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Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
The Old Ways and the New.

I've just cons In from the meadow wife, where the
grass Il tall and green
Ihobhed out upon cane to see Johns machine;
u made my old eyes sna again TO that NOV,
Ahd hraEcd sigh ioT the scythr swung some taeu-
~ years Hg1.
Many aud many the day We NOV ed meath the rays
uf The aruTclng SUI
Till thought my poor iack would break ere ny task
for the day done
often think Of the days Of toll Ia the fields all over
the farm,
TIL feel the sweat my wrnkled brow and the old
pain come ia my arm.
II wis hard work, II was slow work, aswinging the
old scythe then;
Unlike the mower that went through the gra.. like
denis through the rauks of men.
stood aud looked iii my old eyes achel, amazed at
The work II took me day do It done In one short
hour
John said hadn't seen the half; when lac put. It
into hs wheat
I'd see 1t reap it, aud rake it and put it In bundle.
rclt,
Then yankee will come along aud sci b. work
To reap aud thrash it, and bag it up aud send it into
the barn.
John kinder laughed when he said H. but said 10 the
hired man.
awe seen 10 much IN my pilgrimage tlro' my three
score Srtts aud ten.
That wouldn't be surprised to Zee a railroad IN
the air,
Or Yankcc in a nyin' .hip a soln most auywhsrc"
There's difference Ia the work done aud the work
Steady nnd slow in tho good old way, worry aud fret
IN the new
But somehow / think there VIZ hnppinr.- crowded
into ihDs" tpiGng days,
The ftsi yorng man Of the present won't I'll they
chang" their NaNr
To think tNi + should live 10 work done In this
Wuud, rfui WaN'
Old tools are pf little service nJw aud ftrmin l.
almost play;
The women have got their sewn machines, thdr
Niing"is aud every sirh thing,
And now play CtuTuct IN the door yard 1T Ia the
Ittl"r and sing
Twa-nt you that bal II easy, WIFE IN the days
long comedy;
You ~ up Early aud rat up late, aioiling Tor you
and !;
There were cows to milk there Wa. butter to make.
aud many II day td you stand
A.wnshin' my tuil--taiuri garments, and whnging
them by hand
Al, wife our children will never zee the hard work
We have seen,
For the heavy tak aud the long tack is done with
machine
No longer H." noise 0f the scythe do hear. the NOV.
er-thrfe, hear 1t aiat'
Afattn along through the tall tJut gfsss with the
noise f 4 railroad car.
Well the old t"ols showed away they stand
a-ga,heribg rust,
Like many nn old man I've pu, aside with only a
crust,
when the eye grows dim whrn She step 4. weak when
the strength goes out Of his arm.
The bet thing poor old man do is u hold the
deed Of the farm
There {. old way that they can't improve although
1t ha. h..cn ,l-i
BY men Who studied and studied, and worried TIL
they died:
1t ha. shown unclaimed for ags., like gold refined
rom iH dr"@s-
Re the way g. the Kingdom Of Heaven by the simple
way "i tlo cross
John H. Yats.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
Care Of Milch Cows.
Prom the Western Rural.

FROM the Western Rural.
During the intense hot weather of
the summer, cows, unless In very ex-
ira pasture, with plenty OF shade
and water, fail very much in their
productivcness. When once partially
dried up, 1t is hard to bring them in
TO a full flow Of milk again during
the season. The greatest care should
therefore bic taken TO give a plenty Of
some kind Of nutritious soil-fecd,
corn, oats, or whatever other green
feed farmer may happen TO have.
Feed they must have or dry up
there is no such thing as milk and
butter without feed.
If cows are obliged to work hard
all day, in short pasture, during hot
weather, to obtain barely enough to
keep them alive, they will become
both too much heated and fatigued To
keep up full flow of milk, and who,
ever expects any profit from cows in
hot weather must feed them enough,
so that as the heat Of the day adj
vanccs they may retire 10 the shade,
for comfort and repose. Excessive
heat is more injurious to milch COW
than short feed. Cows require plenty
TO eat without great exercise TO OBJ
tain it, and repose. 1t is more profit
able TO feed shorts, oil meal, or other
grain, where pastures are short, than
J TO suffer COWS TO dry uD.
Cows should be driven very slowly,
particularly in hot weather, that they
may not be oyerheated and if yard
ed nights, should always have a full
supply Of clean water. Cows give
more milk and do better when kept
constantly in the pasture, unless they
are soil-fed in the yard or stable.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
The Better Way.

The usual custom in regard to the
horse manure pile is TO let it leach
and lie exposed to air and rain, and
when it is cartcd TO the field the
"hrefang" has burned its value out,
the nitrogen or the ammonia having,
by the fermentation, all escaped.
This loss can easily be avoided. The
horse manure can be thrown into the
yard where the cattle can tramp It
into the soil Of the yard, or it can be
mixed with the manure from the cat
tie stalls, for this last seems 70 coun-
terbalance the heating and volatile
nature of the former.
Some farmers who wish 10 keen
the manure separate from the other,
for special purposes, sprinkle the
heap with salt and Use plaster, which
holds the heat in check; but then it
will have a tendency to ''fire," which
can only 'bc prevented by throwing
water upon it. But this remedy has
its loss, unless 'just enough" is used,
so as 10 prevent waste of its solu-
ble parts. A very thorough incor-
poration of the horse manure and
that Of the COW stable is secured by
using the former as an absorbent for
the manure ditch, and the liquids are
then all saved and the stables have a
noticeable absence of odors, which is
largely due TO the use of the absorb
ent.
There is yet need of greater
economy about the treatment of the
manure piles and heaps that are left
thro' the summer TO be used upon the
wheat lands. The loss in valuable
properties is usually very great, and
may be almost entirely avoided, if
the manure of the yard is thrown up
into piles, or under shelter, which
would be better.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
Hay for Milk Production.

"old Farmer" In the Tribune.
A dairyman speaking lately of the
best kind of hay for feeding his cows
during the winter, places them accord
ing TO their value in the following OF
der: Red clover rowcn, clover hay,
fine English hay, hGrdsgrass. These
should be cut as soon as the earliest
heads begin to blossom. | wonder
he does not mention timothy and
orchard grass for if sowcd thick
and cut just before towering they
make excellent hay for milch COWS as
we'll as sheep. BY herdsgrass / sup
pose redtop is meant, as it bears the
former name in some localities. But
there are two other grasses better
than either of the above to produce
choice butter and to fatten stock rap.
idly, and these are June or blue grass
and white clover. The late Mr..
Cliff, one Of the best farmers in Put
nam county, New York, paid partic-
ular attention TO these two latter
grasses for hay considering that their
mixture, half and half, making up n
ton of hay, was worth for butter and
to fatten animals thrice that of most
other hay and although these did
not produce over 4 third as great a
weight per acre as timothy, still they
were the most profitable to grow on
suitable lands, and there were the adj
ditional considerations of less stor-
age-room required and less labor in
handling.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
Marbled Beef.


from the lineage Iitnfts
Americans have succeeded in pro-
ducing beef sufficiently fat to meet
the demands of any market. Unfor-
tunately, however, for the quality of
the beef the fat and lean are not we'll
distributed. The fat is in huge
masses and is useless as human food
Specimens of tinely-marbed beef are
rarely found in this country. Un-
doubtedly our method of feeding
beef cattle causes the absence of "the
streak of fat and streak of lean" that
are so desirable. Our animals are
for the most part fattened on corn,
which produces a large amount of
hard tallow. that is deposited in
masses outside the flesh. The best
marble beef is produced by cattle
that feed on rich, tender grasses. The
best beef known in the London mar
ket comes from the mountain regions
of Scotland and Ireland where the
cattle have little or no grain. IL was
at one time thought that the breed of
the cattle raised in these localities
was the cause of the marbled appear
ance and of the prime flavor of the
meat. 1t now seems TO be settled
that the superiority of this beef is
due to the peculiar feed of the ami
mails. Corn produces an abundance
of fat, but 1t is not fat of the right
kind and it Is not deposited in the
right places. IL Is likely that We
have made too much use of corn in
the production not only of beef but of
pork and mutton.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

Mr.. JOHN MCDOWELL, of Wash
ington county, Pa, keeps ESQ highly
improved sheep, which cost annually
$l.54 per head his wool averages
four pounds of brodk-washed wool
per head. In 1875 his wool sold for
Sc cents per pound, or 2.24 per head.
On account of severe winters the
crop costs 10 cents per pound, which
makes his net income per sheep $l.64.
His sheep are worth $3.50 per head,
and his profits are Sc per cent. of the
capital invested. The land on which
he pastures his sheep is worth about
$3.50 per acre.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
The Army Worm.

This wonderfully destructive pest
has made its appearance in great
force in Maryland and New Jersey,
and on Long Island. 1t is impossible
to say that it may not soon strike us,
and in order that our farmers may be
forearmed, We copy from our ex-
changes in the infested districts
descriptions of the methods there
adopted of fighting them:
Considerable excitement exists in
Maryland over the appearance OF the
army worm. They first appeared in
the wheat fields, and wherever found
have eaten the beard entirely off. and
have otherwise injured the wheat. They
are now leaving the wheat and are seek.
ing the younger and more tender grains.
The first corn fields attacked were those
of John A. Mitchell and 5. y. HYDE
and son, near Baltimore, and as far as
the march had extended when discov.
cred the fields are entirely bare. Con.
cave bitches were at once dug through
the fields, and a panel fence taken
down, which stopped their further pro.
gress in that direction. The farmers
are now digging bitches around their
corn fields. Every few yards in these
bitches pits are sunk. into which the
worms fall in their efforts to cross. In
those pits can be seen great masses of
the worms, and IA the pits fill up
the worms are burnt and thrown
out TO make room for others. They
begin to march about noon, and
during the afternoon the roads ada.
cent to the fields where they are is GOV.
cred with the moving army.
The only effective remedy in fighting
them so far has been in the use OF deep
trenches dividing the fields TO be pro.
tected from the field already attack ed. .
The deeper the trench the better,
and it will be improved by pits or wells
dug still deeper.
With these trenches and pits boy
with broom can stop an army, but il
is better to keep fresh "red top" satur.
ated with Paris green or London pur.
pie in the bottom so that they may eat
of it and die. On one farm every means
VI "'7hipff'E NIiFhf anu dlI
means except the trenches, even the
attempt to destroy by a heavy iron rol.
Ter, has failed.
The owner says: ave have abandon.
ed our iron road roller as of no earthly
use. 1t weighs about a ton when
weighted, and, although it of course
kills great many, with such an army
as we have to contend with, it was of
but little use.
"In running the roller il would soon
become so moist with the crushed worms
that the dry dirt would adhere to
the roller and make the roller lumpy /;
so that many would escape. If the
grass is short the roller Is effective, but
If long, IL is Of no use. Next we have
used tar, but with no effect whatever.
They will go right over it, and If one
gets stuck !. simply makes a bridge for
another. We have tried salt, dry SOW.
ing IL in winnows also made brine OF
it, with no effect whatever. We used
kerosene oil by pouring it In the plough
ed burrows or bitches prepared for
them. 1t stopped their progress only
momentarily, Tor the dead ones only
formed bridges for those marching be.
hind. Then we tried lime, without the
least particle of effect. They cared no
more Tor it than brown sugar"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
In The Wrong Place.

W. I. Chamberlain In Pfaeueal FArmet
Some years ago, when was teach
ing, my fathers farm, the one | now
own, was rented To a not over labori.
Gus tenant. He complained of lack
of fertility-said he couldn't get hay
and grain enough TO winter the cows,
etc. Isaid "Iou should save and
apply the manure better, then. The
cows linger shivering in the fence
corners and along the lane fences all
day, when they should be in the warm
barn where they would need less
hay to keep up the animal heat, and
where their manure could be all saved
and properly used" "Wal," he re-
piled, with a grin, 81 'spose they
leave their dung and urine somewhere
round on the farm, and it's a mighty
sight easier than TO shovel it out of
the stable" All There was just
the trouble. 1t was 'somewhere
around" in snow drifts or on the fro.
zen ground or lane where not needed,
ard where its value ut any rate
would waste in every thaw and rain
till summer. 1t was "like water
spilled on the ground which cannot
be gathered up" 1t was in the
wrong place. The fence corners are
not plowed and the lanes do not raise
crops Of wheat.
Now this, it seems TO me, is the
fault WITH mans farming. lie doesn't
always sdue oil The manure and use it
in the right place and time and ,cay.
If any man does, he is, so far at least,
a good husbandman.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

THE American 4gricuiturist says
"1f there was any doubt about the
best time for cutting grain, the gen.
eral experience last year went far to-
ward settling the question. All over
the country hot spell came on just
as the cutting became general, and
the grain shrank badly. Had the
harvest been few days earlier, the
total grain would have been enor-
nous. In the writer's field, STOP
ping the cutting for the 4th of July
holiday last season, caused a loss of
500 in the quality o: the grain aud
in shrinkage of weight and bulk.
As soon as the grain is solid, but
will still crush dry between the fin
ger nails, it may be cut, and hot
weather will not injure it in the
shock as it will when standing. Dead
ripe grain is not only less valuable,
but the straw is worth less than If
cut three or four days earlier.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

THE prizes TO be offered at the next
State Fair will reach in the aggre-
gate $4,000 including $500 for
cattle; $1,000 for horses (racing pro-
hibited); $4,000 for sheep; $4,000
for swine F; 800 for poultry $2,5OO
for the dairy; $4,000 for tools, i'm
plements and machinery $4,000 for
State, county, club and individual
exhibits of farm, orchard and garden
products; $4,000 for wool and wool
products and other manufactured
goods.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

A FARM differs from almost every
other kind of property in its capac-
ity for perpetual production. A horse
or COW lives but a few years, and
the problem for the farmer is how to
produce the greatest profit from them
for the short period of their life.
But a farm never dies-or never
should die. 1t is a possession for
all time, and should be farmed with
reference to its perpetual productive
ness. The man who for immediate
profit "skins his farm" by injudicious
cropping is as short-sighted as if he
should skin his living COW for the
profit in the bide.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

A WOMAN who has raised large
number of hens says that after vain
ly trying the recommended remedies
for lice, she hit upon o plan of CIV
ing then, once or twice week, a
large loaf made of Graham -four in
which handful of sulphur had been
mixed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

AN Indiana hen, killed for dinner
the other day, was found stuffed with
ten eggs, five perfect and the rest
soft-shelled. II is suggested that she
was holding for higher prices.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

WE have discovered in our own
wheat fields and others in the vicin-
ity new enemy to the wheat crop
at least new to us. As the wheat ap-
proaches ripeness, many heads-say
one in ten or twelve-suddenl turn
almost white, and upon examination
are found to be dead. A close ex-
animation discovers a small worm,
somewhat resembling the wire worm,
except in size, in the stalk, between
the upper joint and the head. What
is it ? and where does it come from ?
Since writing the above we notice
that our exchanges speak Of the same
trouble in other parts of the State.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

PROTECT the nesting birds. Thous-
ands of eggs are stolen every year
by nest-robbing urchins, who are 70.
sponsible in large measure for the
scarcity of the birds.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

EVERY needed means for the APP
preaching harvest should be made
ready. Mowers, rakes, scythes, barns,
stack bottoms, etc, should oil be
examined and put in order.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
Agricultural Books and Periodicals.


We are under obligations to Hon. +.
\. Gold, Secretary of the Conn. State
Board of Agriculture, for a copy Of his
report for 1879 80. Bound in the same
volume of the report Of the State Board
proper, is the report of the agricultural
experiment station, which was establish.
ed by Act of Assembly in 1877, "for the
purpose of promoting agriculture by
scientific investigation and expert.
ment." The two reports cover nearly
six hundred pages of matter Of great
value to every thinking farmer.
Last Saturday 2G-issuc of
the Scientific Amccton contains Il finely
illustrated article upon the "army
worm" which is doing 80 much damage
along parts of the sea coast from Virgin.
ia to Long Island, and in some parts OF
the interior. 1t is not at all improbable
that this terrible scourge may reach us
in time, and it would b. well for those
who wish TO be fully informed as to its
nature, habits and the means OF combat.
ting it, TO send for this number. Price 10
cents. Mum a Co., - Park Row, New
York.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

SET your hens always in the even.
ing, in preference TO placing them on
the Matching nests by daylight.
Young fowls will do better In this way
invariably.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

WE have received, under date of
June l2, "Bulletin A." of the Con
necticut Agricultural Experiment
Station, which cautions the public
against the "Pallard Fertilizers"
One of these is the Concentrated
Privy Guano," the right to manu-
facture which is being offered to farm
ers in several parts of this State.
We advise our readers not to invest
largely in this right until thorough
investigation shall have satisfied them
that they are right in going ahead.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

EXPERIENCE has demonstrated
that the best soil on which to raise
the early amber caneis sandy loan
we'll fertilized.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01
FITS, EPILEPSY,
FALLING SICKNESS

PERMANENTLY CURED-No
= Humbug-by one months ussgs OF Or. oou-
isrd's Celebrated lHfallibIe Fit Powders. To CON
vince sufferers that these powders will do all claim
for them will send them by mall POST PAID EREE
TRiAh BOX. A. Dr. Goulard is the only physician that
has ever made this disease special stndy, and to
ed by the nss Of these PowDEns, v WILL GUARANTEE
PERHANEsT cure in every case, or REFUND You ALL
hoSIr ExPEsDED. All sufferers should give these
Powders early trial. and be convinced Of their cura
tive powers.
Pflce, for large box, f300 or boxes for $1,000 sent
by mail any part of the United States or Canada on
receipt Of price, or by express, G. o. d. Address
ASH Il ROBBINS,
Ally. SEQ Fulton Street, Brooklyn, n. Y.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

THERE Is probably no potato that
is a better keeper than the Snow
flake.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

THE TEST or THE NATIONAL WELFARE ~ THE IsTELLI
0ENcE AND PROSPERITY or THE FARMER
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

EUery turner in his annual erperlence
d'scorers something of Uatue. Write II and
send IL TO the "Agricuiturat Editor Of the
DEMOCRAT, BeiIefonte, Penn'a, that other
farmers may hare the benefit Of II. Let
Communications be ti"tciy, and Be sure that
they are b''ief and 10et pointed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

kFie MAI West, Niagara ENpress West, Lock Haven
Accommodation West, and Day Express Fast make
close connections al Northumberland with l.. 4 II, r.
X. trains for Wilkeaharfs aud Scranton.
Erie Mall West. Niagara Express West, and Erie
Express West, and Lock Haven Accommodation West,
W. trains north.
Erie Mail West, Niagara Express West, and Day
Express East, make close connection at Lock Haven
With u. n v. X. n. trains
Erie Mail East and West connect II Erie with trains
on L. $. II. = r. r.. at Cory with o. @. A. v. II.
n, At Emporium with ,. N. Y. q p. r. H., anI NJ
Driftwood with A. V. X. r.
Parlor cars will run between phiadelphIa and
wiiliamaport on Niagara Express West Erie Express
West, Philadelphla Express Easf and Day Express
East and Sunday Express East Sleeping cars on all
night trains. VIZ. A. RALBwir,
Gent Superintendent.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

NEWS, FACTS AND SUGGESTIONS.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-07-01

-A-GRIGyLTJRAL. Ia
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-08-31
crRuLEAN SPRINGS.

After tho lst of September until
tho close Of tho season board at this
popular SUNNI or resort win DC re-
duced to $3.50 per day and 800 per
weck. Thewateris insplcndid con
dilion--ncver was better. Music de-
ightful. Regular ball next Thurs
day night, Sept, I'd. Go and take
your young lady friend aud have a
good time.
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-08-31
Eanslsy TO. morrow Might

Tho amusement lorins people Of
IIopkinsviIle are always glad TO well
come MIR. J. II. llmtlcy and Miss
Florence Kennedy to the city. Mr.
IIuntley supported by his own ORA
matte company win present Our
Boys" az Mozart Hall tomorrow
night We bespeak for him a damned
house. lie Ia too well and favorably
known here to need commentator
from us. On Thursday nighthewill
play "IInnted Dowlhp Reserved
seats for both nights can be secured
~ ffxn lf,.. .I... xa.,x.x.. - .flll4r Z
The south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1879-1883, 1880-08-31
LAND FOR SALE.

a. ". Meacham offers tor, safe a
nartSof land Of 100 acres, near Told
Bclleview and adjoining the farm OF
&. w. Lander. 1t is ono Of the best
tracts Of land in West Christian and
has growing crop upon it now at
which persons can look and see for
themselves. There is o good spring
lan.la never failing we'll on the tract.
The field is level and fertile and in an
excellent neighborhood, within half a
nhleoflBcllcview Church. Apply to
a. w. Meacham Belleview, Ky. or
70 the editor Of this paper.