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.
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, .. 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*.
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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.
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I > ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
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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
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J L. SPANGLEU.
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r \ s. KELLER,
I /# ATTORNEY AT LAW.
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'P C. HIPFLE,
1 o ArrORNKY AT I..YW.
lock haven pa.
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V V PRACTICAL SI'RVKYoR,
LOCK HAVEN, PA .
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IM.nt n eonntiea.
offtt-ai oppoaite Le-k Ifaren National Rank. 2*k-lj
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V V • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
BKI.LEPoNTK, pa
OScr in Conrad llonee, Allegheny afreet.
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* V ATTORNEY AT LAW,
CLEYKPIELD. PA.
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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 ''
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A. I
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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.
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<! " I*7 ui ha wot by mail. Z
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vimm
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/ "for wort, iMhrnt, right rwmal*. abort- t
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f w*ak fr arorr led mentally t ffl't tot|\|
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f MLNORBLUUUMBTBBUMADTN rKB(.XA."ja| \
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' 8. B. HARTMAX S6>., b*bn,Obto. >
/ If fn P'k. lobl bwtlr. or In nr wr \
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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.