Vrofe*iotntl Cant
I H. OKVIH,
l tt • ArrjMr.T-Ari.Aw.
r MdMto.H |
j Offlro ot |rw.l(r th# OcWft |lua#, ii fhi fl• r of \
&W •drlng * Illugi
I .V K' i< hum:.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
r Pt,
Orri.'t in ilinao'i N>* Ht 11 n.;.
Prompt atlanUonto r.>ll li-m claim*. 3 If
HA. Mc kkk,
. ATTORNEY AT I.AW
Offlrff North lli*li *tr.-t, oppa.ll* omri li-tiao,
Brllcfont*, Pa- b-'M-lj, .
HIIARSIIBKK< INK, ( SucciAPor
.. to Ttem a Hanhbonor) ATTORNEY \i
i I L. SPANG LER,
| , ATTORNKV AT-LAW,
RKI.I.KPONTK.i KM Rt ' Ot NTV, PA.
Spe -lat attention to Colin tlona; pre- tlrra lu all tin-
Jourla; OoßTOltationatii Qermaitor Boßllah. 1-ly
OF. FOHTNKV,
• ATTORNEY AT-LAW,
UKI.LKPONTR, PA
Of#r<> iaOonraJ Ho'tP*. AllfgbanjraUaat.
Special attention riven lo llio rollaction of claim'
All attain*** attended to prompt!)- *'■*
( Yll AS. 1\ 11 EWES,
ATTORN>T \r LAW,
lIKLI.KffNTR, PA
PreMlee# in all th. Court*. 0: , .li r.mit
up in Furat'a building. I •*•> i
I G. IAJVK,
PI a
ATTORNEY A I*-1. Vlt
II- 11*1 utr. Pa.
om -luthr room* firnotlj upi. I I tli lit*
w. p. wuwb nil WU.
4PHOMAS J. MeCUI.LOUGH,
I ATTORNEY AT I.aw,
I'll 11 IP.-UUR-; PA.
J. ORcaln Albart Owan'a baikltßß, lb lb* rooai tow
tr) aonpitf ll i ii** Phlllpaba>( nuikli| Oi B| W]
ill-lj
a. it. iti.<rt)ui. * r iumi.
Hastings & uekdku,
ATTORNEYB AT LAW
IIKI.LKK>NTI: PA
om. eoi. AIU-fth*!•) I|I.I" door! *• of tlre.-f
--00 occupi.-Al by Ut# Arm of Yocum A ll*llinr. 4**~
WILLI** 4. WAllAfl r\T!Ot lUM,
NAIHI P. wtLU' r n ILLS AM B.W4LLACf.
WALLACE A KREBS,
T * LAW AND COLLECTION OKFH E
J.iua*ry CLKAHFIELD.PA#
PLLIB L. ORVIB,
1j attorney at law.
OFFICE |p#it# th# Curl II ua# ( on the '2d fhxr
A.O. Furvt't building.
C. f. ALtIIVDU. C.i.lOWil,
\ LEX AN PER k BOWER,
X*. ATToRNRYB AT LAW.
BclUfoit#, F , may be consulted la English or o#r
men. Ofßta In Obn)n' Building. l-lj
1 A MM 4* IIATtt. I. Virll! tP|4IT.
A GEPHART,
I> attorneys at law,
Oflk# ou AMeglfUj sir#*!, north of High, BtlU
((•ntf, Pt l-l J
%
W C. HEINLE,
II i ATTOU.NET AT LAW.
HKLLKFONTR, PA.
Laatdoor loth* l*flln th* Court Uub**. 11-1
k / iLEMENT DALE,
I C ATTORNEY-AT LAW,
H*ll-f nl*. Pa
Otflr# X. W r<rn*r Diamond, tea <1 ra fr <-ru Aral
DRtioatl Lank. 1) ■
np C. HIP PL E,
J. • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
DAY 11A VIN. PA.
AII ba,ln*aapromptl)r atto.|*<l to. 1-1)
W M P MITCHELL,
T PRACTICAL SCRVKTOU.
LOCK IIAYKN, PA ,
Will att*n-l to all work In CYar4Md, Cnlr* and
Clinton eonntiaa.
Dlllr, oppoillr L* k llaran National Rank. 20-1)
• WILLIAM MfC'ULLOUGH,
9 T ATTORNEY AT LAW.
clearpiild, pa
All bnafnaaa pronpfly MtfftM Mf
HK. HOY. M. I)..
• Oiii Ig Qmrhl fftimt ilrrtrmißij'
BKLLKFuXTk, PA ,
ttenti- n to Oprrntif® Furgrry en
Chronic DiHM*. IV-ly
7 \R. JAS. H. DOBBINS, M. I).,
JLJ PMYAICIAN AND PI R'IEON.
Oflke ANrghrnjr ot.,OVr Zeigler'a frr.f *for .
e-tf HKLLEFOXTF., PA
Oil. J. W. RHONE, Dcntint, can
be fl'ind %t hl oflw r |! ■i N*rlh
id* of High trr-t t k r rt Iml f All |bWT|
Beltefont#. P*.
fT* P. BLAIR,
I •
A!! work n.-ntly •tkwote-!. Cn AiUgL i.y
end* r Brw.krrhofT Uoiw*. 4-If
JiuMiiirim Cftriln.
/ Y EM barber shop,
\ ■ 111 r lir.l Nali l Rank,
■ KLI.HrO.NT Pa,
It. A. Berk. [aiai . I'ropr.
tYENTRE COUNTY BANKING
) COMPANY
F*t*lTP v>alt
And A lie* I 'i'rl,
•*•* af Not*>,
Bnj end Sell
HHP Gov
Gold end (y>of>.me
\ Btßvra. Pr ri lrnt.
I. D.tlCllT f CR*Mcr. 4-1 f
*. c. Hcnrt. Pree'l* j. r Htiiif.Cuh'r,
IfIRST NATIONAL BANK OK
BELLKPONTE.
A)l*b*n)r kirwt, B*.|l*fonl, Pa. i ll
Wilnon Mr far In ne ,f Co., Hardware Heater*.
IEI -A_IR.XD "W" A T
AVILSON, M,'FAI!T,ANK & CO.
DKALEK.S IN
, STOVES, RANGES * HEATERS.
ALKO
■Paints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
4 _*_ |
. .
Ht inertia m hum.
liO.1l) VALKITIiIK,
! Gknrral Inn nrnl ('oMMIMtf)N Atft.,
Itcllpfiinte, Pit.
f'fTl■ In It>i nil Arrede, 2nd
The folloYving companipa r'|rwioiitel:
—o—
Union I'hiln<li'.|>hiit.
Amkkkan do.
| Ouakiiian London.
St'N do.
; Wehtrhn Toronto.
CoNNEtTIi t'T llnrtfurd.
nnd othur*.
—o—
LIFE.
Tray KLKHN Like A Ac t'D Unrtfyrd
nnd oth>T.
—O
- coftitriisaion branch ol mv bu*ino,*
'i ri'ct'itring npfcial attention. Proportiee
told to (food advantage, an I have I'acili
tie lor dl,|io*ln(f of hou'cii, landa, etc., on
■hort notice and favorable ternia.
1 21 #ui HON I) VALKNTINK.
] PENNSYLVANIA
STATE COLLEGE.
Winter term begint January 4, 1884.
Ttiii litetltnt: Hi U In on of th* ni *t l*v
tlfnl evid |x<tllliful of i•>• entire Allrghuny rn/tt n
] i l<- ' tt t ati) luu ol Loth •**• end offer# the fol
low ing I "iirp • f Htu *y ■
! A Full CUelral vonnm of F ir Yuri.
J. A httiu • illft jiiree
1. A Pull 8- l-iitill. I'.mr* ,1 r..ur Yaara
I. Tim full wiug % Pl.' I VI. ini IU*KM, >l (<> yeer* j
*•#(*!. f- lottir.* t! flmt ta i p'n i f fth<* 9rlnnti .
Ac Cor*n (ei AGHICT LTI'HK; (h) N ATI'HA I.
II1FTKV ini IIKM IMTR\ SU Pll YNICH}(d) !
i IVII* KNGINKI.HISG.
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. \ ih rt SPKCI VI- tTH'IWI 11< h oiiitrr.
7 A Cleenicel en<l Sk . limit Pr jeratcrj U ifto, j
M'K'l At* Oil ixrn errenge*! t- in ' ti r ,
eot# af It.dhiduel vtudrL'i.
MllltefJ drill l rn/jMlrrwl, Kvj mum f r I trd en 1 I
ivltlrnuli iry lw Tintui 1 >*mg ledi-t un- |
; drrrhergnof e ruOi(trtpnt U'lt PrifKipel
For Cefel'gu*e. <t "ther Itifortnetlou,eddr^e*
o£O VR ATIfr.HTUN, P®%eirvrt,
OTATt CvLAAUi, COTAf Cv., |A.
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'PHK CENTRE DEMGCRAT
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ALLEOHENYT STREET,
BKLLKKONTE, PA.,
IH .MOW OFFERING
ii li KA T IN1)r(' KM K KTm
To Tl|og IH FII NO FI RAT-CLAM
Plain or Fancy Printing.
We have uni..-' a! fa< ilitice for j.rintinc
LAW HOOKS,
PA M I'll I.KTS,
CATALt M.URS,
PKOU It A M V ES,
STAT K.MR NTS
CIKCULA Rs.
11l LI. HEADS,
NOTK HKADS,
BUSINESS CARDS
INVITATION CARDS,
CARTES DE VISITE,
CARDS ON ENVELOPES
AND ALL KINDS OK BLANKS
Haf-' >r ler) by mail will re eive j>r
attention.
pact' I'-nting 1 >r:e in the beet fly le,<r
abort notice and at the iowet rate
Itching Pilos -Bymptous and Cure
The ajrrnptoma are moi*ttire, like per
apiration, inlet.*" itoilinir. incrrnaetl by
arratohing, very diatreaeing, particular
ly at niglit, eem a* if pin worms were
crawling .n and about the rectum; tli"
(■rivate irti are eonietimea all-. led.
Hallow. I lo continue very aerioua re
' li c.Y. "MVAYNK'SOINTMKYI
i- a plentant, aure cure. ADo for Tetter,
Itch. Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Kryaipo
I a*. H rber Itch, lyothchea. all acaly
crualy Skin Diaenaea. Sent by mail for
SOcente: boxc* $1.25. fin aiamp).
Addreav Dr. SWAYNK A >') N. Phila
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flood Mf U wtid Is*dgltio •! ttif#l*-rat# nte* n lb
rlnt •tAbllng atU'h#d
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HOTEL,
liariwtj Cinilc's
S IIWI.Y KKMOIIKLKII IHITKI*.
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good mul prirfi ni'ilrmt#. t7 ft.
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ral travrlln* nut It- arid romtnari tal mm ar- iiit#i
t<i tlila Flrat-f I#a llotal vih#r# th#) will And L m
r*•ti*frta* nt rnav' nahlw fair#.
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BKLI.KFONTK, PA*.
r J. X. Lehman, Xrojtr.
Tin* | pilar lo'tel iind-r ti iiovriagriiimt of th#
j r-•• i t pr'|*rt tof, !• I#ttrf ftttrxl tb*D #* r 1 <r th#
ciiti-nainnmnt "f i;ii*t> H#f#a r#i<'tiabl# may "t aJI
VfILLHEIM HOTEL,
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W. S X'USSKR, Proprietor.
ITha t- m • f Mi! h#ltn la hirwt#*! in r#nn' Vail*)
al->Ut !>• I' t i ' ' ffi Stntif . in the Ui
burg, C#ntf# ai 1 Hjrur# f'r##k lUdlruad, with #t*i
riuodifig4 that tuak# it a
PLEASANT SUMMER RESORT.
'<4 -nd tr tit (Ibl.thL- In th# imn#dlat* vtrimty A rat
rt)M lu #r*ry ir*iu At th# Mlillirtm llut#l a< • *m-
I rti'-Ult (*• * til Lu f 'tod flrtt-la## and t#rma rn'drr
•*. Jul# 2i. 1 Vfo 1) •
New Brockerholf House.
I)BOC'KKRHOKK HOUSE,
I > ALI.KIIIENY aT , OKLLLI't'NTK PA
C. (i. M. MILLKN", Pr- p'r.
f?,v)rf Sample ti ' fn on hrit Floor,
gjrPrm- Hn4 t and from all Train* Hj#< tal ra*#*
t*> wttOMb*#* at*d Jofora. 4-1
( yENTKAL HOTEL,
V.*/' (trt't"'*'*# lb# Uailr 4b.! Math n.)
M11.lll*R9, < KNTKk "I'MY, TA
A A K< H LBKCK EH, Proprietor.
THKOCGII TRAVFI.KM on th# railroad vi 11 find
tbi* Hot*l at # • llmt plat* t Isnrl., or jr*-<or# a
m*al a# A I L TK AI NH #t t alont U* niinut#* 47
|2*IRST NATIONAL HOTEL
1 MII.LHEIM, 1 r.NTKE HU'NTY . PA
S. J 'J ret in, 'Xroprietor.
}{.\ TFIS- %\ 00 I' Kit PA J*.
It! * Ht .Ni TO Iri*OT MF.KTINAI l. TRAIXA.
A GOOD LIVEBY ATTACHED.
TAi4 It'itfi A//v lately h**n remodeled nnd
refurnished nnd the trarehnq mthhe
will firui acerrmnilatu>n* firi ela*
tri frrry reaj ect. Ihtr JtA/C ta
one the hesf
fcr C.Kiica'.irt.
.11 inrrila am u*.
Swarno'i I'illb ConYfortinir to the
Sick.
Th"'.iafid !: • fr-ni ti' I• pr p-rlj
tr-at linpire H >*!, t*.• n.ll, ■ Dy-
YI Hiar •>. A | |< •v> . Liver, k -110-J
II- arl Dl" a*-*. Dropar. ar I ft>■ ■ jniatl.m
Hut to the d'bihtated lniri<-n- ! ' n )
erlou aicknen. we ■ n - •I li • J r.-
comrneml "SYY Y* NK , K PI I I,S hiri
<-oritln medicinal pro|.<-rli- (■ ■*! to
no other reao-tly. s-fl by..is I • 2
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soN, Phi n i .pLm, P S L- Drug
gldlk. o - lj
DEALERS IN PURE DRUGS ON 1.5
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X a !M rf •
2 Xn r rt- y#h- *it w r
Z All tb# At*' !a PatTi Mid P"
arrlj'th-ria 1 I . f*. j• . a nratalj %.
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l the BEST BUILT,
FINEST FINISHED.
EASIEST BUNNINQ
SINGER MACHINE ever offered the publio.
' Tb# a l "*# '••it #p #na th# ITY #t j. p.Ur otyl* f +
th* fMfffda with h W iff#, ywv f 4 Ihe tify | JK 4
f|. v lUm#til-r. w# d t. t *•% j-vi to |a) .• to y
hit* a##n th# fn<hin# Afl#r having riam.t>#! tt,
if It Iv lot ail w# r- pfl •# t f'tuo, || t M at I r
#ir#na* r -vvi.t your |tit#r#H* and ntd#f at <.r
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S "For (hr - Saaal Catarrh, 1 r in- tr
2 rhino and *< r# ITr.*at tak* I'tnt * t
_ ••I'ORt i% lo Hi# |ftiri'4, uitHii |>rofr.td, J
3 and #fhrl#nt kn'wr to man.' r
1 '• I'rßU** l tv l#it awotli#r. rtinat x
I i
K wnrroi nv :>lal ), take I'tn >i." ■■■■ M
" Hut r*m*Tnb-r lite met! lii.j. ri.nt if ta
3 *lll thai I'am a a will mrwChrimle J(* 2
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e, l>*tinc.r Ih" K1M11.1,. "!■■■■■■ V
a II )<nir(lmul<ttt'ait i.f <mr pairnlilFt, *
en Die "lliaiiri.lf*." >-r If leu are Lbar _
-5 Hi* nieVr aillaeawi net tnenUmiMt In It or fi?
3 In th**n a-lir-rtlwioenu. wblreaa Um> prre _
pri.i n. It. Ilartman* <Y>..lMm>rn,o. 8
Pur ConttlpaUen ami l'lb-*, take
PATENTS
tSm^S3SSSsh%Sm
HrmSXam ■ """"Ht7ii l ''sT < "l n * **•
SM it i-rT'lftumni
[ Aaaajcan iHRoo. tot Rroodwar, Haw Tovh. • • a)
®l xt Crutw jPrmcicrat.
BBLLKFONTE. PA.
A-aniccrLT-crnAL..
WEWH, FACTS ANI> HIMK. EMTIONH.
TMt '•' 'lf <TIKL OUfOI It Till fWILLI
■lKirr 4Kb fHUMffKIT 1 Of TNI f.NMIH
A-t>ry farmer in At* annual er/ienrnre
dxecovere eomething of rn'ue. M'rile it anil
N*n d il to the "Agricultural Editor oj the
likmoi'kat, Belle ft nit e, I'enn'a," that other
farmer* may hare the benefit of if. I.et
etnninimieahon* he timely, and he nitre that
they are brief and well /minted.
Skim Milk Farming
In the section 1 live in the farmers
are chiefly cngagud iu wheat raising,
with a growing tendency in the direc
tion of stock and dairy farming,
(.'artful estimates have placed the ac
tual cost of producing a bushel of
wheat in this section at not far from
sixty five cents ; this does not include
depreciation in land nor cost of trans
portation by rail, or otherwise, to the
markets of the world. These ex
panses aggregate at least twenty live
cents more, and when the w heat is
placed in any market where it will
bring $1 per bushel, the cost of pro
duction and transportation have run
up to at least ninety cents. The crop
of 'B.'s marketed in my town aggre
gated 550,000 bushels, worth in Chi
cago something like half a million
dollars, on which the farmers have
realized a profit of not more than
ten per cent., or $50,000, in this fav
orable wheat year. The Height tariff
alone on this wheat amounts, how
ever, to $115,000, and as the cost of
transportation aifects the price paid,
this enormous tax really falls upon
the farmers. Their expenses for
freight alone are therefore more than
double their profits.
Now, assuming that stock and dairy
farming arc, of themselves, quite as
profitable as wheat fsriniug—in other
wiirds, that it costs no more to pro
duce a givcu amount in butter or
beef than the isme amount in wheat
(an assumption most favorable in.
deed to the wheat interest), il is easy
to estimate the benefit the farmer
might receive in this one item alone,
by condensing his products.
Half a million dollars worth of
live stock could be sent to the Chi
cago market at an expense of not to
exceed $.'{5,000, sr.d thus of this
$115,000 freight expense incident to
a heat raising, there would have been
*a\ed, to the farmers' profit, SBO,OOO.
The same product in pork and beef
would have gone to the same market
il an i xpertsc of not to exceed $25,-
000, and thus another SIO,OOO of
freight might have been saved—all
clear profit. The same nmount in
cheese would have required the cx-
P< hdilure of but |15,000 in fri igbt.
insti ad of $115,000, and thus an even
} 100,000 of i T|K ne might have been
saved l< the farm< rs just twlec the
amount of their profits on wheat ;
and on dividing up among the 500 or
moic farmers each would have a bal
ant e of SIOO to show lor every 8100
tie realized on w heat.
In the production of butter thr
d.ll icnci is Ktill mote to bis ndvaut
ngi>. To ship $.*100,000 worth of but
ter would cost not more than from
i $7,000 to (Ml iin place of the slls,
I <M>O, and thus nhout per crnt. of
j 1
the cost of wheat transportation
would tic saved, and the farmers'sup
posed profit of 10 |ier cent, would Ik
increased to considerably over .'!0 jnr
! cent, of the gross receipts. Putting
it in n different form and we find that
the Southwestern Minnesota farmer,
who produces good butler, pays out
for transportation to market but 2
per cent, of the value of his product.
The cheese producer pays out from
•3 Jto 4 per cent. The pork and Ireif
producer pays from 5 to fi per cent,
and the live stock shipper from 7 to
H per cent.; but the wheat farmer
settles his little freight account by
turning over from 23 to 25 per cent.
of all the gross receipts of his crop,
and a large share, if not all, of the
balance goos for other expenses.
The wheat farmer is content to lake
his small pittance of gain In skim
nylk, while the millera' associations,
the speculators, and the railroads
take all the cream of bis crop.—
From a jxtper by H. K. Heard, read
before the N. W. Dairymon'e Amciet
lion.
m
C hickens, such as Asiatic, should
never lie allowed to perish until about
aix months old, or the brcst bone wili
bo liable to become crooked. There
fa no cure, and it la a disqualification
for exhibition fowl a.
Tho Potato Crop.
A year ago at thin lirne, fiotatoe*
were selling throughout .Now Kng.
larul at prices fully double their pre"
ent value, and there wereconsequent
ly a larger number of aorea planted
lant season than uaual. The ivaaon
proved favorable to the crop, and po
tatoes have been selling low, as an
inevitable result. We find some of
our cotemporarics advising their
readers to learn a lesson from the ex
pcrience of the past yrar, and to give
more attention to other crops, par
ticularly corn, and let the potatoes
receive leas thought. Now it is true
that the potato is an exhaustive crop
to grow, as it returns very little to
the soil, and in some localities its
culture may have been carried to ex
cess, because it is ho easily turned
into cash as soon as harvested ; and
in such localities it might be well to
reduce the area devoted to it, but its
cultivation should not be neglected
because of the unusually low prices
that have ruled the past season The
probability is that the present low '
prices will cause a great many to give
up the potato as a larr crop, for this
year at least, and that the next sea
son's crop will hring much better
prices. Those farmers usually suc
ceed best who lollow some chosen 1
line through good reasons and bud
seasons ; then they learn how to do
their special work in the very best
manner, and they get the benefit of
the occasional high prices, which arc
sure to rule every few years. There
is far too much shifting from one
thing to another among many of our
farmers They take up new things
just in seas n to make a losing every
time, while if they would stick to a
more uniform course tbey would suc
ceed far better. If you know bow to
grow potatoes well, this will be a good
time to continue in well doing.—X.
F. Farmer.
Farmers' Homes
Frank P. Curtis, in his address be
fore the New York State Agricultural
Society, said several good things in
regard to farmers' homes, but none
more to the ;>oint than the following
in regard to the location and sur
roundings of the dwelling: "A house
on a bill, with no trees about it'
looks cheerless and unhomc-likc.
Have grounds around the dwelling.
Tear away the tonces; they cost
money, ami are useless. I mean
fences Shutting the house up as if
there was danger of it running away-
I.et there be not less than an acre of
dooryard ; ten will be better. Make
a rich law n of this, and cut the grass
It can be no waste, bu . it w ill l<e a
thing of beauty : rnd a thing of
beauty is a joy forever. There need
not be any loss to be latelul: nature
ar.d beauty are synonymous; good
taste and economy can therefore be
mailt handmaids to each either. Scl
your fruit trees in this inclosure, and
dig around them will a spade each
year, and top dress the whole, and
the trees will grow finely, and the
grass will grow luxuriantly, and the
house will grow lienulifui, the child'
rcn will grow cntented, the fathers
an l mothers as they grow old w il'
grow happy, the neighbor* will grow
to emulate and excel, the township
will grow attractive, and the young
men and the young women will grow
up to feel that there is no place after
all, like 'Home, Sweet Home.'
1 mr rira n Farmer.
Mll.cil cows due to calve mon
should receive more care now than
heretofore. Kxtra rations of whole
some food with good shelter and pure
water is very important and necessa
ry. Hran fed now will have the ten
dency to increase the flow of milk
when the cow comes in, and should
be given regularly each day. Pur
ing the warm days of approaching
spring a run in some high, dry lot or
field is desirable. Po not try to force
your young heifers with overfeeds of
rich food. Many a promising young
animal has been ruined in this way
by parties caring more for an abund
ant and unnatural yield of milk than
for the health of tbeir animals.
An Ohio farmer washes his applt
trees every spring ami fail with a
•trocg lye that will float an egg, and
finds it to be sore death to the borers.
He claims that he baa not loet a tree
•ince beginning this practice, al though
be had loat several previously.
HoallMK Planter for Tree Wounds
When large limbs are cut from trees,
cither nt pruning or for the purpose
of grafting, the stock is very apt to
rot iu alter year*. The water soaks
into the wood, arid although the |<art
may heal over apparently, and become
nicely covered with new bark, jet the
rot will be found, after many yarn,
to shorten the life of the tree. Van
ous remedies have been tried to pie
vent this rotting, such as tar, paint,
gum shellac, etc., but the foliowii g
we have found an excellent cotnpuM
lion : Burn an old leather shoe, mix
the ashes with three times its bulk of
bone dust, then add about an r-cjt e £
share of grease or fat to some pine
tar, heat up and mix over a slow lire,
and at the same time mix in the pow
dered bone and ash of k-ather, till u
J comes to the consistency of tl.n .
paint. Pou. around the outer edg< f
the Cut, then apply with an old biLrh
or a flat, narrow piece of board, an I
let ii be HI II rubbed on.
The above is from Mr. Thorn
! Ikmnclt, an experienced planter. .11
| ordinary practice a coat of coal Ui
VI ill be si (Ii ,-ient A aim pi appln .
tion will make an almos in; i: 1 u>o
and weather proof covering J. - ixio ,
too, drives away insect*, sud it bai
been a<]opted, alter many and <ok,
| experiments, by the Ihr.-. . is of
Park* in Paris, as the f-tarnUr.i ■ ost
ing for tree wounds. Where the
wounds are exceptionally large a
secoi. I coat may be applied in a lea
years to the part 11 t yit healed our
The thicker preparations, with r<t-ii
or wax for a base, offer obstructim •
to the new growth'of wood, which,
as it spreads over the wood, must
I crowd aside the coating or break i;
up. In Professor Sargent * transla
tion of Pes Cars' bo >k on pruning
the fact is noted that coal tar i cot
so satisfactory as an applii ■' on ■
the elm as to other trees. The *st< r
blisters which form on the BUT 'are of
this wood prevent a firm adlu -ion
In such cases the coat should 1* 1 .
moved from the blistered plar • * acd
a new application made.
It Doesn't Keep
Perfectly pure butter will ki •<; a
i very long time, like pure lard or pure
tallow, but no butter is made, or can
t>c made pcrlectly pure, without de
stroying the grain by melting it. As
turned out by the best makers it still
contains some of the other elements ■ f
the the milk, its sugar or caseine, iu
corporated with it. Hut to have a
i little of these in our butter as JO-M
blc is essential to even moderately
long keeping. Salt will not save b,t
tor containing much of them. 1 n fact,
any butter will keep as long without
salt as with any amount of it that
can be used and leave tbeboltc- mar
kctablc. Salt is put into butter f u r
flavor, and not for keeping. When
butter is ma le from perfect cream
and churned, washed, worker! and
packed as {perfectly as possible, it i
in the Iwst condition for keeping Hut
however per ft :ly manufactured, long
keeping csn only be secured after,
ward by careful handling, ever rt raetr
b ring that butter at the best has si
ways in it germs of decay which high
temperature and exjtosure to the ri*
wjll surely develop. Kor the fure.gn
trsde, especially to warm countries,
carefully made butter, closely packed
and scab 1 in air tight and non ab
aorbent packages, ought to and un
doubtedly will command very high
prices. But only a thoroughly skill
ed mahi r stmuM attempt this.— T. II
llu'li'.*, V />..< -1 Mirror and Farmer-
Farm Notes
Peas should te soaked in water
twenty-four hours before being
planted.
The raising ot turkeys for the
market is a very profitable invest
ment At h ast it is found to be so
by all who have tried it. Kvery farm
or should keep a fli k. He is sure of
two markets, one st Thanksgiving
and the othi r at Christmas. The dam
age they do is but little compared
with the good they do in the way of
picking op grubs.
Kggs will ahaorb bad odors from
musty bay if the latter is used for
packing. It ia not generally known
that eggs are very much like butter
or cream In the susceptibility to sur
rounding influences of this kind
Eggs In s grocery where there is salt
fish, tobacco, kerosene, and such
things, sometimes become affected if
they are near these goods very long