, =.,, ---- ... ~. • ..1, •,...'. - ::"...,.. -- Y F, t 7... :- . :!---.7 Ile , , ..; :; —: • -, ..., , ,, , t, t tle. t i titt r a t: ~, ..., ...,.. .. ~,.• - • a COP. _ dramon of e Id ' •• " V3w I at telit et till.-be-slitentnienetit many men -weir9 inictirtrigliterredon account of the entire besot their _ bmttards .and kiegrrrsons began to tin dawn - their Bawl oanawi tofibe ntillehad been worth ataleteis o antes bashel„,iliOJ ciJer at the press,.ahey to wry antyteit_einit:lihthetilifei. less ; When '' the' tree. brae welt and the - gra - and waiirrie4Ahand IreWfrorp high grams, small atones, an& all thing& that .eratirt treabteln piekilterp, and the mill was near, you could get yoafhpillea gathered anti the cider litaderi for ortattall of it, minus every tenth barrel for the wall. The apples-in the orchard, tmgathereri, were wiartbitboet three' cent* a bushel rsance and drying apples tea to twelve. If gathered, ,fifteen to seven teen cents, and prime, nineteen; apples•or gritted varietiel I'a-only-five , _Bat as temperance prOglessed, and the ifittdiery Ares-ceased to burn, and older as a drink begat to 1,0 discarded, the complaint of an overstock of up. blekbecome less, oiler rose to a dollar or more a *noel, sad apple* in proportion, and to that day the PON of apple& has advanced just in proportion as the quantity of cider has diininished. For three or more years, cider apple* have been worth, deliver. al in the fill, about twelve • cents; common cooking ripples twenty4lva to shisty•seven, and grafted itliintet huit,lffly to saventy•five Now what bas caused this change 1 in the filet place apples have been Waal worth ten to fif een cents to feed stock. The stations idea that they contained no nu triment, and *nuid diminish the qnantity of milk if - frit . ktitsmaire, hay bean entirely exploded., ,If you iill'have cider you must pay what the apples are writ tot othpr por:posea, and ;for making besides. ; ;thin main, the time was, and rim many years i l slate r when we- nal -btu few villages thickly limited lint that each family could raise their own fruit. Now, With us, the villages of No and South Atlases, Lee, Barringtrm, West Stock "rigs, and Piltsfleld, to say nothing of others, turn' a market for more apples for eating and cooking an the` country furnished thirty years ago. Look for a mo ment to that little world of brick walls whi h We ealittsw Wilt, will) its hundreds ors thousands of applaes.ters, and all Ito ba-topplied by others, out of the surplus remaining af t er their own wants are supplied.. - - t Look at our large cities, Sur.on,- Philadelphia, Albany, and a hundreds of les.ser ones. Then look at the broad south. Why, the market is not one quarter supplied. But the prices are most extrava gairly high., The ground which would bring, at.an ectiralps of the saatiohe,,,five dollars worth of ;,Iretin• Lag apples, at present prices, would not keep Italia sheep, or 'he tenth part of a cow lt cider apples Were ealuable productions at six cents per •bmthel, :good grafted apples should be offered at fifteen to, twenty at the orchard, gathered in the usual way., arta should Le picked and barreled at twenty-five' cents. And whin this price 'domes thus,,,the . .de wilLtaiiiiereaiitd fear fold 'With: thii.ltrirrer t number of inhab tents.. They o ill time become a profitable article for daily consumption, in families' where they are now onlytoccusiconaly admitted . .as a luxury. But the population is constantly and rapidly iral anti CA 'int:realm is mainly ofmotipro ! ispecially in the Old states. The farming, Srui ,, wsising population is remaining about stationary in many towns decidedly decreasing, while dm crease ler in the' commercial and manahmturin eines - and villages. This we deem en imponan 'consideration, in the correct estimate of the inter demand. Viewing, then, the present scanty supply, at the aery high pie. a, the increased consumption which would - follow a rittinetirin of price, a re.lnction which improved cuitnreand a judicious adoption of kinds to the varying seasons of the year would per. mit, rand yet remunerate the producer, and the in. crease of population ; that Increase being almost wholly conqnmers We believe there is no dan ger of a surplus until the quantity - is Manama swop ty foul. Anti if the time should comet when it stir! Tit t pay for sending to market, it. will be worth Inure than the cost of the production to feed teemed fig., and horses at home. Large Seed Potatoes ea Small. Ufa gorroa:-..The questioner large versus small peones' for seed, seems at preset. to engage a large share - of attention in several of our agricultural joist nals. Perhaps a statement of an experiment on Larger scale than usual will be of interest at this ° Its tne fall of 18'8 1 measured off two acres. of ground and had it deep); plowed. The soil is a warm sandy loam, with deep sandy sobbed, trod was at•the time of plowing, down to timothy mead. ow; three years from the sowing. It was plowed in the fall for the purpose of exterminating the cut worm, 'which abounded. The following April we ,fiauled upon it one hundred two horse wagon loads of well rotted barnyard manure,spread it early and plowed it nine inches deep, harmed well, trunk ed oat drills four-inches deep arfirthree feet apart, and planted with fine large Neshannock potatoes, chosen and preserved carefully for the pnrpoe.-s- The potatoes were cut arid planted at the rat? of twenty bushels to the acre. The large seed was insufficient to complete the planting and ,we were forced, to have teconnot to the culls, about the , size of vralnats. The whole size was planted in ; one day. The plants came op well, and were %well strotked with the cultivator. No apparent difier. pace between the large and email seed. The) were Jug about the middle - 01 . September, commen cing at the rows planted with Aiwa potatoes,(abont a quarter of an acre) %ye were , so surprised to Add the potatoes so lar7 . ,tytnd the yield so good, it having been a favori . e theory of mine thea the large patinae+ alone iihould tie planted, to make a good return. We measured carefully several rows, and etude large calculations on the probable yield of the large seed. Judge then of our suprisa..w hen measo aring several rows of the Lauer, To find they fell a ItUfe short of the former, both in tia ntity and qual by. • Mother acre and a half that we planted a few 4sys; later than the first patch, on deep alluvial soil, in a very careless manner and entirely with small potatoes, produced as fine a lot et large. potatoe as 1 have ever seen. The yield of the tXp acres was 400 bushels, and of the ono acd a half sores 200 bashels. , In 18$0 I atysee4 potatoes by storing too quantity togetinu;, and seed being very scarce in the neighborhood, I was forre4 to plant eescold bit probated, red 'pelmet, taro and lIIENVXIIS small mixed. I Plittilisaiiiiiteallirchitred land at the esti ornibeitalhels 03.112041bivi1z0 1 1 3 4 0 ) Ik u e better crop- thed !Insld be.axpected ftinthe qoanti. 1.04420 vie: 1 114 0 . 44FfsficTa41To.. sorted out all the small ones,,-aboitt thiSi;e: 4 41, nuts and hen /ROT. seed; and in April, 1851 - , - 1 planted Tifacree'oftiehitiAirret' iirtsws three feet apart, and at the rite 'or rilly ? een b ashers acre, potatoes whole, or when en ontutualli large one octoarrett."Xurin two.. When dog, they were 'seamed on the I .7.,,,thshie ones sant' lel mar ket anti the small ones stored,foi iZettga ed eatefolly the prodoetof one acrikaud faimd )20 bushels, of which one, fcayth was culls and the other three fourths the. best quality. of msfYhantzbl! PT l ' toea;, and as such they commanded e high. price In market 1 wilt also Mention, that my potatoes have never been infected with the roe, excelit In ones or two spots wherwthe water of a spring occashinally flowed over the grorand alter heavy reinsialthuogit my' neighbors for several years , past, until the pres ent season, have lost. nearly their entire crops.' Janet mould pa askstip "fry , reason tot my ,oxperj- Meat from the semirge, axe .pt perhaps, 641,4144n ting. Yours resperAilk A. Farmer who hsid RoilsWOG Loam. There ate in every, es:immunity, farmers who con. (Rife) it iMpgnitjtel to add. guaything to their aftesiay accented stuck of knowledge. We met one of the class a few days since, whet in - answer to our in. gully whether he, was a subscriber to an agrieut mud paper, indignantly replied that " book farming was 'humbug, and That he knew were of tanning than anybody could tell him." We did aot,argue the point with him, conceiving it to be worse than useless; but as we left him, weroolt a few notes of this model farmer's premises, which we present to your readers, with the hope they will prove of service. . • The. pailiog fence enclosing the homer-yard was broken titivtp in several places; one of the binges off the gale, and directly in from of the kitchen door several, lank looking swine were wallowing in the -hole, where for dear knows how long the slops of the kitchen had been thrown. We thought, were he really as wise as he conceived himseAt to be, that 'fence would have been repaired,-that gate hinge fastened; a good tneed - oI swine would have replaced those hungry-looking ones, and the rich slops of the kitchen would have been applied to a better use than to creastaWanwholesome and an unpleasent wallowing placetir swine The barn stood On an eminence, and Directly in front of e t a small stream flowed. From the ma nure water was flowing, in a silent but steady stream, and beneath some cherry4reea, that skirt ed the lane, 1 observed large quantities of the excrement, of the fowls exposed to the ac tion of the weather, and aiding materially . the growth and vigor of the wilderness of weeds around. (fad he been so very wise, he would have checked the waste of that precious manure; ern.) ins.rad of permiting his fowlft to roost upon the chi-rry tree•, (and thus expose them to the inclem ency of the weather, but lose' in addition, their very valuable manure.) he would base given them a place 'of shelter, and by that means secured their comfort and productiveness, as well as their ex crements An otchard of young apple trees was almost en drelyilestroyed by the borer; the few* that enclos hie meadnws were in a ruinous ocmdition ; several hogs wet° tunics in turning up the sod ; and as we attempted to close the gate that led from the barn Mine house, we found it wholly impracticable, one hinge tom entirelynff, the the others so twisted as to render'the efforts vain. Want of time prevented further observation ; but we had seen enough to sat iffy us that the careful persital of any good agricul tural journal, and a practical application of some of the hints contained in would have been - hun. drids of dollars value to our uverwile tame r .— Farm Journal. Facts ssoirr Mite —Cream moot raise through a great depth of milk. [(milk, therefore desiredio retain its cream for a time, it should be put in a deep narrow dish ; and it h h desi.ski io hes it most completely of cream, it should be secured in a broad flat dish, not much exceeding an inch in depth.— tie evolution of cream is facilated by It rise, and retarded by a depression of temperature. At the usual temperature of the diary, 50 deg. Fabian. heit, all the cream will probably nips in 26 hours but 76 deg. it will perhaps all raise in half that time, and when the milk is kept Lear a freezing point, thecreatSs will raise very slowly, because it becomes partiOly In wet and bld weather the milk is. less rich than in dry and warm; and that on that account more cheese is obtained in cold than warm, though not thundry weather. The season has its effects— the milk in the spring, is supposed to be better for calves ; in the summer for cheese; and in i autumn, the butter keeping better than that of summer cows less frequently milked than others, give ricko milk and consequently much better. The momin milk is richer than the stealers. The butt drawn milk of each milking, 14 . 011 . !Om and all seasans, is richer than the first Jrawn, which is the poorest. 7 Etrects or ma stems eosin or Pcacn Tues. —Serious apprehensions are entertained in regard to the peach crop for the Coming season. We are informed from various sources, that nearly all of the buds are frozen. In ,some few localities we learn that such is not the - case but the exceptious , to the general destruction are, we fear, very rare. We have. examine.] a, number of buds every one of which gave unmistakeable ovidenctrof the de. straction of the germ. • My one may satisfy him. sett of the (act by cutting open, a bud, and if the small germ inside be -of a black or brown colorin. stead of green, there will be no fruit from that bud although there may be a blossom. Wale Moans- On taking possessicm of a piece of ground five years ago, fora gardett—nreerfnihis city, but than out upon the prairie—we found it in. tested with - wire•wones: They were present 'by thousaatis in every part of the soil, and the quertion was how to get lid of Mein. Two years after, we Procured wine refuse salt and sowed at the rate of 3i bushel per acre,, in the fall, of the year. On Working the g ro und the following summer the wire. worms bad taken themselves' away, save' s law strogg,lers which have been gradually leaving ever stnee, till now there is scarce a ralitary resident left. This would seem to say, nit them. • ,Anintance Tea , is seating more menace eve. ry day. There is anareely `poseirtif goof! tea to be foniid ;`it, is adulterate:l first in Cliltril, „ kut thee it aedergoes a finishing process when it comes hero 11 77 I_ gac.OXLa .;g:1:_z: 4.1 ra; , - `47; rat: 4A*3 1 1.4. 7 ja_iirfr; ew Gum via jseasugta wareroom. ittsrE6-rruLltde pisbriethat. be hie • • qitierieire Awe% his new time. cOrner - of,Maitt stieefsiqnsiii opposite .&lerard. Orettoo'., l Towinidif;Wheirt•beiail Irseplonliand - ormaneractare ed - iinicr; FfspOwini. , Cormiza;fWindarm.Fancsri Cape Staid:an* eiinttnolv CHAIRS,. made of the beet nsix intorsicietiorAimibility.. , • - :; • ' Be bei'aito ferrite. in Aluottinent of asaniansi itliiw - prices • - • •••''Repairinr ens Seatibg Consmois Canerri sad rhii;Oemed•Cfiaire. - rieuribsonalkle Menu • - "Chieffi - BameseoileiVbitewood and Curator low bantam) in payment for - work. , • ---. • He treat') that hie long-acquantanee MAW. cooritY; anittbei-deribilit# of hit work u temed.bo many.pori experience, will secure him a share of public pimp. age. Toarente. March ti lOW BOOTS- SHOES! . „ - 14AS removei.his ;establishment, to If.l4Tie's afore, 441,10.1 . pf,maindtrect„raid the,pnblic stluare, and 'twill c ontinue the mesufacture of Booth cud Shois c as heretofore . Halutajust received frism New York s large orsort mem of Women's, GAildrerei caul Minn' Shneelkdch are offered at lo•irpricee / The ; atewstiop cf the Ladies is,psrieularly, directed le his assiirtrnint, ,comprisiag the foll Owing new 'styles f---etisdielted hanYlinAgai ter boots; do. shoes ; black lasting and Silk Renton; walking shoes. buskinarce. • Misses' gaiters and shoes: of every Awe ription. A largs.assortment of Ghildreria fancy gaiters, toms and shoes, of all triads.. For the Gentlemen, almost every style of taillne and shoes. This stock hie been personally selected ,with care, and he believes he can offer superior articles et reasonable prices. ..Cr The attidttse adtentionfilid to lifartufOuring. and he hors by doing work well to merit a continu- Lice of the liberal patmnage be hu hitherto receive!. Towanda, May 8, 1851. Ii 9 DITME 9 loam= HAS REMOVED HIS OFFICE to No. 2. Brick Row, (up stains.) in the room formerly-occupied hy Hon. D. Wilmot as a taw office. when he will be pleased to see theme requirin his professional services. Towanda. November 18, 1851. . • COVNTT SORT ST RR, 11 AVTIT CT located in Towanda, his services - may be obtained by addressing a line through. the Post Office, or by calling at life Are of Ulysses Merest, Esq., where he will be found, or where a written ap lieatrion may be len. Not. I, 1850. 1111E1 UktlintaillDAVST73llllLQNit Is Still in Operation I THE isubseribert have moved to the new building on Pine street, one door below brefellf. MOTO where they will keep on hand and make to order, ploughs, stove and mill 4008 of almost all descriptions. Turn ing and fitting op work. will be done also on reasonable terms as at Elmira 3f Owego. Old iron will be taken in payment. JOHN CARMAN St CO. Towanda, April 26, 1851. ECONOMY, DURABILITY AND NEAMM. Saddle, Harness & Trunk Manufactory. TERE CULP & Co., respectfully inform the public el that they have taken the shop lately occupied by C. F. Harder, on Main street, s kw doors below the Brick Row, where they will keep on hand a large stock of zuz.zioutee4 wantima% Trivaas, V•LISSA, Mlllqi, ZTC. All articles in their line manufactured to order, and made of the best material, and for workmanship cannot be surpassed in Northern Psunsylsania, They solicit a call from those wishing to purchase; confident that they can give satisfaction both as to quality and price. az Cash will he paid for Hides and Sheep' Pena, t the highest rates, nt our shop. Sok Leather, Upper Lealher.llarness Leather and Calf akins, for sale in any quantity. lowlands, November 19th, 1550. NEW BLACKSMITH 81101% THE subscribers respectfully inform the public that they have taken the shop formerly occupied by Adam Esenwine, on Main street, nearly opposite Drake's wagon shop, where they are prepared to do all kinds of BLACKSMITHING upon reasonable teems. They arc determined by doing their work well and promptly, to merit, u they bops to receive a share of public patronage. HORSE—SHOEING done in the best manner. All kinds of repairing Machinery, executed in the moat skil ful manner. WOOD WORK for wagons will also be made and repaired when desired. All work done at their shop, will be murmurs' to be well done, and manufactured front the. beet materials, The public are requested to nista us a trial, and judge for themsslyee. , ESENW ENE &SE ESISCH Towanda, May 2. ISM - • BLACKSMITHINO ADAM ESEN WINE respectfully informs the pub. lic that he now occupies the shop where himael and brother have for veara worked, nearly opposite Tomkins' foundry, where be is ready to do all work in his line, as formerly in the best manner. He is de. termine.l the reputation he has attained as a skilful workman shall not suffer by any nesleet of the inter. eats of customers or by any inattention to business. TOOLS, manufactured to order—machinery of all kinds repaired in the best manner, and every kind of Repairing and Mann/adoring will be done at abort notice, and in the style desired. Horn shoeing on reasonable terms. lie will elan take Country P roduce, in psymem for work, but ob. jects /gooney to credit:" Towanda, Jan. 17, 1851. CHARLES K LADD, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON, Office in the *Union Moak:* up stairs; North side or the Public Square. over Elwell's Law Office. Entrance between Elwell's and - Adams' law offices; where be may always be found when not professionally engaged. Towanda, July 12, 1250. M,WrT7Z! !!. 7 Adana & filtaciarlarts, LTA VING entered into copartnership in the practice Li. of few, him else estabhalted ea sitoneY for be aloof real estate in the county of Bradford. Persons having real estate which they dente to sell, by calling and inning a description of their property with the terms of sale, will undoubtedly find it to their advan tags. • Perseids desirous of purehming can team where prop• erty is for sate--a deek.riptio"f the am with the price and terms of payment and be informad as to the ity of title. - J. C._ ADA MS. Towsnds, Miry 11.1851. J. MACFARLANE. NEW FIRM. THE ondersignmi having associated themaehret together under the firm of Praneiseo and Tem kin/taus the-purpose of earryina on the - Carriage litaking Mathew, • Respectfully solicit a share of Public Patroitsee.-- They pledge themselves-to make as good work and as eat as can be produced from any other tenth% lishment., . We have now on hand a variety of dnished work, and shall endeavor, In keep Onatlhtly on hand a good assortment. so thatcustomers mayrit any tittle Le accommodated with carriage to theirt■ste: All persons wishine - to purchase work ofihia kind will do wellto call and esamine for tbenselves. aS we will sell as low as can be afforded in any other establishment. • ea. Repairing done to order with. tininess and despatch, , •:4.PRANCIrICO. Towanda, Anspll3; 1851.- .N.C. TONKIN& il --' AT11.62 )l ps.iat unit ium; • coses:netw'_ityle of end C ap e , Ali o a law rock of mew', #mewen4 Ckildreas *Pots and Shoes joist received MERCURIP. serelogßoroverm.tr, .$41644,12.7i*ir-tisrir' — ' 44 .l',4 - 4101" - -...litactit.r'' , • ligellancone. , > IMO It 110"4:1114 ° fltelr ' 0 ititto,4!ll , ER - or. worn illkstoMtrit • _ • 7Aio 4ontaino leo 31emarg, nor ony-oilta• Mineral substenes. itputeiy Vogdate • "bee notedy-tnt *Mania one of the now *tmor &try; weer Used. - - ft adeetestlyetadiestes wrote of atrsoffi Ibutt 4Vldtwe and *dubs. • - •• 5 Tho6lolol parialti, *Onto *taunt Thmitest emus beincknoten. Sena, other Moon assigned Ox siekness. , staid' toolate to ewe the reel mat.' Whitt instants, eespanstbilitf • mete upon the 'prom who does not know end the doctor wbo dose isaVin dwitati‘therbseitait'4hintwqing those pre cious flowiniof • - I Wiltatirkeubil* dritsl The insiter 'Give tbsilliforatifaSerinitieb . will be stirs to do- goo& if they haic no wormy. mei if they -hoe, it sriltdestroy'attd - aradiesta them with a certainty and precision truly 'astonisitirtz . Them ia no mercury Or • mineral in it. Mercury la the Nish of moat setinzeretinisfiestfritrid the remedy is SletneliPM , Trotin4 ll3l m) dur dieCafe- - t 3 P.never gee', ki enge/..buktelY ,rete l 7, Pen= will bO: winced on ono ,149.1 A t iLt it ammo petfact over. invented.' , , ,The t a mes to:s a sioXr* test of its fraluairid the &intuition , • nitwit it is heed by families. It would , be.quita.too sappily& tet , rub: lish the volumes of certificates that bee been given for this anicle, anti the users 01 it me request-4d. to spiced the name to a parson* nhoin they think will be teriefittedpby it. • • - • tifpealt. Of it in an familia; and On vill