trillion, Mr Far lane (' Co., liarthcare lhaferx.
HARDWARE!
WILSON, McFARLANK & CO.
DKALERS IN
STOVES,RANGES? HEATERS.
7 i
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
IBTTIIIIDIEIRJS' HARDWARE.
AI.I.KOIIK.N Y BTRKKT, .... HUMES' BLOCK, .... HKI.I.KKONTE, I'A.
Jl am i ne.** Ca rdx.
HARNESS MANUFACTORY
In (btrntaua New lllock,
RKLLKFONTP.. I'A 1-ly
1? P. BLAIR,
X • JEWELER,
WATCHKfI, CLOCKS, JEWELRY, kC.
AU wrk neatly executed. On Allegheny street,
on 1' r Hr> kwkofl ROOM. Wf
DEALERS IN PURE DRUGS ONLY.
5 | ZELLER A SON, a
c ♦ ' • UHCtIOIHTS.
2 • % No A. Hrockerhoff Ilow. 2
3 i All the Standard Patent Medicine# Pre-
x licriptlonn and Family Recipes accurately *-
50 ' prepared. Truem-a, Shoulder Braces, Ac.. Ac. _j
r*; 4,r , 8
I oris DOLL,
M.J FASHION A BLR BXT A SIIOKMAKKR,
brtK kei hoff How, Allegheny at reel,
Helh font*. Pa
c. no MM, Praat. J. r M satis. Cash'r.
T?IRST NATIONAL BANK OF
X BEI.LEYONTE, . ,
AU.Rh.ny tr*t, Bnllflfont., Pa.
/CENTRE COUNTY BANKING
L COMPANY.
R*cl*
And Allow Intxrrat,
Bisfnuut Not*.;
Buy nnd S.II
Oov. pwnrlliM.
Oold nd Coupon..
Jiau A. BtA.ta, Prixldrnl.
J. D. BHCBIAT.Ca.hIer. *-•'
TRAVELER S GUIDE.
BELLEFONTKA SNOW SHOE
H. R.—Time-Table In effect on and after May
1, HM*>:
Leaves Snow Shot 7.20 A. m.,arrives In Ballalbnl#
9.10 A. N.
Leave# 11.
II SI * M.
Leavea Bnew Bhoa 2.0 p.m..arrives in Bellsfents
I 10 r *.
Leave# Bellefonte 5.1 A r *. arrives at Snow Shoe
8.57 r. n. DANIEL itlloAD*,
General Superintendent.
OAIIO EAGLE VALLEY It A IL-
I> K<>AD.—Tim*-TaW, April I -
E*j\ Mall, westward. EAATWARD. E.p MAII
A. w. f *■ ► • "
A lo 7 i.J Andy at Trn L*a..... 7 •! *44
. A II K.*t Tyroo. !.•■*<•... 7 79 E .14
7 M • M " Vail " ... : * ' M
7Vi 847 " Bold Par I. " ... 747 903
74. • '.4 - r->wl.r " ... 711 i ft
711 it .'.I ... 11 Hannah M ... 754 9 1.1
7 14 Blb Port Matilda '• ... ml l
7J7 17 ...... " Martha " ... aO7 9 4*.
7 .. IN ...... " Julian " ... hl4 9 >1
7 9 A -7 " I'nionvllla " ... a4l 9 *9
7 <•' 64* " 1n... M.< In " ... * .74 944
0> . 4* ...... " MHrsburg " ... 9 14 94s
48 4MI ..... " B-ll.ft.ata " _* 41 947
SBS 24 '• Milaalmrg " ... *MIO t#
6 A'. 511 '• Curttn " ~ 9 <" 1 l
111 I|u " Mount EerlE " ... 9131n
B 9 .1 01 •• Howard " #! 10 31
SV. 4SO Bbrl'TUls " ... 93*10 49
SSo 444 " Bwh Hwk " ... 40in M
634 431 " Mill Hall " ... 94411 I*
S?J 4 .10 Klrmfnutna ... 94711 3
624 474 ...... " L.*k lla.n •• ™lO 01 II 34
|>EN NS YLV A NIA RAILROAD.
X —/Philadelphia and Eri* Dlrl.lro.y—On and
after Dwcember U, 1*77 :
WIHTWAKD.
FHIF MAIL leaves Philadelphia...- . 11 Mpm
M " llarri#l uri.................. 4 21am
" *' Williamaport • •3A a m
M ** Lock llavea... M 9 t< l * m
M M Ranv..... 10 55 a ®
•• arrives at Rri#.. M ... 7 Mpm
NIAGARA EXPRRM l#wves PhlUfMpkia. t2n a m
M llarrisburg ... 10 .V) an
** •• H illiamiport. 2 '.* p m
" arrives at Re novo. 4 lopn
rasMnferv by this train arrivs in Itell>
fonte at 4 Vi p m
FABT LINK leavM Philadelphia. 11 4i a m
M •• Harrisbttrx 33A p m
M •• William#cert. 780 p m
M arrives at Lock Haven I ftp n
EASTWARD.
PACIFir KXPRFB9 leaves Lock Havsa.— 4 40 am
M 44 Willismsport... ? (Asa
M arvlves at llarrisbnrif...... 11 Via in
- M Philadelphia.... S4Ap ■
DAY RXPREAB Isaves Renovo 10 10 a m
•• ** I k llaven 11 20im
i " M Willlamsport 12 40 am
M arrives at 115rti5hnrir............ 4 1 p m
** Philadelphia. 7 20pm
KRIE MAIL leaves Renovo * 3A p rn
" " Lock llaran 9 4't p rri
" *• Williamapnrt II "S p m
" nrrlraa at tlarrtatiur.. ! Uim
• " Pblladatphia 700 m
PAST LINK lt Williamapnrt IJMm
" nrrlraa t llarrtalmrf. 3 Mam
•' " Philadelphia 7M a
Krla Mall Waal, Niagara Ktpraa* Waal, Lock llaran
Afommndallon Waal and Day Kxpra— Kaat. maka
eloaa ennnaettona at Horthamhnrltuid with L A 11. R
K tralna for Wllkaabnrra and Scrwnton
Kria Malt Waal. Niaarara Kipraaa Waal, and Krla
Kipraaa Waal, and lawk llaran Areommodatlnn Wait,
maka rloaa rnnsarUon at Wllllamapart with .1. C. K
W. iralna north.
Krla Mall Waal, Niagara Kipraaa Waat, and Day
Kipraaa Kaat. maka rloaa ronnarllon at lawk llaran
Will. H K V. It R. tralna
Rrla Mall Rat and Waat mnnar-t at Krla with tralna
on L. IIM.t R R. at Corry with O C A A V R
R . at Kraportnm with R. ft. T. A P. R. K.. an I at
Itrlftwond with A. V R R
Parlor rare will rnn hatwaaa Phlladalphla and
Willlamapr.rt on Nlaaara Kipraaa Waat. Krla Kipraaa
Waat, Phlladalphla Kipraaa Kaat and Day Ripraw
Kaai, and Rnnday Kipraaa Kaat. Flaapina tarn on all
■lirht tralna. W. A. Rtinwii,
flan'l Sqparintandaot
i 11RARD HOUBR.
VI CORRKR CIIKSTftt'T AND JCIICTII STRKKTB,
rmnrktirwu.
i Thi h#o# prom in# tit In • rlty fm#d for It* mm
- fr>rt*M# | k#pt In #r#ry r#p#<t to any
irvt *!*"■ In th* country. OW|R| loth# atrtn
miry uf th# (ImM. th# prir# of butrrl h
(• THRU MU4U p*r itajr. J. M'KIHHIN,
lAl* Hnn*r
MOV FY To L 0,, , i< >r (t
iT|C7.7 II I nr Ttlf: Ml'TtlAL 1,1 PK INSI'R
ANCK CXI or NEW ToRK, on Aral mrtsn, on
brtnifnl ftrn property. In Mm nt l#n than iB.'iOO.
ui't not nrpMliiig on# third of *b# pr#arnt tain# of
fl# property. Any fnrthm of th# prlrl| l rwn
paid off t Ry tlm#. f*S it h* h##it th# rnatorp ..f th#
fongßny to th# priHpt •* fofltnln •• lon® *•
th™pfrrow vliliM, If tl* lnt#r#t i promptly paid.
Apply to
riIARFM P. KlimMAJf. Afom#y-n Inw.
f'J7 Court •Ifrrt. R#ftdlijr. IV,
or to DAVID 7.. KUHR Co.' ARiritlPvr,
9a|| Ha 1 I r a, a p „
f lAKMAN'S HOTIL.
\I Dppn.ll. Coort llooaa, DKC.I.KFONTR, PA.
> TKRMR $1.2& PKR DAT.
A Rood Mtry aiUrb#d. 1-1
For Sale.
A FARM containing Filty Acres,
and harlnr tharaon ara, i, ,| , TWo-aTOKY
PKAMK till 1,1)1 Mi and .nt htilldlnza. Tllla ..**l.
Inquire of A. i, A T. R ORIKSf.
>-tf OtUonrllla, Crntra county, H.
i
I'rof'e.Hxional Canlx.
HA. McK EE,
• ATTOKNKY AT I.AW
42-tf Oftlrr epponitr Court lloiuk', Ilcllt-fi ntc, Pa.
17RANK FIELDING,
I LAW AND COLLECTION OPPICB,
I'M; l I.KARHKLD, PA.
\\T A. MORRISON,
V a ATTOHNKY.AT I.AIY.
IIKI.LKPONTK. PA ,
OlTlrt' in Wm.lrinß'. Blvrk,<>p|..lt. lb. Court llniiw.
OoMttlMlo, la BmUalt orOaraa*. n-i; '
C. t. ALIItMDIA. r. M. nowxa.
1 LEX AN I)E It k BO WE It,
1 * ATTOKNKYH AT LAW,
IL-Ilefunte, Ps , may le consulted in English or tier
man. Ofll> e in (iai man's Huildinit. 1-1 y
JAMES A. SEWER. J, WtSLIT OKPMAKV. I
HEAVER A OETHART,
ATTOK.NKVB AT LAW.
omra on All.'Rh.ny tr.t, n'.rth of Ilißh. 10.11..
font*. Pa. ,-ly
nF. FORTNEY,
a ATTOKN KT-AT-LA V,
UKI.I.KHiNTP., PA
La.t dnr to the l#wft in the Cuiart Howes. 2-ly '
lOIIN BLAIR LINN,
ft ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IIKLI.KYONTE. PA.
Ofß'-* All.Rh.ny Btr**t. o**r
I L. SPANGLER,
'lt ATTORN RYATLAW,
lIKLLP.PONTK CENTRE (irLNTY. PA
B[>*rial atlantloß to I'ollr. Ilont; prartir.w In all th*
Court.; Consultation. In d.rmati or K Rltah. 11;
I \ S. KELLER.
I "• ATTORNIY AT LAW,
t>ffi e -n Btrset N'Uth side of Lyr.n'a
M n p. • | .•.Pa, i-iy
T M. nrSKAT. rvat f ooktK>w.
MURRAY V GOKDON,
ATTORNKYr AT I.AW,
t lKAltHri.il PA
H ill a* tend th* Belief inte Courts when spe^ tally
employed. I ly
r r c. IIIPPLK,
1 . Arr.'P.NKi IT I.Aw.
19 K II A\ L.V. PA.
All bnslnese promptly stfende| to. 1 ly
IX7M. P. MITCHELL,
V V ph V' n< a l -I i;\ k y
19* h HAY EN. P* .
Will attend to all w rk In llenrfleid. Centre sndl
i Clinton mi ties.
office op|MMite Lxk llaven National Bank. 2<>-1y
W C. HEINLE,
V a ATTORNEY \T LAW
BKI.I.KPONTE, TA
Oflk# in Onnrad llnnse, Ali-gh*nv streri.
9pet ill sttentiAf) given t" the c||ertion of clslm*
All hnsinew# attendeti pn nij tly 21-1/
I t.vtuui t t Ears*.
WALLACE A KITKITS,
W v ATTORNKI -NTi |f
ci.karfield pa
Will attend and try causes at Belief.. nte when #pe
I dally retained. 1 Iy
XX7ILLIAM McCULLOUGH,
v* ATVOBNRY-ATLAW,
CI.EARriKLD, PA.
All bn.ln.aa prom|>lly atl*nd.d to My
I NR. JAS. H. DOBBINB, M. n..
1 " PHTHICIAN ANI 81 RflEoN.
Ofks Alleghenv At., over 7.eiglr Irrug Htnfe.
MKLLKFONTK. PA.
DR. J. W. RHONE, Dentist, can
be found at his office and residence on Nnh
tide of High street three d.w.r* Fast of Allegheny,
IMlefonte, Pa. Dk-1/
CANCEIt REMOVED,
WITHOUT KNIFE, and in most
v V rases without pain. Applv to
C. W p Fl.**ll VCR. IV.*ULtirg.
12-.tm # Cer.fr/. CnatMl. I>a
IRON
A TRUE TONIC ™|
A PERFECT STRENOTHENER.A SURE REVIVER.
IRON miTKHS are highly recommended for nil disease*.
quiring u rertain nn<i efficient tonic* ; especially Indiymliim, Ihtftrjvnn, Inlrr
miltrnl /'Vnrra, WnnJ of AfrptliU, I/Of* of Strrnyth, Jyfi of F.nrnjy, fir. Knrichm
the lilcmml, atrrngthplia the niMnclcw, and gi vrn new lift- In the ncrtn. They Ret
like a rharm on the digewtive organn, removing all tlyaneplie rynipComa, melt
nil TViVinr/ Mr Fond, JftirJiiny, llrnl in ihr Strmnrh, Ifmriotim, fir. The* Only
Iron I'rrpnrntion that will not blacken tlic tcctli or give
headache. Slid by all <lmgj;i*t*. Write for tlie AII C Book, 32 j>|. of
useful and amusing reading— vnt frrr.
IJItOWN CHEMICAL. CO., Baltimore, Md.
BITTERS
A G E NTH W A NTE I)
To Ink* —UcfiyHflW f*f !••
INTKKNATION\ I HEVIKW,
the ltl nfl ln>l American pntilicnllon, .f the
bitlieef rlaaa. otlh original nmtrllrtitlone from the
mint rtWmM mini In mry montrr. Kdllerl hp
J T Mritw. Jr, an-l Henrjr label Ml>, iraUnn*
•( lb* bljlinl attalnaienta and eatlure, and No
iwmn an- aknw anMrlent gnatantp of llto ralna of
the Rltil*.
Alware Irttht, rradalile and I net roc tiro; memopntl
aa In II leraittr*, prngreaadee In eelenre, nn tartar lan
In million. and Independent In pnllttca,
PrV*. v>cntee numlnr; fii.tlia tear, A rmnnleta
tpa'i Ontftt tent on rrrdol of II On. A (pacinian
COOT lent In any addraaa fur 1A rente.
Y A. BARHU * 00- Puldlaham,
Ul A tU William St., Man Torfc.
) *
Aril' .1 ilrri'tlxrmriifx.'
I Hop B.ttora. Wwa.o I Hoi) B. I
W If yo*i arm young artd H sutferliig from sv In- I
! I n.-l"or""tiißh.. 'o'l.l' or I .outitr. .oil if t".m I
■ iM.tr It. ilili ■•! lanitul.li Wlnu on LrU of auik- ■
El {... i. ly on Hopgßittors. ■
I \viio*.*r you .<*. fPA 11,... .aw|.dl an- ■
I Wlt.mnr you I'll Tl p'lo.'t.rVldn'wJ U
I thut %•• I r Bi' <in Jm. j form or K>(l nc y ■
■ 5d. x ch Jr. ■ • ■ ■
H liir or .tlmulal lll|t, f, , I l ■
I rm Hopßlttors
Bittera. £
p/"'" kir'ii*& D. I. C.
r ,f '
p..j J HOP I:,:;,;;.::;,;,:;:
IIAK'
lr vru are sivn UIMLIIU| ~v
r:i.-.,i," V.';;j | NEVER
■ ay• your 5 PA I I I '■•rTT'
tiio.lt lias lAILI "en to.,
I saved hun-U I M*rliler, k. T.
dreds. V *\ • ■ --t
BLISS'AMERICAN WONDER PEA
Catra Early. Vary Dw.n O to IO InoKaa . Ra
qulraa no Bushing. Biqulaito Flavor.
AcknowiMfed hv all t<> te the hot bi4 earlkwt pen rrows.
► 4iUr#of tniffkin Affr 4itfiot *ji : " Vttj earl/, |SY4artlvs
ast |m4; <|9)lif M te te 9Brt>s*d. '
X4ITIOV Ihrfe lo •' >'f rr. In the m.rV't r.lleX
•' Vmert- #l< a uo4"-f " BEtiS U* Bl.i get ll.e o|,ulf.r I. aa A tnef •
F*l WneW. tlWftt ON' far ll t>h Fiej |hilf".
rm Om ' • mk til paskaffs, ro cnuj t.ut. si cents.
•jnvt |l J*K. •* l*4#!. |ai |I4.
i)r havatty khert, gi'ln* f '' fvrt4#alsm, atsiled fr*s. *•
TOO RFAUTIFUL ILLUSTRATIONS,
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Battle Croek, Michigan,
VJM'VACTfKERf OF THE OKI.* (•EISUIWM
Traction and Plain Engines
nnd Hornc-Pcwors.
Ifoet C sijl t<- TkusDr i *riorj * Cstfhlkhed
■ if,. M I 1840
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e. r Ike - l".y NtJ.ef a 'r vrk't
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capacity. f<" *"e te A- ■*>
tw. t>w 'f•• V Ml.lf . II Pwe fWer.
7,500.000 '•" - I.TTSIS
(vwisladLv nsi La*i J, fr : wh. h i i * Use tu
rvvniiwrsb 1 *- v #1
TRACTION ENGINES V
fffi9 7*'',atefvM'.?- I- r-S ./ •,.)* I'^Jl
F.rwrr. rod 1 hrr.t.rrmrn ar Inrttod M
Oi.mu ,!.. th,. Thrwhttur M. htnorT-
Curuiar. t,t a l ir*M
NICHOLS. SHEPARD A CO.
• u** mi eh I** "
( tENTHAL HOTEL,
V.J (f>p|o#ite the Rallr'sd station.l
MfLKBIH'RO. CKNTHK COI'NTT, PA.
A. A. KOHLBKCKKK, Proprinlor.
TIIROITiff TRA YFI.KH* "O the rattmnd will find
thi# Hotel sn exrsHent to luurl,. nr pr mre s
men I ss A 1.1 TRAIN* stop afoul 25 minute*. 47
1/ J I L.MOIIE A CO.,
" ■ Law Alb COLLECTION 1101 AE.
WD V W,mnv(ir(m, I). C.
Mko ( . In.n*. N' j tinf" UtMUfl to nil
hnftifi"**. r..i,n.i t„ thm I#%MII f^Rtr,
A.tcHM' W5.1 II HigM* and !ANi W A I! It* XT*
tlOKfhf hl M. |A If
ST. XAVIER H ACADEMY,
nf.au latkork. pa.,
NEARLY half a Oontury old, from
Mrh Ih. nnt prontnrui .1.l 1 nltlral. I w/vm.n
111 l'nii,lal liar. ( r„,lu.t.-l m.t lhrtr(h
r<lm ati>nal |it* ami M.haal afamtarO of r*flt.l( In
llnmeaa Piu.ll. wlnlilvd *1 any lima. Y-arly an
pan.* ationl IWM.
AH.Jr.aa, MATERS OP MERCY,
AO Haiti y 'a p, 0., Wi-tiaaoratanH m.noty, ft,
- i/D: ' ' - - _
Uhc ffitnlic jUrowttni
RKLLKFO.NTK, 1* A.
i ii.anictTLTvr.iLij.
NKWH, FAC'TH AND HtVIOKHTIONH.
rilf. TMt Of TUK NITIOSAL wrt.Mk* In Till IMIELU'
Every fttrmrr in fun annual erprrtenee
din&tvern nomething of mine. Write it and
end if t'> ftir 14 Afjrirulfurtit /\ditnr of the
' I)KM"< HAT, Jle.tlefontr. J'enn'a, ttint other
farmer* may hare the benefit of it [ t cl
i comma meat u,n* be timely % ami L< nur> (hut
j they are brief and well y in ted.
—:
Tliousm<l Dollar Compost Hcapß.
J rorrf|Mii<lrtir4f of <h Ttll'un*
Kacli succeeding year I nrn more
i tlmn ever before convince! of the
I great value of my heap* of compost
j inaiiureH. They are made about as
follows: In the spring when the
l teams are hauling from the city,
j every load of very coarse manure is
J thrown into a heap separate from the
j other and finer manures, to commence
' the compost heap for the following
, year. This is continued through the
j entire season. As soon as the grow.
, ing season opens, we liegin to gather
i refuse from the grounds. If it con
tains anything of value for the pigs,
• j and sometimes when it does not, it is
thrown into the different hog pens,
some six or seven of them, and is
worked over there, and then is haul* d
out and thrown into the compost
I heap. Potato tops, squash vines,
cabbage stumps, etc., are usually ear
. ried direct to the heap. \\ e also get
1 during the year many loads of fish
! refuse from the dealers in the city.
; This is of course possible only in the
! neighborhood of large bodies of
' water.
We also get the sweepings of the
streets of the city. We do not allow
weeds to grow, and in fact they do
not grow as they do in many places
that I visit; still in spite of our
j efforts to keep them entirely down, a
j want of help at the proper time, or
j some other causes, will give thern a
| chance to get a start, and the result
|is that we have more or less weeds
, for the compost heap. Still do not
imagine that I recommend growing
weeds for this purpose. I much pre
fer not to have them grow; but if
they wdl grow in spit,- of us. put
them to the lust possible use. As
. the In ap grows and the sunnier
come* on it will In at. and if not < <red
for It will be Vt rv seriously damaged
in value. To prevent tbis wo usually
j make the heap near water, and when
it gets so hot as to Is-gin to dr\ and
! burn, as it surely will if left alone,
we put on sufficient water to cool it
■ off, lieiug careful not to put on so
j much as to drain it.
It is sometimes difficult to judge of
j the quantity of water nccessarv, and
i it is well to dig one or tnore boles by
; the side of it. and in case the water
: does drain from it., dip it up and
tlirow it back on the heap. Kvcn if
it is *,me distance to water it will
pay well to haul it with a team rather
' than suffer the heap to Ik* at all neg
' Icetcd. We also have a slop pail
some rods from the house. All the
| slops and refuse of the house is
j thrown into a trough which carries it
to a pit containing fine, dry street
manure, or, if nothing else, the pit is
cleaned out and contents hauled to
the heap. In the winter the slop*
run out and freeze, on the top of the
heap, where it w ill thaw in the spring,
and add its full value to the heap. I
have a number of loads of this kind
of ice on one of my heaps to-day,
I and more will lie added very soon.
In the fall, when cool weather
j comes on, we have the entire heap
• worked over, and heap it up about
five or six feet high, tifU-en or twenty
feet in width, and as long as materials
will allow. Leave it about level on
the top. We never have sufficient
rain here In the winter to do it any
linrm. It will fr>eze but little— |ier
haps none at all during the winter.
Karly in spring, before the busy sea
son eomes on, commence at one end
of the heap and work it all over
thoroughly. It ia now in splendid
condition for use. It is surprising
how large an amount can be gathered
together in tbi* manner during the
year. I have two heaps now lying
upon my ground that contain at least
lot) cools. What arc they worth 7 I
do not know, hut I would not take
SI,OOO for them. They have not cost
me that, but it I should part with
thern I could not |io**ilily get stable
manure to replace them, and should
not know what else to get that 1
could rely upon.
Pouibilitiea of Culture.
ClsTtw|KiiidK f Am<-rt<-*n Furmrr
In practical culture we must adapt
our crops to the soil, if we would
grow the greatest possible average,
and then manage those crops skill
fully—here we have mvrh to learn.
' Undoubtedly there is away to doe
tor a soil of known poverty cheaply,
so a* to produce greatly Increased
crops. This is a study for all who
cultivate (arms which have been long
under culture ; the solution is not the
easiest, but still within the bounds ol
possibility. Ways and means have I
l>een frequently pointed out where It j
has been done, and what has leen
done may be improved upon. The
kind of sets!, or the variety, ha* a
large influence on the amount of the
product—if we breed stock we natu-
rally select from the best improved
► breeds, and seek by every known* and
some unknown mentis to improve
thereon—so we should manage, with
all our planting ami sowing or seed
used. II we plant a variety which
only yields one ear of corn to two
stalks we do not obtain us many
bushels as we do if wy use seed where
two ears ure grown on one stjdk. and I
here is where one of the greatest fail- !
) bigs of eiiltivators lies the selection j
P and saving seed after it is grown, j
" Hut it cannot he grown, in the first i
' 1 place, unless there is especial pains !
' taken to improve on general prae- j
llces.
Shading the Soil.
llfllfV lin Iti It;. Tr I'tlDC.
'I lie good effect of covering the
, i soil, either by shade or moleh, is often i
l iso marked as to be apparent even to I
the casual observer. In the ease of
, | surface manuring it is questionable 1
I which is of most service, the enrich
ment derived from the manure or its
, | mulching effect, for in many in-1
. stances by merely spreading over the
, Held old straw, or other course litter
■; containing very little fertilizing mate- !
rial, the improvement shown in the
r grass or clover or grain from such
protection will lie even greater than
where fine manure was used. One lias
' only to trace this question back to
find that for all time this has been
the principal treatment which nature
I has given in managing soils, and that
( under this treatment soils have always
improved, although continually grow
ing immense crops of timberor grass,
L being fiotli mulched and enriched by
1 an annual covering of leaves or grass
—also with a mantle of snow in
higher latitudes, w here more covering
,• is needed—which tends to keep the
soil in a light, friable and moist con
dition.
.Man cannot attain to a truer
science of agriculture than that which
, nature will teach him if he will but
look and learn, and if he has by bad
( management, or through ignorance
, of her laws, allowed his fields to dc
i tcrioratc even to barrenness, lie ran
find no easier or truer way of restor
, mg them to a healthy condition than
to cover with a green crop, such as
t clover or rye or buckwheat; enrich
| ing the land by the mulch which auch
, av gelahlc grow th affords, and liv
the .'hix! .Nt of vegetable matt <r gi\ en
' the SIM| by the gfMMI growth pioUgi -
ed under fs-fore maturity : and even
I our tillage f.o a growing crop is only
j an aiufii'inl way of k<<|iing the *oil 1
in . pnq • r condition for plant grow th,
( who'll nature wdl do even better for
I liei product* of the soil by suitably
covering or mulching instead. We
often luar of polntm-* growing well
t without cultivation, simplv by cover
ing the soil when planted with a few
f inches of old straw. The official re-
I port of the Kansas potato crop last
year wn that all those that were
mulched yielded much the best.
I In Ihecourseof my farm manage
r ment, I have met with some very de-
I cided results in favor of shading the
soil. A ten acre lot, which had be
come so poor that I found I must do
I something to help restore it, was
, seeded very liberally to the large
kind of clover; this after a fine catch
grew thick and rank until it was
about fifreen inches high, when the
t wind and rain of a thunder shower
| laid it all fiat to the ground ; hut it
very soon made a strong new upward
, growth of about two feci before rut- ,
: ling, but when cut I found the huts
of clover which lay horizontal since
being east were black and shiny, and
the surface of the ground was black.
After taking this crop, which was
between three and four tons to the
, acre, the ground was plonghed, cov
ered with manure, and sowed to
wheat, which yielded the following
year thirty-six bushels per acre, and
has produced well ever since. An
other very gratify ing result of this
o|eration was the complete smother
ing and eradicating of an acre of
j Canada thistles which had persisted
in occupying the middle of the field i
in spite of all former tillage; these,
grow ing with the clover, ami all being
lodged together, the clover grew
again so much the quicker as to com
pleU ly block and kill out the this
tles, and they have not made an ap
pearance there since. At another
j time I allowed n twenty-five acre field
of clover to stand without either feed
j ing or cutting ofi; this gave a fair ,
| result, though not so much of an
I improvement as I had hoped for.
Hungarian Grass.
A quick growing plant is required
I for the production of a second crop
updn the early rye or other stubble,
and this is well supplied in the Hun
' garinn grass. If the season is worn
' and the moisture sufficient, with a
rich soil, a large crop of this valuable 1
I fodder may be procured in from six :
Ito eight week*. About one bushel of
{ seed is required jter sere, to lie sown j
I broadcast and slightly harrowed in
From the rapidity of its growth, the
| Hungarian grass may lie safely sown
I as late as July : but the best results i
may lie expected when sown as early
aa June. Sown at intervals of a j
week or so, It will give a succession
| of excellent succulent green fodder,
: and that when other green food Is
often scarce. The plant, when al
lowed to ripen fully, has a head bear
ing a multitude of hard, sharp bria- <
ties or awns, which are irritating to i
the stomach, especially those of
horses which liavc; fed abundantly
upon it. Trouble from these can l>c
avoided by cutting the crop as soon
as the bead is formed, and at tbe
same time a better fodder in all re- '
h|eotH iii obtained. Its excellence as
| a soiling crop i, only equaled by its
value lor fodder ivlien cured in bay.
A few acres of Hungarian grass on
any farm is a good index of thought
ful and profitable farming.
Corn Culture on a Large Scale.
W I C'humU rUth to (' it'fry (>i hi!.
Kns. Coi *i ruv hi Mt.KMAN—There
is somclbing exhilarating in Illinois
farming. I recently passed through
the State once more, only to open my
j eyes, as always before. We entered
i the State on the Indianapolis, I)eca
lur A Springfield railway, and imle
| due west to Springfield. It is cum
j paratively a m w portion of the State,
i and tbe land, as soon as you cross
| the line from Indiana, censes to l>e
• woodland and becomes prairie. It is
; almost a dead level for miles and
miles, and i judge nearly 80 per
cent, is in corn. At every station
long corn cribs extend for many rods
along the road, full, to the very roof,
or piled up high without a roof. The
corn crop is a short one this year in
Illinois (!), but to judge from the
; corn cribs,one would say that Joseph
| had been there during seven plente
j ous yeais, storing corn for seven
years of famine. And so, by the
1 time we reached the Inter-State Con
vention, we were ready to pardon any
l Illinoisian for boasting of the re
sources of his adopted State. We
didn't have to wait long. 'I he presi
denloflbe Pennsylvania Agricultural
College was so indiscreet as to inti
mate; that there was better corn in
Chester and other eastern counties of
his own Stale than he had seen in
Illinois, and that the Illinois farmers
would soon need scientific men to fell
wtiat elements their soil lacked, anil
what were becoming exhausted, and
how to restore them. Col. William
I Smith, a mem tier of the Illinois
Isiard, and an extensive land owner,
took np the gauntlet, and, in a very
funny speech, annihilated the poor
president, who sat good-naturedly,
laughing with the rest. He told him
lie had come in a bad year—a year of
severe drought ami therefore he
couldn't judge; that h< could show
him Illinois bo. 1 tint h:, 1 Imrri" big
corn b>r l.' 0 consecutive years: that
l-lie Lord in b ' ie Him.- - m,iJ so
i rich Hi 11 fan r didn't have to iet a
chemist to U il what aile<l it, or break
their backs forking manur- . And so
on a! ■ . I >r d-nat .ied
brag, commend rue to an Illinois
"big'" f.rrm r. who has made his pile
<>n two or thr.-e tlc isand nr-r< - of
land at per rcre, and tie n won
ders tin v don't get rich faster in
Kastern Pennsylvania on a hundred
acres of land at a iiuudred dollars an
i acre!
A Ft w S*.v .. '• I'ar.vgraj'i.s.
Kwes after laiuhitig should lie al
lowed rest , quiet and the best of feed.
If any of the ewes do not seem to
give milk enough for their lamlis scj>-
aratc them from the rest, and give
them oatmeal gruel, roots, bran slop,
and if possible rowen.
It is said that Northern clovcrsced,
raised in Vermont, blossoms aliout
the time of timothy and redtop.
Northern clovcrsced from Northern
New York and further West bios-
I sotns two or three weeks earlier than
1 these grasses, and Southern clover
; seed still earlier than tbe Northern
New York. In sowing cloversced
with the late grasses it would lie best
to obtain Vermont cloverseed, and to
sow with tbe earlier grasses Western
I seed.
Sutton's British "Amateur's Guide
I in Horticulture" for 1881 speaks in
high terms of the advance made of
late in garden products, especially in
(Kitatoes, peas ami melons. The re
duced prevalence of scrofula and
scurvy is attributed to a freer use of
good vegetables. The foremost im
provement cited is the American
Wonder jea. which is said to be a
delicious wrinkled variety, early, yet
(waring pods as large ami as numer
ous, on vines only ten inches high, as
those produced by the Champion of
Kngland.
It is better to transplant pears,
j peaches, cherries and plums in the
' spring than in tbe tall.
Asa rule, the sir.e of the seed will
indicate the depth to plant it, starting
with the smallest at one-half of an
inch, such as celery, parsnips, etc.,
while peas and beans may lie put one
and a half inches deep.
Mr. ST-m,i\ ax KU.r.RETii, Man
! cheater, Me., gives this simple plan
for preserving butler made in the
I lluslt season till the price improves<
"After it is churned, properly Work
ed, and snltcd, pack in stone jars to
within an inch or two of the top; then
lay on a cloth and fill tbe Jar with
best butter salt; place the jar iu a
. clean flour ham-l. having previously
put four inches of salt in the bottom.
Then fill up with salt, so as to cover
the top of the jar to the depth of six
or eight inches. Place the barrel in
a cool cellar. The butter not only
cornea out sweet, hut preserves ail the
aroma for which June butter is fam
ous, and tastes as if just churned,"