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WILLIAM A. WAtLA<% DAVID t. KRKM,
HARKY r. WALLACE, WILLIAM R. WALLACB*
WALLACES KREBS,
T f LAW AND rOLLIXTION OVUCK.
January I,IMSI. CLKARPIRLII. PA.
VLLI3 L. OR VIS,
I J attornky at law.
oFFirK op|Hjait# tlie Court lloiim*, o lha Hojr nf
A.O. Furrt'r uuilding. *l-011
PRANK FIELDING,
I LAW AND COLLECTION OPPICK. . !
121 y CiLEARSIKLD, PA.
A\r A. MORRISON,
1 > . ATTORNKY AT LAW,
IIKI.LKIONTK, PA. j
Office In W.ltlni > lildck.op|aadl llicCourt lld., j
Coutullalioii In Kngtiah or Urrmun. '2-ly |
C. r. aid ornik. c. M. town. !
v LEXANDER k BOWER,
J\ ATTOUNKYB AT LAW,
It, Ucfoutr. Pa , may he con.nltcd In Engllah or Ocr '
man. Office in Oarman'a UuildluK. t-ljr j
. J* A. HIIVEK. 1. tnutltniM. j
pKAVKR & G KIM I ART,
1 > AT fOKNKYS AT LAW,
office en Allegheny afreet, north of Illgh. Dello.
fmite. Pa. 1-ly
UF. FORTNEY,
a ATTORN KY-AT-LAW,
UKLLKk'ONTB, PA.
lMl door to the left In the Court Hooae. 2-ly
JOHN BLAIR LINN,
f J attorney at law.
lIKLLKFONTE, PA.
OIR-o Alleghany Street, orer Port Oflice. *2l-ly
T L. SPANGLER,
t) o ATTORNKY-AT LAW,
BKLLKPONTK. CENTRE COUNTY, PA.
Special attention to Cotlectiona; prwcltcea In all tbo
Ci.uru; Conaultotlon" In O.rmnn or K gilah. 1-ly i
OS. KELLER,
■ ATtOIUfVY AT t.AW,
<*lTire on Allegheny Street South aide of Lyon'r
•tore, Bellefonle, Pa. 1-ly
T H. MURRAY. CYRUS 00RDOM.
Murray & Gordon,
attorneys-atlaw,
CLEARFIELD PA. i
Will attend the Hollefonte Courta when •pecially
natptoywL ' 'f
r r C. HIPPLE,
Jo attornky at law.
lock haven, pa.
All hmloeaa promptly attended 10. 1-ly
\\*.M. P. MITCHELL,
7 ▼ PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
LOCK IIAVEN, PA , |
Will attend to all work In Clearfield, Centre and
Clinton countler.
Ofllre npporite Lock Ilaren Nati->nal Rank. 20-ly
\\ T 0. HEINLE,
y y a ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HKI.LBPONTR, PA. j
Ofßee in Conrad House, Alleghroy sIfHL
Sperial attentmn giran to ih collectlott of claim*. ,
Ail butineM attende| to promptly. 21*1/ '
WILLIAM McCULLOUGH,
y y ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All bnstneas promptly attendee I to. 1-ly
M inertia neou*.
Ipol™
W.th COSTIVENEftS, Sick Haadschs. OVSPEP-
SiA. Low Spinti. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
Lots of Appetlts, Psin in Iht Stdo,
Af 1 ail the mimmrtu ailment* re—sequent np*n a die
ordered Mate of the Lifer, when yu hYe rrrtnlu
reine*ly within yonr reach. Tlal remely U
GREEN'S Liver Pills.
Th**e Pit!* are of vw*> risd*. and when need in
"OliDwfloa with earh other arrnrdiitg to dlrwtktS#,
are INYARIAHLV ftI'CCILAftFI L. They are sugar
mated, iod are SENT BY M AIL m receipt of price
In ord**r U> prevent counterfeiting they are jnit up in
Rot an hogea, with the *ignature or f. P. LRKP.N
• r -'in I each horn.
Pri e, No l,2Grta ; No. 2, BO < t*. Mannfactured
only ly
V. POTTS GREEN.
HKI.LKFONTK, PA.
New York V/eekly Herald.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
r |MIE circulation of this ttoptilnr
1 newvpoper i rontiantly in* reasing. It C4>ntaina
all the leading new* of the I>alt v lliau*, and Is
arranged in handy departm nt. The
FOREIGN NF.WH
.mlirw-M dl<iicb#w fmm *ll qnarfr, of IW
,|ulm, I'u l.r th. h.ad r,f
AMERICAN NEWS
r. ct,.n lh T"l.Erphlr Di|wtrhu of th. w<wk from
all pub of th. Union. Tb! frntnr* alon* nahM
THE WEEKLY HERALD
tb moat ta!-)-.Hr rhronkl. tn th. world, uit I. th.
elmpoat. Ea.ry w.-k la *t'n a faithful r.|mrt of
POLITICAL NEWS
rtwhrarlnc c.mpl.t. and rompr.b.oaia. dlapatrhm
from W ihimmi. tnrludlnc fnll r.jawta f th.
a|MrhM of .mln.nl pvliilrtana on th* qnrattona of th.
hour
THE FARM DEPARTMENT
of th. WKtT Ilk,ain ,!*.• til. him aa wall n th*
knot Jirai-tkal t,iiiwtt.>n and dtoa>*.ftiw r.latln, to
th. doto-a of tha farm.r, hinta for ral.lng Carrit,
pnt ltar. Oaaik*. Tax*. Vaaitaim, *r., Ac., with
anttMtlona tor kr.(iln, hnlldingi and nt.ualla In rm
|wTr. Thl ta auppl.m.ntnl by • walloatltad d.imrt-
Bi.nl, wldrlj roplid, nud.r th* hand of
THE HOME,
(Iking rlpaa for gractlrai dl*h.a. hlnta for mahlng
clothing and f-ir k.'t'i" P lth th. lalort faahlona at
th. b,wMtprt. F.r.ry li.m of cooking or M-.momy
angjc*td In thla d|*rtni.nt la i>ractleally tmtml by
.t|pwl> brtur* pnldtcntion. LHIm from onr Parta
and London rorrr.poml.l,l. on tha tri latmt faah
ton. Th. Horn* IhpartßMil of th. Wlmli lltnaia
will aaka tha houiwwtf. mar. than On. hundred tisrn
tha prica of tha papar. Tha lntrta of
HKILLED LABOR
ara look ad aft at, and .karythtng p.rtalnlng to m
r hr,lea and lalmr anting la car.folly recorded. Thef a
la a pag. darot.d to all lha lataat phaaaa of tha bnat
n.aa mark.ta, Cropa, Makchandlaa. Ac,. Ac. A ralua
bl. Mon ta foil ml la tha afmtetly reported prbaa
and arnditloaa of
THE PRODUCE MARKET.
Heoirtko Ntwiatboow and abroad, togathar with
a StoT atary wot, a **.>* by aoma eminent db
tlaa, LrrnaOT, Miaicai. Da an arm, Puaonai and
S'a Surra Thar* la no |*|"r In th* world that rno
laina ao mnrb ii.wa nwttar atory wk aa th* Wui
lt I In, in. which la acnl, poatag. paid, for Una Dob
lor. Ton can attbacrib* at any time.
THE 7 ( OWB
NEW YORK , In a Weakly Norm, { DOLLAR
HERALD f (A YRAR
Addram,
NEW YORK HERALD,
3-1 Broadway and Ann lltraot, Naw York
For Hale.
A FARM containing Fifty Acre*.
and hating thwreoo Jg&Aa TWIbBTOBT
T&&ME m:n.m3-n -Ji - - ;
ifn ifrr •
I t'Umn, McFarlane <0 Co., Hardware I holers.
HARDWARE!
AVILSON, MoFAULANI3 & CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, HEATERS.
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Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
ALLEGHENY STREET, .... HUMES' BLOCK. .... RKLLEPONTK, PA.
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
HELLEFONTK& SNOW SHOE
H. !b—Tiw.-Taldaln (fct ou and attar Sl-nli
I,ISM:
LmtN Snow shoo 5 -Ml A. M.,*rrl**a In Ball.font*
7.21 A. K.
Loartu Ib-llafuutn 9.12 A. Jt.,arrl.a at Snow Shoo
11.25 A. M
1...,,.. Suow Slio* 2.30 p. w.,arrlr*a In Bollafonle
4.'21> i, M.
Unm lt.ll.funt. 4,1.*. r ■ ,rrl* i Snow Stun I
7.26 r. h. S. H. lILAIR, tii-n'l Superintendent.
I > A LP KAULE VALLEY KAIL
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a :i 4 ftft L*ar. Kaat Tyroo* L***„, 7 I'' 4 55
7 M Asl " Vail " —7 4 2 *s*
755 fi 47 " Ral I Eagle " ... 747 uO2
744 4.75 - fowler " ... 752 9n#
742 A .37 " lUnr.Ah " ... 7 V. >lt I
735 24 " purl Matilda " ... 00 V|9
727 Al7 ...... " Martha " ... AO7 • I".
71* f, OA " Julian " —A 15 u .72
7 9 5#7 hnn " Union*!!!* " . A7l 930
7 (41 ft 44 ...... " Snoa Slioe In " A .72 Vl7
A .50 & 4ft ...... " Mllaaburg '* *34 u4-
A4O 534 " Bellefont. •' A 4.1 V::
A7O 527 •• Mtliwburg " ... 44 to <•
A 22. 4 U " Curtln " ... 9<1" 1'
Al* 5 111 " Mount Engl* " ... 912 Id 2*-
A 'J 401 '• Howard " ... 2" lo .77 '
4 ft.'. 450 .... '• Ka.-lrrlilr " 9710 4w I
ft 40 444 " Bar. I, < reek " ... 940 In I
4 .74 433 ...... " Mill Hall " ... 95411 10
629 43d " Klemlnglow " ... 94711 2
524 4 '25 ...... •' Lock Il " ...10 01 II 25
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HOUSE,
V CORJiRR CIIESTSI T ASH J4ISTH STRKSTH,
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fortal.l* h01.t., I. kpt In .r.rjr mpt .-('.al to any
Aral rla bol.la In th rrwjntrjr. Hwlnt lo th ilrtn
t.n.T of lb. Ilm. lh prka of board •• ln rwdurMl
(o tnatt muu pr day. J. M'KIHfIIN,
|4U' Wana.
ILMORE fi CO.,
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BITTERS
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Attorney lal-Jja w and Sot id tart ftf American
and Foreign Patents,
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Traction and Plain Engines
and Horso-Pcwora.
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TRACTION ENGINES^
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ln|frTr4 farm pfujwflr. in mm nl lm lbi
•nt| ml simMim >n# third of tiw (•rnwhi mJos of
Iks property. Any potlhn of lb* I riODj al oth Iw
fsi4 off at any and ft ha* tha rnatom f tha
company to |wrmit lb* to finaln long •
tb* Miowsf viibn, if tht lnbfwi| i. prrcipt)y |ai4.
Apply to
CI! AHLFJI P. Ml KB MA*. Attornoy-atlaw,
iflCunft, atrwwt. Heading. Pa.,
Of lo PA Yin 7. KLIN K, Co.** Ap|*ri*r.
a-tf IMMofttt, Pa.
VIAKMAN'B HOTEL,
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TKRM* 11.2 ft IKK |)AT.
: A good T.lerjr M*hl 1-1
ST. XAVIEH'S ACADEMY,
NKAR LATKOBK. IA.,
]V[ EARLY half a Century old, from
i l* which lit* mart pmmth.nl htiri cnlll.nt.l wnaMW
In Pnn.,lT!Ull Mm cff.r. imwl hnfmt*h
alsMlthMl hint hithiwl uanibtrd of rHlnln* la
flncn.■•. Pm-tl. almtllwt t mi tint* Tmrty •<
1 bruit fttmni
Aililfih fUSTKftS or MRr.t't,
10 SmUj'. P. 0., WMUWBivUnd w.uirtjr, Ph.
m a fMSS
, 4 - 4 . k M
die Cento JO crno cat.
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IJ KLL K F ONTK, 1A.
NKWH, KACTH AND HUCOKHTIONfI.
TBI! or TU BATI'INAL WKLrARS I Til* IBTU.Lt>
Every farmer in hit annual erjierutnee
I ducaveri eumtlhiny of value. Write it ami
iend it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
DkMOCBAT, Jlellefonte, l'enn'u," that other
farmer* may hare the benefit of it. f,et
Communication! he timely, ami br aire that
they are brief and well pointed.
Drying llay by Artificial Means.
The system of drying hay by arti
ficial heat, ilevised by Mr. \V. A.
fJibbs, of < • ill well Park, Clung ford,
Essex, has been ln-fore the public
several years, ami though its adop- \
lion has made slow progress, it is |
now being used by several well
known agriculturists. Since the con
| Htruetion of the apparatus was first
publicly described it has received
several improvements, and it is now
constructed with a single vibrating
trough, along which the hay gradu
ally traverses ; the coke furnaces arc
combined in one with the trough,
ami shaking and vibrating mechanism
upon two pairs of road wheels for
easy transport, and the width has
been reduced to seven feet.
A writer in the London Time*
j recently saw the machine at work,
and says that grass from a water
meadow was being put through the
apparatus, encountering at first a hot
blast of alMiut 400% which drives off
the moisture in stearn, following
through other streams of less heated
air, and being delivered in a condi
j lion of finished aromatic hay of rich
; green color. Each load of more than
; two tons was put through in (illy-flve
! minutes, or a slightly longer time
than it took a man to load it in the
field. One feature, be says, in Mr.
Gibbs'machine is its value for con
j verting injured hay into good, whole
j some hay, the fans blowing out dust
| and must, while the sulphurous gas
! from the burning coke is believed to
; destroy the germs of microscopic life
| which may be the cause of disease in
live stock fed upon foul bay. It is
suggested that were these hay driers
'in the hands of int-n who let out
thrashing machines, and could work
' them at a time of ycat when little
thrashing remains to Is- done, they
would save an immense acreage of
i bay every season in splendid condi
tion. Another system, which prom
| UK's to be of even higher economic
: value, has recently, however, lieon
I described as in successful use for
several seasons by Mr. Xeilson, and
more recently by Mr. Knowle*, of
Colston UiMttt Hall, ISinghatn, near
Xolingham. Tliis aye tern consists in
thoroughly tedding and lightly scat
tering the grass as soon as cut by a
machine, and so expose it to the
withering action of the air, whether
under sunshine or shower*. In aliout
two days the green hay, without any
turning or other lnltor expended
upon it, and whether wet or not, is,
in its half-made condition, carted ami
stacked. The rick at once begins to
ferment nnd heat, and the heat so
generated is employer! to finish the
process of hay-making. The tcm
perature to which the hay is allowed
to rise is regulated, nnd the means
employed for this nnd for draining
otf all the superfluous moisture have
been thus described :
In the raised base or staddle on
which the rick is to stand, whether
that is an ironwork structure or
raised earth, is laid an airtight pipe,
which may lie of earthenware, of from
three inches to six inches diameter,
joined with cement, and this lube or
air passage communicates with a ver
tical one in the centre of the staddle,
and rising a short distance to the
center of the height of the rick. An
exhaust fan connected with the hori
zontal part of the pipe is situated at
a short distance from the stack, in a
building or otherwise. In case of a
long rick, the horizontal pipe is con
tinued along the middle of the stad
dle, and two vertical pipes are used.
Kach aperture at the junction of the
vertical nnd horizontal pipes is (Hied
with a sliding damper, and can be
opened or closed by a rod extending
outside the bottom of the rick. In
stacking the hay a vertical nir shaft
or chimney is formed over each aper
ture, by the common method of
drawing up a sack of straw or a
round chad basket ss the building ot
the rick proceeds; but these ventilat
ing flues arc carried up to only half
the height of the stack. When the
exhaust fan is set in motion,drawing
air from the underground pipe and
rarefying the air in the chimney, the
replacement of that air can only come
by currents penetrating the rick from
the outside walls and roof, and grad
ually converging into the chimney hi
the center. liy this exhaustion of
the hot air and moisture out of the
middle of the mass, cold air la induc
ed to enter the stack at all points
and to seek the central flue, bearing
with it the excess of heat and the
moisture, and cooling the whole sub
stance of the rick. Very IltUe power
la required to drive a lan of the
necessary size, nnd Mr. Knowlcs' five
horse steam engine drives the fan
when giving out a mere fractional
part of it* power. One horse, work
ing a fan by means of aa ordinary i
* I
horse gear and intermediate motion,
will do well; ami two men turning a
corndressing machine fan, arranged
in connection with the air lube, have
been abie to accomplish all that was
wanted for cooling a stnek. With a
gentle exhaust, the atmospheric air
is caused to permeate every part of
the rick in ample quantity for keep
ing down the temperature of the
fermenting grass.
The writer referred to says: "Mr. I
Knowles has brought the internal I
temperature of a large rick from 130° I
down to 'JO° in the short period of
forty minutes. In the rick while
building lie lays at various heights i
wooden tube* of bore large enough
to admit a thermometer to In; intro
duced on a lath, these Uil>es reaching
horizontally from the outside to the
center; and thus the heat of all por
tions of the stack can Ik; examined.
A temperature of 100 J is considered
the maximum at which it is advisable j
to let the fermentation work, the fun i
being set in operation as soon an the j
temperature approaches this. The
same provision of air ducts and a j
manually operated exhaust fan has j
I>eeri employed with advantage in
keeping barley and other corn stacks j
from heating."
This system of drying half-made
hay or dry corn deserves to be made
generally known, not only because of
the large quantities of crops which
may be saved by it, but because of
the remarkable economy of labor
which it secures. The system should,
moreover, afford our agricultural j
implement makers an additional arti- 1
cle of manufacture, by means of
which the system might be carried
out with facility.
Special Manuring—A Suggested Experi
ment.
Col. r. n. Carta In IS. Trll.au-
To what extent it will pay the farm
er to hire help is a question which re
quires close calculation. It will al
ways pay to hire help to secure his
crops, and it ought to pav to hire
help to put them in, if lie cannot do
it himself. It will pay to have help
enough to do it well. Will it pay to
expend money for improvements ?
This opens a wide margin. It will
pay to drain land. The first crop
wiil often lie enough Is-ttcr to make
up all of the cost of drainage. It
is a good investment to relay and
make fences necessary to protect
crops, although most farms have too
many fences, and too much money
invested in them. It will pay when
the care of crops does not. occupy
the time of the farmer, to clear the
stones otr the fields, to Trim oil and
i cut away bushes so that something
useful may grow in their place, it
will certainly pay to hire this done
,if it cannot be accomplished other
wise. Will it pay to hire a man and
j furnish him a team to make and
| spread manure upon the farm. To
j make this work his special and solo
business. In winter he should haul
I muck into the farm-yard, to mix with
the manure from the animals and to
j absorb the liquids or put into piles
1 to l>e Awectcned by frost and sun
shine,wnl made fit for use.
In spring lie sloidd cart this and
spread it upon the field—then spend
the remainder of his lime in collecting
muck, leaves soils, or anything else
which was the handiest and best to
to go into a compost heap, or to be
used as apsorpants alut the stables.
The weed* should be gathered, the
brush collected and the ashes used
for the compost. Lime should lie
brought from some kiln, if not 100
far distant, and mixed with fJie refuse
and the muck in the compost heap,
how the farm could beclcard up and
much material going to waste lie
transformed into fertilizers. Would
not a manufacturer of this kind be
lictter than spending money for man
ufactured stimulants in the guiae of
phosphates ? The picture looks good.
Kach day our man would add to the
richness o( the farm and fill the barn
and graincry fuller. The manure
could be spread thicker and farmers
know what that means, bigger corn,
more wheat, heavier grass and green
er pastures. Could lie average one
load a day, twenty-six loads a month ?
This would change twelve acres from
poor to rich ; nothing, to profitable
culture. This would pay his wages
and hoard, close figuring. A load of
manure ia always reckoned to lie
worth a dollar, many farmers consid
er it to lie worth twice that amount.
If tbia is so, and I believe it is. then
one man should have a double credit.
The team must be provided for in
the calculation. A yoke of oxen,
four years old, could be bought for
SIOO. They would be sufficient for
the work and their growth oug bt to
lay for their keeping. A great many
successful farmers keep a team of
this kind and estimate their increase
in aixe and weight oqual the interest
on the co tand their keeping. If they
are correct, and I think they are, then
the outlay for our special man is re
duced to bis board and wages. The
experiment involves no risks. Old
ditches could he cleaned out and wid
ened, and the material would be good
to compost. New ditches could be
made which would furnish material.
80 comport heaps and better drain
age could be united, which would
double the farm improvement. In
the old countries special pains are
taken to increase the fertility of the
soU by utilizing every available ma
terial, which ia lite foundation for
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large crops ami population. This
kiml of economy is untried in Amer
ica, hut is rapidly becoming neces
sary. Farmers are trying to patch
up their farms by buying fertilizers
of transient value, ami at the same
time letting go to waste material
which, with a little labor, could be
rendered permanently beneficial.
Keeping Apples.
From lli Ti-gr*|.h.
It is well, perhajw, to touch upon
this subject, as the time is approach
ing when we must prepare room to
store the winter apples. In this, as
in almost everything else, people dif
fer as to the best method of keeping
apples through the w inter as well as
into spring. In fact, they are fre
quently kept until June, with the
flavor very little impaired. Of course
the utmost care must lie taken in
gathering them from the trees, then
sorting them and putting them light
ly into dry flour casks. The barrel
should be beaped somewhat, and the
heading pressed down firmly, lit-ing
careful not to bruise them. These
casks should la- left under a dry. open
shed until as far into November as
the frost w ill admit of. Light freez
ing weather will not harm the fruit;
in fact, it is only when there is dan
cer of freezing that it should be re
moved. The barrels should then be
taken into a lireless room, where
there will lie no danger of freezing;
or. which we would much prefer, a
cold, dry cellar. When carefully
disposed of in this way, there is little
risk of applies becoming unsound
throughout the winter and spiring,
provided that they are of a fair keep
ing variety, such as Smith's Cider
the Cartiiousc, the Baldwin, the
Rhode Island Greening, the Spiitzen
berg, the Northern Hpiy, Ac.
It must be remembered, however,
; that a barrel, say of Baldwins, from
one tree and one locality will not
perhaps keep as well as a barrel from
some other. It may be from some
t peculiarity of the soil, though per
! haps as likely to be from some con
stitutional defect in the tree. One
i thing is well ascertained, that fruit
j from an old and worn-out tree will
| not keep as well as fruit from the
same variety of which there may be
] but a moderate quantity on the tree.
It seems, therefore, that fine, large,
healthy-looking fruit of any kind
should have the preference &S long
keepicrs.
If these precautions are taken the
appde is not hard to keep. Most fail
from keeping them 100 warm. The
usual store-room of the house, where
they are generally put, is not the
i best |Jace for them. They need to
lie kepit as cool as piossitrlc. Indeed,
as wc have already said, a little frost
t does not hurt them, provided this
low tempx-raturc is regular. A fre
j quont change from cold to warm is
| fatal to the keeping quality of any
| fruit, much less the apple.
Wicv-riDg Pig*.
I have found that it costs as much
j or more to winter a young pig as it
! does an old hog, and have abandoned
the practice of wintering anything
I but breeders. A breeding sow may
: Is- allowed to have a litter of pigs in
! the spring which can be sold, ami the
old one will get in fine condition,
almost, if not quite fit for butchering,
i on clover, cornstalks and roots. And
j we count the income derived from
piig* as an extra gain. There is
, always a demand in the spring for
I young pigs at from |2 to $4 each for
fattening, and a higher price for
j breeding stock, which makes the
I I rod Is on a breeding sow equal to
that of a cow witli a great deal less
; cost of keeping. By a little pains
taking and eflort a farmer can make
market far his pork at a price more
remunerative than what is usually
paid for it in the carcass. Town
i jicopilc will buy and cat more pork if
they know that it has been grown
ami fattened on wholesome food.
MR. WILLIAM KLLMAKKR, of Earl,
I'enn., had a field in which the foot
1 could not lie set down without strik
ing thistles. He determined to try
the pilan of allowing none of their
leaves to breathe. He plowed it for
corn, and when the corn was three
ioehes high the thistles were six
inches. His shovel-harrow and hoc
cut all off. He went over the field
six times, and felt like giving it up,
but piersevered. They were very thin
and spindly at the seventh going
j over, Riid then disappeared. None
came up the next spring nor since.
The ground was full ot their desd
roots.
TH* Dublin Farmer claims that a
full feed of hav to horses, to follow
concentrated food, is wasteful, and
crowds the latter out of the stomach
before propier digestion occurs. This
authority claims that the hay should
be fed first to avoid the above-men
tioned trouble. A hearty drink of
water upon a full stomach also oper
ates to pußh its contents into the
intestines before there is proper di
gestion.
FAILURE to get grass well set is
the turning point on which hinges
the gate to aifluenee on the one baud
and to failure on the other, excepting
only the few case* where It is possible
to recuperate exhausted land by
means of sow* convenient abundance
of manure from without
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