Profeotional Card*.
V 3 i). RAY,
)0. ATTORNEY AT I.AIV,
IIKI.I.KKONTK. PA.
Rpwtl.l .ll.nll'iti alvi'ti to III'- c ollection of clAinM.
Oaoo i*iMl| Brock.thoir Botw*. 4-lft
THOMAS J. MoCULLOUGH,
X ATTORNKY AT I,AW.
IMIII.II'AIIRR'I. PA.
(imco In Albert Ow.ti'a bolltlitiK. • Ibe room f<-rm
eily ocrut>le<t l>y Ihe l'lHli|>ebiiig llniiklng t'oin|cny.
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D. a. HASTinoa. "• r
1 FASTINGS & RKEDEK,
J 1 ATTORNKYR AT I.AW,
lIBIXKFONTK, PA.
Oflhsaon Alleih.ny .treet.two U.ecre e.t of the ol
tr. oceapM by lute Htm of To nm A Hinting*. 4 tl
. k. lull. • *• *'*"•
T>EALE & McKEE,
A ATTORNRY AT LAW.
1H tf omc opposite Court llouw, Hellefutite, Ptt.
n H rorm 11. BtMHUWIk.
"VOCUM & HARSIIBERGER,
A A tTUK.4 4> B At l-AVS ,
IIKLLEFONTR, PA
Office on N. K. corner of DUinund *iid Allegh.ny.t.,
It. tlio roaui Utely IK-CU|I*I by Yocuin A llwtllu;.
WILLIAM A. WALLACi, DAVID L. **,
ITAKAL . WALLACE, WILUAM . * ALLACI.
WALLACE A KREBS,
LAW ANU COLLEt'TION OPPIOK. .
Jcincmry 1, IHBI. CI.KARfIKLD. PA^
X?LLIB L. OH Vis.
JPj ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OKFICK Oppoelte tho Conrt lloUAe, ou the 3J floor ol
A. O. Furet'e building.
C. T. ALGXAXDUL C. M. nowim.
i LEXANDER fi BOWER,
J V ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
B ll.fonte, P., my 1> connltl In KngllAh or tier
q. ,11. office In Unrnwn'* Balldlng. I"'7
17RANK FIELDING,
1 LAW AND 00LLBTION oI'FH E.
, i ly CLEARFIELD. PA.
JA* A NEATER j. WlelfT IIEFRAET.
I >KA VEH aV GE PI I ART,
> ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office on Allegheny street, north of High. Bell.-
fenU, Pa. "I
1\ F. FOHTNEY,
J /. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
" IIKLI.F.FONTE, PA.
La*t door to the left in the Court lion®®. 2*ly
lOHN BLAIR LINN,
fl ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HF.I.LEFONTE. ta
0 lice Allegheny street, over P .t office 31-ly
I L. SPANG LER,
l . ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRLLKPONTK. CENTRE t'Ol NTY, PA.
Special mention to Collection.: prwctl. In .11 th.
C .urte, Con.ult.tion. In OermiAO ..r K gll.h l ly
8. KELLER,
. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
X!lc* on Allegheny Street South ®id® of Lyon •
gt..re, Bellef'inte, Pa. ***F
rri 0. HIPPLE,
1 s ATTORNF.V-AT LAW.
U>CK HAVEN. PA.
AU bnEln.Ei promptly ttiadid to. H>
WM. P. MITCHELL,
PRACTICAL SLR VET OR,
l/rl IIAVEN, PA.,
Will Etlend to *ll work In Clearfield, Centre end
Clinton cuuntie*.
Offlfß oppiNite (>M*k Haven NaUnal Bank. 'i*Veiy
W C. HEINLE,
1 I i ATTORNEY AT LAW.
HELLKPONTR, PA.
Office In Conrad llorme. Alleghenr .tree!.
Special attention given to the Collection of claim..
All hn.ln-e. attended to promptly. illy
WILLIAM McCULLOUGH,
7 1 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
All hndntn® promptly atteode| to. 1-1 jr
HK. HOY, m I> .
. {Jfflce in Conrad It ow. at.v Fortoey*!
I.** office, RRLbWONTR. PA.
Sieaial attention given to Operative Surgery and
Chronic Plena* IVIy
T \H. JAS. 11. DOBBINS, M. D.,
XJ PHYSICIAN AND SI IMFJIN.
Office Allegheny HI., over Zelgler'. Drug Store,
A-tf HELI.EFONTE. PA.
nR. ,J. W. RHONE, Dentist, can
be found at hi# office and reaidenre on Narih
able of High atreet three door. Ke.t of Allegheny,
Bellafonte, Pa. IM|
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nndnr Brovkvrl,'.ff II 4-lf
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•hort Motion nd at thn lowiwt ratea.
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VJT Oppoalt* Onsrt Hoata, BBI.LBFORTB, PA.
TBBMI t, PBR DAT.
A good Ufvry altar had. 1-1
If itnon, Mc Far lane <f Co,, Hardware Dealer*.
HARDWARE!
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DEALERS IN
STOVES. RANGESHEATERS.
ALSO
Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
AND
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TRAVELERS GUIDE.
BELLE FONTK & SNOW SHOE
K R.—Tlnt®-Tabl® 111 ®ir*ct OD autl afirr March
''UTM Snow Shoe 6.IMJ A. M..arrlv©§ In iwdiefout®
1M * %
Uataa B®ll®f®att 9.12 A M., arrive* at Snow Hho®
Bboa 2.-M) y..,arl?®a In IhlUfoat®
4.20 r. m. ..
L*a*®* Bellef>nl® 4.4A r arrive* at Snow Shew
7.2 ft r. ■. S. S. IlLAlß,U®t'l Sttprlntanl®n.
BALD EAGLE VALLEY KAIL
HOAD.—Tima-Tabla, April - H J, I** 1 :
Kit. Mail, wutwiir. *A*T®tin. Kip-Mall.
I. M. t. M. ' *• A ' **
. pi 7 Arrive at Tjrron® L®ava.... 7 3*2 * 4*
! .1 6 AS L®a*®KaatTyroiaL®a*®... T 30 * &ft
7 69 C M " Vail M . 742 *
I M 647 " lUI.I BagU M -7 47 tO2
i4*A s - '-"i" " J •**
,43 AS3 " Hannah _ 7 Aft 913
, a B S '• Port M.Uld* " ... W 919
r, t I- •• Martha " ... "7 83
IIH KIA " JulLn " ... *l3 SI
J !, j, .7 •• t'nluuvlll* " ... A itl •39
iOO a(t " Snow Shu. In " ... *33 944
:AA &V. " Mllmbrtrg " ... *34 944
!! 4 4 .14 " Bellefnnte " ..." 43 9A|
'j. V. 4iS •" Milel.urg " ... *MIO HA
3/, 4|i 11 Curtln " ... 0"*1° I*
:1 6Ju " M'.unl Eagle " ... •1-I" 8 j
? -i &01 " Howard " ••• 37
IYA 440 ... " Eaglevlll. " ... 93410 40
:vt 4 4.4 " I4ch I'mk " ... 94010 44 I
714 4 J •' Mill 11*11 •• ... 9MII 1A !
? •* 43U " Plemlngton " ... 9ATII
J344 24 " Lock HUM " ...10 Ol 11 34 !
1 >EX NSY LV A NIA HA I LIU) A I>.
1 —4l'lii'.*•>.■ li'li i * nnd Erie DO igloo.>—On and
after D*c.mb.r 13, 1477 :
W EsTWARD.
IRIH mlLln'l Phllnl'lpUt - 11 '4 pm
• " ttarriabarg 474 a m
• •• WilltamapoM 434a to
• •• |e*k Haven— ... 9 40 •to
•• •• Ranovo. 10 44 •m j
•' arrive. at Erie 7 aft p m
MMI AHA UPIIM leave. Philadelphia 741a la
• • " ll.rri.hurg.... 10 Mam
" '■ Wllllamipurt. 7anp m !
arrive. al Kenovo. ..... 4 411 pni
Pamrngen I>T this Irani arr.v. In Belle
fiitn- at ,1 P
FAST I.IN E Into Philadelphia- U44a to .
•• •• Harrlahurf 33A p m
•• •• WillUoiAliort 7 30pm
•• arhv® at l/xk lufa & 40 p m
KAftTWARI*.
PACIFIC KXPRKSB k lla®n % K> m m
•• ** WilUamapvrt... 7 Maa
•• irritM at lUrriatmrf II A.% a m
•• Philadelphia ... 3 pm J
DAY R\PRKS9 Inavaa lUnovi. in 10 a m
• • • Lor k Haven 11 /o a m
- M Wllllameport
" arrive® at 11armhurf............ * I" |*
" •• Philadelphia. 720 pro
ERIE MAIL leave* lU*..v.. VS p m
•• " lewk Haven 94"p n>
** '• \S tlliamvporl 11 'v* p m
M airlve® at llarrihnrf ..... 2 4S a m
m •• Philadelphia 700 mm
PAST LINR leavee M llHami-.ft 12 M a m
" arrive® at llarriat'arr 3 W a n>
• M Philadelphia 73Aa n
Rrle Mail Waal. Niagara Kipraa® M eet. |/*k Haver.
Arcotnmdatln and Dajr f.ipr Raet. niak
r|<ae roiinwtl'ififtal N'HlnimW*rlaft<l with L. A R. K
R train* fr Wilke*Warte and Vmot".
Rrle Mail Weet. M**ar* Rtjr** We®f, and Rrie
Fspra®® We®t.and llavea Me®t
; mak* r!.®e ronne Hon at Willianiport wit® JI.C. R
W train* nrih
Erie Mail Wl, Rla*ara Kipre®* We®t. and 1H)
Eipre*® Eaet make r|e r>nneclion at Lo*k Haven
With H K V. R K train®
Rrle Mail R**t and We®t <-nnnart at EH • with tralr •
on I. S A M. S R R.. at Crry with 0 * A A V. k
R, at Emporium with R. R. Y A P R. R.. an 1 a
Driftnn| with A V R R
Parlor rare will run between Philadelphia and
Willtam*porl on Niagara Ripre®® Meet, Erie Etpre**
Meat. Philadelphia Riprea® Kaat and I®ay R*pre*e
Ra*t, and Sunday Ktpre®* Rant Sleeping 'ar®"o nil
night train®. MM. A RILMWIM.
ilenl Snperlntendent
Ah*
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JOHN HARRIS,
Soli Aoert,
j-* rkllefortr. PA.
MOXFiY To k®" atflperCt.
ill\Jl.l 1 1 „ T T|IK UI'TCAI. LIPB IBBUB
ABCK CO. OP RBW YORK, in r*t aanrtgaga. on
Imptntol fhrw pmpartj. id ram not lm lhan {*,<,
•nd M 4 >ltMdlD| rmadhlrd of lk> prvaant Tula* of
Ik* prnfolf. Air portion of Ik* iriH|l van ka
paid off at may It at*, iH II ka* l*n Ik* rnatnai of tk
mm jinny In patmM Ik* principal t rvmatc mm kmg a.
Ik* hwroair wlakaa. If tka latanal I* promptly paid.
' ViIAKLH P. •llßßMAß.Allarkar'dM**.
127 Owl, atraat, Banding, Pa.,
orlo DAVID t. KLIKB.Oa.'a Apprlr,
kl< Rallafrmla, Pa
For Sale.
A FARM containing Kilty Acres,
and having tharnon mirt • TwO-HTOR Y
PBAMK m i 1.1)1 NO aad nnt bntldlngr. THI.JmdL
luqolr# of A. J. T * OBIEUT
1-a PeieiTUie,uBidewtr,ria
1.r.l LVULa L PIHIH4M, OF LYNN. WSS„
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LYDIA E. PINKHAM'S
VSSSTA2LS CCZTOir.TD.
IAATO®LLLRF^NR®
/or all th*®® Palnfftftl omplntnl* and
•a r wMftA.cn t*UPt#* f RMffi k |Mapu I ffil Iffi".
It will rur® ®nti*ly th® voral f nui>f I • !•**<
t lalnt*, all ovarian trntild*®. Inflajumalh'fi ar*d t'k#ra
Una. I R.:ii g arwl l4f|4iWMMil®, ftßtl ll® r n<)Wf)t
Spinal WsrIUKW, mud 1* |mculul; adapt#<l to tha
( hang® of lifa
It will divi" |r® and rfron th*Tit®nfn
an *ariy km** of <Vr*l"fViFffitt Th® UtaVnry In ran
rrf ni humor*tS#r* !• < b®ckt-l ®ffiry|®®dllt l-y It® bw.
It rwrnovaafalnlnM®, doatroyaafl rravtrg
for aCimulanta, and r®ll®r*e w®akne®e of th® ®t' tnarh.
It mrw lU'*Uing, t!**da*ha, JS®rv'n® hwlntlflß,
(.eorral LwUiliy, Bkwphwati*®®. aad In-'.J
g*®tlo<L
That of Kaarlng do*m randnff wp'ght
and tarkarh®. I* always |wrmanrnt'Y RTIIWI L Y it® UP*.
It will at all Umn and oWr *ll F JMIUAUD- wWL ID
harmony with th® taw® that govern th® fmai® vyMavn.
For h® rtirwof Kldnry cf ®Ut®r HI lU*
Cotnrionnd !■ 7jn®4n a®— 1.
LI DI4 F-. l*l\kllAV* TRCrTAfKLr. COM.
IMII NPki prvparwd al tu and I*-' V.®. -• Aver
I ran.Kaaa DM||l AgMtfewforfl * || | f i
In th® firm of JfUl®. ahm Intl.® f nn ft 1 t*n r*®. oa
rwvlpt of prV*. |1 p®r M f r ®(th®r. Mr*. Ilrkhatn
fr®Jy aavwv.a ail l®tt®r® ff lnf|Uiry. Md for |*ai ;h
--|®C Adklrv®® a® atx.v* Mrmit.m (Ai® iixp®*-.
Bo family ®hr®jld b® without I-TDf A L MBSITAiri
LI YLit FH.IA They ear® f"U*t!pa!i <ft. t.i.. .Rr..tm
and torpidity of th® !lv*r Sft.u |*r I* i
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WP rndllntlP 10 Wl MPollrlloni fai r*lml. CimiK
Trmrtr Marl, l'< prrltiu. Pto., fur llip I i.iu*l MaU>.
1 anaita. (Ml. francr. f.<-nnanT. He. W
barp ba<l Ihlrty-flvp frara'riprrlrnrr,
llalpnlp'iblalnpil Utpaifli u urn mitiml In the an
*nic amtßiraa TbU lirpi ami aplpwin lliu*.
lntPdin>Hilr|rpr.*3.9oaTr.<l>n.tiMirrr V n>a
•f aplpnrp. u *Pt Intern*lns,awl haa an pnornvau
liprulatlMii. AMm MI NN * <X>, ralpnt *r>ltrt-
AWRRI. A*. JIT l-ar* <.*,
tPWTnrt. HattfllaTißahrun I'at'-nUfrpp.
yKIN DISEASES CURED!
Ilf Ilr. rnrin'i Mack Olntm*al. Oof aa If hj
mack, PlmplM, Rlark lli'l. m 'imla. Kllrhn
ami kra|iltoM <• lh far., karla. Ih. akla rlaar,
haallh.f awl tmaatifnl. Alaorarn Ikh, llarlat a Ikh.
Pall Khnim. Tali.r, Alna,rm. Ik.M llwd. Cliai.M
llaixta. 8r SlfplMi, aora Up>, "M, 'ilatlnal* t'lrara
aad Snraa, Ac
RKIN MPRAfR.
f. Ihaka, ■).. I'lrralanil. 0,. anlfaraA hjnnrt all Aa
arrlpAloii IPm a akla Alwaai ahtrk affnuol aa kit
kaa4a,kaaalAbul r*r<f. aixl aaaa-ly Inih.H kla ayaa.
TVa amal aarrfal (luetartnc MM l k.ln him, ami a*.
lar all hall MM ha aa*rl In rraclat'a Mack IMaUmml
aa4 aa mart hj a l.a ap|>llr.ti a.
•*"Th "* and aalp papilla, . nr. tar akin dlaaatia
tt#f dllttltWu.
Baal hp mall aa mMm of tnUa, rim (km
lIkNRT t '"a, Bol Pnnir*a
i r~J Bt.. Now York.
For Blind, BMdlnc. Ilrklaa or I'MraM Ptlm Dr.
Wllllam'a taaaaß Oiarnaar to a aura rata. Prfea
ll.iai. Hp mall. For aata hp DraccMa. aA-lp
(79 * *•**• 11l dap al ham aaatlp mada
|aaU,Malaa \>.|p
tElu (Centre fPemocrat.
B K LLKFONTK, PA.
NKWS, FACTS A SI) HUO'iIISTIONH.
rut. tut r rut katkdui •tonu i* rut oitiiu
auei AMU rmosvmm or tut rout*.
h.rery farmer in hit annual erprrienet
discovers something of value. Wn(e it ami
send it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
I) KM'" it AT, Hellefoute, I'rnn'a," that other
farmers may hare the benefit of it. Let
communications be timely, and be sure (hat
they are. brief ami welt /minted.
Sow Corn for Foddor.
I have lost all patience in reading
page after page of advice about "rowing
corn lodtli-r," growing "root cr"p
etc., to eke out rhorl pasture* alter
harvest. Will theae precious panacea*
grow when the pasture* won't ? <>r, if
they will who can tell u* in advance
when the need for them i* coming?—
for. of Star and Sentinel,
We will not undertnke to say in
advance when the need for it is com
ing, but advise this correspondent to
restrain his impatience and sow rom
tor fodder. If he should bo so for
tunate as not to need it "to eke out
short pastures after harvest," hi may
Im* congratulated, but need not de
-pair liecause he cannot dispose of
his crop. Let him cut and cure it.
and if he can find no other cure fur
it, buy some >jood stars to fad it to
wrl winter. We hazard the guess
that he will regain his serenity when
he comes to sell them in the spring.
We arc not quite clear as to the profit
of growing root crops in our hot,
dry climate, hut if this writer can
grow them cheaply, the following,
from the Sntional Lite. Sloe I dour mil,
suggets a use for such as lie may not
need to "eke out short pastures after
harvest," which our own exi>cricnce
has proven to he very profitable;
"Cattle and hogs will greedily eat
sugar beets or other roots when on a
full ration of corn. They will relish
the roots, because they have a cool
ing and sedative effect upon the stom
ach and Ikiwls. Corn is so full of
carlion as to have a tendency to pro
duce a feverish state of the system
i
when given too laigely. Hoots have
the same effect u|on the system as
succulent grass. Knglish farmers use
roots largely in the fattening ration,
hut they also feed with tliem raja--
cake, linseed rake, etc., or other verv
nitrogenous food. Hoots, like In
dian corn, are too poor in nitrogen,
as a single food, for growing young
animals or for fattening. Corn and
roots together would be much health
ier than corn alone, but a better fat
tening ration would lie oats and corn
with roots, or, better still, corn, cot
ton-seed meal, or linseed-meal and
roots. Corn, bran, and sugar fleets,
or mangolds would fatten boga and
keep them healthy. Hogs, especially
arc benefitted by the use of roots.
They are usually fed on corn alone,
which we believe often induces chol
era and other diseases. The roots
give them a bulky and cooling food
—jus't what they so much need.
WKoflen wo farmers transplanting
cablmge, tomato and other vegetable
plants during or immediately after
a rain. We deem this a rndieal error,
and our own practice is directly the
reverse. We much prefer to trans
plant when the ground is warm and
mellow, and very seldom fail to have
the plants grow. A good plan is to
dip the roots of the plants in a thin
mud, made of rich soil, and if any
water at all t>c used let it be put in
the hole, under the plant, and the
roots covered with dry soil. This
neither bakes, nor shrinks and cracks
in drying, exposing the roots to the
air, as when wet, either by rain, or
pouring water around the roots after
planting, aa is often done. Koot ac
tion will begin much more readily if
the ground tie warm and mellow than
if water-soaked and puddly.
Ira little time is given to crops,
when growing, to observe certain
plants with careful memoranda of
(icculiaritics of each during that time
till the period of harvesting, and
then selecting not only the best seeds,
but from the most prolific plants,
there is no limit to the improvement
that would be made in our crops.
Ir 1 purchase my plants at a dis
tance,- 1 make a "grout" of earth and
water about as thick as good cream,
and taking bold of the tops of the
bunches, plunge the routs into the
grout until all the fine little fibres
are nicely covered.
liana seldom pay expenses after
they art three years old.
Clippings nnc! Comments.
Wo have yet to *en the practical
farmer who, after a fair text of i-miilage,
pronounce* it a failure or even a <iiap'
pointment.— Arunic an f \iltivalor.
Have patience! You'll ace enough
of them in due time! We will haz
ard the prophecy that before 18110
one-half of the silos now in existence
will have been converted into root
cellars or ice-houses, or in some other
way diverted from their original pur
pose.
The root* hpread far and wide, and
hill manuring i* not sufficient, because
it contract* the feeding xpace for the
root* too much.
We find this paragraplt in a long
artiele in the I'racliml Farmer, de
voted to the cultivation of pumpkins.
If the principle be applicable to
pumpkins, is it not equally applicable
to corn, potatoes or tobacco, the roots
of any of which extend from row to
row, and fully occupy the ground.
t'ut worm* are very j>oor climber*,
and much of the damßge they do to
Unuato plant* may be avoided by mak
ing a compact mound about the plant
it large a* an inverted teacup.— h.x.
The gardener who pins his faith to
that will he apt to find it a snare and
a delusion. Wrap a hit of common
newspaper two or three times around
the stem of your plant la-fore you
put it in the ground, letting it ex
lend quite down to the roots, and an
inch to two above the surface, and
you may sleep in ja-rfect peace, as
sured that your enemy is baffled. J
Do not Foret the Millet.
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As all kinds of stock thrive by
having a variety of feed, our read
er* should not forget that any time
within a mouth yet will answer for
sowing some millet, which, on rich
clean ground in good tilth will pro
duce anywhere from two to five tons
IK-r acre, that will serve the purposes
of froth hay and gram for cattle,
horses and sheep, young or old, tfiat
they greatly relish. One of the larg
er sorts, sometimes called Gulden
and somtimcs Herman millet (not
Hungarian), is probably Ix-st to }teld
either fodder or seed, hut unless an
abundance of seed i* used the stalk*
will grow so coarse that nothing will
eat them; if from three to four pecks
per acre is evenly sown the growth
will be so fine that all will be eaten.
We have never known of a case
where too murk seed was used, but the
mistake of using too little is very
common. Where there is a growth of
coarse sialks the yield of seed is
likely to lie heavy, and it may lie
threshed for sowing purposes or to
lie fed as grain ; for the latter pur|iost
it should Ik: ground, and is best
moistened and mixes! with oat*, shell
ed corn or cut feed. Ground and
soaked it makes a fair slop for hogs,
hut is much improved by being mix
ed witfi bran, shorts orcornnu-al, and
allowed to stand from thirty to sixty
hours—according to the weather—
before using.
To the judicious feeder a rick or
mow of bright fine millet is never
amiss, and there arc few who could not
have it if the}* would.
Extra Use of the Harrow.
Ilcnrj in lh* TrHtm#
llesdie* all the common uses of this
drag 1 will mention some extra uses
1 have put it to. One is to drag the
winter wheat and rye in spring, it is a
great help to the young clover in
getting a start. After sowing any
grain with the drill 1 often drag,
crossing the drill marks to obliterate
them la-fore pulling on the grass or
cloverseed, and to mix the seed
more in the ground. Atothcr times,
when a heavy rain has packed the
ground soon after aowing, I drag to
loosen it up, if 1 do so liefore the
sprouting of the seed. Many good
farmers recommend using the drag on
corn when it is young, but I never
could quite have the courage to do
that, though I have seen very good re
sults from the practice.
Corn in Drills and Hills
B Y. J. in ftuantrjr <*• t)OeMti.
I beg to repeat that what I said
aliout Uie superior yield in grain or
drilled corn, over corn in hills, is
partly the result of |iersoiial experi
ence and observation, and partly that
of others. Hut Ido not go so far as
to say that what would be good farm
ing in Illinois would also be good
farming in New Jersey. The princi
ple that cro|ia must be handled not
only aooording to soil and climate,
but also to latitude and longitude, is
the most difficult of all for the aver
age farmer to learn. Thus when you
say to a New England man, that while
in bis field 8 or 4 stalks of corn in
bills 3 or less feet apart will each ear
well; in Georgia, on a soil equally
fertile, the rows must be 4 feet one
way by & feet the other, ami only one
sUlk in each bill, tbc fact is quite
out of his comprehension. But let it
lie explained to him that under warm
latitude ail, or nearly all, vegetation
has a tendency to "draw up" like
plants under a sash, and that in grow
ing corn not only it beat and light
| wanted, buttlicre must be air also,
else there will IK; incompletedevelop
rncnt, ho may then readily compre
hend the immense difference which
may result from comparatively small
ullferenccs of latitude.
BUHIUCHS Method on tho Furm.
W I. Ctiatnt-rIKUi, In lln*l >' Vorfcw
It is not right or best that all the
boys should stay on the farm. It is
not true that farmers arc the only
producer*, or that they arc more es
sentiul in the make-up of civilised so
ciety than men in other callings.
Demagogues sometimes try to preach
that doctrine, in empty flattery, to
capture rural votes. Intelligent
farmers at once see its hollowness and
falsity. An old emblematic painting
in London crystallize# this notion.
It represent, first, a king with throne
and scepter, and over his head is
written, "1 reign for all." Next, a
bishop with cross ami miter, with the
legend, 4, 1 pray fur all." Then,a war
rior with the words, "I fight for all."
And, last, a farmer with rake and
hoe and plow, and over his head is
written, "I JH ty fur all."
Now this is not true ; and is simply
empty humbug when the politicians
tell us so. and harmful egotism when
we think so. We are not the only
producers. The man who grow s and
shears and sells the wool is not more
surely a producer than he that weaves
the cloth or cuts or makes the coat,
or even, he that wean the coat, pro*
vided he earned the money with
which he bought it. The farmer is a
manufacturer, and the manufacturer
is a producer. The man who creates
glass that did not exist before from
the sand of the bank by heat and the
chemistry of art, is just as truly a
producer as he who creates grain
from earth and air and storm and
sunshine, by the organic chemistry of
Nature.
Hlrictly speaking, man cannot be
a producer. The eternity and the
indestructibility of matter are well
established philosophically. He rosy
transform or fashion this matter, as
when he makes shoes from leather, or
pins from brass, or knives from the
steel and ivory. Or he may trnutrnvde
it or change its nature more or less,
an when he turns hides to leather or
sand to glass by the agents of inor
ganic chemistry; or as when, by tbe
aid of organic chemistry of growth,
be turns or transmutes the chemical
elements of earth, air, sunshine and
storm, into grass and grain, or the
grass or grain again into beef and
hides.
Thousands of callings besides farm
ing are changing the form or nature
of matter and adding *omrthintj 1o it*
tvJue in the world. And so ail these
useful callings are needed in this
world, and the greater the skill and
intelligent use, the greater the rewards
of latxir. The census shows that
skilled labor in our country receives
double the wages paid to unskilled
labor. The only question between
fanning and other honorable employ
ment is as to the division of profits.
How shall we see to it that the men
who trniifjorm matter in our factories
or tran*jnirl it on our railways shall
not take any of the profits that be
long to the farmer wbofrunjunwfe* the
inert elements of earth and air into
living crops and herds ? The only
way is for farmers to possess as high
a grade of knowledge, and practice
as earful a system of economy, and
pay as close attention to business
methods, as the men who run oar
mills and shops and railways. The
truth aliout it is, there is just as fine
a chance to "get a living by one's
wits," honrMly, on the farm as any
where in the world. The rewards of
superior intelligence and sagacity are
just as great on the average, and
more sure. The life of the educated
and sagacious farmer is quite as
"genteel" as, ami far more independ
ent nnd healthful and inspiring than,
many callings in the city that our
boya think would be so "genteel."
The bright, active country boy should
think twice before be abandons the
farm and homestead of his fathers
for city life.
Wait a Lit tic.
fnun lti AitimlUnU
l>on't turn the cattle on the grass
too early. It is not good for them,
but much worse for the iielda. The
taste of green food they may get will
do them but little, if any, good, and
will vitiate their appetitca, causing
them to become restless, and to re
fuse the dry hay and fodder rations,
until compelled to take them by hun
ger. More than is, the condition
of the ground ia apt to be such that
tbeir heavy weight causes them to
sink their feet deeply into it, carry
ing with tbctn and destroying many
thousand plants. If you have bits
of sod or even clover fields which are
high and dry, and you think they
can Ire partially robbed without seri
ous disadvantage, the ewes, with their
lambs, will make excellent use of it,
and with much less disadvantage than
Hie cattle. 11 should be remembered,
however, that sheep bite close, and if
tbey be turned on a clover field, it
should be so large, compared with
iheir numbers, that tbey will have an
abundant supply without cropping
too closely, and it would be advisable
to give them a liberal feediog of hay
first.
Ir yon must dabble in shares, try
plowshares. No other kind pay such
regular dividends.