Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-02-14

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mutton, than any other man in tho
place. Now docs this not como from
any direct hint, like the wheat, but
from a good many suggestions that |
have picked up in reading the Agricul-
turiSt, and from the course of reason
ing that | have been led into,by read
ing in it what others do, and think,
and Say. o'
r. Mr.. SmiRZYou are another sub.
scriber to the Agriculturist, Mr.. West;
does it payY
Mr.. West.-Pay? Yes. You know
what good cabbages and potatoes |
had last season. Why, the cabbagcs
were worth double any others in town,
for market or for home usc. | bad
400 heads, worth 8 cents q piece extra;
and they only cost 20 cents extra for
seed. Ny $50 bushels of potatoes arc
all engaged for seed at $3.50 bushcl,
when other kinds bring only 80 cents.
That's $3.50 clear gain, for the sl4
extra paid for seed, and the sl.5O
paid for the AgricultwiSt 1t was
through this paper that / learned
nbout both the cabbages and potatoes.
Its editor are careful, intelligent men,
on the constant lookout for anything
new that is really good, while the
paper abounds in cautions against the
poor and Improbable.
Mr.. Smith.-What say you, Mr..
Tayler? Does il pay to invest $3.50
in the Agricultrist
Mr.. Taylor.-Most certainly. A
hint in the paper led me to look AFTER
certain insects at the proper time, and
the result was. had .l60 barrels OF
splendid apples, which brought me a
clean SIS per barrel, and this you know
was better by 81, than the average
prices here, or s16O. Then have
read so much about good and bad
Grapes, the method Of treating them
etc, that can beat the town in rails
ing grapes proftably. My son, Will
lam, got kink in his head about To
matocs, from something the Editors
said, and sent for some seed lie made
moro money on the crop raised inlIi'
spare hours, than was cleared by hal
! the farmers IN this town.
i Mr. Smith.-Let's hear from Mr.
|. Crane.
Mr. Cranc.--I only read in the pa
per what was said about hogs-wha
, kind paid best, how 70 feed them, anC
the like; butifyou will call around anC
sec my porkcrs, and my expense &C
count, I'll bet a pippiu ] can show
, fifty dollars moro Of pork tor the sam,
money than any other man here AM
this comes from reading what othe
men think and do. But Wife ough
to be here to speak. She and the girl
: read the Agriculfmist next TO TO tn
Bible. They think the household de
! partmcnt is worth more than all th'
fashion magazines in the world. The,
r say, it is so full of good hints abou
> all kinds Of house work. All ! cal
say is, that VIC do have better brca,
a and cake; and Wife says, the calo
t don't cost so much as it used to. Sh
c has learned from the paper how
, hundred other housc-kcepers do thci
1 work
2 Rev. Corcy.-Lct me say, also, tina
t Mrs Crane and her daughters hav
added q good many beautiful bu
' cheap homemade fixtures to thci
# parlor and sitting rooms, which Gel
3 tainly make their home moro attraC
7 tive. They told me, the other day
they got these up from pictures an
) descriptions in the Agricuitlrist.
D Mr. Travis-My salary has not q
lowed me to take the paper; thong
| must squeeze out enough to do 5
. this year. Ny school boys hav
r brought me some copies to look n
r the past year or two, and end th
f Boys and Girls department Of TN
;, Agricultmist the best thing ! ever saw
Q 1t is full of items, etc, that amusc an
at the same time instruct the children
0 Why, | could pick out tho boys an
h girls in my school whose parents tax
It the Agric,ilturist, just by hearing thcI
talk-they arc so full of new and goo
things they have learned from the p;
u per. The paper has many beautifl
b cngravings.
Rev. Corcy.-As small as is my sa
@ airy, | would have the paper if it cos
S. a year, instead of $3.50, The fac
u is, il helps out my salary. My littl
c garden plot at the parsonage has yiclC
o cd us almost all our table vegetable
o besides many beautiful flowers. TIL
n Agriculturist has been my constar
guide. ! know but little Of gardcI
IS ing but this paper is so full of info
s nation about the best things TO plan
G and sow, when to plant, aud how
Il csltivate-all told in so plain an
/ practical a way, by men who seem
| talk from their own experience, th;
n ! know Just what TO do, and how
Is do it well. The high moral tone. .!
d tho paper, its common sense, the cal
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