Professional Cards.
DH. HASTINGS,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
MKI.i.KFoNTE. PA
<>flV# on Allegheny #tr*et, two door* east of the ol
llv- ly let* Arm of Ynrtiiti A Heating*. 4<>tf
i. ft. riill. N. k. H'Stft.
"PEALE & MEKEE,
1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
34-tf OfBr oppoalt* Court llonw, BclUfuotc, Pi.
G H. YOCUM,
00 ATTORNEY AT LAW.
lIELLEPONTE, PA.
Ode* on N K corner of DUimoid HIHI Allegheny-*!.,
ID the room lately ocrupt*! ly Yucuin A Meeting*.
VILLUE A. W4U.ACK, DAVID L. ftftEllft,
HAftRT V. WALLACE, WILLIAM ft. WALLA 01.
WALLACE A KREBS,
LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE,
January 1. IBM. CLEARFIELD. PA.
17LL18 L. OR VIS,
J.j ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFfICK oppualt# tli* Court llou#o, on Ui 21 floor of
A. 0. Furst'# i-uilding. 3-Atf
TTEANK FIELDING,
.1 LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE,
IMy .. I.KARPIKI.D. PA.
0. T. tuuiMi. c. a. mm.
A LEXANDER k ROWER,
2\ ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IMlafonta. Pa., may bo conaultml In Kngllah or Gor
nubti. Offlco In Gorman'a Ilulhltng. I-ly
jamc* A. ButriH. i.rautairttiT.
BEAVER A GEPIIART,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ofßct on Allegheny atrect, north of High. Bell*-
f . nt.-, N. 1-1)
OF. FORTNEY,
• ATTORN ET-AT-LAW,
lIKLLKFUNTB, PA.
IAt door to the loft in the Court Homo. 2-ly
JOHN BLAIR LINN,
*1 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HKLLEFONTE, PA
Office Alloffhrnj fftreet, over P>#t t2l-1)
F L.SPANGLER,
ft • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
RELLEFONTK. CRN TU* COUNTY, PA.
Sp*rll att.nttnn to Oollvctloaav prwtlcao 111 all ih.
OowtßS Conulttl'>nA In tl,rnun ur I gliah. _}* D
DS. KELLER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ofllre on Allegheny t*tre*i South de of Ljob'l
•tor*. MMbtlt, Pft. H)
nn c. HIPPLE,
L • ATTORNEY AT-L AW.
LOCK HAVEN. PA.
All iNMlMiiffliptly 4tt*nd-l t. 1-ly
XJtTNL P. MITCHELL,
V V PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
IAH k HAVkN. rA. f
Will attend to all work In Clearfield, Centre nd
Clinton countir*.
Odics opposite l/urk Ilevrn N'IIIOM! Rank. 2CV ly
W c. lIEIXLE,
▼ Y • ATTORNKY AT LAW.
BKLLEKONTK, PA
Office in Conrad How. Allegheny #tre*t.
Specie) attention uiTrn t (ho collection of claim#.
Ail hnsinee# to promptly* 21-ly
WILLIAM McCULLOUGH,
Y ATTORNEY AT I, AW.
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All bn#ln*e# promptly attended to. 1-ly
HK. HOY, M. I)..
• Office In Conrad llooss, bv fortiwf's
LAW Office, RKLLKfoNTK, FA.
Bt>#ri*l attention |lTn to Operative ?urg*ry an-!
Chronic Di##*#*#. 1-V-ly
DR. JAS. H. DOBBINS, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN AND SCROniN.
Office Allegheny Ml., oter |i(lr'i Drug More,
-f uKLLCrONTK. PA.
OR. J. W. RHONE, Dentist, can
U> found at hi# "(Ri # and rwHvar# "B N*rtb
01 l# of High *tr**t threw door* Na*t of Allegheny,
R*ll#f .n. . Pa. I*l y
It ii si lie** Card*.
/CENTRE COUNTY BANKING
\J COMPANY.
fl#ce!y* 14*po*ft#
Aad A' 'n* Interest,
Diwoun' N*tew;
Bay and Mil
Gov. flecuritie*.
Gold and Coupon#.
J*w A IIATIB. Frwidtot,
J. D. UnoaßftV.t'ashler 4-tf
nA R N EBB MAN UF A CTO R V
In <itrman'# N# NML
•KV ! BVOffTB, PA. 1-1 p
I? P. BLAIR,
I • jitium
WATCHM. Ciorft4. ißWKtftv. AC.
All work n*atly #t#cut#d. On All#gli#ny #tr*#t,
nnd#r Br*tck#rhfr 11-m##. 4-tf
DEALERS IS PURE DRUGS ONLY.
5 | ZELLER k SON, A
X ft m DRIOOISTE.
No B Rr'Kk.rhoff Row. S
J AII Ah. SunA.H P.i.nt SIWn Pr *
% wnptlona and Family R—-tf>ww wrnrl.ly .
S pr-waro.!. TrnaMa. Sh. aU.r llraraa, Ac .kr 3
r* 4-tf | I
c. ircan. PrT. a. r. a*i. Owh'r.
T?IRST NATIONAL BANK OF
I HEI.I.EFONTK,
All**h*ny Vlrwl, llall#fonta. Pa. 4-tf
Mi*ceU<t neoun.
cpHS GBNTBB DEMOCRAT
BOOK and JOB OFFICE
ALLEGHENY STREET,
BKLLKFONTE, PA.,
IS NOW OFFERING
GREAT INDUCEMENTS
TO THOSE WISHING FIRST-CLASS
Plain or Fancy Printing.
We h*To unusual fßcilities for printing
LAW BOOKS,
PAMPHLETS,
CATALOGUES,
PROGRAMMES,
STATEMENTS,
CIRCULARS,
BILL HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
BUSINESS CARDS,
INVITATION CARDS,
CARTES DK VIBITB,
CARDS ON ENVELOPES,
AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS.
bj mail will receive prompt
Attention.
fgrPrinUn K done in the best ityle, on
thort notice and at the lowest rates.
riARMAN'B HOTEL,
U Oppetit.Court Hon.*. BKLLEfONTE, PA.
TERMS SIJS PER DAY.
A (0.1 Llrary M
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Wilson, Ate Far lane p Co., Hardware Dialer*.
WILSON", MoFAIiLANE & CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES t HEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
BUILDERS' HARDWARE.
ALLEGHENY STREET, .... HUMES' lILOCK, .... BKI.LRFONTK, PA.
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
BKLLEFONTE K SNOW SHOE
R. R.-Timu-Tahl# In #ff#ct on and afl#r March
t, lift| :
#• Snow dhoc 6.:iC k, M.,arriv#t In Boll#foi<t#
7.24 k. u. -
Lmvm n#llfoftta V.12 A. M.,arrlv#a at 8n .w Hho#
11.2A A. M
l.*avr# dnew Shoo 2.*U r.M .arhT## In B#ll#fontr
1.2u r. *.
I.*av* ttollrfont# 4 4* r ■..arriT## at Snow Hhor
7.24 f. M 8. J* HI.AIR, Mup#rint#nd#nl.
BALD EAGLE VALLEY KAIL
ROAD —Ttm.-T.bl., Afill 2. l*o:
Ear. Mall. wiat.a.B, a.ttu. Kip. Mall,
a. M. r. *. r "• *■ "•
111 7oa Arrlia at Tyrona L.aa 7.".i a4*
a ;i B .Vi La.tr KaatTyruu. Laata... 73; i te
7 6SI " Vail " ... T42 *by
7 M I. 47 " H*M lUgla " ... T47 02
74" :t " Yutrlar " ... 752 'J <B
742 B 2.1 ..... " llaunah " ... 7 M V 13
7 :v5 B:i " P"H MatllJ* " ... s ") 1#
7 *l7 " Martb. " ... *l7 V Z'i
; la iv im " Julian " ... 515 W32
7 ij a#7 " CniosiHl. " ... * '2-i i'J
7oi s4* " Fnu* Stio* In " ... S3* *45
BSB & 4.5 " Mllaal.ut* " ... *34 4*
818 535 " ll.llaf.inta " ... *43 57
838 525 " Milaal.urg " ... *5410 ua
i", 6IS " Curlin " —o*lo 19
Bias 111 " M.iunt Eagla •" ... 121" 25
B V 501 ...„. " lluwarU " . 2"J" 37
555 4SO •• Pja*lalll " ... 3alo 49
SVI 445 " 11." h Ctaak " ... 4010 54
S U 433 " Mill Hall " ... 411 14
S2O 4*l •• Fl.mln.-t" " ... 457 II '2O
2S 425 •' Lock Hn " ~.10 ''l 11 '25
| JENNSY LV A N I A It A I LKOA I>.
1. —(Phllsdelpbl* ari.l Hut Dltlalun.)—On atvl
•ft#r D#c#mh#r 12, 1*77 :
W EnTWARI).
CRIB M All* Uayw Philadelphia... 11
•• •• lUrrlnLurg 4 2b an.
• \riiiUtnvp rt * M a f.
•• • Unk lla#tt WAD an
•• •• K#noto. 10 bb an
•• arrit## at Eri# 7 JU> n
NIAGARA RIPftKM l*hilad#l|hla 7J.a n.
•• M II trrisLtirg ... lu Mu a
M •• WLLLIINF4>RT. 2 VI FB>
" arriv## at Hrno 4 4o p m
l>aaa#rig"r hy thi# train arr*v# in lull#-
funt# at..* • * 1' n
FAST LINK l#av#a Pklla4rl|>hta 11 4 • r
•• ** lUrrhl'iirg ....... 3 |y n.
•• •• WimamsfHirt 73ut m
" arriv#a at Let - 4 4" | a
ka'T w A r.D.
PACiriC K.\PRlu*a* IWT*# lywk IUn ~.. ft 40 an
•• M \Ytl!im|M-rt... 7
H arriv*# at llrri#l>urg 11 Man
•• ** Pbil*d*l|>hiA.... 3 i p•
DAY RXPRBBO l#at*# lO lo • n
•• " l/vlt l(*v#n, II 2i'
•• M WlllUm#|x>nm.o.. 12 40 am
M arriv*# at lUrrt#Lorg 4 j rr.
44 '* Phlla4*l|>hia 7TO p o
ERIK MAIL Usiaa Hanoi . • 35 p
M M Dck llav*n 9 4.1 p m
M •* Wi!liam#|irL 1! oft p
M airiv## al - 2 45 # w
M M Philadelphia . 700 am
FAiT 1.1 N R !*•**• WllMirnsport 1 2 • n
•' afflvaa at ll#rri#luirg. 3 S* air
• M Philadelphia 7 .14 atr
Krie Mall W* Nig#rm Vtpr**< Wwi, lyxk llaver
Arr.imm'fdation W*t #rtd tKy f.tpre## Eat m#k
floss r..nnwii"D #t MwiliimVcrUft'l with I. A B R
R train# f--r WHk*alarr* ti ' 'r#nt.n
Rri* Mall W*t. JtUgara Kiprewi Weal, and Kris
Kipr*## Wwt, and l/fk ll%r*n rfnmlati' • W*#i
m#k# rlwe ronaerthpn #1 V% illi#m#p>rt wita N C R
W train# north.
Kri# Mail We#L, Niagara Fpr*## W*t. and 7>a>
Ktpr*## Ka#t, mak# rlw* f*-nnertj.n at l*ork llater
With ft V Y R K train#
Pri# Mail Rat an.! We# mfinwt at Krle with train#
on I. * AM R R R it t'orry with O C AAV R
R. at Rmjnrlnm with R N Y APR H. an I at
Driftwrwbd with A V R U
Parlor <-ar# will run Philadelphia an**
William#!#*! on Niagara Ft W#t. Frle Ptpr*m
Meat, Philadelphia Rcpfewm Ra#t and l%y Kipr*##
feat, end Aunday Ripr### Ra#t ftl#eping rar# OR all
night train*. Wm. A Rttnwiv.
H*n'l oup#rir#nd#nt.
JF YOU
GET
A COU 0 U OR COLD AA D
WANT TO
GET
CURED QUICKLY
GET
A 25c. bouU nf SINES' SYRUP OF TAR,
WILD CHEERY AND BOAEIIOL'ND.
JOHN HARRIS,
SOLE AOENT,
Ma RELLEFONTE, PA.
M 0\ T F,YT° at6perCt.
IFiV/iYtJI gf TIIE MDTCAL LIFE INSUR
ANCE 00. or NEW YORK. -> Aral HHatm., .•
Impr-aarl farm pt' patty. In MM sol lie than f*,fo,
ana not airMalng on*-thlr4 of lha prawn) aala of
lb. pro party Any portion of tka prlnrtpo) eae bo
piaJ4 off at My Dm., ami It ha. bwn lha roatom of tk
rompany to p.rmlt tha prtnripal to rroaal* long aa
tk# bormvor wtakaa, if tha taleraot If promptly paid.
Apt,l, in
CHARLES p. SHERMAN.Attorn.yat law,
52700nrt. atrtat. Raadlag, Pa.,
or to DAYfD E. E LINE, Oa.M Appralaor.
Ml Hallafoato.Po.
For Bale.
A FARM containing Fifty Acre*,
Md Having th.raon rraflfd o TWOffTORY
PRAMR BUILDING ami oat balldlags THI. good.
loqalro of A. I. I t. ft mill,
14-4 tsIMVIIIo.OMWOMWitF.PS.
I RS. LYOIA L PiNKHiM, OF LYNN, MASS.,
\ I
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'B
VEGETABLE COKPOUITD.
In a T'rnilti V Cur*
/•rail ib— Falaffel CwwiylrlrU and
•**• teeurlv*t frtale *pwlaltn.
II vlll curt •ntlraly !>• worai f'.rtn of row*
I!aints. all ovarian trtttit4a. Inflammation and l'Nr
lion, Tallin* axul |Hplar*nnla. and Ua eowqeeet
Spinal ttVaknwas, anJ U particularly adapts! U> tha
i a ga < f Ufa.
II 111 dli* If# and arywl tnnv-rw from th* nUro* In
an war ly Ugs of tfvf*|u|<n>etit Tla* UtxVryy to ran
rtruai hußwnll#rl rh*r|*d teryiiwrdllj I-JT lla uaw
II rrmorm f*Jntnaa, flatulency, dwatrr jaall rrtTlff
frr ailmulanU, and rwllwwaa waaknwaa of th* at^fnarb
II cura |tDllnc. ffwadarbas, N*rotj rruatratfon.
( enrral DabUU J, &1* *pl*—tnaa, an 1 Udi
gaaflcdL
Thai fwwlfn* of hwarlrv* down, randn# palfi. vwt*M
ard tjachar |,v. Is ai-ays iwrttrtuet.t y rura-l lytUusa
II will al all lima* ami urvlsr all a*-t | n
harm, ry atlh Iba la lhat govern %h+ fwmalay*wtn.
lortbsnrvof Kidney foaiplaioU of aUnwr B*t U.Ja
Cotnpoon.l la untunaßwd.
1.YD14 K. I*l \kii4M** vri rT\itf.r rou.
|*Ot NDit prvpa/d al ta an! T4 Amc
I ynn, Masa. PrVa|L Ms botUaafor Vn!!yrv l
la Iba form of pill*. aiao Ir tbw ft rm of 1 ?>.-*. cn
rw||4 of $rW, fl par bos ft rilhsf $* * l inlhaia
fe*ljan*wer* all I'ttera f Irvjutrv fw-n !t it jsa.k-
M. Addr*a as shot* Km'.on lAia Aywr.
Ha family sbonM b* wtibonl MM kE r UIVI
I.IVLH FfLLH Ti.*f enra h- Arr.aw
and torpidity of I hall war O cants \*t l^t
I#* Hold br *ll HmfgUls. %l
BLISS 8 AMERICAN WONDER PEA
!:tra Kwly, Very Ilwarf '4 to 10 |nrhr , It#.
|tiirra no Iltialiitti;. I.s|iilailr* I 1% or.
Rrv llmrr tir l Nsoler t •. ' \ -{*•* see e.Vtf i;
lv* aAvritng'wl AtaoUter y *'• I 4 * v 4 V* * y
•Han, * lf "i late
Cr *Ufgt.rig fell -a w.s el' sal*.
(Al TION. A* it at hbfV* f fh# *•%•*
e5 in# A-ee ,1 ta < n <>.4r'tlh*|s s
"BUMS AJCKKZCAH WOKLEA
r;< '•• ' I yadaga, m t at; pHt. {5 a<,
V*art. 11 a, Ij raaid. p>l
sou RrArTfrrt. iLLrantarioNs.
Wnfc a rV|)y(Mwd pUt rf* Caws of Nrmh awl a J*vnf
tire phr* tt of rrr e4 H' WTI aM | Vr.rTAMI
S4W-U, mils, run'r PU , nsaAil .afonaatV-a (v tb.w <*H
ae • r PH" M*lWlln*llarW>a*f r*Mr jaypwof*.
B K BLISS 4 SOBS, 34 BtrtUjSL Btw-Tork.
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a thai your ILJ °f Sldnct
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i) /it Coaly Outfit free. AM rem TRI'K S X>„ An
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NEWS, FACTS ASli HUOUKSTIOMB.
(Jtmcg AND ft-tal'Mi IT T OF TUt I aI- M E It.
Erfry farmer in Ait annual experience
ditCiirer* tomething of ralue. Write it ami
j trtiil it to the "Agrirultnral Editor of the
IIKMOt'UAT, Jlelle'fonte, I'rnn'u," that other
i farmert may hare the Oene/it oj tt. Let
Oimmuniration* be timely, and he lure that
they are hrirf and well pointed.
If farmers must keep dogs let
them keep shepherd flogs, and these
will be an aid to sheep growing.
LOOK to your fences; and if your
1 neighbor neglects to keep in order
his half, do it yourself; you will be
well repaid before the next crop is
i gathered.
O.Nk of the practices of a remark
ably successful farmer of our ac
quaintance, was to use about three
times the usual amount of elover seed
on his land.
AN application of a bushel and a
half of plaster to the acre on clover
early this spring will infuse new life,
into it. If wood ashes arc added it
will be still better. Ashes and plas
ter are |>eciul fertilizers for elover.
THE Agrirullur-if fjiitamist devotes
an entire page of its current issue to
, the consideration of the clover crop.
In view of the fuel that the time for
I sowing this important crop is close
at hand, this page will prove of im
mense interest to all farmers. A
Copy can Ik> obtained by sending
name and address to the publisher.
Mr. .1. A. Kvcrilt, at Watsontown.
I'*.. and enclosing a stamp for |ost
1 •-
THE more a farmer works with his
brain the more effective and success
ful is the woik of his hands. The
successful general is the one who
thoroughly plans his campaign in ad
vance. Now is the time for the ag
riciilturnl g< nernl to complete hi*
plans for the campaign of the coming
summer. The farmer should always
keep his thinking woik ahead of his
manual labor ; and, plans well ma
to red now will help forward his sea
son a work amazingly. It would be
a good idea to have a neat little pass
book f>r the put|M>-c, and in it make
memoranda of your plans. Memory
cannot always IK- relied upon, and
the little liook would be found to be
a great aid.
The very latest thing in ensilage is
the proposition of some one—a "prac
tical, working f.irnn r,"of course—to
build the silos air-light, and after
filling exhaust the air from them by
means of an air-pump. "That's "prac
tical fanning" with a vengeance.
Suppose we carry this ensilage busi
ness one degree further, and erect a
canning or (milling establishment on
■ every farm for the preservation of
winter feed. It is but justice to the
writer who makes the air-pump sug
gestion to quote from the same arti
cle these sentences: "I am at n loss
to sec that in its present state it (en
silage) is an economical appliance in
husbandry. I think it may be a ques
tion if it is preferable to stcaincd
fodder, and probably is not as cheap."
Set out half a dozen or more grape
vines this spring in good, rich soil,
and cultivate them thoroughly dur
ing the season, being careful to avoid
injury to the new growth. This is
all you will have to do for them un
til the next fall, when the growth for
the year has Iroen completed. Then
we will tell you what to do next.
Since the above was written we
have received a note from Mr. George
A. Stone, of Rochester, N*. V., in
which be encloses a circular offering
a prize of "$lOO in gold for the best
sample of I'ockiinglon grapes, to be
exhibited at the Massachusetts Hor
ticultural Society's meeting, to he
held in Boston, in the autumn of
1883, grown on vines purchased from"
liiin. This offer is open to the whole
United States, and we should he
glsd to have it won by some reader
of the Centre Democrat.
Kxferikncr and observation will
convince any one that better results
wilt follow the application of manure
at the surface, or at least within
three inches of it, than if ploughed
under to three times that depth. For
immediate results all well rotted ma
nure should lie intimately mixed with
the surface soil by repeated cultiva
tion* or harrowing*.
Clipping# and Common'J.
It hat teen PRtinißted by an entomol
ogist that 2,000 chinch biigt on a farm
spring will in a favorable Reason, if uri
iliilurliril by quail or other cnemie*. in
ercn in one year to 2,000,000,000.
Hsrhanyc.
This is a hint to farmers to encour
age not only quail, but all other In
sectivorous birds. And one way to
encourage them is to discourage the
shot gun tramps, by a prompt and
vigorous application of the proper
legul remedies. They will be found
vefy effective.
A \\ ARtrn k county farmer recently
lout eleven homes and mules Irons eat
ing corn stalks, which, being cut up,
lonned indigestible balls in their stoat
achs, producing death in a short time.—
Ituliana farmer.
Our lud iana contemporary would
seem to imply that the fact of the
corn-stalks "being cut up*' caused
them to form the indigestible balls
which caused the trouble. If so,
how does it account for the many
cattle which die in the Western
Slates every year from the same
cause, when the stalks are eaten in
the field where they grew, without
even having been cut oil ?
„ It will pay to paint the farm wagons
before they are used in the spring. A
cheap grade of ready mixed paint can
l>e obtained, and the farmer can easily
bruh it on. The cost /Will be slight,
and the wagons will not only be irn
proved in appearance, hut will |o last
uuch longer than they rill if the paint
ng is neglected. It is also a gottd
I'lsn to paint the wore) work of plows,
harrows and cultivators, which are often
lelt li.r dais or weeks, exposed to the
le<-tructive influences of the weather.—
'• tturrltrul farmer.
Crude oil w ill answer quite as well,
antl probably better than any "cheap
grade of mixed paint" that can be
Attained, and is much cheaper. Mr.
Joseph Harris, of "Morcton Farm,"
will back us up in this.
i nr. cro*-bred pigs are the best for
•lt*nin£- (W, of Ilrtedcr i Gaulle.
This in will e*tahlihc<i. The gen
••ral farmer who raises piigs for fat
tening pur|K>ses has no use for a herd
of thoroughbreds. Itul he does want
crots-breds or grades, antl the very
'•est way to have them is -to keep
argc, rangy, rath* r coarse sows, with
•trong constitution, and appetites to
match, and use with them a thorough
bred sire, of whatever breed experi
ence—cither his own or his neighbors
—teaches him will best answer his
purposes.
Soiling Crops.
A correspondent of the Country
Gentleman writes that he intends to
remove all his division fence*, and
toil his cattle, and a*ks information
as to the crops for this purpose. We
re-produce be low the brief and prac
tical reply:
Winter rye sowed the previous au
tumn mskew an excellent early green
crop. Clover, started the previous
vcar, is also excellent. Orchard glass,
when established, is one of the best
crops lor soiling. After these corn
and corn fodder crops, the smallest
and earliest sorts to be sown first.
Amber cane is excellent for a late
fall crop. After the ground is plow
ed, harrowed, and put in good con
dition, furrow it with one horse three
feet apart, sow from a basket by
hand at the rale of about two bushels
or more per acre, and cover with a
common harrow, running across or
lengthwise. This mode is better snd
gives more fodder than putting it in
with a wheat drill or sowing broad
cast, and if cultivated two or three
times leaves cleaner ground.
Cultivating Orchards.
We presume and bopc that a num
ber of young orchards wilt be plant
ed out in Centre county, during the
coming planting season. The more
the better, providing they hare prop
er subsequent care. To go to the ex
|>ensc of buying and planting trees,
snd then neglect them is a very un
profitable business. It lias long been
settled that fruit trees do much bct
tliau when properly cultivated during
the earlier years of their orchard
life, than when permitted to become
surrounded and encumbered by grass
and sod. The oldest trees which we
know of which continue bearing good
crops, arc those which stand in the
corners of gardens, where they are
yearly subjected to rich cultivation
through the attention given to garden
crops. A correspondent of the /Vsc.
tiral Farmer furnishes an example of
similar treatment and like results:
An orchard was set out in J 81 ft, or
sixty-five years ago. Thirty feve trees
remain, and they have yielded over
$837 worth of fruit in a season.
They are moderately pruned every
alternate year. Two crop# are taken
from the ground every five years and
the ground Is then seeded. The
plowing In done In two direction*,
running an closely to the tree a*
practicable. All other orchards in
the neighborhood planted at the same
time, and allowed to stand in stiff
sod have disappeared. Another writer
in the same paper says he kept hia
young orchard well cultivated with
hoed crops for several years. They
grew 18 inches to 2 feet in a season.
Only one tree died. An ighbor set
out an orchard at the same time, and
seeded it to grass. In three years
one-third of the trees were dead, and
those which lived grew only from 2
to 6 inches in a year. This is about
the usual exj>erience.
J'rof. Ileal, of Lansing. Michigan,
says: "If you have money to, fool
away, seed down your young orchard
to clover and timothy or sow a crop
of wheat or oats. If you want the
trees to thrive, cultivate well till
they are 7to 10 years old. Spread
ashes, manure or salt broadcast. Stop
cultivating in August, weeds or no
weeds. This allows the trees to
ripen for winter." lie adds that the
question whether to cultivate old
orchards or not, must be answered
by observing the trees, If the color
of the leaves is good, and they grow
well and ix-ur good fruit, they are
doing well enough even in grass.
But if the leaves arc pale, the annual
growth less than a foot on 12-year
trees, and the fruit small and poor,
something is the matter, and they
are Buffering for the want of cultiva
tion or manure, or both. I'rof. B.
says that "to judge of the condition
of an apple tree is like judging of
the condition of sheep in pasture.
Look at the sheep and not at the
pasture, ami if they appear plump
and fat, they are all right."'
Culture of Small Fruita.
('"/rrmf" of Home *r<J I'srtn
Notwithstanding the ease with
which small fruits may be raised in the
family garden, how many families are
depriving themselves year by year of
not only the pleasure of cultivating
and watching their growth, but tbe
still greater pleasure of having them
upon their tables? An impression
seems .to prevail among many that
they are difficult to grow, and still
others that the growing small fruits
is so much "small nonsense." That
the average farmer and householder
goea on eating meat for breakfast,
dinner and sup|>er, until dyspepsia
takes bold of him and carries him
through its horrors, ami then the
physician's aid is called in and his
remedy is an aci I of some sort.
I Fruit will furnish a better acid than
I the drug store will, and had his diet
j tieen more of fruit and less of heavy,
' gross food, his doctor's bill would be
I less and health greater. It is a fact
; that fruit is a good regulator of the
| human system. It will keep the
j t>lood in order, the bowels regular,
J and tone up the stomach, and is a
! positive specific in many diseases.
In regard to their cultivation, we
know of nothing easier grown than
the strawberry, grape or raspberry.
I Of the former but a small plot of
ground is required for a family bed,
! and a good sort,, kept well cleared of
gras and weeds the first year, will
form a thick mass of plants, which
will require renewing only about
once in four years, if all weed* and
grass are kept out; or, if large ber
| ries are wanted, the ground may be
! kept worked each summer and run
i ners cut. Mulching with course ma
| nure w ill stimulate growth and keep
| the fruit clean.
Raspberries should be set about
I two fret apart in rows, and kept well
worked the first year, after which they
will fill up between the hills and
form a continuous hedge of plants,
good for ten years or more. If given
an occasional working each summer
to keep down superabundent suckers
and weeds, they will never fail to
give abundant crops of the finest
fruit.
In regard to grapes, we presume
cvtry one has one or more vines in
| his garden ; if not, secure them at
once. We do not know of a finer or
healthier fruit, nor do we know of
any one who was ever injured from
eating too many when ripe. In some
parts of the world they form a large
l>art of the regular fowl eaten. There
consumption is increasing in Ibis
country, and when tbe people once
learn that there is so much of health
and happiness to lie gotten from the
fruits, which heaven has so bounti
fully bestowed upon us, they will re
fuse the aspersion which foreigners
have bestowed, that we arc a "nation
of dyspeptics."
Profit in Thinking and Heading
Tram lII* Ofck* fimnt.
Farmers all make many mistakes
which might be avoided if they would
do more thinking and reading, and
thus profit by their own and other's
experience and investigations. In
connection with this it is in point to
say that good agricultural papers are
fuil of the experience of piactical
and intelligent farmers, as well as of
information from the best scientific
sources of information.
IT IS a good time to be putting back
upon your fields an equivalent for
tbe plant food you took from them
last season—BarnyMd and stable
litter make good flptiressing for
grass and grain, also Wine dust, lime
and marl.