..~=-:,a am.frttllng feitartment Agriculture or I" Rotation Syst treire; • In the first place for-the successful cultiyation of wheat, lime becomeg necessity—tfor lime enters largely in to 'the composition of both kernel and stalk of the plant. So that when lithe is exhausted from the soil the farmer eenslis, to raise wheat, but lime can supplied the soil, and when so; (I,onert&OWN*.ttnie and in' its. cos. tiva n siate, it hotii 14beniically on; other ingredients in the soil that are - alSo a :necessity in the growth of some plants, and brings them into a sok:L --1)1e condition so , that they. -became • plant food. - Plaster is &Ik> a necessity in "sue cegsftil taming ; not so much for its . ,fertilizing qualities as for its powers of condensi,i . tgi' . , the vapors of the, atinOsphercr . pitiventing s the . es cape titt' alid othitY volatile gases'that are essential for the growth • 'Of all plant. - Barnyard Or stable manure 4b an. other important item in sireCessful z,s,there is no laiiirthat will ,continrie to, grow rge ,c-roo - i:year af ter vear without it or its -equivalent. Manure.lianureis used for twfr, purposes; one is for its bulk to loosen ,up the boil. and make, it more port* so that it ran absorb the rainfall, and. retain it for a'supply for the plaqts iu time of drOught, for no plant can'.; thrive without moisture, as in fact thbre is nothing appropriated-by the p1:44 or tree either froth the:earth or atinos phete only in a stake of .solution: The, other use of manure $ is for the chemicalsor fertilizers it contains, which is but a very smalP percentage of its bulk, but a very essential part ()fits worth. Now i.os gsojutely necessary that eve et. now what these ittereAffirt4lirk=biitThe should know that they are there, and he shotild know how :to retain them there unciltlie manure is applied to the laud for the be - Refit - 6f whatever crop.he inttenda topUltivate. If manureis taktii fresh fro - in the sta.hle, and lamed:Wit ploWed Un der before it loses A i ri:y of -its values evavoration,thettall its essentials are there,_ and by a ..-liberal use bf plaster, they can he retained there until they are absorbed by whatever - crop may be put upon the land. - 'B -Lit since slimmer fallowing has - gone out of fashion, he farmer should know how to prepate-his manure for tol; dressing at the' time of wheat solving.: - If it is left . spread ever the barnyaribexpbsed to:drenching rains, 771:atever fertilizer is not washedout, will 1;6 absorbed, by the earth• be ;Lath pr evolved byftlie heat of the . sun And carried off in the atmosphere, that nothing remains but the bulk that very much diminished: The manure then for this purpose be : put upon a plank or g,Tout , elirtloor and- sheltered' from sunshine and rain--4should be _put In a level form:, to prevent its heatingand then covered with a liberal. boating ~f plaster. 'and when it is forked over to get it mellow Or!prevent its heat ing4he plaster Should niot be forgot ten; Now With thesAF things in readiness, the farmer is prepared to commence his rotation of crops which should lie five years. Tile first`,erop should be wheat, the text clover; 'and tie same son 7r-t,t ro p of clover seed ; then a crap of timothy a'n.l clover, the next aid-'tile nest 'oats or barley. completes the' five years. ;Then he NV ill 'etilllci! again to, wheat; so that on the same Itrini lie will have a' crop of iyheat cw.ery fifth year: This manner of crOpPing with the proper. •alplication of fertilizers, may 1 • continuol'a , - long as the liromise of " ( seed Jime t and. harvest" re nutin.' without the least deterioration of soil or diminution dfFrop. . - "N6iv to bring this systeniof farm suceessibl operation, a.farrn ,crwli6Thecupies a huu4red,„aere4 'of eh:Aii'e(l land could set oft twenty-five 1.;11‘ this purpose -,,then by div,iding it iota live equal pa4s, and corn inencing to occur each section year n :ler year until he hits the whole un- (her cultivation, he-would have a crop • of each kind every year; and. with • Oinstaken farming he would. harvest. from these twenty-five acres of land •ti oar after year, at least one thousand - •Insliels of grain. and Ilk tons of Ip•bler - ( including sir,aw which shout 11 .always be counted = by the • farmer as fodder. IHere it can he shown-hoW this can - ai 1, .neeoniplished. In the first '. Once select a piece of oatstubble, the • laiill in !! .06.1 . condition, cleared of ,everyt ling that- would interfere with . plowing., It should then be: nicely turned over the furrows of equal depth. at least eight inches deep:, It shon1•1 titer be gone over with the roller to put it in condition for driv on'i-vith a Ni - afron:, then spread on, of new burned cruslit , l lime; and harrow it in that it. may live a,chance to act upon the 'soil! . it.:4;agte state as mentioned juo,, before- -seed . ins; time, there should 1. , e a generous quantity of i*,Yerarcql manure spread evenl r y over it, then when wfell harrow-- • '.c•l-putAn the seed with •a 1 drill, and follow the ()rig . with a sowing of • plaster to prevent the walking ,of the manure, and then a crop of wheat .of y-five", lm se els to the here may be reasonably expected. • . The nest thing isto seed the hind • v, clover and timothy seed, both s )wed at the same time in"tiarly • • the timothy geed should not . I),•'.i;o•weit: in the fall, for it would then be so forward as to interfere .Ivitlithe-clover seed, which will he the most, 'profitable of any in the ci hole series: taking.- the labor into the acciunit. ' Alter-harvesting the wheat. there Must be no pastut hug, I:guyed, eyery- , - thing must iirz left on the land .to pro : teet the„nintig from the freezcf •ing •'l'hen in - 'early ,spring give it a goyoll. sowing of Flaster— oarly in the spl;itt:,, , - is the time to Sow . piaster to have it show its virtues. • a heavy growth of clover may expeeted,•and as sAo n as it is fair ly in bloom it- Mould_ be cut and wilt • ed. and iatmediately. hauled in and. sprtlad in every part of the, barn so that it may be cured in' the . shade,• whieh make it worth double that .quantiteniedin the sunsbine4 there . wig be ni,abundance of time. for it • to cure, for there will be nothing else ready to dome in in less than three weeks. Now comes -the _next growth for clover seed which Should be cut when it, ripens high as conyenient, so as to loave everything on the ground th can. be l'eft. on in. order. to hide the' nt.:nure, fOi at this time it miist have top-dressing.. 'Then; - in the spring bOW plaster as usual, and, expect to mow at least three tons .tirf timothy and'cloVer per acre, the timothy lie.in excess, for the twice' mowing .4 the clover will ~have Stinted its clad - 44 ne.tt irfei : .. 3l-: • IMI Vocational Reparhnent r. E. ' E ILK' • J. 1 • Cummittel Rev. D. CRAFT, -'`of G. W. RYAN, . Associate\Editors. A. A.-}C.EraiN.y, ComMunicattons may be sent to either\ of the. above edltorwas may be preferred, land will appear in the tune of which be has charge. " CW. RYAN, Editor pieseut week,, THE 017LTI7BE OP,INPANOT It ia-saying too little- when tvo_ittlirm thaf the.greatest care should be exercised in the cilumtion'of children.. The Great Teacher has said. in, (anguag,e so strong . t'hat it could not be stronger, "Except ye become.as little children ye shall. net en ter into the kingdom of 'heat:en,7l Are these words. mere 'rhetoric? 'Whet will ilenl that there is a depth of; meaning` here, equahto , the,impertance of ,the sub ject? Borne'sage older 'than Socrate's grai?ed on.tse temple of Eferplri the sentiZ meat, " 7Crsistt thyself" Whit this knowing self is,' the great Nazirin/de- . d ared, when to 'called:attic chikl/te him and said, " Whosoever shall offend sue of these little ones, it were I bette'r '4:or him that a millstone were tauged alif,aut his neck, and that he were : Ifdrcrsned - in the depth of the.sea:'' If, then, children are' of such great im .portence, how -neccisary is it that.the feather should be/armed with the most peifect preparation; and the best and rObst,appropriate instruction; b) offer to theie little ones. 'Children/are constant's , ' preparing for Coming life. Sometimes the boy is a farmer, his chair a ploW, another 'chai his horse; he utters his commands'with :dr.the authority Of manhood. Perhaps 3latnie's doll is sick, Johnnies spat for, and with Papa's hat,and' cand o he comes along with the ravity.of Esculapiuk him self, Ofid-,admhilsters his powders of. sand and flour; while, Marnie's c4interiance as sumes atmost maternal anxiety and dis tress. • A few blVcs and a box constitute a railroad traiu—aiid. in ail\ the plays of childhood the eve faculty is ex tremely active. -TlifnisPosition of mind should be especially noticed in the educa tion of childrem• Josh pillings says, ,7 .‘f Would. you train up a chi l in the way, , go, go that way once in a yourself;" good adv . lce, especially to Pose who are con tinually trying children as they would grown-up people. Education; the . harmonious develop ment of all the powtts of the mind. Sup poke — agardener should prune a trek with• the exceptioji_of one limb; or a farmer persist. In raising but one . thing. year after year, it is 'evident they would not succeed.. Is'it not equally absurd to per sist in Cult-hkatOg only ono of the pOwers of the min in childhood, excluding all `the rest? It is certain 'some faculties may be perfectly developed in childhood, • and . among thin is .attention: Things high, losi-; soft, hard; hot, cold; near and far, are noticed. It'soon learriS,theiuses of things, as chair, cradle, .broom, hat, door, and a multitude of others. . • —The imagination,soon is vivid; the,real World openitn ide,al one. It.soon letiT to step from what it can see to what it cannot see; from what •it sees with. the evey to what it sees 'the mind. Healthy childhood is. active, restless, .ini l pidsive, devoid of reason,'. full of pag sion, eager for something new, loving Stories, confiding, and even detcaing humbugs with the ipticknesNif thought., There ale two themies relating;- - to the education of childien,, One is they should do nothing improper for Oldev persons to do : They should tif (inlet, Walk slowly, never ask questiohs,:, always go to church, keep awake while listening to a king ser mon as incomprehetisible 'to . them as atin. They must -be made to do just what they don't wartt to do.: The boy must, go tcLeollege; his tastes must not be_ consulted; he must stay a ,profession even thottgli be lts‘no love or fitneits for it. This is one theory. The other declares that acli . i\lt 's habits should be studied, that God hak,..mqtle him just as he ought to be made. If he wants to play let hitn play ? if Le wanti; to laugh, - let him; let hini ,dump,' kick up liis heels, yell like a wild Indian, stand up for his rights, 'and ktowing. :dare main tain what he knows.• It directs the im pulses of hii nature, curbing here, prun ing there, but in all things letting his God-given nature, exactly fitted for God's intended work, have itsfull play. a lit jrhinirig childhood nature must be followed. We must make our schools centres of mind culture, just as our gar dens are centres of plant;tulture. • • 'Nr. EDUCATION A CURE FOR STRIKES . When the time - co Mes that bitVlligent and honest minds govern the settlement of questions of trade and eorunieree, all sudden panics in business wilLbeavoided. Mad ignOtance destroyed, 'in three days, seven millions of property lipPittsburg whick;an educated common leaser would have saved. We have nourished and broil - gilt up this hot-headed ignorance, and it llas rebelled against,us. I%'o have sown the wind and . reaPed the whirlwind. Now it is very 1 , 14in-tobe , seen that this ignorance 'Will be our ruin unless we either educate and enlighten, or govern . A — knowledge of what the labot4pg man's rights are, is the result of 'educa tion.: Because a man's hands are licirny with toil, does not give us thereby.a right to reduce his wages: The men who mine out Coal and nun' ur railroad trains, havii rights, just as sacred to them,l as Presi- Oent, Hayes' are to him. But if the em ployer 'is so° ignorant as to violate the rightS of those Whom he etpplOys, the em ployed are not thereby . juitified in violat ing the rights of.the employer.. One wrong .never makes another wrong right, nor, does it mike burdens less easy to bear. .f` The work of the world must -be done, and only 'education can teach us how it may be accomplished most efficiently, with the least waste and the greatest ease: tk vast amount of unnecessary work is done. Education will show us how it may be echnomized, how the burden of toil may belifted from the workers and the burden of IN+ from the . capitalist. It was benighted ign6rance that led th; diristiah State of Minnesota.tO repudiate the payment of her legal debts. The . iiicople voted down the proposition to pay the State bonds because there is a large foreigikelement Which has never been ed ucated to know the force of legal obliga tions. Because their agents - have proved dishonest-to