I'rofcKsionnl Cttrtlx. 'C I>. HAY, / Oft ATTORNEY AT LAW, P.EI I.KFONTK. PA. m Spenal attention given t the rollecUw# f claln #. m IliThf adjoining Ht < Ui jLi.M ILniee. ,s THOMAS J. McCULLt >UQH, I ATTORNKY AT DAW, Pllll.ll'abl'KO, PA. Offlre In Allyrt Owen'# htiihlinK, In the r#m . rlv occnpied hy the Philipehutg Hanking Company. i-fr* p. H. RASVtMft w r ,4 /B. ! I AST IN (68 & KKEDKK, 1 1 ATTORN KY!- AT LAW. IIKI.LKPONTK, PA. •Iffli-oon AllrllrliV .Xrl.tao ibiorv ■•! of til" "I , .. bpr Ulo'flmi ul Yi um A llmUli*.. I" ll .. *. ritu. a 1> *'. I )KALK A McKKK. 1 attoknkys at law. tl tf Ofllr.e opposite Court lloium*. Deilefunte, Pa n. H. Toct'U U. iiau#iißr.uca. \UK UM & IIARSIIBKKGEK, L t I'TORNKYS AT LAW, DKLLKKONTK. PA. cflimmi N h.eornerol Diamond and Allegheny-at., Hi the ram lately occupied hy \m ntn X Hatting*. #It,UAV a. w vLLAcr, WiVID t. Karns, uanat r w allack, WIU.IVM a wvi.Ltri. U WALLACE A KUKBS, LAW AND COLLKI TUIN UKPICK January , I*4l. CLKAKPIKLD. PA. 1 ,"*LLIS L. OKVIS, i j ATTORNEY AT I, \W. oITICE opjKwite the Court lloti#t>,on the'2d ftwr ol ft. tl. Furat'* ouilding. 3-6t! C. T. ALKX VNDKH. C. M. ftOWlg. V LEX AND KR & BOWER, , Y attorneys at law, i:,-ilfijnt, Ph., m.y l> ronall>4 in Kn4li.ll ur 0r man. Ontro in Oartwur.Baildin*. 1-ly LMtANK FIELDING, 1 LAW AND COLLECTION OPPD'K, ~-Iy < LKAHPIKLD, PA. 1> EA VK it A GEPI IA RT, I > ATTORNEYS AT LAW, • iibi-o on stroot, north u( lli*h. llvllv lonU, Pa I-'? I \ F. FORTNEY, I /. ATTORNEY AT LAYV. UKLLKPONTK, PA. 4">r to th loft in tho Court lion#®. 2-1 J JOHN BLAIR LINN, vl attorney at law. HKM.KPONTK. PY on . Allmhonr Stro®t,ovor P-.at OlSro. Jl-t) J L. SPANGLEU. f / Y rTORM BT-AT-LA W. RKLLP.PONTK. i'KNTRK lliL'X TY. P V S; •■■ial aOoution to OdßklLio; prar tier, in at! th* i-'rirta. I*.niiltalii>n. in Oormai. <0 K 4'i.h I*l} r \ s. KELLER, I /# ATTORNEY AT LAW. OAftft Oft Al'iegU liV Itwt aWa.tltS #1 Je ftl L) '' 4 #: it dief.iiite. Pa. t-t| j 'P C. HIPFLE, 1 o ArrORNKY AT I..YW. lock haven pa. 611 btaeinrwa promptly at tend "d m. 1 ly \\ r .\L P. MITCHELL, V V PRACTICAL SI'RVKYoR, LOCK HAVEN, PA . Will attend t> all work In ClewrfLdd, Centre and IM.nt n eonntiea. offtt-ai oppoaite Le-k Ifaren National Rank. 2*k-lj \\ r C. HEINLE, V V • ATTORNEY AT LAW. BKI.LEPoNTK, pa OScr in Conrad llonee, Allegheny afreet. Special alteuttoii gtveu !• the odlertlon of claim# AI taroinee# attendaa tu promptly. il*l| WILLIAM McCULLOUGH, * V ATTORNEY AT LAW, CLEYKPIELD. PA. \H htne## promptly attended t. I ly J I K. HOY, M. I). lie Odea tn Cbftfad 11-.uae. at-v Fnrluey't U# Dill-.', ItKLV.KF*NTE, FA. Si#w iai attention tu Oj>erative Jiurgfry and i Man J \U. JAS. 11. DOBBINS, M. I)., 1 / PHYSICIAN AND SI R'ltoX, nl)re Altagh- oy St.,over Zeigler 4 # Drug Mtfre, ft-ff ILLBVOsITIb PA I \lt. J. W. UIIONE, Dentist,can 1 * he found at hi* ofiler and reeidenc* <n Nrth ■)tl* "f lllgh #tree| t!ire d<er# Ra#t of Allegheny, ftallefonte. Pa. lA-ly lln.nhtrMH Curd a. I I AUNESS MANUFACTORY J 1 in German'# New Block, IKLILFOVTI, V\ 1-ly 1 v P. BLAIR, i • JEWELER, viT' HM, CVrf-Ea. JbWIUT, AC. All work ne#ly On All-gheny #tre#f t n - der Brockerhoß llouee. 4 tf DBALKKS IN PURE DRUGS ONLY. I ZELLER tk SON, 4 : l . DRI'UOISTS. S No 4. Itforbrrhoff Row * r. All the standard Patent MHirior# Pre-1 # eriiption# and Fainily B#*v l|e# a"~uratly | g P pre|*tfed. Trmroee, Br era#, Ac., A*\ 2 C. HI mm, Prea't. J. F. n*atf. Ca#h'r. 17IH8T NATIONAL BANK OF I ItELLEYONTE. AD*b*ny *trt. Ballrfont.. Pa. 4-tf Miarelltt tiro UM. rrstSE CENTRE DEMOCRAT BOOK and JOB OFFICE ALLEGHENY STREET, BELLEFONTE, PA., 1* NOW OPPKRINO GREAT INDUCEMENT!; TO TROSR W IMB INO PIRST-CLAM Plain or Fancy Printing W have unusual facilities for printing LAW BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, CATALOGUES, PROGRAMMES, STATEMENTS. CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS, NOTE HEADS, BUSINESS CARDS, INVITATION CARDS, CARTES I)K VISITK, CARDS ON ENVELOPES AND ALL KINDS OF BLANKS mrOrder* by mail will receive prompt attention. (9*Printing done in the bet atyle, ot •bort notice and at the lowett ratea. ( RAHMAN'S HOTEL, V* Oppoalta Onart Hon.., IJRLLKFONTB, PA TRRM.4 II PER DAT A good LJtery attu liM I*l, WiffioH, Mr /•'.< rhtm- <(' Co., llftr<lw<irr Druhrn. HARDWARE! WIIjSON, McPARLANI-: & (X>. DBALRUS IN STOVES, RANGES * HEATERS. ALSO Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes, AND BTJIX-XDE^S 7 HARDWARE ALLKIIUEb'Y HTKKKT, .... lIDMKB'UI.OCK, .... HKI.I.KPOMTK. PA. TRAVELER'S GUIDE. IJKLLEFONTE& SNOW SHOE J H. ll.—Tlim. T;iM. In effr t ur and eftrr Marth I, IS* I.Mva Snu%* 5 Wi A. m irrlm In Ihdlefontr T.W * m funic 'j I• a. * .arrive# at hn'W Hhue j ll . i A. * I,'Mvo Snow Situ** 2 ' C v .rrivi' in llollefutil* 4.2 ) f. M. I.CII\N Itallefont* * I* v.nrrlv*! at Snow ttliov 1 7;. • w S S I.LAIH, tiru'l Su|<-tinteii'lcnt I > A LI) EAGLE VALLEY KAIL o Kip Mall. VIITAl. tiiTa uh Kip. Moil. * m. s m. rn. a. u. | A In 7 • Arrive at Tyrone Leav#u.... 7 .'l2 H 4H H .1 AM U*r K#t tyruu L"ip... 7. H sft 7 • ♦. M M % all *• ... 74: I - 766 ft 47 44 Raid Kagl# M ... 747 ft 2 74* f. .16 " Fowler M ... 762 9 (ft* 742 635 ** llannah " ... 766 !♦ 11 |... . r rt Matilda •• . . * V 7 '.'7 617 " Martha 44 ... * 7 ! 26 71H ft ft •• Julian " ... hl6 I* .'.2 7 It 567 " I'oiourllle " ... " ' t .IV 7 (at ft 4s 44 Hrtow Shuo In " ... a .12 V 4.6 0 6ft 646 •• Mlleehvirg •• ... * U V 4* , 6 4rt & 3ft 44 Itellefonte M ...•*(s 967 4 .in 6 2.6 ...... *• MiliwLurg " ... a6410 (* 0 2.6 &1* •• Cart in M ... v oft in iv s ,1 IK &In „... " Mount K*i;l " ... Vl2 1" SF f, a &01 ~.. •• Howard " ... V20l" 27 .56 460 •• Kaglevllle M ... 9:n10 4V ISO 446 44 U'f h ('rock 11 ... 94010 64 5 34 4 :i3 44 Mill Hall 44 ... V 54 11 1* t29 490 •• Plrriin,;t<>tt " . 96711 20 I !26 4 *26 44 Lta-k lUv*n 44 ...10 ol 11 2ft I > K N NBY L V A NIA KAILKOA I). I —{Philadelphia and fcrte Division./ — On and after December 12, 1 **77 : W KuTWAHI). KM B MAIL lea ?t Philadelphia 11 56 pm ** " Uarrifborf.mt.M.NMM.M 426a in M 44 Williamap*rt a36a tn 44 44 Lo-k llaven. - w 40 a m 44 44 ReooTo.. l 0 65 a rn 44 arrivaa at Erie 7 36 p tn NIAGARA K.\PRESS leave# Philadelphia.. 7 2" a i 44 44 . Ilarruiurg . lo f M a m 44 44 WHliaiuftport. 2 2n p m 44 arrive# at Rrnoto. 4 4" j. tu Purrrf-rr Ljr thla tiain arr.ve in Belie* font** at .. . 4 15 p m FAST LINK leave* Philadelphia 11 4> a TO llarrtahnrg . 336p n> 44 44 Wllliam#rrt ... 730p TO 44 arrivee at Lock Haven ........ >M ft 40 p m EAST WARP. PACIFIC EXPRESS Haven.— ft 40 a to • 4 ,4 M illiamp4 it... 7 t-6 a m 44 arrive# at llarri*l urg.... M 11 56 a m 44 44 Philadelphia.... 345p an DAT EXPRESS I ear e# Renoiro lo 1 an 44 44 l/ k llaren. II 20 a a • 44 M iliiau*;-.f ; 4't ari 44 arrive# at Ihrrl# •urg... 4 !'• p n. 44 44 Philadelphia 720p TO ERIE MAIL leave# Ren * * 36 p tn 44 44 \r -■k Haven ft 4* pm I 44 44 V;!!um*jft )i I*6 pTO 44 airivea at llarfl*' nr# 2 45 a TO 44 Philadelphia.. 7 '*> a a. FAST LINE le#te# W||Hamp..rt 12 35 a TO 44 arrive# at ll*rri#t org*. .1 Aft a tn 44 44 Philadelphia 735 TO Erie Mail We#t, Niagara Kv; re## Meat, !, • k il#*r r , Acommodatinn H#t. and l#y Ev(re## IX#t. mek* ?lo#e runnerti .# at Nnrthnmberland with |, in. H K train# f- r W .ke#l**rre at" 4 S rant -n. F.rie M-*il M#t. Niagara Kcpree# Weef. and Erie Ktpre#e M eat.and Haven Aec mm -latn-n Weal, make r{i#e r<nnectiot> #t \s iilim*}>ri with N. C. R W. train# north. Erte Mail Wot, Niairara Etprw## W#t, and Pa> Ktpreea I'.aet. make rl e rnneii.-i, at b-k Ilav#n With It V \ II It train* Erie Mal Ea#t and W'eat ronne<t at Krh with train* 1 un I. S A M.S It R. at Cortjr with V A A V. R ; R, at Emporium with R N T A P K. R.. an 1 a* Drifts- M | with A V II K Parlor e#ra will rn I etween Philadelphia and Williainaport <>n Niacars Kiprea# We#t. Erie Ktprew* We#f, Philadelphia Evj-te Ea#t and fHvy F.tprea# E##. and Sunday Etpreaa Paat Sleeping rre'<n al oifht train#. H A nmnriv, (Jeo'l Superintendent <V> sr-* P J - Tart. . _/ yfcAAs. . y Effort' A '' $ -t- \ A. I \ C^u /w JOHN HARRIS, Bot.K Aokmt, l-*m KRf.LKmiITK. PA. — MONEY To Loan ato per Ct. UAV/iA IJ M „ r T|ir \|| T('AI. 1,1 PK IMKCA *WCIt CO OP NKW roRK. on Rt.l of. tmßfo.fol fur HI Ivn.|.f t.. In .um. not In. Ihnn Pi.**" • n<l nnl nmllti -n. itilnl of lb. pm.nl ..la. of lb. |fip.ri/ An) pnrlkH of lb# prlo-fl.l ran I. roll off .1 .ny Urn.. .n4 II b.. ho. th rn.lom of lb. -r nitwnjr lo piormit lb. fOolpl to r.fti.in m Inn* •> lb. N>r..r* wlnhM. If lb* JolrrwM I. pmaipilly paid Appl; to CtIARLIM P. miPßMAll.Atbffbrp-Ht-lHt., 627 Ponrt, flfol, Kmdla*. PH.. or lo DAVID X. K MNR. Co. . A|>t.lr. Ml R.|l.f"n. pa. For Sale. A FARM containing Fifty Acre)* •■4 bavin* tbmon orrto4 a TffWOAl PRAM P. iniLDUO u4 oat I>atl4tn*., Tttl *no4 Inqatr. of A. J. A T. I SRI KPT. If-P Cwb. rounl.. Pa- LYOIA E. PINKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND. la * I'.-ltln- On re For all Ihose I'alnftil i osmplaln'a a*4 Wealamw •o rmaaos to our best female population. A Irtllrlar for Woman. Invrntrd by • Woman. Prepared hj a Woman. Tbs Creole* B*.al PWovery Hi are Ike iH-a mt Irerlveo th# drooping spirit*, In# lg.ral* a and harmnnllro the ' nmnl-' fu net tuna, if Iras elpetlrity on 1 flri&no to the ttrp, rwtom (he aatural Mrs to (he on 11 Unta on the pal* cheek t woman tbo fn ah rvwe of U/o'a spring orwl *arl j nnnrr tim*. K 4F"Phy*kln Ute II and Praacribt It It rwmofointneos, fatal*- -nrj •trortmya nil rr*ing for stimulant, and rwllnrro vrakmoi of the mark. TTiat Minff of baring down, rinslnf pain, weight and Iwlurh*. to always mre| !y Its um. Foe the rare of KUary < oasylalats of elltor ora tkla ( ooysaad la sasarfaasrl ITDUF. PHIHm t BI4HID I*l RIF!I It will rradteofo *rrry erotlgw f Huirvm fr m th# Rl -Wl. and gl* * t'-ne and rtrvnwlN to the vystsm, of luan w,/nuua or chiid Instot on h tog lu H dh tho Compmind and Bi rd Fnrtflrr are prepared at S3 and SB Wrstent Armor. Lynn, Ksm. iTtrr of oft her, |l ft 11 Udltoo be A'> Hrr.t > j mail In the f*>rra of ptlU, or of lo np, on rrrtpl of prW. |i pre Utt f.*r either. Mn llnktvam f rawly OJSrn ail letters of inquiry. Barl w 3d. stamp, {v-nd for t. *r> family tH'nH * without I.YMA F. I'TVKIIAIf 1 I.!Vr'.H I'llJ.H. Ths-i nro nstipaU -u. >4buu*jtMN, and V >nod)t/ of th User. Ho-(iU p f U't. b? all I>raffUl*.'bl CI) THE GREAT CUREU 3 -RHEUMATISM-^ , A II 1. f „ .a U| pßinful il I 111 . Of Iht I KIDNEYS.UVER AND lOWI.a. I e T .;MM th. lr#m of tlui wrl/1 pcla-m ■ Uva - AU*. UM DMDFBL MILWRTN* WHLOH X • onljr UM Tlftlm. of Rl.OTim.Uani nan raalla* ► 5L . THOUSANDS or casta j th. wont form, of Utla larrlbla . ai'Mr, tim qulohly nllnod. and In abort Uw J • PERFECTLY CURIO. 0 run, R. uqiino* 081. W>| at Htwinv £ <! " I*7 ui ha wot by mail. Z |WKT.U. RICItAROaOW V Co.. T!ln#tPn Vl vimm ) fVnr psln la Um limb*, bark, ivmafi. T ' wwt, >VU or RKMidor btwW. t*>> Pa- \ / mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm \ j ' "Foe rramp of UM Itnmsfll collo. SIT- i 1 RWMO, or ROTDIUBA, t*k RXACXA. ' aaaoi \ / "for wort, iMhrnt, right rwmal*. abort- t ' MB* of brMMA,t*ko Caacs . RMHMRBMBB , / "rorehmnlrtrrh, bmorhliKplrorUr, V f *ndauru>roattof bo/ kind— l'xat .a." 00 \ i _"Pnrr> U tb pomt, mwt prompt mt# , / aartoalmnUclbo to.-mn toluui. ' \ J 'Taarw* Il th. bnt .rf-'ltrr. pomt t f tnolr, li>Mt iDTlanrßOr or Ui. hnrt* arwl ' / wost" wmmmmmmmmmmmmmm \ J "If too rao't Un-p. tßka I'KB' .A tlf k f w*ak fr arorr led mentally t ffl't tot|\| / r&ncjiAs** t , "tioro will be pH for th. Imt ImrmrUy or f MLNORBLUUUMBTBBUMADTN rKB(.XA."ja| \ J Bf.kl wrywhrr*. VnrmuDP(iWtTtt to t ' 8. B. HARTMAX S6>., b*bn,Obto. > / If fn P'k. lobl bwtlr. or In nr wr \ I ""VB* Bod tbo bow- k Tin: PATRIOT. A Pennsylvania Nowapapor for tho General Public, Thr HAILT r ATRIIiT I* lb" ilj m-.tnioK MmtaM, pwtii.ho) at Ihn Cut. Capita! rhr ItAII.V I'ATKIUT niak-aa .|>OTllty of panna;| rant. Haw. Hi. li.tll.Y rATHIttT f.nbtiahrr tho Aaaortalral I'raaia iirwa and aprrlata from .11 f.-tnla, Tli* Milt I'ATHIuT itrr.a|OT at *ttnlln to grain .n<l t>mlar# ntarhrta. Tli* ItAII.V TATHIttT "ft*** monopoly, l.o.iam .ii# rcntnllmtion olfa#lt4*.| p P r. frrma: frtm |o-r annum, (atrhtljr In nltuir.) or I -I annum 1 1 not pat# In .Sraix* fur any parl*i# l*w than on* j*r at r.iaa IT** W KT.K I.T PATRIOT I* a tar.**, *trhl par* p*p*r, 4rtotr.l to Hl*rßMrr, arrt* nltui*. a. ianra, manufa* - ■ami, nana, markaia, Bts. Inning 1;.. h nauln •111 mnUin an lllualratnm *.( aotna pn.mm.nl Inptr ,r rnt Thla la an atlrarllr* bmtur* *l.u h rami-# >ail to plana.. Trrma II *t it an* um. luaarlahlr lb Iran*u On* mmy of 111- W KKK I.V TATItIOT an# *n nipy ol th* l'hlls#*lplila WRKKI.Y TIME# Bill i*a a*ni ***** yu for St i* ra*l* in a. I our. mna gtrlng Ilia Mm ta*pra f..r th* *ulrrl|a|.,n irlr. of !h* Taltar In* ropy of it* WkKKI.T TATKIOT an# on# ropy of lb# Ctrl i AUK IIEARTII, an rtr*lm*l monthly niaa a*ln*. pnl#ih*y| at IVaton at tt.Vi p., annum, HI t*> .anl on* yrar loraah In andranra. f* .# in y**a, .ill*arlpUn* at ultrr A##r*aa PATIIIOT I'I'IILISIIIRIi CO.. Harrtalmry. Pa PATENTS T U y?7""fwjl.it. swl IMS an momnma * IN " * Psuwl IWW tswT.Sk. HB/KI h**V Bbnttt pßtarnU fraw. ] 479 * *" • . d *T ' bom* anatly mn# # / AOowlr 0tS frat. Ad#r-TRUB * tfrSa ga.la.MaJna 1# lj SHE CFHTRC DEMOCRAT. BKIiLRFONTK, PA. AaHICULTTJIIii.L. NKWH, FACTH AN!) HUO4}CHTIC>Ki. (I*' I AND raoartkiTT or TNC RTIMTT. Krery farmer in /tig annual experience UiMCavera tumcthiny oj ealur. Write i( and *end it t<i t/ie 44 Ayrieultural Kditor of the DKMOCRAT, Jtellefontr T I'cnn'u," that other farmer.% may hove the benefit of \t. Let eommumrationn be timely t and br tore that they are brief and veil jmintrd. Til mir. i# no better time to select the st ed potatoes than when they are being dug. Select perfect specimen?, of medium size, and put them away carefully. It costs no more than tho lisp-hazard method of taking from the cellar any that may bo left when ! plaining time arrives, and it is in | finitely better. Thr grii*si *—md lor this pur|>oßc ! we may ela-ia clover a# a gras* —aie | the eonsei vi*tiv( former's sheet an chor, aiel i! e e >iiuervtive farmer is t'u- beat tilmi l in the world. To grow larg" t-iops of grass, and make j dense, lieh nod* j- good farming. I# j there a belter a\ to secure this very desirable reaiilt than by licsvily top dressing tin- win :;t ground with rich, well rnltial burnvard manure ? The p!io fc pli:itcs in N IK; used to #u[iple iiunt l!ii- to giod advantage, hut can they lie substituted for il without ultimate loss I'crimps this matter i# as well worthy close study just now an any other that can engage the farmer's attention. I'i-osk observers hold tlmt dairy farming tends gradually but surely toward soil exhaustion, notwithstand ing the purchases of feeding material from outside sources which it re quires. 1 >r. J. H. Nichols finds a reason for this in the fact that a milk giving cow takes about eighty pounds of bone-forming matter from the soil each year. This is taken away from the farm in the milk or other dairy ! products, and of course is a perma nent loss unless returned in some oth ier way. If this lie true, and we do not doubt that it is, a very brief calculation is required to show that the farmer who runs a dairy of twen ty-five cows must apply to his fnrm at least a tone of bone material, in some form, each year, in order to maintain the fertility of his place, to say nothing of increasing it. At.i. the information that we can gather eein to point conclusively to the fact that the consumption of meats in the country is increasing at a rate with which the supply fails to keep up. In cona-quence, prices of meats must continue to be compara tively high, nnd farmers will find more profit than ever in stock grow ing. Heef cannot he grown in a few months hut pigs and lambs ma}*, and now is just the time to make the needed arrangements. (ioori, early lambs are always in demand at high figures, and we feel assurred that the coming spring will find the demand greater and the prices higher than usual, Let the ewes lie stinted as early as may IK, having first secured the use of a young, vigorous ram, of good blood. Then take pains to have them go into winter quarters in good condition, aud keep them up to that point by good care and generous, reg ular feeding. With comfortable quar ters and good carc lands* from strong, well-fed ewes may come early in February, and Ire made exceedingly profitable. In view of the probable continued high price of corn, and the remunerative prices which we be lieve pork will command this fall, it will lie unwise, in our opinion, to un dertake to winter any pig atock ex cept breedera, but we counsel farm era who have good breeding sows, whether old or young, to hold them over, arranging to have them to far row as early a* settled spring weather will insure the successful raising of the pigs. Those rjho arc fortunate enough, or provident enough, to have good warm atablea for their piga may gain time by having thern come a few months earlier, and a lit tle judicious care will bring them to weaning time as early as tha young grass and the increased milk supply of the spring can be made available. A little uareful planning and manage ment in ihcae matters at this time "HI pay good proflte next season. A Senniblo, Oorwervativo View of the Kneilage QueHtion. I>r. flirklw, in f'tiiladetphU There ure advantage* enough in } the silo to warrant the dairy farmer | in looking carefully into the subject. More provender can lie preserved, ami by the aid of ensilage much more stock can lie subsisted on a given amount of land than by the ordinary methods. Hut the same is true of soiling, and by a combination I of the two the Kastern farmer is put upon a nearly equal footing with the Western dairyman. Ilut on the other hand, it costs as much to construct and run a silo sue ! ccssfuliy as to build and run & mill ! or a factory, and only the fore-handed I farmer, or the land owner who is also a capitalist, will make a success , of silo—at least, as a subject is at i present understood. .\ boiler and steam engine are necessary to run a silo pioperly. Hut much mow can lie done with the steam power on the farm than merely to cut ensilage. Threshing may be done, feed ground, wood sawed, water pumped, a green house or poultry house heated, corn shelled, fruit eva|orated, and oilier things can be done with boiler and engine when the proper appliances are furnished. The silo also implies a cutting machine, which is expensive, and is of no great use for other pur poses —at least, all other feed can be chaired on a less expenseive cutter than the elaborate outs supposed to lie necessary to cut ensilage. Hut aside Irora the expense of silos and the accompanying requisites to the best results, such operations on the farm require brain# behind theui. If farmers were mechanical engineers, or civil engineers, or even good, level headed farm managers, such improve ments would come to the farm a* a natural thing : but men so equipped in the top story as to be able to man age these adjuncts to fanning are not as plenty as blackberries, hence the ordinary farmer must cultivate hi# capacity to manage hi# business to the best advantage. The careful Htudy ol the silo matter uiav assist the oliservent farmer to better things. It j w not necessary, or even advisa ble, to go into the silo business ex tensively at first. It may U-tter be tried in a tentative way to determine ; ita value. A pit ten or twelve feet long, ten feet wide and eight to twelve feet deep, need not cost a great sum, and may be so placed that j it will serve some other purpose if, as a silo, it does not meet the build er's expectations. It may be built adjoining the barn-bridge and the ■ barn, connecting with the stable by a door on a level with the stable floor. A silo of this kind can be filled with out the aid of a steam engine and an expensive cutter. Knsilsge may thus be given a trial and its value detenu ined by cx|ierts. and if the ex|s*ri ment warrants further inrentment it may afterward lie made. On the contrary, il it is not satisfactory, the silo may be converted into n root cellar, a bin for the storage of cut fodder, or a cistern to hold water and thus utilised. There are objections that may be fairly urged against the silo, and some of these may lie stated at another time. Berkahire Swine Frtn tb* Affft altnrftl Kpit tms . The Berkshire breed of swine hold a very important place amongst swine breeders favorites, anil more of the blood of this breed is seen, either pure or admixed with that of com mon animals, than any other. Nine tenth# of the droves of |>orker# which arrive in our large cities, fiotu the West and elsewhere, for sale for food, are largely Berkshire, which fact attests to their popularity amongst those who breed for sale anil Erofit. Nearly all of the pure bred erksbires we bave in this counlty are of the medium or small type tbo' some some few breeders are casting a type of a much larger kind, which will not, however, be generally liked or sought after. What swine breed ers want is a growthy animal, as well as one which is compactly made, with ! the greatest amount or weight of de sirable and valuable parts, as hains, shoulders, chine and jowls, and the smallest amount of oirall# or undesir able parts, as, legs, feet, nose, ears, etc. The Improved Berkshire, in its greatest excellence, "Alls the bill" to a nicety, for not only canThry lie do pended on for profit, when bred pure and for market purposes, but Ismr* of this breed crossed with the fest com mon sows produce grade or half blood pig, which Tor growthineas, hardiness j ami profitableness take front rank, in most cases being superior, in many ways, for mere profit in the market es|ecially, to the pure-bred ones. This should induce all formers to breed to nothing but pure-bred boars, for common or grade onea cannot transmit the desirable qualities which the thorough bred onea caimuoi do. In breeding Berksliires, or in foot any breed or kind of pig whatever, the boar ahouhl be close made, rather a "chunky" build, though not in the j extreme, lie should lie bios.l snd straight in the back, heavy In ham J and shoulder, broad ami abott in : face and head, with heavy jowls and be| rather short in the logs, which should be strong and shapeiv, well set under, and feet which will not "break down" under heavy weight. The ears should be small, tine ami prick," the tail small, the hair neither ' | very coarse nor yet "woolly," and > the animal should not be bred under j six months old. in most thing* the now should resemble the boar, except in regard* to shape, KM we prefer, for breeding purj>o*es, one which is large : and roomy in the body, u* such have j larger litters and better pigs. Never , breed her until she is at leant air | months old, and, if she be a good mother, keep her an long a* she will j breed, an each succeeding litter it, an 1 improvement on former ones. Pulverize Thoroughly WMo V. Hfinii, in farmer*' A^irk* After you have harrowed and roll ed your land till you think it fine enough, go over it once more with a heavy plank drag : it will not take much time and will pay. This mat ter of mellowing a wheat field is like sweetning gooseberries, you are not apt to do 100 much of it, and if faithfully attended to it will do more ! to manure a good crop than anything else ] can recommend. There is no crop grows on the farm that is so greatly benefitted by pulverization. The growing reason for wheat in the autumn is short at lx*st, and the liability of drought is greater than at any other season of the year, and a fine soil not only renders available the plant food, but also economizes the moisture. A finely pulverized soil will IK; put in line condition for bringing up the wheat or causing the young plant to grow by a gentle shower that will not have any visible effect ori a rough, i cloddy field. Two or three weeks later sowing, on a well prepared seed-bed. is much better than the earlier sowing ori one indifferently prepared. I have, dur ing the last ten years, sowed wheat as early as the iirst day of Septem ber. and as late as Oetolter 10th, and, while I do not recommend as late sowing as the latter date, 1 have grown excellent crops from it, and in seasons better than from early sow - ing. In the fall of 1880, I began the first <isy of Scptemlter and finished October Bth, and the la-t sown wa* my heaviest wheat. Last fall wheat sown any time the first half of Octo ber made as good a crop as that sown earlier. Cure the Seed Com in the Sun shine. i In the first place, seed corn should lc gathered from the field so soon as the earliest and best ears are fairly out of milk. This can be done lute in August or earlv in September. Then dry it out thoroughly in the sun. ]>o not for a moment imagine that it is best to bang it up or lay it away in the sbade. There is nothing equal, in giving vitality or preparing it to stand the terrible freezing of our winters, to sunshine. When the corn and cob is thoroughly dry, and there w ill IK- no discount on ita vital ity next spring. And the same pro cess will perfect sin! preserve ail kinds of seeds sn<l grain. Cut the Corn Off at the Ground W!J r. Br wo. I should as soon tbink of allowing my meadows to ripen and fall down 1 to he pastured in winter as to leave the corn uncut and pasture the stalk fields. IN August of last year the Ohio State Hoard of Agricultnre made ami published an estimate of the total crop of wheat, then just harvester! in the State. On the 17th of last month, i just one year later, the assessor's re turns, based upon returns made by township assessors, by inquiry of each fanner in every township, and report ed through county auditors, were re ceived. The difference between the "estimate'' made by the Hoard but three weeks after the threshing be gan, and the actual figures given by the assessors, was less than one fourth of one per cent. Pretty close work. A system of co-operation, in the matter of gathering statistics be tween the agricultural board* of the several States ami the Ifepartmeut at Washington, has recently been i O . augurated, and It is quite within the bonds of reason to predict that in time the great degree of accuracy ex hibited by the Ohio Hoard in esti mating in advance the crops of the Stale will IJC nearly approached in the much broader field of the whole country. . 1 IIKRK is so little ground for com parison between a first-rale ram ami an inferior one, that the experienced and far-seeing breeder will not take lime for calculating the different v. i lie will secure the best animal, st whatever price is necessary, knowing that his money will come back to him, with good interest, in a very few j years, and come to stay, in the'form of better animals, consuming m. more food, oocupj iug no greater space in shelter or fold than their Inferior ancestry. LANE syrups show a greater ten dent% than licet syrups to liecwme acid and pass into the inert form <. sugar in the process of Itoiiing (lowa. The loaa of crystal feed sugar from this cane la very large.
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