I'vofvnnionnl Cant*.
*. WAILACI, DA pin L. NNIM,
HARRY F. WAILAPR, WLTUAH I. WAILACI.
WALLACE A KRKRS,
▼ T LAW AND OOLUtCTIOR OPKICR,
Jannary I,IRXI. CI.KAUHKLH. PA.
I7LLIS L. OR VIS,
U ATTORRF.Y AT LAW.
HKPICK oppoalta the Court llou*,', on the 3d Boor of
A. O. Knnt' building. 3-Atf
4pRANK FIELDING,
X LAW AND COLLKITION opncic,
19-Iy CLKARFIKLD. PA. ,
WA. MORRISON,
n ATTORN KV-AT-L AW,
A PA.
MMBre In W.xxlrln*'. lbeCourl llouee.
Con.nltalion In KnglUh or tlerman. 2-ly
e. T. ALL!A4OIII. c. H. ROWER.
A LEXANDER A BOVVER,
xV ATWRNKYS AT LAW,
Bcllefonte, Pa., may he c©nulted In Kagliah or tier
man. Oftk* In Uarman** Building. 1-ly
JAMES 4. lIUIX J. WiaLKT OtrHiM.
BEAVER & GEPHART,
ATTORNKYS AT LAW,
Office on Alle)(heny street, north of High. Belle
fonti\ Pi. 1-ly
DP. FORTNEY,
• ATTORN KT AT-I.AW,
lIKLLKFuNTK, PA.
Lut door to the left In the Court Hume. 2-ly
JOHN BLAIR LINN,
ATTOHNKY AT LAW,
lIKI.I.LFONTC, PA.
Office Allegheny Street. oer P.-t ll-ly
T L. BPANGLER,
O a ATTOIIV KY AT-1. AW,
BKLLEFORTK. t'KSTRK OOL'NTY, PA.
Special attention to Collrrtlone; prnctlr.# In all the
Court,; Con.ullatlun. In Herman or K giieh. 1-ly
DS. KELLER,
a ATTORNKY AT LAW,
Office on Allegheny Street South aid# of Lyon'*
•tore, Bellefonte, Pa. 1-ly
T. a. Mt RAIT. CTkt't OOEDOJI.
MURRAY & GORDON,
ATTORNEYS-AT-I.AW,
CI.EARFIKLD PA.
Will attend the Bellefonte Court, when eperlall)
employed. 11>
T< C. HIPPLE,
X , ATTORNET AT-LAW.
LOCK lIAVKN. PA.
All bu*ine*a promptly attendw| to. 1-ly
\\\M. I'. MITCHELL.
T 7 PRACTICAL SCHVEYOR.
LOCK HAVEN.PA,
Will attend to all work In CTwrfi*-ld t Contra and
Clinton cnQbtlw.
Offirw opposite Lock llaren Naflonal Hank. 20-ly
WC. HEINLE,
a ATTURNKT AT LAW.
BKLLEFoNTK, PA.
Offire In Ocmrad Honee, Allegheny etreeL
Special attention gleen to the collection of cUtma.
All hneineae attended to promptly. 21-1
WTIUAAbI MoCULLOUGH,
T 7 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD. PA.
All boalowi promptly attended to. 1-ly
M i*re!l<t nrouH.
DBWFES
With COSTIVCNCSS. tick Headache. DVSPEP
•lA. Low Sp.rite. SLEEPLESS NIOHTS,
Lee* of Appetite, Pain in tha Sida,
And all the nnmeri.na ailmente cuneeqoenl upon e die
ordered elate of the Ltrer, ohen yon heee a certain
remedy within yoor reach. Thai rowdy la
GREEN'S Liver Pills.
The** Pill* are of TWO Kimna, and whan u*ed fn
connection with each according to direction*
are INVARIABLY MCCKWIL. They are augar
cwted, and are FKNT BY MAIL on recsdpt of prke.
In orrhrr to present connterfeiting they are pnl up In
•oc* brntea, with the signature of F. P. GRRfcN
around each bom.
Price, No 1, SSrtA; No. 2, OO eta. Manufactured
F. POTTS GREEN.
BF.LLEFHNTE. PA.
New York Weekly Heiali
ONE DOLLAR A TEAR.
THE circulation of this popular
X newepaper le ronalantly increnalng. II rontalne
nil tlie leading new, of tha DAIIT 11 MAID, and in
arranged In bendy departm ota. The
FOKEION NEWS
embrace, epeelal dlapatchea from all qnarl ere of Ike
globe. Coder the bend of
AMF.KICAN NEWS
are given Hie Telegraphic repelch" i 4 the week front
all porta of the Union. Thin feature eion. nukea
THE WEKKLY II Kit A LI)
the moat ralraMa chronicle In the world, aa It la the
Cheapeet Every week le given n foithfol report of
POLITICAL NEWS
embracing complete and compv.benaive dlepatche.
from Wimtwvi, Including full repnrte t4 the
epr.chee of eminent palltidane on Ibequeatloaa of lb"
boar.
THE FARM DEPARTMENT
of the Wiagiv llrwit give, tha leteel no well an the
moat practical enggeatlonv and dl*rrverica relating ie
the duties of the former, hint, for raining Carrta.
portrat. Onuaa, Tn>. Yeomaiaa, Ac., Sc., with
aaggeattone Fir keeping bnlldlnga and atenella ia re
pair. Thle la anppleaixoted by a well edited depart
ment, widely copied, under tha head of
THE HOME,
giving recipe, for practical dtehea, hlate for making
clothing and for keeping np with the latest foehiona al
tba loweet price. Every llem of rooking or economy
eaggrolod la thle department to practically levied by
viperte liefore puhl(cation. Letter* from car Pari,
and London correspondent, on tha ve-y latent faeh
lon. The Home Department of the Wuilt llaetui
will nave tho honeewlfo mora than one hundred time,
the price of tho paper. Tha Internets of
SKILLED LADOR
are looked after, and everything pertaining to me
chanic, and lelior earing to rarefnlly lecorded Tbr
le a page deeotad In alt the leteel phaaee of the haai
neae markets, Oropa, M-roheadiae, 4a. Ac. A relua-
M foein-e le f,.nnd la the apeclally reported price.
MtdtOOdilioßi of
THE PRODCCR MARKET.
Sroanro Naws at home and abtoad, together with
• Brow every Week, a Sgntong by aome eminent dh
trtne. LITAT, MIMCAA. DeaatTtc, Praa„RAl and
L Sat Nvtui There ia m> paper In the World that eon
-7 telse an mnch new, matter every weak aa the Will
ir Haatui, which to sent, postage paid, for One Dol
lar. Yon can entacrlbe at any lime.
TUB 3 I ONR
HEW YORK' Ia a Weekly Porm, I DOLLAR
HERALD [ I A YEAR
'""NEW YORK HERALD,
S-l Broadway and Ann Street, New York,
For Sale.
A FARM contaiaing Fifty Acres,
and having thereon erected S TWO-STORY
PBAME BUILDINOaod out baildlngs. Title good.
Inqnira of A. J. 47.1 lIRIWT,
.it m&^rmh
If Ifnon, McFartane € Co., Hardware Dealera.
HARDWARE!
WILSON, MoFARLANE & CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES t HEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
BITILDEBS'
ALI.KGUKNV BTRKKT, .... HUMES'BLOCK, .... HKM.ICro.NTK, PA.
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
BELLEFOKTE A SNOW SHOE
K. R.—Tlme-Tabla la effect on and after March
Uvea Snow Shoe 5.3d a. a.,arrives In Bellefont#
7.21 A. K.
1.-evre 11.-llfoute 9.12 A. ■.,irrl>M at Snow Sbue
11.2A A. M
Leavva Snaw Shoa 2.K) r.a.,arrive# In Bellafonte
1.29 P. M.
I Bellefonte 4.45 r n. arrives al Snow Sho.
7.24 p.*. 8. S. ISLAIK, Ucn'l Sapaiintand.nl.
BALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL
ROAD.— April 29. Ihmi:
Kip. Mail, waarwann. aaaTWann. Kip. Mall,
a. r a. r a. ■
alO 7 i>2 Arrlaa al Tyrone Uan T32 *4a
g 3 • 44 iMia Fail Tjiruaa Lii.. J 39 A A3
749 651 " Vail " ... 742 * fc*
745 647 " BaM ngle " ... 747 02
74" fi 3d " Fowlar " -7 42 9w
742 33 ...... " Hannah " ... 754 913
735 24 " port Matilda •• ... SOO 919
727 •17 M Martha " -4 07 925
7ld 04 " Julian " ... al5 932
7 9 547 " I'nioiivllle " ... A23 9 .HI
709 644 •' Snow Sbue In " ... 32 944
• M 445 " Milesburg " ... 434 94a
<4O 435 •• Beltefoaln " ... *43 947
#3 634 ...... *• Mllreburg " ... 4410 "a
*24 314 " Purlin " 9 <lO 10
dla 4ln ...... •• Mount Kala •• .„ 912 It) V>
6 9 &01 ...... •• Howard " 9 2<) 10 37
454 450 .... " Knglrvllle " ... 93410 4D
440 445 " Beech < reek " „9 4" |t, M
434 433 Mill llall •' „9 44 Ilia
A29 430 " Flerolngton " „. a5711 2
424 424 " U>rk Haven ...10 o| 11 25
PENNSYLVANIA lIAILROA I).
L —(PhlUdl('liU and In* DiTl*lou.>—Ot and
after December 12, 1*77 :
WESTWARD.
ERIE MAILIMVM 11 55 | m
- •• lUrrlhur*.... 4^im
•• M WllHamtort A ,v • m
M ** Lock lliven H . M .... M .. M V 40 • in
M M laota nN 10 56 ia
M anii-•> at Krta. •... 7 \> >
NIAGARA KXPRKBA |e*t** Ihl I*4*l pbU- 7 a r
*' •* llrrt*turf.... 10 fto an
M *' \% itliara*(H>rt. 1 'Jfii j in
•• a rrltv at IL-bhii*. 4 4 | tu
Puwiiisri by thin train arr.r# in Belle
ft >n t> at 4 -V> ji rr.
FAST LINE !"" 'tiiUleli>hU ..... II 4 a m
* " llarrbburx. 3N&p in
u " Wini*i*i*>rt ...... 7 .Hi |'in
M arri*ra at Lock ll*v*n „ $ i*> | in
EASTWARD.
PACIFD' KXTREAR Im Uk 6 40 a in
M M Williamaport... 7LSa in
M arrlvoa at lUrrtl.iifx 11 A& a m
fbilaoUlpbU ... * 4/ p m
DAT RXPRE** l*aTeaß-n0vn..... 10 |o a
•• •• Lnrk llatan tl Va m
M M Wllllam|>ort 12 40 ain
•• irrtMt 4 lop n>
• M PbHaddripbia... 720 p m
ERIE MAIL IVM M*o*u ....... .... lUpn
** M Lnrk llarst ........... t46 p n
M •* W|H|*fl*fWft. II Oft p m
" t* rl*** *1 lUrrl*t nrg ............... 2 4*• * m
" Philadelphia 7OOa ni
FAST LINK !••*•• WHH.MAP.RFT .. 12 IS ain
" fcrri tea at II a rri1njrc............... 3 Mia
M M Pbiladalpbla. 7 Wl
Eria Mall Weal, Niagara Epref Waal, Lork lUefc
Afroanmodatkin Weat and Day Rspr*m Raat, ntakt
cloa© c©aimctbna at Northnm her land with L A B. R
R train* fir Wllkaabnrra and Rrmnton.
Erie Mall Waal. Niagara Etprraa Waal, Md Rria
Espraaa Weat. and Lock llaaan ArrmHMKUtioti Want
maka rtoaa rnfinactlnn at WlllUtnvport wltk X.C.B
W. train* imrth.
Erie Mall Waal, Niagara Ripraaa Weal, and Day
Kipf ** Ltft, maka flow cnnorrtlon at Lork llaraa
With K F. T H R. train*.
Erie Mail lU*t and Wart ronnrrt at Rrla with train*
•n LK A M. A R K at Corry with 0. C. A A. V R
R , at Einpnrlqm rlth R N Y A P. R. R.. an I at
Driftwood with A.7. R R.
Parkrr car* will ma batwraa Phltadalphla and
Wtlltafn*pr<n on Niagara K*pfea Wrat. Ert# Etprraa
Wwt, Philadelphia Kpre* Eaat and Day Em pre**
font, and ftaaday Eipre-w Rant. Flaeplng raraon al>
night train*. W. A.
Han'l Hoperinfendent.
IiIRARD lIOUBE,
VJI CURSRR CORSTSI'T ASDStXTII STRKETS,
PIIUMIPIIt.
Thl hon. prornln.nt In n city bn4 fop tt wnn
lortahlP bot.U, t kopt In o*ry np1 oqnnl I" nny
Snt rlaM hot.la In th. runnlry. (>nln( to tba otrm
may <f lb" lima., tho p>tr of hoard h. bn mtnrwd
to innii touai por day. J. M KIHHIN.
I^-1 M ana per.
CMLMORE A CO.,
I LAW AXD COI4.CCTIOR HOI SR.
tM F STRICT, WASHIXOTOJ*. I>. C.
Maka O.llactloaa. I.nllal. 1/aM and ntlaad to all
hnnlnaw eon Mad to th.ni LARD SCRIP, M4lr'i
Additional IL-mMt"wd RiahU and LARD WARRASTB
honght and w Id *"-tf
mmrnmmmmm n w*MWMMWUMWWUU ■ 11 H
pol
A TRUE TONIC
A PERFECT STRENCTHENER.A SURE REVIVER.
IRON BITTERS sro highly Trcnmroendnd for sH dinesw* re
r|;iiring a certain and efficient loin If ; especially Migmtion, J)y*p*pma, /wrcr
mitlmt Fixer*, Wml iif Appetite, Lou vf Strength, Leuk cf Energy, tie. Idtrichca
I [to blond, ntrengtheiM the mtMclea, and given new life to the nenrea. They art
like a charm on the digestive organa, removing all dyapeptic tvmptnma, anrh
as TaMing the Fond, IMehing, Hmt in the Htomarh, Ifenrthnrn, ete, Tho only
Iron Preparation that will not hlnckcn tho tooth or (flvo
hcadaolio. Bold by all drnggista. Write for tho AII C Book, 32 pp. of
useful and amusing reading— ami free,
BROWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Md.
BITTERS
II ALBERT ft FAINE.
Ub (VmaMoHi of Patent*
BWNJ. t. ORAfTDX. rronv ft LADt>.
PATBITTS.
PAINE, OKAFTON * LADD,
Atlnrntyi ai-I*tw and Sokeitort qf American
and Formgn Patents,
412 FIFTH .STREET, WAMIROTON, T). C.
Practice patent law I* all Ita branchn hi the Pa teat
OEke, and the Bnpretae and Olroett Oewta of the
United Nletee. Peaapblet tend tm, •!(
WF,I . ■ i -
Rop bitterS
(A .lledu.ur, nut u Drink.)
v iiors, nrcur, mandrake, 1
DANDEI.ION,
■ Aan rn reß*#r \xi> Hror Mow I
B Tiourua oiui.it tiri-m*.
i TIIEY CUHIJ
9An tfc'fttoff'itrfc. flow He. id, ■
B tuu4o . rftpfK-fiiljr I
■I \ cimk CMiupUUol*.
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B i* p.riufi.iM ,i lipflf" ift on.; .' I
9 it) nt. f
9 J Vy Oir f.,r IMtt'T**! M y I
n tii*. itloit > i) e."ji. TfiUr no oil.fr* |
V \ C !Mr r,? 01-v -| -.•fMvp rv f, ir ;
iffuiuciif si ■ t,t vi .. u ***** t 4 1
UftO'e A £
krfWTlfi— n i ian , f4l WBtXHOMxJ
V NW* vMkytfw. .*1
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ibnIMHUIMIffl 1 Mh K M illrvnam
Battle Creek, Michigan,
sutngrcttM or tor oh lt uuciirl
THREBMERBT^^^^
Traction and Plain Engines
and Horse-Powers.
■l Cintlili Tliwlkr Fmliii j Etabll*hed
hi lb. Wartd. I 1848
AA VFI DO •/ uU lui
I I LAnO mom. walnut rDun of nuuv.
U Z manaariuatit, or tonalaon, to " Irl ap " lA*
Wood mmmm p Ui oo ell erne o—4*.
NTKA.Vf • POWKB KEPAHATORSI u>4
£7ri£-&£X*
em u>u In tha A mmcma utrM
4 mmttitmOo of frQml fmCurm m*4 laiirumuli
for M. t-amtbar ir "*" emtlaim • 'a" ■
Maa wl anHili ant drawun lof to Ukr galm
Four MM at MKfwrainra. from a to ItllWH
ra'urtty, /a row ar Auraa mmmm
Tiro ati-Ira of - M'unta.l H'owpnam
*1 AAA AAA rwl af Srlrnrf l.inWr
<|WV|WUI/ (/ruKfewUKiruriUrrMaS
cnwtaiitlr on bm<f, Ira wtdrh la Hun th* la.
onmwtMi mooSdMA of our meet Unarr
TRACTION ENGINES GFh
Ik' Jml
xr
NICHOLS, SHIPAftD a CO.
Battle Cmk, MloStiea**
MOXKY ToLonn at <; pcrc.'t.
iIAV/j.l All Tilt: MITCAI. LIFE INM'R
ANCK CO. or NEW Turk, on flr.t on
Imprnoad farm [irfulj, In antna not lata il.au
and not amraadln* una-third of tha praaant >•!•<• nf
tk. pmp-rtf. Any portion nf th. priori out h
paid off at uf Urn., and It haa Ira th- coalnm uf tha
r.-mpany la p-roilt tha prtaripal in r.tnalo aa In** a*
tha Uirrowar wialtaa. If tha lotrr—t la promptly paid
Apply to
CHARLES P. SHERMAN. Alfroay nMaw,
&T7 Court. Hraat. Handing, Pa., •
or to DAVID X. K 1.1. Nt, Co.'* Appralw,
S-tl Mail.font., pa.
fIAKMAN'B HOTEL,
VJ Oppo4oOr*iftfltnuM, KKI.I.KrOXTI, PA
TOMB N. FIR MI.
A *<-) Uwt 'tKS!
ST. XAVIER'g ACADEMY,
NEAR LATROBK, PA.,
VTEARLY half ■ Cooturr old, from
*takh !K. nra.l CBIUfBIoJ
I* rin,l.l. 1.... graAttMotf, am* th.mmgh
.11. anil huh..t .landani of rsAktaf fa
frrrsjnff. •*" m * *•<*
„ „ "tsrow w Miner,
StoAtf*, t, 0., WaMwofßteM nmal J, N.
She (Cfatre §mvm t.
BILLirONTE, l'A.
A.a-Bictri J TUP,ii l .L.
NEWS, FACTS AND BUOUESTIONH.
Ht TK#T O* Til HitloHAL nttritK Till 11Td.1.1-
ailvi **o raoariaitt or thi ram**.
Every farmer in Ais annual experience
Unteorer* lomething of ralue. Write it and
end it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
DEMOCRAT, Belief ante, I'enn'a," that other
farmer * may hare the benefit of it. Bet
communication* be timely, and be eure that
they are brief and well pointed.
Prices of Grain.
The interests of nil producers arc
greatly affected by the prices obtain
ed for their products. Just now
grain farmers are enjoying a "boom"
in prices which will go far to com
pensate them for the shortage of
crops occasioned by the drouth. The
question "Shall we sell now, or hold
on f" is, of course, prompted by the
uncertainty as to whether prices will
advance or recede. This introduces
a speculative feature into the mark
eting of his produce which is alto
gether outside of the legitimate busi
ness of the farmer. Upon this sub
ject the veteran editor, Okanue Judd,
now, as for many years, the chief
spirit of the American AyrirulluriM,
has this to say :
Never before, in this country, or
in any other, has there been anything
st sll comparable u> the present spec
ulation, rather 'Gambling,' in Wheat,
t'orn, and Oats, and in Hog Pro
ducts. This gambling spirit has
taken {losscssion of large masses of
IH'ople, and extends from the great
dealers who handle or bet on tens of
millions of bushels down through
all ranks, to the hotel waiter who
puts up his week's wages as a "mar
gin" on the purchase of a single hun
dred bushels.
So great is the present rage of this
kind of speculation that on some
days sales reach tens of millions of
bushels. On one day (Oct. 1) the
"deliveries'' of grain, on previous
contracts, were re|>ortcd at 32,000,000
bushels in Chicago alone 2
This B|>eculalion has demoralized
the whole trade. The "bulls" have
run up prices so high as to nearly
stop exports. On Oct. 1 the "visible
snpply" of wheat, that is, wheat in
the elevators and storehouses and in
transit, amounted to 41.203,648 bush
els. Last year at the same lime there
were only 37,009,745 bushels, show
ing more available wheat now than
one year ago, though prices are fully
40 per cent, higher. Nearly the same
of corn, the "visible supply" being,
nearer 27,629,172 bushels; last yjffl
28,289,298 bushels.
The increased
t largely <
jail - "' ~"-i.
grain to
rates prevail. ' 1 '
almost all other '■
ly. Money is drawn
sums, from the banks and
other legitimate business, to supply
the "niargins," or to carry the stocks
actually purchased and held by spec
ulators.
Exporting being at a standstill,
the inflow of foreign money we should
have is nearly stopped, and Euro
j>esn buyers arc seeking cheaper sup
plies in all other parts of the world.
The high speculative prices are
greatly diminishing the consumption,
and this alone must, ere long, bring
about a decline. The laboring classes
arc compelled to pay much higher
raU's for their food, the advances
mainly going into the hands of the
speculators. Labor must therefore
advance, and this in turn increases
the coat of manufactures and of all
products of labor.
Of course every speculator, large
and small, exiurU to sell out before
any great decline shall come, and the
shrewder ones will do so, leaving the
sreat mass to bear the brunt of the
loss.
Clear-headed business men now
greatly fear that in the future, per
haps the very near future, a crash
will come that will derange the whole
business of the country.
To the oft-re|ieated question from
our readers: "Shall we sell now, or
hold on ?" we can only answer, that
a good general rule is to sell when
ever ready; get the money; pay up
debts, and keep in as snug and safe
a condition as possible. To sell, or
hold on for change of prices, la to
speculate on great uncertainty. One
half of the speculators'who make a
business of studying the prospects —
viz., the sellers fur future delivery—
believe prices wilt fail. The other
half of them— the buyers—believe
grain, etc., will go higher, from nat
ural causes, or that they can "corner"
the supplies, and pot up the rates.
The outlook would seem to be that,
while speculative influences may sus
tain or even advance prices tempora
rily, there can hardly be a demand
for all the grain, etc. Consumers at
home and abroad will necessarily
curtail their purchases very materi
ally, nd ihe* high rates will call
out supplies from other sources not
usually drawn upon.
Agricultural Publications.
Mr. Waldo P. Urown, of Oxford, but
ler county. Ohio, a farmer of much
practical experience, and a large con
tributor to current agricultural litera
ture, publishes a little pamphlet upon
fencing, in which he gives much gen
eral information upon the subject, and
slso describes and illustrates a self sup
porting fence of his own invention, but
u|>on which ho has no patent, giving
the una of it free to all. The know|.
edge contained in his little tract is
worth much more than its cott 30
cent#.
The t junlry (j'cntlem/in, an advertise
ment of which appears in another col
umn ol the DEMOCRAT, give# notice that
with the coming volume it will be en
larged from its present size of sixteen
pages to twenty pages weekly, and
without any increase of price. This is
equal to giving five pecks of wheat for
a bushel—and it is the very best of
a heat, too.
What ''Dished Facea" Indicate.
From a personal correspondence
l>ctween two noted swine breeders
the Rural New Yorlcr copies the fol
lowing :
In a recent agricultural journal the
inquiry is made as to the relation of
dished faces and heavy jowls to well
marbled meat in Berkshire*. "My im
pression is that heavy jowls indicate
a disposition to lay on fat apart from
the lean meat. Am I right?" He
ia answered as follows: "I think you
are right in regard to heavy jowls.
Those Berkshires with thinner Jowls
make the best hams, shoulders and
bacon—lean, tender, juicy meat most
ly—very little fat. Heavy.jowled
swine make fatter pork, etc. I used
to breed the lighter jowls in prefer
ence to the heavy, and from them
have hod hams weighing 20 pounds
or more, very sweet, tender, and juicy,
with a rim of lat round Ibcm not
over half an inch think. Buch are
the mo#f profitable for consumers, and
they are most readily sold in market
at an extra price."
Sheep vs. Artificial Fertilizers
from (b* Lit* Stuck Journal
No man can rightfully lay claim to
absolute ownership of the soil. It is
his in trust, only, and should lie turn
ed over to those coming after him as
rich in those properties which con-
J tribute to life and happiness as when
j lie received it from those who pre
ceded him. "Thou shall not steal"
is not alone thundered through the
statutes of the ,State ; it is written on
every page of Nature's great volume
—whispered by every breeze, breath
ed by ©very blade of grass, rising
like incense from every foot of soil.
The "grand larceny" of which so
farmers are guilty who take
Bom the soil more than they allow it
B get back, is not alone a mistake—
Nature
§fe- jar pKeMp for restore
hands. A judi
of cmps, and then
persistent feeding to
C ** will insure a fair
labor,
IcavnQJßßHfat lll that needs to
he applied to secure subsequent lib
eral returns, will save to the farmers
of the United States millions of dol
lars annually paid for artificial ma
nures, which are valuable only in
proportion as they approximate the
standard of animal droppings.
Despite all the chapters written,
and all the praises sung, in support
of the claims of the sheep to a more
general introduction and distribution
into and through the farm economy,
the fact remains apparent that many
farmers will not hear, or, hearing, do
not need. Diminishing crops annu
ally extorted from famishing acres
drive them upon new "clearings"
usually secured at greater expense
than would be necessary to restore
the old homestead to its wonted fer
tility. Quite often when the attempt
at restoration is determined upon, it
is through a resort to commercial fer
tilizers in some of the many tortus in
which they sre placed upon the mar
ket. Results frequently disappoint
the experimenter and discourage
those inclined to follow his example
—and thus the number of abandoned
fields which disfigure the face of our
Eastern and Southern States steadily
increase and lower the standard of
their agricultural economy. A small
flock of sheep, and the introduction
upon each of these farms of such
crops as experience in more provident
sections has demonstrated will "ro
tate" most conveniently and econom
ically, would hare saved nine-tenths
of the present area of worn-out lands
to the beauty and wealth of their re
spective localities. Let this fact
serve not alone to warn the farmer of
to-day against a repetition or contin
uance of the policy which has so
badly scarred the face of an agricul
ture as yet in ita infancy. Let it
also serve to stimulate him to put
forth hia beat efforts at repairing the
damage already wrought. The teak
la by no means so great at many
would believe. Oiva, a flock of
sheep, a strong will, and a clear head;
a few bushels of clover, corn, peas
and other qoick-growing cereals, that
ars to be fed on the farm where
grown, and not many seasons will be
required for demonstrating that there
are but few places for the economical
employment of commercial manures
beyond the limits of the market gar
den.
Pall Plowing.
o>rr"q-.ii4<iK of Cwanirj Oruitraun.
J* all plowing is one of the many
ways that the comparative leisure of
late autumn may lend a helping hand
to the seed time of the coming spring.
This plowing not only helps in a me
chanical way, by making it easier to
Qt the soil for the seed, but, if right
ly done, it has a chemical influence
which makes the operation doubly
important. The soil, as it is plowed,
is left in a loose and more or less
ridged condition, thus exposing it to
the action of the air and rains. This
action, which is called "weathering,"
is of especial importance to heavy
clay soils, and in order to expose as
large a surface as possible to the ac
tion of the elements a system of
ridged plowing is often practiced
with marked success. This ridgc
plowing is done by turning the fur
rows two and two together, thus leav
ing the land quite thoroughly and
uniformly ridged, and at very small
expense. Should the land be hilly,
the ridging out to be up and down
the incline, to avoid any holding of
the water between the ridges. Land
that hsß been ridged will need to be
plowed again in the spring, to bring
the surface to a uniform level.
Surfeiting Land with Fertilisers.
Mr. C. S. I teed, who, it will be re
memliered, was one of the lloyal Eng
lish Commission to look into our ag
riculture, says of concentrated fer
tilizers that continuous grain grow
ing by their aid will not long suececd
on some stifT soils. For two years
the dressings answer well, but in the
third they seem to lose their efficacy,
and the land shows signs of being
tired of grain growing. The springs
of the last few years have been cold
and wet in England, and the most
valuable portion of the nitrogenous
fertilizers may have found its way
into the nearest rivulet. Hut when
the season has been favorable he
finds that the land refuses to answer
the whip as it does at first. The
straw not only grows weaker, but a
great deal turns white before (t
ripens, and produces bardly any
grain ; while, if the dressings are in
creased, the straw is flaggy and weak,
and ia sure to lodge with the first
pelting rain.
Look Ahead Sharp.
| Fifin Jourttnl.
Let every farmer, whether blessed
with an abundant crop or cut short
by the drouth, prepare for a severe
winter and high prices. Waste food
of no kind; feed stock judiciously;
sell off the surplus; husband every
resource; don't sell more feed than
you can well spare, because prices will
be higher than ordinary ; before you
> sell, make a close calculation how
much you can spare, and don't dis
pose of any more. Thoughtful and
judicious management was never
more needed than now.
TIIF. value of a bulky food, as bay
or straw, is far greater when giv
en to a ruminant animal than wben
consumed by a horse or pig. Con
centrated, easily-digested foods, as
grain and oilcake, bave clearly a val
ue above their composition wben ad
ded to a poor and bulky food, as
straw chaff, or to a water food like
turnips, because tbey are the means
of raising the diet to a point at
which the animal will thrive. On
the other band, roots and green fod
der, even where watery and poor in
composition, may bave a considera
ble effect when sdded in moderate
proportion to dry food.
fx feeding animals, as in other
things, time is a most essentia! ele
ment of success. Nature has most
clearly pointed out to ns the road to
success in cattle feeding. It is found
in this law that the young animal
takes the least smount of food to pio
duce a pound of growth, and that, all
other tilings being equal, each suc
ceeding pound of growth or live
weight up to the maturity of the ani
mal costs more than the preceding
pound.
THE celery should be stored before
the ground frecxes; a trench may be
dug in a dry place, deep enough to
tiring the tops on a level with the toil.
Set the plants in closely, side by side,
with no earth between, and cover first
with some straw, and add more cover
ing as the cold increases. Hoards
may be put ovec the straw, A small
amount of celery may be stored in
earth in the cellar.
IT is the long beaded farmer who
looks from one crop to the one that
is to follow, and it is likewise the
man of foresight who does work in
one season which will help in some
one that will fbllow.
FAI.UPLAJTTIP trees must be well
staked to prevent the winds from
disturbing their roots, and care must
be taken that water does not stand
near them.
SWEET apples are an excellent feed
for cows if supplied in moderate
quantities and under favorable cir
cumstances.
Do whatever the weather will now
permit to improve the garden, and
aid in the hurry of spring.