Jf'i/iion, McFarlane f Co., Hardware Dealer*.
HARDWARE!
WILSON, McFAK LANK ct CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES f HEATERS.
A LSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
BXJIX.3DEIK/S' BC.A.IR/IDW.A.IR/lE].
ALLKOIIKNY STREET, .... HUMES' BLOCK, .... BRLLKPONTK, I'A. |
J? unities* Card*.
HA UN ESS MAN U F A CTOIIY
lit Utftnaa't New Block,
BKLLEFONTE, PA 1 l|
17 P.BLAIR,
L • JEWELER,
WTCItI4, ClO< *, JEWtLEI, AC.
All work neatly .IKIIU4. On Allegheny atreet, :
under ItTOckwrhoff II l-ll [
DBALBRB IN PURS DRUGS ONLY. I
31 T ZELLBR A SON, -
B 111 • DRUQUISTR,
*8 So rt. llrorkorliolT Bow. J I
2 I All the Standard Patent MndUinee Pre- '
y acripttoua etel Family Rcclpea accurately' r
5c 1 prtiarei. Truwrt, ShunUfr Bracer, Ac., Ac. j [
r* | _ 4 " ,i |
T OUIS l>Olili,
lJ FASHIONAHI.K BOOT A SIIOF.MAKKU.
Row, Al>fh*oy
j.jy Mlffonta, Pa
C. ii'vu, PR**'T. 4- ' HARRIS.* sh R.
FMRST NATIONAL BANK OF
BEI.LKFONTK,
Allegheny Htroet. Hollofonte, Pa. ' <'
HKNTRE COUNTY BANKING
\J COMPANY.
Recelre Repoelta
And Allow Intereet,
Diacrtuor Notw;
Buy and Sell
Ootr. Secnritiea,
Uold and Coupon..
Jawu A. Prealdent.
J. I>. Hncuaar. t'aehler
TRAVELER S GUIDE.
BELLEFONTK A SNOW SHOF
R. R.—Tlme-Tahle In effert on and after May !
Learea Snow Shoe 7.20 a. *.,arrirea In Bellefonle ,
9.10 A. M.
Uar-a Bellefonte 10.2'- a. K., arrlrcMi at Snow Shoe
''l.JaTeT snew Sboa 2.' f. n.,arrlea In Bellefonle
' telrea Bellefonle Ml T M . arrltea at Snow Shoe
.S7 r. *. DANIEL KHOADS,
Oeneral Snperlntend.nl.
BALD EAGLE VALLEY BAIL
ROAD—Time-Tahle. April 29. IN<>:
Kip. Mall. WMtwaan. aaarwaan. E*p. Mall |
a.a. e. w. r w. a. n ;
• 111 7 Irl Andre at Tyrone l..a>. ... 732 *a
f I AAN ...... Lenra Eaet Tyrone Lenre... 7 39 tSI
7in 6 M " Vail " —7 12 .Si j
7 *47 " Bald Eagle " ... 747 *O2 ,
744 Id " Fowler " -.7 M 9w
711 At " Hannah " —7V. 9 I t
7 3.1 24 " Port Matilda " ... 00 9la
727 (I 17 _.... " Martha " ... 407 9 J'.
7 |4 *on " Julian " * l*> 9 .11
7 9 117 ...... M I'naonrllla " . 421 •A* !
700 14* " Snow Shoe In " ... *B2 941
e.K 441 " Mlliwhnr* " —• 34 9<"
(I 44 435 ..._ " Bellefonle " ... 4 4.1 915 I
•31 121 " Mileel.urg " ... *sllO < *
•2* 111 ...... " Cnrtln M —9|lo 19
41* &10 " Mount Eagle " ... 9121" 21
n 9 f. 01 ...„ " Howard " ™92010 37 ;
all 440 .... " Koglerllle " ... 93410 49
AlO 441 " lte-rh l'reek " ... 94010 14
631 t33 - Mill Hall " ... 9MII l
429 430 " Flemlngton " ... 94711 20
421 421 " Uwk llaren " ...10 01 11 21
I JEN NSY L V A NIA B AILBO A I.
IT —'PhlUddphU *nd Kn* Di*Uioi.>—OH RD-'
feller 12, 1*77
WBBTWAKD.
F.KIF M AIL !#*▼• PhiU Mphl* 11 V. p n
44 ** llrrt)mr|.. H e. N .Nee 4 2ft • r*
44 •• WlUfaUMpYt 9 .Ift r m
•# 44 Lock lla**W ... 9 iO o.
44 M Rf4TO ... 10 && A fid I
" irrlti* *t F.rie 7 3ft p n ;
NIAOARA F.XPKKfL* \w I'hlUilrlphlß- 7 n |
• " H*rrllitir*. ... l' SO n |
M •• Williamaport. 1 Jf* p m i
" Rrr|T Rt VUnovo. 4 4 p rr
pn.iT JTI \>j thli train irriM ID
font* at ... 4 7ft p ■
FA?T LINE lrav#
•• lli'f i-Lnrf .1 .7ft pa '
•• " \% illUmp- rt 7 9f) pnt |
M irrlrn at l-nck llarn ... M ..... H . R 4" p rr
EAiTWARD.
PACIFIC EXPRESS !*▼* Lock llavn 4 40 an.
M M WiilUmaport... 7 6ft l m
M arrirMi at llirrULnrf...... 11 ftfta m
44 M PhiU'Ulphla.. 7 4ft p m
DAT EXPRE.SS laatc.
•• •• Loch llaran ... II 2iiam
** WlllUmaport 12 40 am
M arrlriat llirrtlijrf 4 1') p m
•• 44 -
ERIE MAIL \w Rcaov,, .V, p m
44 44 Lck 11avn.... m 9 4ft pr>
44 44 WilHamapoft.ll (4pa
44 arrltM at llirrkimrj. 2 4ft a m
** 44
FAST LINE M IHUmiport 12 .75 a m
44 arrirM at l|srrll.ir| .7 ft* a nri
44 44 PhllwLlphli 7.7 ft rr
Erl* Mall Waal. Nl**ara Wwf, Lock
Arooromodatlno WI aa4 Evprrm LL m*k
cla* corinactlona at NortlMmlnrlanl with L k B R
R train* for WMkrabarrc and Scranton.
ErJ- Mail Wcat. Niagara K* \ r**m W#at. and Eri
KipraM Want, and Lock llac*>n Accommodation Waal
maka doaa ronnactlon at Wllliamaport witn N C. R
W. train* north.
Er\m Mall Waal, Niagara Eipraaa Waat, and Da)
Eipraaa Eaa. maka rlnw connection at Ix>ck Haaar
With R. E V R R train*
Eric Mail Raat and Waat connact at Erla with train#
on L S 4 M. S R R.. at Corry with 0 C. I A. V R
It., at Fmporlnm with R. N. T. 4 P. R. R., an I a 4
Drift with A. V R R
Parlor car* wilt run Latwaan Philadelphia and
Willlamaport on Niacara Eipram Waat. Erla F.ipraw
Waat. Phltadalphla Eipraaa Enat and Day Etpraa
Eaat. and Snnday Eipraaa Raat Slaaplnf car* on al
nifht train* WM. A R*t.rwia.
Oan'l Snparintandant
i lIK ARD HOUB*.
VT CORNER CIIESTNCT AND NINTH STREETS,
pnnmnm.
Tbla hn*a in a city fa mad for It* com
fortalil* hot*l*. I* kapt In a*ary raapwf a)oal to am
flrwf rl**a hotalt In tha country Oalsf to the *trtn
fancy of tha timaa. tha prtca of board h • baan radncad
ta rnnvs BOLUIU par day. J M'KIRRIN.
Mantar
BUS II HOUSE,
BEI.I.ErONTa PA m
IB OPEN.
I 2*-3 m V P BITER*. Prej.ri.tor I
• —TTT
MOVFiVTo Ivonn atOparCt.
JUV *' LJ 1 BY TIIR MI'TCAL I.IFR INICE
ANCR 00. or NRW YORK, oe Brat m-rigege. nw
lmprTed farm prnperty. In an ma iw-1 la time W,f*
and not .treading one-third >d the preaent ealna of
the prnfierty. Any portion of the nrinrtpnl en he
paid off al any time, and II hea 1-mdt the rnalnm of Ota
tympany to permit the pri-rlp-lto remain aa U ae
the borrower wtehee, If the Internet la promptly paid
Apply to
CHARLES P. iIirRMAK. Attorn^-at-tow.
127 Conrt .tree! Reading. Pa.,
or to DAVID Z. KLIN R Oo,*e Appraleer.
2-H Itell.fonte Pa.
G ABM AX'S HOTEL,
Oppoalte Cowrt llouae, RKLLRPONTR. PA
TERM* t1.21 PER DAT.
A (0d Urery attached I-I
k ra dh I i
Pro/'enHitimtl Par tin.
HA. McKEE,
a ATTORNRY AT LAW.
42-lf Olßre oppwlte Court tlne.i, Bellefonle pa
-
LMiANK FIELDING,
I LAW AM COLLKiTION OPPIOK,
! t-LKAHPIKLD, PA.
\V A. MOB BISON,
4 ' • ATTOIt.N KY AT LAW
HKI.I.K.KONTK, PA
offlre In WiK>drlnr'alilnrk.op|Nwlt. theCuurl ll .u.e
i CuiiDiiltntiofi lo FiirIUII r ticiiimti. *j j )
| o. r. aLiltppta. r. w. HOWE*
1 LEX AN DEB k B0 WEB,
* ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IMlefuate. Pa , may tm con.ult.d 111 Eugllah ur fler
j m*n. Ofllc* in <inrtn*n*a Iluilditif. 1-jy
JkUK9 4. BttTKA. 4. WMLBT GKFIAIf.
OEAVKB k GEI'HABT,
* ' ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Offlie on Allegheny atreet, north of High Belle.
i fonie. Pa. .
I' ' *
Df. FOBTNEY,
a ATTORN RY-AT-I. AW.
IIKI.I.KtoNTE, PA.
Le.t d>r to the left In the Court llonee. 2-ly
lOHN BLAIB LINN,
#' ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BEI.I.EFHNTR. PA
•XBcn AIL gin i.) Street, over F *t of?) • jl
I L.SPAKGLEK,
*' * ATTORNEY-AT f.AW
BKLI.EPONTE i INI lit ml MY, PA
inl •ttciiiitM. to < 4>i|m iion*, prwrtt •4innii ihe
• ftjurt#, Connnlution* In Hwmmn • r h sll*h. 1-Iy
OS. KELLER,
• ATTOIk I *. * * I \w
, - on .% I it's l' 4 iy Nll emt *tdn of Lyon'*
•tore, Hellefnntr, | 4 J.J %
T H Mf'RR A r CTEI GOIDOH.
MURRAY A- CORDON.
ATTORNFVS IT I.AW
f'LEAKI IEI.D PA
Will nttend th* Uflkfonl# (!nnri* when
—Fk 444 i iit
r r C. IIII'PLE,
* a ATTORNEY tT I.AW.
IJK'K IIAYEN. PA.
| All Lt)*in"M promptly Attended b>. My
\\'M. P. MITCHELL,
* * PRAiTICAI. SI RVRTOR.
UK k HAVEN. PA.
Will attend to all w..rk In Clearfield, Centre and
Clinton eroihtlee.
otllre nppnatte |rk Harm National Bank 2ft-lj
\V c. HEINLE,
4 4 a ATTORNEY 'Tint
BEI.LRPONTR, PA.
Office in r.ynmd II urc, Appghei.t tred>t.
j ImcM 4ttd-r.fi. fi gitm f" the ra<Hectijn .f - Uirn*
All Ln*iiid-*e Rilpiulrt] !> pfoTiiptly 21-11
W. %. WALLA'B I I imt
\VALLACE k KREBS,
i 44 ATTORRP.TS AT I.AW
CLRARPIELD. PA
I Will attend and try rauaea at Bellefonle when epe
; U!'t r*tAiii-f j i ,
\\MLLIAM Mf< ULL()U(;H,
! 4 4 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Cl.Etßyit.l.D, PA.
AH bti*lnew promr tlv t 4 en<lce| t.a |.|y
nit. .I.\s. H. DOBBINS, M. I>..
PHYSICIAN ANI. SI; HO EON.
Olßre Allrghny St.. orer Eetgler . fa.„ c store
j *- ,f BP.I.I.EFONTR. PA.
nR. *L W. RHONE, Dentist, can
he found at hia offlre and reaidenre on North
aide of High atreet three d-e,re Uut of Alleghent
Bellefonle. Pa IK-ly
CANCER REMOVED,
WITHOUT KNIFE, End in ni.et
▼ * without twin Applv to
C. W. V FhMlFefl nrwletmrc. i
12—7 m* Centre f'KtiinW. Pn. '
iron
P A TRUE TONIC W
A PERFECT STRENQTHENER.A SURE REVIVER.
IRON HITTERS are highly recommended for all diea*c* re
quiring a certain ami efficient tonic ; especially Indigettion, Itytprpein, Inter
mUtrnt Fever a, Want nf Appetite, Lott of Strength, Ixiek of Energy, rtr. Knrichea
the blood, strengthens the muscles, and give* new life to the nerve*. They act
like A charm on the digestive organ*, removing all dyspeptic symptom*, such
a* Totting the Font, Baehing, Hunt in the Strmnrh, llentibum, rtr. Tile only
Iron Preparation tlutt will not blnckcn tlic tcctli or give
heartache. Hold by all druggist*. Write for the AII C Book, 32 pp. of
useful and amusing reading— sent free.
BROWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Mtl.
BITTERS
AGENTS WANTED
To toko anbarrlpllnaa for Ik*
INTERNATIONAL REVIEW,
tha taint anil M Atnf|rn publication, of Iko
logba.i rlnaa with original rootrlloillnna from tha
mm ralat.ratad nritara In rmi rouotr/. Rdltad by
J.I. Motaa, Jr., and llrtitj Cabot lol|r. gnnltamnn
of tha high, at attainment, and collar, and wham
nam** arc afcma aulktant ganraat/ ol Ika ralna of
tha Rktkw.
Alwa/a l.rl |M, raa labia and Inatroctlra; mamopolt
aq In iHarabtra. program! a In aolanca, tnaartarlan
In ral'gh-n and Indapandant In politico
Hrb a. Ail ranfa a aanlart (IWaiiar. A mmplata
Aganl'a Ontftt aanl on receipt of 11.00. A ipHana
cop/ aanl to aa/ addrwaa io> IS eanla.
A. 8. HARhr.lt A (V., PnMUbara,
111 A 118 William It, Haw Tort.
New A titer tint tut tils.
|HOP BITTER!??
(A .tletllrliif, iiuft it jlrtuk.)
P IIOPH, HK lir, MANDItAKIv,
IIAMIEI.ION,
I I A-. u Tiir l'ri-rnT ami Hr-T Mkihi-iMJi-ai.i-
UK* U lt ALL UIIIKU 1)11 I Kiln.
r rn i; v t uk i :
jI AH f>l*> tln-Hlumnpb, |torn* !*, IMood,
! B Liv r, KMn ts. uml I Miiurjf i'ign'is. v. r*
I B YUUniM'S-. pit *u *nii'l ajv lulljr
r t'liiftU* (Jon* plaint*.
SIOCO IN COLD. -<*3o?
I Win lw* pi Hi for A I :S| Iht'Jf Will not i
I L< Ip. or forrnyililng D pun or li.jwi, ..,
found lu tli' in.
j A t|c •r ■ p jfl '' • • • v
I 1> I ' Dan ibtiliitciinft irmtMlMrmre for
I I'l l. .al B
BLISS' AMERICAN WONDER PEA
Citri Early, Very D*#o 8 to IO Inchoe), Re
quire* no Buehlng. Ciquleite Flavor.
AcksiH|'d by all in l ihe iu and tl'M !'<-• rn*B.
1 i ■ for Mote, an Aftw M'torist stye : M Very t*r.j . prod or ilrs
an 1 !*■•!. q-I ii tot U■ sgrpaass-d."
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la • m*. | .-h,. | .v pktt, 1* cetu.
F>r t: uMvr IMS.
ino UFAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS,
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N HtfiM a
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IlllllUTirilntilll I'ill |
Battle Crook, Michigan,
MABCFACTrBKUA HF mi OKI.T uKKL'IFS
THRESHERS,
Traction and Plain Enginos
and Horso-Powors.
SMUM,M.ThrM.T Torlmrj I [(tlblllhMI
ta Use \% oHL i IB4R
A A VTA DC r ' "MbaaeinkfAwasfN/ Wri
< I I LRnO
- p " lAe
tread KurruaJy gtrem ua mil uar 9>lf
i AJM.POWn RET\IC %TO|{M v
C oMiplrlr *|rrtm Onl6fa-i/wtot .wowihin
Trarilnn r'.minracl Plain Kagiarc
*wr vvn in Uv Anter- An n.trkM
A m-UHoA* nt tp*'tat id iart.ww,fsh
t"T Ifl.blfMlK'r alth 7*.nif fee fm mafrv.
tiem e%m4 \ t 4 r!rv-tX>wl . f M T riKtknf*.
Four witrm ? Hqarsi: -* frTR 8 t. . I 2 bo no*
(tivnty. ft* f-iv <w /'■ r
Two at) Ira of " Moiiniril II r*r Prrvsfs
7CIAA AAA Prrl of Krlrrird I umhrr
f*4ietfTt y re han.f, fndn ohwh *v NtlM Uf ta.
cr nijtrb> trnr*|-wrh <-f toir morldftm
TRACTION ENGINES
eonuf H. 10, 13 llorar I'swrr. N*/
. ns Thrr.hrrnmn * Inrttnt W
u.l. me'.M... M^bllMTT.
UUvulbt. - ill In,- LMraa
NICHOLS, BHCPARD A CO.
Battle CtMk, Miosiaai*.
Brockebhoff HOUSE,
BKI.I.RFOSTX. PA.
W. R. TELLER, I'rojirietor.
fhriul Sample Room on SrronA floor,
•#-1f n.H IB .nil from nil Trnln. Spwial ral-n
V>lM#*M sod litfnft 1-1
/ liLMORI AOO n
" " I.** AXD COLLKCTIO* IIOtSR.
fi-J F WAAMIMOTON, I> C,
Maka CirtliKtno, Nr.lii. I .nan. and ■lien* In all
hnalnaaa r-.iß.1,d t.i h<-m I.ANu SCRIP,
AddllMial lliionita.il Rich to and I.AX l> ARIt ANTS
l|h! awl • M (k tf
ST. \ A Vlßit's ACADEMY,
NKAK LATHOBK, PA.,
"VTEARLY half a Century old, from
JL a rltß-h lha mo*l t>r< n.tii. Nt and rultlratn I om.n
la >nn laaoia lia.a gra.lnntnd, ußata nmat thnmugh
ataealMwil aRN and Rtaßont naaAittl f rnftntng In
•antna Pntrtla ada.lttad at an, tltoa. Iwl; -
pofan aUrtlt f-pai.
Addtraa, HIATPRA OP MRRCY,
M Pnaltj'a P. 0„ WaaUnoraland conolj-, Pa.
fi ' '
(Crntrt J3wotrat.
BEL LEFONTK, PA.
-A. O-HXC XT' L T "Xy Xt Xu.
NEWS, FAITH A Nil HU'iUEMTIONH.
TH T,t ur Till MATIONAL l Till I WlLLl
mix* ANB ,84.,i-*if or Tim iak>i:
b.rery farmer in hn annual erpenenee
Utecot•rrn numrthiny of value. Write it anil
nentl it to the "Agricultural hUlilor of the
PkMOCHAT, llelle'fontc, I'enn'a," that other
farmer* may have the benefit of if. f,et
communication* be timely, anil b>- mirr (hat
they nrr brief anil iretl pointed.
Nkvkr overload a young team nor
discourage it by a too heavy pull at
first starting ; nor start from a bad
place, if possible to avoid it.
If any of our readers have any
question with themselves as to the
propriety of planting forest trees, let
| them read the article in another col
| limn headed, "Where our Forests arc
i Going."
IT is not probable that any very
! great number of Centre county farm-
I crh will adopt either "steamed fodder"
or "ensilage" as their main reliance
' for winter feed nt u very early day,
| but, as the subject of "ensilage" is
attracting wide-spread attention, a
'comparison of the cost of the two
modes of feeding, which will be found
in another column, and which was
contributed to the Tribune by a Con
i neclicut farmer, will Is- found inU r
j eating reading.
IT will soon In.* time to have all
j ready for sowing in the garden the
seeds of vegetables that cannot end lire
heat, and that help to keep the cook
serving ns rather than the doctor, and
we know of no better place to secure
these seeds, fresh, pure and true to
name, than of 11. K. Hliss A* Sons,
whose advertisement will IK- found in
another column of this page. We
| have used seeds from this house for a
j number of years in succession, and
! have never yet is-en disappointed in
! them.
Wk arc in receipt, just as we send
; this to the printers, and too late for
! immediate examination, of a copy of
i'lie Country Gentleman, containing a
[ finely illustrated article descriptive of
the dairy barns and silos of Messrs.
■ Whitman A Hurrelt, of I.itUc Falls.
X. Y. We shall examine the report
when we have more leisure, ami speak
| further of it at a future time. The
same mail brings us Commissioner
f.e Due's preliminary report of the
Department of Agriculture, which
shall also receive attention at an
early date.
Where Our Fomt* are Ooine
'*torn tb* *Uti..)
To make shoe |wgs enough foi
American use consumes anntislli
100,000 cords of tiinlier, and to make
our lucifer matches, 300,000 cubic
feet of the liest pine arc required
every year. Lasts and boot-trees take
600,000 cords of hi rob, bmh, and
maple, ami tiic handles of tools 500,-
000 more. The baking of our bricks
consumes 2,000,000 cords of wocsl, or
what would cover with forest about
50,000 acres of land. Telegraph polea
alrearly up represent 800,000 trees,
nnd their annual repair consumes
alsmt 300,000 more. The tics of our
railroads consume annually thirty
years' growth of 75,000 acres, and to
fence all our railroads would cost
#45,000,000, with a yearly expendi
ture of #15,000,000 for repairs.
These arc some of the ways in which
American forests arc going. There
nre others; our packing lioxes, for
instance, coat, in 1874, #12,000,000,
while the timber used each year in
making wagons ami agricultural im
plements is valued at more than
#100,000,000.
The Possibilities of American Wheat
Speaking of our gigantic crops of
wheat, the American Miller remarks
that few (icople, even in our own
country, realize how inexhaustible
our resources arc fur wheat growing.
The total area of lands available for
wheat culture in the United States is
not less than 470,000,000 acres. Our
entire wheat crop of the past year,
phenomenal though it was, would not
supply seed enough to sow so vast an
area of wheat land.
Tiik N. Y. Tribune, in answer to a
question, says that 123 pounds of the
corn fodder must be given to supply
the same nutriment as 100 pounds of
hay wonld contain. This may lie
considered as a fair approximate
statement of the relative value of the
two fodders, basis I on thoir chemical
composition; as to statements of
relative value baaed on experiment or
experience, they are exceedingly
scarce, while there ia an abundance
of testimony to the effect that corn
fodder le very valuable for winter
fending.
Sheep ;w Renovators of Worn-out Farm*.
llt/ti In fli# Triton*
1 might Hay in very few words that
there in no method of restoring over
cropped land, HO good an turning it
into sheep pasture, and using the
manure the sheep make during the
winters for the poorer parts of the
land. ISut a letter referred to me by
the Agricultural Editor—from "New
England Hoy," Augusta, Me.—de
mands more of detail. My first ad
vice to him is to procure "The Prac
tical Shepherd," by the Hon. Mem v
S. Randall, by lar the best book over
written on the whole sheep matter;
every man who intends to keep fifty
sheep should have a copy. [Sent
postpaid to any address by the Pub
lisher of the Tribune on receipt of
price, $2. Ed. | Hut as to the pai tic-
I ular ease Is-fore rue—a farm of 100
j acres, well watered by a running
| stream, having two flelds t one of fifty
j acres, the other of twenty-three; soil
"light, loaruy and sandy." Thetwen
i ty-three acre field formerly produced
] forty tons of hay, but now only nine
| tons. Nothing is said of buildings,
; but there is cash on hand, SI,OOO. 1
j condense his questions into one:
"What is to be done ?"
Somehow, restore the fertility of
! the meadow of twenty-three acres,
by purchasing some of the commer
cial manures which neighboring farm
j ers have tested and found useful on
I like soils; or apply barnyard manure,
lif it can be had. You want the liny
| crop to winter your sheep; buying
feed for winter is unsafe: it should
I mostly !>c produced on the farm.
This is a goo<l rule to go by, but
tbere are very special cases where
| food may be Irought profitably. Some
1 seasons hay is very costly ; some
: seasons it is very cheap. A farmer
| raising stock of any kind will pay
; but little attention to these variations
hi selling price, but go steadily for
ward, turning his home-grown hay
I into animal products, and making ail
i the manure he can, to Is- used in
! producing more hay and gra*. "Will
a flock of 100 sheep do well when
; running in the same pasture?" Yes,
| if there is grass enough to feed them
| well. This old notion of small fl >ck,
j as necessary to health, in pastures.
, is not so prevalent as it was once.
; Merino sheep are especially hardy,
i are kept in large flocks, and do well,
j The larger breeds arc not so good
gatherers of fowl on short pastures.
1 and require Is-tter fetal. In winter
the si/.c of flocks is more irej|xirlnnt,
i because the strong have at that M ason
; u>o much advantage over the wt ah
■ and feeble in the small inclosiiris
i necessary in cold climates.
Some years ago we constructed a
sheep barn eighty fet t long and twen
ty wide, having a basement eight feet
high, and on top of that a frame
sixteen feet high. This gave us room
for hay enough (with the other forage
we had) to winter our 20(1 Merinos.
This basement was diviihd by bar
racks into four part*. In front of
each of these rooms were yards fifty
feet deep and twenty feet wide, hav
ing pure water that came from a
iwiilsiock and was discharged into
large iron kettles, such as Milt and
| potash makers use. These four yards
i communicate by gates hung next the
i building. At the coming of winter
j we graded our sheep, putting sa\
forty large and strong ones into one
j apartment; in the next, forty five, or
thereabouts, of the next grade s to
strength ; and so on, grading until in
lite last apartment we would have
fifty-five or sixty of the poorest of
the flock. Troughs for feeding grains
were nailed against the partition
fences. Thus our 20(1 sheep were in
: one flock in four grades. During the
winter it will hapjien that changes
j must be made from time to time, by
taking sheep that have either out*
! grown or have fallen Is-low their fel
j lows, and placing them in apartments
I Irettvr adapted to their changed con-
I dition.
1 know of no better plan than this
for wintering steep in places where
severe winters prevail. This sheep
barn may not. Ire exactly adapted to
every case, but it will indicate the
leading points to be kept in view—
first, the big sheep cannot run over
the smaller; second, warm, dry sheds,
that can be entirely closed in severe
weather, save food and promote com
fort; third, fresh and pure air and
water, combined with the other ad
vantages, insure good health to the
sheep. Plenty of straw, or some
other bedding, is quite im|M>rtant for
the manufacture of such manure.
The manure should lo removed from
the shed at least once during the
winter; oftener is still better. Draw
it at. once to the field and spread it
on the |ioorcr parts of the land. Per
haps the snows of Maine may be too
deep to make this winter application
of manure advisable. Each ease must
be a law unto itself in this regard.
The question of the breed to lie se
lected will bo best settled by inquiry
of farmers who have had experience.'
on like lands, in like climate. Hut in
this vicinity I would advise some of
the larger mutton-producing kinds,
CotswoTds or South Downs or crosses.
But this point demands careful study.
About the only tiling of which 1 feel
justified in s|*eaking positively is the
importance of starling with good ani
mals of their kind, with good pedi
grcea, but, much more urqxuunt,
good aa can lie bad when judged of
aa individuals.
It Is not easy to believe that judi
! clous management in the case of the
100-acre Maine farm will fail to bring
it up to its greatest fertility, and
during all the time produce a reason
table profit to the owner; certainly,
sheep farming is l>e*i adapted to
accomplish this end. I have confined
myself mostly in the foregoing re
marks to the question* put to me,
and it is proper to add that "mixed
farming 'generally proves more profit
able than one branch, pushing that
to the utmost. With the raising of
sheep, grain crops that will furnish
straw or stalks, to help winter the
sheep, w ill be found judicious gener
ally in the older States. If the farm
r an be made to produce all the feci
necessary to make the most out of
the sheep, ami to furnish bedding in
cold weather, the manure pile will
grow larger every year, and crops Is*
correspondingly increased.
Steamed Fodder vs. Erieilage.
As st, many are now "running
wild over "ensilage," and as I)r.
Daily has, jn tin; M<iA*nchtin ll* I'lotujh
mon, given the cost per day of feeding
with ensilage to IK* "for a cow yield
ing 2.1 !ls. of milk |H-r day J*l 1-7
I cents," allow me to give the cost of
fettling "steamed fodder," based upon
icpeutcd trials and weighings during
a |>eriod of twenty consecutive years
—made for our own information, not
for tlit? papers. We have in our barn
tin' equivalent of ,10 cows antl they
consume |>cr day:
■ lb 1 hajr talur-.J at fW j—t toft II Y,
l it, <,f ha) *lnM at fj& ,w-r h & | ),
.•••• lb ft Hiwtalita thliihl at ||<i |*f t<, u .... 1 (at
•> lb ■ It ;*<! tilt-*) at f-• |wf loft ; ,
• •*! prr ti .) (of *\ rows C| | ;
( *•' dmf U' I fow „ ' ' w
ith this ration young cattle ami
dry cows gain in flesh very rapidly,
and are in good health with vigor of
constitution unimpaired. The milch
cows will also give 2.1 lb. of milk per
day, but as we are not satisfied with
so small a yield we feed bushel of
roots and 2 quarts of cornmeal to
•aeli cow and obtain from 40 to 50
lbs. of milk from each cow that has
calved during the winter. The eoxt
of 40 lbs. of milk will !<e;
I ! MMUIIMi twl'lrf 4V|
I r nabel turt/tp* ; m
►f 'i f Dm a I
T 7T17
• >l,-T 1 ~nM .r t 11.
The cost of preparing the fodder
requires the labor of four men three
hours—to attend the fire and engine,
cut. w< t and place in the steam-chest
sulfident material for four davs' feed
ing. Two rnen feed the heard in 1.1
minutes—3o minutes |s.-r day. Cost
of attendance |*-r day, hours, at
10 cents |s r hour, 35 cents. Thin
work is done in the winter when we
have an abundance of labor at will,
instead of during the fall months
when lalxir is very scarce.
A Brace of Paragraphs for Gardeners.
One of the gravest errors into
which the uninitiated often fall is the
great ami needless hurry with which
they commit their seed to the ground,
Ix-forc the warmth of spring itas kill
's! all traces of frost therein. In
Irosty soil the germ of ail half-hard y
and lender seed* will necessarily per
i isli; do not, therefore, sow your seeds
Ufore the periods named above; a
, few weeks later in sowing seed than
the regular period will not in any
manner ratanl the full development
of the srcdling, while a few day*
sooner might lose you the entire
sowing by an unlookcd for cold s|>ell.
So do not he deceived by a few fair
daj sin early spring into risking your
seed through entirely needless haste
in sowing them.
While it would appear that com
mon sense teaches even the most un
knowing not to place small seed a
Imlf inch or nn inch beneath the sur
face, there are many who do this very
tiling, and then, with refreshing igno
rance, wonder why their seed do not
grow ; tlie cause is plainly attributed
to tlie* fiiet that the germ of a small
seed Is ing, in itselr, naturally small
nml delicate, is unable to force itself
through such a mass of soil, and
must, consequently, perish.
Why Good Water, and Plenty of It, is
Needed by Stock.
J fl ill Vltins} rket
When we consider that all food to
be assimilated by the animal system
must be in the form of liquids, and
that at least 70 to 7,1 per cent, of the
whole animal is water, we shall see
that to IK- healthy, contented and
thrifty, a full suppiy of water is as
essential to all farm stock as good
food. Especially is this the case in
Winter when their main suppiy ia
dry food, and it is doubly important
if wc have not an abundance of some
green fowl such as swedes, mangels
or carrots. However rich and nutri
tious the food, we must have water as
the solvent and agent for introducing
it into the system.
Value of Beets as s Stock Crop.
00. r P C'.ftK in Trts*i
I am satisfied, from personal expe
rience in growing beets for stock
purposes, that this can be done at no
more cost thsn that of a crop of corn.
The beets will not exhaust the soil
equal to the corn, but will rather
lend to improve its condition; espe
peclally if the land be lightly manur
ed and a sprinkle of salt and potash
be occasionally worked in.
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