Profe**ional Card*.
DH. HASTINGS,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IIKI.I.KFONTE, I'A
4 OflW on Alley heny street, two lik>i- . net of tlie .!•
I 100 ooouplnd bj lilt flrn n( Yocvn 4 Hooting! M-tl
n. R. FEALI. u. 4. M'IKI.
15EALE & McKEE,
X ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
34-tf Office opposite Coin t Unit*?, ltctlrMite, l*a.
c 11. YOCUM,
Oe ATTORNEY AT LAW,
IIKLI.KFONTE, PA.
OASco on N. K. comer of I)Utiin<l Hint Allegheny*#!.,
In the room Utrljr occupl*! by Yocum t llaatlog*.
_ WILIUM A. WALLACE, I>OII> L. RRKIUI.
9 lItRRT F. WALLACI, WILLIAM R. WALLA CI.
WALLACE & KEEHS,
▼ ' LAW AND COLLKrTION OFFKK,
January 1, l*M. CLEARFIELD. PA.
1?LLI8 L. ORY IS,
J J ATTORNEY AT LAW.
(irriCE ilir Court Muiur, wi Ilie 2d Boor of
A. O. Furnl . building. S-fltf
CRANK FIELDING,
1 LAW AND COLLECTION OPFICK,
My v. I.KAKKI Kl.li, PA.
\v a. MOHIUSON,
* • ATTORN EY-AT-LAW,
UELI.EFONTK. PA.
Ofllco In Voodrlni I *Block,op|HWlle tl,rOvurt 110u...
Coii.uliatloii in Kll # 11. horUtrßU. 2-ly
C. T. 4LIXNDta. c. m. luwu.
A LEX AN DEE & BOWER,
a. V ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ik'llefunte, Pa., may be coiiult< d In Kugllah or Ger
man. Offi< * In Oarman't Building. l-ljf
JAMES A. RRATIR. J. wiet.tr OKI*IIART.
"DBAVER <fc OEPHART,
X > ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office on Allegheny street, north of High, Belle*
fonte, Pa. 1-ly
DF. FOKTNKV,
• AriuKNEY AT LAW,
lIKLLKFONTK, PA.
L**t dOBf tjD> the in the Court BoWA 2-lj
IOHN BLAIK LINN,
ft ATTORNKY AT LAW,
BKI.LKFO.NTE. PA
Office Allegheny Street, over p..t Office. Rl-I)
l L. SPANGLER,
*1 • ATTORNKY-AT LAW,
BELLEFORTK. CKNTBK tVL'NTY. PA.
Special attention to Collection*; prvtkwi tn *ll tb
C .itrt*; Consultation* in Oerinun >r K giteh. l-l)
Ds. KELLER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office on AUeghny Street houtb tide of LyonV
•dfty MMbsti, PA, l-l>
T. H Mt RRAT. CTRL* QORDOS.
Murray & gordon,
ATTORNEYS-AT LAW,
• T.KARFI KLP PA.
Will attend the Rollefont* Couita when ape* lal!)
•mpl •. • l ly
rp C. HIPPLE,
X • ATTORNEY ATLAW.
LOCK IIAVKN. P\.
All bu.liicwi promptly attcndml to. I ly
\\\\l. P. ITCH ELL,
▼ f Wtti.u li- A1 -i HI ROB,
L4K k IIAVKN, PA.,
Will attend to nil work In Cliarflpld, Centre and
Clinton eonntie*.
o:tlce opposite lew k Haven National Hank. 20-1)
W C. HEINLE.
V V • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BELLKFONTR, l'A
Office In Conrad llotiae. Allegheny
Special attention giT*n tli- wl)dMI f dliw
All hntlue*A attended to promptly. 21-1 j
\VILLI AM MoCULLOUGH,
T f inoun at LAW,
CLE ARE I LLP. PA
All bueine** promptly attended to. l*ly
ItusiiifHs fVin/4
I YARN ESS MANUFACTORY
1 1 in Grmn'i Block
ItIXBVOfVTI PA 1-1*
1? P.BLAIR,
1 • JEWELER.
Wt.-ntl, cton*., it wrtar. A".
All work nnily On Alieaheny lrwl.
an !"f Brock erb.ilt ttoaaa. 4-tf
UKALKUS IN PUKK DKI'Oi*ONLY.
r= I ZKLLERA SON,
I •) a DRIUIIIAT*.
Km A. Ilrick.rhoff flow. .
£ All tha Pt*n<l.rl Patent M'.lMnna Pn>- '
5 *Cfl|.ttin ml Family U<~-i| arrnr.talj c
* nr.;*rrl. Tranc.. rllx.oMer Bracaa, *t., Ac. 1
T* i i
f OUIS DOLL,
.1 J PA*II!<S Vflt.lt IVViT * HtInEMAKKR
BrnrkrfholT llow, A Ili-allcu 'treat,
|.]y ttellcfoote, Pe.
. nirau, Prut. t. r. naaau, Caah'r.
T7IRST NATIONAL BANK OF
J BKLLEFOSTE,
AIWhMtT Minwt. IWlMbat#, F*. 4-tf
UK. IIOY. M. XX,
• Olllce In Conreil Ifoaee. ehore rorlney'.
Una BEI.I.EFuSTt. PA.
Bin. ,l attention *len to Operntl.e Surgery en-
Chronic lA-I}
I NR. J AS. 11. DOBBINS. M. D.,
1 / PIITSICIAS ASH it'ROWiJf.
Olllce All'th'-ny At., o.er Zltlr - . Iru Store,
a.,, HELLKFOSTX, PA.
nR. J. W. RHONE, Pcntiat, can
he f-.iinA at hi. office and renhleate on Neril
ild of High etrect three it.eira lUat of Allegheny
Rellefnnte. Pa I* l '
MI Kcrlht ri en us.
■3
IDOD SUFFER
With CO9TIVCNEBB. M Heeitaahf. OVSPEP
CIA. Low Spirit*. SI.EEPI ESS NIGHTS,
Lata of Appetite, Pn. in tha 814a,
An 4 all lha Mamai .Ilianot. coneeqnent opnn niltn
iinlrral .lata of the 1.1r.r, when fan h.Tn a crrtala
ern-ly wlthio yont rearli. Tlial rtonlj la
GREEN'S Liver Pills.
Three Pill. ar of two bibm, an I when u.eH la
eounertlon with each other ec...r<tmg to directions,
r. INVARIABLY MIOCKiWII L. They ere nger
oalxl, Mil <n IKST BY MAII, on receipt of prlca.
In gain Pi prevent counterfeiting I hay are pal an la
ancaa boaee, wltli tha elgnatnre of P. P. URRKS
around each tin*. __
PrlM, So I, BBeta.; So. 2, BO rta. Manufactured
•fly 'F .
r. POTTS GREEN.
BKLLEFOSTE. PA.
$5 to S2O
I ViUon, McFartane f Co., Hardware Dealer*.
HARDWARE!
WILSON, MoFAHL A N 'ld & CO.
DKALKUS IN
STOVES, RANGES - HEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Yarnishps,
_ AND
BUII_DEIEJS' HARDWARE.
ALLKOIIENY STREET, . . ■ . IIUMKH' IILOt.'K. • • • • KKI.I.KE..XT E. PA
1855-1881.
Baugh's Fertilizers have stood Field Tests lor 25 Years.
BUSHELS. NOT ACRES.
SAVE MONEY RY CSIXO
BAUGH'S TWENTY-FIVE BOLL Alt PHOSPHATE,
Price, 525.00 Per Tun or 2000 Pounds.
BAUGH'S ECONOMICAL FERTILIZER for POTATOES,
Containing * to 5 pr cnl. o( Sulplwl. f H'i.
Price. tOO.OO Per Ton of 2000 Pound#.
ALL GOODS SOLD ON GUARANTEED ANALYSIS.
Descriptive Circular* Scut Free upon abdication.
BAUGH & SONS, 20 South Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia.
Tor sale bv J. H. LONG, Flemington. Pa, Agent for Clinton and Centre Counties.
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
DELLEFONTE fc SNOW SHOI
IJ II R.-TtmaTebUln (r*ct ea eod eltaf Maul
Snow Shoe 1M *. H-errtro. '<> Bellefchl*
*u£f£ Bwllafonta 9.12 .arrlta. el Snow Sho
'itairT Snow Shoa 130 S..,errtae In B.llatont.
' Hallafont. HWr ..rriraa .1 Snow Sho.
;.*Ar. a.• s HlAlll, <l'ul Suparlntaixl.nt.
f>ALI> EAGLE VALLEY HAIL
1 r i;n*D.—Time-Tahl*. Apill I"""
; 7," Arrltr atTu>n-l-aere '• jj J !
, , ha: J ® J £
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£ J g.:: KJE.R :. 9 -
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I >ENNSYLVANI A RAILROAD.
I _<PhilairlphU .0.1 Rrla UMalon )-Oo <1
L3> WEVTWAHD.
<MRMAJI. ' * -? • "
M !2il
" 1,...h n. -".litis
•• Ramon. *as J m
<IAOAR*"'xrKKsMf v-Vh'i. I;i2
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is arrive* < Km * 4" p m
by Iht. If.i "•" '■ *•"* 4 p *
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'AST LIKE WMU.in.; rl " ?, * *
mil*~ .1 H.rtWi-~ - 2i,
.. " Phllwtelpl'l* ?~ • "
En. M.h W..1 : K *p'*r w ** t -'Ci, "I'
rr. m"iil '• Wwl ml INT 'J*!'**? ? int.
■lomruawectiona.l KattliiiniWf with L- * B. B
I tr|if f-f Wie.Wnra .4 Stolon.
K.I. Mail I<r r — " !
I( r.- W ..l nS IU"n AaeommodeMoo Wwl
aaha .loae ronoacttot. at WlillaroepoTl wllo S.Q. B
P. train* •Hh. .
Erla Mail Wa.l. SUsare Etpra-a Tart, and "*a
<epraaa Eaat, tnaha al.-a ruaoaaMoo al lli'ai
Pill. II E V E R iralna ... ,_|..
Ella Mail an ! Wa.l rrnoail al Erla with Iralo
n I. s A M S R R. al . *
1., at Emporium with R. X T A P. R. R.. an I a-
Trifiwood with A. T R K
Parl..r ran will run Iwlwaaw Phltadalphla am
4-||||amap..r on Xlarara K|Wwa Waal, Erla Elpraw
<Paal. Phltadalphla Kajwam Ral and Pay atpraa.
Kaai and Snnday Kepraaa Eaa|. Slaaplnp rart on al
ilf hi Iralna.
•pHE (ENTHE DEMOCRAT
BOOK and JOB OFFICE
AI.I.F.dIIKNY STREET,
BBLLKFOSTK, PA.,
19 MOW OPEKRIRO
GREAT INI)UCE M E N T t-
TO THOSR WI9MIXO EIRST-PLASS
Plain or Fancy Printing.
Wo hp* nnuul fcillU9 for prioting
LAW BOOKH,
PAMPHLKTrt,
CATALUOUES,
PKOORAMMEfI,
STATEMENTS,
CIRCULARS.
BILL MEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
INVITATION CARDS,
CARTES DE VISITE,
CARDS ON ENVELOPES,
AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS.
UfUfderi by malt will pocrltr prompt
attention.
Oar Printing done In the beat style, oo
short notice and al the lowest rate*.
CIAKMAN'S HOTEL,
I Oppoalta Onert lloaaa, BKI.LRPOXTR, PA.
TRRMR $!. PRR D**. , ,
A good Utary aiurhad. >->
{IRS. irai L PIHKHAM, CF LYNN, MASS.,
I |
I'
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VZG37A2IB COIIPOIKTD.
Is t |V.w r ( ■ .-
/•rail (ksss ralaful ( aiaplalHts and
s• i i hihisus issur l. •! f Male p*pwlilw.
Itw.il' ei.t irrty IU sold f'MW of A<'"**•
•twl !*kfi
(lot, I'sli'.t** tml |H|4srafnsM*. Itid (lis
Uplnal IVrsknras, lul It irU<uJax:/ to tU
CI Ihf# ef I-fa.
It w .11 s)•*. :re td etpsl in mors frvn lbs nferwi 1 n
It fstij Hags of drf4o|<inetA 1U UflrtK? lrtk
f- fnut liime isllisrslsrlwflcl very 'jetddy l-jr Its oe*.
It femora* falr.Umaa, fWI-ihrvwy. rrtttin
f rsf!mUn*, tud rHs**vW*Vlwl o(l!t/rra/h.
It rure* nHes-lsfhH, jC*vrrws IV*tvflnt,
f.rtwral DaUlitj, ma, IkirwA* ad Itul
fwlll
That rral!ff f h*Hnt down, randnf
lMl4rk,a V.|slsay|#riwuwr.t y rutf I ly fttjsw.
It *lll*l *ll llnvraand amWrattr'f-wms**?vwa/t la j
htrtb' ny •d)illsUwtht/ r,T rrtitlK f'n *)s*M' r
rr tb* rtjr-r.f Etdcarf ( am j-Uinta %4 aiUr §• ILla
rompcqn I Is in*Tir-a~w*?.
I.TMA n riMvnwt TramiiLK cont
rol Mill | rwparwsl at 131 ml fi
I.ynn. Mtn I*rl • sl. IU fcXtVaf r%\ fWntlyma.l
In thai form of fdlla. Ala Inths f< rm of . at
fw*tp4 of prH, fl jav I>i for etlH#r. Kra Tir AA am
fnl;ifweri all iHfen ef Inqolry. **rvl f'.r ia.,h
lot. MirM aa abora. J trm' am lhJ§
Ko famt'jr tbaald bawtth**it I.YI'U T Ii"?:-*"-1
tA < i.li r.IU IMJ r vohdl-ai, I . .* ■*
ao4 tarfd-Kty of Si •*!*•• ;+T b i
fii- Hold hf all a
Battle Creek, Michigan,
THRESHERS.
Traction and Plain Engines
and Morse-Powers.
Mec.i,n>T>war.s.n i (iwbiithstf
la lb. WarlA. I 1048
Q 0 YEARS mm. Wrth'.ul ihuHT,
u f manar*roont, or (oration. %m " v, " a.
ImaA mmrrmm lq gimmm mm mil mm jmmds,
WTF.AVf-POtVKIt SKPARATOH* and
< •mplrir Slran OafSia mf mnyt
Trnrl lan K.ni nr. mM Plata Kaalara
Orrr awn In Ow Am-n.m] market
A tssWiwf# of ipHal /Wfisra oaf lrnnasai
f'-r IW.bwHhrr wltb fws*/Mt** 4m nwufna.
Mow wd mniirUth nc* drvamod of bj Hbrr n,*krr*.
Four aljenw of Hrparatora. fmm Sin II barae
Miwrilf./sf *"* mm sr Wssawse
Two HjrWw of M Monntad * BfllW IVmwr*
7 RArt AAA rm af Srlrril I.amber
, "A/V, l/UU |Aa,ll,al.iUn-'>-" -I'lrfl
nonatanl'r on hn-f. from "Moll la ImlK lha l
noinUii wTwwl.worli of oar mamlwrr
TRACTION ENGINES
13 liarac I Wl
Pannrm rod TkrrHirrm'-a o> tnrUsd M
Srr~n--o- thw wa/nj.. lOitw-hi'Hr M liiowry.
Wndin tit fnm A'fornai
NICHOLS, BHfiPAPD A CO.
SWSi MW,I*S"
\I( 1 \ RY To Loan at a per ct.
ij i BT TIIB auTtiAt. urx lssva-
ANCB CO. Of *l* VdBK. oa iral morlgraar, o
Imororrd far a, prnprtlj, la rami not |raa (ban ff.'SW,
ana not -irroltni ana-lMrd of lb* prraonl rain* "f
lb* pmprlf Any portion of tb* prlm-lpa! ran b*
pal 4 off at anr llm* an 4 II baa bran lb* fialno of Iba
mannf to imraill lb* prlvrtpal n. raaialn aa lone
Ui* horrorrr wlahaa, If lb* lal*rrat M proaiplly paM.
Apt. l* to
CIIAaLKS P. SIIF.BWAS. Allnn..r t law.
ID Onart. alrrvi. HmHlri, Pa.,
* to DAVID t. XLIS I,oa '. Appralrar.
J-If nil.font*, Pa.
Slit (Cnitrc JPrmmat.
It KI,I,EF ONT K, 1' A.
j xxaHIC VLTUB AL,.'
NKWH, FACTS AND HUOOKHTIONH,
m SUI'ISAI. ilnr I, ri: IttttU
disc* *ni> >&,imiTl or Till rtknti.
h'.rery /tinner in hie annual experience
di.icove?! something </ value. Write it and
rend it tn the "Agricultural litliior of the
DUUOI'KAT, Itelle'fonle, I'enn'a," that other
farmert taay hare the benefit of it. Let
communication!! be timely, ami be lure thai
they are brief ami veil pointed.
FAIIMKKH who have small streams
on their premises which may be util
iztd for furnishing power for all
farui purposes, will be much inter
ested in all illustrated description
which is published in the Country
Ijrntlemnu , of February 9, of all ar
rangement of this kind now in opera
tion on the farm of lion. (JKOEOK
• i LnntK, iii Onandagocounty, N. V.
A CJUHEU'ONDKNT of the Country
'lrnthnidUi writing from I'rinee Kd
ward county, Virginia, upon the sub
ject of "Thick and Thin Seeding" of
wheat says: "The beat wheat made
in this part of the State is that on
tobacco land. The reason for this is
found in the heavy fertilizing ami
thorough cultivation of the tobacco
crop." Kespectfully rcfercd to "our
esteemed contemporary," the Jiel/r
--funte Ilrjiuhli' in.
THE proposition to promote the
commissioner of agriculture to he a
Cabinet ofllcer seems to meet with
some degree of disapproval. We
find no objection, however, on the
part of farmers. l'or ourselves we
approve, provided agriculture can
have a secretaryship of its own, and
tot be tacked on as a tail to the com
nercial or mining kite, as is contem
plated by the bill now before the
Senate. (Jive us an agricultural de
partment pure and simple, and let it
IK- run by a farmer, and not by poli
ticians. In this connection, the
friltline says: u Tlie bigger the Agri
cultural Bureau becomes the worse it
will l>e for agriculture, so long as it
is run by a |iolitleal farmer. It can
be made measurably useful if placed
under permanent charge of some
level-headed man who is an cx|>ert in
agricultural science and practice, and
ilocs not aspire to l>c anybody's con
stitutional ad\ior. If such a com
missioner was given an appropriation
large enough to enable him to carry
on fur a term of yearscertain inves
tigations which are too expensive to
Ik- undertaken by individual enter
prise, the farmers of the country
might profit by bis teachings. Even
this work is now efficiently carried
on in several Stales at their Agricul
tural Experiment Stations, and as
the unmix r of these stations in
creases the functions of the Central
Bureau would gradually be limited
to collecting and compiling the re
sults of research at the separate es
tablishments."
Uncommon Uses for tbo Grain
Drill.
||*iry Ites In lh Trlbnae
It is almost frightful to think of
the multiplication of farm imple
tnents In these days of great im
provement in agricultural tools;
there is not a branch of tiilage but
has sonic "Itbor-savcr" especially do
signed for it. Many times, however,
the farmer by exercise of a little
-kill can do dilfcrciit clashes of work
with such tools a* lie lias, and there
is no one that can be utilised in this
wav to Iwtter advantage than the
common grain drill. For more than
twenty years I have found it belter
for planting corn and lenti* in drill
rows, nnd beets and carrots also,
where quantities are to Ik grown for
Mock, than any of the planters made
csjiecially for these seeds, besides
doing the woik much more quickly
and easily. 1 alo sow any kind of
grain broadcast with it, by taking off
ihe teeth, when It will do liettcr than
any broadcast seeder in tbc market.
I thus make it do the work of five
different tool*, end If the grass seed
soil fertiliser attachments arc added,
it will make the drill count good for
seven uses for each of which many
farmers think a s|ecial implement
necessary. The other day a farmer
In speaking of his Iwst crop at onr
Farmers' Club meeting, said lie seed
ed tbo four acres with his wheat drill,
and although the season was very
dry for lieels they yielded about 800
bushels per acre.
For licet* or carrots I take the
quantity of aecd required, and as
those seeds germinate much surer
and quicker by being previously
soaked in warm water lor one or two
days, 1 in this way keep them moist
until tlicy arc well swollen. Then,
after partially draining olf, 1 mix
them with about a bushel of line
middlings fur each acre to Ire sown,
rolling and rubbing the seed into this
until it is evenly mixed and well in
corporated with the meal, so us to
flow readily. Then use each teeth of
the drill as give rows of proper die
taucc apart (mine is mi eight inch
drill, and 1 use every third tooth,
making rows two feet apart), taking
olf or tying up the others, and abut
ting olf the feed to them from the
hopper. Then by gauging the drill
for sowing three bushels to the acre,
it will sow the one bushel of this
prepared seed and meal through the
one-third of the teeth used, and plant
about an acre an hour as well as any
seed drill, and I think even belter,
besides doing the work more quickly
and giving the chance of soaking the
seed before planting.
Or, as I have often found to be
more practicable and even necessary,
I h t all the tulies receive the beet,
carrot or other seed from the hopper,
gauging the drill accordingly, and
then by conducting the tubes of the
adjoining teeth from either side into
the tooth that is being used, I can
seed much heavier if necessary, which
will be the case in drilling corn by
every third tooth for fodder, or in
mixing more meal, or other material,
with the beet or carrot seeds, all of
which if used will also act as krtil
izers with the planting. Another
very nice use to put such a drill to,
is for drilling in early j>eas, or any
others which it is desired to drill in
rows far enough apart to cultivate
and hoe them ; by the triple feeding
of the drill teeth used, as above de
scribed, an even distribution of the
amount of see*l desired can be put
into the ground in the best manner
and quicker than with any tool made
cs|>ecially for the pur|>ose. For sow
ing corn for fodder I would use the
! same teeth, sowing two feet apart,
and then cultivate us it grew. For
beans I use one more tooth space or
two fet t eight inch spaces, and for
field planting of corn use one more,
or forty inch spaces, with my drill.
Drills of other guage should be
guaged accordingly.
The common wheat drill used for
planting corn, or beans either, is, 1
believe, preferable to the machines
made especially for these crops; the
<1 rill seeding of a seed, in a place,
I instead of in hills, is believed to Is- a
la tter condition for the growing crop,
favoring a larger yield, ami when UK
beans are to lie harvested with a bean
puller, it will do belter than when in
lolls. By taking oil the teeth and
placing a boar'l some eight inches
wide under the hopper, ami declining
back, so the grain will drop obliquely
upon it in falling to the ground, one
will have the very best broadcast
seeder of all kinds of grain, ami if
the farmer wishes to sow grass e .-d
or clover or fertilizers, he can buy
drills with these attachments; then
after the broadcast seeding he can il
he wishes use the drill with ail the
teeth without ln-ing put in gear, as a
wheel drag to put the seed into the
ground, or cowr it, instead of using
a drag or cultivator. As some one
aks for advice through the Tribune
ss to le*l machines with which to
"lay out, plant an 1 cover corn in one
operation," i have endeavored to show
how we do it very successfully with
the wheal drill, la-si.lea putting it to
several other uses.
Changing Nosts of Bitting Hens.
IR.I OF C-NNIFY OHIHCBHR.
Your correspbndent, IV \V. S., on
page 443, a*k* how to remove a sit- I
ting lien from her original nest to
one of her own convenience. 1 aenl
ray plan, which I have tries! with
good success. Although my ezperi i
ence is that the White Hraiima* are
the best sitter*. I had a Leghorn hen j
this spring that would change her
nest every time she ratne oil to feed. :
The hen she drove oil was a Hrahina,
and this hen would take the rejected
nest a* though nothing had happen
ed, only to be driven off again the :
next day. I finally substituted an-'
other Brahma for the Leghorn. My
plan is to take a lattice coop (one 3
by 4 feet is large enough to accom
modate three sitters), place in the
coop plenty of corn, or other feed,
and water; arrange on the outside of
the coop from one to three nest Imxes,
and place thein on difierent sides of
the coop, with communications be
tween it and the nesta. Of cour>e,
if warm enough to place out of doors,
the nests should l>e water-tight. Now
put a silting of eggs in one of the
nests, or, if too cold toex|ose the
eggs, use a few common or addled
eggs first; then put a sitting ben in
the coop. She will lake a good din
ner, and in a little while will go on
the nest where the eggs are. Put a
Itoard in front of her nest till yon
have a sitting hen in each one; then
take down one board at a time till
each hen has been off to feed at least
once and gone track on the right nest;
you may then take away all obstruc
tions and consider your sillers wound
up. Keep plenty of corn and water
in the coop, and you will be surprised
to find out how little trouble those
hens give. Possibly it can be done
on s larger scale. I never have tried
mora than three sitters in a tingle
coop, or small room, when changing
them from their original nesta.
I tend yon the live weights of my
spring chicks, not because of their
superior weight*, hut I have often
wanted to know the weights of young
clink*.- Plymouth Hock, 19 week*
old, lb*. 2 oz.; I'lymouth Hook, 8
week* old, 1 lh. 2 oz.; I'lymoutli
Hock, crossed with White Hrahmn,
1 lh. C oz., and White Hrahrna, 1 lb.
5 oz.; the lust two were 8 weeks old.
I think the White Hrahrna croaacd
with a I'lymoutli Hock cock will
rnuke an excellent table fowl, and
possibly a letter layer than the pure
White Hrahrna.
Buying Boeds.
ff ti) fmrrti *u<J dm rlu.
'•Order early" i* a standing request
of nearly all seedsmen to their cus
tomers, and it i* a request which the
customers, for their own interests a*
well as to accommodate the seeds
men, will do well to heed.
Hy sending his order early the
purchaser is far more likely to obtain
just what be want*, than be is if he*
wait* until the season for planting is
at band. It often happens that the
stock of seed of the most desirable
varieties is exhausted before planting
time. Then the men who order late
must cither put up with poorer sorts,
or else devote their land to other
purposes than those for which it bad
Ix'en designed. Hither of these courses
will be almost sure to involve consid
erable loss.
Then, too, during the last part of
the season seedsmen are extremely
' busy and are unable, even with a
largely increased force of clerks, to
keep up with their orders. Conse
quently, the man who does not order
hi* seeds until he is just ready to
use them, is liable to have to wait
several days for them to come to
i hand. This delay is always vexa
lious, and as with many crops early
I planting of the seed is one of the
great essential# of success, it often
! leads to heavy losses.
.So we say to all who intend to ob
tain a supply of seeds, and the same
rule also applies to the purchase of
' plants and tr*s, that it w ill pay to
; heed the request of the seedsmen
and send your orders early in the
season.
Brood Maros on tho Farm.
Fr?ri tU Slork'JorMJ
The various modes of handling
horse stock U|Kn the average (arm
are attended with a wide range of re
sults. It is wise to keep three brood
mares (good ones), breeding two of
these in the spring and one in the
fail. Three such mares, if the farm
has the amount of surface in per
manent grass that should be kept
devoted to this crop, will do the work
of a large farm, and do it easily.
The mare that brings a fall colt, will,
with suitable winter care and feed,
give the colt a good growth by the
lime grass comes; and at the age of
three tears it will hardly be noticed
that the colts of the spring before
have any advantage over it. This
mare kept for fall breeding will make
a capital change off during the spring
woili, doing full duty while the oth
ers require to lie favored. The gain
in rearing horses of value, over those
of the clicajH-r grades, is more pro
nounced tiian in the case of most
other products of the farm, the dif
ference leing fully one-half, whether
the stock Ire first-class draft stock or
the higher grade* for other purposes.
When we consider the com|aralive
esse with which a heavy brood mare
will do spring work at the plow, as
compared to the Ircast of light weight,
sup|K>sing both to be in foal, it will
show the advantage of having this
class. On account of being in foal,
the light mare is only able to move
the plow by putting every muscle
upon the highest tension, the breath
ing and heart's action laboring un
duly while this strain is going on.
The heavy beast lean* forward into
the collar, and the very weight i*
largely the motor, the real strain
upon the muscles, through contrac*
lion, being light.
Why Oats is "Hard on the Land."
Frrm th* Rnrml York a*.
It is very satisfactorily shown that
a crop of corn ia easier on the soil
titan a crop of oats. It is far easier
to produce 60 or *0 bushels of com,
weighing 3.600 to 4,200 pounds, to
the acre, with three or four tons of
dry fodder, than 50 bushels of oats,
weighing 1,700 pounds, and a ton of
straw. This is accounted for by tho
fact that corn is nble to procure a
larger quantity of its nitrogen front
the soil where oaU cannot, and that
a good crop of corn can be grown
with the help of potash and phos
phoric aeid alone, and yet show in
the crop a large quantity of nitrogen,
while oats cannot be grown without
the nitrogen added to the other ma
nure*. A great many experiments
have Iteen made in Uita direction with
this efTed. Now, as nllrog. n is the
moat costly ingredient of both fer
tilisers and of feeding stuffs (of
which manure ia made), it is consid
ered that the crops which need tho
most of this element to be supplied
for their growth, are really the most
exhausting crops. Oats are general
ly considered by practical farmers to
lie unusually "bard on the soil."
The writer baa grown good crops of
corn on the same plot five years in
succession, and the last was the beat
of all ; but be hat never beard of
oats being so grown.