Vrofe**ional Card*. WILLIAM A. hAVIO I, XkXBII, ♦ IliAßr r. WALLACE, WILLIAM a. * AIAACS. WALLACE & KREBB, ▼ V LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICII, Jnnjinry 1, |K*I. CLEARFIELD. PA. T7LLIS L. OR VIS, X J ATTORNEY AT LIW. OFFICE oppeelte the Court tluuee, on lh* 2d floor of A. O, Furat'n building. 3-6tf T7RANK FIELDING, . JP LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. M li-ly uLEAKFIELD, PA. WA. MORRISON, • ATTOUN KY-AT-LAW, DKLLKFONTK. PA. Office In Woodrlng'* Block, oppoMte the Court llouao. Conulttlon In Kngllah or Oermon. #-ljr CFR ALIX vivo**. o. M. KIU. ALEXANDER k BOWER, 1 V ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Beltofont*. P., rony mnnl!4 In Engllnh or Cl#r man. Office in ttarnutn't Dutldiag. I-ly J AVIS 4. MVIT. J. wssunr UKPHAKT. TJEAVER & GEPOART, JL> ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Ofllc* on AUegheuy street, north of High. font*, P. 1-1 y Df. fortney, • ATTORN BT-AT-LAW. BELLKFONTE, PA. Uil dHr to the left In the Court lioaee. 2-ly JOHN BLAIR LINN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PA. Offlr* Allegheny Jlrwl, over Poat Otßco. B-l> JL. SPANG LEIi, • ATTORN EY-ATLAW, BELLRFONTK. CENTRE COUNTY, PA. Special attention to Collertloti*. practice* to nil th# Court*; ConroltnUooa In Herman or K gllah. M; DS. KELLER, • ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office on Allegheny Street South aid* of Lyon"* ■tore, Bellefbute, P. 1-ljr t. B. MI'BMAT. cTKrs SOBPOa. Ti/fTJRRAY A GORDON, I*l. ATTORNKYB-AT-LAW, CLEARFIELD PA. Will attend th* BellefonU Court* wh*n specially ' employed .JLiL TC. HIPPLE, • ATTORN BY-AT-LAW. - I.OCR HAVEN. PA. All buaineaa promptly attended to. J-ly W M - p - MITCHELL, ** PRACTICAL SURVEYOR, LOCK HAVEN, PA. Will attend to all work In Clearfield, Centre and Clinton eountlea. Office oppoette Lock Karen National Bank. 20-ly WC. HEINLE, a ATTORNEY AT LAW. BKLLKFONTK, PA. Office In Conrad Hooee. Allegheny elreet. Special attention given to the collection of claim*. All boelnea* attended to promptly. *l-1/ WILLIAM McCULLOUGH, * * ATTORNEY AT LAW CLEARFIELD, PA All btwlneen promptly attended to. 1-ly Jf i ncella nrotut. ■ DOYOUSUFFER Willi COSTIVENE9S. tick H**d.eh*. OVSPEP RIA. Law Spirit*. SLEEPLESS NIOHTS, Lot* of Appall!*, P*ia ia Ik* W*, Anl *ll lh* numernn* ailment* ei*>inBl upon • die ordered rt<! of the IJnr, when yon h** • ((fttll remedy within yoar reach. Thai remedy I* GREEN'S Liver Pills. Thaaa Pill* *r of TWO *l***. *nd wh#a n*d In COBMdlm with each nlhar urnirtlM to dltwrtlon* *ra INVARIABLY SUCCESS! ft* L. They *r all**! oalal. andara SENT BY MAIL on receipt of price. Io order In prerent cooolarfalting tbay arc pot op In aotxo bona*, with lh# eignatur* of f. P. tiRERN aronnd afk bo*. Price, No I.SScta: So. 2, SO eta. Manufactured only by r. POTTS GREEN. BKLLEttINTE. PA. New York Weekly Heiali ONE DOLLAR A TEAR. rpllE circulation of this popular I oewepaper la rnnetantly ttmreaaing. It contain* all lh* landing now* of Iba but* llnut, and I* arranged in handy dapartm nU. Th* FOREIGN NEWS embrace. .part* I di.pairha* fro** all '|*art*r* of Iha glob*. L'ndar tha hand of AMERICAN NEWS ar* (if an tha Telegraphic Ihepalche* of lh* waah from all patt* of lb* Union. Tbi* faainra *lona ntaka* THE WEEKLY HERALD Iba ml aalnahla chronicle In tha world, a* It I* th* cheopeet. Ktery weak I* (Iran • falibfttl raport of POLITICAL NEWS unbracing complt and eon>prh*nlr* dlapnlche* frum Wadgiawrow, Including fall report* of tha epeerhe* of eminent politician* on lh* >|oe*thio* of tha hnr. THE FARM DEPARTMENT of iba Vntll Hcutt (I*** lh* lataat ** *ll a* tha acnet practical *Bgg**fioo* and dlecwreri** rotating la th* dotia* of th* former, bint* for ral.lag Cittll, portrar, Ontia*. T****, fnmiw, Ac., Ac., with •napathio* Aw keeping building* and aleneil* In re pair. Thta ia enpplemented by a welledlled depart ment, widely copied. nndor tha hand of THE HOME, airing rrripa* for practical dlnhan, bint* for making clothing and for keeping op with th* l*t*l foabion* at th* fowMt P*kw. Beery H*m of cooking or economy tnggeeled ia tbi* department t* practically teetad by expert* before piiWkntbm let tar* from nor Part* and London epcTewpondenta no lh* f**y lataat faab ton*. The Home department of th* Wmir limit will '• the bonsewlfo mora than on* hundred U*t* th* pric* of th* paper. The Inter**!* of SKILLED LABOR nr* looked after, and everything pertaining to m eh.nk* and labor mrlng la earwfnlly recorded. Tb** |a a page derated to all lb* lataat phaaee of dm boat n*M markau. Crop*, M-rcb.ndlm, Ac. Ac. A r.lan- M* fmtar* hi foond in th* .pactally reported pric** end condition* of THE PRODUCE MARKET. (taWTiKi Rgw* *t home *nd abroad, together with • Btnar erary week, a Bmukmi by * mtn*nl dt rioe. Imutt, Mrucel, I*n*fic, Pnmwat and Itu Nun*. Th*r* I* no paper la the world that eon tain* *o mnrh new* matter *rary waak a* th* Wggg. IT Dgnain, which l* mat, portage paid, for On* Dot tar. Too caa nbarrlb* al any llm*. - tni 1 ( o*a TtKW TORK V In a Weakly for*, { DOLLAR HSRALD ) I A fRAR YORK HERALD, S-l Broadway and Ann Mfort, l*w Tarfc. For Sale. A FARM containing Fifty Acres. and baring thereon arartad a TWO-STOBT VRAMk RUtLDIRO and 00l building*, TiU* gool loqolt*of tJ.AT.t cißiraf, S-tf •, Satan rilta, Cefitr* wmsiy. Pa. • ' A* IHl*on, McFarlane ( l Co., Hardware Dealer*. HARDWARE! WILSON, McFARLANI! & CO. DEALERS IN STOVES,RANGES? HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND BTTILDEBS' H.A.IR/ID'W.A.rR/rE. AI.LEGIiF.NY STREET, .... HUMES' BLOCK, .... RELLEFONTE, PA. TRAVELER'S GUIDE. BELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE R. R.—Time-Table In effect on and after March I,IAM: Lear** Snow Shoe IJTA. a. .arrive* In Dellefonle 7.21 A. M. Leave* Bellcfont* 0.12 A. M.,arrive* at Snow Shoe 11.26 A. M. Leave* Bn*w Sboa 2.30 r. It..arrive* In Bellafontr 4.20 p. M. Leave* B*ll*fonte 4.46 T. M.. arrive* at Snow ghee 7.26 P. M. 8. 8. BLAIR, lien'l Superintendent BALD EAGLE YALLEY RAIL* BOAD.—Time-Table, April 29, 1180: Exp. Mall, waarwaan. aaarwaau. Exp. Mall, a. tt. p. M. P "- *■ " S 10 7 li 2 Arrive at Tvrvme Leave..... 7 32 4* 5 3 6 56 Leave Ea*t+yrone Leave... 7 39 A 64 769 661 " Vail " —7 42 *6* 765 47 ...... " Bald Eagle " ... 747 AO2 74A 63d ..... " Fowler " -- 762 909 742 633 ...... " llannah " —7 66 913 736 626 " Port Matilda " ... AOO 919 727 417 " Martha " ... 807 926 718 608 " Julian " 816 932 7 9 617 ...... " Uninnvllle " ... 523 939 718 648 •' Snnw Shoe In " ... i 32 046 |H 646 " Mlleehurg " ... A34 048 648 636 " Belief..nte " 8 4-1 967 538 6 '26 ...... '• Mlleehurg " ... A54 10 (Ml 826 614 " Curlln " - 10 19 6IA 610 " Mount Eagle " ... 9I*I" 26 8 9 601 ....„ • Howard " —o2olo 37 653 460 " Eagletllle " ... 03A10 49 560 445 •• Bee. h I reek " ... 94010 54 634 433 ...™ " Mill Hall " .. 9HII 16 629 430 •' Flemlngtoa " ™06711 30 626 426 " Lock Haven " ...10 01 It *25 P: NNSYLYANIA IIAILROA D. —4 Philadelphia and Erie Dlvlalon.)—On and after December 12, 1877 : WESTWARD. ERIE MAIL leave* Philadelphia..™™ 11 66 p m - " Harrteburg 1 Ran " " Willlamaport ......... t36 a m " Lock Haven...™™...™ 9 40am * M Re n0v0... 10 66 n m " arrtvee at Erie.. 7 36 p m NIAGARA EXPRESS learea Philadelphia. 7 2>i a m •' " llarrleborg... 10 AO am #• '• WllHamvport. 2 2<>pm " arrltee at Re novo. 4 40pm pamrngera by thl* train arr.ve In Delle fonle at..™™.™ 4 35 p FAST LINE leave# Philadelphia- II 44 a • " Harriaburg 336 p m " •' Willlamaport „... 7 30pm *. arrive# at Lock Haven... I 4" p m EASTWARD. PACIFIC EXPRESS leevea Lick tlaven.— 6 10am .. " Willlamaport -. 756 a m arrlvea at Harriet org...™ II 66 am " " Philadelphia. .. 345 p DAT EXPRESS leevee Rru,v<, 10 Ida aa •• Lock Haven...™.... 11 F'an " Wllllatnepairl™™™ 12 40 an> " arrlvea at flerrtebnrg 4 1" p m ■a Philadelphia 730 pm ERIE MAIL leave* Rea.." 38 p m " Lock llftven *46 p m aa •• Willie maport. 1106 pm aa arrlvae at lUrtteburg. 2 45am •• Philadelphia....™.™™ 7 00a m PART LINE lamvee Williainepart .™....™., 12 34 a m " arrlvea at llerrlelmrg 85* a m aa aa Phila,].l|hla 7aa Erie Mall Weat. Niagara Ktpraee Weet, Lock Haven Accommodation Wrnrt, and Day Rxpre Eaet, make chaae connactlona at Novthnmherlaud with L. A B, R R. train* f..r Wllkeebarte and Ikranbin. Brie Mall Weel. Niagara Expreea Weal, and Erie Exprama Weet. and Leek Haven Areommodatten Went make clone connection at SllHemipul wltfc 3f . C. R W. train# north. Erie Mail Weet, Niagara Etpreee Weet, and Day Exprean feel, make draw connection at Lock Haves With B K V. R B. train*. I*le Mall Eaat and Weat connect at Erie with Iralne on L 8. A M. S R R.. al Corry with O. C. A A. T R R.. at Emporium with B. N. T A P. R. R., anl al Driftwood with A. V B R Parlor care will ran between Phllddelphla and WnilamvfwTl on Niagara F.xpren* Went, Erie Exprem Weet, Philadelphia Exprena Eaat and Day Expreee Eaet, and Sunday Eapreaa Eart Sleeping rarn on all night tralna. Ww. A Batnwtn, Oen't Superintendent. / lIRARD HOUSE, VJT CORNER CHESTNUT AND NINTH STBEKTS, ntuMinu. Thin taw prominent In a city famed for It* com fortable hotel#. |e kept in every reaped er)n*l In any Arat-ctaa* hotel* In the rnnntry. Dwlng to the erlw gencv of the time., the price nf hoard bee been reduced tornaxtsouxuper day. J. M'KIBBIN. IAS Manager. fi ILMORE k CO., I LAW AND COLLECTION HOUSE, 629 F STREET, WASHINOTON, I>. C. Make Collecttame. Negnllate levnna and attend In all Imetneea caftded to th-m LAND SCR IF. SoWler* Additional llomeetead Right* and LAND WARRANTS benight and *<dd. 4-tf ||RO|| I §P A TRUE TONIC V A PERFECT STRENGTHENER .A SURE REVIVER. IRON BITTERB are highly m-ommendod for *ll dUeasca re quiring a certain and efficient tonic ; especially Indu/eriiem, Dgeprpma, Inter nment Fmeet, Want EF Appetite LAM OF Strength, hark of Fnrryy, tie. Enriches tlie blood, strengthen* the muscles, ana girwnew life to the tierces, They act like a charm on the digest!re organs, remoring all dyspeptic symptoms, such aa Tatting the, Fond, 1 kicking, Heat in Ike Stomarh, Heartburn, eie. The only Iron Preparation that will not blacken the teeth or give headache. Sold by all druggists. Write for the AB C Book, 32 pp. of useful and amusing raiding—ant free,. BROWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Mil. BITTERS HAI.Hr.KT B. PAINE, tat# CoeuaWoeer of Patcita. BENJ. P. GHAITON. front E. LADD PATENTS. PAINE, GRAFTON A LADD, Attorneytal* Law and Solicitors qf Amenta* and Foreign Patents, 412 FIPTB STBBET, WIMINOTON, I). CX Prartte# patent lw In tit it# hrmob#a 1# tb# Patent O®##, m>4 lb# Bopfm* as 4 Otreait Ooarte of lb* UaJtH Stetei. -if HOP BITTERS^ (A MMUri.r, not a Uriah.) COMTAIX* flora, BCCIIU, MANDRAKE, DANDELION, Asp TH* T'r**rr ahu Il*#T M*mr ai.qi'ALI TIKA ur A.IX oru**UITTKH*. TIIEY CUltl-2 All nimxtof tbePtom*rh. Hlnod, Liver, Kldnrn,m4 L'rluary <nr*rt*. Nr vouAucaa. HWpletofieMaml i apcUiiy rctnaJo Com put uU. _ SIOOO IN COLD, Will be p%l<l for a rt' they will not c.ire li* ip. or Tor anything Impure or injurious found in tilt-in. Ak your drurfflat for Hon Hitler* ami try I tlii in before you ilwp, Tuko no oilier. I DIC!■ An Absoluteind trm*i*f!hloire for I Hrunkcuoca*, u*e of opium, tuhiAco &4 ■ DArcota*. ■■■■■■■ 8sl> rOA ( IIUM.AR. ■■■■■■■ All by it-orf Ht. Ilof |lf|. ... Its 'w, X. 1 . A T'Svato, H*|. H Battle Creek, Michigan, K UfACTUIIM OV TUX OALT QUKVIW* thresherT^^^^ Traction and Plain Engine* and Horoo-Powors. fafila, TSiwli.Faatary I E*l.i tMt*h.d imA.UwU i 1948 A A VCAPg */ eamiimmeme mm.i emeeimtfmt SS. J I LflnO ••. wttbnut rhor nan**, U Mm manaarnv-nl. or bw*ue. i " bar* -- bemad wrr—fp a* a.i Mr #i .A. Tr. AM-POWER SEPAIIATOUSi Mid ('.mplrl, lfa Omnia ' •>' *.' .{M'tiM Tr< ilea Kumar aa-vl rial, l.ualara at*r aa*n In lh* AoKniw mar*.", A n-WM. a f fmOtee* em* imfam mmmle foe Wn.inpAlrr villi I- • and mmleeinP Drt dr**4 '(ti (I, t lumber*. tour teem at Imm fi lu If harv apvllr. /• I—u* m bee— T*" •<> WV C "M- INVL 11--FTO-RTIVTIR. 7KAA ADA r f Sflwlrl l.nmbrr fywVtvVV i A wi ilfw oAf mir •4rO*t) (UHIMt r no h* I. Ir-d* wblrb >• Imih IS, la. mrointib> wid-wirt at mir mrlilwT) TRACTION ENGINES^ AfsapM* wad dsrsAfa-ad VJf / mmtm. H, 10, 13 ll.rw IVmrr. \Mj Fnrmrrn nad TkNAwMS m hnM It •Fr-afe**!* iht anAliiii n.r-.h.i.r V.a h.swry. CL-i iter- ami trem Addrraa NICHOLS.SHEPARD A CO. r.ii-Jc Crcas. MioSia*" M( )\vv To Loan atOpcrCt. iUVi ' 1 sv Tiir. MI TI'AI. tire ISMR ANCK CO or XF.W VoilK. n Sr.l m-.flew*. '• IwpnTnl lun prpn,lj M l tha f*,flU4. tab not -i.'-rtlni our third at the |l<-**nt rnl <>f !. (.r-prrly Any |wrfli..n nl IS. prln<i|l ran h pai.l off l any Ma. and II Iw ln lln rial..in of IS, r. mpanj to poriail lln- |iliN|l to rrauln a> tony u IS* ariib**. If lb* ialrio.l la prrxaplly paid. AW ' ,y aiAaU® r. SItRBMAX Allomry-Al law, AifT Ooorl. MWI. Boadia*. fa,, of lo DAVID I KLINK.Cn.*i Appt.lK-r. 4-11 Hrllofi.nlr, Fa. /RAHMAN'S HOTKL. V J OypoMwOiwrl HffWW, HKI.I.KrOXTB, PA. TERMS .34 PEH DAT. A good Usury ittoM. 1-1 ST. XAVIER'S ACADEMY, NEAR LATROBK, PA., "WI2ARLY half a Century old, from A- - wbkb ih matt pn*ili.t .wt mMvsMI IB PMM,ItMiB k# BMM Ih.imush Mur.ti.u.l W* *S<3 bl.liMt .lands nl at Maniac t# Imkm. lUr-11. u4otIIU4 t *ny tlot.. Tmriy • Rfucc ciiog| mUM Mtnm, Birr IRA Of MESCT, R Bsalty'* P. 0-, WaSawtvtasS wmaty, N. ®he €nitre jPemomrt. H E L LEFONTE, 1A. MEWS, FACTS AND 81KK1KHTIONH. TH* TUT ... Till! MATIOHAI WtirAK* Til* IXTM.Lt a no* AK b rxoapcxtTT or TH* ranm:*. Every farmer in hi* annual experience discover* somtthing of value. Write. it and send it to the " Agricultural Editor' of the DKMOCKAT, lleUe'fonte, I'eyn'a," that other farmer* may have the benefit of it. Let Communication* be timely, anil be ture that they are brief and well painted. BUKL FOSTER, of lowa, has used coal tar as a paint for twenty years, and speaks strongly in its favor. He particularly advocates it for painting old wagons and tools, and soaks the bottoms of fence posts in it while boiling hot to great advantage. Tills is the season in which the av erage agricultural paper gives in stuclions for building corn cribs, and we notice thnt our exchanges are fol lowing the well beaten track. What's the good? There arc more cribs in the country now than will be half filled. Better look after the old ones, and sec that they are secure against mice, weather and thieves. Corn will !>c scarce enough to warrant the exer cise of great care over what we have. Eggs Next Winter. Feed of all kinds will lie high pri ced and hard to find the coming win ter, and every pound fed out should lie made to yield a profitable return in some manner. Many farmers com plain that the feed given to hens du ring the winter is n waste, as they persistently refuse to yield any return for it. In very many instances we know this to lie true, but the case is by no means without remedy. Pro per care added to the amount of food usually given, w ill often make all the difference between profit and loss. The probabilities are that eggs wilt bring unusually good prices during the coming winter, and it is now time to make arrangements for producing them at the lowest |>ossible cost. A correspondent of the Ilemrd gives j some valuable practical hints upon the subject which we reproduce be low : "To get eggs in winter a perfect system of cleanliness should I** prac ticed. The droppings should lc fre quently removed and preserved for , further use, and while it is necessary to have the quarters warm and the fowls protected against the ingress of cold draughts, care must Is- taken to have ventilation. A crack in the lionrda, no matter how small, will give a whole flock the roup, ami filthy quarters and roosts will promote a successful sweeping off by the chole ra. The food should be varied. Soft Inod in the morning and whole grains at night is lietler llisn the usual irre gularities practiced. A cheap mess can be prepared for a morning meal by running hay through a fodder cut ter, steeping it over night, and after giving it a warming in the morning, thicken with meal, and feed on boards or any other clean place. It is wasteful to feed cracked corn, or even screenings. Though seem ingly cheaper tlinn whole grains, the difference will IK; apparent if a com parison is made. Avoid overfeeding or too much fat. A fat lien—one ex tremely so—is as useless as one that has been insufficiently fed. A mod erate, changeable diet, witli good warm quarter*, plenty of cracked oys ter shells, slid some meat scraps from time to time, will give eggs in abund ance in the winter; but. like all other stock on the farm, poultry, in order to be profitable, must receive person al supervision and care." Value of Corn Fodder, We con foes to n higher spprecia tion of the value of corn fo<lder as a winter feed than most farmers seem to have. Perhaps the lack of it, which will make itself manifest in many stock ynnls before the winter is over, will have a tendency to ele vate it in the estimation of many who have heretofore looked upon it as little worth. An Ohio corre|>ond cnt of the Pmrtimi Fanner has very positive views upon the subject, hack ed by experience, and he aavs bis any so very well that we quote it without comment: H l believe in hobbies, and one of ray hobbies in "corn fodder." 1 talk com fodder, write coin fodder, use com fodder, believe in corn fodder, and should be a millionaire in a short time if 1 had the corn fodder that ia wasted in a few of our corn-growing counties of Ohio. 1 have Just got through another winter without a pound of hay, sd wish to give the facts which con firm my former esti mates of the value of hay. I have wintered less than the usual amount of stock, as I had a chance to sell at a good price in the fall, and reduced my cuttle to seven head, so that 1 wintered seven cattle, four horses, and nine sheep, seven of which had lambs early in February. I had not a pound of hay, and we began feed ing corn fodder to our teams the last of August from a strip of early yel low corn, so that the teams have been leil over seven und a half months, und they have not hud in this time a sin gle feed of straw or hay and have eaten but little grain. Hay is selling readily in my neighborhood ut the barns of the farmers—the buyer haul ing it—at sls a ton. 1 have fed so little hay that I hardly know how much it would take to winter a team, but lor 225 days of feeding, includ ing such cold weather as we have had the past winter, 1 would estimate that it would take six tons of hay— -1 wish those who feed hay would cor rect me if I am wrong—and this would make the fodder my teams ate worth SOO. My sheep were on fodder five months and ate just about as much fodder as one team did during the same time, which would l>e about $:5 O. The seven cattle had the run of a straw stack during the day but were fed all the bidder they would eat morning and night,and two-thirds of the time were not turned out until after a noon feed of fodder; but we will call the fodder they ate, half what the horses ate each for the same time. The cattle were fed six months. The fodder the horses ate is charged at $3 a month, and calling the cattle $1.50 a month, makes $0 each for the six months, or SSO for the seven head. Hringing these items together I esti mate the value of my corn fodder at $l7O, which is a little less than what twelve tons of hay would bring at my barn to-day. Now as to the condi tion of my Btock, 1 would lie willing to show them with any farmer who ha<l fed hay. I have fattened one old cow and my young grade Bhort-born steer, and never made better beeves in the same length of time. My milch cows are fat enough for the butcher and my teams in first rate order." Practical Knowledge in Tannine. \ntl.-tail U Stae 1 J-jtiriml, It is a misfortune that the value to n farmer of what may be classed as tbeoretical knowledge—auch as ia gained by reading or by hearing lec tures, or the conversations of others, or by a process of reasoning—is oft en ignored or underestimated. This want of appreciation of such knowl edge often arises from a lack of any clear idea of the relative places of '•practical" and "theoretical" knowl edge. As indicated alto ire, practical knowledge—that gained by |H-ronal experience or observation will often enable a farmer to meet a difficulty in a simple manner, but the farmer who relies wholly on his own ex|eri enee must necessarily bo a narrow man, and a radical change in his cir cumstances will leave him helpless. A man who undertakes farming with only theoretical knowledge, will al most certainly make many mistakes, and lie justly liable to the charge of Iteing Such a man, how ever, will ofl/m pccome a more suc cessful fa saner kiau his purely prac tical ryffghltor, practice lias Id hmd ti modify and adjust his theo rw to his circumstances. What is neAied, of course, is a due amount of each Vf the two kinds of knowledge. It ik often snecringly said that agricultural colleges "cannot make successful farmers." This is true in the same sense that it is true that no professional school ran,"make" a successful minister, lawyer, <>r phy sician. Each can do much to help a young man in acquiring practi cal knowledge, and in belter fitting him to apply such knowledge when gained. A WORD about saving your apples. You can have fresh apples by pack ing Uicin in dry hemlock sawdust, as your eggs in salt. We have them fresh until the new crop is gathered. They should lie put in piles to sweat lieforc packing.—< Scientific American. DOES any one of our farmer read ers recall that he ever prepared a field for wheat too carefully ? Rintsivi fc.ng <h* nut. t'pon lb. Ixii-r, hmtcfc* : k. < *ut- r l.r,*a Of r""-1 hsr* I. th. Wit-tin* kn.li. of l"' li.hM , h-Wnats ; .nd lb. I—mitig *> Of y.llnw w.lnut. A>ituuin <<- bulk r-sw. Ant p<nif. fn.m ,ml Her n.iS .in, biw llrt n.lcotn. MMti.fi M Ib ftnt-ftii *rth ' —Oi.mk.rV J,..nuil. A VEST important exhibit si our fair was Ihe HAlc* Harvester snd New Ruck eve Mower built b.v the Onlral Manu facturing Company of Lwi>burg, Pa. The Buckeye mower i so well known to our farm, r* I lint it need no praise from u. Tb Rates harvester is a new er csndidnte, having just completed its third year. It seems simple and strong. The self-rake has th most complete controlling device we ever saw. A boy who can diive a pair of homes pan do perfect work. As an evidence of ita popularity we mention the feet that the grand silver medal, being the first pre mium, was awarded to it by the Penn sylvania .State Agricultural Society at Philadelphia in ISfiO, and they nave again awarded it by giving it the first premium at the laat fair hald in Pitts burgh. Mr. John belong, of Sugar Valley, the veteran reaper man, hue the agency for thia vicinity, and we are reliably informed that he sold 47 ma chime this last harvest, the machines giving entire satisfaction, he having closed the sals of every machine ship t>ed into thia country,— ♦ -Jgjti - Col. Curtis on Fodder Corn. From th Trllmrt*. . Our fodder com was SO large tlmt a inuu could not rcacli around the stocks to hied them. Wc wanted to |t it in the best possible shape to cure, and to remain in the field until winter, so we got S rope and tied an iron ring in one end und with this "lipping noose one man could draw the stock as tight together as was de sirable und another could put on the band. A box was brought into use for the binder to stand upon and with these simple devices the corn stalks have been set up in the best order and cannot possibly fall down. The stalks were cut ofr at the ground and laid evenly in small piles and left two days to dry. There were fine stalks enough to bind these piles, and the bundles were set up far enough apart to let the air circulate through them, and. slanting, so that they stood bracing. The tops l>eing drawn closely togeth er at the top the rains cannot pene trate the stook. I'ut up in this man ner the stalks will be bright and free from mould. To utilise these stalks to the best advantage, we shall cut them with a machine run by horse power. When cut fine—say a half inch in length—l>oth cattle and hor ses will cat them if clean. 1 know a farmer who wintered a dozen horses last winter on com and broomcom stalks. They were cut in this man ner, and alter cutting mixed togeth er. The animals did well. Cows will thrive on cornstalks cut fine without any other feed. (iood farmers estimate that our three acres of drilled corn will winter ten head of cattle. A large quantity of the stalks are from eight to ten feet high. The field was used last year for the hog jtasture. Fodder corn was carted on to this ground and fed to the hogs, followed by roots. The hogs were put in again this season to feed u|K>n the clover, which they ate down close, after which the land was ploughed the middle of June, and the crop started. Virginia white com was sowed by hand in drills, thin enough to admit of full growth. We tiegan cutting as soon as it was fully tasseled out, to get ahead of the frost. That this com has virtue is proven by the fact that a half dozen breeding sows lived upon it before pigging, | and every one had full litters of heal thy pigs. Not one hd died. It was sowed so thinly that many stalks for med nubbins. This corn is too rank and course to put into a stack or mow. It would spoil. W/propOM to cart it directly from the field to the culling machine, and tbenjjul it and pile it up on the barn flood, where it will be carried in basketaland fed to the cows. Knough can fe cut and thus piled at one time a week or more for feeding. 'Urv first snows will not iniurc it, as )M\ can be sha ken oir. Ileforc thqpeason is far ad vanced it can all UMakcn to the ham and cut. It will nft, injure after be ing cut, however ).*4ro the pile, as be ing mixed with tbtfieares will absorb the dampness front the stalks, and it will not pack would in a slack or mow. / Figuring e Profits of Cows. Or <.f Harm) N- {Vsfcar I.ct us figure up a little. TJjc ave rage value of farm land from the At lantic to the Missouri may be reason ably estimated at SSO per acre and the taxes at 50 ceiils per acre. The interest, at six |>er cent, on the land ami taxes would amount to $3.50 per acre. Five acres of pasture and two acres of hay and other winter feed are required, or a'n average, to sup |rort act'. The cost then of her feed will be $24.50 yearly. The cost of labor of feeding, milking, and atten tion will amount to ten dollars more. The total is $34 50. At two cents a quart for the milk, this will require 1735 quarts in the year, or an aver age daily yield of eight quarts per 215 days or six quarts daily for about ten months. This is above the aver age of all cows, including good, bad, and indifferent, and far above the average of the worst half of all the , dairy cows. But bow will ibis matter stand wlicn those farms are considered which cost tbeir owners SIOO j>cr acre. The cost of keeping a cow on such land will average $59 yearly, and yet we may nee constantly in the reports of creameries and cheese fac tories that the average yield of whole dairies for the season varies from a little more than S3O up to about S4O. Two of our large industries are troubled by the bigb prices of corn. The glucose factories ail over the country are either diminishing or, more commonly,altogether suspend ing operations. Willi com at $5 to 30c., per liushcl they could make a very satisfactory profit by converting It into "sugar," but with corn at 60c to 70c., per bushel, they could proba bly make a profit by reversing the transmutation, were such a feat possi ble. The Kentucky distillers are also worried by the advance In price of this cereal, and are aaid to be debat ing whether, in view of the low price* of whisky and high price of com it would not be advisable to make more whisky at present. Few are the un mixed evils in the world.— Rural Xen Yvrbmr. Tax late potatoes retain their flav or over winter and into spring better than i-ariy sorts.
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