Professional Cards. SD. RAY, , ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLKFONTE, PA. Special attention given to the collection of claims. Olßco adjulnlng Hrockerhoff limine. 4-L' rpHOMAS J. McCULLOUGH, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PUILIPSBUBG, PA. (Iltlce in Albert Owen's hiiilding, In the rqpm form cr |y occupied by the Pldllpsbuig Banking Company. D. H. HABTINOB. *• *• AWIE. HASTINGS & REEDER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLKFONTE, PA. onicoon Allegheny street, two doorsi oast of the ol flee occupied by Into linn of Yociim k Hastings, jn tl a. It. PCALB. • A - T3EALE & McKEE, X ATTORNEYS AT LAW. 34-tf Office opposite Court House, Bellofonte, Pa. 8. 11. YOCtJM. "• HAR.BHRF.BOEK. VOCUM & HARSHBERGER, 1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELLKFONTE, 1A. Office on N. K. corner of Diamond ami Allegheny-at., iu the room lately occupied by Yocuni & Hasting*. WILL!AM A. WAM.ACK, DAVID L. KBSDB, IIAKKY F. WALLACE, WILLIAM K. WALLACE. WALLACE & KREBS, LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE, January 1, lSkl. OLEARPIKLD, PA. 17LLIS L. OR VIS, l j ATTORNEY AT LAW. OFFICE opposite the Court House, on the 2d floorof A. O. Furst's building. 3-6U c. T. \LI.SANDER. 0* M. ROW EH. \ LEXANDER & BOWER, J\ ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Rcllofoutu, Pa., may he consulted iu English or Oer man. Olllce in Garmaii's Building. 1-Iy I?RANK FIELDING, 1 LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE, IUL OLEARFIELD, PA. JAMRS A. ItKATXK. * J. WESI.RT OErUART. | >EAYER at GEPILART, J[> ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Oilice on Allegheny street, north of lligli. Bello fonte,Jhr. "P DF. FORTXEY, . ATTORN EY-AT-LAW, BELI.EFONTE, PA. laiat door to the left in the Court limine. It-ly 101 IN BLAIR LINN, fl * ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLKFONTE, l'A. Office Allegheny Street, over Post Office. 'JI-ly I L. SPANGLE It, t) . ATTORNEY-AT-I.AW, BELLKFONTE, CENTRE COUNTY, PA. Special attention to Collections; practices in all the Courts; Consultations iu Gorman or English. I~ty DS. KELLER, • ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office on Allegheny Street South side of Lyons store, Bellofonte, Pa. rp 0. HIPPLE, 1 . ATTORNEY-AT LAW. LOCK HAVEN, PA. All business promptly attended to. My WM. P. MITCHELL, PRACTICAL SURVEYOR, LOCK HAVEN, PA., Will attend to all work iu Clearfield, Centre and Clinton counties. Officeoppoelte Leek Haven Watiopal .l ink. Wj WC. IIEINLE, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. BELLKFONTE, I'A. Office in Conrad House, Allegheny street. Special attention given to tlm collection ol claims. All business attended to promptly. WILLIAM McCULLOUGH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, CLEARFIELD, l'A. All business promptly attended to. 1 !v nlv. HOY, It D„ . Office P. Conrad House, above Kortney's Law Office, BELLEFONTi:, PA. Siiecial attonf m given to Operative Surgery and Chronic Diseases. l--iy I \R. .IAS. 11. DOBBINS. M. D., 1 / PH VSICIAN AND SURGEON, office Allegheny St., over Zeiglor's Drug Store, r,. tf BELLKFONTE, l'A. I \R. J. W. RHONE, Dentist, can 1 / ho found at his office and residence on North side of lligli street three doors East of Allegheny, Bellofonte, Pa. 16 ~ 1 . v Business Cards. HARNESS MANUFACTORY in Barman's Now Block, BBLLBfOBTB, PA. W| \? P.BLAIR, X 1 JEWELER, WATCHES, CROCKS, JAWELRV, AC. All work neatly executed. On Allegheny street, under Broukerlioff House. 4-tf DEALKHB IN PUKE DKUGB ONLY. J I ZELLER & SON, a M tl • DRUGGISTS, K i No. 6. Brockerlioff Row. J, 2 All the Standard Patent Medicines. Pre- •< S scriptlons and Family Recipes accurately e H I prepared. Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Ac., Ac 3 9> 4-tf 5 X I 6 0. HUMES, Pres't. J. t- HARRIS. Casli'r. T?IRST NATIONAL RANK OF I I BELLKFONTE, Allegheny Street, Bellefonte, Pa. 4-" Miscellaneous. rpHE CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOK and JOB OFFICE ALLEGHENY STREET, BELLEFONTE, PA., IS ROW OFFERINO GREAT INDUCEMENTS TO THOSE WISHING FIRST-CLASS Plain or Fancy Printing. Wo have unusual facilities for printing LAW BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, PROGRAMMES, STATEMENTS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, INVITATION CARDS, CARTES DE VIBITE, CARDS ON ENVELOPES, AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS. Ijgr-Orders by mail will roceivo prompt attention. Hy Printing done in the best stylo, on ort notice and at the lowest rates. pARMAN'S HOTEL, vJT Opposite Oourt House, BELLKFONTE, PA TKBMB $1.26 PER DAY A good Livery attached. 1-1. Wilson, Mc Far lane <P Co., Hardware Dealers. WILSOIST, McF-ARLA-ISrE & CO. DEALERS IN STOVES, RANGES {HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND IBTTIILJDEIE^S 7 KARDWAI^E ALLEGHENY STREET, .... IIDMEB'BLOCK, .... BELLKFONTE, PA. TRAVELER'S GUIDE. OELLEFONTE & SNOW SHOE £.X R. It.— L'iiiio-Tjiblo In offoct on and iiftor March I,1882: Loaves Snow Shoe 5.80 A. M., arrives In Rollofoute 7.21 A. M. Loaves Bellofonte 9.12 A. M., arrives at Snow Shoe 11.2-J A. M. Leaven Snow Shoe 2.30 p.ii.,arrives in liellefontc 4.20 r. M. Leaves Bollefotito 4.45 P.M., arrives at Snow Sho< 7:20 P.M. S. S. KLAIK, Gen'l Superintendent I)ALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL 1J llOAD.—Time-Table, April 29, 1880: Exp. Mail. WXSTWARL). EASTWARD. Exp. Mail. A. M. P. M. !• M. A. M. 810 702 Arrive at Tyrone Leave 732 HlB 8 8 0 55 Leave Last 'i'yrouo Leave... 7 89 8 55 759 051 41 Vail 44 742 Hsg 76 5 04 7 44 Raid Eagle 44 ... 747 902 748 086 .... 44 Fowler 44 ... 752 909 74 2 083 ...... 44 Hannah 44 ... 755 918 ;85 025 44 Port Matilda 44 ... 800 919 727 017 44 Martha 44 ... 807 925 7IS OOS 44 Julian 44 ... 81 5 982 - ti 5-7 44 UiuonvHle 44 ... 523 989 700 54s 44 Snow Shoo In ' 4 ... 532 it 45 066 645 44 Milosburg 44 ... 884 '9 4^ (; 40 585 44 Rollefoitte 44 ... 848 967 a3O 525 i% MHcßburg 44 ... 85410 Oh 25 515 44 Curtin 44 ... 90010 19 uIS 010 44 Mount Eagle 44 ... 91210 26 9 501 44 Howard 44 ... 92010 57 r. 66 450 44 Eaglev 11 le 44 ... 98810 49 cSO 445 44 Beech t'reek 44 ... 940 Hi i4 •84 483 44 Mill Hall 44 ... 96411 16 J >29 130 44 Fleiniugtou 44 ... 9 .57 11 20 ; j25 425 41 Lock Haven 44 ...10 01 11 26 I PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. , £ —(Philadelphia and Erie Division.) —On and after December 12, 1877 : "WESTWARD. ERIE MAIL leaves Philadelphia 11 55 p n 44 44 HarrUhurg 425 am 44 44 Williamsport 885 an 44 44 Lock Haven 9 40 an 44 44 Uonovo 10 56 an 44 arrive* at Erie 7 36 p n. NIAGARA EXPRESS leave* Philadelphia... 7 20 an 44 44 llarrisburg.... losUan 44 4 4 WillianiHport. 2 20 p m 44 arrives at ltenovo 4 4o p II Passengers ly thin train arrive in Belle* fonte at 4 35 p n FAST LINK leave* Philadelphia 11 45a .. 44 44 Iliii-risburg 36 p n 44 44 WillianiHport 730p n< 44 arrives at Loek llaven...*. 8 40 p n EASTWARD. PACIFIC EXPRESS leave* Lm k Haven 6 40 an • 4 44 Willinmsport... 766 an. 44 arrives at Harrlsburg 11 55 am 44 44 Philadelphia.... 3 45 p n DAY EXPRESS loavesßenovo 10 10 an •• 44 Lock Huvcu 11 20 an 14 44 Wtllinuißport 12 40 an 44 ) arrives at Harrishurg 4 10 pn /<* 44 Philadelphia. 720 pm KIWV M AIL leave* Renovo 835 p m 44 44 Lock Haven 945 p m 44 44 WilliamsporL 11 05 p m 44 at rives at Harrishurg.. 2 45am 44 44 Philadelphia 7 00 a ni EAST LINK leaves Williainiport 12 35 H n 44 arrive* at Ilarrisbtirg 3 68 n ni 44 44 Philadelphia 785 a m Erie Mail West, Niagara Ex pre*? West, Lock Haven Accommodation Went, and Day Express East, inak* close connections at Northumberland with L. A B. R R. train* for Wilke*barre and Scranton. Brie Mail West. Niagara Express West, and Eri< Express West, arid Lock Haven Accommodation Weft, malca close connection ut WilHainspoit with N.C. R W. train* north. Erie Mall West, Niagara Express West, and Pa\ Express East, make clone connection at Lock Haven With B. K. V. R. R. trains. Erie Mail Ka*t and \\ e*t connect at Eri "> with trains on L. S. A M. S. R 11.. at Corrv with O.t\ A A. V. H R., at Emporium with It. N. Y. A P. R. R., an 1 a' Driftwood with A. V. R. U. Parlor cars will run between Philndel| Ida mt VVilliaiiisport on Niagara Express Went, Erie Express West, Philadelphia Kx|r'-* East and Hay Express Bast, and Suuday Express East. Sl o ping carson al night trains. M M. A. Bu.nwi*, (lett'l Superintendent. 1 / ~J <r ( 'J \ "VCitA- J 4 ' V { \ Cru^f^ .JOHN IIAHRLS, SOLE AGENT, 2-HM RELLEFONTK, PA. MONEY To Loan at 6 per Ct. AU.V/X1 1 „ v T|lK MUTUAL LIFE INSUR ANCE CO. OF NEW YORK, nn rnt mortgage, on Improved farm property, In mm. not ICM than $2,U00, .nil not exceeding one-thlnl of the present value of the property. Any portion of the principal can be paid oil nt aiiy time, anil it lina henn the custom of the company to permit the principal to remain aa king aa the Ixirrower wishes, If the Interest la promptly paid. Apply to CHARLES P. BHKRMAN,Attornej-nt-law, 627 Court, street. Reading, Pa., orto DAVID Z. KLINE, Co.'a Appraiser, g-tt llallefonte. Pa. For Sale. A FARM containing Filty Acres, J\l and haying thereon erected a TWO-BTORY FRAME BUILDING and out building*. Title good. Inquire of A. J. A T. E. GUI EST, tf-a Unlonvllle, Centre oountr, Pa. LYDIA E. PIMKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND. IH n Positive Pure For till those l*itliifill ComplulntM and Wcakneooea M> common to our bent female population. A Medicine for Woman. Invented by a Woman. Prepared by a Woman. Thr Greatest .Itedlral Discovery Since the Dim a of lllntory. nrifcrevives the drooping spirits, Invigorates und hnrmonlzoH the organic functions, gives elasticity and firmness to tho step, restores the natural lustre to the eye, and plants on the pale cheek of woman tho fresh roses of life's spring and early summer time. fclY"Physicians Use It and Prescribe It Freely. It removes faintruK*, flatulency, destroys all craving for stimulant, and relieves weakness of tho stomach. That feeling of bearing down, causing? pain, weight and liackachc, is always permanently cured by its use. For the cure of Kidney Complaint* of cither sex • this Compound la unsurpassed. T.YDTA F. PINKIIA%PH RLOOTt PURIFIER will eradicate every vestige f liuiuors from the Blood, and give tone and strength to the system, of man woman or child. Insist on Laving it. Both tho Compound *-.a Blood Purifier are prepared at 833 and Vh Wetfdrn Avenue, Lynn, Mass. Price of either, sl. Blx bottles for Sent by mail in the form of pills, or of lozenges, on receipt of price, ft per IMIX for either. Mrs. Piukham freoly answers all letters of inquiry. Enclose Sot. statnp. Send for pamphlet. No family should be without LYDIA E. PIVKTTAM'S LIVER PILLS. Thev cure constipation, biliousniH*, and torpidity f tho liver. Bft cents per box. AST Sold by all DruKgistft.'iifi (0 / C'Fnr pain In ttis limbs, back, stomach, v f breast, slilo or shoulilcr blades, tako P- \ / lU.NA. " \ j •"For cramp of tho stomach, colic, dlar- i / racra, or vomiting, tako FERLMA." ■■■■ \ / • "For coofth, asthma, night sweats, short- \ ' ncssof breath,tako PEBUXA. ■■■■■■■■ , / "For chronic catarrh, bronchitis, pleurisy, \ / and sore throatof any kind— PXBUNA. " ■■ \ '. 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This large and splendid Illus trated week I v paiier. p 3.20 a year,shows the ITogres, f Science, la very Interesting, and hua nn enormous tlrculallnn. Address MUNN & CO, Patent Solid ors. Pub's, of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, 37 Park 11,.w, vew York. Hand book about Patents free. TIIE PATRIOT. A Pennsylvania Newspaper for tho General Public. Tin* DAILY PATRIOT In Ihfl only inotiiing newspaper published at th. ptntr Capital. TlioJiAlbY PATRIOT niHkffi pfr|i,lty 0 f IVntisyl vanift news. The DAILY PATRIOT publisher the Associated Press nowd and specials from all point*. The DAILY PATRIOT give* special attention to grata and produce markets. The DAILY PATH KIT oppooea monopoly, bos si hin and centralization of |<liii<| power. Ten on: fB.PO per imrunn, (strictly in advance,) or S7.OD per Hiiruitn if not paid in iidvance. For any period lea Ibnti one year at proportionate rates The WEEK LY PATRIOT is a large, eight page paper, devoted to literature, agriculture, science, manufac tures, newH, markets, etc. During 1882 each number will contain an illustration of some prominent topic or event. This la an attractive feature which cannot fail to please. Terms SI.OO per annum, Invariably in advance. One copy of the WKKK LY PATRIOT and one copy of the Philadelphia WEEKLY TIMES will be sent one year f<>r $2.00 cash in advance, thus giving the two papers for the subscription price of the latter. One copy of the WEEKLY PATRIOT and one copy of tho GOTT *OF. HEARTH,an excellent monthly mag azine, published at Ronton at $1.60 per annum, will he sent one year lor *l. 7U cash in audvauce. bend in your suhsriptions at once. Addroea PATRIOT PUBLISHING CO., Hnrrishurg, Pa. gKIN DISEASES CURED! Ily Dr. Frnzier's Mngic Ointment. Cuies s If by magic, Pimple., Black lit,nil, t,r GrultS, Blotclio nml Kiil|ittoiia nn tin. face, leaving tlie skin clour, houllby slid bomitlfnl. Also euros Itch, llarhor s Itch. Salt Rheum, Tottor, Ringworm, Scald lload, Cliappoil Manila, Sore Nipples, soro l.lps, old, olntlnato Ulcers nut! Sores, Ac. SKIN DISEASE. P, Drake, Esq., Cleveland, 0., atilfored beyond All do scrlptlon from a ekln diseaee which appeared on Ids hands, head and face, and nearly destroyed his eyes. The most carefnl doctoring tailed to help him. and af ter all had failed he used Dr. Krar.ler's Magic Ointment and was cured hy a few appllcattona. f he first and only positive cure for skin dlssases ever dlacovered. Bent by mail on receipt of price, Firrv CENTS. II KNll V A On!. Sole Propria (12 Veaey St., Now York. For Blind, Blooding, Itching or Ulcerated l'llea Dr William's I NPIAN OTNTMSST IS s sure cure. Price (I.IK), by nialL For sate by Druggists. li4-ly (finA A WEEK. 11l a;day at home easily made vfi / U Ooetly Outfit free. Address TRUE A CO., Au gusta, Malue IS 11 .. fl Cftttie gfMflrat. 11ELLE FUN TE, PA. A.GBICT7LT-CTRA.L. NEWS, FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS. TUtTKST OP TUI NATIONAL WZLFAKI IS THft INTILLI fIBNCK ANO t'UOSI'PKITV Of THIS FARHkR. Every farmer in his annual experience discovers something of value. Write it and send it to the " Agricultural Editor of the DEMOCRAT, llellefonte, Penn'a," that other farmers may have the benefit of it. Let communications be timely, and be sure that they are brief and well pointed. THE DEMOCRAT cannot remove from any one the necessity for work, but we are sure that farmers who regularly read it, even at the busiest times, can do their work more easily and more profitably than those who do not. IT is (piite possible to sow fodder corn even yet, and have it arrive .sufficiently near maturity to help out the short pastures which prevail late in the season. Try at least a small patch of it on good rich ground, with a little superphosphate, byway of stimulent, added. • THERE certainly bns been little or no occasion for watering plants so far this season, and possibly none will occur. In case it does, however, remember that daily waterings are of no benefit, but are a detriment. A good soaking once in three or four days is very much better. As to manuring, a New Hampshire farmer, who for sixty years has never had a failure in his corn crop, and who insists that all corn consumed in the State should and can be grown in the State, says that "one load spread on the surfuce is worth three in the furrow." DON'T let the rush, push and hurry of "haying and harvesting" cause you to forget that patch of Canada Thistles. Cut, CUT, CUT. This is your only salvation. Appoint a cer tain morning of each week for visit ing the thistle patch, and keep the appointment as long as a leaf can be found. SOWING of next year's wheat crop follows so closely upon the harvest" ing of this that the lessons learned in the harvest field may be applied before they are forgotten. Wheat should produce nn average of thirty bushels per acre. Perhaps close ob servation and study while in lite bar vest field may disclose sonic of the reasons why it does not. Lookout for them. WE believe that ground plowed as s >on as practicable after baying and harvesting are over, and kept clean and mellow upon the surface b}* the frequent and thorough use of the harrow and cultivator, will he in bet ter condition for seeding wheat than if left until a later date. The plow ing can he more easily and much let ter done than after the drouth which often appears latter in the season shall have baked the ground and caused it to turn up in clods, and the burying of the weeds before tbey have ripened their seeds is an object worth looking after. MANY of those who sow and plant depend upon the seedsmen for their annual supply of seeds, while others save those of their own growing from year to year. We are glad to believe that those who buy of responsible dealers are uniformly treated with fairness and justice, and secure good fresh seed, true to name, and sure to grow with proper treatment. This is not always the ease with those who save their own seed, but should lie. A little extra pains-talcing in gather ing, and care in keeping seeds will accomplish wonders in the way of improvement in all that farmers grow. We have recently alluded to this matter, but it is jnst now so timely, and always so important, that our readers will not, we trust, object to our mentioning it again. When saving seed at all, that should be saved which is earliest and best, and by pursuing this course from year to year, whether it be of beans or peas, corn or potatoes, we may be able in time to produce something that will be so much better and earlier than that with which wo started as to am ply repay us for onr time and trouble. A NEW disease among cattle in Indiana kills nearly every animal afflicted. Making a Farm. In the early days of agriculture in New England and New York there was a class of farmers whose proto types still exist in many sections of the West, who make a practice of taking a piece of new, raw land, breaking it up, erecting a few cheap buildings, and then selling the farm for the value of the improvements. This practice is not one to be com mended. Farmers working under such faulty methods take all the roughest, hardest work, and suffer most of the privations of pioneer farming, only to go the same round of experience over again through the remainder of their lives. value of an improved farm raaj- often be as much as it costs to improve it; but such a farm will rarely sell for as much as it is worth to hold. The fact that a man has only one life to live makes it worth his while, as far as possible, for him to spend it as pleasantly as possible. If a man sets out to be a farmer it makes all the difference in the world whether he farms it with convenient and pleasant surroundings and amid the comforts of civilization, or rough it on the frontier, beginning to enjoy the comforts of this world only as he is about to leave it. This is the stiong argument for making homes in older States. The same reasoning is, however, quite as con clusive in any locality for purchasing the most highly improved land, which, for home purposes, is always most valuable in proportion to its cost. Whatever improvement lias been made upon a given farm, still a good farmer will always find room for more. Usually the improvements made after the first clearing of land pay better than those which, through necessity, everybody is forced to make. No farmer will leave his land in an unchanged condition after oc cuping it a few years; while a good farmer will always leave it in better shape. How it shall be improved must depend somewhat on bis avail able capital, as well as on bis natural skill and aptitude. With good man agement, the improvements that add most to the value of a farm need not be very expensive. Granting that the farm will pay its own expenses and provide support for the farmer and his family, he can do much of the work of improvement himself. An example from real life illus trates the manner in which this may be accomplished. A young man just twenty-one years of age purchased a farm, paying Bf>o per acre. His lirst work of improvement was to plant 150 peach trees, occupying about an acre of ground. The third year after planting lie sold from this acre 100 bushels of peaches for as many dol lars. In the five years succeeding he sold from this same orchard upwards of SISOO worth of fruit. This en couraged him, and he made a second peach orchard of thirty acres, five acres of quince trees, and four of I pears of different varieties, llis rule | was to make the farm crops pay all I expenses, and invest his fruit money in new orchards. When he had the faun eighteen years he had an asstir red income of 82000 to 85000 a year from fruit alone. Then he had an oiler, which he regarded as a good one, receiving 8210 an acre for his improved farm. The larger part of this advance in value he had earned by improving bis farm, llis icason for selling was that the farm was larger than he wished to care for, and he regarded some of bis selec tions of fruit trees as unfortunate. He now lias a place of less than fifty acres, of which ten acres are HI Dutchess pears, seven acres in quin ces, and twelve in peaches, nearly all early and late Crawfords. The trees have only been set seven years, but the farm would now sell for UiOO per acre, yet its owner regards it as worth far more to hold. Many other arguments will he sug gested even to the casual reader in favor of making a farm, in a neigh borhood adjacent to good local mar kets, accessible to manufacturing centres, where a daily demand exists for milk, fresh butter, vegetables, fruits and similar farm products, from which the husbandman can ex tract a profit far beyond that which attends the growing of course grains and live stock on the Western prair ies. Good roads, fine educational privilegs, established neighhorood, opportunities for social and friendly intercourse, proximity to kindred and ealy friends are all strong arguments in favor of making a farm by iin provingjthe paternal acres or those in close vicinity, instead of sacrificing the best years of one's life to the vain attempt of securing double the area of land and double the happi ness in some distant section of the country. A VETERINARY professor says that "the great majority of ringbones in young horses come from the failure to sharpen the toes." To this may tie added that ringbone is apt to be formed if colts are allowed to stand on a plank floor, or anywhere else where their footing is hard during the first eighteen months of their age. Whether in stable or yard dur ing this period let them have earth for standing or walking free from atone or gravel. THE corn crops in Tennessee are reported as being in excellent condi tion, but the cotton fields have been badly damaged by the cold weather. How Li mo Serves tho Farmer. I From an Irixli Agricultural^Fuper. The uses of lime are in part me chanical and part chemical. Upon deep alluvial and clay soil it increases the crop of potatoes and renders them less waxy. Sprinkled over po tatoes in a store heap, when both the potatoes and the lime are in a dry state, it preserves them, and when riddled over the cut sets at planting time it wonderfully increases their vitality. Lime eradicates the finger and toe disease in turnips, and helps to give greater firmness to the bulbs. It gives when applied to meadow land a larger product by producing more nutritious grasses, also helping to extirminate the seeds of mosses and aquatic plants. Upon arable land it destroys weeds of various kinds. It rapidly decomposes vege table matter, producing a large amount of food for plants in the form of carbonized elements. It destroys and neutralizes the acids in the soil, hence its adaptability to .some lands. It acts powerfully upon some of the organic parts of the soil, especially upon sulphate of magnesiaand alum ina. It proves fatal to worms anil slugs and the larva; of insects, though favorable to the growth of shell-bearers. Slacked lime added to vegetable matter causes it to give oil' its nitrogen in the form of ammonia. Upon soils in which ammonia is com bined with acids it sets free the am monia, which is seized upon by the growing plants. Its solubility in wa ter causes it to sink into and amelior ate the subsoil. When the soil eon tains fragments of granite or trap rock, lime hastens thcirdecomposition and liberates the soil products saline compounds such as potash and soda, which immediately enter into plant growth. Strewed over plants, it de stroys or renders uncomfortable the location of numerous species of in sects which pray 011 the surface—no tably the turnip fly. Worked in with grass seeds, the beneficial elfect of lime, chalk, marl and shell sand—in to the composition of all of which lime largely enters—has been known to produce visible effects for upward of thirty years. Applied to manure, lime serves to destroy the seeds of various weeds, the larva: of insects, and otherwise exercises a very beau tiful eflect in the liberation of organ ic constituents, and then assists in their combination with others and more useful forms of plant food. An Excellent Garden Cultivator. Henry Ivei, in the Trihnne. Some of our best farmers liave very truly stated the advantages of using horse power in the garden, be tween long straight rows, with a grass plot at each end to turn on, but the implement for this class of work I have not seen described. Most gar den plants are more delicate than 'hose of (h id culture, for which our tools lor horse tillage were designed, but we can make the comltiou corn cultivator answer in the absence of anything else m re appropriate.— \V hat I find, however, to lie the liet tool for the purpose is easily obtain ed and it is so useful in field culture, too, of corn and beans, especially at their first tillage, that it will always pay to have it for that also. I make it simply by removing the cultivator teeth (rom u common corn cultivator, which are usually live in numlier. Remove four, all but the middle one ; then bore in outside beams of culti vator four or live holes in each, to set in eight or ten common small drag teeth. This will do close work and without riding ami throwing the earth much. The teeth can be re moved when the implement is wanted again as a cultivator, but for both garden and farm this will be found to be quite a favorite tool for many pur poses of tillage. I HF. lowa State Agricultural So ciety has properly refused an oiler ol $2,100 from a gambling concern for the privilege of running a "wheel of fortune at the State fair next fall. Evidently the good sense of lotva farmers has become aroused to the corrupting inllucnces of these "nurseries of hell" upon the youth of the State. A good example that all other societies can not emulate too quickly. LESS grain and more grazing tends to a better development of frame and muscle than when corn is fed to hogs exclusively. It is best to push hogs for growth by giving a variety of food rather than attempting to keep them fat. Build the frame first and lay on the fat afterward. LANCASTER county papers say that a heavier crop of bay has not been seen thereabouts for years, and this seems to be the case in all parts of the State FARMERS in the region of Wichita, Kan., finished harvesting wheat iu June. It is said the yield in many fields is 30 to 40 bushels per acre. A sMALi. dark colored worm has attacked the pear trees in this vicin ity the past few days and is playing havoc with the leaves Jjock Haven ErprtM. THE New York green grocers pro pose to sell potatoes hereafter by weight. Why limit this just meth od to potatoes.
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