law, (Satfora & futcjifit OPINIONS OF A FARMER* T am nearly fifty years old, was always a farmer, an were my ancesters as far back as I can trace them. My opinions arc formed on experience, and experiments satisfy ice, whether they do to others or aot. Opifior L Hay should be cut when in full bloom, as ali plants contain most sac carine matter then, and consequent ly are more nutricious if used for food. If hay is left later, the sugar tarns to woody fibre. Wood and sugar chemically the same. 1L All heary and clayey soils shonl d be plowed in autumn, so that the frosts of winter may pulverize them and kill the germ of insects deposited in the soil for the next season. 111. The best way to "raise calves is to take them from the cow as soon as drop ped : if possible, never let them suck, as they learn to cat or drink sooner, and there is no sore teats from biting, and the task of weaning the cow is soon over. I put them in a place where they are sheltered fromj the i sun and rain, give a good bed of straw, and feed three or four quarts of new milk per day until three weeks old then feed skim milk warmed. Let them have access to hay or grass. By this meth od I have raised calves every year since I can remember, and never lost one in my Life. IV. Nine-tenths of our farmers do not sow enough bay-seed to the acre. I have kept on increasing the amount and have not found a stopping place. The more seed the more and better hay ; if timothy and clover, up to a half bushel per acre. If the surface of the ground is completely covered, the hay will be fine,and no weeds can grow. I have choked out Canada this tles with timothy and clover seed sown as thick as "hair on a dog," so as to form a good firm sod the first summer. £ow early in Spring or else in February. V. Oats should be sown very early, as early as possible, I saw a good crop raised that was sown in February, and was not harrowed but snowed or rained in. VL Cooking food for hogs is better than doubling the same amount, if fed raw, if you wish to fatten. For breeding, feed lightly. VII. Potatoes are worth more for ali kinds of stock than most farmers think they are. If you can have them frozen and then cooked before they thaw, the starch is changed to sugar, and Iknow of no food that will fatten faster or give a better flow of milk. VIII. In fattening beef cattle with corn meal, never feed so high that you can see or smell the effects of it in the excrements or if you do you may be sure you are loos ing your feed, as the cattle do not assimu late all the nutriment there is in the grain. IX. I believe corncobs ground with the corn, useful as residual matter, and also contain sugar euough to 'pay for feeding, cooked or scalded. In Chicago, 111,, they make a good vinegar from sweet extracted from corncobs. SUMMER PRUNING —We have long been in favor cf the summer pruning of fruit trees, of all sizes. Full twenty years ago we were convinced of its good results. It is advantageous in two ways. First, by shortening in the rapidly growing branch es it produces fruit spurs for the following year, and brings the trees into any desired form. Second, when large limbs are re moved the wound instead of leaving a bare protruding and decaying stump,beautifully heals up, making a sound amputation. The period when the pruning should be done ia one of prime importance. We see June is recommended, while the trees are in their full first growth. Without having experimented, and looking to the condition of the trees, in this month it does not meet our assent. We do not believe that it is advisable to prune before the first growth of the sea son is completed,< because of the immatu rity of the wood, which must produce in the second growth less vigorous shoots,'be sides loosing to a large extent, the yield cf fruit the seceeding year, which is sure to follow judicious shortening in a later pe riod. In onr judgment Summer pruning sho'd take place between the fifteenth of July and tenth of August—a period when the asp is quiescent and nature is resting awhile from her labors. We speak from our own knowledge of the value of mid summer pruning of trees, large or small. A SEASONABLE RECIPE.—The fellowing recipe for making blackberry wine may be ofintercst hereabout: "There is no wine equal to the black berry when properly made, either in flavor or for medicinal purposes, and all persons who can conveavcotly do so should manu facture enough for their own use evtry year as it is invaluable in sickness as a tonic, and nothing is a better remedy for bowel diseases. The following is the recipe: Measure your berries and bruise them ; to every gallon adding one quart of water. Let the mixture stand twenty-four hours, stirring occasionally, then strain off the li quor into a cask, to every gallon adding 1 two pounds of sugar ; cork tight, and let it J stand till the following October, and you will have wine ready for use, without fur ther straining or boiling." <%M tt STRAWBERRIES.—The season is now ap proaching when the preparation of the beds for this delicious fruit must be attended to. In this latitude August and September are considered the most favorable months for tbis purpose. Let any well bearing kind be selected. Tastes in this respect differ. But place your plaßta in hills about two feet apart each way, in well manured grounds. Cover them in the fall with a slight mulching of straw or leaves, and wben spring arrives uncover them and diess them gently. Keep the weeds and giytss down, and from time to time stir the ground slightly. With but little attention vour crop will be snre, and an abundant bar ▼est will amply repay you for your slight labor. "Boy," said a facetious farmer to his son, "we bad a pretty hard day's work yester day, now let's have a game of chopping wood." i Haitoratot, &i. ■QEL. LACK. A WESTERN R R; Summer Arrangement—lßoT. PASSENGER TRAINS LEAVE WESTWARD | EASTWARD. Passenger Mail Mail Passenger Train. Train; STATIONS. Train. Train. A M. P. M. 9.C0 New York" 5,25 11.30 New Hampton, 2.30 1150 Washington, 2.08 12.02 Oxford, 1.56 12.13 Bridgeville, 1.45 12.18 Manunk Chunk, 1.35 Dine. 12.45 Delaware, 1.30 Dine, 100 Mount Bethel, 100 1:20 Water Gap, 12.44 1,34 Stroudsburg, 12-29 145 Spragueville 12.17 1.56 Henryville 12 07 P M 211 Oakland, 11.49 229 Forks, 11 30 2.50 Tobyhanna, 11 10 3.04 Gouldsboro', 10.57 3,26 Moscow, 10.34 3.37 Dunning, 10.24 1 lOAr ) C La,9.56 A. M. > Scrajtto*. } P.M. 10.10 4-30U) (Ar.9.45 6,20 10.40 4-52 Clark's Summit, 9.23 5.50 10 53 5.00 Abington, 9.15 6.35 11.13 6.16 Factory villa, 859 5.16 11.43 6.36 Nicholson, 835 4.30 12.08 5.58 Hopbottom, 8.18 4.06 12.38 6.20 Montrose, 7.55 3.35 P M 1.08 6.41 New Mitford, 7-24 3.05 135 700 Great Bend, 7.15 2.40 P.M. PR. AM. P.M •Station foot of Liberty St. CONNECTIONS—Westward, The MORNING TRAIN from New York con nects at MANI'NKA CHUNK with ;he train leav ing Philadelphia (Kensington Depot) it 7 30 a. in. and at GREAT BEND with the tbronghMail Train on the Erie Railway, with sleeping car attached, stopping at all the principal stations on that road, and arriving at Buffalo at 6 lS'a, m. The Passenger train from Scranton connects at Great Bend with through trains going west and east on Erie Railway, arriving at Buffalo at I.P 8 a. m, aid at Salamanca at 12 m. Eastward. The MORNING TRAIN from Great Bend con nects thcro with the Cincinnati Express on the Erie Railway from the West; at Mnnunka Chu k with a train for Philadelphia and intermediate stations, arriving in Philadelphia at 6.30 p. m.' and at New Hampton with a train for Easton. Bethlehem, Al lentown, Reading and Harruburg, arriving at Har rifburg at 8-30 p. m. At SCRANTON, connections are made with trains on the Lackawanr.a and Bloomshurg Rail* road, and on the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co.'s Railroad, Time Tables of which roads are printed heiow. J. BRISBrN. President.* R. A. Herrv . General Ticket Agent. je29tf LEHIGH VALLEY BAIL MAS I OPES THROUGH PROM HEW TCRK'AHD PHILADELPHIA ; TO WILKKSBARRE, forming direet rail connections NORTE, 50U717, EAS2 and TV ESI. RUMMER TIME TABLE COMMENCING IU ME 2 7 th, 2tsG 7. All Through Trains make close connections with Trains to and from New York and Philadelphia. | THE MAIN LINE TRAINS FROM ' WILKESBARE (the present north ern terminus of this road) TO NEW OKK and PHILADELPHIA, ' Leave WILKESBARRE at 8 o'clock A. M. and 1,30 P. M. Arrive at New Vork at 3.15 and 10,25 P. M. i '• Philadelphia, at 205 and 8.40 " 1 Leave New York at 6.30 A. M. and 12- M. " Philadelphia at 7.45 A. M. and 1.30 P. M-. Arrivo at Wilkesbarre at 3.02 and 8.48 P. M. STORE! Nicholson Pa,, Wm. O, GARDNER & CO have jnst receive In large and a splendid stock Of goods consisting of £mq (Soote CLOTHING, BOOTS k SHOES, HATS AND CAPS, UMBRELLAS, TRAVELLING BAGS and TRUNKS^ Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings, Trimmings, YANKEE NOTIONS 4s*C, all goods s.dd by as warranted as recomme nde Our aim "To keep good Goods," Our motto, "Not to be undersold." In'connection with the store is a TAILOR-SHOP. GARMENTS CUT AND MADE IN THE run nßThia W.O.GARDNER A CO. Nicbolsen, Pa. CARRIAGES* BUGGIES. The Subscriber, a practical workman of long ex perience, Is now finishing off a large lot of new Car riages and Baggies, at his Carriage shop IN TUNKHANNOCK. Equal, jf not superior, in Workmanship. Quality of Material, Md finish, to those turned oat at any other shop in the couaby- Those wisning to buy should \ Call auk d)fm. PAIN IN O, V After ISHIN a: TRIMMING A NDEjBPA I RING, Done oa short notice and la • inaritmanllke style. Charges moderate. J, CAMPBELL. 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