Proftmnlonal Card*.
trtiutM k. WALLACI, pterin L. HIM,
Htttnt . wALLAca, WILUAR a VAI-UCI.
WALLACE A KREBB,
T T LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE.
January 1,16*1. CLEARFIELD. PA.
T?LLIS L. CUV IS.
\ J ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE oppiadta the Court lluuan, on tb* 2d #>nr of
A. O. Furat'a liulldtiig. 6-Stl
T?IIANK FIELDING,
I LAW AND COLLECTION OFFICE,
12-1 y tiLKARFIKLD. PA.
WA. MORRISON,
* ATTOItN KT-AT-i. AW.
HELLEFONTE. PA.
OfNc* In Woodrlnt'p ttsOwW Uwiit.
ContiilUitiuu HI Knfllili( Oti HID S-LJ
0. T. ALVXTNDB*. 0. M. SOWAI.
A LEXANDER & HOW EH,
iV ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
IWU*font, IV, nmy I** coimulted lo Knglith <r <lr
man. Ufflf* in Oarmau'a Building;. I-ljr
JAMM A. IMTM. J. WMLIT OKrUAtT.
BEAVER A QEPHART,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Office on AlUgheny atret t, nurtU of High. lUllo
fbnt, fi. M]f
DF. FORTNEY,
• ATTORN F.T-AT-LAW,
HELLEFONTE, PA.
Last door to the left In the Court lloiwe. '4-1 j
JOHN BLAIR LINN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HELLEFONTE. PA
Office Allegheny Street, over Poat Office. 41-1J
T L. BPANOLER.
II a ATTOUNKT AT LAW,
HELLEFONTE. CENTRE COUNTY, PA.
Special attention to Colle littiw; practice* In all the
Ooarli; Conenlutlon* in (lerman or K glUh. l-ly
DS. KELLER,
a ATTORNEY AT LAW,
ilffice on Allegheny Street South aide of Lyon'e
•tore, BetlefOnte, Pa. I-1)
T . Mr MAY. CflCI 001D0W.
MURRAY A GORDON, N
ATTORNF.YS-AT-LAW,
CLEARFIELD PA.
Will attand tba Ballafunta Cuurt* wban aparlally
—ployad. 1 ly
T C. lIIPI'LE,
X • ATTORNF.Y-AT LAW.
LOCK HAVEN. PA.
All hunin*a promptly attendel P. 1 ly
WM. P. MITCHELL,
T T PRACTICAL SI IIVKYOR,
LftCK HAVEN, PA,
Will attand to a|| work In Claarßrld, Ontrr and
Clinton nruntlaa.
Ofllra op|H>aitr* Lork Ilaran National Hank. 20-ly
TXT 0. HEINLE,
11 , ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BF.I.LF.FONTR, PA.
OlBra In Conrad llonaa, Allaghrny tr*at.
Spari.,l attention gir*n lo tha collaction of clainia.
All hualnra, attended to promptly. 21-1
WILLIAM MCCULLOUOH,
FT ATTORNEY AT LAW.
CLE ARFIELD, PA
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DOYOU SUFFER)
With COSTIVCNCSS. Sick Hatdack*. DYSPEP
SIA, Low Spirit*. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS,
Lot* of Appotllo, Poin in tko Bido,
And oil lb* nnmarona ailment* ronf*qn*ot npnn a di#
ordered rtala of tb* Llrar, whan yoai bar* a ccrtall
remedy within yowr ranch. That remedy I*
' GREEN'S Liver Pills.
Thau Ptll# are of TWO MM, and wban a*d In
-onnarthm with awch other awarding to dlrwrtiona
ara INVARIAHLY SVCCEMFI'te fh-y are .ngar
rooted, and arw SRNT ST MAIL no receipt of price
In order to pruent cntarfaitlng tbwy *r* put op la
aoewn bote*, with lb* aignatar* of F. F. GREkN
around eorh box *
Prl- a. No I, 20rta.; No. 2, BO eta. M*anf*rtnred
only by
F. POTTS GREEN.
BELLEFONTF, PA.
New York Weekly Her all
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
r pITE circulation of this popular
X nawapapar I* ronatantly Inrrraalng. It contain"
all tb* landing new* of tb* DaltT llout, and I*
arranged In bandy departin nta. Tko
FOREIGN NEWS
embrace* apactal diapatrhea from all quartan of tb"
glob*. Coder Ik* brad of
AMERICAN NEWS
ara glran lb* T*l*gr*pblc Dfepatrha, of tb* weak fto*
all put* of tb* L'oloo. Thl* Datura aion* makea
TIIR WF.KKLY HERALD
lb* moat ralnaM* chronicle la th* world, ult i* tb.
cheap**t. Leery week I* glran a fattbfnl report of
POLITICAL NEWS
embracing complete and comprabenetr* dlepatrhe.
from WaMtaato*. including fall r*porta of the
•peerba* of eminent pollMctaaaoa tk*q*e*tfciaa of tb"
TDK PARM DEPARTMENT
of tba W nitir llruw glee* tb* late*! a* wall at Ik'
moat practical mggaetion* and diacorerle* relating u
the dutie* of tb* farmer, hint* tor raiding Cirtia
ponrwr . Okih*. Tun, VwirrtMga, A* ,4c, with
enggewtbra* Ibr keeping building* and atenall* In re
pair. Thi* la mppleaaealed by a well-edited depart
meat, widely copied, under tb* bead of
THE HOME,
siring rertpe* tor practlral di.bea hint* for making
cloth in* and per keeptag up with tba latent faabkm* at
the luwuet price- Brery Item of awklflg t MMuat
guggealad In thl* department Ft practically t*.t*d by
•Xpert* Mm pabllaatlna. letter* frowi oar Pari"
•ml leafca eocmprmdewt* on tba e-y latent f**b
Ion" Tb* Home Deputment of tb# Wit*if lltatu
trill aare the bounewife more than one hnadred time,
tba prico of tho paper. Tb# Interaria af
SKILLED LABOR
are looked after, and ererything pertaining to me
Chan ire and labor aaring la carefully recorded. Tber
u a page denoted to all the latent pbaaea of the boat
beta market*. Crop*. Mefritandta*. Sc.. Sc. A Talum
ble fbatur* I* Poind la the apectalljr reported price,
and condl Hon* of
THE PRODCCE MARKET.
Hmnmao New* M bom* and abroad, together with
aSroa, eeory week, a Sagao* by ► eminent dt
, Tin*, Lirraaar, Mule*l. Da.wtrtc, Fceaoaai and
Bit Xo*t* There la no pap"" Hi tba world that con
tain* an much new* matter arary week m the Wr
it lliatia, wbtcb I* *ent, poatag* prid, fcr One Dol
lar. Ton cut aubecrlba ataay lima.
TH* 1 f ON*
NF.w YORK I la a Weekly Form, i DOLLAR
HERALD J [ A TEAR
A4 "IiRW YORK HERALD,
8-1 Broad war and Aaa Street. New York.
For Sale.
A FARM containing Fifty Acre*,
and baring tbarona erected a TWO-KTORY
FB AMR WILDIVO and eat bwHdtng*. Title nod.
m laqtdroof A. J. AT. S. aRIRnf.
tf-d Caloiitllle, Centre <maur, n.
IFllnon, McFarlane P Co., Hardware Dealer*.
HABDWABEI
WILSON, McFABLANK <& CO.
DEALERS IN
STOVES, RANGES 'HEATERS.
_ ALSO
Faints, Oils, Glass and Varnishes,
ANI)
BUirDBBS'
ALLKGIIRNY STREET, .... HUMES' BLOCK, .... WIWOOTI M
TRAVELER'S GUIDE.
HELLEFONTE A SNOW SHOE
R. R.—Time-Table In effect on iiil flr March '
I.16HI :
Uril Snow Sboa 6 30*. a.,*rrlte In Bellefootr ,
7.114 A a.
hear ,-• Dellefvut* 9.12 A. a.arrlrr# A! Snow Shi*
11.25 A. a.
Leare* Buw Bln>* 130 r. a.,arrire* In Batlafoulr
1.0 r. a.
Utm D*ltefbnU 4.45 r M.,arrl#a *1 Know f>li.
7.2t r. a. V. H III.AIK, (len'l Superintendent
HALD EAGLE VALLEY RAIL
ROAD.—Tune-Table, April 29. 1M0:
Exp. Mall. wastwaap. xxatwxai). Exp. Mall. 1
. a. p. a. pa. a.a |
A 10 7 *2 AretreatTyrone 10am,.... 7 32 a 4
* 3 a 65 Leare Kut Tyrone !.**<•... 7 39 * 56 !
760 651 " Vail " ... 742 *6*
756 a47 " tlal'l Eagle " _7 47 02
lIX r, 3 " Fowler " —7 52 9 <i9
742 a33 •' Hannah *' „t 6A 913
7 16 a26 " pnfl Matilda " ... 600 919
727 al7 " Martha " ... 607 925
710 fi on " Julian " ...A 15 932
7 9 647 ...... " rniuiivlll* '• 123 9Hi
7 i*l B4a , IHM " Snow Shoe In " ... 632 945
a5B 645 " Mileaburg " ... 534 94 V !
a4B 6 :5 M H.-lirf<.nt* ' ... *43 967
a36 625 ...... *• Milmhurg " ... a6410 I*
625 614 ...... " Ouriln * ... 90610 19
aII 410 ...... " Mimnl Kagie " 91210 25
6 9 50| •• Howard " ... 92010 37
i 55 460 .... " Kaglrrill* •• 93610 49
160 445 " Beech i r**k " „9 40 111 64
534 433 " Mill Hall *• ... 06411 16
i 29 4,.'hi '• Flemlngton " „. 967 11 J<
126 426 " M ltar*n " —IOOIII 26
| JEN NBYLV A NIA RAILROAD.
1 —i Philadelphia and Kri* Dieiiiun.y—Uu and
illn December 12. 1*77 :
WESTWARD.
KRIF MAlLl**re* Philadelphia ......... 11 55 p it.
" " llarriabnrg.— 426 a m
•• WllltaaMport 36 a m
M " Lark llavvtt., 9 4l> a *1
" " lAMTA. 10 55 a m
'• arricee at F.rte. 736p n.
NIAGARA EXPRESS leare. Philadelphia- 7 2n a r
" ** llarri.t urg ... In hi an
" •• Wllliamipiirt. 220 p m
" arrire* al Rennro. 4 4t< p a>
Piarrnir rr by thl* train arr.re tn Ball*.
fi.nt* at ........ 4 35 pa.
FAST LINK ImM Philadelphia 11 tiin
" " llarrtcburg 335 p n
" " It lUtamapart „... 730p n>
" trrli* at Lurk llaren. a in [
K AaTW A Rl>.
PACIPir EXPRESS lure, Lock lUim.— l".a
M H Wl|liami|M,rl. H 7 4JA
" arrlrea at Harriebttrg...... 11 55 a m
Philadelphia... 3 45 p
DAT EXPRESS l*a*a lUm, 10 lo an.
" " Lark 11 A ran 11 pit*
" " WllHamepnrt......... 12 40 am
arrirra at Harrtabarg 4 1" p m
** ** Philadelphia 720p ni
ERIE MAIL leare. Roaoto * 35 p n>
" " Lark Harm 44,*
- " Willlanwport ........ II ia,*
•• airtree at llarrtaburg. 246 a m
" M Philadelphia... 7Mm
PAST LIS* learea WHlUmapnrt 12 34 a
" arrleee at lltrtel>tirg. ................ lltia
•• •• PhlladalphU 736 a m
Eria Mall Waal. Niagara Rtpreu Waal. Lark llttrt
Accuamadatl'in 9rat and Day Kiprem Karl. *th>
rloar ronnacth.n* al Northumberland with LIB. H
R. train- for Wltkawharraand Brrantun.
Eria Mall Wrat, Niagara Kipraaa Want, and Krlr
Etpraaa Wawt. and Lark llaaan A cam oxidation Km,
mak* eloaa ronaartton at MllHamaport vita S C.II
K. tralna north.
Eria Mall Km, 51 antra Etpraaa Km, and Da,
Elpraaa Kaat. maka chw# Conner Hull at Lark liar an
With R. R V R R. tralaa
Erlr Mail K*"l and Wawl connect at Eria vltb Irwlnr
n I. 8 A M S R R..a Corry vtlh 0 C. A A V. R
R., at Emporimw vlth R. N. T. A P. R. R., an I at
Driftwood with A.7. R R
Parlor eara will ran hatvaan Phtladalphla and
Williatnapnrt on Nlacara Exprawa Wrwt. Eria F.xprawr
Waal, Phlladalphla Exprawa Rut and Day Etpraaa
Eaat. and Sunday Etpraaa Rut Slaapln* can on nl<
night train*. Wv. A. ftttnvtn,
fl*n't Bap*rlnl*nd*at.
IIIIUKD HOUSE.
LT CORNER CHESTN I T AND NINTH KTEEKTS,
rntiMtraii.
Thi ha* promlnanl in a rlty faraad for It* cm*-
Irirtald* bouK la kapt fa ataxy raap-rt *qttal to any
Ir*t-rUwa botol* la tb* rowntry. Owing to lb* atrtn
tancy of tba tlnaw, tha prir* of board baa loan radnrad
to tnau natuaa p*r day. J. M'KIBBIN,
|Af Mamwtar.
riILMORE A CO.,
V J LAW AND COLLECTION fIOCKK,
629 F .STREET, WASRINQTON. P. C.
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BITTERS
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B*KJ. r. GRAFTON. STORY *. LAND.
PATENTS.
PAINE, GRAFTON A LADD,
Attorney I at-Low ami Solicitor* $ American
and Foreign Patent*,
412 FIFTH STRSCT, W ASBIKOTOW, D. C.
Practice palest taw la all la brwaabe* la tho Patent
(MBca, and tb* Supreme and Circuit Court* of tbo
Called Statu ramphlet ** d b*a. 41U
(A Mwdlrliir, nat m ilrlik.)
CO* T AIM
HOI'S, BCCIIU, MANDRAKE,
DANDELION,
AXDTBS I-rsiar tm> nwrMmmi<|riu- I
tim or m oru Rn-rkMi.
TIIKY CUItK
An niWAlfilOf flnwolt, Hlood, I
I Liter. KMnrys.him! l orgntit. Ncr- ■
touaqcm. especially
r finale CotnplaluM.
siooo IN COLD,
Win b. pld for * r** lUry will not rir
brlp, or fur.l.)lhluK in i-nrc orluJunou.
fouoil in tiii-m.
.Mir your drurtrui for R"P lUtl<-r* •n<l f-jr
ibcui before j.m r. p. I'ako no oil., r.
D I.C l an '■•.!.ttr.n.l Im-tMlhlrram for
Druoksaucu, uu> of .0:010, uibouco -od
parent..*.
HWMwaoai S*XD ro> Ciwtui. aanai
All olDjrlorf'ri..
lit. Mm <" .R~ -o. a. .* T ..0,0.1
Battle Creek, Michigan,
or m o*li onenra
|f gglElSiUlßl ■■
|
THREBHER3,
Traction and Plain Engines
and Horse* Powers.
■a* Ciw.liA, Tk nh r rSii ) j Establish**
aatWwiA I IMB
A A vr ADO
<ll tfttla mm. wttbnut ctlvw* of otIM,
U Z nwomiml, or Ixttkm, <* " br p - ia.
1 Irnf ..rro.ry m *u om ,i,A.
•TKAMrpoWK SEPAUATOR* and
( Cwmplflr Hlri Owl flt. -/
SUM Trartloa Rsaloro PUIa KbcWM
errr mm to lb- An>-nran msriMt.
A mnOimU* „/ >,rtrl fmfmm f iw.
I for MSI WSlrt with np.l. fWM. (m itii...
km ■ I mmimialt V* .Irmpyd <4 by <*brr roakrm.
Poor rnmm at l™ O In Ik bar—
| ■not), / m. m b—....
T"i •Mm at " MnoM || r-r iv-or-r.
*t r. Aft AAA Fori mt Mrn< l aoWr
4 (UuU.WU !/.mlbl,ibpw.o>etJ)
coaaMMfy an hn-T. firm vhb-fa In bulM lb. la
cani|mbla wood-work at our msrhlprrr
TRACTION ENGINES
T*ILl^ # Ml
NICHOLS. IHISARD I 00.
Battle Crook. Mich IS*
MONKY To , - ,oail ntOpcrCi.
lit TIIK MI'Tt'AL LIVE UISIH
AXCK CO or XKW V"NK, 00 tl.-i ...
lawriM bum fpiffil;. In um m Im than I
•M pot irmll, M-llilN of lb. prmmt ujw of
tb. pmporty. Ay of the pnnrl|l m K,
paid off .1 any tin*. *Rd ii lim l-e-o lb- roXoat at lb.
erkafopy to rmil lb. yri.cty.l to t - n,... m l. ■<
lb. brrnwr wt'hr*. If lb. Itkml u prowptly pud
Apply In
CIIARI.KS f SnrHMAX.AOnm.y-.Mow.
MI Court, Sp.l. Kmdlor. f_
or In DAVID X. K LINK. On '• A|vl~'.
HI a*llrf.*t*.Po.
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TXREA *l-24 PER T.
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ST. XAViEK'S ACADEMY,
NKAB LATKOBK, PA„
"\TEARLY half a Century old*, from
i' "Wnfc 1H RMNt pfolt mM rttlt.t*4 VMM
IN PtttfnjtfMl* hut r.lratt.|. sgtrs mast thnm t k
•staisiistml Ma "H Mthto, nf.nitan, of poSnlr,. Jm
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NEWS, FACTS AXI) HUUOKKTIONH.
—J
THE TINT THE RAtIOVAI WlUlftl IE THE IMTELLI
aiBci aivb rftonrfiHiTY or the ?**■■*.
Every farmer m hit annual experience
dueovere eomething of value. U'rile it and
tend it to the "Agricultural Editor of the
llkmocsat, Beliefonte, I'enn'a," that other
farmer * may hare the benefit of it. Let
communication* be timely, and be eure that
they are brief and well pointed.
WE have seen but few, if any, finer
fields of wheat this full, than that of
.Mr. Jno. 0. Uzzie, on his elevated
farm near 8ow Shoe city. Good
farming, such as Mr. Uzzle's place
gives abundant evidence of, shows
for itself, even on top of the Alle
glienics.
COMMISSIONER LORINU haa placed
us under obligations for a copy of a
special report of the Department of
Agriculture upon the., grape culture
and wine production of the country.
In it we find Pennsylvania credited
with 1,941 acres in vines, producing
114,535 gallons of wine annually,
valued at $12H,097.00 something
leas than $1.12 per gallon.
THERE is yet time to care for next
year's seed corn, though its selection
should have been attended to at an
earlier date. For the following force
ful words upon the necessity of at
tention to this matter we give credit
to Secretary W. I. Chamberlain, in
the July number of the Crop and
Stock Report, issued by tbc Ohio
State Board of Agriculture: "Corn
Is put at only 70 per cent. Nearly
ail our correspondents s|ieak of |H>or
seed, caused by severe early freezing
of tbc germs while the cob* and
germs wire stiil damp. My own ob
servation fully coincides with the
opinions of correspondents. Poor
seed will cost the State the loss c-l
several—perhaps forty—million bush
els of corn. The same complaint of
poor seed, (roin same cause, con ca
from Illinois and the other great com
States. The importance of early fi
b-cling and pro|ieriy drying std
corn, each farmer for himself, is aav
agely impressed this year."
Differences in Wheat.
We quote the followlrj h
from the New York Time*, wiittcn by
the agricultural editor after a careful
examination of the many experimen
tal plot* then growing on (he IlHraPi
experimental farm. In this connec
tion we pro|o#e to publish aoon, if
practicable, a tabulated report of an
extended aeries of experiments con
ducted by Mr. Thome, farm manager
of the Ohio State University, show
ing st a glance all the good and bad
qualities of most o( the leading va
rieties of wheat:
"There is wheat and wheat. Two
fields alike in every respect may vary
greatly in yield by reason of the
kind of wheat grown. One may te
very short in the head and the other
twice as long; in one the apikeleta
may be very loosely placed on the
raclds or stem, and the other may
have them more crowded. In some
kinds of wheat the apikclet has three
grain*, frequently the central floret is
empty, and instead of three grains
Lhere are but two in each apikelct.
This makes a difference of one-thinl
in the yield of the crop in favor of
the completely filled apikclet. Hut
let us go further. We find in one
head, which is short or loosely put
together, but six or seven apikeleta
on each side, and in another as many
as twelve or even more. This makes
another great difference in favor of
the better variety of wheat. We
then count up the grains, and in the
one head we find 24 or 28 grains and
in the other 72, or even as many as
90 in extra-large and well-filled spikes.
If one, then, yields 15 bushels of
grain per acre, the other would yield
45. And this cause of difference is
extremely common, and any farmer
can know how it is himself by mere
ly examining the wheat in different
fields, or the different heads in the
same field. We take time and space
only to oltserve here the importance
of making this characteristic of the
wheat plant the principal basis in se
lecting seed rather than the size of
the grain, although this is also an
element not to be ignored. Let the
seed be Selected in the field from the
longest, most compact, and best-filled
heads, and let this method be pursued
each year. It will lead to a great
improvement in varieties or wheat."
JOSEPH HARRIS says that we can
make our lands poor by growing
clover and selling it, or we ean make
them rich by growing clover end
feeding it on the farm.
The Berkshire Hog.
from Cnm>|>idnr> of lb* Hi-robl.
This breed seems to carry away the
"sweepstakes" as often as any other,
and its ability to do so is due to the
perfection to which it has been bred.
It has certain peculiar marks, and a
breed that unerringly comes true to
spots in color is indeed worthy to be
placed in the list of tliorougiibreda.
Now, we can well understand that a
solid white hog, like the Suffolk,
Yorkshire or Chester white, will pro
duce young that are purely white,
and that a solid black hog, like the
Kssex, will show the same in the lit
ters of pigs ; but when it is expected
that a hog must impress certain Bpots
on its progeny, and those spots to be
exactly on certain parts of the body,
we must admit that breeders have
l>ecn very skillful witli Berkshire*.
The breeder has placed a white
spot on the forehead of the Berkshire
and a white spot on each foot, like a
stocking ; ami there is, likewise, a
white spot on the tuft of the tail.
With these exceptions the body is
black. Is it not wonderful that every
pure Berkshire has exactly these
marks, with no deviation—no more
nor any less—but a true, unerring set
of badges or marks are thus fixed,
arid which act as his ty|es of purity ?
lie is noted for the line hams lie pro
duces in preference to other breeds,
and fifty years have lieon spent in de
veloping him to his present state of
excellence. The Berkshire is a liv
ing monument to the patience, |er
severance and success of men who
have devoted many years to his
culture, who have spent whole for
tunes to make him what lie is, and
who, many of them, went to their
graves unknown. The development
of this breed has added millions of
dollars to the wealth of this country
mid Great Britain, not that it is su
|erior to aU other breeds, but liecausc
the perfection attained in bis success
has been tbc cause of renewed inter
est and pride in every oilier class of
stock. Lord Western, who interest
ed himself with the Kssex, spent his
whole life in their improve ment, and.
from Bakeweil's efforts, the sheep is
an entirely dillereut animal from his
day.
If special breeders can thus breed
sway the itn|ierfections of a breed
and develop something in its place
totally unlike it, is it not an evidence
that every farmer can improve his
stock and make it better and better
every year? In fact, at the present
time, farmers have great advantages.
They can brain on the best of stock,
correct a defect there or a fault here,
and we can still have improvement.
Lord Weston Bakewetl and other*
twgan on "senilis,'' and it was a long
ami dreary time with each of them.
With the aocce** that crowned their
efforts farmers conceded that lin
stock twenty-five ytars ago was up
to the highest degree of excellence,
but even the liest Kssex Lord West
ern ever bred would lie rejected to
day by breeders, and BakeweSi would
marvel if be was present at an exhi
bition of CoUwold or Merino sheep.
We owe a great deal to the breeders
of lhd)nugbhrls, for every improve
ment made by any one of thern is a
blessing to every farmer in the coun
try. By their help we are obliterat
ing the long-nosed land-pike, and
with their co-operation we are able to
classify all our domestic animals (or
s|ieciai purposes, from the horse and
cow down to tue fowl that lays our
egga, each into separate duties and
for special purposes. We can now
classify our horses into trotters, run
ners and for draught; the cows for
milk, butter or chceae; and from
crosses with the Berkshire we can
produce certain preferences in hoga.
But there is not an end of improve
ment vet. The rapid inventions of
mechanics are no more surprising
than are Uie wonderful improvements
in stock at the present time, and there
is room for the farmer to try as well
as the special breeder.
The Oanlne Curse.
Iter r. t>. OSmt, I* Am#flnn AfrVihf t*L
Observing men are of the opinion
that an ordinary dog—and he is al
ways hungry—will eat and destroy
in a twelvemonth the equivalent of
that which, if given to a well-bred
pig, would make him weigh at the
expiration of Uiat time 300 pounds,
gross; 286,000 such pigs would ag
gregate 85,800,000 pounds of potk,
now worth at the home shipping sta
tion more than $4,700,000; requir
ing to transport them more tban
2,890 cars, carrying fifteen tons each,
or a train more than sixteen miles
long. This would represent nearly
$1,500,000 more than the entire
amount paid in the State In 1880 for
school, township and State taxes
combined; it would build 9,400
school-houses and churches, worth
$5OO each, or would {my the average
wages of 14,000 school teachers,
twice the number now employed. A
condition of affaire, of which tbe
above is but a poor outline, is at tbe
bottom of what is each year becom
ing a greater and more irrepressible
conflict between the woo) growers
and the savage brutes that keep in
jeopardy or destroy the flocks that,
protected, would enlarge and Increase
to tbe extent of producing the wool
for which we now send so many mil
lions across the teas. If tbe dogs
are maintained as a luxury, they are
a luxury we cannot afford, and ahould
give way to something less expensive,
and less productive of loss and mis
ery.
The rearing of a better class of
sheep always indicates a high state
of civilization, where intelligence,
comfort, and com|>etence abound, and
no more unfailing sign of ignorance,
squalor, and poverty can IMS mani
fested than the presence of a varied
and incieating assortment of flea
bitten curs, unclean, and of low de
gree. It should not be difficult to
choose between raising sheep and
growing dogs.
Eo Agricultural Pairs Pay ?
Tim Banker In Amrrl'na Agrk ullnrt.i
Jake Frink seemed to t>c nettled
by Pastor Hpooncr's allusion to the
White Oaks, and the charcoal busi
ness, which his son Kier still follows.
He said, " I guess there's more truth
than poetry in what Mr. Spooner
says. The White Oak* looks jest as
it used to when 1 was a boy, and, for
the life o' me, I don't sec enny chance
for improvement. Yc see, the coun
try is rocky, and the sile takes as
■laterally to white birches, pitch pine,
and scrub oaks as a duck does to
water. If a fe'ier gets a livin' at all,
up there, lie's got to git it selling
wood, and charcoal. Nuthin* else
pays, and that don't much. If a
feller undertakes to clear up land it
costs more than it comes to to git
the stones out, so lie can plow, and
if he sows rye, or plants corn, the
crop jvon't pay without manure, and
where's your manure coming from
when ye're ten miles from the shore
and sea weed, and haven't got any
thing but charcoal or wood to buy it
with ? Ye see, it's ii[-liill business
for the White Oaks, and it is no use
to talk about the fairs doing the
white Oakers enny good. Fact is,
they don't go much, and it's just as
well as If they did. And it ain't
much lietler here in llookertown.
lie knew Deacon Smith and 'Squire
Hunker and them folks that had mon
ey plenty raised better things than
they used to, and took premiums, and
they might make it pay, hut he had
sent things to the fair for several
years, but never got a red cent for a
premium. My wife, Polly, gets pre
miums on butter, bread, and bed
quills, sometimes, and comes home so
sot up that there's no livin' with |er
for a week after the fair. Hut it
don't seem to be for me to git any
thing in that l.ne, aud I have pretty
much made up my mind that the
fairs are 'all talk and no cider.' "
Barbed Wire for Fencing.
f*rr*f A. A Ktotpp in hn**nf*t Afri'*J|uri*! *
Experience has demonstrated the
practical value of the following sug
gestions for constructing barbed-wire
fence: Set substantial post* one rod
apart; the post at the starting point
should lie braced by cutting a notch
in it two and a half feet from the
ground, and running a strong pole
from the notch to the foot of the sec
ond |tost, where it is fitted to rest
firmly, and is supported about tbrce
inches above the ground by means
of a short block driven down Iteaide
the fence post. This method of brac
ing shonld be repealed once in forty
rods. A faulty construction would
he to cut the notib in the starling
post four feet from the ground, make
the bract: shorter, and allow the low
er end to rest upon the ground ; for
the moment the wire ia tightened
u|>on the fence the short brace acta
as a fulcrum to lift the initial post.
When the posts are act a wire is wrap
ped firmly around the first post, four
feet and two inches from the ground;
then the coil is unrolled fort}* rods
and the wire drawn tight by means
of a act of small pulleys with grap
ples. After this wire has been secure
ly stapled a second ia similarly fast
ened one foot below it, and a third
and fourth below this, leaving a foot
space between the respective wires;
the ground space ia fourteen inches.
Poor wires thus arranged make a per
fect cattle fence. For horses the
lower wire should l<e without lmrbs to
prevent cutting the knee, and a fifth
wire should lie placed upon the posts
fire feet from the ground.
Sulky Plows.
Fro A*rr(rn Acrtmltsrltl far OcteMr.
If * bright boy brought up in a
in New England, or other of the
older States were to visit one of
the largo western fairs he would be
greatly puzzled by some of the im
plements on exhibition. The Sullty
Cultivators would strike him as
novel and wonderful, but when be
came to the Sulky Plows we can ima
gine his astonishment. As he recol
lects the many hard days' work at
plowing in a rocky field, or the un
pleasant results that have followed
the catching of the plow against a
root, he may well wonder if such a
plow were intended for real use.
Certainly not for use in such fields
as be has plowed, but admirably
adapted to those fields that hsve
neither rock nor stump.
StriKp provided with
meal as an auxiliary feed are the best
restorers of worn-out pastures.
PoMKirr seeds set as a diuretic on
cattle. Cows in milk should never
hsve scores to them. Before pump
kins are fed the seeds should always
be removed, for they decrease the
flow of milk very rapidly.