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PA OKlce In Conrad llnn.e, Allegheny tr-t. special iHtnHffi lltm to I ; MM All butlnew* atteiid-d to promptly *l-lj WILLIAM McCULLOUGH, n ATTORNEY IT LAW, CLEARFIELD. PA. All boalneee promptly *ttpfite drln* y lhln In tha line of Impl.menl. and Ma chinery of .eery description GORDON A I.ANDIB, l*-tf BELLEFONTE, PA. rc + •aa per dy t home. Sample, worth |J Ww L J U>MIU free. Addren A ST IN SON A CO Portland. Maine. EI, H.l BAKER A BRO., • MABtmrrt BBM OF COMPLETE .MANURES, run POTATOES, CABRAOE, CORN, OATS, WHEAT, FRUIT TREKS, AND EVERY FARM CROP. Theec Manure, are prepared e*per|ally for each aeparate rnrp. nmtalnlnu Inn enneeotrnled form Jn.t the plant herd, in the exact proportion., required to prodncn a large yield Ttuy nr. CHEAPER THAN KTAni.K MANI RES, pmdiirlng mneh letter and more certain reanlta • Year, of fle|d trial hara pror*l Ihlijlo lie lh. correct gyatem of fertlliration Ale manuhrtnrara, Importera and ileal era in Prime Agricultural Chemicals, STRICTLY PURE GROUND BONE, K BCLPIIATE OF AMMONIA, ' NITRATE OF SODA, Ml RIATK OF POTASH, SL'LPIIATR or POTASH. ACID PHOSPHATES. LAND PLASTER. POTASH SALTS, Ae. QRALITY ODARANTEED. W Clrenlara gtrtng full partlentare and eontalalag fart. Interaatlng to fhrmara, mailed on appll.atton. V If'ltson, McFarlane tC Co." Hardware Healers. HARD-WARE! AVILSON, MoFARLAN K & CO. DEALERS IN STOVES,RANGES =HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND HARDWAI^E. ALLKGIIKNY BTRKKT, .... HUMES' BLOCK, .... HKI.LKK"NTK, PA. TRAVELER S GUIDE. HELLEFONTK A SNOW SIIOK It. 11.—Timu-TwLlp In cfffct on *n Suaw Show 2.110 P M.,arrivi in Bwllafonlr I J) F W. I.cii**• Brllufontc 44A• M .arrive at Snow Bitot J T.'JA r. M. S S. IlLAlll, ficn'l Suprriutrndent. BALD EAGLE VALLEY KAIL ROAD.—Time-Table, April S>, Into: Exp. Mail, axetnaxp. iTW*ai.. Exp. Mail. n. r . r . a n a l.r 7 ifj Arrire al T. r.tne Lea*.-.. . 7 ..J t|t t :t M v. le.ave Rant Tyrttue Leare... 7 ;w * :•!> 7 flu tl &I " Vail " ... T4- M6a 7 flfl nl7 " Bahl FTagt. " ... 747 '' : 7|t i. :it '• Feeler " ... T' i 742 i. XI " Hannah " ... 7V |.i 7 .14 ■; 24 " P..rt Matilda " ... *no l 727 11 17 M Martha " ... ""7 R7 ■ 7in ti cm " Julian " ... •IA U 7 u fl 47 ...... " I'ninurille " ... n 2-1 I* '' 7 II fl 4t " Riit.w Slit.e In " ... A:u 'J 4't 6 -Id 6 4fl ...... Mlleaburg " ... n ill plt •1 4d fi Afl " Belief., nle •' ..." 41 U7 d 3 6 i'i '• Mileel.urg " ... * ',4 10 124 f. 14 '• Curlln " ... u"d It) 1' •1 in 4 I " M tunt lUgla " ... D 121" • .1 l 501 " ID.war.l •• ... '• .'> In 37 IV> 4AO .... " Eaglerllle " ... 3" 10 4'.' S:o 4 4'. 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DAY EXPRESS Uavcw Ranov lo 1# an " lAk llav-n 11 a m " " O lUhUMFOrt 124" a in 44 arriv-ia! !l#rn#> nrg 4 lop m • 4 * 44 Philadl-tphia.......... 7 p m ERIE MAIL leave# lie* v • A .V- p m 44 44 Lrk Haven 4.' p m 44 44 Wtlliamf*.i WmL IflAfva Bspcww Waßt, and En* r t{ r-# Weat. and !-rt witn N.C I'. A. train* north. Erie Mail W*a|, Niagara Eipraaa WMI, and Ia* Eaaf make r| ## rrinm with B N Y A P. R. R,. an I a' '►riftwood with A V 11 R Parlr rara will run l-tw-en Philadelphia ans Villiam*pirt on Sianrt F.i| r*i WMt, Krl* I *pr** fPatt# Phita/l-lphia Evpre*# FU#t ar. I I*aj Epr** Ej*t, and Sunday Eiprew* I'-*t Sleeping carton al light train*. Wl A fl%irwit. Oen'l Suiwrlntendnt. j F 4 I BAUD HOUSE, V * COKNF:BCHF.."TM T AND NINTH STREET*, i PHILAMTLFNU Thia h Houa, Negntlal. lean, an l attend l ail uainea* rnfided In th-in LAND SCRIP. Mdier Vddltional ILmeatrwsl Right* and LAND VAAIIRANTr 4 ought and •< I I 4-" if • |RO|| pp A TRUE TONIC V A PERFECT 3TRENGTHENER.A SURE REVIVER. 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Aci'lmhlluUton of Hops, Buohu, FSnrv drnkae ami D.mdellon, with all ti. boat and muS cl ere live )in<|Artlee of all .Alter IlltUm, male r e\thn Rrnat. ' Blood Pur Ifior, L Ivor Won u l\n tor, *"'l "•' "■ "Ok Ucavuruw Atf.nt earth. N'.l illaraM !>-—I ">* k-r llop li.tt.Ta ar rajhol and lrlM a..; Uutlr TtlJ C'- T '.it tjtl t J liira. Tn all W ' "" lrrT * ul *"' I, . it... lamaliuVWrwlnarT Misiw. or who i~ quintan ,,4r ' mIM Miniubuit, II [. It.TI.Ta are without IfltOA loatlnca f. manor what y..ur or ermidome art N % It rw. I'- nt watt until y<>tt a%r* si'-k but If y n onl; Mbtd or i -w at oin-s. 11 uwijr wave 7'twu •.. uhr- i s Ail • !dl' '. nJ J QBSHMHiEIBI Dattlo Creek, Wl'.cblrzan, *AML*rAcrTt*ar.BJi or ntc oxi.r i.ast int. Traction and Plain Englnos and Horso-Pcwors. Ifoat ( onplrte I hmk.f Factory f In thr\*orlt. I IC-1R 00 YEARS WJL T!i * : ( ntntt|rf wtrrtm Onttlln f .' A # . Pi'u# /.nss; Trn< tlwn tvl I'lnlti l.n^tiirn #rcr anrn in the Km* r . *rr tar k**t A Wtwf/irhMl# of fp"U*l fter%'\.tee a*et r n kt rsu y qr *igrm f R*irtr r* rmtii ft h 12 liornO OMn()r, f ™ t t'tr J PW Tn ' t> MSB f " M"tiritri H'Tw* IXnwpm 7,500.000 7 ' "7ZZ, Cm*dant'y nn b%n I. fn-tn nhlrb • I .1 lbs? ia. cntninmit." sror*d-srtfk • f o-.ir mncljirrn TRACTION ENGINES Vh dvrtiAlr fIJ ) ..// H% iOs 13 llwrnr r** rr. | ||/ Fnrmr-r* md ThrrHrrmrn • InrlM 1$ w***' UU Ihri nb.lAt .tU* li.trtry. Ckftukrs ws-rt frve AJlnw NICHOL9. 6HEPARD A CO. Bnttfc Mlchi*"" \f()\J.' V T Loan at (5 per Ct. A? 1 41 IJ 1 fir Til VMITI Al urv. INHl'll* AJTCK ro or KBUT YKK. nl valnn ff *1 nny Mm*. B4 It hsi k n lb* 'tntoo >.f lh rrtti| SIKIOEHTIONH. Tllr. tT ur Till TTATIORAI. V.LTA* II Tilt IRTEU.I -ÜBRCK A*!) I'KOM'AKITT Ol Till lAKKKK. Every fanner in hit annual tr/.erienee dt nearer* nomethiny of value. Write it ami tend it to the "A'/rieuttural Editor of the DEMOCRAT, Hcllcfonte, I'enn'a," that other farmer* may hare the benefit of it. Let communication* be timely, ami be *urc. that they are brief and well pointed. THIS is the season for destroying brush and coarse weeds in fence rows and other places by mowing them close to the ground with a brush scythe. REPORTS of the corn crops in West ern States seem to agree that "the rains of the past month have drown ed out thousands of acres of corn on flat lands," while "on rolling or tile- j drained lands the corn is in good j condition." Here is a forcible argu- i merit in favor of tile-draining. Lots of Centre county farms—particular ly in the Bald Eagle Yalley, would lie doubled in value if thoroughly j till-draiued and the money expended j in accomplishing it would pay double the interest which "governments" j Md, PERMIT US once more, and for the last time this season, to counsel thor- j ough preparation of the wheat ground, j Possibly there is not enough manure i to cover it all. This is bad, but can- ! not now lie helped. It might lie well to try an experiment with some of the much-advertised commercial fer- , tilizers on that part of the ground j which the farm yard manure would not reach; nt any rate it can lie put in js-rfect mechanical condition by repeated harrowing, cultivating and rolling, and this w ill go a long ways toward making up the deficiency in j manure. BKYONH any question the corn crop of the country will be the light est one we have harvested for sever al years. Between bad seed ami un favorable weather, the shortage w ill be so considerable as to Is? sensibly felt throughout the country. This being the case the fodder will be more than usually valuable. Much i of its real value may le lost by stiff- , ering it to stand too long liefore cut- j ting. Cut fitly. The dry weather is rijiening it rapidly. The corn will | cure perfectly in shock when cut much earlier than many of us imag ine, and the fodder will lie worth as much more for feed ns it would be if left to wither in the sun, or lie bitten by the early frost* which Vennor pre dicts. CENTRE Cor NTY should certainly i lie represented among the exhibitors j at the annual fair of the State Agri- j cultural Society, which is to be held this year in Pittsburg, during the two weeks beginning Monday, Sep tember 5. N'o one acquainted with the agricultural resources and pro ducts of our county doubts that we could make a inost creditable show ing. The distance is not great and communication is direct. The induce ments offered by the Society in the way of premiums are more than usu ally large aggregating over FORTV OSF, TiiorsANK HOI.I.AKH. Liberal arrangements for the transportation of all articles or animals intended for exhibition have been made with the railroad companies, and every ef fort is being put forth by the efficient and ex|iericnceil officers to make the exhibition a complete success. By all means let our county be represent ed. Full particulars can lie had by addressing 1). W. Seiler, Recording Secretary, or Major Elbridge McCon key, Corresponding Secretary, at Pittsburg, where the headquarters of the Society are already established. Boiling. Here is the way a correspondent of the lowa Homestead manages to summer five cows on five acres: "I have five acres, about two and three-fourths in pasture, mostly blue grass. 1 have a strip fourteen rods long and four rods wide, that consists of timothy ahd clover, which I cut twice and sometimca three times a season. As soon as it will do to cut I feed it regularly to the cows twice each day, and it laata till the corn is ready to use. There is a strip fourteen rods long and ten rods wide, which I plant with sweet corn for fodder. 1 made a dropper that 1 attach to a two- horse planter which makes the stalks about two inches apart in the row. 1 plant three different times HO an to have it early arid late. About the IHt of July I commence to thin out, leaving a stalk about once in a foot. Ity the time I get over the piece that is nearly all eared out. Then I com mence cutting it up clean. When I get it half cut up I plough the ground and sow winter rye. I sow the balance as soon as the corn is off. This makes good pasture late in the fall and early in the spring. We feed our cows six quart* of corn meal and bran, mixed equal parts by weight, each day. This is the way 1 summer live cows on live acres, and have done so for three years past. I manure the ground high, and that is what makes good crops." Value of Care in Beed-Saving. I'rol. J. 1.. Hudd, of the lowa Ag ricultural College, contributes the following to tin; Home*ttead. The hint given is well worthy the atten tion of every farmer : "Last .March we received a small packet of tomato seed from Mr. Frank Ford, of Kavcnna, Ohio, with the assurance that it was the product of continued selection of seed of the (irst Alpha tomato ripening for sev eral years in succession. Today, July fi, we have picked and eaten perfectly matured specimens of fruit from the plants grown from this seed. No special pains were taken in grow ing the plants. The seed was sown j in shallow boxes in March, the plants were put in three inch |x>ts when small and placed in the open air at the time of setting the main crop (if Acme. Take any view of it we can we must conclude that Mr. Ford's process has given us a tomato a month earlier than we have before had them on the College farm. I need hardly say that the seeds of the earliest s|K*citncns have again been carefully saved. This gives a hint of w hat may lie done by careful selec tions of earliest maturing seeds of corn, wheat, oats, barley, garden pro duets, etc., worth the attention of all careful cultivators.'' Borne Hint* for Hog Growers. Finn < rrwjr.dm -1 Ik* K. .t l Farmers who breed for market should never use pure breeds, hut shotdd oros the pure-bred lioars on large, coarse, common sows. Tbc cross is always hardier, and has more stamnia and vigor. The pure breds are too fine and Under for general purpose. Never use cross-bred boars, but always resort U> the thoroughbred. In selecting a bog choose one with small bone,dish face, broad back and long body, with no bristle*—the few er the Is-tter. If this is attended U you will have a good hog. no matter what his color is. The hog has lieen so carefully brought to a degree or jierfvi-tion in breeding that a farmer has the privi lege obtaining, as a preference, bain*. fliU'h or lard. If, in breeding hogs, we prefer a breed that excels in the production of hams we should resort to the Berkshire. If we prefer side meat 'lie Essex should lie our choice . and if we desire a breed that will produce more lard, in pro|K>rlion, tbc Suffolk or the Yorkshire are more suitable. It is not to lie inferred that the Bershire ot t/y produces good and first class hams, for that would lie an as sertion subject to contradiction, but that the Berkshire produces the finest hams is generally acknowledged. The Essex is very similar to the Berk shire in general appearance. It is a jot black hog, without a white spot— a uniformity of color that distin guishes it from all others—and it is equal to the Berkshire in nearly all good qualities, but while the superi ority in hams is accorded the Berk shire, breeders of the Essex claim that they are longer in the body, and consequently produce more side meat. Bcrkshires can always Is- recognized by the black eolor and the peculiari ties of a white spot ieriment have shown that what in HO beneficial in winter is even more advantageous in summer, and that few thing* ean lx; more harmful than to denude the soil and allow it thus to remain for a length of time. They have demonstrated that the soil is increased in fertility by covering much more than the amount of ma terial placed upon the ground as a muleb. 1. A large arnountof atmos pheric ammonia deposited by the rains is retained. 2. A certain pro portion of water in the soil is neces sary to the best conditions for chem ical action, to make the largest amount of plant food available and to enable the fibrous roots of plants to feed to the best advantage ; mulch ing retards evaporation. Our tor rid suns acting upon the black, prairie soil, produces an amount of beat in jurious to the fibrous roots of many plants; mulching cools arid equalizes the temperature near the surface. 4. Sudden extremes of temperature af fect plants, as animals, unfavorably ; mulching equalizes conditions, retards the action of frosting and allows the plant to adapt itself to the change. .0. Mechanically; it breaks the force of the rains and prevents them from compacting the soil. Other advan tages might be named. Look to tbe Grafts. Fft.lll thr fi'-rttiftM T*:/r*j ij Hub of! all the rprouts upon the stocks which you have set with grafts this year. It will help you to push along the growth of the scion. Not (infrequently graft", after they haw started, die for want of sap from the parent stem to sustain them, which is absorbed by these side shoots. Also, re-wax all such grafts as have cracked or opmed so as to admit water, otherwise they may die, or grow and heal badly. Grafts that have grown rampantly and become as it were top-heavy, should lie pruned; this also will induce the graft to i tlirow out branches and give the tree better sha|>e in making the branches j more compact. TALK'SU of the hoc and its use brings to mind two old neighbors, each of whom had a nursery plot, of which one made a success and the other a failure, and chiefly through their diflerent ways of treating weeds. One lit thctn grow to a good size— many to full size—so as to have ab sorls-d the spare soil-food, locking it lup for the season from the trees. ' The other sliced or scratched them to death as S'Xjii a* they became visible, and a* often. It being necessary to stop this surface-stirring stimulus to tree-growth in August, in order to the ri |suing of the wood for winter endurance, a carpet of small weeds would lie developed by the fall rains. These, in the one case, were demol ished by a thin paring with a mould ing share in Novemlier,makings pro tection for the roots and collars in addition to the snow yet killing every weed. In the other case this carpet • of late springing weeds was led un turned, yielding some winter protec tion, but U'gintiing to grow and even seed in the spring long before any thing was done, or even could lie done to prevent this ruinous roblwry , of the roots of the trees— The Trio j tine. I.KARNINU A TRADE.—"I say,then, lads of sixteen, if you would lay a foundation for a sure pros|erity, lv ' gin by learning a trade." So says .fames I'arton. "If you would es | ea|ie the perdition of being a fool, {learn a trade. If you would do a j man s part for your country, begin ithe work of preparation by learning ,a trade." Our friend lr. lloskins, ; commenting editorially upon the j above, says; "We glory in Mr. Par ; ton's 'spunk,' in saying what his ex j jietiencc in life leads him to think in | regard to this matter, and would only add that one of the very best trades 1 for a young man to learn is that of a , farmer. We shall never have many good farmers until farming is regu larly learned as a trade at an agricul tural school with a first-class farm, or upon the farm of an educated and ! first-class practical farmer. Prefer ably we should say, take both courses." IT is the general opinion among experienced tohaeco growers, that the seed bud of a tobacco plant should be broken off before the blos soms can be seen. All growth of top after the plants have produced their whole number of leaves, is practical ly lost, and the more strength that is allowed pass into the top before the "topping" is done, the greater the loss of plant force. It is plainly seen that if the buds are pinched out as soon as they appear in the plants, there is less loss of plant growth than when allowed to form long tops with leaves and blossoms.— Rural New Yorker. PARLEY and winter rve, sown to gether, at tbe rate or a bushel and a half eacb, any time thka month, will make excellent fodder for late cut ting. Frost injures neither till late enough for the ground to freeze.— N, E. Farmer,