Professional Cnnls,
WII.I.MM A. WAI.LACB, tAVII> L. KK M*.
lIARItY F. WALLACE, WILLIAM K. WAI.LACB.
WALLACE A KUKBS,
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE,
January 1, l*M. CLEAUFI#LD. PA.
T?LLI3 L. OR VIS,
E J ATTORNEY AT fcAW.
OFFICE o|tjH*ll. the Court Home, ..n tlie SW 0>r of
A O. Fund'* i iiililing.
II A. McKKE,
11. ATTORNEY AT LAW.
42-tf ontr. oppiHilt!' Court Iloinw, Hellefonta, Pa.
FIELDING,
I LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE,
• IG.JY CLEARFIELD, TA.
Ayr A. MORRISON,
?T • ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HEI.I.EKoNTB, PA.
Office In Woodrfng'n Bhck, opp*it th Court ll*e.
Conciliation in Knglinh or Herman. Mj
C. T. ALiIANDIB. O. M.BOWBB.
A LEXANDER A BOWER,
J.\. ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Bctlefonte, Pa , may he conult**d In Engli*h or Oer
mam. Office In Qnrmnn'a Building. 1-ly
JAVM A. HBAVKR. J. * EHI.ET OKFII ART.
BEAVER a OEIMIART,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office on Allegheny street, uorlh of High. Belle
i Ij
nV. FORTNEV,
• ATTORN KY-AT-L AW,
HKLLEFONTK, PA.
L*t door to tho left In tho Court lloo. il-ly
IOIIN BLAIR LINN,
91 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BKI.LKFONTK, PA
Office Allegheny Str*-r-t. over Po*tn• •• -1 l>
1 L. SPANGLKR,
9 I . ATTORNEY AT I,AW,
RRLLEFONTK. CENTRE CoCNTY, PA.
Special attention to Collection.; pro 11. ln
O'Hirta; rnnltAtl'H In G- r '""'■ ■ r *• • • *
US. KELLER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office on Allegheny Street South Hide of Lyon'"
■tore, Bellefnnte. Pa. 1-1)
T. H. ai'llUAT. CYAt'g UOAlvog.
MURRAY A GORDON,
ATTORNEYS AT I.AW.
CLEARFIELD PA
Will Attend the Bellefonte Cort. when p*etally
employed. 1
r P C. HIPPLE,
J. • ATTORNEY AT-LAW.
LO< K HAVEN. PA.
All bu*lnew promptly attended to. l ly
WM. P. MITCHELL,
V V PRACTICAL sritYEYOR.
Lot k IIAVEN, PA ,
Will attend to nil w.>rk In Oewflpld, Centre end
Clinton enmiti-*.
Office opp-#iti Lnrk Haven National Itnnk 2G-1y
\\ r C. HEINLE,
▼ V . ATTORNEY AT LAW.
RKLLKFONTK. 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 *ttpfi<lhl to M*
V\ 7 E fiesire to call the attention n(
* v filMlß Id the U' t that w- btv a foil ami
complete **rtrn-nt of
Agricultural Implements
OF EVERY D**CR!PTIO!f,
from te#t maker*. Our pn-e# are nu-leret#. and th
qualify of our implement* ar- **rnd t'. n n- in tl*
market. Farmer* and rn *nm-r* will do well to rat
on M 0 before pur* ha-ing -I*-where.
Am"*g our *tork of impl-menta la found PAX
Ton Portable ENGINES, mildurn WAGONS.
It Mrto l % ||y ii .
Adriance Reapers & Mowers,
ORAIN DRILL*. HAY RAKES, CORN PLANTERS
BROAD CANT DRAIN hilll.l.*, TIIKF.SIII NO MA
CHINES. AA I ARIi CHILLED PLOWS. A. A
AA'e .In le .pe, t.l attention to R El' A 11! I NO. *nd
would re.,.ertftllly .rllelt th I'Atrona.e •<( llt.ee >te
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<l wnr March
i. l"-l
L*avf*t Snow Shoo A. M., arrives In Ballefontu
Lsavf Nltfanta 9.l'i A. n.,arrlYr at Snow Shu*
H Ma M
l,ca\i> 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'. " Beech Creek " ... 401" A4
i 34 433 '• Mill IUII " ... 6411 Id
i2V 430 41 FlamingUm 44 ... 0 .'*7 It J 1
126 424 44 L.- k Haven 44 ...10 n| II 2fl
I JKNNSVLVANIA RAILHOAD.
£ —(Philadelphia and Erie iHrlaiun.) —On an 1
ftrr I'no-mbrr 1-, 1*77
W KMTWAKD.
ERIK MAIL 1-ar.a I'hila.l. Ij.hia 11 Mp
" '* 11arriLtirg.................. 42&a in
* " M lllkMMfMMrt ISI• Ml
u *' l/s k llavrn 4o ain
•• M IMOVO SO M• in
" arn \Mltlfil "
HAQALIKXPEBSSIMVM PhiUdalpkia. 7 Mam
•' •* Ilarriat'Urc.... 1 .'•nam
M •• IVilliamafrt. 'J j' rn
" arrtvea at iliooru. 4 4 j rn
by thia train arr<v in IMl*-
font- at 4 MpM
FAST LIN K IM.IIAD- L|.hia 11 UIM
•• II irtiai Vf 0 • ;
14 44 M illiair.s|>"rt 7 j> m
44 arrive# at Lfk llav-n t 4" )' tu
i um no
PACIFIC EXPRESS leave# Uk llaY-n 40 an
" 44 W|||iaia(->rt... 7 '"a rn
44 arrlvaa at llarrt#l.iirn 11 Man
Philadelphia. . 1 .*. pu.
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 Wtlliam<irL M . H .... n 11 '6jm
44 a rlvea at llarrtaf urg 2 4- a m
Philad- IpMtß 7 •- a m
■ AST LINE 1-avea Vi JllUruapart I'i 1A a m
44 arrive# at Hirritlurg 3 M * m
41 44 Philadelphia— 73& a m
Erie Mail Waal. Niagara Eapt-#* V* *t. I/Fk llavrr
Vrrnmmodatloti Wt and l#y Etpreaa Eaet. mak
; a#< mi.-, t; n at SortblMharkUMl ith L A B. H
l train • fr WilkwWirr# AID) Sr ran ton
y ■ a >f*.i WmL IflAfva Bspcww Waßt, and En*
r t{ r-# Weat. and !-<k Haven AMOMMo4iOMIWaaI
oak• rhw- connection at Willlam#{>rt witn N.C I'.
A. train* north.
Erie Mail W*a|, Niagara Eipraaa WMI, and Ia*
Eaaf make r| ## r<innMr(|oii at I/C<k Haver
Aith B E V R R train*
Kri Ma I Ea*t and U'e#t . nnwt at Erie with tralna
n L S A MSR K at Corry with OCA A V K
"t , at Empi>rinm 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<n* prominent in a city famed for llimm- I
irtahl* hotal*. I# kept in -v-ry rttperf - 4ttal to anv 1
trtt-rlata hotel* In th- c -untrv i*v*|ng to the atrin 1
;-nryf the tiin-a, the price of |*rd h#* I—en reduced
* TRRti DOIUM |er d*/. J MKfBBIN,
|A.' Manager
( 4 ILMOUK A CO.,
U i.AW a**oouaono* nm, i
• F BT*RT, W tMUMfOM, D. C, I
Mak. Cv.na> 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.
IKON KITTER.H rr Liiflily rrcr>mmpTnl<Nl for nil diacnac* rc
<|uirini( A cprtdin ami cffirictll t4lli4*; fwpcoiallr Inthynltam, Ihjrjrptta, InlT
millrnt h'rvrrt, H'nnt of ApprMr. Iyo** of Slrrntflk, Istrk <>j Energy, tit-, kn riches
the blood, altN-nglhcna the tntjaclca, ana giroa new life to the nerve*. They act
like a charm on the fiigeative organ*, removing all dyspeptic symptom*, nch
na T'Utin'f (he Food, Rdrhity), Heal in lite filomnrh, llmrtourn, cte. Till) flllly
Irim I'ri'itunilliiii that will not bliu-kcn the teeth or give
lieiwliielie. Hold hy all dmggiat*. Write for the ABC Book, 32 pp. of
useful and am using reading—*enf free.
BROWN CHEMICAL CO., Hallimore. Mil.
BITTERS
IIAt.BKMT K. PAW*,
Ul ConnlMloiMr of h'mli.
bkjj, r. oiurroK. rrour n cadd. j
PATENTS.
PAINE, GRAFTON A LADD,
A ttomeyt at- Ixtv> and Miritort of A mmcan
and Foreign Patent*,
412 Firm BT**ET, WAMIINOTOX, I>. C.
Prattle* patent law la all It* tranehe* la lb* Patent
OAna, an.l lb* Anpreaa and Utrealt Ooarta of the
United but**. Pamphlet tew! free. M-tf
The tl'iirt-,1 and final Mrillrine nrr Mule.
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'<ir life It lisil* **• 1 bumlrvMa.
SSOO * Hit* pnbl f<r a thry ri|| n,#t
cutr - r help, I*, m.t auffer ymr frtwmit
•nlTrr.hul UM and unrs u "" Hop 8
llrnvmtwr flop flitters Is floV rtrog*v~l
I
N|. Hfinr. vrf nunle t! .• **l*7 FIOKSU
ami HOPS" ami no \* rsuti or
P. I. C . < ' |fl r: *'
tltruihr :tiir-wa - '.tourn, t<>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 * <ir 1 • f " %, p " 'AA
■ ' 6ruad karriis'n ffrs ussuvr g.-h
-
ATR\M.I'IMRU HKPII\TOH>:
( 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 <SB/-V'* ***+• ft
f-T Irl.UlfPtbrf *Uh rvpsfldf yssbb" '• r sMrsr.
•fw mat+riml* *<< ilnstisl f M 4l> 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. <n ft-t I. on
Impp fntm pr-fwrti. In n-'l than
• n<l n*t c*r#vwlint one tltiril of lb* pnn>nl valnn <f
!#•• | rcpvftt Any j rt- n of th* j rlm ijnl ran I*
paid <>ff *1 nny Mm*. B4 It hsi k n lb* 'tntoo >.f lh
rrtti|<nny t I'Vftnil fl*'' I flt'ipil t.. rranln ns 1- nf as
Ihs U.rt iwef wiihrs, |f th# interest is | r'.tn|.lly |su l.
Apply In
C'llAKt.r.<* r flirilMAX. Attr.n.er af'nn.
fVtrt, strvvt. H"*Hing, I 1!.,
or to DAVID 7. K 1.1.N B. Co • Apptl*#r.
$-tf iw-ilrt. ntß. rn
ST. XAVIER'H ACADEMY,
NEAR LATROHK, PA.,
NEARLY half a Century old, from
whirh the mm) prominent ami raltlralrU women
In Penn.,lrani* hare (r*<tii*lo<l. offer. n,.-i Urrmmth
nlwaUnnl il4a ami Wkl 'laii.lanl of mllnlng la
Karnrtm rnr.il. admitted al n, lima. Twl; *•
pen.. al..til fr"*.
Addrea*. HI FT* tiff OF MKROT,
80 llnll|' P. 0„ WnlmnnlaMl mnty, Pa.
GAHMAN'B HOTEL,
OFpoaluOoart Hoaaa, IIKM.KPONTR, PA.
TKRMff 11.3 ft PER DAT.
A food Uiw; altar bed. 1-1
Site tCmtvc .
BKLLKKONTK, PA.
AARTLCXTLTTJIZYI-L,.
NKWH, FACTS AM> 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 i<n the forehead,
a white tuft to the tail and four white
feet. The Suffolk* and Yorkshires
arc all white, and their avdocates
claim that they fatten more readily
than other breeds.
The Onion Maggot.
Cor. of Tick'* Motrin*.
A neighbor and myself each se
cured an ounce of Ban vers Yellow
Onion, and prepared the ground and
sowed the seed in the same manner,
with one exception ; he covered the
lied witli a good supply of coal ashes.
The crop in both cases came up and
looked well, until the plants were
about aix inches high, when my On
ions became infested with the Onion
maggot, and in a short time wholly
disappeared. My neighbor never
lost an Onion, the garden* are ad
joining, the beds being less than a
hundred feet apart. 1 attribute my
neighbor's success to coal ashes.
TIIRKR times R year is often enough
to go to the mill. The flour, if pack
ed in paper sacks, will grow better
every day, and better flour is made
from large grists. Old flour it the
bet, because the water has evaporat
ed, and the flour has become drier
The Science of Mulching.
front Prof, Ku*jp.
The value of covering the soil baa
been known HO long arid HO common
ly an to become a proverb. "Know
is the jxjor man's manure." Science
and ex|>eriment 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,