. P. MITCHELL, ' PRA'TIi AL 81 RVEYOR. IdK h IIAYEN. PA , Will aft'-n>l t ail •■•rk In (loarflrld, C*ntf •!•! Clint n TO nntidva Ofßvw op|iM|U> Idhk !la*#n Nat; ttal liarik 20-ly \V c. IIEINLK, ▼ v • ATTORNKV AT I.AW itr.i.i*FnVTi. FA. Ofl'p in C'-nra4 NpBW-|| attwfitmn jnsh t. !h* r*||wti*>n of rUim All hnintai *tt t. promptly 21-1/ v. a viiun. I. IN IIIM. WALLACE A KKF.RS, 4' ATTORNEY* AT LAW, < I.EAKFIELD PA Will attpn'l an-l try caiiiM at Ks iJ f->tl ab*n *[# cially rtan~l. |*ly \\MLLIAM .M( \ IAA)\ (ill, ▼ T ATTORN F.I 4T l.tW, CI.KkRPIRtD, FA. AH bmln*i promptly t My nil. .IAS. 11. DOBBINS, M. I)., mi -1 us ivii ti Ron v Oflfß ill.ghrHY Jlt„orwr /4hi(l>r a lfnt 4frifii. r -tf Ril tRFORTR I'A DR. J. W. RHONE, Dentist, ran b* f nid at hlii nffirp and rMi<|.KP mi Nnh | ail# < f High [ Hallrfniitr, Pa |W|| CANCER REMOVED, WITHOI T KNIFE, and ia op -t r r C. W. P I hMi H lULI-.r, 12-."UTV # fVttfr* Countv. Fa. ■ A TRUE TONIC A PERFECT 3TRENGTHENER.A SURE REVIVER. IIIOX BITTERS are highly rrmmmetidrd for nil di*en*rwrt|>(kii for tlx> INTKKNATIONAL HKVIEW. •ha Inlaal anil bnal Amarlran |.nl.lira lion. of Iha high"! rlnaa with original ronlrlbntlonn from Iba In") ' alahralwl writara In arar y f.nnlrj Kdllad bjr J. T Mmaa, it . and llanry l'M M. ganilaman of lha hlghrai allalnntnnla and rnltnra. and whoaa nimo ar> aluna anflrlanl gaarastf of lha raloa of Iba Biriia Alnnro brljht. roodnbla and Inotrnrllro; roamofiolt lan In iliarn'rtra. prograaaira In arlanra, unaarlarlan In rl'gl"l. and ltwtaf.ndnl In polltloa. prlra rairanlan niimlmr. Mima ranr. A romplala Agml'a Ibilßl aanl >t" rauaw irrt-wularf ty of thcliKwrlsor% urinary ortreuw. r who 14. quirt* mi Apprtlae^L^Tonic AIII inlld HUnuilenl, li p Hitt ra Af without intoi- Icntlnii. OHflk N muttar what your Hnifw or aymptorri* err what the tliis ise.ir oil^ , o (*t Is *• Hop Hlt tcrs. Ifon't w-Att until y..u nV v nick hut If y u only fisl bad or h.k. laMel'iN liu-iii at once. It ntay aavii yro/ r/. Brigkts />u r.tAf. tn> it, I:, /. /. r■' or Espttthe I riii.-, i aUn >, -i tin nladJer tHmm in./ or fain/nt Uri4tig, ik IhtM iJtftooit, AJeHiont q) the s4iie. Net i DtHiitg, m.ifr HVita, !.*, it nd ,i'l J i,i^ii, <. " th, Kidncjs, HlntltH'r anil ( Hil ar* (li'gan*, It . t.l. IX7KUNAI.m-.lt. 1.. lo 111. | it.- 1.l I i I ai.l I I HI,, abra ■.filling <1- rn *. . I .11 - "h-t knoit rt. .. mnj ■ "1.1... ... . 1.1. * f t ,,. it,, m.rk.! W. I ...t • .1.. t.. W. ■II , a 1.11, .... t li u|..n ll.r rf*rli-t of your wklrr-M DAY S PAD F. POTTS GREEN. IKI.I.*:KI\TK, ei . WIIOt.MA I.K A'I)AT tint I KNTKK Oil NTV l!llilililMHim;lilil>:fiB1 Battlo Crook, Michißan, MocrACTesaau or TIIR ost-r ucst i* THRESHERS. Traction and Plain Engines and Horso-Powors. kssl (eerlrO Thrrshrr F mHmrj > Cttnhllßhed In the WorM \ |B4B ■l'l ItAnO ' " wtll) t . hsuyr f r HMMT'ii' -r I-*'" • ' •* sy ' l I'lnin t.nglnee ever Aln Amrrt. an tt*Ark<*l A n/fffa4 if fn' wee# i"f wyon nsssu f r lei t.gf4hr w th #w p+rlr* •?*ti*i C. Haka IVUarDoni. Drfnttal* ami .M.n.l to all hnalnaaa I I. AND WHIP, ..ldiar, Afl'liit'vfial ttightaanA LAND M ARRANT* lam,lit *ii*l ,M. 411 tf ST. XAVIEK S ACADEMY, NKAH LATKOHK, FA., NEARLY hi If n century old, from • hkh iho mot( and rnllhiiliKl womNR I* Nsvn (twlhalnil rml tbonrmgVt #*lttnti*i*l nll* AM'I l-Lh.-Al Um Airvl of tvining In. •n'WHi Null* idnllH •! tuy lint, \mt\j ptWM ttlmfit 931 M A BUOCIKHTIONH. rui. Tarn .If TMK NATIONAL WCLMRB H till IVTKLLI bin fry farmer in bin annual experience ttncorern name (ft iny of value. Wife if anil sent! it t*i the ,4 Ayrirultural bl'titur nf the DKMOTHAT, lleMefonte, fena'a," that other farmer a may hare the benefit if if. t,et communicationa be timely % and be tare that ; they are brief anil irrlt pointed, i I Pennsylvania Crops and Live Stock for 1880. The forthcoming nnmiul report of Secretary Kdgo, ol the Pennsylvania Hurcau of Agriculture, will show the following as the acreage, yield and value of the crops of the State during the past season: A' fCA|J* ) \ lift) £ I'rffJMl |||(|* * <>£*•<**) •" . .. l:• 1,0110 487B KWM . \% 1,41 V" 21,1 1MH11 'il :'emm *• 1.1 V ilJ.i'id.'Ml 1/lull. 1. * -■■ Nito• i 1 . *• •• I . I Bill. ♦ .. " . I UIMM cit. It, 4 • It* - ;H Vll .'!.• ft It VI Ii*iII . | (i Krft 1./t I • • I litinli. >tf)4| 411! The average annual value of the same crops during the past ten years has liven $110,'.<30,00(1. The total acreage has increased from fi.1180.(100 acres in Im"| to 7,200,000 in IHSO, the increase living mainly in the lutn lier and ore counties, and very slight in the southern and eastern portions of the Stale. The n urn her and value of the live stock of the State are given as fol lows : Koml„. V.Im •MM •!a,7.v> atK.fw.tm •'<• ■ i: " i- <>. ..••• m-i. n1 I'.ttl. * Tt....i n.'./ixi s-iti MUn ijHjan Wni, i...... MIM ...„ .I'J'.l 1.VK.V12 I'i.i.T'i si i The total cost of the fences of the State is estimated at $ 17.'>,000,000, and hence we may infer that it re ipiires sl.".*) worth of fence to protect sl.ll worth of crops from K.'i cents worth of stock—a powerful argument in favor of soiling. Poring the past ten years there has I wen a gradual increase in the number of cows, sheep and swine, and a decrease in tire number of oxen and other cattle. Shivering With Cold. Fr-m tb- farm Xetise of rutting and steaming the fodder and hay. Soiling. The truth of it is that with aoiling 'here is a giwxl deal of work, labor, thought and care needed; also the Wat kind of stock and of labor-sav ing appliance#, and one must make a first-class product, or he simply throws away his work. For if a |icrson takes a brick and sjwnds a whole 'lay in trying to grind nnd polish it, he has after all a worthless brick for his pains; but let liiin take a piece of beautiful marble, nnd grind and polish that, nnd he will have something of value which he can sell to pay for the Inlmr he has expended on it. So it will never pay to keep a poor, unproductive cow, or make poor hotter to sell at lfi to '2O cents a |n>und, under a system of sgriculture which requires a largely increased amount of capital nnd labor. Accumulation of Manure in Btables. A large mass of dung, unless frozen or kept near the freezing point, will undergo decomposition, and gives ufl, beside steam, ammonia, and other gasss. These tend to soften snd , injure the hoofs of animals, snd espe cially horses, that may ta forced to slsnd continually on the accumula tion of dung. These gases cause inflammation of the eyes, and injure the general health, interfere with the digestion, and reduce the vigor of the animal. There should ta no mass of manure in any stable where hoises arc kept. A clean floor and pure air are requisite for the best health of the animals. Tiir dust liath is nature's renova tor, snd it is as necessary for cleaning the feathers of fowls from vermin and promoting the secretiona of the akin from impurities aa a water or vapor bath is to the human family. Winter is the lime to thoroughly repair all tools, ploughs, reaping machines, cultivators and the like. The Husbandman. ! Ill* MM-<| itiiioilg iiimi l lie wit"** ImflNf t'4l 1 lie4*|*• * || guiqitdfi from 9law fruitful land , | M Ins .ww flutl's |.*ufit* ill tb* l**Hlll'K H lii -rna liia hriNi'l Mh tir-'l, I 'I liiMlgli As| tin Mm f Irw |e|isl>|e*| tn||i|'i npJ"I*US" IV • I ||) Is grwl' . t||S*f| tlis- If Mil la shl'l, j Tlteti lljne wlm, iii tking JM m M O'KI'V !**• I liftrn etwtiil Nfi'l nnd- Upoll |||i> (Motif W lin e my lute, ll.i'l I litil Ml iii*| tui tin't s life. Ii Ir tit Hi** wiithl s ilre(ru*t|oti muiJ tin. huts* Willi It WMIS ■guii.st tb*< (ruf in ail ll* strife Hfl'k tiol )• SOLA ot (..**• w I,#. (Ml On- soil. For other f1 I'ls In llf* than ili'c >• reap' ltd let I* lit, III!* SISS-h! 1.1 lo>iis-( toll. I ll" rest of Imtiesl latsor** trMtsgti|| Ui |s, 'l'll 111 oil the Irtttjhlee #f the trot Mill f's ilrwim Tlie "Mies wltit Ii rack thu nlatt stflAfs • utikiuue I'IHMI— TLR UIIU 'IMIM venture* rsf |)| ft,*F llitlt'• Or nil tit* doill/fful j'oltin for fnto" ntnl (hlii ' IMti-r than llii-w to t ?,• Is tun |v l'-t 'I" tmliit"* gittti-ful f", li"t lcoiut*-'/iia rlorw, !••• king with nil In r Horn I gifts , j,.. o<> \V|,sr- wwrwt reitit'-t'iuicfit sL* for nothing inor-. . J'rtjr ll"lllR WiirH of e\ery (jn-Ain, I lutif liesrt* ll,i ,'ciilcf of V'tir 4mt\ |■ Issi, I \ ir Held, the ol >oin •r r * *> l* n.. j ("it I(• '!*"• I j ri• I* to to a hii.l'NrolroAti - A I'M rto* Oa* iitiir About Managing Raw Boil. '-.r ..f * ...ißlrj Urnllfiitai. Although it is known that raw soil, brought up to tin; surface in large j quantities, is hurtful to the crop upon it. yet to what extent, and csjiecially with the different kinds of noil, in not so well understood. .More or less immediate harm is the result. Ami yet, lo make use of this undersoil is •t tancfll, in that it "let-pens tin- tilla blcq land, affording a cbanoc for tbc ; l tier extension of the roets and for j circulation of air, developing, also, ! new available fertility, which is so 1 much gain, but which, in its original stale, is o( little use, anil, when com pared with the upper aerated and j worked soil, is a damage, as it lessens i the "Top, the degree of which is de pendent upon the amount brought up. !f the plow runs deep, so as to ; bury the upper soil, bringing up the other to form in its place the tad, and for slight-rooting plants to get their nourishment from, there w ill I lie a failure in clay soil, or wlu re I there is less chance for air to eireti | late or water to pas-, through—in other words, in a bard or dense soil, which is also, in general, a cold soil. \N here then- is free ventilation ami | goes! drainage, as in sand ami among the shales, there is little difference | tatween the up|n r and the lower soils, indeed, wo- often find it the eas<- that to plow deep i an ndvan- I trtge; not alone for the reason that 1 the undersoil is well aerate"l ami warmtsl, hiit the fertility in sueli soil i gradually works down, there Is ing a i lack of clay or aLsortanl to hold it. | Hence tin- lower soil tacomcs enrich ed—sometimes richer than the upper suggesting the remedy at once— light ami frequent, rather than large and less frequent, applications of manure, which, "if course, is to be kept as much as possible at the sur face, very rain lowering it in the soil, and a wet season, or a few drenching rains, washing it out, so that only the deep-rooting plants, like the clovers, and notahlv lucerne, get the tanefit below. The small creeping blue grass, timothy and others, show the deprivation of nut riment by a stunted growth ami blenches) ap|M-arance. similar to the etf'ct of n drouth which, occurring after the rain*. *|iccdily puts and end to the grass. This is well known in sandy district*. When the rains are light, keeping the surface moist with out washing down, the Is-st result follow*. This was the case in this section in the summers of sml 1178. With sufficient manure (at the surface) the growth was rapid and maturity early. Haw soil, therefore, concerns us very little in land of a Icnchy charac ter. The great care to ta exercised in this repect is in all hard or densely-packed undersoils. Such land is usually given shallow culture, which excludes from successful culti vation most of the deep-rooting plants, such as corn, root crops, tar ries of nil kinds, trees and shrubs, the gra|>c, and, in extremely dry and wet weather, all the "Tops that the farmer raises. It is only by the plentiful use of manure, nnd care in cultivation, that the land can ta made to pay, ami then not satisfactorily. The evil—raw soil—is too near flic surface. To bring up this soil is worse; lo bury deeply the surface soil, is to sjKtil all for years till the elements have had their action upon it., aided by the plow. Then there will ta a decided improvement for the better, and with continued deep culture, a permanent character will ta given. The plowing is to ta con tinued deep, or the sub-soil plow is to nid, to ta used whenever the Isnd is tilled, when neither too wet or too hard, so as to break in lumps, leaving hollow places. Hut it is tatter, instead of invert ing a large body of soil, which will lie year* without tanefit, to bring up a little at a lime, each plowing deep ening the tillable soil, till the depth wanted is reached. This is the ac knowledged' best practice, as it ad mits of crops being grown right along without ditnunution, and after the first year or two increasing in yield. The plowing should ta done in the fall, so as lo have the raw soil in a thin layer, exposed u> the ftosk A cost of manure should ta given, so as to have the layer of wild soil between the good ground below and the manure above, with the frost and tbe elements operating, and with the spring cultivation, ranking a see. I tad that seldom Aula to be satisfactory. The next plowing buries this mel low and enriched surface soil, deep ening and enlarging the root bed Im-- low, and the | much benefitted by deepening, as ; manure has not much effect on wet land, and the soil, not only Irelow, | hut more or less throughout, is of a raw nature, and cold and sour in the bargain. It is a pity to continue to work such land in this condition, 1 and no other can be reached without | drainage. Drainage will entirely change its character and eminently fit it for that other change of dcc|x niiig and en riching. Meanwhile, on land where the water line is lower, the work of improvement may goon till the whole is reclaimed. If farmers only knew what advantage lay within their reach, the work would at once be begun. There is no excuse; any one may Isgin on a small scale, the benefit increasing the means for farther ad vancement, till tire task is accom plished. doubling the value of the farm. What shall be the farmer's domes tie meat supply ? This is worth considering as well as what be shall produce for sale. The farm should f ed itself, for it is a waste of money for a firmer to employ a butcher to cater for him. lfeef is out of the question unless it is salted, and salt lsef in only a makeshift enforced by obvious circumstances. Poultry and i mutton will furnish a constant sup ply. with occasional helps from other sources. Mutton hams cured and smoked arc excellent for summer use, and if the legs are cured a carcass of mutton can IK* easily disposed of in a farmer's family. This is a very impotiant item for consideration, when a farmer asks himself "Shall 1 keep a few sheep or not, and what kind shall I keep?"' If I were to advise him in regard to the latter |wiint, for domestic use 1 should say, Merino grades crosses! with South- Down. •IrnoE Daventort, of Montana Territory, purchased lUOO ewes, which cost him about S3OOO. He put these in charge of a young man, who was to take them on to a range, take all the tare of them, pay all of the expense* of the band and to receive as bis share one-half of the wool produced and one-half of the increase of the flock. At the end of four years a settlement was to lc made, and Judge Davenport w-as then to receive back KKIO of the beat ewes which the hand contained. When the settlement was made Judge Dav enport had received for his share of the proceeds of the wool SOSOO and for ins share of the increase SBOOO. The profits on the investment of S3OOO for four years were $14,500, or 1 20 J per cent, per annum. Patches of rye, after being clear ed, may U> well manured and plowed for a crop of late cabbage and ruta baga*. The middle of July is not too late for planting. Cabbage may lx raised either for house eonsump tion or to sell. Cabbage bringa a good price, since the worms have been so troublesome on it. Various method* are mentioned for beading otr the worms, but the l>e*t is to plant late, and then have the children catch the little butterflies that lay the eggs from wliirh the worms are batcher!, and to pick off the worms by hand. It is a big job, but it can be done, and it pays those who do it. The rutabagas In-long to tbe same class of plants as tlie cabbage and may be attacked by the worms 100, but not so destructively as the cabbage. THE most critical time in a shep herd's experience ia in getting his flock ready for winter. I find that it pays to give the lambs, yearlings and breeding ewes some corn after the 20lh of Octoher, one-half an ear per head on the start, and gradually in creasing the amount as the grass grows poorer. I usually feed in flocks of *2