Profession al Cards,
WII.I.UH A. W tILACt, DtTIO I IIIH,
It Alt 111 r. WtLUCA, WIIUAK * WALLACA
WALLACE A KUKKS,
I,AVA AND UOLLhtTI >N OfnCK
January I, Ifttfl. tJLRAKPIMaD. PA
-I?LLIS L. OH VIS,
1 J AITORSKY AT WW,
UFFICE <||MKI|I th* Court U TLI# 2d el
A. 0 Purat'i ulldlng. W'
I?KANK KLELDING,
1 LAW AND COLLKCTIOS (IITK R,
li-ly ILKAKHHII, PA
WA. MORRISON,
• ATTUKNKV-ATI.AW,
URI-LKPONTK, PA.
Oißca |n W.Hvlrlnx', 11. •Court lluita.
Couaultallou In Knulleh ,-r lie man 3-1)
C.t.U>HStl>. C >. n.
1 LEXAXDKH & HOWKH,
J\ ATTOKNMTP AT LAW,
IMUfonlK. f* . tnny l c-rmnltcd In Knicllali or DM
man. OlHce In flarman'a Building 1-1}
JA*b \ lU'U. J. •nun UtrnaM.
I>KAVKR A QKI'IIART,
J > AITOUNLYI- AT LAW,
• "ii All*ub*n) <trwi, north of lluli iW!r
font*, Hi I*l}
DF. FOKTNBY,
• ATTORN KV-AT LAW',
lI.I.LKh'tNTK. PA
Uil l>*or to th* lft In tli* Com t lion**. 2-1
LOHN BLAIR LINN,
*1 ATTt'HNKV AT LAW,
ItKLLKPONTP.. I*A
Office Allegheny Street, .ifrr Pre! I Hit. r. 31-1)
I L. SPANGLER,
J a ArT'lltNKV AT LAW,
BKI.I.K.PIiNTK • LVilllr tXICNrV. I'A.
itpi'lal attention to Collecllnlia. |*r-a' tlrre in all tin-
Court#; tVwiatlll >tt<'tie In Herman -If K gil-li M>
DS. KELLER,
A *rr<iitsr.v AT LAW,
(Mlice on Allegheny Aim. I m.otti aid* ol l.jron •
More, Bellefonte. Pa. 1-1}
, a. maaai. MM oonito*
MURRAY A OOUDON,
ATT'IKNKVmAT I AW,
I'LRARPIKLD PA
Will attmni the Bellehmte Court. vheu ape<iall>
• mi'lotnl. I'}
'F c. Hi PULE, .
A • ATTORNBY-AT-LAW.
IJM K IIA A KN. PA
All buin*** promptly #tt*iid*d t. 1-ty
\UM. P. MITCHELL,
Y T PRACTICAL MHVKYOR.
LtM K II AVKN PA.,
Will attend to nil work in ClmrlcM, Cntr* and
Clinton rnitl**.
IHltcp iip|RMit# I** k lUpn National fUnk. 2D-ly
\\ T C. IIEINLE,
T I i ATTLTRSKY AT LAW,
ItKLLP.PIINTR, PA
Ofßc* In Conrad llou***, All*fch*n) *tr#*t.
S|wcl*l Attpntmii it>**n !• til*- a• •IfCUuu *| claim*.
All lnin*a* t. pn.rit|*tly. 21-1
WILLIAM M. ( I'LLOUCH,
Y ATTORNKY AT LAW,
CLKARPILLH. PA
All biulnM* pmmptlj at*nl*d to l ly
M i Mr ft I a ii en am.
■
DO YOU SUFFER)
WitK COSTIVCNCSS. Sirk Hwadacha. DYSPEP
SIA, Low spinH. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS.
Loot of Appotlte. Pii in fkn Sidt,
And oil lh* nu atlm#it ro***|U-M npoo a di*
ofi#r*l IUIP of th* L.t**r v wh#v y<w II.T rrrtnln
fpnipdy witiiin %or rwh, Tbnt rn>dy I*
GREEN'S Liver Pills.
Th*** Pill* r* of two thN, and wh*n In
Coiih* tloO with *wrh otter nr ••rdtttfl to dt'*rtot*
r* IN V\KI Alif.Y Nt'it'lfiHlfUL Tie? r* •npor
onhd, aihl *r> SENT BY M \ll. -n rvcnfftt nf prfc:*-
In ortlf-r t*i pr**vit f<in>hrWHrf lie? ar* |if up in
Kocon UnL with th# *igu*ttir* of f. P HRKfcN
nr-Minl wrfc k'l
l'r|t * v 9f l.&Qrtn.; Ku, 2, SO eta. Monafnrttimri
only ly
r, POTTS GREEN
yLl.timN TK. PA.
New York Weekly Heiald.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
r F , HE cin-uUlion of thi* ixtpular
A i roU'Unfty lnrr*n*inf ft tiiUiif
nil th* |pHn M*l of th* I>ai• f llituo, nnd I*
nrmofttNi in b4dy <l*|ftm at* Th*
FoHKIftN NEWB
#nhrnr* Mp*Ul dl*|*l'ht loin nil i|o*n*r* of th'
|liU. l'n<l*r tl* H- ml of
AMKHICAN NEWS
nr* fi**n h* T*l**rphk ft *|*itt !** of th# w**L A*n
nil |M*it* <f th* IJmon Thit :*ii r* nlon# *k*
TilK VYKKKLY IIKK.MJ)
th* tno*t nl*l4* rhronkl* In th* Wot Id a* if I* tlo
ch**p#nt. S*ry w**k k HfY*i m Uilhful r*purt of
POLITICAL NKWH
•aihrwrtng c*mplnS* nnd cnwprlutwlr*
frowi k lipl'tllni fnll r*|>tt of th*
•pfchn of tninral politician* >n th* <|iwtub* of th
kiowr.
THE FARM DRPARTMENT
•f the Wnt't flcaatk pt.| the Utrat a* veil M th,
Vl'at practical attmiealkm. ami Aia.iwrlee relating 1*
the rfutiea „t the faliu-r, hinte f,r ral'lnf C.Mtl
Pxi'lllt. (iiiiM TOM, VvtttttiUM, Ac ,Ac , .il
•n'atl„n far keeptnK l iilltlin*, ami ateiull. In re
put. Thi. •HM'leaiente'l t*y • veil vlltcl depart
■•■ l, widely repel, andet the hrvl a1
THE HOME,
gitrlnp redpea !>n praclhal dl.hev. bint* for makin,
clothluc and tir ke, ptnc n|, viih the lateat lMkhe a
the lnae.l prtr. Kvery Item "i e. klnr ,ir icotHan
tv*c t- 1 In ihie Iria' tn, m |a I ally le-te-1 I
•Iperte la*.-; '-slamii..;. letter* lh* *r Pari
ami DnAa c>,rrea|ainde,,ta ..n lh* w, latent fa.l.
bina. Tha 11-nwe Iteparlment the Wllllt lll.
will wte the h ne-re th-n "ve hundred UOe
tke prtcw ut the paper. Thn latervele of
SKILLED LAIIOR
or* Ireiked altar, and ererythlnp iwrtainlac la me
chill ke and I,M "a,in* I- carefully receded Ther
la a pope dercte-l t all the lataat phaare oi the boat-
Ben market*. I'rnpa, March,ml lee, Ac. Ac. A tdw
hie full!" kt found la th* epeetolly reputtcd prim
omleondltt -n* ,>f
THE PBODCCK MARKET.
RroTtu Rtv, at home and abroad, tapelker with
a dreamery week, a Mtawoc ley vine eminent dt
rlae. L-Ta, Mialctl bunm, Pcatknai and
Hit N .tU There la a* tap- r la lite World that cm
tola* an much era matter eeery week aa the (
kt llnttlß Which la earn. pwtae paid, far Um Dot.
lor. T<ai raa awhacrfh# at any tinw.
TIIR I ( ORM
IIRW YORK V la a Weakly Porta, J DOLLAR
UkKAI.lt ) I A TKAR
AfIHM
NEW YORK HERALD,
k-l Brood vat and Aaa Htreet. Raw York.
For Sale.
A FARM containing Fifty Acrea,
1 hating there..a orected a TWihnTORY
tHAMK HL'ILDINO and owl I ttlldln**. Title amoi.
la, ml real A. J. A T. I ORIMT,
tX-J Oakmrllla, Cawtra aawatf. Pa.
It'tlson, Mc-Farlane it Co., Hardware Dealers.
HARDWARBI
WILSON, MoFARLANE & CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES f HEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
BXJIX.3DEE/S' HA.IR/IDWjk.IR'E.
ALLKOIIKNV HTKKKT, .... HUMKA' BtOTK, .... BKLLPPtISTK, PA.
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
13ELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE
n K. 11.—Tlm*-TMr In *ff*cl on and afl*r March
, iitnl :
Ih 4y* Snow rlt*e UM 4. M..arrlv* In D*ll*fnta
I*.2L A. N.
..••IIP* n ilt f .utt tf 12 a M.,arrfv at Snow Shun
11.2 FT A.M.
t*av*a Mnw .ho 2.1K P. w..arri?#* In B**ll*font
i.'i-t r. n.
Lew*** fl*ll*fotit* 4.4A r w .arrlr*a t Snow Sh
. 2ft r. m ft. H HI.A 111, G*n I ftu|*rlnt#ul nt
BALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL
HUAn.—Titiie-Tahle, April W IvdJ;
fc*C Mull, waaraaaa. aurvtaa Lip Mall,
t i t. an a.a
#lO 7oj Arrlte al Ttrone laata... 73' i 1 t*
n a 6 AS Leate Eael Tyroue Lreta... 7 Ea * W
. •> II 61 ...... " Vail '• ... 7*J * lot
Tto ,7 ...... " Bald ha* la •' .„ 747 aOl
!4n a3d ....„ " Powler " „7 W
W M " Maimah - ... 7to Vlh
; .16 tl 36 •' Pott Matilda " .t Ul tlt
37 •17 ...... " M.rtl.a M ... 07 336
; |n 6HH ...... " Julias " ... Sl6 0 113
V 667 ...... " I niolitllls - ... 33 aJO
; 111 S|i '• Cniiv Bhua In " *33 V 46
■i to 645 " Vllleal.nr* " ... 34 04"
4H 6. M Hllef..ate •• ... a43 of'
I .J1 636 *• Mllenhnrg " ... oMto 0*
• 3-'> 616 ...... " Curtla •• „0 or 111 10
tin 610 " Muni hn*l. •' ... 013 111 -36
*1 o 601 " Hoaard " —o3oln 37
ito 460 •• Ka!#tllle " ™0•10 4B
.to 445 " Beech t'raek u ~o4oln 54
,34 4 .13 " Mill llall " „06411 Id
.3V 430 '• plemlnitoa ** —#6711 30
,36 4 '36 ...... - Lock llaten M .10 ol 11 26
I >KN XSY LV A NIA IIAILROA I>.
£ —* |*hll*<f*>l|>bU nd Krt* lMllon.>—On •'
tiler l*c#m6*r U IS7T
WKATWARD.
ICR IK WAltel***** PhlUil-lfhU...™ 11 M|A
* M |larri*Nir|.. MMmMH re... 4 2ft • m
* " Wlll|*m|M>rt ...aaa • 3ft ■RI
** ** Lock llnv*n am. 0 4P nOl
M M Kt&OVOt. a. rem 10 UB IB
M nr?iv*4 l kltv.mrere* -re T fc' tt,
NIAGARA EXPRKftS !***• I'hlld*l|hln- 7>•* t
•• M II %rrtl-itr|[ .. to At) n-
M " W
•• irrltM at lu-n-.Y a 4 4t* y> n>
'Awwng r l>y thi* trnik nrr*** In IMI*-
f'ntP> At.. - 4 W J> tl.
FART LINK IMTN KhitA-Mli-hin........ - 11 IS * n.
M M |l*r riv1t1ir5.^..*a........ j- h
* M WillliUUpOrt aaamaaaaaareaa* 7 tt.
M tiritNl *t L*<k fl***. aaa IK* 0>
KAITWARI).
PACirir EXPREftS
•• M Wilii*m*|Myft... Tl6 • n
" *nio *1 lUrfMri„.. II *>A • n
M 14 PhtU*l*l|>hUL... 3 4i |v ft
DAY RXrRWi< Uc* R"w*o 10 1 • m
11 M L*rk llnff. II 2 n w
•• M H tlli*mY*>rt......... 12 4' •ft
• irrlfwil lUrrtal ury^ H .,.m 4 1" P rr.
- Phtlndelphin. 720 pi.
ERIK MAIL !*•**• R*'*o t .14 p w
" " lUfHI ...are 0 4ft f> At
M *• WllliiltMFlfi. re II oft p•-
M urlft* it Hnnifitnrf.re.re — M 2tS • w
M M Phil*d*l|'hU... re.arearere 7 • B
PANT LINK I*nt** Wi|lum*|urt 12 Aft • n
M tirivM nl 9frri*|jwrc. 3 • m
•• M Pbll*d*lFhi* re re 724• fb
Krir NAII W**t. RUfara Kpr** Vt#*t, l*rk ll****
Arc. miiitsUiliHii MM * d luy Kr>r* R**t. n**k
rl*w *t Xof thowh*rl*r.l with L A H R
R. triit* !• kilkMUrr* *nd ft* rantr n
Kfi' Meil Hf*tt xiftffftr* R|>f*e* W*t, *nd Eric
Kl>r** va pi and l/rk !Utn 4rcvY*nmt*tiet> kwl
milk* clw* connertkm *t kllll*Ri*)rt with NCR
4. train* north.
£ri Mail W*M. Niagara Et>r**a Wwt. *rd lUj
Ei|fr*M Eet. mak* rl<* rnr*ction at Lock ll***i
Willi II F. V R R train*
R> Mail Ea*t *n<l M **t conn**! at Erf* with f rain*
n I. ft AM* R R at Corry with O C A A V R
I , al I'mft'hnn with B R. T. I P. R. Re. an I •>
triftr*<4 with A V. R R
l*arl- r car will run l<*tw**n Phil*'f*l| Ha and
Ailllam*p*n on RUgara Kiprrw Wr*t,Rrl* Kt|>rr*
%'r#f. IM.II kdelphiw ft.ir* Eaat and Day Ei|-c**
anl ft(tn<Uy Kij-r**- 4Uw>t. ftt**t*in# cf on nf
ilKht train*. *. A RLtwtfi,
tl*n*l ftnp*tlnt*td*nt
/ 1 IRA UP HOUSE,
V. I OJIINEBCUKBThI'T AND SIXTH HTBKI.TB.
mUMkNtt.
Thi. hoaoe pr,,mlnent la a city fataed btr IU rctn
-rtahla htal-, la kept In eerry rwprl t an<
irnt rloae h'dela la the country ""In, to the atrin
:enrt of the tlmea. th# prtca of board he. teen reduced
•• Titan hoctaaa par day. J M KIBBIX,
I At- Mwiw
r< ILMOIIE A CO.,
V I LAW AM) COI.I.F.CTIO* nOCBR.
'i-JV F Srnrtr, W**HIJIOTO.v. I> C
M*k* r.|i* tl'.n*. kfotlßtr !/*• and attend to all
•niliwM rurftOdcd to th-ti LARD STRIP, ftetdl*?'*
itMiii' nal l|.wn*wtand Right* nod LARD WARRIITi 1
wfught and *-ld. 44-1 f
'. I I
jBON I
pi A TRUE TONIC M|
A PERFECT STRENGTHENER.A SURE REVIVER.
| IRON WTTERB are highly recommended for all disease* re-
I quiring a certain and efficient tonic ; especially Intiiyntion, Dytpepma, Inter-
I iittrni From, Want tf Appttiif. Lorn ef Lnrk tf Knrrgy, *Lr. Knriehc*
the blond,strrngthen* (he muscle*, and firm new life to the nerve*. They act
like • rhsrtn on the digestive organ*, removing all dyspeptic symptoms, sorh
a* T'uiinq Ih Fond, Bfieking, Itml in (Ae Stimirk. Hmrlbvm, He. TllO only
Iron Preparation that will not hlookon the tooth or give
hoadoohc. Hold by all druggists. Write fur the ABC Book, S2 pp. of
useful and amusing reading—sent /rre,
BROWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltlmoro, Md.
BITTERS
IIAI.MKKT K. rAIRR,
lu CMMaiNn of Polcot*.
BR m, V. ORAITUM. BIORT B. I.ADD
PATENTS.
TAINS, GRAFTON A LA DP,
Attorneys at- ltr> and Murilart American
and Foreign Patents,
412 PIPTB HTHBT, WABIWTOK, D. CL
NMn Ml>ol mm Ik all ll* krooolwo Ik tlx F***t
(Mfcea, Affl tli IkiprMM and flrokil Ouktf* of tbo
Ualud MkM*. haykM toad froo. M-U
AeoS m bin*ii.tn of Hops, Buohu, Man*
draHla *ua Dandalion,iui bni *ad
BoStl<r>UH|iiv|i>rtM of *ll othar Hilton,
■uknVltximtoi Blood Purifier, Liver
He* u l\e Tor, *"* l lif.aml li*JUi Kaatortac
Acut o*BaS*Ma""V
Ho -1 —i- ,\u ponll.ly Inn* •>'• lm Hop
Hilton n part act *n Utotr
no {lt* uiU V* alTift?t:\Uipl 111 tiSra.
To all who** i|nilofßNliMa Imevlarl-
TofOi*l.rl<JruU*rT onr***. or Wbo r—
quin n amimll.l HU*.ul**,
U,.p Bllton an innlX!""* 1 Without IntOl
loatlna. SIM
Ko matw whalyoer feWHW Twp<oi
are what tbo duaiw or uifUM U übp Hop Hit-
Im. IMjI wgll until ymj*ck but If jem
only few I had or
II may ytxir life It havaß* •*•<! buadrwli
SBOO bp for they will not
eur or help. Uo not tmffmr m o *** 4 yor fnrtuli
•ulfr,bl uwuml ortw IbMB% Hop I
ftrmrmtor flop Dtttwrt Is drn*r4
drunken nostrum but tin
Mrdtrinnerer tns># tb# HIM
ard Port- and no !-r*uo or
book! bo wttnvol I bs ml
D 1.0. *• *n nknoluto nnd trrBlauh ruroM^H v
forUninkonnom,uanof utouoa, t<4cco
nnecot• Allsold b dnrrtU mad IL.^l
fort irruUf PHtars ■%. Cw., /|M|i
Battle Creek, Michigan,
_ KAjrovAorcane or run oslt otrcm
THRESH
Traction and Plain Engine*
*nd Horae-Powors.
■wfniisi Wi>erieio i Establish**
hltoHwlA I less
A A VtIDC / w*wi Wj*
<ll tans • lthut < . f lM,
y/nimwol,or krui.,.
- IwHwi-SrStotoJlerrwe
STVAW - POWTtW MKPARATONM and
('mHtJ* Wna
SUM TrarTlea Kngtar* and I'laJa Kastare
•m asm to Ur An>r><*n mar k<
A/ -w) mmA lajurMawe
frr MM Inrrtvr aHI, apito fwllltoll > toirn
Urn mm* awH, U n * itrrmmnt <4 ly idm niitnt
Four Im nf Hapairatot*. trrmn S to If hare*
raiefit) fee* at taw aer JLvrw eaww
TwuitrWaf ,, M"anled 'TTiw Pmrsff
V Kfifi nfifi rrrl ef SrlrrlrU Ivetor
f ,l/VU|UvU (/..a Un. b>U |Mfi *> *IW)
enutmlr oa han-f, Im whV-I, >• toilH ill* U*.
<mnt*raijtt vontnrt of our aaSmrr
TRACTION ENGINES
■ il/ 'ti. to, 13 Ueree^ewrr. jMI
NICHOLS. SHSPARO A CO.
•attic Creek, Mtoblpen*
MO \ KY To "t i**r 01.
'* vy ' iJ 1 nr tiik utTt'Ai. i.irt: issiH
AXCK CO or SKW VoHK. a,.! anmac*, OI
impr, Trd farm In nun ■> In, Urn ti,n
and not rtrvallai otm-IMrS of ih* prrnont ralna of
tkr prtrly. Any portion ot th pttwlfel ran to
lM nt at any tin,,, and It Haa to-n thr ronton, nf U*
oeipany tn pnrntlt Ih, pttarlpal to mtnaln a* l.rti* *■
Ito nt'lun, If IHa Intnrnal In prMnptly paM
Apply to
CiIARLEB P. SHKRVI AN. Altnrnny-at-lav.
SJ7 Conrt. nttonl. KMIn,.
nrto tiAVIT, t KI.ISK. Co. 1 * Appr-|,r-
S-M Bllf<t* Pa.
ST. XAVIEK'S ACADEMY,
NEAR LATROBE, FA.,
EARLY half a Century old, from
jL~ oMfffc IS* *M |>rnMlnml KM<niti?.t. amam
In fnujltuta tor. *r„hwi.,< nff~* —• " -
.14. ~.1 hUIHM .l.ctart of Ml, I^Tt.
STOHX iu * "* T * rt ' •>'
<•* _ .. ■ _ _ •tfRMI or MMKTT,
M amort r 0.. WmtmoraUn,! nnl;, ft
G A UMAX'S HOTEL,
OWu.lt' Court HUM*. Httl.l.sroXTß, P*.
... ** nit M PAT.
itNiUWTMMM, )_|
®ht Centre
BKLLKPONTK, l'A.
NKWH, PACTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
Til* TU> 111 SATIUSAI WILPASB I* 111 ISTtLLl
oiici a*. r*u*rsitiT( ur th* ntiu
Every farmer in hit annual erperxenee
Uueorert tomething of value. H'rite it and
tend it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
Dkmocrat, Hr.llefonte, J'enn'a," that other
farmert may have the benefit of it. Let
eommunwatumi he timely, and be ture that
they are brief and welt jminted.
THE liens are laying all right now.
This generous, "open" fall weather
keeps them in full supply of Urst-rate
egg-building material. Hut winter is
sure to come, sooner or later, and
cut off this supply. What then ?
We'll tell you in a week or two our
plau—and it proves to le successful.
TIIE best grain ration wc know of,
for milking cows during the winter,
U brun ami corn meal, in the propor
tion of two parts bran and one part
corn meal. If the weather tie very
severe it is well enough to make it
orie-bulf corn meal. If corn be very
high priced and difficult to obtain,
cotton seed meal may be substituted
for one-half of it. The best way to
feed it is to cut up a portion of the
bay to be fed and mix the bran and
meal with it, welting thern up with
boiling water, and letting them stand,
covered tight, twelve hours before
feeding. More of this hereafter.
I)o not forget to give the fattening
hogs frequent liberal feeds of char
coal. If this is not convenient a
handful of wood ashes and sulphur
mixed will Is* found very beneficial.
Asa rule pigs arc confined to a corn
diet when being pushed rapidly for
slaughter. A constant full supply
of this side food is Just as liable to
produce a disordered state of the
stomach in them as the same course
of eating would in human beings,
and they need, for correctives, the
articles mentioned above, just as their
owners nnd feeders need "after-din
ner" or "unti bilious" pills.
TIIE Ohio Slate Hoard of Agri
culture have announced a series of
"Farmer's Institutes" to In? held
during the coming winter iu some
twenty-four or more counties of the
Htale, in conjunction with local so
cieties, granges, or other agricultural
organizations that may be willing to
work with tbem. These institutes
will be held "wherever the local orga
nizations (or individuals) will thor
oughly work the field, bear M cz
penses, thoroughly advertise, insure
an audience of 500 or more, furnish
good music to enliven the exercises,
and organize and bring out local
talent to present brief practical pa
pers and essays, and join in the dis
cussions." This promises a grand
op|Hrtuntty for the young farmers of
Ohio, and wc presume they will not
be slow to avail themselves of iu
Our own excellent State Hoard does
much work of a similar character,
but has not, as yet, announced ao
elaborate a plan.
Tho Five-Course System of Crop
Rotation.
A correspondent of the liural AVtr
Yorker aaks its opinion of the five
field system of rotation of crops,
and what rotation would IM advisable
where wheat and corn are the princi
pal crops—soil mostly heavy loam,
with a yellow clay subsoil; level-
Clover and Timothy grow kindly,
but oates arc not a certain crop. To
this the /faro/ gives the following
answer in which is embodied much
agricultural wisdom :
This is a very important question,
as it opens up the whole eulgect of
the management of a farm untried on
under the mixed system. Where
wheat and corn are produced and
some cows are kept, as well as a few
head of beeves fattened eae i year,
and a small flock of sheep is kept,
the five-course or flvc-field system ia
the best that can be pursued. There
are two Acids in grata—one for bay
and one for pasture ; or both for hay
it there ia a permanent pasture on
the fsrm besides the five Mds, as
there should be. Then the seoond or
oldest grass field is plowed for corn,
the corn stubble is put in to roots or
oats oi° both with some potatoes.
Wheat follows the oats or roots and
is seeded vlth grass and clover.
There ore two fields of grass; one of
corn; one of oats, roots and pota
toes; and one of wheat, and these
crops furnish some wheat, hay, pota
toes, oats, butter, pork, wool, iambs,
eggs and poultry for sale; and corn,
corn fodder, hay straw, root*, and
aome oata for feeding. There is no
other ayatem of farming which ia ao
desirable or profitable aa this when
the character of the aoil auita it pre
ciaely. A heavy loum aoil, kept well
manured by feeding aa much Block aa
poaaible and buying bran or cotton
seed meal to help in feeling the
atraw, corn fodder and roots to cattle
or ahecp purchased in the Fall for
thia purpose, ia very suitable and
may lie kept by good management aa
rich aa a garden. The manure ia all
given to the wheat, being plowed in
on the oat stubble and the potato
ground ; this insures good wheat and
fine grass ; this good sod makes cer
tain a fine corn crop and a g'xxl oat
crop following. We think there is
no better system for such farms as
are suitable to it.
Canada Thistlos.
Notwithstanding the dr ad with
which every farmer regards the ap
proach of this most annoying and
persistent weed i>cst, and in the face
of the somewhat stringent legislative
enactments which < mUTish our stut
ute hooka providing for its destruc
tion, we regret to observe, in our oc
casional ramblings about the county,
that it "incrcaHcth and mulliplieth."
How to get rid of them, is the ques
tion ; and we hear it discussed on
every hand, and written up, or down,
in every agricultural periodical we
pick up. The method of |*ernistent
and frequent cutting, elote to the
ground, seems to be the one now most
approved and practiced. We arc
I now trying it u|>on a small patch of
, the nuisance which has in some un
accountable way, made its apjiear
ance upon our farm, and with good
promise of ultimate success, if per
severed in. In such matters as this,
as in very many others relating to
i farm work, facts and the carefully
i noted experiences of Intelligent prac
' tical farmers are worth infinitely more
' than the best o( theories; and wc
therefore take great pleasure in trans
ferring to onr columns the following
from a very intelligent corrc*|>ondeiil
of the Conner t tent farmer :
Within a few years in answer to
an inquiry, I think in the Country
(irntlrmrn, "how u> get rid of Canada
thistles'' a great many letters were
written in reply, the gist of wbieh
was, if I recollect, "smother them."
I had thistles. I was interested ; so
I rememlycred I had made a staek of
hay right on a bed of thistles. That
! stack was not r moved till the winter
lof the next year. It was made right
i on the ground by putting |sor, dam
aged hay on the ground for a bo: lorn
to the belter hay in making the slack.
So right in the middle of the winter,
when we carted away the stack every
thing under the star k was brown, dry
and dead except the thistles. Thet
had not smothered. There they wen
right up under the bottom
of from four to six inches,
blanched like ccllery, hut full of life
and ambition still. If you could have
seen them the next spring when the
grand army of thistles stepped out
and up on the stage you would have
seen evidence enough to convince
any unprejudiced mind that that bed
of thistles hail had a year's rest and
now could beat the world. If the
roots are not cords that go quite
through the earth and fringe out at
each end they certainly clinch their
toe nails well down.
Some changes having been made I
found tbia spring it was necessary to
set a bed of strawberries in a field
where the thistles were in full force
on one side. I hesitated. I re mem
tiered my past experience. I had
tbistlea in one bed now, where, in
stead of reducing them they had in
creased four-fold. There was no al
ternative, so I set the lied. 1 ex
pected the thistles. They came. At
the first boeing wc took pains to cut
oil all thistles. The next hoeing found
them there still in greater numbers
than before. They even best the
fabled snake, which, ao long as he
had hia tail left could grow a new
head aa often aa it was cut off. The
thistles when cut of! would often
j throw up a half dozen new shoots.
The second boeing I advised my
men to look sharp for the thistles.
In about a week after the second
hoeing when they were crowding up
through the soil again, I sent a man
with a hoe with ordvrs to be very
sure to cut eyery thistle that was out,
and every one that be could discover
J oat breaking through. In about a
fortnight I bad the same thing done.
That was all the extra labor I put on
the pieee; hut it banished the this
tles. It waa the going over the
piece the second time with the hoe at
the time they were making their last
desperate etlort to get to light and
air that killed the thistles.
SnooT the English sparrow* and
wt them on toast. If yon dont, juat
•a sore a* yon live tbey will drive
away your old pet song binle, destroy
your fruit blossoms, equeese the
milk out of your wheat beads, and
prove a plague all the days of your
life. Now la the time to ahoot !
t mrm Journal.
Carting Sand on Gardens.
from lb# Country O-iill-ta-ii. •
Twenty-four years ago we hod
three or four inches of sand carted
on part of a garden, the soil of which
was too clayey for the successful or
convenient ruining of gaiden vegeta
bles. When this sand was well work
ed in, the whole became an excellent
sandy loam, just the soil for agree
able working. The lalor of drawing
on the suiid was considerable, hut it
wa* done in the winter, when there
was little else for the man and team
to do, and the liuc condition of the
soil remains as good as at first, and
probably will for a century to come,
as the sand dots not evaporate, wash
away, or become consumed in the
growth of plants, as with manure.
Proper Use of Commercial Fertil
isers.
W. I. Chan.Url.jlt)
The intelligent use of good com
mercial fertilizers in addition to alt
the home made cu/gjly is no doubt wise.
Their extensive use by the ordinary
farmer to the exclusion or neglect of the
home lujiply will in time bring financial
ruin. Tlit man who is too indolent
to save and use the manure from his
farm animals, is too lazy to be a
really successful Ohio farmer.
THE barnyard is of more import
ance in farm economy than the bouse
\ard, because out of it are the issues
of crops. A proper barnyard for
the advanced and progressive farmer,
is one that is dished—sloping frotn
all sides towards the centre—with
the tKittom cemented, or in some oth
er way made water tight. The ani
mals are fed under cover, and the
yard is for the keeping of the solid
and liquid manure that comes from
the stock. The litter should be so
abundant that the liquid is absorbed
by it. To prevent the washing of
the manure by rains, a cover for the
yard, or that portion devoted to the
preservation of manure, should lye
provided. Such a cover costs only a
lw dollars, and will pay fur itself the
first year in a larger quantity and
better quality of manure. Look out
fir the manure, and see that none of
this valuable material goes to waste.
GREAT care needs to be exercised
w bile manipulating leal tobacco, not
to allow the leaves to become dry.
The piles, or "ranks," should be kept
carefully covered, and the stripping
should lie done, so far as practicable,
■ n warm, damp weather. The abort
ing also should be doue in a warm,
• lamp atmosphere, made thus either
naturally or artificially. The latter
requires that the work be done in a
tight room in which the air is impreg
nated with moisture from the eva|io
ration of water. A kettle placed
upon a stove in which there is a
steady fire day ami night, kept filled
with water, will accomplish the de
sired result in a close, tight room.
Ct.EAXMXEFT* is an indispensible
requisite, as sweet cider is most sen
sitive to anv thing with which it comes
in contact, and w ill take an unpleas
ant and ruinous flavor from musty or
filthy barr. Is, or from apples that
have lieen allowed to heal and mold
try lying in bins or large piles, or by
King too long under the trees with
grass growing over them, or by being
picker! dirty with leaves or other lit
ter, or by being coo|>cd from a dirty
wagon box, or if the straw used in
laying up the cheese lie musty or
have any weeds in it, the cider will
partake of the tiad flavor. A half
dozen stalks of ragweed will flavor
the cider from one hundred bushela
of apples.
Anotrr one-third of the cows in
the United States do not produce
milk enough to pay lor their keeping.
This one-third pulls down largely the
profit from the other two-thirds. Let
us weed out the poor milkers and
make them all pay their way. Mora
llolslein, Ayrshire, Jersey and Guern
sey Wood in the veins of native
stock is what is needed.— farm Jour
nal.
WHOEVER places much D J endence
on the stiainer for securing ch an milk
will never make gilt-edge butter.
Allowing dirt to get into the milk
and tbeo depending on the strainer
to get it out is a |oor a|>ology for
cleanliness. More or less of the dirt,
especially everything of a soluble
nature, and some that is not, will
find its way through the meshes of
the strainer.
1 biiort.n carry my Idea of putting
: all farm tools umlcr shelter so far as
jto include wagons of the cheapest
and most durable kind, wheelbarrow*,
and even stone boats. It costs much
less in the long run to have sheds for
all these. Ih-cay is slow, and goe#
on withont any noise, but it does go
on nevertheless.
Two cows well shclterd in winter
1 will produce more milk ami buter than
three unsheltered animals though no
more than half the feed required lor
the three should be given to the two.
A on a little glycerine to the grease
applied to harness, and It will he kept
in a soft and pliable state, in spite of
the amtnoniacai exhalations of tin)
•table, which tend to make It brittle.
Xo people ever get rich on agricul
ture alone, ami never will. The plow,
the loom and anvil mast be side by
aide.