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.
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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
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§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.