Profeetiotml Card/*. WILLI.M A. WALLACE, PATH) L. KBkM, Htaarr.wALL.es, itu HII-UOL WALLACE & KIIEBB, V Y LAW AND COLLECTION OPIICB, January I,lß*l. OI.EARPIELD. PA. 17LLI8 L. OBVISY FJ ATTORNKV AT L\W. tiPPICE oppoaite the Conrt llou.#, on the 2d floor of A. 0. FureCt building 3-3tf I7RANK FIELDING, 1 LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICII, 12-ly CLBARPIKLD, PA. WA. MORRISON. o ATTORNKV-ATI. AW, BKLLKPONTK, PA. Office In Woodrlng'e Block, oppoaite the Court llooae. Cou.ultallon lu Rngllah or Oertnaa. 2-ly c. r. ALtiAsnkk. c. a. aovrts. A LEXANDER k BOWER, 1 V ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Bcll*ftit*. PA., may be consulted in English or o#r man. Office In oannatT Building. 1-ly JAMU 4. ■**▼■*. J. WULIT QRFRAIT. OEAVER k GEPHART, 1> ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Office on Allegheny tirevt, north of lligh. Belle fbnte, Pi. 1-ly DF. FORTNEY, a ATTORN KYAT-t AW, IIKLLKPONTB, PA. lout door to the left In the Court lloaae. 2-ly TOILN BLAIR LINN, EL ATTORNEY AT LAW, HKLLKFONTE, PA. Office Allegheny Street, irer Pi*t Office. 'il-ly T L. SPANGLKR, Pl o ATTORN KT-AT-LAW BELLKPONTE. CKNTRK COUNTY, PA. Special attention to 00l lectio DA; practice* in al) the Courts; Consultation* in German or R> giish. 1-ly DS. KELLER, a ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office on Allegheny Street South tide of Lyon't ■tore, Bellefbnte, Pa. I'lj T I. MURRAY. CTRCT UORDOR. \FURRAY A GORDON, 111 ATTORNKYS-AT LAW, L'LEARPI ELD PA. Will attand tba Bellefonte Court, when specially employed. 1 If T C. HIPPLE, X • ATTORN ET-AT-LAW. LOCK HAVEN. PA. All badness promptly tUoiai t. 1-ly WM, P. MITCHELL, PRACTICAL SURVEYOR, Lock HAVEN, PA , Will attend to all work In Clearfield, Centre and Clinton oonntiee. Office oppoaite Lock llaren National Rank. 20-1J W C. HEINLE, M , ATTORNEY AT LAW, RKLLKPONTK, PA. Office In Conrad Honee, Allegheny etre*t. Special attention glren to the collection of claJmt. All bnaiueaa attended to promptly. 21-ly W ILLIAM M'<'ULIAOUGH, 77 ATTORNET AT LAW. OI.EARPIELD, PA All hnalneaa promptly attended to. 1-ly M f tirella PI eo un. ■ 00Y00SUFFER With COSTIVCNESS. Eiek Hasdsch*. DVEPCP SIA. Law Snirita, SLEEPLESS NIGHTS. Lota ef Appetite Pain ia tba Sida, And all the nameeue ailment* rnnaequent upon n dla ordered etate of tha Lirer, when yon hare a rrrtala rwmedy within ywr reach. That ramwly la GREEN'S Liver Pills. Theae Pitta ara of TWO atnna, and whan uaed In Conner tioa with earh other arrordlng to dlrecttona an INVARIABLY SLCCEWIRI L. They are augar ted, and an SENT BY MAIL on reratpl of price. In order to prevent rtrunlerfeitlng they an put an In ■OI'UR hoxee, with the tlgnalure of F. P. GREEN around earh ho*. Price, No I, SSeta; No. 2, SO ct*. Manufactured only hy r. POTTS GREEN. BELI.EPONTE, PA. New York Weekly Herali ONE DOLLAR ▲ YEAR. r PHE circulation of this popular 1 nmpiMi )• rornUntly Increaalng. II rnotaloa •II Ihr Irmllof newo of the D 41L T lluuit, Hd I* iniDinl la luwklj deport® dU. The FOREIGN NEWS raibniM rpeetal dhfinbn fro® til qitm of thr globe. Cntler the broil of AMERICAN NEWS in |lm the Telegrnphk tMepnkhee of Ibe work fro® •II |*IU of the L'nloo. Tlil* batara alone make# THE WEEKLY HERALD th> moot tklmMo rbronklo la the world, mlt It tko cbM|fWt- Kerry work la g1n • failhfnl report of POLITICAL NEWS embracing mmpWa and tomprebenaHe ikpauhr. fro® WtaatMTO*. Including fall roporto of tko ■peechrrof eminent politician# on the qaeotiosa of lb# boar. THE FARM DEPARTMENT of lb* Wnilr llimu gim thr hint ao ol| m Ike moat pnrtlnl anggaotioae and dhtmrlw ralatlag la lb* duties of tko former, hinta for raining Cams, Ponrar, Oaiiaa, Taaaa. Viamaia. be., be. with aaggaatlona for kroping holding. *t>d atenelk la re p*lr. Tbk la ropploawnted bp a wrll—lltrd deparv m.tit, wldalj copied, aadrr tbo brad of THE HOME, glrlKg rod pea for practical dfabea, blata for making clothing and for keeping ap with UM Uleet fashion# at tbo low oat prko. K wry Itoai of cooking or economy anggoatad in tbk depertmeni ia prartltally InM by r I porta bofora publication. Indian Ika oar Park and London eorreopoadeMs on tha ear; lateet faak looa. Thr Hoaa li-partmaot of tbo Wlltll llcai La will men tbo HoojH.wifa mora than ooa bnndrad Una tba prloa of UM papor. Tbo labmb of SKILLED LABOR arr look ad after, oad everything pertaining la aw c Kan Ira and labor taring k craftily rtowdof Tbrrt la a paga darotad to all UN lalast pbooao of Um boat arm market!, Cropa, Marcbaadka, be... be. A eaJam Mr frntnra la foaad la tbo apodal I y reported prko* ia4 coDfUltom of THE PRODUCE MARKET. iroartaa Ultra at bom# and abroad, togotbar with a broar trary weak, a banana by aoaaa eminent dk tin#. Lirxaaitr, Niwcu, RmaMina, Paaaowai and baa Mwraa. Tbora kno paper In tha world tbo* roa talna So Barb nrwe mattwr arary iraak a* tba w*. LT limit*, which I* coat, pootag* paid, for One Dol lar. Ton ton ro bar rib# at any time. Tllg \ I OMb KKW TURK In a Weakly for®, J DOLLAR HERALD ) (A TEAR bildieee NEW YORK HERALD. b-l Broadway and Ann Strati. How Tork. FOP Bale. A ■ FARM containing Fifty Acreb. and bating thereon erected a TWCMrTOMT PR AMI RtULDOH* and oat baildtagi. TIUo goad. Inquire of At- R. A aRIRRT, *- 53oialilo, Cartas aaaaty, fa. WUoon, McFarlane 4 10 on 824 414 " Curtln " ... 900 111 1# AlB 410 " Mount Bagl* " —91210 Si A 9 401 " Howard " „iI" 37 455 440 " Kaglerflle " 93*10 4 550 445 ...... " Beech Creek " ... 9401n 44 534 433 . " Allll Hall " ... 94411 18 529 430 •' Fletnlngbm " —95711 3D 524 425 ...... " Lock llaeen " ...10 01 11 25 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. I —(Philadelphia and Brie Diclainn.) —On and alter December 12, 1*77 : WESTWARD. ERIK MAIL learea Philadelphia ... ..... 11 55 p m - " Ilarrlahurg.. 4 24 a m a " Wllliatneport 835a n> * " Lock llaem.. 9 40 a m e " Ranoro... 10 54 am " arrlrea at Klie 735 p m NIAOARA EXPRESS learea Philadelphia- 7 2" a m " " Harriaburg.... 10 50 am " '• Wllllaraiport. 2 2" p m *• arrleee at Renoro. 4 40 p in Paaaengere hp thle train arr.re In Belle fonte at 4 35 p m PAST I.IRB laarea Philadelphia..... 11 41a* " " llarrtelmrg.. 3 34pm ' " Wllliamaport .............. 7 .K> p m " arrlrea at Lock Brwi - . 84"p te EASTWARD. PACIFIC EXPRESS learea I*. k llaren.— A4O •' " Wllliamaport... 7 45* n " arrlrea at llarrtebnrg II 55 am " " Philadelphia— 3 45 p m DAT EXPRESS learea Ren0r0..... 10 1 a m *• " Lock Haven 11 2" aln a " Wllliamaport 12 40 am •• arrlrea at llarrtehurg..... 4 10 p m a ~ Philadelphia.....—... 720 pm ERIK MAIL learea Renew. 9 35 p m a a Lock llaren 4*> pa* a a Wllliamaport .... 11 fd p m a aarirea al Hnrrteburg. ...._ 3 45am a a Philadelphia 700 aw PAST LISR learee Williameport —1235 a m a arrlrea al Harriaburg................. 3 48am a a Philadelphia 734 aw Erie Mall Waal. Niagara Krprewa Waat, Lark llaren Accommodation Wat. and Dap P.* pre** Eaurt. make rloaeronnacli-.naat Northumberland with L. A B, R R. train* for Wllkeakwrre and Scran left Erie Mall Weet. Niagara Ktpreaa Weal, and Erie Etpreee Weet. and lawk llaren Accommodation Waat. make clone connection at Wllliamaport wltn A O R W. tralne north. Erie Mall Weet, Niagara Eipreea Weet. and Day Eapreea t**'. make eloee connection at Lock llaren With B P. V. R. R. tralne Rrle Mail Eaet and Weet connect at Erie with train* on L 8 A M 8 R R.. Nt ferry wtlb 0. C. A A. Y. R I . at Emporium with R. N. T. A P. R. It, aa I al Driftwood with A Y R R. Parlor can will run betweea Philadelphia and Wllliamaport on Niagara Kiprew* Wret. Erie Riprmn Weet, Philadelphia Rxprew* Raat and Bay Kaprea* Eaat, and Sunday Rxpreea Raat. Sleeptag car* on all night tratna. W. A. Binui, (leo'l Superintendent IRA HI) HOUSE, VI 00RNKRCHESTNCT AND NINTH STREETS. mUMUMII. Thle hence, pfdnlnent In n rlly famed for Ita com fnruhle hotel*, la kept In erery rrwpect equal to any Are! ctae* hotela in the country (.wing to the atria gency of the llmea, the price of hoard b*e been reduced in r*nn noiLan* per day. J. M'KIBBIN. ' A l * Manager FLTLMORE A CO., \ I LAW AND COLLECTION HOUSE 629 F STREET, WASHINGTON. I. C. Make Oollerttoni, Negotiate (cane and ntteed to ail buainem conttded to them LAND SCRIP, B-Idler'* Additional llomeataad Right* and LAND WARRANTS bought and aold. 4atf iBON ■ A TRUE TONIC A PERFECT STRENGTHENEDA SURE REVIVER. TRON RITTKRN are highly ymtmmcndcd tor all disease* re quiring a certain and efficient tonic ; especially JndigeHion, lb/oprpma. Inter niUml Fttert, H'ant of Appelite. Lorn of SlrmgfJe, Lade of Entry y, dr. Knriclirs the blood, strengthen* tha mnaciw, and given new life to the nerve*. They act like a charm on the digeativ* organs, removing ill dyspeptic symptoms, such at Tutting Me Food, BHtking, Heat in Me Slamnrk. Ifmrthum, tit. Thin only Iron Preparation that will not blacken the teeth or give headache. Hold by *ll druggists. Writs for the AB C Book, 32 pp. of useful sod smuaing reading—ami fret. liHOWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Md. BITTERS j J ..L.i,.gai i a-a. ua . ALBERT E, PAIJIII, L^l FVUNML —LOO IF OF FDULI, li. f. ORAITOW. rrORT *. LADD PATENTS. PAINE, GRAFTON A LADD, Attorney*-at- Law and Solution of Am* rioM and Foreign Palmh, 412 Firm STRUT, WAIB moron, D. CL Praetla* pun law la alt Itc brah la lb* Pataal (Mbw, *•* Uta InpmM awi una) Omrtt of lb* iMtsd State*. PaapfeW* mm* few, Mf HOP BITTEES^ (A .Uedlrinr, not a itrlok.) COITAIKS HOP*, nrcnr, mandrake, DANDELION, Aidtri Prsnrr aid llurrMimr,Lqi'AU- I Tin us au. utubb llimu. THEY CUItE At) Dlwinof thrßtomnrh. (luwrii, fttood, I LUrr. Kldn-y,Ard rrtury Of-gAiio, Nrr* YUOB&ea*. hirs-r|pMnr**nd especially rrftiAJo CoinpUitiM. 81000 IN COLD. WITI ho pold for I rw tbry Win full run- b-'l(i. or fur onytfclnc Impure or lujurlou, found In lAi-in. A.k four drumrt.t fur Ilnp Ilium in-1 try I tlu-ai before )<>u Bleep. Take uo alkrr. ■ D f C. Ian alreiluU-an.-llrrretwlhlertirr for I Druakouocaa, uo of opium, tubaecu .oil rarroiira. ■■M lim run Cimtua ■■■■■■■ All iUm wU Vy DwUK u-t Dm—* us. luwir-, s.v . a r^Ko..■ Dottle Crook, Michigan, MAKtrACTCBJUU or TUB UAL* Qtxvixm Traction and Plain Engines and Horse-Pcwers. MaUC'empietaTbreabar Factory I Entnbllohod la Ike MAHA i 1848 A A VCAPC •/ eomfimmtms m*4 amre+nfmt I |lsHliO*'m, wtOx trt dttbire nf rut- U Mm *•*!*, or '• " ** ik 4 Omplrtr HtraM 0lll'>/ mmfrkl*** ?•. ihn** r.**Trmrtftfi Kaciiraki I Plain IMM ** #**r awrt tt> tb* Atn*rtc*n marled A m wlHlmd* nf jr — ~4 ml /Wfrar** lararmrai rad f*r IVI. <*/*w nf M Moon tod HT"o-lVfwwr 1 7 VW) ADA of Hrln-lrd l.wmWr • i/VU,UVAI (/rWR (Atm 'a yran ere triad) crr.sUul'r as hind, frvwn whW U tniUt Um tn enmiwckiilt wowi-airt of our marJUDrrr TRACTION ENGINES^ mm mm mi, aaX timrmlfa.mm* l cftoUm/ raer \\j3l mmh. U 10, 13 lloroe Eowrr. |W / Farrwra nod T%rriter*ir o r- ttreitrd W Wpdurub ki, Tfire-T-iiua- Uu k.naor. OtrcuUr. —M Irre Adiireaa I.'!CIIOLS, SHEPARD A CO. f.-uMlc Crook, Mlchl**"" MOXKY To Loan at ( porCt. sv the mutual live fasra- ANf'X CO. OS SBW t"RR, , Iil W>nn<., ,m laui.il farm pnipertjr. In .onl. not Ire. then and nul nrunllDi unt lWri of ibe prre.l t.lm of lb. property. Any portion of tb* prtnefpAl can 1. pnld off nt any lim. nd II b.a I— I. lb. rnatom of tb* company to pnrmlt lb. prl>elpal to retrain n. bm a. th. hcirromar l,bre. If lb. Inlcirel It promptly |I4. Apply lo CHARLES P. SHERMAN. AMnrney-nl IA, MI IVnrt. .Irret, Rredlnf. P or to DAVta I KLINE. Oo.'a Ap|H*lrer. 8-11 Ibllfficntt, P.. f 1 AKMAN'B HOTEL, VI OWWLT.CW.RT LLOW., BW.I.RVOHTS, PA. TERMS J HI DAT. A gooA Lt.nr, llm M 1-1 ST. XAVIER'S ACADEMY, NEAR LATROBE, PA., VTEARLY half a Century old, from 11 MM A, RMM peiMlMat MMI celtlr.tfrl WMM* la hMMfIfM bit. (mdMl.t, a#ar MM rtiiimif* wUmMiaal nm aS Mtlmt .Ua4.nl ot raAuln, la •mmm. Pbbll. MlKltUd at mf (la*. Yuri J .*■ p.9M *t*l M, AMtwm. stmms or nsacv, m MmMt* t. 0, Wi.*jul**< aanaty, la. L ' lIM 'A ®ht (Crntrr grawtwi BkLL BF OB TB, FA. NKWB, KACTB AND SUGGESTIONS. TIC TUT OP Til OATIOtUL wtlrAßl K TH ISTtLU unci aid rioiriiiTT or tmi man Every farmer in hit annual experience ilitcovert umielhing of value. Write il anil tend it to the "Agricultural Editor of the Dkmochat, Helle'fonte, I'cnn'a," that other farmer may have the benefit of if. Let communication* be timely, atul be ture that they are brief and well pointed. Witii the costly lesson before us of the enormous losses to this year's crop from defective seed corn, it is to be hoped due precaution will be taken to lay in a store of seed by selecting and carefully preserving good sound cars; and it will lie well to make the supply abundant. Your neighbors may want your surplus at remunera tive prices, and if they are fortunate enough to have good seed of their own, wlmt you may have left over will be none the less salable as feed for the extra care you have given it. Wr. do not remember any seeding season in which the use of the field roller was in such constant demand as the present one, nor one in which its services were so important. The lumpy condition of many soils, con sequent upon their extreme wetness early in the season, succeeded by the severe drouth, has required its re peated use to bring them into any thing like the proper mechanical con dition for sowing. Now that this has been, in a measure, accomplished, continued absence of rain leaves them in such a loose and dusty state that its use after sowing is essential to germination of the seed. We regard the roller at all times as one of the most important and useful of farm implements, but the peculiarities of the present season seem to have made its good qualities more than ever prominent. CENTRE county farmers arc not only just but generons, and would not think of rejoicing over any re ported failure of crops, consequent upon the drouth, in other sections of the country. Nevertheless, "Misery loves company," ami we confess to being a little less uncomfortable on the score of the discouraging empti ness of our barns and cribs, when wc learn that we are "no worse off than our neighbors" of other counties and other States. The Rural Sew Yorker comes up smiling with an amusing cartoon of "The I.ong Island farmer gathering his crops." His face wears a roost forlorn expression as he trudges homeward with a basket upasi one arm containing his entire potatoes and garden truck, a stnalr sickel in the same hand, and in the other his whole grain crop, done up in a single sheaf of wonderfully slen der proportions. IN our reply, in the DEMOCRAT of the 22d instant, to the inquiry of our correspondent, W. A. K., as to where certain seeds could he obtained, we inadvertently omitted to include In the list of dealers our local farmers' supply store, of which Messrs, Alex ander k Co. are the proprietors. The omission was wholly due to a slip of the pen, caused by the haste in which a press of duties compelled us to write, as we had taken pains to refer to the files of the Democrat, and found that Mesars. Alexander k Co. advertise seeds of all kinds as well as farming implements. Justice to our correspondent, who, of course, wants to obtain hia seed at the nearest point; to Messrs. Alexander k Co., who are among oar most prominent and enterprising business men ; and to oar own uniform practice of up holding and encouraging home enter prise, demand the prompt correction of the omission. Ths succeea of a fair, especially of e local one, depend* mainly upon the work of few—often one—very enthusi astic and hard working person*. We believe so thoroughly in fairs, and espe cially In the local ones—county in pref erence to Stale fair*, and town fair* rather than thoeeot the county, that we would increase the number of workers, and have every one within the district included by the fair feet that ha is a committee of one charged to make it a success.— Am. Atjryevltvrirt. We are sure that the officers of our county agricultural society, whose fair is now in progress, have been "enthusiastic and hard-working per sons," and If the fiur is not all that it should be, some reasons most be found other than official neglect Possibly you, reader, may have failed to properly support them. Superphosphate in the Wheat Field. Bupcrphosphates have been used in this season's sowing of wheat in this county, to a much greater extent than ever before, and the question of the ultimate profit to lie derived from their use receives a large share of attention whenever and wherever farmers congregate. In view of this interest in the subject the following paragraphs are not untimely, though the wheat for the season is sown, and the corn nearly harvested: The quantity of superphosphate usually used in this section, where this fertilizer has been extensively em ployed in wheat culture for several years past, and where the sod is much of the character described by an in quirer—"light clay"—is from 150 to 200 pounds per acre, with which is usually mixed 50 or 100 pounds of gypsum (land plaster). It has been my practice to drill in about 200 pounds per acre, deeming that a lib em! dressing, and it has not failed to add largely to the crop, and in some cases the superphosphate would seem to be the making of a fair crop, when without it there would have been a failure, as shown by leaving a cast of the drill without the fertilizer. I have grown forty bushels of wheat |>er acre where no other fertilizers had been used for three preceding props. The quantity that can be used with profit will doubtless de |>end much on the condition of the soil. A crop can assimilate only a certain amount of mineral plant food and we assume that the maximum crop of wheat in our climate is sel dom above fifty bushels per acre, hence if we apply directly to the plant the mineral element contained in that bulk of grain we have sup plied all the crop can use. A soil that is much exhausted will use profitably a larger quantity of superphosphate than a soil that is less exhausted. Observation has taught me that in some cases a much greater quantity than is usually ap plied can be made profitable on lands reduced low, and a less quantity is all that is profitable on land in good state of fertility. I have used super phosphate on land in such state of fertility that no effect could be seen from it, and I have observed instances where a double quantity had been sown with proportionate increase of growth. On an occasion the fced bottom of nay drill became so worn that two drills sowed about double the quantity of phosphate that others did and those drills of wheat showed a ranker and heavier growth of wheat, which was observed by many during the season. In the use of super phosphates the farmer must be gov erned by circumstances, as in most other farm operations, to gain the most profitable result. On a fertile soilln* gained; on an there may be profit in mixed with plaster. When yard manure is applied to wheat land, a sufficient growth of i straw is usually produced, but some time* there will be a failure in the ' plumpness of grain—which is the effect of too much ammonia and not enough'phosphate in proportion. The application of superphosphate will improve the quality of grain and will give a profitable return in such case, but a less quantity is needed ; I think 150 pounds per acre is enough for profit. In preparing land for wheat last year, a field of twenty acres was partly top-droascd with fermented barnyard manure; the remainder of the field without manure. With the seed the usual quantity of phosphate was drilled in, except on about two toe res where the manure was applied, there was no phosphate used. At harvest time there was a marked dif ference in favor of that |>ortion where manure and phosphate were both ap plied. The next liest portion was where phosphate waa applied without manure and the poorest wheat on the field was that portion where manure was applied and no phosphate.— F. /'. Hoot, in the Tribune. The corn could hanlly be much better and the only dressing the plot has received is the mnwon harnyard mor.ur'. This plot is as far ahead of the plot with the commercial fertilicer aa the plot with the commercial fer tilixer is ahead of the plot with no dressing whatever.—- Orange Cbuniy (Farmer. Stable manure must not be lost sight of, in this increasing interest in those concentrated fertilisers, for we cannot produce our crops and hare enough for ourselves and others, without its aid; and there is nothing in all the list of commercial mixture, which give so good an average return for the money invested in it, as well* made stable manure.— Prof, QMmtt, in American Agriculturist for October. A raw years ago, the farmer who read an agricultural paper was scorn fully termed a u book-farmer." Bat a wonderful change has come in thin aspect, and the farmer, who, like those fierce, ignorant old knights of old, gloried in his aversion to reeding, baa become not only a reader, tot a writer, find is telling of what he knows to other interested and eager farmers. Now the first paper that the farmer looks for, and opens when he gets it, on hia weekly visit to the post-office, is his agricultural journal. And the farmer who is most respect ed and consulted hy his neighbors, and whose farm and work are models and examples for the neighborhood, is the one who reads and studies the agricultural papers the most careful ly.—Rural Sew Yorker. Alfalfa, or Lucerne, in California. We quote the following paragraph from a California correspondent of the American Agriculturist for the further information of such of our readers—as W. A. K.—as may be in terested in Alfalfa as a forage plant: This is particularly adapted to our soil and climate, it has been in suc cessful cultivation in the central and southern parts of the State for a number of years. Here from two to five crops a year are harvested, the yield varying from five to eight tons, and in some instances as high as ten tons per acre in a single season. The first cutting is usually considered the l>est, taring sweeter than the succeed ing crops. As a pasture it is highly appreciated, owing to its almost per |ietual growth; there being only a short period (the cold wet season) in which it does not thrive. Care must be taken when stock is first turned on it to avoid bloat, afterward there need be no uneasiness on -that ac count. Some such pasture is especi ally necessary to the success of the dairy interests. It is claimed by some that Alfalfa (both fresh and cured) atlects the flavor of milk and butter, but if fed, mixed with other feed, there seems to be no such trou ble. If it be fully cured, and with especial reference to dairy feed, it undoubtedly will not affect either taste or scent of the milk or butter. Batter. Here is a good and sufficient ex planation of the present high prices asked and paid for butter: Mutter comes from milk, and milk comes from food. This is not a re cent discovery *, but it has occurred to us, from an examination of the herds of some dairymen, that tbcy do not yet realize the fact that "milk must come from the food," as their cows have received but scant food to keep them in respectable condition, without yielding milk. They act, practically, as if the cow bad power to produce milk independently of any food. Her mechanism is intended for a most liberal production of milk ; but she must have the raw material out of which to manufacture it. The generous cow, striving to do her duty, will yield a small amount of milk at the expense of tue flesh of her own body. But if all the butter sent to market weic made after the following form ula there would lie less reason for growling at the price: Honest butter is the perfect pro duct of the perfect dairy. The per fect butter dairy contains several es sentia) and indispensable factors. Ist. The I>est cows of the lest breed, for the finest quality of butter. 2d. Perfect management, good fodder, pure water, convenient and clean sta bles, cool and clean creamery, sys tematic and judicious manipulation of the dairy products. 3d. Cleanli ness. 4th. Cleanliness. sth. Clean liness. Gth. Cleanliness. "th. Clean liness, with the cows. Bth. Cleanli ness in feeding, milking, stabling, handling milk, cream and butter. 9tb. Cleanliness and taste in packing for market. 10th. A devout spirit of appreciation in eating a clean, aro matic, waxy, naturally golden colored, solid, sweet and delicious dairy pro duct—honed butter. Weather Prophesies. Here is bow Bob Burdette, of the Burlington Hawkryc, geta ahead of Vcnnor, the Canadian weather clerk: If the corn husks are very thick, the Winter will be colder than the Summer. If the corn husks are very thin, the Summer will be warmer than the Winter. If the corn husks are neither too thick nor too thin, the Winter will be cold and the summer will be warm. Luck- This paragraph, clipped from the Rural New Yorker , is not strictly "agricultural," but we have no doubt that if it were read aloud in the fam- * ily of every farmer in the land, and duly pondered by all who hear it, the agricultural interests would be great ly the gainer: The best "lock" that can fall upon any Impecunious young man it a de termination to go to work, even if hit only chance fa to handle a shovel on a railroad track, and the young woman who is sighing for a rich hus band will strike lock when she makes 2 her mind to nse exercise and IVeah as sasntles, try a new cooking recipe every day and read something sensible in some of her spare mo ments. Lock, as usually worshipped, is the god of the lasy and but lUUe, if any, more respectable than Mer cury, the god of thieves.