VrofeHttion a I Ca nl.i.
DH. HASTINGS,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IIKLLKFONTK, PA
•>fTI *• on A!l<*ii)iny •trwt, t* tliMim ***t of tin* 't
flc iH'C II by Utr til 111 ft \a'Utlt A II flMt
8. ft. PSALft. N. A. X II E
piCALE <Sr McKKK,
1 ATTORNEYS' AT LAW.
JM-tf OlTlci* O|<|MNIH • I .'oil It llciiM, lirllrffOt**, T*.
It. YOCUM.
O. ATTORNEY AT I.AW.
UILIKFONTK, PA
OlHift on N. K -ortH*r of IXnnionH •!
In tli* rM)ui Ut lv l> Vm niu A lllluir*a
ILIUM A, WALLACE, DAVID L. ftREM,
NAIftV V.VAIUCK, MILIUM ft.VAU.Art.
WALLACE & KUEBS,
* LAW AND OOWI.KCTMN Of I ICE,
January I, Owl. CLKARFIKLD PA.
L. OKVIB,
MJ ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OCHCE .ippieile Ilii> Coiirl 110n.r,.... the it flour "I
A. 0. Tuiaf. halldlUß. .V-'.I(
LMTANK FIELDING,
1 LAW AND COLLECTION Of ED'E,
12-ljr I.KAKI IEI.D. PA.
W A - MORRISON,
* ' • ATTOHNKY-AT-I.A W,
IIKLI.KFONTB. I'A.
Offlcr in WoiHlrlnK'* Rl'ick,np|MMi|ti'lhaCartirt llnuae.
Coueultatlon In Kiiiftiah or Uatuian a- 1)
c. t. titiomi. c. >. K.u.
ALEXANDER k HO WE It,
J \ ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Hrllifont*. IV, may I* consult***! in KnglUh or tirr
man. Uflicw to liHruian'a limbliug. 1 -ly
JAXI 8 A. HEAVER. 4. ÜBJILKY GfcPIIAftT.
HEAVER & GEPIIART,
ATTORNEY'S AT LAW,
Olflcu on Allegheny atrel, north of iltirh. Ik-lle
fnritr. ft** 1-ly
hi\ FORTNEY,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
UKLLKFONTIt, PA.
, L,.t d-air to tli. I.ft In tli. Court llgnir. 2-ly
JOHN HLAIK LINN,
*1 ATTOBNEY AT LAW.
RELLEFONTB, PA
Ofllow Allegheny Street, ownr I'. t Ofllc*. "41-ly
I L.BPANGLER,
ft • in (UN BY-AT LAW.
BKLLKFOXTE. CENTRE COCNI V. PA.
BtlPiiti>r< toOoHwrltow; i>r*rti-*-e In *1! th*
Courts; Couftultiitiifu* in or K filth. 1-ly
Ds. KELLER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ofßcw n Allegheny htr**t Sfnlti tul* of Ly<>u'
Jgfi, IMMbat** Pis. I If
T n ftt lEAT. CTftt'S OwftftLft.
MURRAY A GORDON,
ATTOKNEYB AT I AW.
CLEARFIELD PA.
Will attn<! the IMlrfont# Oonru thru j- lslly
txylayXt I ||
'P C. IIIPPLE,
A • ATTORXET IT LAW.
D K IIA v EN. p\.
All bwutnem promptly t%ften|e*| to. I ly
WM. P MITCHELL,
Y PRACTICAL SI KVKYAR.
L"i k HAVEN, PA ,
Will atteti I to tail work In Clrarfldkl, Outre an I
Ch it, n runiittH.
Utile* op|MM|ti* Lock !ivv lUi.k -ly
\\ T C. lIKIXLK,
▼ ▼ • ATT OH SLV AT LAW.
fiKLLKFOSITIK, PA.
OACO In Cnur I 4 IIOIIM*. Al>*frh**iiy
*ttpntn th •!••turn if
Al! l>niO'** aiUihlwl t promptly. 41-ly
WILLIAM McCULIAH'OIf,
W ATTOMBT-AT- LAW.
CLEARFIELD, PA
All Inmn-* pmmprty *Hnifr,l tu l ly
l'ii*incHM Cttril*.
I TARNESS MANUFACTORY
A L In ii.irnu'a Xw lllork,
VKLLKFO!fTR, FA 1-ly
1? P. BLAIR,
1 • JEW EI.ICR.
w*T-Xf. ri.'Wia. JtWELftf 8r
All work n*Hily wv*cntc<l. On At'*i(tir>ny
®nlwt Ilr<krrlofT ilimw. 4-tf
DKALERS IN PURK DRUGS ONI.Y.
-= I ZELLER A SON. i
- *t • Ml 8 .i-l
5 N.I li tlr k.rl,. n IF * ;
5 All tb sun t,'l Pnt.ut Mll. in.. IV.- -
KR|itluM at.! f. mi it U- I;
58 pii TnMM,fAual4e Hia' .a. -
!<| *" i
I OUIS 1H11.1,,
1 J FASHION A HI.B BOOT A SHOEMAKER,
Br* kfiUotT How. AllfgliPlii *tr*wt,
1-1 j >' Ibvlo, P%
c. xcxiv, j r,Riini.tWr.
LTIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
I PKLLEFOSTK,
Al>nln >yfttr*t. IblWfrtit#. P, l-tf
UK. HOY, M. D.,
. • IMRcw In C..r8I MftXtft. fIIMHNI Flftllf| > l
Uw od-d, , IlKLLrrttNTf. PA
ft(sriwl wttfTiti <n glrwo to Oiiwrntlv* Pnry ry bo-I
Cbroik
I \R. .IAS. H. DOBBINS, M. !>.,
1 " PHYSICIAN AND BFROEo|f,
Allrt*ny St.. orwr Xrib r'w Innsr Sfovw,
(Lit I k iLl ru r U *
I \R. J. W. RHONE, PcntiAt, enn
I*l* fftind at hl ofH*'c tml twifWtic* fit \rth
of lfl*h trw*t thrw d-wn lUit of AlU|ih*ny,
iu.|lo'oit#*. Vn in-Iy
M i nrrUa tiro un.
SOYDUSUFFJ
Wilß COBTIVENCSB. litli Ha*d,ch*. OVBPEP
IA, Lew Sotfif,. BLECPLCS* NIOHTB,
Lee* ef Appetite. Pale in (lie Bide.
And all lh nnmnroM. allmenl. nuowqu.nl npnn a d'e
ord.red nlnt. of Oi. Li..,, wh.n }" ha*. (rrtall
rami-dy nlthln J oar math. That ramnly la
GREEN'S Liver Pills.
TH*MI Wli it* f two ft t W nw. nl wHn ANI In
c*njnlK>ii with wh AtHcr midHIHI to illrrrttoM,
art INVAHIAIILY fiUVCK**VUL. Th#y or# wnc*r
®ntl. nn4 ar AKHT HY MAIL on n-flpt f ptko.
fu onlwr to iMntpnl ivvMatfaltlif th#y or* pot up in
ftotivn hn<w, with tho Mftnnltirt . r. P GltKhN
nroftml w b M.
PrVw, No 1, ftsf ta*; !*o. 2, OO U. Montifo' tnrwrl
only by
F. POTTS GREEN,
DKLLBFONTK, PA.
BP A. OAApardayatbeaM. Bamplw north ft
Ob tO AddrA. (TTINSON A IT).
Cerllabd, Mama llMjr.
miHOH, McFnrlatte <C Co., Ilartlwai r Dealer*.
HARDWARE!
WILSON, MoPA HLA N 10 c<c CO.
DEALERS IS
STOVES,RANGES HEATERS.
AIX)
Paints, Oils, Class and Varnishes,
AND
BUH.DBRS' KTLIRiIDW^IRnE.
AT.LKOIIF.N Y BTRKKT, .... LLL'MKR' BLOCK, .... BKI.LEFO.NTK, PA.
1855—1881.
Baugli's Fertilizers have stood Field Tests for 25 Years.
HUSHELS. NOT ACHES.
SAVE MONEY BY I 4 1 Nil
BAUGH'S TWENTY-FIVE DOLLAE PHOSPHATE,
Price, 125.U0 Per Ton of !£OlK) Pound..
BAUGH'S ECONOMICAL FERTILIZER f:r POTATOES,
Cotttiinln; 4to p*r q' hi- it. < f I • .
Price, 530.00 Per Ton of O!)0 Pound..
ALL GOODS SOLD ON CUAHANTEL-D ANALYSIS.
Descriptive Circular* Sent Free itpmi nppl'u ntlon.
BAUGH & SONS, 20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia.
For Eale by J. H. LONG, neminpton, Pa., Ac;cnt for Clinton and Centr. Countien.
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
IJKLLEFONTKA SNOW SHOE
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l- Du.'* .anna Bhnf 1.38 4, ■..arrtra* to Ih llaf nta
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7 2j r. * 8. . BLAIR,DeIi I DeparlßtaU'l.m,
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Are. mnc latl.n Vt a' I D y F.|r. •• I'ja.i make
chraa rnhnaetluna at N irthnniWe.land with I 4 11. R
tl lean,. I f* Ilk. •' ,rre an ' Prnal"*.
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K\| re.a Vt rat.aa<l
mat a 1.4" inne tin al tt|lll.n..p.rt alth N C. R
W. train, rrrlh
Ee|a Mall Ural. Nlaeara I ttrraa Weat. anl flat
Bhpreaa Kaai. make rlnae r nnenttcn at Lark ll.rrs
With II E V. R I! Ir'ln*
F>|r Mail F.a'l ami W.af ra.nnaet at Frla with fralf .
nn I. N 4 M 8. K R. at f'crrv with O, C.4A.V.1
R , at Fmf. rlnm with II N Y A P R. R.. an I al
fl.lftWaleid wlih A V U II
Pari", car, a. 11l run hatweae rhlladeljlla and
Willlamefeirl nn Nla. ara f tir.aa Wat. Krta Fif iea.
Weat. Philadelphia Feptea. leal and l>a Kkplaaa
Karl, and Pnnli, Ktpreaa Fa.i piaapin* raracn al
elyht train*. V, A. R.tpwi*.
Han i Bnj~rtlandani
nnHB CENTKE DEMOCRAT
BOOK and JOB OFFICE
ALLEGHENY STREET,
BBLLRKONTR, PA.,
IN NOW orrr.RiKo
ORE A T INDUOE M E N T S
To TIIOAK wiaiiiNO FlluiT^LAn*
Plain or Fancy Printing.
Wa havn unti*ual fm ilitin* for (rrinting
LAW BOOKS,
PAMPHLETS,
CATALOGUES,
PROGRAMMES,
BT/TKMKNTK,
CIRCULARS.
BILL HEADS.
NOTE HEADS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
INVITATION CARDS,
CARTES DE VISITS,
CARDS ON ENVELOPES,
AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS
MgrOrdnr* by malt wi'.l fnepire promjd
•llpntiori.
19* Printing donn In thn bwt ty|p, ou
•hort notlrh nr] at the Inwiet rata*.'
FLAKMAN'B HOTEL,
VJ Oppeall*Court lino**, BKLLKFONTK, FA.
THUMB 81.84 PSR DAY.
A feed Id eery attached. t-l
fiRS. LYDIA L PIHIIUM, CF LYNN. MASS.,
f I
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VZJETASLS COhT-OITa'D.
|o n Poo'ttrr Cut*
/or oft tkooo f*trMl f ewslplnl* brA R Vb*BM
• uraWMOll | MF If *1 f • MB |r- !•.
It will mm ntUnl; tHo ww4 f* in r.f ) atvwlo ( o
lUlr.n. 811 pfßitatiti 'ilka, BIKI CWft
UfiO, I alt tt|f (.-t |n*|4*FtirnU, afx I |h* r
* rt*| VT.aiMM, url it }*ftic<ek*fTy adß(X*u] |o UtO
I . • tfO r.f IJ**.
It w.II dbwdrv a.l rti#l Irtivtr fff. Ho tmula
• n Hrlf rtßCrfdprp|i)fv(i TU I' IMVWJI to ru
rwtriua littm<)rlUtlar)iiF|i*l wry wfw*4 Jy by It* •.
It I'm •r'wfaiMiiMM, faliikwy. ywotl rrwTtnft
id reßrußBUm of U*
It fiirr# niiii'ng, l|r|it*rlw, Idftmi iVwtmlkft.
L'WTil iMtaiiy, liiii i w, ■ fto4 lo.il
ftr-tima.
7b*t fBm -f r|d*WT>. Fr;!pf f<oin. watfY.t
*r I b* • kB, L*> |B ftlvayi |*rmwft#rt. , y mmd t y IU DM
It wlllalillUmMiind wobr allrlf-virMtiywni In
bnrnv.ry with t," tliot fn*pn U* ryuUan.
I r tha ru• f Kidwy u.pkox U ailwr wi aia
( orntw not l upw-irrowwit.
ft. riNkllAMtl TftftrTAVlLr COM*
PO| Vftn JfTrplFwl of rj and r.i Wtnf Amtta,
Lynn. Mow. PrV-t ft. Ml botUmfr ft ft*al |.y an*.l
In tba fr*rm of )>ilk, tJw> tnttwr form of !• ifmh. on
of prW-o. ft i*rtw** for Ntkir. Mm r.r kbom
fr*tly wmn nil Mun of Inquiry. Mwd for f
M. Addmaa no thm. Mrmtum iki§ F*p*r.
Mo family *Mool4 IM withont t TtU ft PIMKItAMV
IJVER BMJA Tbwy rw (vortijuUnw, bl.'matu
an 4 iorr4fity of U* llwwr C molt itr Lot
If Sold by nil l>rftfttnfft. *kf
Battle Creek, Michigan,
MAin-pacTtnuuM or T o*ti oßxriira
pilmifiviiiijj
THRCSHBRa/^^^^
Traction and Plain Englnoa
and Morso-Powora.
Maal Cewplfto Thrmh.r Fartarp j Eat uhdahad
h OiaWarM. t 1948
q 9 YEARB anUst
UAm manaamnnuit, oc h*l <m, <■> "WI an im
> MI:
4 ot Ft ft let# hipnm Oiilfllai/ dhdflrtd*.
Trr.plow ftttviwrn rikl I'lnln ilnftlar*
ftwor on**n In Uk A in-- m marknt
A maMtrnrU f f*nt fm'nr— m*4 B>Q j
f"T lnl.t'Wwth*r With pwyseefoe f++liti+f 1m m*Hrs.
t<i>n mm 4 not dmitn<4 nf K nlbfT li,Ak*T.
rowr ftUnw Of J*ct>nrwt/.r* fnm ft to 18 berve
•I'VHf./w W Adwa# iwvar
Two MottnU*! fforw* pnwpfw
7,500,000
<rm*Unilr on hu' tl, fiv*m Mrk • l*tit UM In.
Wioprl!# wvxwl-wtirfc of <wr inarhlnrrr
TRACTION ENGINES
Atrnmff—i, BkW fareW* wf rfHrirmt crew V/# /
mmd*. ft, lOt 13 Iwnw Pawrr. Ml
•ssss^as I ®**®-"
NICHOLB, SHKPAKO CO.
flattie Creek. Mtetlld*'*'
MO\KY To *t6 perCt*
iiavrxT mJ . py T1(|( m , T , Al> (.irpc jjipi R.
AKCKOO. or NEW YORK, on Bval p.. rip..*, nn
Imi r .ad farm pr In .ntn. nru |wa ihnn M."on,
and ant ,innli,| leall lN nl the fmrnl .nth* nt
the pmpartp Any pn,tli.a M tha i rliirlml ran he
paid crtTatuy lima, and II haa tan n tin < diotn af the
mmpany n prraitl (ha prt .ri|| rrmaln aa km aa
th lavrtriwar vtahea. If Iha lalaratl I* prrpa,p|; paid.
Apply In
CItARLEf P. BIIFHM AS.Attnrnay at-lew,
4/7 mitt, alraal, Rndlu, IT.,
nr te DAVID 7. Kl INK, Cn.il AFpialwr.
a-*t U*llfhl*. Pa.
Of Outre
IIKLLKI'ONTK, J*A.
Xt.WS, FACTO AX'II HUOUKHTIOKH.
H TUT ..(• tut T AT t''T , t Wtl.Mll 111 Till ISTULl
f.eery fat wer in Al l mutual expenetiee
>lt trueri mnnethiny of mine. Write it anil
*e t ,il it it, the "Ayrieultui nl Irhtor nj the
1 >KMm KAT, Utile (ante, I'rnn'uthat other
farmer* tnny hare the benefit nf \t. f,et
coinmiimcittwriK be. timely, nmt be .sure that
they are brief anil well pnmtttl.
Tiik average farmer does not, as a
rule, hpthcr himself with a hot-bed,
! f'"l w arc by no meant certain that
it would be advisable lor him to do
o. To make one successful requires
j tome degree of skill, ami constant
attention, and it in not always in the
power of the farmers for whom we
write to bestow these. Besides tbit
live times its many early plants as
will supply the demands of the Irest
farm gulden can be successfully and
easily raised in a half dozen shallow
boxes in the windows of the furm
house kitchen. Every farmer's wife
knows how to do this, and in nine
; eases out of every ten, w ill have bet*
I ler plants when the time comes to
[ml tin in in the garden than her hus
band would by fussing with a hot
bed. It is time now to Im* looking
after these matters, in order to secure
early vegetables, and we recommend
those who are interested to read
"Tomato Culture*' in another col
umn, written by Josr.i'if Harris,
than whom we have no letter or
more successful practical farmer.
Wherever the word "hot-bed" occur*
rend "window box." arid the mlick
will he milted to the wants of every
| Centre county farmer.
1 H"<; of our reader* who contem
plate raining tobacco next % season
should secure reliable seed at once
It will he interesting lolhctn to know
toil an exceedingly small package
will IK- quite tfilllcithl for the needs
of any one grower. According to
the ( incinnnti Tobarro Journal, one
ounce, every seed to make
; plant, will IK- suflleicnt for 144
acre*.
In this ronnei tion, the proposed
reduction of the tax on tobacco is at
tracting universal attention. "The
Conn-,-Journal, along with many
others, is strongly opposed to the
proposed movent. uL it eiaitns, and
wo think with much reason, that the
present excellent prices received Itv
grower* is due to the operations ol
the present internal revenue sy stem.
If manufacturer* "hall reduce their
price* to any considerable extent
they mii't make an ellort to priK-urc
their leaf at luvi r rates. Kvery
fa riner cm see fur himself how? this
would effect hiin. The internal Itev*
enuc I'ep.u luu o ~>f course, casts its
influence against the reduction. It
argius that the tobacco tax effect* a
clas* of men who cannot l>c readied
by argument. Men who smoke and
chew do so without giving a second
thought to the lux. Take the man
who chews, for Instance. The tsx is
just one cent |wr ounce, and not
many clicwcis uso more than one
ounce |H T day. To say that such a
man is oppressively taxed by the
pay menl of one rent per day, levied
on the first cost of the article he
uses, is indeed going fir fur an ar
gument. Ik-si-k-s, the buiden falls
just where it I* longs and where it is
rn-isl easily Uirue -on the old and
young men of the community, and
not on women and children. Not
one chewfr in a thousand finds fault
with Ibis nominal tax. No demand
Icis ever IH-CII made by tobacco users
for u rejK'nl of the tax. It comes
altogether from the men who desire
to increase their gains from the man
ufacturers."
Tomato Culture.
The chief requisite*, sny* .Joseph
Harris of Hochcster, New York, in
growing good tomatoes are: First,
good mii of a good variety ; second,
good stocky plants, snd third, warm,
dry soil and good cultivation. The
beat crop of tomatoes I ever raised
was treated in llic following manner :
Seed sown in hotbed in March, in
rows three iuelies apart and four or
five seed* to lha inch. Wbcu two
inchca high the plants were removed
to another hotbed and set out in
rows five inches apart and the plants
three inches spart in the rows. As
soon as the plants Itegan to crowd
each other they were transplanted
into pots being plunged into the soil
level with the surface. This Just
point should not be overlooked. It
gives the roots of Hie plants the
needed "bottom beat," and the bent
is much more uniform than if the
pots are simply placed on the top of
the soil in the hotbed. The pistils
were allowed plenty of nir and soon
were hardened oil. The lust week in
.May the plants were set out in the
open ground, in rows three-and-a
half feet apart each way, The bind
was mellow and moderately rich.
We made good sized holes with a
spade where the plants were to be set
out, and then with a rake or hoe fill
cd these holes with line, warm sur
face soil and put a tublospooriful of
superphosphate in each hole, and
worked it thoroughly into the soil
with a hoe. (life the plants a thor
ough watering before removing them
from the [Kits. Set the plants deep,
or sny till the first leaves arc on a
level with the surface. J'ress the
loose, mellow soil (irmly around the
ball of earth and roots. Keep the
ground very loose and mellow on the
surface by the constant use of the
cultivator and hoe. If 3011 have no
liothed start the plants in a box of
| light soil in the kitchen window,
W hen the plants begin to crowd eaeli
other in the box transplant into other
lioxcs, and when they are well grown
harden them oil by leaving the
Ihixcs out of doors during the day in
line weather. fiood plants may IK.*
raised by sowing the seed out of
! doors earlj- in the spring. Select
! sheltered spot with a southern expos
ure ; work into the soil some dry,
sifted coal ashes. How the seed 111
drills, fifteen inches apart. For rais
ing young tomato plants in this way
! the soil cannot IK- too rich. But the
land where the crop is to Ire grown
need only lie in good average condi
lion, except that it should Ire made
very fine and mellow.
Hatch Your Chicku This Month.
1
Fr m It* r*rrnr
Chickens that come into market
alaiut April bring the Ircst prices.
! often remunerating the |H>ultcrer
i more at art early age than when al
lowed to mature. When the weight
is alKjut one pound, and they arc the
first of the season, the price some
times sl. Al such a figure who can
object to the trouble and care to pro
duce tiiern ? for no one ought to ex
ited good results without labor.
But how are chickens to Ire hatch
ed early? is the query. It can lie
done by Selection of the pullets at
the proper time. It may Ik- too late
now to do that, but we have so often
j called attention to this matwr that
wc have no doubt man)- are ready for
j the experiment.
The first important matter is to
\k cjr the early batched pullets, as
j they come into laying sooner. Then
err. fully notice those that mature
the earliest and Itegin to lay early.
The cockerel should be selected with
out regard to size, ami only as re
gards early maturity. We all know
I that among a flock of fowls there are
' a certain pro|K>rtion (or at b ast one
or two) of cockerels that show up
the red comb, pinnies out full, ami
i trim up io shspe much sooner than
i others, although the chancca are that
i the slower ones will In- larger in size
jin the end. The earliest matured of
! these cocks should lie selected for 1
mating with Uie earl}* pullets, and
I the result will be that lire chickens
from aueli mating will grow faster
and come into laying a little sooner
the next season. If old bens are to
j lie cboeii for the pur|x>se it should
lie known that the hens that first be
gin to moult should l>c selected, as
they lay as soon na the period of
' moulting is past, and the earlier the
moulting the earlier the laving, and
the earlier they liegin to lay the!
earlier they begin to set.
If none of these precaution* have
1 iecn taken then we must resort to
I the most immediate methods within
our reaeh, such as variable food,
warm quarters and cleanliness. Un
der such conditions hens will often
lay a month or six week* sooner than
they would otherwise, and this is a
great point in poultry raising. Po
not attempt to keep non-sillers if
chicks are desired. The finest and
• •est chickens—those that grow the
fastest, fatten readily, feather well
and give good weight—are produced
by crossing a close-bodied, well built
Plymouth Hock cockerel on Brahma
or Cochin hens. We have known
chickens from such a cross, when
well led snd carefully attended to, to
weigh, fully plucked and dressed, two
I ton mis at nine weeks old. But as
they are sold in some matkets with
out being dressed, we might salely
estimate their weight near three
pounds.
A young cockerel, produced by
crotaing a Plymouth Hock cock on a
lloudan Brahma hen, owned by Mr.
Jamea L. Wright, now of German
town, was weighed by a committee
the day he was 3 months old, and he
pulled the beam down to four pounds
and a lialf. He was only one of
others from the same cross that did
nearly as well.
These facts suggest several ideas,
and demonstrate that poultry ia the
moat profitable of anything else on
the farm, If judiciously managed re
garding breed, feed and quarters,
'the amount of capital usually in
vested ia them ia small, and always
brings in a better return than many
farmer* deserve.
Farm Stock in February.
'<•>. Il>* HtuekJourntl.
Animal- thnt ore reasonably hardy,
and that have been well nourished
during summer and fall, will go
through the drat half of winter quite
cleverly, retaining, if they have been
well fattened, quite a proportion of
the Accumulated flesh, even though
unduly excised. Hut from now till
: grass comes, look out for shrinkage,
; for this, when once started, makea
rapid progress. Htock will seek for
its most natural and rclishable food,
viz : grant; and if this cannot ire had
| in the green stale, it will I* eaten in
whatever state of Semi-decay it is
found. Half-frosted grass, taken very
sparingly, once a day, other food
la ing fully kept up the while, is not
| injurious, and may he beneficial, by
keeping the bowels in a reasonably
loose state ; hut it is quite easy to
drop into the habit of reasoning, that
if a small quantity of anything is
good, then certainly the same article
liijerally given will be better. Hut
this does not prove to lw true of
frosted grass; and we advise our
readers to restrict access to it from
this time on. l.ating frosted grass,
and staying out in the night air, very
soon cause the coat to stare. The
grass produces flatulence, the ab
domen becomes distended, indiges
tion sets in, and, under these influ
ences. animals will be found in the
morning, with dull expression and
humped back. A few- hours in the
sun usually dissipates these indica
tions, only to lc repeated upon an
other night in the open air.
MR. CIIARI.ES A. (>REKN makes the
following statement: "We have had
tedious work churning in Winter, the
boy often occupying the lafger part
of the day without effect. Since
adopting the following method we
have not had any trouble, and have
never been over fifteen minutes in
churning; to-day, a very cold day,
the butter came in five minutes, and
was nice aud firm. Ifcat the milk as
<-oon as strained (but not to the boil
ing point), which causes the cream to
rise in twelve hours. When ready
to churn, warm the cream to the
proper temperature, then stir with a
spoon, in one direction, 300 times
without stopping. Churn immedi
ately, and the butter w j|| come in
from five to fifteen minutes. A small
piece of pulverized saltpeter added
to the cream also helps to bring the
butter quickly."'
National Lite-Stock Journal.
The Journal for February in filled with
iU usual assortment of matter especial
ly interesting to those who are engaged
in tock rauing in any of its branches :
"Farm "stock in February," "I.arge and
"•mall harms. "Cooked or I'ncooked
Food," "Horse Clipping," "Brood Mare*
I "it the Firm." "Early Training of
Horaea," "Lesson* of the Fat Stock
Shows," "Feeding Steer*," "Barns and
Saving Manure," "Ued Short horns,"
"Abortion in Cow*," "The Formation
of Breeds, "All Milk not tiood for In
fant*," "The Brawback* with Sheep,"
"Sheep Barn* or Ftrly I.stubs," "I'til
iring the Hog Product at Home,"
"Oat*. Pea* and Kye, a* Pasture for
Hogs,' "White p. Black Hogs," and a
tjumlier of valuable and interesting ar
ticle* on Hor*e, Cattle, Hairy, Sheep,
and Swine matters will be found in
this issue. Published by the Stock
Journal Company, Chicago, Ilia., at
12.15 per annum. Send 20 cent* for
specimen copy.
Thfl New Scientific American Of
flcoa.
We are glad to announce that the
America* rente out of the late
fire in New York, like the fabled Ph'p.
nix. with renewed life. The subscrip
tion lists, account book. patent records,
patent drawings and correapondence
were prescrred .in nia*ire fire proof
safer. The printing of the Xirniifir
AmfTtstn and SvppUnirnl waa done in
another building; consequently the
t*pea. plate*, preaae*. paper, etc., were
unharmed, and no interruption of busi
ness w occasioned.
The new Atnrrieun office* are
located at 2fil Broad war, corner of
Warren *treet, a very central end ex
cellent situation. The neb building
fronts toward* the City Hall, the Court
House, and the New Post-office—a mag
nificent structure, which cost eight
million* to build. Nearly opposite, and
a lew hundred feel distant from the
Snmutir dmbvM offices, is the entrance
to the great Suspension Bridge orer the
Kaet Hirer, between New York end
Brooklyn, which required ten years to
construct and twenty millions of dol
lars to pay for. In front, also, of the
Sn*m>6e Amtrietm is the City Hell Park
and Printing House Bquare. with it*
statute of Benjamin Franklin, and the
home of many eminent newspaper*,
such ea tbe New York &m, WVrW, end
llfrm'd, Mmti and Krprut, Zritmnf, and
other*.
Drtuwu mild spells—if the frost is
out of the ground—prepare the soil
for the kitchen garden.
Till first-premium fowls of the
Fairs are hatched this month.