Professional Cards.
SD. RAY,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, l'A.
Special attontlou givon to Iho collection of claims.
Office adjoining BrockerliolT Houi\
THOMAS J. McCULLOUGH,
1 ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PIIILIPSBURG, PA.
Office in Albert Oweu'a building, in 'Be room term
erly occupied by the I'liilipaburg Ranking Company.
i-iy. _
n. H. HASTIJinS. w - '■ KSEDBK.
1 TASTINGS A REEDER,
j 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office on Allegheny street, two doors east of theof
fice occupied by late tlrin of Yocum & Hastings. 40-tl
S. 11. PSAtl* u - A - 51 KKI!-
I3EALE & McKEE,
1 ATTORNBYB AT LAW.
81-tf omco opposite Court Itonso, liellefonte, I u.
H H. YOCUM. "• ItARSifIIKBOBU.
VOCUM & HARSHBEIIGER,
JL ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office on N E. corner ot Diamond and Allegheny-st.,
in tlio room lately occupied by Yocnm A ilaslinc-.
WIM.IAM A. W ALt ACS, PAVIO UK 1.1 IS.
UAKUV r. WALI.ACK, AVU.UAM K. WAIAAOB.
"\X7-ALLACE A KREBS,
V T LAW AND COLLECTfON OFFICE,
January I,lßd. CI.EAItFIF.LD. PA.
I7LLIS L. OR VIS,
\ j ATTORNEY AT L\W.
liFFICE opposite the Court 11 cll.ee, on tlio 2d floor of
A. O. Furat'a building. 3-stf
C. T. ALSXASnt>n. c. M. BOWkB.
V LEXANDEII & BOWER,
2 V ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
liellefonte, Pa., may bo consulted In Euglish or Oer
man. Office in Oarman's Building. 1-ly
T7RANK FIELDING,
Jt LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE,
12-ly CLEARFIELD, PA.
JAM CH A. BRA VSR. J. WESLEY OEPUART.
"IJ BAYER A GEPIIART,
JUJ ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office on Allegheny street, north of High. Belle
finite, Pa. . }~}S
DV. FORTNEY,
, ATTORN BY-AT-IJ AW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Last I|l>or to tlio loft in tlie Court llunse. G-ly
JOHN BLAIR LINN,
TF ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLKFONTE, PA.
ORlce Allegheny Street, over Tost Office.^
¥ L. SPANG LEII,
RL * ATTOHNEY-AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY, PA.
Special attention to Collections; practices in all the
Courts; Consultations in (lerinan or English. 1-1)
S. KEtiLER,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office on Allegheny Street riuutli Bile of Lyon's
■tore, Bellefonte, Pni l ~ l >
m C. HIPPLE,
1 . ATTORNEY-ATI. AW.
LOCK HAVEN. PA.
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W.M. P. MITCHELL,
PRACTICAL SURVEYOR,
LOCK IIAVEN, PA.,
Will attorn) to all work in Clearfield, Centre and
Clinton comities.
OBlc. opposite Look Haven National Rank. AO-TY
WC. LIEINLE,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BELLEFONTE, PA.
Office in Conrad Ilonso, Allegheny street.
Special attention Riven to tlie collection of claims.
All baslneas attended to promptly. *l-1/
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
CLEARFIELD, PA.
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nK. HOY. M. D. (
• Office ill Couruil House, shove Fortney's
Law Office, BELLEFONTE. PA.
Special attention given to Operative Surgery and
Chronic Diseases. Li-ty
DR. .IAS. 11. DOBBINS, M. D.,
PIiVSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Office Allegheny St.,over Zeigler> Drugstore,
|a tf * HKLLKFONTK. PA.
H \B- J. vv. RHONE, Dentist, can
1 / be found at his office and residence on North
side or High stieet three doors East of Allegheny,
Bellefonte, Pa. lrt -U
liusi iiens Curds.
HARNESS MANUFACTORY
in Oarnittu'd New lilork,
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T? P. 15LAIR,
y # JKWKLKR,
WATCHES, CI.OCKh, JEWELRY, AC.
Alt work neatly execute*!. On Allegheny street,
antler Bruckerhuff House. 4-tf
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t". 111 . MUJGOISTS,
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r- All the Btandunl I'.Uent Medicine* Pre-! <
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5. ' 4 * lf £
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THIRST NATIONAL RANK OF
l 1 lIKLLEFONTK,
Allegheny 8tr, Bellefonte, Pa. 4-tf
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GAKMAN'S HOTEL,
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TBHMB 1.i16 PKR DAY
A gooil Livery attached. 1-1.
WUBon, McFarlane+Jb Co., Hardware Dealers.
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"VVITjSON", MOPABLANE & CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES I HEATERS.
ALSO
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AND
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TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
BELLEFONTE & SNOW SHOE
11. K.—Tiiue-Tublo in eifoct on and aftor March
I, 1882 :
heaves Snow Shoe 5.2( A. M., arrives in Bellcfonte
7.24 A. M.
Leaves Bellofoiitc 9.12 A. M., arrives at Suow Shoe
11.2.0 A. M.
heaven Snow Shoo 2.20 P.M., arrives in liellefonte
4.20 P. M.
heaves liellefonte 4.45 p. M., arrives at Snow Shoe
7:25 P. M. S. S. l'h \IK, GenT Superintendent
J >ALI) EAGLE VALLEY RAIL-
A J ROAD. —Time-Table, April 29, 1889:
Exp. Mail. WESTWARD. EACTWAKII. Exp. Mall.
A. M. I>.M. P M. A.M.
4 Id 7 02 Arrive at Tyrone Leave..... 7 32 8 18
8 3 0 55 Leave East Tyrone Leave... 7 39 8 55
7 5'J (I 51 " Vail " ... 742 85g
755 947 " Bald Eagle " ... 747 !t 02
748 li 30 " Foivler " ... 762 'J 00
742 023 " llauuab " •••%, 65 013
735 0 -J.;, " Port Matilda " ... 800 0 111
727 017 " Martha " ... 807 025
718 OOH " Julian " ... 815 032
7 0 5 *>7 4i Utnonville 14 ... 823 0 3 4 J
700 548 41 Snow Shoe In 44 ... 822 i! 45
USO 645 44 Mllenburg 44 ... 834 948
g4O 525 44 liellefonte 44 ... 84 3 967
U2O 525 '• Mile-dong 44 ... 8541 008
g25 515 44 Curtin 44 ... 00010 19
glB 5 44 Mount Eagle. 44 ... 912J0 25
g 9 501 44 Howard 44 ... 920 10*37
555 450 44 Kaglcville 44 ... 03810 49
5 50 445 44 l!ech Creek 44 ... 940 10.54
534 433 44 Mill Ilall 44 ... 06411 10
;29 480 44 Flemiugton 44 ... 967 11^20
5 25 425 44 Lock Haven 44 ...10 01 11 25
I PENNSYLVANIA RAILROA D.
1 —{Philadelphia and Erie Division.) —On am!
liter December 12, 1H77 :
WESTWARD.
ERIK M Alh leaves Philadelphia 11 65 pn,
• 4 44 Hurrishurg 425 an.
14 44 Williainsport 836a ID
" 44 hock Haven 9 40 an.
•• " Ronovo 10 r,rm n
11 arrives at Krie t 7 25 p n.
NIAGARA EXPRESS leaven Philadelphia... 7 20 ain
44 •• Harrishuig.... IN .JO A H,
44 14 WilliatiiHport. 2 20 p m
14 arrive- at Kctiovo 4 40 p ID
Passengers hy thin truiu arrtve in lielle
fonte at 4 25 p ni
EAST LINK leaves Philadelphia 11 45 u u
44 44 Ilmrisbuig 235 p n
44 44 Williauifcport 720p in
44 arrives at hock liaven 840 p m
EASTWARD.
PACIFIC EXPRESS leaves Lock Haven 40 an,
44 44 Willianisport... 755 an.
44 arrives at Harrishurg 11 65 a in
44 44 Philadelphia.... 2 45 pn.
DAY EXPRESS leaves Rmiiovo 10 10 a rr
44 14 hock Haven 11 2(1 a a
44 44 WillianMport 12 40 an.
44 arrives at Hurrisbnrg 4 lop m
44 , 44 Philadelphia. 7 20 p n
ERIK MAIL leaves Renovo 8 35 p ni
44 44 ho k Haven 045 p n
44 44 Willhitusport. 11 05 p n
44 at rive* at Hnrrishurgs. 2 45am
44 44 Philadelphia 7 00a m
FAST LINK leaves WiilhintMport 12 36 a m
44 arrives at Uanrisburg... 3 68 a ni
44 41 Philadelphia 735 a m
Erie Mail West, Niagara Kxpre** Ue|, Lock Haven
Accommodation Weft nr d Day Express East, tuak*
close connections at Northumberland with L. A 11. R
R. trains for Wilkeshnrre and Srmutofi.
Erie .Mail West, Niagara Express West, and Erie
Express West, and hock Ilr.ven Accommodation West,
make close connection at Willfutnsport witn N. C. R.
W. trains north.
Erie Mail West, Niagara Express West, and Day
Express East, make chee connection at Lock Haven
With R. E. \ . R -R. trains.
Erie Mail East ami West connect at Erf *• with trains
on L. S. A* M. S. R R..a (Vrrj with L\ AA.V. R
R., at Ein|Mirium with K. N. Y. A P. R. K., ami at
Driftwood with A. V. R. IJ.
Parlor cars will run hetweet. Philadelphia and
Willisnirtport on Niagara Kx| rrst. West. Erie Express
West, Philadelphia Express East and Day Express
East,and Sunday Express East. Hlseplng carson all
night trains. WM. A. RU.PWIN,
Oeti'l Superliitendent.
/ N
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v -e>- \
\CtijLb y
JOHN HARRIS,
SOLE AOJCNT,
2-fim BELLEFONTE, PA.
MOiWY To Loan atG per Ct.
XUV/AY IJ I „ Y TIIK MUTUAL LIFE INSUR
ANCE CO. OF NEW YORK, on flr.t luurtgage, on
IxproTml farm |iro|x-rty, in .um. not l' than #2,000,
and not axciwdiug one-third of 111. prcut valua of
tb property. Any portion of tlio principal can be
paid Oil 111 any time, mid It baa been tbe cu.totn of the
company to |erinlt Hie privcipal to remain aa iong a.
tbe twrrowor wlaliea, If the Inlere.t |i prooiptly paid.
Apply to
CHARLES P. SHERMAN.Attorn.y-at-law,
627 Court, at reel, Reading, Pa.,
or to DAVID Z. KLIN B, Co.'a Apprulner,
2-tt Hellefonte.Pa.
For' Sale.
A FARM containing Fifty Acres,
and having thereon erected a TWO-STORY
FRAME BUILDING and outbuildings. Title good.
Inquire of A. J. k T. fi. GRIKHT,
tf-I UoiuiiTillf, Centre conntjf, Pa.
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NEWS, FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
tit TUT or TIIE NATIONAL WELPAUE 10 Till INTELLI
GENCE AND I'UOKCEP.ITV Or THE PAKMEK.
Every farmer in hie annual, experience
discovers something of value. Write it and
send it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
Dkmockat, Uellefonte, J'cnn'a," that other
, farmers may have the benefit of it. Let
communications be timely, and be sure that
they are brief and well pointed.
Advantages of Stirring the Soil
After Showers and Before it
Hardens.
(Jor. of Hoi:tli uml West.
Farmers do not always form a
proper estimate of the advantages of
stirring the soil after showers before
it hardens. The whole field, garden
or truck patch should be worked over
after every rain as soon as it is in
proper order. Quick movement is
worth a great deal at such a time.
It is a great saving of time, labor,
patience, wear and tear. The weeds
arc killed or kept down before they
make much growth, or before they
grow, and vegetation is soothed and
nourished by the moving of the
moist, crumbling soil ; and if roots
and spongiolis are broken they heal
rapidly, and their growth and exten
sion is greatly facilitated.
The wear and tear of plough
points, harness and cultivators in
hard, dry soils, especially if they be
clay, is not duly considered, and the
expense of keeping tools in order
when compelled to he used in such
soils are items of considerable mag
nitude. Plants that are worked in
most seasons, if the roots are broken,
do not faint, or wither and require
reaction, but proceed in luxriance
and growth.
After showers there is generally a
pleasant coolness, and the men and
teams do more and better work and
with increased ease and comfort per
form the day's labor. While there
is season plough and stir. The stir
ring and pulverization is more com
plete and the crops receive the full
advantage of tillage. All this and a
great deal more being true, the mo
tive for prompt exertion must be ap
parent and strong, and no good
farmer would neglect the use of op
portunities that add so much to the
growth of his crops and to the re
duction of expenses and labor.
Some Neglected Extras.
''Croppie" in tli Tribune. •
It is a well known fact that the
majority of farmers who attend the
i markets in our largo cities rarely
oiler anything for sale excepting the
j usual staple articles—butter, poultry,
eggs, and maybe a few apples—that
have been found there from time im
morial. But I know of at least one
■ striking example of a wealthy farmer
who, in his younger years, was con
stantly planting a few raspberries,
currants, blackberries, and even rhu
barb and asparagus, who annually
set out a few peach trees, and an oc
casional half-dozen pears or cherries.
In his young orchards rows of straw
berries were dibbled in, and every
season a few hundred tomato plants
found a home. A suitable place was
appropriated for several croppings of
sweet corn and the later plantings, so
that frost did not nip them, paid the
best. To be sure, ail these seemed
like silly notions to his practical old
timc neighbors, but as the product
did not entail much additional ex
pense in the growing, and none what
ever in the selling, at the end of the
year our sagacious friend possessed
a neat little balance to his credit, suf
ficient, in fact, to pay his interest, as
well as to make a partial reduction
ou the principal invested in the farm.
As years rolled on his land was
gradually cleared of all incumbrance,
and then it was really astonishing
how fast the sum "laid by for a rainy
day" increased ; and yet this was
mainly accomplished through the
agency of the odds anil ends that
most farmers, and many of thein
thrifty too, utterly ignore as beneath
their notice.
What is Mulching?
! Aiuorimn ARl tiirin! for May.
Having used the term Mulch for
these many years, we were desirous
of learning its origin, and after much
search through cyclopedias and dic
tionaries, find it is derived from the
Hebrew word for partly rotten straw.
L'u lon says : "Mulching consists in
laying a circle of litter around newly
planted trees to retain the natural
humidity of the soil." Ilenlly, mulch
ing is whatever will prevent evapora
tion from the soil, and in An encan
practice is even extended to mellow
earth, keeping the surface of the, soil
light by constant stirring so tliut it
will lm a poor conductor of heat.
Still, by mulching, is generally un
derstood the placing of some ma
terial upon the soil that will prevent
evaporation, and it is of little const -
qucnce what this material may lie.
Chips, sticks, tan-bark, sawdust,
straw, litter from the stables, leaves,
grass, or small stones—whatever will j
cover the ground and prevent evapo- '
ration may lie used as a mulch. We
liuve known coal ashes to lie used,
and much virtue ascribed to the ashes,
while they only prevented too rapid
evajwration. Wc once visited a place
upon which there were many fine
evergreens; the ewner claimed that
his success in planting was due to
I placing flat stones from a neighbor
| ing quarry around the newly Het
i trees. The atones, no doubt, did ex
i cedent service, as any other stones
would have done —they simply served
to keep the ground beneath them
moist —as a mulch. The action of a
mulch being merely mechanical, it
makes no difference as to the ma
terial. The natural mulch is leaves,
which not only prevent evaporation
from below, but allow the rain to pass
between them to add to the moistnre
of the soil. It is no doubt within
the experience of every one that the
earth beneath a stone, a board, or
whatever has laid upon the surface, is
always moist. This condition may
be produced over a large surface, by
merely covering it with any material
that will prevent evaporation. With
all newly set plants, whether trees or
small plants in the garden, a little
litter, or whatever may be on hand,
will he of great benefit. Let any one
who doubts its value mulch a part of
his strawberry bed, and leave a part
of it uncovered ; lie will be convinced
of the value of mulching.
Testing State Fair Prize Grain.
I'mctiual Farm or.
Formerly, when a premium was
awarded by the Pennsylvania State
Agricultural Society, for the best
varieties of grain shown at its annual
exhibitions, the successful exhibitor
kept the grain and pocketed the pre
mium. Now the society requires that
samples of grain which have won the
premiums, be left with the Secretary,
to be tested. A committee consisting
of members from Ave different agri
cultural districts, is appointed to
conduct the experiments, the specific
object of which is to determine,
by subjecting all the varieties of
grain to the same treatment what one
of them is the best adapted to the
district in which it is being tested,
and, by a comparison of results,
what variety is most worthy of gen
eral introduction.
With commendable public spirit,
the experiments for Eastern Penn
sylvania have been undertaken by
Mr. David 11. Branson, on his farm
about two miles south of Atglen,
Chester county.
The wheat being reported ready to
cut, the experimental plats were in
spected on Thursday of last week by
the chemist of the society, Dr. Alfred
L. Kennedy, who expresses himself
well pleased with the results of the,
examination. The location of the
plats is upland, sufficiently distant
from the limestone belt, natural drain
age good, soil a warm loam, naturally
excellent but not rich. Plats ten
feet by three hundred, with a passage
one and a-half foot wide between
them. They had been similarly plow
ed, harrowed and manured, and thir
teen and a-half pounds of wheat drill
ed in eao'h, on tiic 3d of last October,
the con/lition of the ground having
heifc. unfavorable to an early sowing.
'£% lie prize wheats were :
1. iktoit?, Aoirf.Mr. Foster, Cumber
land county.
2. Mai tin's Amlrer, from Catawissa.
3. Roger's - White, from Philadel
phia.
4. Stubble Bed, from Mr. Buyer,
Cumberland county.
ft. Mediterranean, two yeais from
importation.
All the plats indicated excellent
farming, the crop 9 both in straw
and head looking well. Despite thq
violent storm of wind and rain of the
preceding evening none of the grain
had lodged. The degree of maturity
was about uniform, and arrangements
were made to cut all on the following
day. Each to be bound, stored, thresh
ed, weighed and exhibited at next
fair, separately. Of the plats the
finest was No. 2, in size, weight and
fullness of grain, and height and
thickness of straw. The "berry" of
No. 5 was also remarkably plump.
Of the rest No. 3 appeared to be the
least promising, but the true test is
the scales, and we shall give our read
era the results as soon as received.
The oat plats were examined next
and the surface, soil and aspect found
to be similar.
Russian, from P. M. Ferry k Co.,
Detroit.
Russian, from J. D. Kirk patrick.
.Mercer county.
White, from D. 11. Branson, Ches
ter county.
Both in head and size o r grain the
Russian will maintain its superiority,
but whether the Michigan or the
I'etinsylvanian i 9 the better, the bal
ance and not the eye must determine.
Willi the exception of the plats de
voted to the Russian, the Held, a
large one, was in white oats in the
regular course of rotation, and cer
tainly there was no finer in the
neighborhood.
Mr. Branson is a famous raiser of
Indian corn of which he has three
platß, containing respectively, Chester
County Mammoth Gourd, Yellow
Gourd and l.cmmings—but the sea
son is 100 early to permit an estimate
to be formed of their relative merits.
He is a representative farmer to
whom the State Society and his fel
low farmers owe a debt of gratitude
for bis earnest and unselfish efforts to
promote the cause of agriculture.
IT will pay every farmer to plant
grapevines. If not able to buy vines
plant cuttings.
Big Profits in Cultivation.
Wulilo V. Brown.
With our modern implements the
cost of cultivating an acre of corn
once is hut little, if any, above the
average price of a bushel of corn,
and certainly each extra plowing will
add more than this to the crop.
Tillage in Manure.
W. K. !:: Kiwtvlow Furin Talks.
I presume there are many farmers
who think that all the benefit a corn
crop receives from cultivation is to
keep it free from weeds, but every
year of practice and observation 011
the farm convinces me of the truth
of the adage, "Tillage is manure,"
and that through the constant culti
vation adds plant food to the soil,
and not only increases the crop, but
actually improves the soil for a suc
ceeding crop.
A Crying Need.
American Cultivator.
The special advantages of sheep
farming, which, as compared with
that of other stock, may be summed
up as fuliows : Fewer risks by death,
two crops per annum, consolidating
light soils, rich manure at all times,
more easily kept on poor pastures,
less cost in building and winter man
agement, greater returns for money
invested. To-day the crying need of
agriculture is a more general incorpo
ration of sheep into the economy of
the farm.
Notes on Indian Corn.
Prof. Ileal in American Agriculturist.
To improve corn, one should study
the plants on which he intends to ex
periment, Let him take pattern after
the successful breeder of animals. The
latter studies the animals which are
mated. Let a breeder of corn select
some of the best stalks in his field,
cover the young ears before the 'silk'
comes in sight. Then take pollen
from a stalk very much like the one
which is to bear the seed corn. Save
the best ear, plant in a good place
by itself, and cultivate well. Con
tinue this work, and in a few years
he can make almost anything he
chooses of his corn. One should let
no peculiarity of com escape his at
tention. See which endures dry
weather best; notice the height of
the upper ear, the stalk, the earliness,
the number of nodes, whether the
stalks are slender or stout; whether
the ears have long or short husks,
long or short, large or small shanks,
etc, This is a fascinating study, and
he who w ill begin an intelligent series
of experiments looking to the im
provement of corn, will be quite sure
to succeed. lie will interest and
profit himself, and also become a
benefactor to bis race.
Bftld and Bearded Wheats.
If. !.. Wytor. in floral New Yorker.
, What are tlie advantages of beard
ed wheats ? They are hardier, tiller
more, and grow on thinner and more
exposed sods than the bald. They
are seldom attacked by mildew, and
if they are so, are never very serious
ly injured. 1 f they are laid or lodged
by storms or other causes, the ears
are measurably well fdied, which is
not the case with the bald kinds. If
we leave out the bald while Hints, the
bearded excel in making a rich yellow
flour, which, while not as white, com
mands fully as high a price in the
markets as that made from the bald
, white flint sorts. In confirmation of
this, it may he stated that our Rich
mond millers pay from 10 to 15 cents
more per bushel for the Longberry
than they do for Fultz, which is, as
they term it, too soft; that is, con
tains too large a percentage of starch.
Finally, 1 do not remember ever hav
ing seen smut in bearded wheats. 1
have seen fields ot Fultz so full of
smut that it could he smelt at a dis
tance of 50 yards from the field.
What are the objections to bearded
wheats? Their straw is too sod;
they are, therefore, not suited to rich
or alluvial soil, on which they fre
quently lodge or fall flat. The
beards, too, retaining water after a
rainfall, the straw bends beneath the
increased weight, and is laid 113' the
wind. Further, alter the wheat is
dried in the shock, the chart' falls
away Irom and paitly exposes the
grain, which wastes considerably in
hauling to the stack or barn. [This
seems to us a weighty objection.—
Kns.J Lnstty, the beards make the
wheat very disagreeable to handle
both in harvesting and in threshing.
111 some mysterious way they creep
through the clothes and keep the
skin in a constant state of irritation,
particularly if the weather is hot.
They are also probably not the best
things in the world to be fed to cat
tle in the straw.
I)U. E. Licwrs STURKKVANT SAJ-S
that if one good ear from each atalk
could Ite secured, there would be no
difficulty in obtaining maximum crops
of 200 bushels of shelled corn j>er
acre, as the farmer cau as well fci
tilize for this amount of crop as for
lesa and the culture is the same for a
large crop as a small one. A fruitful
stalk occupies no more room for
growth than a barren stalk.
A CLOVER field is the place to pas
ture hogs. They come up in the fal
in good prime condition for getting
hardened in with corn.