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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23
Good Hints About Horsca.
Ihr talm. nmI.IIn. IraIanL.

Tho fstm, uutlir. Ireland.
The horse's stomach has capacity
of only sixteen quarts, while that OF
an OK has two hundred and fifty. In
the intestincs this proportion is re-
versed, the horse having a capacity of
one hundred and ninety quarts,
against one hundred of the OK. The
OK and most other animals have n
gall bladder for the retention of n
part Of the bile sccrctcd during diges-
tion. The horse has none, and the
bile flows directly into the intestnes
as fast rs sccretcd. This construc-
ton Of the digestive apparatus indi-
Gates that the horse was formed TO
eat slowly and digest continually
bulky and innutritious food. When
fed on hay, it passes very rapidly
through the stomach into the intcs-
tine.
The horse can eat but five pounds
Of hay in an hour, which is charged,
during mastication, with four times
its weight Of saliva. Now, the stom-
ach, to digest it we'll, will contain
but about ten quarts, and when the
animal eats one-third of his daily ra-
tions, or seven pounds, in one and
onc-half hours hc has swallowed at
least two stomachruls of hay and
saliva, one Of these having passed 10
the intestine. Observation has shown
that the food is passed TO the intestine
by the stomach in the order in which
IL is received. If wc feed n horse
six quarts Of oats, it will just fiji his
stomach, and If as soon as he finishes
this we feed him the above ration Of
seven ponds of hay, he will eat suiii-
cent in thrce-quarters of an hour TO
have forced the oats entirely out Of
his stomach into the il tcs inc.
As il is the Office Of the stomach
to digest the nitrogenous parts of
the feed, and as stomach full OF
oats contains four or five times as
much Of these rs the same amount Of
hay, it is certain that either the
stomach must secrctc the gastric Juice
five times as fast, which is hardly
possible, or it must retain this food
five times as long BY feeding the
oats first, it can only be retained long
enough for the proper digestion Of
hay; consequently, it seems logical.
when feeding a concentrated food like
oats with bulky one like hay, to
feed the latter first, giving the grain
the whole time between the repasts 10
bc digcstcd.
The digestion of a horse is govern
en by the same laws as that Of man,
and as we know that it is not best
for man TO 90 at hard work the NOM
cnt a hearty meal is eaten, so we
should remember that horse ought
to have a little rest after his meal.
while the stomach is most active in
the processes Of digestion.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23
Pork producing Value Of Corn.

;. " sanlorn. 20 Rural Neu Ya'lrr
1t isa wcll.known, but indidcrcntly
observed, fact, that 1t is n law of an.
imal growth that young animal will
make pound of growth on very
much less food than an older one. In
feeding experiments ! am constantly
noting corToborating facts, vet farm
ers ignore in practice this law both
in pork and beef production, entail
ing n great loss upon our agriculture.
Making a specially of early pork and
beef production will do much to re.
store these industries to favor in the
East ! will not give the details OF
the many weighings of food and OF
pigs, as the condensed results will
cover the point Of inquiry.
Several lots Of Chester White
grade pigs of two in lot have been
fed from the time Of weaving until
they would weigh, dressed, in round
numbers, 200 pounds each. These
pigs have been put In pens, from
which everything that they would
consume was excluded, and their
food consisted of weighed corn meal
moistened with water-and nothing
else. The first year, 1877, loo lbs
Of meal made 2i.s pounds of growth.
The second year 100 pounds of meal
made 2i.S pounds Of growth. This
years results are not completed, but
arc more favorable than heretofore.
They will dress when fed and fat
tened thus: 50 pounds per 100
pounds Of live weight or, one bush.
ell Of corn would give ll.3s pounds
of pork. 1t would be proper TO say
that | do not think this method of
feeding is calculated 10 give the best
results that may be gained from corn
meal. The experiments in question
were comparative, and were not dc.
signed entirely with reference TO
economy. 1t is perfectly safe to as
sumo that one bushol OF corn will
make l2 pounds Of pork. In fact, I
find among my records instances
where results far exceeding those
given, have been realized.
have stated what / believe may
be an average result from a well bred
pig judiciously fed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23
The Law of Trespass.

The general rules in regard to tres
passing on another's land are pretty
well understood in the community,
and yet many erroneous ideas pre-
vail. For instance, many persons
believe they have legal right to kill
their neighbor's fowls found trespass.
ing upon their premises, and doing
damage to their gardens or crops.
This is an entire mistake. Undoubt-
edly the custom of doing 80, and
tossing tho carcass over the fence, af-
lords the gardener some satisfaction,
but 1t renders him liable to pay the
full value OF the fowls, besides the
costs of the court. His remedy is to
bring suit against the owner of the
fowls for the damage occasioned by
the trespass. An unsatisfactory rem.
edy, no doubt, but the only legal one.
Another prevalent idea il that ir n
person simply crosses your land for
twenty years he thereby acquires a
right TO continue the practice. This
Is onlyI true when the crossing for
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23
1879. THE PATRIOT. 1879.
Got Up q Clnb and Receive Your
Paper Free.

The DAILY PATRioT will be sent by
mail TO clubs at the following rates
$500 par copy per year 60 q eaub q ave.
sS.so ret coz per year 70 = clne u tsn.
= e9 per cnry pr year g. dub ~ tuenty.
$40 per cspy per year ta a ciab 81 thirty.
s4o9 per copy per year o. = club q hfty.
And one copy Tree iot year in every 81 the
pefsnn gestihg az the club PROPORTIONAL rates ier
parts q yeaF.
The WEEKLY PATRToT will be sent by
mail at the following rates;
500 per anuum fcr single cry.
siA0 psf annum per copy ~ : eiuh of fauf
u 2b per annHm PER COPS ~ club - eight.
flou Issf anpasa psf cary o. = eiuh of Hffeen.
500 per anuum pr supy % = clnb u thifty.
fasa PER annusa Iaet caHy 10 = etah II afty.
soTh pee aunam pef cpgy o. sauh of cue hunafs-i.
Aad copy ffee er year IN every sase te ester
~ Of cluh
The cash must accompany III orders 10
insure attention. All money should Be
sent by pest Office orde- or registered
letter, otherwise Ii will be al the tender's
risk. Address
PATRIOT PUnLIsuIso Co,
Harrisburg, Pa.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23
Agricultural Science or Art 2

1t is reported that cat in Brooklyn,
y. y, has hatched three broods oi
chickens during the present summer,
and is now sitting on fourth
We find this paragraph in one OF
our exchanges under the head OF
"Science and Art" We don't know
whether it is scientific or artificial.
"You pays your money and you
takes your choice"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

A LOOSE soil, like a sponge, will
hold n great deal of moisture n
hard rock, like block of wood, will
absorb but little few hours Of
wind and sun will soon evaporate that
little ; while deep, well pulverizcd
soil would take many days--perhaps
a month would be required to evapo-
rate the moisture it would retain.
A soil fertitised to the depth Of ten
or twelve inches Is rs much as the
most exhausting crop would perhaps
require. But let the unfcrtilized sub
soil be pulverized as deep as possible,
and a good crop can be grown in the
most unfayorablc season.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

AdRIcUJTURE feels the effect of the
sboom" along with other branches of
business, and with wheat blooming
close up to $3.50 and threatening to
go beyond even this figure, and other
products in proportion, farmers can
well afford to join in the general
cheerfulness at the prosperity which
they, more than any other class, have
contributed to.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
ErquisH TrERs ~ r1urr--F Fourth Mondays Il Jai
nary, Apfil, August aud November.

President JudFe--liun. rH.. 4. MGrfu Iork Haven
Additional Law Jrdge--ilOn Jyus H. OE4ts Belle
f8utr.
Associate Judges-liur.s FiEutt FHsrcE, JsuA Divrr
Ftpihpn"iafy-J CayIs HAEFER
Register ~ v llls and CIk ~ a. C-E " BuReHTiItp
E'rpfIrf of Deeds. a. .-NuLttg 4 TsH.s
District AttuTury--U.fib s. FoETAtt
rhrfih--JuHs EFssaitH
Tf0lsufrt-iGEsH1 IrArirE
County tupegof-JusEFH DfvLIRa.
tnfuueF-fgEHTAAs CAErtIbgE
county cDuniiss Durfs-ANDEES GELGs Gro sWkh
Jtr1u nuhEH
ilrfE g. County Comm issiDusfs- IItsHr BFrT
Attorney g. County tpmtu'ss Do 8tfsa-g VI HywEH
jAnit"f - the Court Hyus~--tar nix GalHEti4H
County Auditors--J szfs T. rTEwaA7 q sgE.f A WI.
HsNs. THHEAs H JahIrss
Jury tommiasiourrs- HIsEI kI1IE, Jf. SarHAh
MurHriA
Superintendent q rullir = hools-Truf IIrpEt MrrrH
N"iatirs fullir=I'tN BllACuhEp, w. ". PO7IIE
X. q. CHEEsIS.s. Bsllcf.utr
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

= Rufas Mason.
Last fall I planted some plum
stones in my garden they grew
about as usual, except one plant
which is double the size of the rest.
Close by It came up a parsnip from
accidental seed. | believe the par
snip In its rapid growth, shooting It's
root down by and in contact with the
plum roots, kept the soil loose and
thus favored their growth unusually.
1t is worth further experiment.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

THE foraging season is now nearly
over and the poultry will require
more feed than they did while roam
ing over the farm in search of insects
during the summer months. Unless
they get liberal supply of feed now
they will not grow and thrive profit.
ably. The young things have enor.
nous appetites now, and it will not
do to stint them if we wish TO market
them at a profit.
They need not, and should not
have rs much grain as they will eat
or they will soon eat their heads off.
A cheap and good food for them is
boiled potatoes mashed and mixed
with sour milk and wheat bran. This
will keep them growing finely, with n
little grain in the evening.
There is no better way of dispos.
ing of the small potatoes than by
boiling and feeding them to pigs and
chickens. Wherever the supply is
sufficient the fowls should have all
they can eat.
This food will keep them growing
and thriving, and If corn meal, or
corn and oats chopped together, be
substituted for the wheat bran 1t will
fatten them cheaply and rapidly.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23
lNIRARD HOUSE.

~ CORNER CHESTNUT AND NINTH sIREETQ
rHILAnttFHia.
THIS h0'ise TremincHt IN = city fAmed Cor its CON.
Portable heeis s kelt IL every resper equAl e. ANY
aFstclass hotels IN the ceuntfy. Owing b. che strs
gcney q the iimsz the price o heard has been rslucs
t. WAR eollaas per day. J. M'KInnIN.
lHu Manager.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

We have advocated from the begin
ming that farmers should read more,
study more, think more, and in every
possible way add TO their knowledge
OF the business in which they are en-
gagged. We firmly hold to this opin-
ion, and SO long as we shall remain
connected with the agricultural press,
so long we shall continue TO urge the
necessity Of this upon our readers.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23
Farming in The Northern Northwest.

Farming in The Northern Northwest"
Bishop Peck, during a recent trip
through the great Northwest, took a
look at things through his agricultu.
raj spcctaclcs, and makes report Of
what he saw, in an interesting letter
to the Christian AdrOcdte. 1t seems
TO us that when observing the opera
tions of the harvesting and thrcsh-
ing machinery the good Bishops
spectaclcs exhibited multiplying as
well rs magnifying powers. After
giving statistics of some of the
"large farms" of that large country,
the Bishop says:
Let this suffice to sample the large
farms and the large products Of agri.
cultural industry in this strange couu.
try. Imagine vast plain, somcwhnt
undulatlEg, and yourself in the midst
of II, and splendid farms, and immense
ly larger unbroken farming lands ex.
tending to the horizon in all directions:
aud then think two thousand miles on
beyOnd-nearly every acre sandy loan.
vegetable mold. or nlluvial deposits
from two to six feet deep. the greater
proportion OF the whole richer and finer
than the gardens Of the Elst-and you
will begin to have some idea Of this
Northern Northwest.
The very large farms are an evil
They have generally been obtained 10y
railroad bonds in the hands Of sharp.
eyed parties when the Northern Pacific
suspended. The large aud increasing
number OF small farms from leo to
1000 acres-are more hopeful a. to pop
ulation, bringing into neighborhood the
large immigrations. and advancing all
the forms of ciyilization--a the great
hope OF this country while the mag.
mates on their 10. 20, and 10000 acres
will initiate the manorIal greatness Of
the old world, demonstrate on large
scale the capabilities of the soil, and for
a generation hold large control over the
social and civil interests of the country.
In the days Of their early defendants
these vast estates will be broken up and
hbthihiAAsh ttt bHt Ebbi Ol tue greatest
numbers.
Farming in the Red River countrS
would astonish New Englin -
many others, who had for , lkjH
been moving around on thtHikIA
den patches in the East. I1sd t15y
one team with a single pl9.R y lotl
see fifteen or twenty gang 1 -
powerful teams, managed q Fan
riding on a sulky, with burrows 50 wide,
taken all together. that you would think,
and think well, that the whole force
would plow farm of the Eastern pat
tern every day.
Harvesting is on scale equally large
Ten TO twenty teams follow each other
around a field Of wheat. drawing reap.
ing machines which cut an immense
swath, binding every straw as they 60,
and pushing bundles off from each ma
chine so fast that you cannot count
them. Threshing and cleaning are
equally wonderful. Large machines are
worked by steam, and the straw is the
fuel-the machine pulling it in and
feeding the flame with its own fingers
while the pure wheat rolls out 80 fast
that you can hardly put it into sacks,
when it is moved off to market in bulk.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

Ereyy farmer in his annual experience
discovers something Of value. Write Il and
send il 10 the "AgricuitWrat Editor Of the
DEMooRAr, BeiiefoHte, PeHH'a," that Other
farmers may haze the bsacft Of Il. Let
communications be timely, amt Dc sure that
they are brief aud ,estt pointed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

REMEMBER THK PLACKi
CENTRE DEMOCRAT OFFICE.
Bush House Bloch,
HIGH STREET. BELLKFoNTK Pa
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

THE current issue of the Rural
New Yorker is its "potato number"
and 1t is we'll named. Illustrations
of sixteen varieties Of new potatoes
adorn its pages, and the letter press
nearly all relates to the same subject,
and besides the editorials and "Rural
Farm Notes. is from the pens of such
we'll known farmers and writer's as
Prof Caldwell, w. |. Chamberlain,
Prof. Beal, +. J. Brownell, Henry
Stewart, and many others. These
special numbers are making n splen-
did reputation for the Rural.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

We publish, in another column,
an article on "The Law of Trespass"
which it would be we'll for farmers to
read up. This is the time of the year
when gunners are apt to abound, and
every farmer should be prepared to
protect himself from their spoilation.
No man has any more right to enter
your fields with n gun and kill and
carry away your birds, than he has
to come with n bride and take away
one of your horses, or with a reaping
machine to cut and remove your
crops. Remember this, and enforce
it, and by thus protecting the birds,
you will do yourself and the farming
community an inestimable good in
the way Of securing our crops from
insect depredations.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

SAVE your wood-ashcs 10 fcrtilizc
your cultivated ground, whether
field, garden or grass land.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23
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table ard tf'slls complete With LsHeFH ASSORTMENT
~ TirTrEts than any other machine and nainead g.
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The fBest sriid, reliable aud sAtsfactory machine
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Per DAY fat auy one Who shes t. fof living and
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than those asked by dealers IN secondhand rebuilt
and reanished machines those selling old sock
70 close up business many such inferior and oldssyle
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Beware q limitations and only buy new machinra.
There NEv hrstclsss machines offered As low a.
The Family" by many dollars
fof testimonials see descriptive books mailed frte
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Goods shipped @ any Taft of The oauntry no matter
hew remote the place may be and safe delivery guar.
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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

THE NATIONAL wELFARE Is ruE INTILLi-
GEscE AND PROSPERITY OF THK TARHER.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

WE learn that the authorities Of
the Michigan Agricultural College
have rendered the chair Of Professor
of Agriculture to Mr.. w. |. Cham
berlain, of Ohio, from whose ready
pen we have made frequent quota
tions for the benefit of the DEMO.
Gratis farmer readers. Mr.. Cham
berlain is one of the few practical,
working farmers of the country whose
scholarly attainments fit him for any
position he may be called to occupy
and while we congratulate the College
on this acquisition to her working
forces, We shall be sorry to miss Mr..
C. from the field he has so well titled,
and are not at all sure that he has
enlarged his sphere of usefulness.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

Eris Mail West, Niagara EEfress West. Lask HAveH
Acnatat8p pdAiiau West. hnd ba1 EKFfes. Izst saAks
rloss CsnuoCtians ai AofthUmlseflKnd 18th T. A H. Il
X ifalns fof VIVA esiiAfre and seraptan
hfts Nal West Niagara Eftrsaa wasi End Erie
ttVreFs eF and Lock Haven rf.In mediation Wesi
nAts elose CONNECTION 81 WilnamFVoft with ~ c. Il.
" trAins north
Efir MAJ Wet, Niagara EKpress West. ara DAy
IiprHt Issi, make elus1 Connection at Losk Haven
With y y. u v trains
hite Mall Easi Ard wost At Tfis with trains
On J. : ". :. X K.. at Cory With o C. "A V R
Y. ~ Emporium Siih B. \. I. a r R T. anI At
briftwesd ufth ' q y
Parker cars sill ruH between phnadoirhiA and
hiiliamsrnrt On Niagara Etpfess Wast Etis TArress
Wet, PHILADELPHIA EtWess Easi aud Dsy EIpress
lasi AHd sunday EHtToss Ezst. Sleeping osrs on All
hight trains. VIZ A Httfvtr
Geul Superintendent
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

NEWS, FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-10-23

-AGRIGvLTJRAL. "a
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-08-11

A ffteen-years.old daughter of Peter
e. Kimball of Carmel, Me-. is exciting
much establishment in that vicinity by
her strength and ability to perform hard
labor. She has been doing homework
in the family Of Mr.. Clayton in Hamp-
den, and the other evening she started
out after supper and put up forty-fye
punches of hay and MIXED the cows be-
fore sunset. The next day after dinner
she completed her work around the
house and entered the field again. She
loaded four loads of hay and slowed them
away in the barn, then prepared supper
for four. and after serving it walked to
Newburgh and obtained pair of shoes
for herself and returned home before
dark. None of the young men in the
neighborhood dare compete with her in
the field, either in heavy or expeditions
work. e