Professional Cards. C I>. KAY, Oa ATTORN BY AT I. WV. lIKI.I.KFONTK, I'A.. BpacUl ftttantlon given to tlm rollactiou of claim*. Ofllco adjoining Brin kci In>tY llhiko, CI6 THOMAB J. MCCULLOUGII. A ATTORN F.Y AT LAW, I'IIII.II'hIU RO, I'A. oglce in All>erl Ow.n'e building, in lb. new bum k erly ueennted by the I'hilii—buig llenklng l*ui|any. I EL F . u. IIAHTIXUV. w. r. arrei*. I TASTINGB ft KEEDEK, J 1 ATTORNEVR AT LAW, HHLLKI-ONTB. FA. 'RRc* on Allegheny .Ir.et, two d,eir. eiwt of lb. of flee occupied l>y lata flrtn of Yocutn ft llatin 1 44 -tf \ 6.EVtftta. 11. \ M tE vi >KALH it McKEK, A ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 34-tf Olßc® oppoait® Oourt IIoa.\ Ihdli fonta, Ta. ft. N. TOCL'M *• HilWHlElQlft. VOGUM ft HARSHBEKGEK, J ATTORNEYS AT LAW. nULLKFONTK, FA. (Iffic. on N. K corner ol Diamond and Allegheny*!., In the rooui lately occupied by Yocnm A Haniiitg.. WILLIAM A. WALLACE, BATIB L. garil., IIAK*V r. WALLA. I, WIUJAM 1. WAU.ACI. WALLACE ft KKEKS, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE, Jautiary 1,19*1. CLEARFIELD. PA. "I?LLIS I" OKVIS, J J ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE oppoait a tha Court Houac, uu the 2d floor of A. 0. Villi's ttlldlßg. 1 W c. t. ftlSlAlblß. c. . ftOWlft. 4 LEXANDER A BOWER, iV ATTORNEYS AT LAW, lb Uafunta, Pa., may ha conaultcd in Engliah or Oar man. Office in Oarnian'* Building. 1-ly I?RANK FIELDING, .T LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE. 1,-1 y CLRARFIELD, PA. jAMte 4. EIATIA. J. WIALIT airuAkT. BEAVER A GEPHAKT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. CMBce on Allegheny Btre.l, north of High. Uelle fonte. Pn. 1-ly DF. FORTNEY, • ATTORNEY AT LAW, RBLLKFONTB, PA Laal door to the left in the Court Hone. 'l-ly 10UN BLAIR LINN, rJ ATTORNEY AT LAW, BF.M.KFONTE. PA. Office Allegheny Street, over P.at (iffir**. 21-ly T L. BPANGLER, J a ATTORNBT-AT-LAW, BELLEFONTE. CENTRE COUNTY, P A Special attention to Collection*; prartir*-* in ail the Cmrta; Consultation* in German or E> gliah. l*ly | TAS. KELLER, ■ 17. ATTORNEY AT LAW, W Offlca on Allegheny Street South tide of Lyon'* I ,t r-.8-'i- f nte. 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(| We hv unutußl facilitieg for printing LAW BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, PROGRAMMES, BTATEMKNTB, K .CIRCULARS, BILL IIEAIM, NOTE HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, INVITATION CARDS, • CARTES DE VIBITE, • CARDS ON ENVELOPES, AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKa ■VOrdnrg by mail will receive prompt •ttention. mrPrinting done in the boat tyie, on abort notice and at the lowwt ratea. CIARMAN'S HOTEL, VJI oppo.lt.Court Him... BRLLBFONTB, PA. TBRMB 11.24 PBB DAY. A food Llr.ry attached. 1-1 Wilson, Me Fa rla tto P Co., Hardware 'llealers. HARDWARE! WILSON, McFARLANE & CO. DEALERS IN STOVES, RANGES =HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND HARDWARE. ALLKtIUKNY KTKKKT. .... HUM F.H' BLOCK, .... BKI.LKFONTK, PA. TRAVELER S GUIDE. BELLEFONTE ft SNOW SHOE K. R.—Time-Table la elfecl on and afler March I, MM: Leaves Snow Shoe 5.30*. *.,arrlte in Hellofonte 7.(4 *. a. Leave* ilcllefonte 9.13 . a .arrlret at Snow Shoe 11/it'i A M Hnaw Bhoa 2 f M-.trrlb-i It) BlUfoftt 4.JD t. M. 0 . 1.0AT51 Ilrllrfonta US r * arnrca at BDow Hh'W 7.26 p. m. rt. .h. BLAIII, 0o'l BupftPinumlftßl. HAI.d EAGLE VALLEY KAIL ROAD.—Tinia-Tablr, April : l -M Kxr Mail wiTWAiit. IAITWAIU. E*l> Mail. a. M* r M p *• A \ ]o 7 Arrtrf at Tjrrona L*a*r .... 7 32 t4* n ;i D ft.', lerftAr IjftTjrona 7 .'( * W 7A9 i M " Vftll *• ••• 74i * t>H 7V 647 •• *** KftiU ;; ... 747 02 7 6id M F*lrr • 7 fti •00 i 0 :tl "... " Hannah " ... 785 #IS lii* 35 " Port Matilda " ... 1 l 1 7 f, 17 •• Martha ** ••• ** 07 'i 2A L m r, tvt " Julian M ... * v t'J I >j 5 " I'slootlH* M ... * ® Imi ft ah •• Roow Hhoa In " ... 133 &45 IU Jit " Mll-har* •' ...834 94* ;40 515 ....- " 11*11.font. •• ... 43 95, A 3. 615 " Mllreburg " + i't 5 U " Curtln w . u 510 ** Mount Kaftl* " ... 35 ? •! 6 fl " Howard •• ... *V)lo 37 S .V 4 i'l ..... " B*<let>llla " - 3* 49 J 'g 445 " B.'- h <'r.k " ... 4010 54 ?34 43S " Mill Hall " - 9 .64 II 18 , 'J9 4 w •* Flrtnlngto® " ... Vtill 20 126 426 M leock liaran " *..10 01 11 26 I>ENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. J. —<!*biladr!| ht% an<l Krte H|tla("o >—On and aftrr Dftcrmbaf li, I*7" W KsTWARD. ERIK MAIL rhlladUpbla 11 Wp® m • WHlltuwfi.m "36ft m M •• I>kr k llftfr® •40 • ■ •• Rtinraa.N 10 66 ft tn •• irrlfM at Erl* 736 p m 2VIAOARA KXPRKO* l-a*r# rhiladalphlft. 7 aIN • •* llarrtaborft.... 1" 60ft m 8 •• M'lllUm.port. 2 2* pin •• ftrrirr. at Rrnoto. 4 4o pro ramcrri by ibl train arr.T® in B*H fontr at a...... 4 36 pro PART LINK l-aTf* Philadelphia 11 44 am M •• llarrUhurg 336 p m - • Will Urn-port 730p in " arrtraa at L. k llaran. % 40 p ta RAT WARP. PACIFIC EXPRESS !**• t" k Ilfttrm 40 a ro ** M W illtamp*>rt... ' k f * aro arri*r at llarriahnrg. 11 66 ft tn Mb CI i ■ DAT EXPRESS lft®v#® IPnoto lo | a in •• •• k llavan MMM . 11 2 a ro m • M W'illiamrportl2 40 aro •• at llarriahurg 4 I<> p in •• Philadelphia. 7 >prn KRI K MAIL IWIVM Rea -ro . 35 p m •• M lla**n V 4'< pro M " W illiamaporte. II <Sp 14 iiriTMAilUrrtd 'iri 2 46 a W M •• Philadelphia. 700a in FAST LINE la®**® WlUlaro€|-.rt U 36 a u '* irrirw at llArrid-nrf 1 M •• •• Philadelphia. 736a tn F.ri* Mail Niaftara F.Apram WH|, \s* k llavae Arrorom'olation and Pay Rtprwa mak don* ronofti na at Iforthornbarland with I. ft B. R R train* fr WllkMlarr* and Srantnn. Eri* Mail Wit. Ni%4rara F.tpr*aa W"#at, and Eri Riprvaa W wt, and I^k lla**n 4rn®mdAli"n b malt® rhwa ''-nowtion at M iiliain|>ort witli N.C. R W. train* north Kri< Mail W<at, Niarara r.spr*wa Wait, and Pa) Elpra— Kaat, rrvaka flnoa ronna*ti h at lla**i With R F.VRR traina Erla Mail Eaat and W'*dt ronnart at Fr!* with train* o® L *. A M. H R R .at CVrry with 0 C ft A V R R. at Emporium with R N Y A P R. R.. an 1 a Driftwood with A V R I: Parlor ran will run batw#® V'hiladc!\ hfa an' M'illiam*pßrt on Niacara Ktpf*®® W'wt, Erla F.tpraa M-.t. Philadelphia Evpraaa Ea*t and lay Etpra® Eat, add Sunday Kpr*a Eaat Sl®apint raraon al niftht train*. WE. A lAtD*M*. Oan'l Supavintandant I y c $ \ \ 1 X. CV^cU -%V# JOHN HARRIS, SOLR AORXT, S-nm KKI.I.RroNTF,. PA. MOVFiY Too i r 0t tj A „ r jug HITHAL LIRR inai R ANCR CO. or NRW York, on Aral mortgm*. on lmproTd farm pmporly. In rama not Ima than ti,<**i, and not .araodlng on* third of Ih* prm.nl rain, of th. preynlj. Any portion of th. principal can b. paid of at any Ulna, and II baa Ima th. notm of lha company to permit th. principal to remain an long aa th. borrow*, wlfhao. If th. Intarmt la promptly paid. Apply to CIIARI.KA P. AIIKRMAN.AIforn.ymI too. ATT Court, ntrmrt. Handing, Pa., or to DAYID t. RLINR.Co '. AppraJmr, t-tf Rail.fool., Pa. • For Hale. A FARM contdtlniog Fifty Acres, and having tharoon .rwil a TWO-fTORt PR AMR Rt'tLDntU and onl bnlldlag*. Till. good. Ingolr* of A. J. A T. I ORIRgf, l-i Vntonvlllo,Omtroennal#,rß> I Jfe l) ]Y //ru-rsy^t? LYDIA E. PINK HAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND, I- n t'tirn For nil Ik**# Painful t 'onplala'a and • O oammmm I m mur br*i frmaU pUlloft. A fedlrine fnr Woman, I'rrpirfd by Woman. TV (.mini laMill KaMlk* !>•■ nf ll.Mr*. CF"It reel*"* th* drooping ap'.rlt*, • tknd hirmooi#/ vhr organic function*. ft. elaxt irity in l flrmniNu to IU at* p. rwrt.irr* the ruUurai luatre to the eye, an-1 ; knU n *l>c |*U* rh<-k <-t m*n ILr tr—h F"" .f Ufa'* •prlnft ®r*d PVIJ NMWR tlne. ( 4T"Phy*iciani U® It and Prescribe It Freel) -®B It rwftwna falntn<. flatulency. (MMJI all I-RU ING f r fftimttlant, ft/i-l ruUftW® wooftiKw* of the • ( tooc h. Tht fee 11 lift of brar.nft d-an. raodhf (ftltl, vcight an t l'kvhf, la aiur*** panuuirottf rmred l.y It t> Far Ike rwra af ktdar j (oMpIaUU af either or a tbla (•■p*a*4 I* BMrpMt4. v.rni\K.piKiAM-< rrniriru wi( rtfri veCiir f Hum* r < fr> m te Hi od. %nt • nnm anl eCrwaclh to the *yLm, ut RMUt ortUM) of ChlUi, loilil uft 1*I tlft it. IV th (ha ronpoqwl %&<! Hl <1 Pcrlflft are pf jaml MWaol® Arroo". Lynn. MAN. IrW ><f Hlhrr, sl. Hl* for |X Hrnl by mail In Uf form of pUU, of of laoilf**, n rwr-lpt of jrrira. ft j*t f r r ibrr. Mr* hokhwn r.''oall|r((Ti(if injnlry. Karl<kt4irn(v hrrjdfar|Li. yo family *h oM t without LYDTA P. HnitA* ® Um I IllA Th-r nr i n i*il ML ■ ten/-a, aal torpkht; f (ha urrr fcr*ou (■ rl> v / fl'of mln In Iha limb*, bvt, aiotnach. . r wwt, ii'lii or ihwiMft blwlc*. u> I'l- \ f k: V i 'Tor cramp f-f the Vn vh.. rr''rdlir- i I nwc*. c* Tomitliif. uko reu s*. ■■■■ \ / "Forrwugh, MihK, night tweet*, short- t ' b„ i ;.i.t^ol , r.ut >*. ■■■■* l / "ForrhroßlrriUrrh. hrrmrh|tl*.p|mrlT, \ j and auraUiruatof any klod—l'kai a a.' M* \ "F*r** It the per*'t, m'-t rr-trpt and . I affi- lent Bsedictoo ktecitn u> it.*b. ■BOB \ / "Pttrti |* the Nwt arpetlwr, noreat t f tenlr. ftneat InTlgnrmtor tn the 1..1t end ' / i \ j "If yrti Can't ileep. take I'EJtt WA tlf t I we-ik If wofTir.l mentallr, rent rett, take > y macaa." mmmmmmmmmmmmmm \ "tirrowill hepel'l for the |eet ImpnrlMror . ( mineral that ntapbefutttui In I'kktx*." \ ; K M eTrnrwhere. For mmphW write In y ( B. 11. IIAIIIMAV A < N / If job are irtrk. feel hadljr. er In an 7 way \ , nnweii, lake I'k.at.XA and regulate Uu bow* \ f neeltb \ PATENTS Wo mnttnim to act *Fcillcltnr. fm micnta. f arr-at. Trarto Nark*. (opyrighU. Il&, I r lit* I uiu-l Max-.. I ai.ail*. <ll ha. t'.rigiand. franc* l , (,• rmiui r. rio. w. b" '■ad Ihlrlj-llr > euro' c a pr rftc nr r. l*tonU"htalwl Uir uifh u* arv iKiUrrM in llio an kvnrx- Ammi AV Thi !<mm and *p|.-r*jid im,.. 'n'ol wwklypapor.s3.)lOa yr*r..h"o ih. Phwrvw ►f (Wlnnco. U >-nr Intro-Ming. and ha* an rnont.ua MIUMkIII* A'ldrvw* Ml M A (1), Pat.-t h..:irV MM, inh'aof m-irmrx- amkrk •<<, ST I'ut Row, tow T rk. Hand N■ th ah<nl Palonla fmo. TIIK PATRIOT. A Pennsylvaniii Newspaper for tho General Public. Tb DAII.Y I'ATRDTT l th# ftiily m rn.ng Rl th* HUt# I Th* lA I I.V rATK!rr rf I'emt.yt tni* now* n.e DAII.Y PATRIOT pwUiah*r U# A#whrUU<l Tr## noa *n<| ajiKiaU from all (tnihl*. Tho IIAII.Y PATRIOT git#• por I*4 oft't gmin and prodttov mirliMt. Tho DAII.A' PATRIOT monopoly, ho*lm mil r#nr*lirof<n of |*ow#r. Torma : fd ia |M>r annum, fsfririly lit nltinfo,) or |7 |>#r mnom if m> paid In odtnix-o. f<+ any |ofl"J loo* lhan >no yw at pr<>|->ii<>nalo rat** Tho WKKKI.A PATKKvTIaa Urgo.Oght paper, doTolod Ui HVormlnro. a#tb itltnr*. •***###. nanofar toro*. t#w, market#. #tr Imrirtß |R2 vh ntjmkr will contain an lllnafralh.n of am# promlnonl i-iplr >r ovont Thia la an atirwllr# f.vfnro whlrb 'annol fall lo plaaa. Trriaa ll.'tipar atrnnia. Invariably In aaltanro. Om ropy ,*f tho H M:K I.Y PATRIOT and ono ropy ofibo Philadelphia WP.r.RI.Y TIM W will U aoni ..no yar for s2f* fiah In adranro. than giving ilia Iwo pnpofß for tho •wtwrriptlon pile# of Iho lattor. On# fopy of lha WKKKLY PATRIOT anl on# mpy of tho roTTAOK IIRARTII.an atr#||nl monthly mag. arin#. pnMiahod at IWwton at 91 .An p#r annum, will I* aoal on# y#ar for 11.70roah In nndvanr# A#odln yonr alrlpti"o* at Otw#. Addrvaa PATRIOT prRURRIIIOOO., Ilnrrlahurg. Pa. jgKIN DISEASES CURED! t; Dr. Fra(ir'a Magic Otntm.nl. Cnriw a* If k; magic, Pimple, Mark Head* of limb., Blotche and Rrnptlona n lb. (nr., Iwrt., Ik. dl. rlwr, hallhy .rid kwll(kl. AW. rare Itch, Brt>r . Hrh, *.ll Khii,Tdi.i, Ringworm. kralit lt.nH.rb.ppnl Hand.. *••. Nlppiwi. Kir* Ufa, nM, .Mini. I'lnn nnd M>, Ac. AKIN MAKAAR, P. Drab., R*|., < i.r.land, 0, aulfarad byon.l oil dn KrlfHlnn fro*. . .kin diMw.. which appmrrd on hi. h.nda, h<wH and h., and .iwi; d.*try.<l hi* nr. Th. rnnal nrdai dortcrlng UM to h.tp him. and *f l.f *ll had MM h wd Pr. fmht'i Magi. iHMm.nl and a*, rami hp . f.w application*. •#~Tb And nod Ml> poU*a cor* Aw ah la dhmoam ar Hiarw.td. •ant by mall on roelM of arte., Firrr Caam. lIkNRV A Co , A. I. Ptopr'a j Vaoay St.. Haw York, for Mind, Blooding, Ilrhlng or ClnnM film Dr. Willlom'a lama* oiaromr la a an* nor*. Prlra sl,llO, by moll, tor ml. by Drnggtato. ably A WRIR. slt ■ day at bom. molly mnda i u ' ally On lilt fro*. AddrmaTßCß A 00„ AO fgato, Main. Ik-ly ©he Centre democrat. II KL L KFONTK, J' A . AGMCtrLT-JEAL. NEWS, FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS. TUB TEXT nr TUB NATIOHII SBI.TABE IX TUB IXTEU.I UEXI.'E AMU rB'XEEHITr Of TUB rABNBB. Every farmer in hm annual experience diseovere eomething of value. Write it ami tend il to the. "Agrieultural Editor of the Dkmoi kaT, Hellefonte, I'enn'a," that other fnrmern may hare thr benefit of it. Let eommunicationn be timely, and b' eure that they are brief and well pointed. It is a rare thing to have so long continued a low range of the ther mometer as prevailed since the 10th instant, at this season of the year. It seems almost impossible that fruit shall not have sulfered to a very great extent. We shall be much in terested in reports from those of our readers who sowed their clover seed during the lirst ten days of the month. We fear many will mourn that "clover is not a good catch this year." The old QUAKER said to his son: "John, never get trusted, hut if thee gets trusted for anything let it lie fur manure, because that will help thee pay it back again. Tukkk is no "guess work'' and no shade of uncertainty as to the man ner of producing good crops. Plants must be fed if they are to be pro ductive and the farmer who users but little manure should not complain if iiis crops are small. A New York farmer states that he uses only coal gas tar to prevent the ravages of the potato beetle. He puts a gallon of tar in a tub, over which he pours boiling water, which is al lowed to settle and cool. This is sprinkled over the vines with an or dinary sprinkler. A gallon of tar, costing T.*> cents, suflices for several acres of i>otalocß. 1 AM fully convinced that farms can never grow old and worn out if clover and sheep arc grown on them. One with the other is Irettcr than either alone. Taking into considera tion the benefit our farmers derive from sheep, we can aiford to sell wool very cheap; so cheap that 1 do not care to say how low the price can IK-. The safety of sheep stock i-- another point not always considered, as, if he dies, he leaves his wool or |*dt to pay his loard since his last clip. He dies out of debt to bis owner, and if the owner does not secure the goods and chattels of the deceased, it is not the sheep's fault. In fact, from the hour of his birth he in-gins to pay bis board, by scattering ma nure wherever you allow him to run. l*. 1\ Richmond. Relentless War on nil Insects. ri.tU *i| h)% U' *t>! if boxes are placed in the orchards | with holes small enough to keep out ! the blue birds and our pugnacious sparrows, the wrens will build in them, but not unless the boles are small enough for them to barely en ter. Reing very small in size, the wren will sink such boxes for pro lection, and they will wage relentless war on all insects. Washing tho Bark Country <s't>t!"Tu*n We have always regarded good cul tivation as more im|>ortant than wu*h ing the bark of fruit trees with lime, soap or potash, and that is one reason why trees which are washed grow lict ter than others is Is-oaum those who take the pains to wash tin- bark 'ake lieiter care in other ways. Never theless, the wnshing of the bark may benefit the trees to a certain extent, at the same time that the appearance will lie improved. If lime is used, it should lie ao thinly mixed with water as not to form a crust, or to give a white coating to the bark. Potash should lie so weak as not to corrode the bark of young trees. One of the best applications, how ever, appeal's to lie a solution of aloes in warm water, which readily de stroys the insects and their eggs in the bark. Where and How to Apply Fortfl icers. From <hw Agrimltariet. It in often diflicult to decide—for btm-ytrd or stable manures, or for any artificial fertilizer—whether to apply it on the surface, or bury it deeply. Here in a hint or two. If not strong enough to injure the first tender roots, a little manure near at hand gives the plant a good send off, like nourishing food to the young calf or other animal; the aftergrowth la much better if the young animal or plant ianot dwnrfed by imperfect and insufficient diet. Therefore, drilling innocuous hand fertilizers in with the •eed is useful, as is putting some well-rolled milnlire or lynched ashes into hills of corn, potatoes, indeed with all planted seeds. But there arc good reasons for distributing moat of the manures or fetilizers all through the toil, and as deeply as the plant roots can possibly pene trate. The growth and vigor of all plants or crops depend chiefly upon a good supply of strong roots thu stretch out far, arxl thus gather food over the widest extent of soil. If a nourishing stalk of coin, grain, or grass, be carefully washed, so as to have all its roots or rootlets attached, there will be found a wonderful mass of hundreds and even thousands of roots to any plant, and they extend oir a long distance, frequently several feet—the farther tho belter, to collect more food and moisture. I'ut some manure or fertilizer in place two feet away from acorn or potato hill, or from almost any plant, and a large mass of roots will go out in that direction. So if we mix manures or fertilizers well through the whole soil, they attract these food-seeking roots to a greater distance ; arid they thus come in contact with more of the rood already in the soil, and find more moisture in dry weather. A deeply stirred soil, with manure at the bottom, develops water-pumping roots below the reach of any ordi nary drouth, and the crops keep right on growing—all the more rapidly on account of the helpful son's rays that would scorch a plant not reach ing a deep moisture. Kocp tho Lambs Over. < n. .( Cov&try Gtnllcttiq, It ia profitable to keep lambs over one winter and sell in spring as "shearlings," clipping the fleece early in the spring. I speak now of "South downs." With judicious feeding. Southdown shearling lambs will weigh 150 pounds, and if the market is watched will bring 0 cents per pound, bearing in mind the high favor in which Southdown mutton stands compared with other sheep. This price can easily be obtained from year to year. The wool of the .South down always tops the list, and i* worth on an average 40 cents per pound. I am yearly being more convinced that tire farmer who sells a lamb when 4 months old commits a griev ous blunder to iris own hurt. Let us figure a little : The value of a fleece of say 7 pounds, at 40 cents per pound, isfg.SO: the carcass of, say 150 pound*, at fi cents, is 80—in all, $ll.BO. iH-duct $ the selling price of a lamb at 1 months old, and we find the farmer has $-.<• f or the keeping of the lamb from 1 months old until sold as a shearing. Soulhdowns are hearty ; more can 1m- kept to the acre than any other breed ; their wool and mutton always brings a high price, and in other re sjM-ets for general utility they stand away ahead of all others. I have not any Kouthdowns for sale, and these lines arc penned hastily for the purpose of eliciting still more infor mation upon the |oint touched as to the keeping of all iambs till they are "one shear." Cultivation of Millet. <Vr (f .1-lit G.nllwi.i. Some- ten years' experience in growing millet for a forage an<l bay crop, baa given me atich a very favor able opinion in regard to it. that 1 tliiirk it is more profitable to farm without meadow*—relying upon clo vt r, in rotation with ot her grain crop* and millet, to supply the want of the *toek for bidder—than to devote so much land to meadow*. This crop is rich in the albuminoids, so essential for the production of milk, and 1 know of no dry food that is more valuable, and 1 esteem it aliovc the liest timothy or red-top for that pur pose. I always sow a full bushel of 50 pounds |H'r acre, for several reasons : When sown thickly, the growth is more to foliage than to stalk, and by crowding, a finer quality of fodder is prfiduced. The priee of seed usually ranges from $ 1.25 to $2 per bushel. As last summer was a most remarkablo season to mature crops, it is to be presumed that prices will lie low the present season. When a person has once commenc ed to raise millet—and finds that he has a genuine variety of any of the popular sorts —the lictter way then is for him to save his own seed, which can le very cheaply done if he has a tight barn floor. As no one will usually need over ten bushels of seed, a fourth of an acre of the best of the crop can be allowed to stand until thoroughly ripe. It can lie easily cut and brought to the barn, and the seed when dry, can be trodden out with horacs or colts, and then cleaned up. II the seed ia not all removed no losa will result, as the straw will lie fed to stock. Another way is to run it through a threshing machine, saving the greater part of the seed. Top-Dressing is Always a Benefit. n F. It was noticed, a long time since, that in sections where the noil was very or only moderately fertile, the dust blown from highways on the ad jacent fields acted, in some cases, as s strong, and, in nearly all, as s bene ficial fertilizer. The conclusion was thus jumped at that limestock rock, ground fine, would act in tbe same way ; but experiments with it did not justify the expense incurred, snd thst method of ferUtizing wss abandoned. Nevertheless, practical men have long since discovered that a top-dressing of any kind has an influence for good on crops ont of ail proportion to tbe amount used. Thus, for exsmple, on the strong cisy lands of the winter wheat regions of Illinois, where the i * / - . . ■ . ■ . Noil lacks nothing for the wheat crop but vegetable matter, and nothing for com except that of moiature, It in found the lightest kind of a top dressing of manure acts marvelously In increasing the yield of the cereals. ly some these astonishing effects are attributed to the fungous spores in the manure, which act as yeast acts, and set up the phenomena of nitrifi cation. which seems to be essential to ali soils where great crops of the cereals are produced. Just why these things are so we do not yet know, but we do know that a top-dressing of almost any kind iB a benefit, both to the crops and the land, and may be indulged in, in almost any case, with the certainty of getting well paid for the work done. Why Some Farmer Do Not Suc ceed. f'Mit'i *r 11 l irtiien' Monthly. They are not active and industrious. They are slothful in everything. They do not keep up with improve ments. They are wedded to old methods. They give no attention to details. They think small things not impor tant. They take no pleasure in their work. Tiicy regard labor as a misfortune. They weigh and measure stingily. They bum wood when there is no need. They an; wasteful and improvident. They arc fretful and impatient. They ruin stock by low fencing. They let their gates sag and fall down. They will not make compost. They let their fowls roost in the trees. They have no shelter for stock. They do not curry their horses. They leave their plows in the field. They hang the harness in the dust. They put olf greasing the wagon. They starve the calf and milk the cow. They let their pigs thump in the dust. They go to town without business. They don't know the best is the cheapest. They have no method or system. They go out too often to'see a man.' They have no ear for home enter prise. They sec no good in a new thing. They never use paint on the farm. They plant very late in the spring. They stack fodder in the field. They prop the barn door with a rail. They let the horse stand in the rain. They let the clothes dry on the fence. They let the hoops fall from the tubs. They neglect to trim up the trees. They have no shelter for wood. They milk the cows late in the day. They burn out the stoves with a blnzc Tln-y have no time to do things well. They have no garden in the fall. They don't believe in rotation of crops. They sec no use in variety. They sec no diirerencc in seeds. Points for Sheep Growers. At the annual meeting of the Kan sas Wool-Growers' Association, held at Topcka in January last, it was substantially agreed to as the expres sion of the meeting that,as a geneiai thing, washing is not likely to prove profitable; that dipping in tobacco juice w ill eradicate lice, with which a number of flocks were reported troubled ; that the bounty on wolf scalps should be increased, and the legislature earnestly urged to pass an effective dog law ; that straight brmling, rather than crossing of the different breeds, was most desirable ; and that millet, given in reasonable quantities, was not harmful to breed ing ewes. Sure to Come. U ?t Arnold, In Farmer*' Advocate The large lots of milk from the protracted drought of last season should admonish dairymen of llie danger of letting the spring go by without making Rome provision in lime for supplying green food in a mid-summer drought, which, for a longer or shorter term, will be very sure to come. A stitch in time, etc. Hut no one need bug the delusion that applying to one part of a farm the products of another part, will make one part rich without impover ishing the other. THE man who year after year, al lows manure to lie in his barnyards is pretty sure, sooner or later, to lack the money to pay for phosphate and other fertilisers. CAB KFCI. thought may involve hard work, but when it is devoted to the legitimate business of the farm, it invariably proves to be labor well in vested.— Maria <md (Janim. FAHMINO withouljudicious reading and careful study, has the odds against it. Toiling' and sweating is not enough. StTKamosriiATK, guano,nitrate of soda, etc., etc., are the soup, and dung ia the roast beef of the plant's dinner table. TBEAR is no danger of using too much manure tor early cabbages.
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