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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30
The Manure Question.
by ". I. Chamberlain.

by ". I. Chamberlain.
Repeatedly while / was travelling
In Illinois recently, farmers said TO
me, "How is it that you eastern
writers are all the time talking about
manure ~ And ] always answered
from my firm belief, "You'll begin To
write and talk about it too before
long Last week in a western agri-
cultural paper an Illinois man almost
dcplorcs the fact that he has got TO
draw out 100 loads Of manure before
he can put in his winter wheat /
wanted TO comfort him by telling him
that on the writer's little farm Of I30
acres, we have just finished applying
over 400 loads Of h0me-m1Gie manure
to our Winter wheat ground. On this
manure question at the West / am
sure VIC will soon sec "a change come
DER the spirit Of their dream" Even
in immensely fertile Illinois, where on
millions Of acres Nature has deposit
ed black, rich earth TO the depth Of
three feet before you reach the clay,
even there / notice that on the best
farms the corn is fed on the place to
cattle and hogs, and that clover and
timothy follow corn and other grain
in suitable and wise rotation. And
these farms are best becquse the fer
tility has thus been wisely retained
and developed in the soil. But where
corn has followed corn for a series of
years and been soH off Of he pIace.
the productivcncss has greatly dim
inished. Ohio, with originally not SO
rich and deep a soil, has been through
the same experience, and been forced
TO enter on a recupcratiye system OF
agriculture, and to-day our crops,
especially our wheat, among our best
farmers, are far better than they were
twenty years ago. Last year there
came up TO the State Board of Agri-
culture we'll attested yields of over
40 bushels Of wheat per acre from
nearly every county in the State.
Ohio is yearly increasing her fcrtil-
ity.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

The Connecticut Farmer, says, with
a great deal of truth, ave know OF
no more serious cause Of dissatisfac-
ton at our agricultural fairs, than
the failure of men chosen and an
nounced as judges to be present and
act. The selections at first are made
carefully and for the most part well
but it is the exception, rather than
the rule, for the duly appointed com
mittee men TO be on duty. Their
places are filled, as well, perhaps, as
circumstances will admit, but nearly
always at a loss. We urge every
reader of the Farmer appointed TO
such service TO be on hand and do
his best. If that cannot be, notify
the appointing officers before the
week of the fair that they may not be
compelled to choose your substitute
without due care and deliberation."
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30
More Lean Meat.
Jo.erh IInrrI. b prnetIenl rnrmnr.

Joseph Harris In Practical Farmer.
] have seen an article in an agri-
cultural paper saying that the English
objected to our hogs because they
were too fat, ami the editor advised
us to feed less corn and more barley.
This is all very we'll but if our hogs
are too fat (Which ] very much
doubt), the way TO correct the diff
Guilty is not merely by feeding less
corn, but by introducing better
breeds and adopting better system
Of feeding and management. A large,
lean hog does not furnish the pork or
bacon which either the American or
English market requires. Large
boned, lean hogs are not scarce. If
the improved breeds are too fat, it is
because we do not manage them
properly. We may have to let them
get more growth before We fatten
them. Instead of selling them at
nine or ten months old, we may have
TO keep them till they are fifteen or
eighteen months old. Keep them in
thrifty, growing condition. In the
summer and autumn, the wood will
consist principally Of grass or corn
fodder; in the winter we can feed
corn, bran, ensilage, etc. The point
is TO keep the pigs constantly gaining
till they are shut up TO fatten.
In this section n good plan would
be to have the pigs come in May,
June or July. The SOW and little
pigs should run out every day TO
grass. The SOW should have slops,
or anything that would favor the
production Of milk. Feed her liber-
ally. AS soon as the little pigs are
old enough TO eat, give them some
cooked or soaked corn, or oat or
barley meal with all the skinned
milk you can spare. Nothing is so
good for little pigs as milk. Success
in raising pigs prolitably depends
largely on feeding literally till the
pigs are three or four months old.
Let them have the run of q grass or
clover pasture, and after harvest they
will do we'll on the wheat stubbles.
The cost of raising pigs in this way
is very little. In the winter they will
need richer food. They should have
dry, warm quarters, with plenty OF
clean straw. Where cows or cattle
are fed grain or oil cake, or where
the new system Of ensilage is prac.
ticcd, the pigs will 10 n considerable
extent pick up their own living. In
my case, we give them warm slops
twice day during winter. They
may seem TO be getting too fat, but
this will not hurt them. like 10 see
them in good condition when turned
out to grass in the spring. And till
the grass is abundant and nutritious
] should feed the pigs night and
morning with the same food they
have had during the winter.
With good pasture well bred pigs
that have been properly cared for
during the winter, will keep fat and
thrifty with little or no extra food
They will be in n healthy growing
condition, and can be fattened in
three or four weeks, at any time
deemed desirable.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

lF farmers sons and daughters
could but realize the fact that hence
forth agriculture must become more
and more of an intellectual pursuit !:
that better education in each of the
natural sciences is to be an essential
qualification as to fitness for it, in or
der to render it more lucrative, then
they will cease to regard IL as a life
of constant drudgery, and learn To
look upon It in the true lieht-the
worlds best occupation, directed by
science.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30
FIGURING Wheat,
Correspondent u Practical rarmer.

Correspondent = Practical Farmer.
Farmers who do not purchase their
family flour will find it 10 be a very
good plan TO get their years grist
Toured at one time. This has been
my practice for several years. and /
could not be induced to 90 back 10 the
old way. There is a saving of sew
eral days time in going TO mill, bet
ter grade Of flour is made, and then
the flour improves with age If yroper-
ty kept ! generally wait until about
the first Of November, and then 90
TO mill and put in the day, seeing the
grist ground and sacking the -four
myself Have your miller make an
extra good grade of "middlings" for
you, and sack that also. 1t will
make an excellent addition to your
bnckwheat cakes next winter. and
come handy about the house in vari
Gus ways. The -four should be put
in paper sacks, and corded up in
some cool, dry place out of the way
of rats and mice. If you have a
good miller, try my plan; otherwise
buy your -four.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

" we can apply to our manure
heap something that will absorb and
retain the gases, we prevent loss.
Perhaps the best of all absorbents is
charcoal, and in an agricultural sense
this means all forms of carbon. But
the cheapest of all absorbents for the
farmer is dry earth. Our finely pull
verized clays are capable of taking up
and retaining n large amount of fer
tilizing matter. Land plaster or
gypsum is also valuable, and It has
the power to fix ammonia, and very
small amount of it scattered in the
stable or over the compost heap will
stop the escape of gases.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

To make pound of pork requires.
theoretically, four pounds of corn,
allowing for waste, undigested mat
ter and for the sustenance of fife. 1t
is scarcely possible that a pound of
pork can be produced on less than
this. In practice the best results at
tanned have approached this very
closely, and four and half pounds Of
corn have produced a pound OF pork.
But as mixed food is more healthful
than all corn, there is no economy in
feeding waste milk, boiled small DO.
tatoes, cut clover and other such
food. Pork at the worst can be
made for the price of four and a
half pounds of corn.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

IF farmers would look at the heavi-
ly freighted railway trains as they
speed onward to our large cities from
the rural districts, bearing daily away
thousands of bushels of grain, butter.
stock and other agricultural products,
ultimately to find their way to the sea,
and add to this the fact that at least
one-fourth of what is consumed on
the farm is lost from improperly con-
structed barnyards, and finds its way
at last to the same great reservoir of
waste, they could readily understand
why there is an annual reduction of
the fertility of the soil.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

As the potato plant is propagated
by its tuber, after the manner of a
bud or cutting, the effort made by
the plant TO produce its flowers and
seeds must be n waste OF power,
which dctracts from the desired crop
the tubers. We MARK Lane Er.
press) know an instance in which a
six-acre field Of potatoes was tested
TO show the truth Of this postulate ;
three rows had the blossoms cut off
and three rows were left intact, alter
nately all over the field, and the pro-
duce Of the rows which had been de-
prived of the flowers showed a very
marked increase over that of the
rows which had not been so treated.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30
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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30
How Premiums are Won.

by c. T. I>-puarI-who know.
The successful competitor in the
prize ring of to-day has something
more TO do than 10 go into the field
the first day of the fair, take out an
animal of superior merits and present
him or her for the consideration of
the awarding committee. If he has
fine thoroughbred COW aud is un-
able TO lay his hand upon n defective
point, he still has work to do. First
Of all, If she belongs to any of the
beef breeds, she must be made fat
enough for the shambles, no matter
what may be the consequent damages.
Then TO make her hair smooth and
soft and of good color, she must be
kept in the stable away from the
rain, dew and sunshine. Her horns
must be scraped, sandpapered and
waxcd, much time spent in brushing,
combing. &c, before the animal is
ready for the show ring. With sheep
the same fattening process must be
applied. the fleece taken off as early
as February, and blankets sewed on
to supply the place of the lost fleece
and the sheep kept in well Uttered
stables from shearing time until the
day Of exhibition. Then the wool
must be loosened up and stubble
sbearing resorted to, in order TO make
the body perfectly symmetrical and
of the most approved form, and then
they are ready for the awarding com.
mittecs with the statement, "they
were shorn about June lst in the
usual manner"-(that is, with shears,)
Let il be understood that what ]
have said in regard TO show animals
at the fairsis not charge against the
honest intentions of breeders. As a
class they are gentlemen and do not
stoop to any such practices for the
purpose of deceiving customers, but
the time is, when the patrons of our
prominent fairs demand something
more than common stock or good
stock in common condition. They
demand that breeders show the pos
sibilities of their favorite breeds, and
the man who takes his COWS from the
field in only breeding order, with
their hair stiff and and faded, or long.
wooled sheep with the fleece short,
dirty and matted, is very likely to be
slighted by nine.tenths of those who
attend these agricultural exhibitions
for the purpose of seeing the best of
the kind and that in the best condi.
tion to be seen.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

WALDO, of the Practical Farmer,
advocates sowed corn as n green
manure, and cites, as one of its
advantages, that it can be grown
without losing crop, as Il wheat
stubblc can be plowed up and corn
grown and plowed as soon as frosted,
and the field be ready for corn the
next spring.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

TWICE as much fodder can be pro.
duced on a given surface when the
forage plant is allowed to grow as a
cultivated crop and reach certain
degree of maturity, than when, as In
pasture, IL Is continually cropped of
and trodden down.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

Mr.. WM. NJ. SISGERLY, proprietor
OF the Philadelphia Record, has GOO
acre farm, and after five years ex-
perience In soiling cows, recommends
that system as much more profitable
than pasturing.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

ALTHOUGH it is by no means so
difficult to made lean pig thrive and
alter his condition, when tho feeder
commences operations, as. to effect
the same change in lean sheep,
heifer or OK, still grave mistake is
incurred whenever the young animal
is allowed to decline in flesh, and not
kept constantly advancing in condi-
ton.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

Mr.. S. J. WooLLEY, Franklin
county, Ohio, says his farm could not
be depended on for crop of corn in
wet season, though quite sure to
give thirty to forty bushels per acre
In q dry summer, but after drainage
II produced sixty to eighty bushels
without a single failure.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

A CONNECTICUT farmer planted half
field with potatoes fit for the table.
and the other half with small seed.
lie tells The american Cslliuafor that
when he dug the crophe became con.
vinced that 1t would have been mon
ey In his pocket had he bought good.
sized tubers, even at $40 a bnshel.
instead of using the callings.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

FoR safe, steady, nutritious,
healthy, universally available and
everywhere procurable feed for wean-
ed lambs, there Is nothing which is
for a moment comparable to wheat
bran.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

LIME IL rarely needed as ; direct
food, there being enough of IL for
that purpose in nearly all soils. It
acts upon insoluble matter in The
soil, however, making 1t accessible to
the roots of plants, and it also has a
beneficial mechanical effect upon Ger.
tain soils.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

Erie Mail West, Niagara Express West Lock Haven
Accommodation West, and Day Express East, make
close connections at Northumberland with L. n r.
r. trains for Wilkesharte and Scranton.
Erie Mail West. Niagara Express west and Erie
Express West, and Lock Haven Accommodation West
". trains north.
Erie Mail West, Niagara Express West, and Day
Ezpress East, make close connection At Lock Haven
with h. v. v. n. r.. traiHs.
Erie Mail Fast aud West connect At Erie with trains
on l., 3 NJ. 8. X. r.. At Cory with o. O. 4 A. " r.
y, AZ Emporium With p. N. 7. p. II. r.. anI al
Driftwood vith A. v.RR
=. Parlor cars viii run between Philadelphia and
Mhiiamsport on Niagara Express West Erie Express
wet, Fhilsdslphia Express East and Day Express
night Fainas VIZ. A. HALbwfs,
UenT Superintendent.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30
PENSIONS.
CENTRAL HOTEL,
~ Opposite the Railroad statlonl
hILEsBUR0, CENTRE COUNTY. PA.
A. A. KoHLBECKER, Proprietor.

THROUGH TRAVELLERS on the railroad viii aaa
ths Hotel "a excellent place 70 luHeh OF procure
meal, q ALI TRAINS stop Abeat 20 minutes. 4;
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

Erery turner IN his annual experience
dtscorers something Of uat'le. Write II and
send il 10 tie "Agricutturdt Editor Of the
DEMOCRAT, BeilefoHte, PenH'a," that other
farmers may hare the benefit Of a. Let
communications be timely, and be sure that
they are br'ief and ,Ueii pointed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-09-30

THE TEST aY THE NATIONAL WELFARE II TiE IETELLI
dEsCE AND PROSPERITY or THE VLHaEE.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-09

/ those who had been his enemles But
even that conld not last. Death swept
away his friends and his foes with fearful
b 4voc, end time made ravsges upon his
! body. He was growing too old to hold
! exalted places and he sadly saw himself
1 deposed and younger man take the
/ place; and as he stepped down into the
1 common ranks OF men again, and pur.
sued his journey, he could not but notice
how the graves thickened about his way,
while headstones CLEANED, far and near,
ike daisies IN the springtime
But there were still those left to do him
honor; those who had known of him as q
great and powerful man crowned with
glory, and he went his way, graspng at
their words and looks OF homage as q
starving m.n might grasp at the crumbs
thrown to him.
Too old 10 strive for new honors, with
no hope OF anything beyond this life--no,
not even rest-what else was there LETT for
him but this pitiful feeding upon crumbs 7
lie jOurneyed on slowly, tor his limbs
ached with years and his back was Dent
with time. And now even those who had
known Of him In their childhood lay by
the wayside at rest
In all the wide world there was no one
VINO cared for bin, no one to do him
homsge-no one to love him. He stood
alone, for though there were crowds Of
people on the highway, they were all
strangers 10 him-all hurrying toward a
goal, and with no thought or care for the
old nan creeping slowly on his way All
To at he had known and loved lay under
the white headstones that cleaned so
thickly about him. 1t seemed to him the
world was oil one mighty cemetery, and
he was lonely, oh, so lonely. The burden
OF life pressed upon his soul with terrible
weight His heart sent up passionate
cry for his loved and his parents,
his friends, his wire and children. 90, to
be with them once MORE" he cried 80,
tor the rest oi The grsvel O, death, Q,
death, why have ye passed me by!" He
leaned upon his staff and wept aloud !;
and as he wept he awoke-a boy still, for
ii wss all dream. A dream, but never
again was Ralph heard to wish for per
petual life, or to escape the fate of all
mortals
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-09

made at London beteen HANLAN and
LAycocK; the bettinB already strongly
In the formers favor
A telegram from Berlin informs the
State Department ut the cases of the
American naturalizsj citizens who have
been arrested In Aisle and Lorraine on
the charge OF owins Hillary service have
been decided in ajordance with the
claim Of this govern4nt. The release of
WE'LL has been alreat reported, and it is
now announced thatn his case, as well
as the previous cal of GETTRILs, all
fines and penalties tposed by the Ger
man government hsdbeen RENTED.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-09
JEANETTE Reli Expedition.

Washington dispa hes state that Mr..
Nick ENNAN, of that ty, who had charge
OF the Western UnioE Telegraph expedi-
ton IN Siberia at the lime when that cor
poration was prepari3 line to Europe,
via Alaska and Nor,ern Asia, offers to
take charge of rekf expedition next
summer to look for he Jeanette. He
has had more experience, probably, in
arctic land than any de now living, and
has plan of his OWNS to the best meth
cd to proceed. He thinks the Jeannette is
somewhere in the v,inity of Wrangell
Land. He proposes establish depot
Of supplies on the Attic slope of Siberia
by driving to the prqer place herd of
reindeer that live offthe MOSES of that
region, and could d herded there by
some one left in chrge. He then pro.
poses an expedition tom that point, only
about l5G miles 70 y-.agell Land, with
supplies, dogs, and sedges and to journey
north by stages, expiring the island As
far as known, no human being has ever
set foot on this lane and nothing of its
coast lines were kIpwn till this season,
when Captain HoPER, OF the revenue
cutter O0raoin, madea survey OF small
portion Of the southern shore, without
landing. Mr.. MC6ENNAN thinks that
this land may extend clear to the pole and
be very extensive, - cny rate, its north.
ern boundary has nsver been reached by
sea, unless the Jeanette has done so, and
it is all mystery Al to its extent. He ar
CUES that it would 10 no more difficult 10
travel northward on this land, provided
he once had supple, at command, than in
Arctic Siberia, whae he surveyed and
commenced 10 BULL the telegraph line
that was at last abandoned on account OF
the success of the Atlantic cable. His
project is considered ingenious and prob
ably feasible by thoss in Washington who
are Informed in Aretlc matters, and his
own judgment as to what is practicable is
considered as reliable as that of any one,
from his success and long experience in
those regions.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-09

THERE are likely to be some great
changes in the Usited States Supreme
Court. 1t is expected that Justice
STRONG will retire from the bench at or
before the close of this year, and that
Justice SwAYNE will soon follow the ex-
ample. Both Justices, by ige and con-
tinuance upon the bench, are entitled to
retire on full pay 900 per year. JUS
tees CLIFFORD and HUNT have, for some
time past, by physical disability
been unable to perform the functions OF
thei. office, and the former would have
retired long ago but for the circumstance
that he desired to Sc succeeded by Dem.
ocrat The utter collapse OF his party
has dissipated any hope OF such con-
summation, and he will doubtless now
make haste to do what he ought TO have
done long ago. Justice HUNT, also IN.
capscitsted for the oeuch by disease, ass
not vet held his Office q sufficient length
of time to enutle him to retire on full
pay, and Ia waiting the lapse of time to
qualify him to so reire, but there is some
probability that Congress will pass a
special act, providing tor his earlier re-
tirement. This viii make vacation OF
almost half of the seats upon the Supreme
bench, and 1t Will hcome substantially 8
new court.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-12-09

DIR EMIL HoLUB, an Austrian scien-
list. proposes to Undertake the most i'm
portsnt sni romantic Africsn expedition
vet plsnoed. Dr. HoLUB intends to start
At the Cape OF Good Hope AMI penetrate
nor,hwsrd through the interior OF the con.
unent until he comes out in Egypt. He
estimates that he can accomplish the feat
in thee years, and that it will cost him
500 600 10 do il. As he hiss only 81 600
the yienna Geographical Society has IN
dertsken 10 raise by subscription the re
maining $4,000.