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
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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.
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tba toriowlag tarm, when paid strictly la advance!
riot Corf, on- your 82.A0; P.,r* Corn*, f In. and mm
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In Cams. rI, aad ea additional copy for tbs year
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ALBANY, N. Y. 38w
1830-1. leeo-L
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To debs of firry and upwards Wis WmtT Pern IST
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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
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AND
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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*-
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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.
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Ik-si <le* a great variety of valuable,
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the exposures of humbug* and swind
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"Chinch Bug and Remedy Prof.-
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"Feeding for Milk Hon. George
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"Cattle or Sheep on 100 Acres,"
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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