I'rojeimwnul Curtis. VUUAK A. WAUACS, MVlft L. (BAM, ■ HIT r. WAUACB, WIUM* . W4LAACB. WALLACE A KREBB, TV LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE, January I,ll*l. CLEARFIELD. PA. TT>LLIB L. OR VIS, Ei ATTORNEY AT LAW. OPPICR oppualt* the Court Houaa, ou Ike 3d floor of A. 0. funt'i uulldlng. W 17RANK FIELDING, J? LAW AND COLLKCTION OFFICE, 12-lj aLRARFIELD, PA WA. MORRISON, • ATTORN KY-ATLAW, BKLLEFONTR. PA. Otßco In Woodrtug'o Block, nppoolte t lio Court Houao. Oonaultatloo lu Kngliah or Herman 3-ly 0. t. ALUAUDUk. 0. U. *OWIX. A LEXANDER A BOWER, IV ATTORNIYB AT LAW, Bellefonte, Pa., nay bo conaulted la Eagllab or Oar nan. OBri In Oarmau'i Building l-t) nan A. aiATia. i. uut oxruxuT. BEAVER a OEPIIART, ATTORN BYB AT LAW. Otßco on Allogbony atroat, north of Ulgb. Belle fonte, Pa i-ly DF. FORTNEY, • ATTORN RT-AT LAW, BRLLEFONTR PA. Laat door to tba loft In tba Court llouaa. l-ly TOHN BLAIR LINN, tl ATTORNBY AT LAW, RKLLBFONTE. PA Offl.e Allogbony Street, oror Pool OIRro. 31-1> JL. SPANGLER, • ATTORN BY-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE CENTRK COUNTY, PA. special atUutkin to Colleclloua; practice la all tbo Courta. Conaulutlona In tlomaor I gllab 1-1) DS. KELLER, a ATTORNEY AT LAW, Offlc# on Allegheny Street South elde of Lyon's •tore, BeMefonte, P. l-ly t i. MQUAT. crmvß oonnon MURRAY A GORDON, IyA ATTORNEYS- AT-LAW, CLEARS I ELD PA. Will attand tba Bellefonte Courta when tpectell) anployad. I If TC. HIPPLE, a ATTORN BY-AT-LAW. LOCK HAVEN. PA All buataoaa promptly attaodod to. I-ly WM. P. MITCHELL, PRACTICAL SURVEYOR, LOCK HAVEN, PA., Will attand to all work la Ctearßeld, Caatra and Clinton nonnttaa. Otßco oppooiu Lack Bartn National Bank. SO-Iy WC. HEINLE, • ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLKFOXTR, PA. Offke In Conrad Honor, Allogbony (tract. A portal attention (iron to lb* collection of claim All bualaaaa attended to promptly. XI-1 • WILLIAM McCULLOUGH, T V ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEARFIELD, PA. All baaioem promptly attended to. l-ly MisceUaneoua. H 00 YOU SUFFER) With COETIVENCSS. tick Headache. DVSPEP SIA, Law Eoirtta. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, Lam df Appetite, Pain in the Side, And all tba auaterona ailment* consequent upon n die entered etate of tba Liter, a ben yon bare a certain remedy within your reach. That remedy la GREEN'S Liver Pills. Tbasa Pin* era of TWO amna, and whoa aeed In connection with each other according to directions are INVARIABLY SL'CCEMFI'L. They are eager coated, aad are BRNT BY MAIL on receipt of price la order to prevent cnnnterfattlog thee ore pot up to rnocap botes. With the signature of F. F. GSERN around such boa. Price, No I, Soeta.; Na. 2, BO eta. ManaSactared "t. potts green BRLLRFONTB, PA. IQ3I THE CULTIVATOR IQQI AND COUNTRY J3ENTLEMAN. THE BEST OF THE AGRICULTURAL WEEKLIES. Thb COUNTRY GENTLEMAN i UNBUR Puaan. If not Uraucauaa. for the amount and varie ty of Pnacncai IxntuuTtog II coaUlne. and for the ability and ettant of Ma Coaaaaruaaaaca—ia Three Chief Directions of FARM CROPS AND PRriTRSSRS, HORTICULTURE AND FBlh-OBOWING. LITE STOCK AND DAIRYING— whiIe It also Includes ell minor departments of rural Interest, enrh as the Poultry Yard, Entomology, lw Keeping. Oreouhowa* and Grapery, Veterinary jtepllaa. Farm liuaetJoas and Anawera, Flraoide Rending, Do reverie Economy, aad n viimmary of the News of the Week. Its Smat Raronre are unusually complete, and mora Information can be gathered irx -e lie cut asm* than from any other enurre with regard to the Prospects of the Crops, m throwing light apou one of the most Important of all novations Wata TO Bar an Wain TO BOA. It la liberally riluat rated, and eoaetitut** to n greater degree than any of its tea temporaries A LIVE AGRICULTURAL NEWBPAPKR Of neeer-foillag Interest both to Producers aad Con snmere of every ctaee. TUB Owartt OnTuaia la published WaatLT on tba toriowlag tarm, when paid strictly la advance! riot Corf, on- your 82.A0; P.,r* Corn*, f In. and mm additional copy for the yoar free la the sendee of Clab; In Cams. rI, aad ea additional copy for tbs year frwe to the seeder of the CI ah. W Spai Imia Oopiaa of the Paper free. Add rem LUTIIKR TUCKER A RON, PuhhsAcrt ALBANY, N. Y. 38w 1830-1. leeo-L The Patriot, Daily & Weekly, Tor the Ensuing Tear* The subscription price af the Wmu FatMnt has been redarsd fa ft I.ol> per ropy per ennnm To debs of firry and upwards Wis WmtT Pern IST will be furnished at the eatiwmdraarHy cheap rata af t mute par copy par annum. Ttu luttr Partuor wNI ha sent is any address, dariag the samtoaa of Goagroas add IBs LegtaUtnre at tba rate af to costs par mouth. Under the act af Congress the publisher prwpaya ha postage aad subscribers are relieved bum that (£>—h. Every ssbecriptios meet ha aaoampanlad by the Now la the trine to mberribe. The approaching amttnuk of Co—rom ami tbs L*ri*latara will be of rnara than ordinary infer*." and their proceedings will bp fully reported for the Dally and a compute aopafe af "hem aril! be given in the Weak ly. U if -ijjl MartuW firrvt, llerriaborg. Wilson, 3fc Far lane A Co., Hardware Dealers. :EE_A_:R,nD"w _A_IR,;ejI WILSON, McFARLANE & CO. DEALERS IN STOVES, RANGES t HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND BTTXILIDIEiRjS' HABDWAKE. ALLEOUNNY STREET, .... HUM Bit 1 BI.OCK, .... BELLBFONTB, PA. TRAVELER'S GUIDE. BELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE R. R.—Tlme-Table In effect on and after March I, llltll i Leaves Snow Shoe ft.36 *. ■..arrive* In Belivlbnle 7.34 a. u. Leaves Bellefonte 8.13 a.arrives at Baow Shoe 11.3 ft a. N. Leaves Soew Shoe 2.30 r. a..arrives Id Bellefonle 4.20 p. a. Leaves Bellefonte 4.4A r. a..arrives at Bnou ftbr* 7.3 ft e. a. 8 8. BLAIR, OeuT Superintendent. OALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL* 13 RriAD.—Time-Table, April 38, lmi: dir. Mail. wirrwatD. laavw.ao Btp Mall. t. a. r. a. fa. a.a I |o 7 n2 Arrive at Tyrone Leave.... 7 12 I M 3 6 Aft Leave Bast Tyrone Leave... I# IM 7At t4l M Vail " -7 42 ft A 7 ftft ft 47 . " Bald Eagle " —7 47 03 74* a ftft ...... " Fowler " ... 743 ft W 742 ft 33 —. " lieu nab " 7 ftft ft 13 7 3ft ft ftft ... " Port Matilda " —ft 00 •!• 737 ft 17 ...... " Martha " _. ft 07 ft 24 7IN 6 Oft ...... " Julian " ... ft Ift ft 32 7 0 ft 47 ...... " Unionvllla " ... •33 ft 3ft 700 ft ftft " Snow Shoe It" ... ft 32 ft ftft ft Aft ft 4S ... " Mlleaburg " —ft 34 ft ftft ft ftft ft 36 ..... " Bvllefonta " ... ft 43 ft S7 ft 3ft ft 2A •• Mlleaburg '* —I410 OS ft ftft ft Ift ...... " Curtlu " —ft oft 10 Ift ft Ift ft 10 ... " Mount Eagle " —ft Ift 10 3 ft 9 ft 01 " Howard " —ft3olo 37 ft ftft ft 40 „ •• Kaglevllle " —ft ftft 10 ftft ft AO ft ftft ...... " Beech Creek " —9 40 111 64 ft 34 433 ...... - Mill Hall " •M II Ift ft 29 430 ...... Flamlngtou " —•47 11 3® ft 34 424 " Lock Haven " —lO 01 11 24 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. A. —fPhiladelphia and Erie Division.)—On and .Iter December 13, 1577 : WESTWARD. KRIB MAlLlaavm Pbllndelphiu —... 11 ftft p m •• •• llarrivburg 4 2ft un> e Wllllamaport - ft ftft n m •* •* Lock Havsa 04* a m * ** Ammoro.. lo ftft aBO arrives at trie 7 3ft p m NIAOAKA EXPRBBB lenvaa Philadelphia- Ift.a •• " Harriahurg ... 10 80 am Wllllamaport. 2 30p m • arrives at ttaaovo- t 40pn Passengers by Ibis train T.ve In Belle foots nt— *® Pa CAST LINK leaves Philadelphia - II a m •• •" Herri* burg - 3l* p m * " W111tarnvp0rt...—........ 730 p m arrives at Loch Haven—ft 0 p m RANT WARD. PACIFIC RXPRRBB Imvm Lock Haven..- ft 40 a m - " Wllllamaport... 7 Man arrives at Hervtaborg II ftft a m m - Philadelphia.... ft 44 p m DAT RXPRRBB laavea Renovo. JO Warn <• •• Lock Uavvo. II 20 a m u •• Willi.mvporl —. 12 40 a m - arrive# at Harriabarg 4 10 p m " Philadelphia. 720 p m BRIE MAIL leovea Reworo ft ftft p m •" Loch llaven....———... ft 4A p m - •• WilMamsport. tl 08 p m earless at Harrieburg. 34* am •< Philadelphia TOO am FABT LINI leaves WHltemeport 13 ftft a m " arrives at Harrieburg. 3 ftft a m ~ Philadelphia. 7* e m Brie Mall Waal, Niagara Blpress West, Loch Haves Accommodation *wt and Day Riprvm East make clot* roaiidtnoi fti Nortbvmt**?land villi L- • 1* R trains foe Wtlbeehnrre and icraatoo. Erie Mall Weal. Niagara Eiprem Wot, aad Erie Express Wast, sad Idrch llavea Acrommodatten West, make close cowaectiea at Wllllamaport wits N.C. R W. trains north. Brio Mall Waal, Niagara Eiprem West, and Day Ctprees East, mak* close cvmnecUoa at lock llavoc With R. R Y. R R trains Erie Mail East and West connect at Erie with trains all A M. 8 E E.. Nt Carry with 0. C. A A. ▼. S R_, nl Emporium with S. N. Y. A P. R. R. nnJ at Driftwood with A. Y. R R Parlor cure will run between Philadelphia and Williastepnri on Niagara Express Went. Erie Eiprem Wat, Philadelphia Express East and Day Exprea* Bast, and Boaday Eiprem Bast ftleepiag rare on nil atcbl trains. W. A BtlOOl*. Osa'l Auperlntendent GIRARP HOUSE, CORN EE CHESTNUT AND NINTH BTREETS, PXttAMftPNIA. This hansa. prominent in a city famed for Its com fortable hotels, la kept In every respect equal to nay ftrat-riam hoteta In tke country. Owing to the strin gency of the times, the price of board hes been twdorod to rnxxx notbsAx per day. J. M'BIBtIN. IAP _ Manager GILMORE A CO., LAW AND COLLECTION HOUSE. F STEBET, WXXNINOTON. I. C. Make Csllerttane, Negotiate loans and attend to all business eoaSded to them. LAND BCEIF, Soldier'* Additional Homestead Eights and LAND WANRANTB Naught and *44. <a-tf IRON A TRUE TONIC A PERFECT BTBENCTHENER. A SURE REVIVER. IRON HITTERS Bra birhly recommendrd tor sit rfieoxm-t r*- quirinff A certain xjxi efficient tonic ; egpeciallr Indention, Dpptjmin, Intrr mtitrnt Ftmtrt, WeaU App* Bate- Lorn cf Strength, Lath <4 Energy, etc ; F.nrit lira lh< blor-H, atretifftiiena tha mime leu, and gives new life to the nerves. They Act like s charm on the digestive organs, removing all dyspeptic aymptomtt, encli m Tatting the Food, BdMrng, Heat hi the Stomach, Heartburn, etc'. Tho 4inly Iron Preparation that will not blacken the teeth or give hentlaehe. Sold by *ll drapiM* Writ* for ths ABC Book, 32 pp. of useful and amusing reading—erai free. BROWN CHEMICAL CO., Baltimore, Md. BITTERS HALSERT E. PAINE, Lata Oamarimtaasr af Patents. BEN J, . GRAFTON BTOET R LADD PATENTS. PAINE, GRAFTON A LADD, Attorney* at- lj<nt and Solicitor! iff America* and Foreign Patents, 412 FIFTH STIBET, WASHINGTON, D. C. PrxAtee pdii law la all lla braeebaa la lb* Patent Stated • Battla Creok, Michigan, miii'fiOTiima or TUB OBLX uiXLimi Traction and Plain Engines and Morse-Powers. I 0 0 YEARS W £ tnanatfvtfxM'&U r kx*lk*i. to H M p " (JU - IriMl MTrwifj |rtoess m mU omr gossto. STRAW-PO AVER SEPARATOR* and ( owiplrtr Nriß Uallu•/ pihik, A mmMto4raf feUlfrmlwc— mm* imaro MM* for tnl.lAfMjia, with Hfiifai' foolOUm U raMßw. mitr*mn oo> Jwtuihml at In 4hr r Diitn rrmr mmrn of IMMnn. from 6 to IS bora* c* 1 -irlty, for loom or korrrm nxr. Two Mr taw of - Mmmtml ilrw 7,600,000 crmaunti, on band, trmn wturb la built ttaa la mcoiwabla wood, wort at our marblrm-T TRACTION ENGINES^* Btaßa H, tO, IS litm fSWSV. fW NICHOLS. 6MKPARO * CO. MIoMS*' arw a V of bo —* BH f rt aaadbfihaalmaaf wrmw font NIM ao4 ■ ai< 1.1 wait, la m. MUnßtuuftiT W tarabruAMiTaaaS Moo Sitters. Iwai w Moo B. R|Htnfgwaif Intwlwrraaaiir • Slmnitna or Iwiaßun If Too .r. MT r*4 ST sisals. oM srWraaaa. sulfsrioa (ma Ml*slUiwlHfs|hf M a M at a* assa, rstjr <a Nop!Blttar*. wwwrsr paaais, Bußk -.-i. em sa wbsastsr Tsa M |B| eaali, Ins smaa that font a* - suits rtsawtaa, low- MBfi"' (Est k.-ci'i l sr Wtßiaisllnf. b i wittaastisioriTsfisa, b? A liaaalw assaf , a.V.r M s? p Mopnotec. nmrMfw Is aa atsMsta of lbs I UnT) <TMU. I HOP ; .i, nirrroc feiF" {otininuii T 1; NEVER I aas a r our FAN Ufa. ft haa TAIL en.od hwn* , i tsbsw.n dftOKo -w I AT mi .Oia MONEY To Loan < O per ct. AIAV/At AA * „ r T||lt MITt . AI , tirs IRSCS AHCS 00. or MKW TORK. Ob first ■a..rla*. oa. taipTr-Tsd farat prnprttj. la saaw aot less thai. R.fiOOf aad aot sicvadlsp spHMif of lbs prsssst sslas O, tbs i-r-pon. Any portlua of Iks prtkrt|aj roa b pais off at say ttßis. and It baa twa lbs roatnin of lb* entapaay to pored! tbs yflariysl to rswssls as kmf a* lbs barrawar wtabw. If tbs lataraat la pnuplly palf' Apply b CHARS.KB P. •lIIERMAR.AItoraay-al-law, Hi Ooert, si fast, tnflai, fa., fir to DAVID X. KLIRB, Co.'. A|>|>raU*r. 8-tf •Mlafoata, Pa. ST. XAVIER'g ACADEMY, NBAR LATROBB, PA., "VTEARLY half a Century old, flrom ~ 1 W W"Wa* ami caltjahM IB PraiM,lTaala ban armlmM, oSW. ami ifcmtoiA A44r*aa, _ _ StSTEM Of MSSOV, 0 Brail, • f. 0 , Wartaontlaml <xmar, fa. riAKMAN'S HOTEL, VJ OppoaltaOimrtlloßM, BKI.LirORtI, PA. ... TEAMS tl.as PES BAT. * garni Uaary attetoS. sht (Htnixt smtnui. BBLLBFONTB, PA. A.aRICtTLTT7HA.L. MEWS, PACTS AMD BUOGBBTIOHS. TBI TUT • TBI BATIOBAL WILMBI II TBI I*TELU OIBOI IBP rsurißiTT or TBI riiMti. kvery farmer in hi* annual experience Jteeover* Home thing of value. Writ* ii and rend it to the " Agricultural Editor of the DEMOCRAT, Reliefunte, J'enn'a," that other farmer* may have the benefit of it. Let communication* be timely, arid be lure that they are brief and well pointed. "Eous forty cents a dozen and not to be bad at that," was tbe complaint made to the DEMOCRAT one day last week. Tbe ''forty cents per dozen'' part of it is all right, as seen from tbe farmer's standpoint, provided we bad enough of them to sell. Tbe fact that tbey cannot be bad at that price, is not creditable to tbe care and attention bestowed upon their flocks of fowls by the farmers. Warm breakfasts, warm quarters, warm drinking water (sure and plenty) with a full supply of properly varied food, embracing a large proportion of vegetables, and excluding corn, excepting only for the last feed at night, will encourage the bens to put forth tbcir very best efforts, and at "forty cents per dozen," all this care and attention "will pay." "Farmer Field," one of tbe enterprising wo men, who have made a success of poultry raising has a flock of sixty three spring pullets which are now producing for her an average of over forty-five eggs per day; and she maintains that poultry can and should be made profitable in cold weather, because when properly boused and cared for, "they can't help laying any more than they can help breathing." THOSE who agree with tbe DEMO CRAT tbat wc will make better and cheaper pork if we feed more grass and leaa corn will make arrangements for pasturing their pigs pretty con stantly next summer. A great help in doing this conveniently and eco nomically will be a few rods of some form of fence tbat may be easily changed from place to place. Of "portable" fences there are many aorta patented, most of which pos sess some degree of merit, bat all of them are more expensive than tbey should be, and so much so as to pre vent their use in many cases where the farmer really feels tbat something of tbe kind, if cheap enough, would he useful to him. For a pig fence, one that is perfectly practicable, easily made and easily moved ; 'chesp enough for anybody and upon which there la no patent, may be made as follows; Make two stakes of small saplings cut from the woods, sharp ened at the lower end, and rounded at the top so as to drive with leaa danger of splitting. Their length mast be governed by tbe beigbth of fence you require, leaving fifteen or eighteen inches of the sharp end to extend below the lower rail. To these nail any cheap rails you can get, placing the stakes in three or four feet from the ends of tbe rails, and taking care tbat the ends of the rails are even with each other so as to prevent "hog holes" between pan els. Cheap cull boards will make first rate rails, and small strait palee, cut from the woods and peeled, will answer a good purpose. In this case the only money outlay would be for nails, snd here you bsve as good a "portable fence" aa you want. Set the panel up in position, tap the stakes on top hard enough to mark on tbe ground, aet the panel aside and with a small crowbar make holes at the marks, not quite large enough to fit the stakes, aet two stakes In them and drive down until the lower rail is the proper distance from tbe ground. W hat better 'portable fence' do yoa want f or what cheaper one can yon get. A portion of tbe com paratively leisure time of tbe winter season may be profitably employed in making a number of rode of this very useful fence. , THE Rural New Yorker publishes as a full page supplement to Ite cur rent is HI, a beautiful original draw ing ol tbe bead of tbe Jersey cow, Lady Rushmore. It Is wall worth framing and hanging In tbe parlor of any farmer. IT is always better to spread ma- Mrnaa it is drawn than to put it In First Year's Growth Most Impor tant. front Nallooal Ura-Shick Journal, Cblcasa, Let any large dairyman look through Ids herd and he will find bis most profitable cows to be those of tbe greatest digestive capacity, ami tbe history of these will show that they were thrifty growers as calves. Tbe first year la period in tbe growth of the future cow. A respectable size cannot be attained at two years old, without a vigorous growth the first year; besides, it should be remembered that it requires less food to produce a given weight tbe first year than the second. It will cost very little more food to pro duce 600 ponnds' growth tbe first year than 300 pounds the second year—this law of growth haa he vome familiar to the readers of the Journal , both from precept snd ex ample. It is therefore very bail econ omy to feed heifer calves sparingly, as tbe older tbey become, the more it will cost to put on the weight re quired. After many experiment* and careful observation, tbe practice of having beilers come in at two years old is rapidly gaining ground, both in the United States and in all the dairying districts of Europe. It is the general observation, that a heifer coming at two years develops into a better cow at four, than if she came in at three years; and this is at tributed to tbe early development of the milking habit. It therefore be comes imperative that the heifer calf should have generous food and care the first aummcr. There can be no valid excuse for neglecting it. Tbe patron of the cheese factory may raise very fine heifer calves upon whey by sibling other food to it. lie must not fear the cost ol tbe small amount of other food required to balance the defects in tbe whey. The cost of this food will not represent bsif tbe extra value of the calves from its use. Bholter Savea Food—la Profitable. Erom AsMricaa AffrirallarM fat DumbiT. Every keeper of animals would actually profit by a little study of chemistry and pbyaiology. Here is a abort lesson: All kinds of food, aa bay, grain, bread, meat, etc., are, like wood, mainly composed of char coal (carbon) and water, with con siderable nitrogen in some of them. To prove Ibis, strongly heat any ol -tbe above food materials in a coal pit, or better, under glass. Water, with some nitrogen gaa, will be driven ofl and can be found in tbe glass re ceiver, while only charcoal will re main. Let in more a<r and tbe char coal itself will unite with the oxygen of the atmosphere, and also go ofl as a transparent, invisible carbonic acid gaa. This chemical action sets at liberty heat that was before concealed or insensible, the same as when wood or coal it burned rapidly in a stove, producing an active fire; or as when wood decays, but gives off beat so slow as not to be observed. We mwd hive an ever-burning fire in both tile animal and human system. If tbe surrounding atmosphere is cold, ami carries off heal rapidly from the surface of the body, we must increase the internal production of beat by palling in more !ood,or by surround ing the body with a covering that prevents the escape of much beat. la It not plain then, that by keep ing animals warm by means of close buildings, or shelter against heat stealing winds, leas food will be needed, and there will be less waste of flesh in making heatf Any ar rangement of shelter, cover, stable, abed, blankets—anything that will prevent the nalund warmth from passing away from the surface of any animal—will be a great saving of food required to keep up the absolutely necessary internal life warmth ; will prevent loss of flesh ; will allow tbe food to go more to adding to weight of flesh, or the yield of milk, or of wool. Shelter and external warmth in cold weather are moat economical and therefore profitable in the keeping of farm stock. Dairy Stable*. It should be understood at tbe outset by every dairyman, that but ter making begins at tbe stable. This includes the feed, and tbe care which tbe cows there receive. The very beet Jerseys will not produce tbe beat batter unless tbey hsve first class care in the stables. Tbe stalls muat be clean, and tbe animals kept neat; even tbe air of tbe stables must be free from foul odors, if tbe best dairy products are to be obtain ed. When milk la once contaminated, and it is a wonderfully active absorb ent of gaaes, nothing can be done to make It perfectly pare again. More butter ie spoiled "at the pail," titan daring any other process through which the milk and butter passes. The udder is not properly cleaned, or the bands of the milker an fbnl, and In many ways tbe milk receives that which ever alter remains to contam inate. Foa raising good dairy animals, there la hardly any food so good for calves aa warm aklm-tailk, with a mixture of moderate quantities of ground oats scalded. The milk and oats contain a large amount of mus cle and bone material,and contributes greatly to tbe development of eonsti mwSs! Tigor ud A good I raiiie, Agricultural Contemporaries. THE American Agriculturist for De cember Ist, excel* itself even in use ful information, fine illustrations, etc. Ik-si <le* a great variety of valuable, pratical, instructive article*, Work of the Month, out-doors and in-door*, the exposures of humbug* and swind ler*, excellent Household and Chil dren'* Departments, etc., etc., it baa contribution* from Prof. Riley on the "Chinch Bug and Remedy Prof.- 0. C. Swallow on "Southwestern Agriculture; Dr. M. Miles on "Crop Rotation Prof. Atwater on "Value of Fish as Food Prof. Cald well on "Feeding for Milk Hon. George (Jwides on "Farming as an Occupa tion 11. A. Haigb, Esq., on "Laws for Farmers Dr. Liauturd on "Pink Kye in Horse*;" Prof. Cook on "Carbolic Acid for insect* Prof. Jordan on "Farmer* and Science," etc. A new volume, the 41st, la-gins now, and all will do well to become subscribers, $1.50 a year; specimen, 10c. Orange J udd & Co., New York, publishers. THE f/ive Stock Journal for Decem ber is filled with its usual assortment of matter especially interesting to those who are engaged in stock rais ing in any of its branches: "Award ing Prizes on Live Stock," "A Strict System of Accounts needful to the Farmer," "Expensive WinteriM," "Linseed Feeding Htuffs," "Hungar ian Grass," "Mtoeling for Market," "The Horse on a Walk," "Early Ma turity ofColta," "Large-sized Jacks," "Heavy Draft-hoi sea," "Longevity in Cattle," "The Fat Stock Show," "Cattle or Sheep on 100 Acres," "Abortion in Cows," "Phenomenal Cows," "Watering Cows in Wiuter," "Oil Meal with Winter Food," "Dry ing oflT Cows," "Amount invested in Dairying in United States," "Sheep for hard Times," "Sheep at the Fat Stock Sbow„ "Importance of Using Good Boars," "Swine at the Fat Stock Show," "Care of Breeding Hogs," and a number of valuable and interesting articles on Horse, Cattle, Dairy, Sheep, and Swine mat ters will be found-to this issue. Pub lished by the Stock Journal Compa ny, Chicago, 111., at $2.15 per annum. Send 20 cent* for apecimen copy. Ripening: Cream. at Oontt, Q-t.ll—ta. At this season there is often great difficulty found in obtaining butter, witbont churning a long lime. To prevent tbia the cream should be "ri pened." Set the ftnl jar of cream ; beside the kitchen fire and frequently ; stir tbe contents with a wooden 1 spoon or stick kept for the purpose. I When quite warmed through carry the jar to a coed place to stand all night. In tbe morning tbe butter ia obtained at a lower temperature and with less churning, than if tbe cream hail not been previously warmed, while the color and flavor are untn jored. ON one occasion 1 shipped 20 bar j re Is of spples to a customer, during j the holidays. Tbe weather was mild when 1 shipped, but fearing it might turn cold, 1 lined each barrel with | two thicknesses of paper. Tbey were detained by mismanagement, in tran sit, for over two days and nights, on | the track, and tbe second day the j mercury went down to 12 degree# . below zero. There was no fire in the ear, but they went through safe, i Tbe dealer acknowledged receipt, with draft, and wrote: "I have been dealing in apples for years, but neTer knew bow to |>ack apples until 1 saw tbia lot." Tbia was my first ship ment to him, and he baa continued | to buy of me ever since, when I have , any to sell.— UF. of Ohio. BARNYAUD manure generally lacks i phosphoric acid, while bones contain ' a large quantity. A ton of pure : tone dust contains as much nitrogen !as eight and • half tons of fresh | stable manure of an average quality. | Tbe quantity of phosphoric acid con- I tained in the manure depends upon | the kind of food consumed by the animal*. Though the ton of boob dust contains as much phosphoric acid as 110 tons of stable manure, yet one ton of the latter contains more potash than five tons of bone dust. THE quality of tbe manure depends upon the quality of the food. Tbe animal adds nothing to what ia fed to it; it lakes out something, but leaves the refute which it does not want, but tbe soil does, in an available form. The old adage "out of nothing noth ing cornea," ia commended to those who think they can make a large quan tity of rich manure oat of n little poor food. S&jft IT costs little trouble to save tbe ■olid part of the exc rement*, awl still lea* to lose tbe liquid part. But it Is only tbe two together that make e complete manure, sod a farm way be running rapidly to exhaustion if sup plied with one without tbe other. KEEP tbe milch cow clean. It does not look well to see her incrust ed in a cost of manure all about the bind quarters, especially the odder, which if apt to be the case about thi* time of year. Tni firmer who sits by hi* winter fire and keenly plana his next year'* campaign, down to the smallest do tails, is the one to make the bestows* thikre.— Farm JgwmL
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