H| Wilson, MeFarlttne f Co., Ilnrtlirtire Itetilers.
I HARDWARE!
B WILSOIST, McFAIiLANE & CO.
■ DEALERS IN
I STOVES,RANGES HEATERS.
Bj _ ALSO
P Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
B —AND
■ HAHDWABB.
B ALLKJHKNY BTRKKT, .... HUMES'BLOCK, .... BELLBFONTE, PA.
It unities* Curtis.
HA RNESS MANUFACT(>uv
in llnrtiiitn'a Nnw |th*-k,
UKLLKFONTK. PA. . 1-1>
1/ I>. BLAIR,
I 1 . JEWRI.KR,
WATCH IS, Ctorgl, JIWCUtT. AC.
All wnrk mwtlv .xwuted. On Allegheny elreot,
nn.l. r llr.ckcrliofl Hnee. 4-tt
DEALERS IN I'UUK DRUGS ONLY.
5 I ZELLKUA SON, a
g el, uuiiiiii.trs.
No li. Itr k-rh fT flow. £
C All the Standard PaMit Mwli tur* IT- <
•.-nptioni and Family IL ■ * acuratvly *
X Thrmeee. ShouWer Urecra, Ac., A'. j
K 4-tf 7
I OUISJRH.L,
J j J*IUoN.\IILE R<b">T A SHOE*! AK EH,
Brurkcrhoff Kow, Allegheny etreet,
j.|y BtlMonl*. P.
C. IICHie, Proa't. J. r. H4UM.I. i'nall'l.
IMRST NATIONAL HANK OF
1 HKLLKFONTK,
Allegheny Street. Bellcfonte, P. *-
/'IENTRE COUNTY HANKING
V COMPANY.
* D"p"*it*
And Allow InlprMt,
DIICODOI Note*:
JJuy and Sll
Gov. SacuriU**,
Gold nod Coupon*.
JA M m \ Drivx*. Prmldeot.
if
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
BK LLE FO Nr 1: A- SNOW SI 10E
R. R.—Time-Table in cOV< t on and after March
I, lH>t
Leaves Snow Shoe 5.3) * x..arrive In Bt-lI"fonto
7.21 . M.
L*av.- IMlefoste 9.12 A. x., Arrive. At Snow Sho*
11.25 . x
Leavca Snow Sho 230 r.x.,arrlv*a In R-llrfontc
4.2 D V. X.
Leave. Rellefout* 1.4.". r X..arrive, at Snow Sho
7.2S r x S. S. BLAIR, tlen'l Superintendent.
pALD EAGLE VALLEY BAIL-
J[ B lli)AD.—Time-Table, April 1--":
Lcr Mail. WfATWAAD. AAAIWAAD. Evp. Mail
A. x. p. w. rx. * w
* In 7 ni Arrive at Tvrone t,*ev*..... 7 33 a 41
.3d V, Leave Ea.t Tyrone l.eava... 7 39 1 '.J
7 H # M " VAII " ... 742 * fot
7 U R47 " Bald EARIA " ... 747 IP.'
74- i. 3d " fowler " .. 752 'J
742 fi ..t " Hannah " ... 7 V. 913
7 ■ • " P'Tt Matilda " ... Icm 9lp
727 Al7 " Mtrtlia " ... ID7 97.
7l* 6 iat •• Julian " —* IS 032
7 9 .1 7 " t'nionvllle " ... 1. 1 9 '
7 1.1 A4- " Snow Shoe In " ... .32 9 4".
It '4 5 4.1 " Ml.wl.urß " 1.. 134 94*
41 .1 3A " It lb-font# " ... 43 o .17
ft s; 6as '• Mileal.urg " ... 1 .14 to •
It it slt •< fnrttn " ... 9latlo 19
8 H .1 In " Mount Eagle " ... 9121n 2S
/. 9 S 111 " Howard " -.9 ) 10 37
6BS 4 .V) .... " Keglrvllle " ... 93119 49
550 445 Bee. h rraek " ... 940 in M
834 133 " Mill Hall " ... Vt4 II 19
829 430 " flemiinrtoA " ... 9 7.7 II 29
625 425 " leek Haven " ...10 nl 11 it
I PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
JL —(PUilndlf.hL% and Kri* Dirinion.) —On and
•ftrr Dv puHmt 1-, H77 :
W*TWARD.
ERIK MAILWtp* Phi!*.hl|hi* 11 '.'.jtm
" M Harri*lory..w. > 4 ■* m
M " Wiii<unp<rt t—S m
M M lean k l|V*t|... 9 40 %t*
" " IliwiTo... 10 5(5 e m
? " rrlM nf F.rl*. 7 V> p m
NIAGARA KXPRKSa* 1-ere* Philedelplile 7 ... * m
" " li4rrtl>urf.. . l't .Vi m
44 *• V\ illurnj-rt. • 'JO pra
44 erTiTAdi *t IU!•▼• 4 4" p m
l.y th'* (rein erT.t* in lu-lle
font.- at I Vi p rw
I'A3T LIN K PhihuMpbi*. 11 4 rn
44 44 IfarrU! urar T p m
44 44 Willituißwirt 7
44 errivo* *t I/* k
K A*T W A RI.
PACIFK* EXPREJ*. 4 * lTr k IUtH e 40 m
44 M il!UijM,rt... TV. • m
44 mlTNiit Ihrrisl.iirK 11 Vt * m
44 Phild#iphie.... .1 4A p m
IAY F.XPRItfR Uevo,
44 laorli !lav*n .......... II 3nm
44 44 M Hliarn*port......... 12 40 a m
44 arrltra at Harrl*Lnrf 4 lopm
44 44 Philadelphia. 720 p m
ERIK MAIL l<ve Reanvn k 3A p m
44 Irk llaven H f > p m
44 44 William •port U rifi p m
44 arrive* at llArrteLnrg. 2 4.1 a m
44 i 44 Philadelphia 700 a m
FAftT LINK learea Willianip*rt 12 34 a m
44 arrive* at II rril irf R h* a rn
44 44 Philadelphia 7HAa ra
Erie Mail Weal, Niagara P.xpre# Weat, l*>rk llavea
Weal, and l>ay F.xprea Rat, mak*
rloae ronnertion* at Northomt>erland with L. A B. R
R. train* for Wilkrarr and fL-ranton.
Krle Mail Meat. Niagara Kxpr.-aa Weat, and Krle
Espreaa M .at. and I.irk Ila*en Arr*,mm.-Uti'.r, Weat,
maka rlnae ronnertion at Williamapr>rt with N. C. R
W. train* north.
Erie Mail Weat, Niagara Etpreaa Weat, and Day
F.tpree* Ei*. make rime ronnertion at Ixxk llaren
With B f. V. It K train*.
Eri" Mail Ea*t and Wmt rnnnert at Erie with train*
no L M A M S R R.. at Corry with 0. 0. A A V. R
R.. at F.mporifim with B. N. Y. A P. R. R., an I at
Driftwood with A V R R
Parlor rarv w|)l run t>tweevi Philadelphia and
Wilt!amport on Nla4rara Espreaa Weat. Erie Etpre*
Weat, Philadelphia Etpreaa Ea and Day Expreae
Eaat.and Monday Exprea* Ikwit Bleeping rar* on all
night train*. Ww. A R*lmiv.
Gen'l Ffiperintendent.
ITIKAKD HOUSE,
\ J CORNER CHESTNUT AND NINTH STREETS,
mumrr-M.
Thli hmw> prominent In A tUy famed for lt com
fortAhle hotel,, ta kept In everjr roapert e.jnal to nn,
flrat elaee hotel. In the 'oontrjr Owing In tha atrln
% gwnrj of the tlnaaa, the pvi< eof board h , la-en reduced
letHAkatwilAMpef day. J. M KIMDIV,
I*l' Mana.r.
MOXRY To Loan ut6 per ('t.
lUV '' lJ 1 BT THE MUTUAL LIFE INSUR
ANCE CO. Of NEW YOBR. on flr.t mnafga,., on
Improve.) farm property. In anma not Irm than fe.iajf),
and not ,|rwlln| one-third of the preaenl value of
tha property. Any portion of tha principal can be
paid off at any lime, and It hae t-een the riHtnm of tha
ovn|Mny to permit the pri -clpal | remain aa long aa
a the borrower wlahwa, If tha Inlereat 11 promptly paid.
W Apply lo i
CHARLES r. SHERMAN. Attorney at-law.
421 Court .treat, Reading. IV,
or It DAVID Z. KLINE, Co.Appraiser,
S-tf MMataH
CARMAN'S HOTEL,
vj Oppnalte Court Ifotiaa. RELLEEONTK, PA.
TERMS SI PER DAT.
A good Ltrery attached. 1-1
For Hale.
A FARM containing Filty Acres,
and having thermal erected a TWO-STOUT
FRAME HI.ILDING and eat Liil-dlng*. Till* good.
Inquire ot A. 2. I I t ORIBST.
*•" Dnlonrllle, Centre county, Pa
/'roj'essionul f 'urtls.
MA. -McKEi:,
e ATTORNEY AT LAW . f
12-tf tl®c opposite Court III.I -. Ih llt-r. nle, l't '
FIELDING, 4
LAW AND COLLECTION fif PICE,
' | 12-1 y CLEARFIELD, PA.
\\r A. MORRISON, 1
▼ ▼ • ATTDItNKVATI.iW,
IU.LU.FONTK. I*A.
Offl-* in Wtwdrliic 4 ni<i k. tUeCuurf II > -■ *
Coo*u 1 letiuu in Kugliah tr tiertnau "1) 4
I
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1 LKXANDEII k KOWEII,
1 \ ATTORNKYM AT I.AW,
R'llpfoH'p. I*t . may rtitiaultrd in Kngltnh of Gsr
RMUI* OBce ti i ) ,
Jiwrs A. tit tvin. j MfAi.tr or. MULT. A
I >EAVER A GEI'HART,
I > ATTORN 1 T8 )T LAW.
Ottice no Alirghnny strevt, north of High, llfll- |
fbate, !•■%
nF. FOUTNKV, i
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, -
DKLLKKLNTB. PA ti
Im*f door to th* left in tli" Court llotur. .IT ■
♦ I
JOHN BLAIR LINN,
. • *1 ATTORim A1 I AW,
RKI.I EFONTE. l't
Office Htr—t, over p.-at Office. il-1)
J L. SPANGLER,
* I e ATTORN RT AT LAW,
RRLLEFoNTK. CENTRE t'Ol MV, PA
Bperial attention IA fNdl'H'ti' ii*. j rw tl< <* In all the
4 f'diurt*; C"f)*ultation* in Gertnan <-r V. gllh. My
ns. KELLER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW/
* Offie on Allegheny Btrrvt N- nth •n'.*? - f I)
, •tore.Bellefonle.Pe. , 1-ly
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A. B BARNES A Ory., PuhHtdient,
111 * 113 trilliea., Mew Turk.
Sew Aftrertlsewrnls.
'The Il'tiraat and 11 -f Mt'dlrlnt* t'l'T Hiulp.
Aculnililnatlon of Hops, Buchu, SSirn"
dtukle '' Onndollon.-rl'b alltni la -t and
ninit olurilive prr-fwrtie* of ell otlter ra,
in.uce*\thegr*'aiA t Blood Purlflr t Liver
RoBU <t,ul IJf" and 11-lUlli utg
Aa' l ul vortli.
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Tie; clrtsswUXfo st jfeS :1 liira."
Tonllwhiwe o WtupbtyiiH ul". . - Irro-ularl
ti oftbubowt l...rX' ■
■I in n't Appetin
II .phltl i.an iuti\ ol'l' without into*-
loatlnß. aiawaSL
lihrvkfetj .t r/m.- or lymylMM
, 14 - '.if
tar* Don 4 !waituntUyou *W'* *4ek IMII if > ■
onljr fcadtmtl jr mi*. t ajl- .W ,in ' thrio t oih-o.
It :n;*y w • y.nir lift- It intaM 4 '* ve t| hiidrMla
SSOO W U I- l-ild ftrracal " h.-y w|!| not
rira • r help. I> n..t aufr r m o "' * your frieiwla
•uffer.lmt uneaixt urge tln Ui •* Hop B
Hemeuitier ll f Hitter* i* <lriif^.-|
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Br'. < ay lw|
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Extm Early, Vary Dwarf (B to IO fnehea', R
quires no Cuohlng. Eiqulaito Flavor*
Aakrxtw -tgM hy all U UP the *• *lid asiict lea grewn.
f .p...-Mran Ar A*.:url*t ssai :•• %"ctjearly, poitectiv*
ahd qualtiy n t u b* •ur|-a**el."
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Battlo Crook, Michigan,
MtsciMCTungJut or ntr. o*t.r uxxctxa
THRESHERS
Traction and Plain Englnos
and Horso-Powors.
Meet Cwmelrfc Thrchcr I'mrtmy > EgtnbllsHed
la the AA arid. 1 1040
00 YEARS
WAa management, 1 •** <Ti. . "Anrk A. p" (A
■ ' ' trwad Mtirrat'jr jir.t cea au <mr
-4 ' ■ c^i'
VTPtM.PfHYm ar>d
4 *mpli It ki urn Oatflte
Ttip" Trnrilon I nglnt *• 4 Ptnln l.t.kin *
erer weN*T, m lb- Amenctan njirkrl
A Rpf'Wwf/ nf tyit si-f fini i iamfi
f'VlW.Ugftbrra ti l - ~*inr ta#-rr.
fit— etm.f mt'erinl' f)'< dr*Wrt;-<1 <f \A '**' r ' a**lW
Four *v* of fr n. 0 t.. 12 borao
caiaritT. f nr 'wi o* *f r- *•*
Two wt> kw ng " kl'iuntml ' It r* Power* I
7,500.000 ' 1 --tx
:.?a*if • r-rr h*r<f. fr--tn which t Lut't tbrj ia
crAnfa.-al > wtad-w-rk "f our DMvillrm
TRACTION ENGINES
.•Cfr. Mof rtm.f f fl/te.'ryrf |*Jf/
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Pnrmrra r.nd Tkrr.ti.rmrß -* tnrttert M
Inv-mtiviit, th. Thr-aMtur Mmlnnerr.
Ckr ..Ur- arnt fr- A'idrrmß
NICHOLS, BHEPARD A CO.
Bo tile Creuk, Mlohtian
pßMTßAL HOTEL,
V - 'Opp.m|te th* miirrm-l ll*ti n.)
MILKSBt R'l. CP.NTBE COUNTY. PA
A. A. Kttii I.itKCK Kit, Proprietor.
THROUGH TRAVELERS on the ralicmd uill fin!
ttil. II t*l en •Br*ll*it |3gr* |* lue-h. -t *
maal u Al.l. TRAINS .1 P khmit 2.4 n,inut*a. 47
! fIILMORE A CO.,
4 ' LAW AND COI.LKCTIO* IIOUS
| 129 F Sißtrr, WAMHNUTWN. *
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A'l'tf f t'-nal If Wight. and LAS I t?l
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10 p. 0 *wZ!i** ° r MKHCT
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u. lie Ccnlvr flrmotv.it
BKLLEKONTB, PA.
1
NKWH, KA<TH AND HUOOKHTIONH.
In all your gardening remember
thut a very important consideration
I in all seed sowing is to HOW or plant
1 when the soil is frehly turned ; and
another equally important one is to
| "linn'' the soil about the seed, by
; tramping it with the feet, or patting
! it with the back of a spade.
In selecting stable manure for gnr
| den use, it in best from stables where
sawdust has been used for bedding,
i It has an excellent mechanical eliVet
upon the soil, and particularly if it
be of the clay character to be found
;in some parts of our county. It is
not best, however, to have the pro
portion of sawdust too. great.
Do you propose sowing your clov
er-seed in the "good old way?" or
w ill you waif until the ground has
settled, and it is in good condition
for sowing or planting some of the
larger and hardier seeds, then harrow
, the wheat well, and sow the clover
seed imiii'ili'ilcfy behind the harrow f
Suppose you try a portion of if this
way.
Keim ok as far as you can the
amount of fencing upon your farm,
and put that which is necessary to
keep up iri good substantial order,
fences at best are dead capital, a
great and constantly recurring ex
pense. In this connection think over
the subject of soiling. Perhaps its
partial adoption would aid in reducing
the number of division fences requir
ed. We are not sure tbat fifty, eighty
or even, in some coses, a hundred
rods of portable fence would not be i
a good investment on most farms,
liy its ue a very large proportion ot
permanent internal f uces could !>•■
dispensed with.
In the matter of ensilage there is
many a doubting Thomas.— Tribnw
Count us as one of them. Mind
you, we do not condemn; only doubt;
j —"open to conviction," so to speak. I
Hy the way. we learn that the agri
cultural department of the State
'
College has under consideration the j
j subject of making a thorough and
scientific experiment, during the com
ing season, to test the actual practical
value of ensilage. We should be glad j
to have the report confirmed. As to
the possibility of saving feeding crops I
by 'bis method there in now 110 doubt. j
i and tbat the fodder thus cured is j
eatable hundreds of cattle throughout
the country have given abundant
proof. What we want to know is.
how does it "pan out" in dollars and
I cents? Numbers of farmers will j
adopt the system when it is shown
to "pay"—not many can afford to
decide this for themselves, even
though they had the necessary exact
, knowledge. The College jieople have
the facilities and scientific knowledge
needed to so conduct a test experi- J
| mcnt that this question of "profit and
l loss" shall lc satisfactorily and con
j clu sirely answered. Hon would it
I do for a number of the wealthy farm
ers Af the State to lear a portion of
the ex|xmso, by contributing rnodcr
ate amounts toward it? It will be
much cheaper and easier to get the
information this way than for each
one to undertake it for himself. In
the meantime we counsel our farmer
readers to |x>sscss their souls in pa
tience. This is one of the periodica)
"Harrys" in farming that will safely
endure n great amount of waiting. IT
the so-called "system" be all that its
most enthusiastic advocates claim fo
it, the farmer who is now "in
prime" can well afford to po
its adoption for half a dec -
and then have plenty o f .. * ,° P
. , , . time left in
* Inch to accumulate - .
solace and comfo
years. We rer * * hi# < lcc,,nl "g
clown once "*** haV<n hcard tt
that "t ' " Hia,{€ lhe rcmark
on , A* plrw to have a boil Is
other follow," and wc pro-
apply the principle to "ensi
'lgc." It hi possible that after
"some other fellow" has incurred the
expense *nd trouble of settling its
pfhOtfcAPvalue by actual experiment,
we shall discover that we have no
good place to build a alio. When so
thoroughly good a farmer as Wm.
Crwrier says "ensilage is not a safe
food," and so competent a critic as
Col. Curtis endorses him, the ordi
nary farmer can afford to wait until
they are proven to be wrong.
A Farmer's Views or. Tobacco Culture.
An old farmer, who has been in
the business many years in the South,
informs us that nothing will ruin
land so surely and completely as the
cultivation of tobacco. It anps the
soil of all substance, and leaves it, in
a few years, entirely worn out—good
for nothing. He says he has seen
acres of fertile land, which would
grow anything, reduced to a stale of
utter wortlilessness in three years'
time—so barren, in fact, that idack
eyed beans wound not sprout in the
soil. Then, too, the price paid for
the best leaf tobacco nt this day is
trilling compared with the expense of
raising, and will not lx-gin to pay for
the damage sustained by the land.
I There are quite a number of farmers
in this county who are intending to
embark in tobacco culture next sea
son, and for their benefit we publish
our fanner friend's views on the sub
ject, believing them to be worthy of
careful consideration, as experience
i is the only true teacher.— BeUefonU
/{•//uLfioin.
We regret that statements and ad.
vice sr. prejudicial to the real inter
ests of our farming community as
the above should be promulgated by
any of our contemporaries. It is
true thut our fie nds of the Ji'rpubli
c,"i err on the safe and cautious side
of the question, hut even this error
may, so fir as it obtains credence
among our farmers, tend greatly to
retard their progress. While it is
| true that even the best land may be
exhausted by tobacco, it is no more
true of this than of any other staple
, crop, and it is by no means necessary
tbat it should be so. We have not
| the least doubt that tobacco, grown
upon the same ground year after year
without prop r fertilization, would
eventually render the land incapable
of producing a pat ing crop of tobacco
l or anything clm*. Hut every farmer
in Centre county worthy the name of
farmer knows this to be quite as true
|of any other crop. In fact, wc know
of originally "fertile land," within a
mile of where wc w rite, which has
i, , ,
been "reduced to a slate of utter
wortlilessness" by just such careless
farming, and yet never a stalk of
tobacco was raised upon it. Tradi
tion has it tbat the only crops ever
; grown upon it were buckwheat and
' potatoes, alternately, but we think
the lirjriillican would scarcely de
nounce these crops as soil-destroying
1 iu the wholesale manner it lias to
! bacco. The fact is that jioor farmer*
cannot successfully grow tobacco,
and (joo-l fanners never—unless for
some s|ocial reason—grow any one
\ crop in unbroken succession upon the
*ame ground. The requirements of
Wobacco in the matter of labor are
I such tbat but few, if any, farmers will
j find it possible, to devote a large
I proportion of their acreage to it.
. From one to three acres is probably
i a* much as the average farmer could
j well manage, and, although in direct
| opposition to the teachings of our
contemporary, wc venture the asser
tion that by the regular system of
rotation which every good farmer
observe, with the intelligent and
liberal manuring required and jusli.
i lied by nny quick growing and luxu
riant. crop, three acres may l>o made
to yield a profit double that of any
other like number on the farm, and
at the same time be left in a higher
and lietter condition than before the
tobaccft was grown upon them. We
know that iu Virgiuia, and other
tobacco growing State*, "acres of
fertile land have been reduced to a
state of utter wortlilessness" by the
long-continued growing of tobacco;
but this 'iiust be the result of sloven- j
fy farming— not of the necessarily
cx ' ,a 'jiUve nature of the crop. A
m ,n may cut bis hand, and cri|plc
aimsclf for life by the careless use of
! a mowing machine, but that is no
reason the machine should be con
demned as unfit to cut grass with.
It is quite possible tb&t the wide
spread attention the tobacco crop is
now receiving may result in over
production, and in time run prices
down to an unprofitable point, aiul
wc would not advise any one, partic
ularly those who arc inexperienced,
to embark largely in its culture. Ilut
we do adviac every farmer in Centre
county, who ia so situated that he
can conveniently do so, to make a
trial of from one-half to three acres,
snd shall, from time to time, during
the season, publish In the DRMOCBAT
such Information snd instruction in
regard to its culture as may be appli
cable to the season. The articles al
ready published, treating of the seed
i bed, are the best yet produocd upon
the subject, ami will be followed, at
the proper time, by others from the
same experienced pen.
C'OUN is a gross feeder and tacit
lit'lc danger of applying too much
manure; but it is a good rule to
plant no more than you can manure,
aud cultivate that well.
Now that the planting and sowing
season is almost here, [n rrnit us to
. say once more yen "muo'. '>'■ f't'ji ireful
in i/tf . election of y,ur nil. Plant
none but the best, even if you have
to pay double price for it. Test it in
advance, and knot' just what propor
tion of it will grow, undci fuvorablo
circumstances.
WE saw a seventy-eight days oil
I lamb put on the scales this morning,
April .1, and bring them down at
forty-nine and one-half pound.*, and
in the flock from which he was taken
there were a half dozen or more kit
that will average from thirty to
| thirty-five pounds eacln This will do
, for "spring lauib," but with a six
inch coat of snow on the ground, an I
the mercury marking 20 J ,tl pro*
.'* J .
poets for "green peas to gc w.th ;t
are not particulaily brilliant.
i
Seven Pomta in Milk Betting,
A correspondent of the Tr'ln
asks lor advice as to the best method
of setting milk for the cream to rise,
and what "creamer,"among the many
advertised, would prove the best.
To these questions Prof. 1.. B. Ar
nold makes answer as follows
Among the many excellent modes
for raking cream. I would not like to
sav which is best, if indeed anyone i
Ix-st under all circumstances. It will
sulliee to state a few general princi
ples and let each one decidf for him
self. 1. To make the finest flavored
and longest-keeping butter the cream
must undergo a ripening process by
exposure to the oxygen of the air
hit* it isfW't. This i* best done
while it is rising. The ripening in
very tardy when the temperature in
low. 2. After cream becomes sour,
the more ripening the more it depre
ciates. The sooner it is tin n skim
med and churned the better, but ..
should not be eh .rmd wink- too new.
The best time fur skimming ami
churning i* just IxTore acidity be
comes apparent. Cream ruakttv
Is tler butu-r to rise in cold air tliaa
to rise in cold water, but it will rise
sooner in cold water, and the mi.k
will keep sweet longer, i. The deej>-
er milk is set the less ailing the
cream gets while rising. f>. The
depth of setting should vary witi*
the temperature: the lower it is tbv
deeper ruilk may be set; the higher,
the shallower it should be. MiiJi
should never l>e *?t shallow in a loss
! temperature nor deep in a high one.
Setting deep in old water economize s
. time, labor and space. 0. While
milk is standing for cream to rise the
' purity of the ereatu. and consequently
i the fine flavor and keeping of the
bntU r, mil be injured if the surface
i of the cream is exposed freely to air
much warmer than the cream. 7.
When cream i* older than the snr
rounding air it takes tip moisture ami
impurities from the air. When the
air is colder than the cream it takes
up moisture and whatever escapes
■ from the cream. In the former ease
the cream purifies the surrounding
air; in the- latter, the air helps U>
purify the cream. The selection of a
creamer should hinge on what is most
desired—highest quality, or greatest
' convenience- aTI economy in t.iar.
space ami labor.
II AVISO Itecomc convinced of the
double disadvantage of enriching Ibw
crcek by the wash and leach of the
barnyard, a correspondent cf the
Ohio Former, name not given, ail opt- .
cd this plan of saving and using
liquid manure:
"In the fall of IS7O wc dug a cis
tern, of about 100 barrels capacity,
nt the lowest corner of the barnyard
just outside the inchrsurc. This being
walled with stone and thoroughly
cemented with water lime, ia perfect
ly water-light. Near the top, firmly
imbedded in the wall, are two pieces
of tile for inlets. A trench was then
made about one foot in dcpth r afOUiJ
the lowest aides of the j a:*!, close
inside ths fence, and ita ida walled
with stone. This receives and con
ducts the liquid through the tile in
lets into the cialern. It ia then, when
needed, pumped into a fire-barrel
tank, which is placed spon the run
ning gear of a wagon* *th the rear
end much lower than the front, that
it may drain out qpiokly. A dis
tributor, made of a four-inch pump
stock, five feet in length and nerfor
atcii with one-fourth-lneh hole* at
j short intervals, it suspended by two
small Iron rods to the rear cod. A
short piece of robber boso concoct®,
this with the tank- On the inside as
valve is placed over the outlet, whiubi
is operated with a lever st tins drive**®
side. With this it is oaay to haul
out the liquid, as the pump is high
enough to conduct it directly into
the tank. Tbie makes an excellent
fertiliser for meadow land, aud can
be applied at any time when the
grass is not too large to be injured by
driving over iU"