VOL. XIV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, MARCH 8, 1879.
NO. 10.
-TOBSALE.
F
OR SALE—Egg Baskets for sale at E. Q. BAG-
LEY'S, Indianapolis, 60c per dozen.
F
OR SALE—Whitney sewing machine needles, all
Blzea, at 30 cents per dozen.   Send order to INDI
ANA FABMER COMPANY.
TTOB BALE—Eggs of pure bred Pekin dneks, fl 50
1_ per 13. Address MRS, ANNA It. PARKS, Austin, Scott county, Indiana. 	
FOR SALE— Farms in Marion, Rush and other
counties ln Indiana.   G. W. ALEXANDER, 38
E. Market St.; (side door Central Bank).
FOR SALE-Cboiee Partridge Cochin  breeding
chickens at prices that defy competition.   Eggs
in season.   D. M. KINNEY, Rushville. Ind.
FOR SALE—Or exchange a flne red thoroughbred
Bhert-born Bull, E"K7, A. S. H. R.: two years old.
good breeder.   O. W. TUELL, Vallonia. Ind.	
F
OR SAX/E—A select nnmber of our choicest Poland China pigs: also, two yearling males.   Address LA.AS.G. KEM, Marion, Grant Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—At 10 centa each!   Eggs for hatching
from  first-class 1*. Rock and L. Brahma fowls.
FRANK WIIJ-IAMSON, Nora, Marion Co.. Ind.
FOR SALE—Light Brahmas.   High class.   Also,
eggs for hatching.   Prices reasonable.   Address
WILLIAM TOLIN. Traders Point, Marion Co., Ind.
FOR SALE-Hondan Chicks.   Egps for hatching
at reduced prices.   My chicks are of the very
beet strains.   Address P. G. Cauble, Champaign, 111.
THOR SALE—Can spar* a few choice pairs or trios
X; of Dark Brahmas at from $3 to ti per pair, and
frdto J5 to f7 per trio. WILLIAM R. ZIKE, Morristown, Ind.
IJIOR SALE—Two pairs of extra fine Bronze
; Turkeys, 1878 hatch. They won 1st and 24 prize
at Indiana State fair last fell. O. A. DANLKV, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE—The Farm Register and Account
Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price $1 each. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, Indianapolis.
"TTIOR BALE—Teed Corn—Famous and Jacksor va-
JC rieties. The finest corn that grows in Southern
Indiana. Small quantities at two cents per pound.
Address ALFRED REEL, Vincennes, Ind.
FOR SALE—Short-horns—Fletcher s young Marys,
Pbylis, Agathas, Brides, Geras. etc. Bulls ana
heifers, choicely bred. Correspondence solicited.
B. C, THOMPSON, Lock Box 1, Edingburg, Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs. Light and Dark Brahmas,
f2 50 for 13. White Leghorns, $1 for 13. Tolouse
geese and Bronze turkeys. |2 for 9. Best strains.
JERRY CARTER, White Lick, Boone Co., Ind.
'F
OR SALE—CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS.   Send
ior Descriptive Seed Catalogue and Price-list
JTQdresH, N. B, GROFF,
77 East Market street, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—One horse colt, 2 years old this spring,
a cross ofthe Norman stock, took the first premium at Logansport, Delphi and Middle Fork fairs,
for terms, address B. S. DUNKIN, Carroll, Indiana.
FOR SALE—The Athens Poultry Association-
Breeders of high-class Poultry.   AU the leading
varieties.   Eggs, ?2 per 13.   Circulars sent free on application.   JOE ORUBB,' Manager,* CrawfordsvlUev
•Indiana.      .-_*-.,   .-- *-.'...     -.,,. >.,-.        ■■•»—.,
FOR SALE—Fine light Brahmas, pure breed, and
from be%t strains; 1 cockerel and 5 hens for •#". or
ie^kerel and U hens for HZ* t pure bred Jersey-
male calf, six weeks old, price t_0, if soldsoon. "\\ .
• L. ALYEA, Suriman, Ripley Co.» Indiana.
FOR SALE—"Snowflake." "Victor," or "Mahc-
T>ack"potatoes; $3 per bbl, on board cars. Also,
"White Providence" seed oats, 75c per bush; 3 bush.,
for 82; 10 bush, for Sfi, packed. Also, pure Jersey bull
-'Pedro" (3 yr) A. J. H. Book, 1525; price, ?100; is all
right, wilt pay for himself in one year. Address A.
C HARVEY, Lafayette, Ind.
FOR SALE—Farm of 160 acres 1 mfle from Kokomo, at .$30 per acre. With $1,000 improvement
the farm is worth ftiO per acre. It will require -f-,000
cash, balance on time at 6 per cent. Poor men need
not apply. This is capable of being made one of the
best farms in the State of Indiana for a home.
T. A. GOODWIN,
29 Thorpe Block, Indianapolis, Ind.
I7*<OR SALE-SEED OATS—My oats are called
; Maine Oats, grow from five to six feet; heads
average 15 inches. Last year's yield from 60 to 70
bushels per acre; was exhibited but once, at Shelby-
. ville Fair, last year, and received first premium.
Price 75 cents per bushel: five bushels for $3. No
charge for bagging. O. C. WOODYARD, Morristown,
Ind.
FOR SALE—One of Sinker, Davis & Co.'s first-class
10-horse power Portable Engines.* Also, a Universal Iron Cross-cut Saw-table; Edging and Plowing table; a long Edging table; a new Scroll Saw; a
large Grindstone; two long and two short counter
shafts, with pulleys and arms; about 500 feet of good
rubber belting. The machinery is in good running
order.   Address G. C. DOLLMAN.
*        79 West Market St., Indianapolis.
"WAHfTED-
WANTED—To  exchange—One   pair   ot   Black
Cochins for a pair of White Guineas.  W. J.
ELVIN, Peru, jnd. ]	
WANTED—BEES—Wanted a number of hives of
pure Italian bees.   Address 134 South Linden
street, Indianapolis, Ind.  -
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BEMOTaL   OF    A   PROMINENT   SnORT-
HOltN   BKEEDEE.
The departure from our State ol one of
our oldest and best known Short-horn
cattle breeders to another State, deserves
mot;e than a passing notice. -On Tuesday
last, Charles Lowder left his old home near
Plainfield, Hendricks county, this State,
for Salem, Henry county, Iowa. Mr. Lowder was born in Hendricks county, on the
12th of May, 1823, and has resided in that
county until the present week. He is a
Quaker, or Friend, in religion, and a-farmer
and stock grower by occupation. His first
purchase of Short-horn cattle was made
from It. F. Allen, of Buffalo, N. Y., in June,
1854, and he has been engaged in the
businees of Short-horn breeding ever since,
together with that of Berkshire swine and
fine stallions. A large portion of his sales
have been made to farmers in the State
where he makes his new home. His Iowa
sales have amounted to nearly 310,000, besides which he has dealt largely with breeders in Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, and this State. Everywhere, and always where he has gained
customers, he has made a reputation for
truthfulness and reliability in all his statements regarding stock sold.
He has always been a patron of agricultural papers, and has taken, read and contributed to, all the papers of this class published in the State. For twenty years he
has been an exhibitor at the county
fairs, and often taken prizes at district and
State fairs, on cattle, hogs, poultry, fruit,
grain and vegetables.
To Mr. Lowder is due the credit of talking up the first convention of Short-horn
breeders in the country. He wrote the call
for the first convention to be held at Indianapolis', and upon his motion, Dr. A. C.
Stevenson was called to the chair.and
made the presiding officer of the association.
Mr.'Lowder has been not Iqss -pl-Dmifii^nt
in promoting the horticultural interests of
theState, having been a member oftho
Plainfield Horticultural Society forl7 years,
and of the State Horticultural Society for
nearly the same length of time, and has
been an interested attendant and participant at their meetings.
bred Short-horns. I design disposing of
some choice animals this spring. Since the
speculative fever has disappeared people
seem to be regaining confidence and look
for business to rest on a more substantial
basis than for several years. **  *
G. W. THttAs.
Homer, Rush Co., Feb. 28.
For the Indiana Farmer.
Letter From  Santa Barbara, California. "
BY REV. STEPHEN BOWEBS, PH. D.
A correct map will show the reader that
' ;jtbe shore-line ofthe Pacific ocean is nearly
* V-flue east'and west at this place, while north
!of Santa Barbara run a chain of mountains
parallel with this coast line.   These moun-
j tains rise to the height of nearly 4,000 feet,'
Sore Leg in a Horse.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will some of the readers of the Fabmeb J presenting a picturesque outline' against
please tell me what to do with my horse?, the sky. South of the city, and at the dis-
He got lacked on the, joint of his hind leg 4 tance of from 25 to 40 miles there is a chain
with the cork of another horse's shoe. It j of isia-d^ four in number, rising up out of
has enlarged andthe horse is very lame*. -1 tbeggj, from ^ to over 2>Q00 feet ln height-
.,.__._ ._..*. so many kinds of liiii-. Here, too, stretches out the broad Pacific,
I have tried ever so many kinds of lini;
ments, but none does any good. Will some
one please give me a cure. J. G. II. }.
Adel, Iowa, Feb. 25,
usually as calm and unruffled as the bosom
.of a lakelet.
What Ails the Horse?
"Editors Indiana Farmer: -    <
I have a horse that has been sick for abotit
two years. It seems that something himi
him in the neck, shoulders or head, I can
hardly tell where. He eats heartily, keep**
in tolerable flesh. When I turn him oijt of
the stable it seems difficult for him td got
his head down to the ground to nip grass.;
After feeding awhile in this way, I start
him and he goes off with his head as low a<^
he can carry it. Start him up quickly and^
he raises his head level with his body., Caul
auy of the readers of the Fabmeb informs
me what is the matter, and what to do >*ft>j*
him, and confer a favor on one of yoiw
? ■' The chain of mountains to which I have
preferred, protect this place from disagree-
not worked him since late in the fall.   L
seems pert enough, but the same tronb*5
exists yet in his neck or shoulder, I cannot
tell where. J. R. G."7
Johnson county, Feb. 25. 1 v
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Hog Cholera—Cure.        ,•*-}•?'
The last number of the Drovers' Journal
contains the following sensible remedy i*ic
the dreaded " ... -         ■ -<•
ing the
State:
Positive cures among mankind arartmly
effected by attacking' disease in its first
stages and persevering until relief is obtained. So also with -the lower animals.
The practical eye of the interested owner,
able northern winds, while the islands act
as a sort of huge break-water. These in
connection with the warm equatorial ocean
currents give us probably the finest climate
on the continent, if not on the face of the
globe. During the past month while Indiana
has been covered with a mantle of snow, a
foot deep, and the thermometer has marked
low down in the twenties below zero, our
people have indulged in sea-bathing and
picnics. The foot hills are covered with a
carpet of ^reen, while many flowers are in
full bloonj, and the air is resonant with the
songs of birds. But even this climate has
been colder than known for many years.
readers?   He is an honest workhorse, eigl |There was a llttle frost ln some Places 1m*
years old this spring.   I thought that re>jimonth' but at m? repidence (three miles
would be the best thing for him and havl from Santa Barbara* and J.000 feet above
^ the sea) there was not enough to cut the
most tender herbage. Vegetables of all
kinds flourish here, and our tables are supplied with them every day in the year.
Strawberries are never out of season, and
tomato vines may be seen that have borne
continuously for several years. Nearly or
quite all kinds of Northern and semi-tropi-
C*j>l fruits flourish here.   This is a paradise
there have been but about four days in
which farmers could not engage in outdoor
work. While we have a most charming
climate, we also have a very healthful one.
There are no prevailing disease here. For
pulmonary affections I believe this climate
Is unsurpassed. Of course no climate can
restore lungs worn out with diseaso, and
it is folly to come here, as some do, in the
last stages of consumption, to die within a
few days among strangers, but those with
weak lungs, or threatened with pulmonary
disease, or even with consumption in its
incipient stages, I can recommend this climate above all others I am acquainted with.
Santa Barbara, Cal., Feb. 19.
•QUEttY   AND   ANSWER.
Thumps.
Editors Indiana Parmer:
Will some ofthe readers of your valuable
paper give the causo and cure for thumps
in hogs?   Would like to know soon.
Colfax, Feb. 27. J. L. R.
A Cure for Asthma.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
In answer to Mr. Pulley, I would say
that dried mullen leaves, used by smoking,
emitting the'smoko through the nose is
said to cure asthma.   I have never tried it.
Please try it and report.
A mo, Feb. 27.
A. H. C.
ded disease which is again aft*}*-It* .'_$_. _t.;-■  •■-... ■■•-•.
hogs: in -severaV l-WaMes^Mtf rfe^U^:^^I^V -^ : vV^
must be enabled to discern tbe symptoms
He takes a portion of his flocks andherds | and apply the remedies properly.   Prescrip-
to Iowa, and leaves the remainder "with his
sou, M. S.' Lowder, at Plainfield, until fall.
We join with hundreds of our readers in
wishing him success and prosperity in his
new home.
G. W. Bittenoeb, of Plymouth, Richland county, Ohio, has, during the past two
months sold 56 head of fine bred Chester
White pigs. Mr. B. makes a specialty of
this breed and has met with great success.
Hog King.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
Will some of your readers, of which there
ar= many, please inform me through your
most valuable paper whether the hog ring
is a humbug or not? and whether the ring
is injurious to the nose or not? The Fabmeb
is a welcome visitor to our household.
J. W.
Gentryville, Spencer Co., Feb. 27.
M.
\*jTANTED—To exchange Bpring mattresses and
T V   lounges for country produce.   No. 45 Massachusetts Avenue. Indianapolis.	
"TTTANTED—Live Agents—Life, Travels and Pub-
W lie Services of Bayard Taylor. Will sell like
hot cakes.* Apply for territory immediately to the
publishers, Fred. I_ Horton & Co., 66 East Market
street, Indianapolis.
WANTED—To trade a good farm of 73,*^ acres for
land in Southern part of Kansas. This farm
. contains a barn 50x56 feet, young orchard, a well of
never-failing water, good timber, containing walnut,
poplar, maple, oak, ash, and other varieties. Also
good stock water the year round. For further particulars, address WM. ZOOK, Denver.Mtaml Co.,Ind.
_tisce.__j_xr.oiis.
- s
M. GOODE—Dentist, over 80 North Pennsylva*
►   nia street.   Prices reduced to suit times.
G.
C. BTJRGESS, Dentist.   Office In room 4 Va-
Jen"s Exchange Block. N. Pennsylvania St.
ALLEN'S    DRUG    STORE,   OPPOSITE  POST-
OFFCE. Drugs.Patent Mediclnes.Toilet Articles.
37IGGS FOR HATCHING. DARK BRAnMAS,
li LIGHT BRAHMAS.—Dark Brahmas of Louis
Wright and C. W. Chamberlain stock. Unsurpassed
in points of excellence. Light Brahmas of Jay and
Danley stock. No liner fowls in the West. A limited
quantity of eggs of both kinds at $2 for 13, or two sittings for J3 80. Address W. H. BOLLINGER. Pendleton, Ind.
EMPLOYERS AND EMPLOYES-To accommodate those wanting to hire farm hands, and to
assist the unemployed fn finding situations, we will
insert addresses under the following heads at 10
centa each for one week, or 25 cents for three weeks:
FARM HANDS ARE WANTED BY
John Smith, Smlthvllle, Ind.
EMPLOYMENT IS WANTED BY
Samuel Jones, Jonesville, Ind.
LOAXS.
LOAN—Six per cent, loans', made on long time
on real-estate security at 6 per cent, interest.
Special arrangements for. those wishing loans in from
tin 12months at lower rates. A. W. PRATHER,
StateAgents.
Agents wanted In every county in the State. Office
26 North Delaware street, Indlanapolla, Ind.
"Well Satisfied.
Mr. J. A. Eckhart:
Dear Sir—I received my pig from you in
good conditon. lt is a very nice one, and
I am proud of it, and feel thankful to you,
and to the Indiana Farmer for advertising
you as a stock breeder.
H. X. Steinbarger.
Brimfield, Feb. 20.
Hog Cholera on Hand,
Editors Indiana Farmer
Hog cholera has suddenly made its appearance in this vicinity. Several head
have died in the stock-yards, and two farmers here have lost from 15 to 20 head each.
It is something new here. Otherwise no
grumbling heard. J. B.
Sunman, Kipley Co., Feb. 28.
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Dissolution   of  a    Swine-Breeding
. Firm.
Editors Indiana Farmer:'
Mr. Fosher, ofthe former firm of Turner
& Fosher, of Putnam county, writes us as
follows: "Mr. J. A.Turner and myself have
this day dissolved partnership by mutual
consent. Our principal reason for doing so
was that we lived too far apart, about five
miles. Mr. Turner has taken the Poland
China and I the Chester White hogs. His
address is Fincastle, mine Carpenterville,
Putnam oounty, Indiana. I intend making
the breeding of Chesters a specialty, and
shall fill all orders that we had for spring
pigs. The premium we offered for the
Farmer shall be a g»od one, agent's choice
of breed."
Carpentersville, Feb. 15.
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Stock Prospects.
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I made a brief visit to Western Illinois
recently, where I was looking after the fine
stock interest. I procured a list of
new subscribers for the Indiana Farmer
which I send herewith. One of the subscribers promised to act as agent. Times are
growing better in that region and prospects
are good for the- future. My Short-boms
and Poland Chinas are doing well for so
severe a winter. I had no trouble in disposing of all my surplus fine stock last
year at fair prices. My Februarypigs are as
thrifty and fine as any I have raised. My
herd consists of twenty liead of thorough-
tions, which maybe cures—become failures
through inefficiency of application. y The
usual method used among farmers is to mix
the medicine with the food, put it in troughs
and allow the diseased and healthy animals
to partake together^- As a result the sick
ones are jostled aside, and from want of
further attention, the disease becomes malignant, ending in death.
The first step should be to remove the
diseased animals quite a. distance from the
rest of the herd, into quarters that are well
sheltered. To prevent contagion, thoroughly
cleanse the pens of the healthy hogs, and
sprinkle chloride of lime in the troughs
and about the floor. In treating the diseased ones, it must be borne in mind that
the origin is disordered stomach and constipated boWels, and that all diseases are
accompanied with fever, classified under
different names, yet they will all yield to
the same treatment; therefore, it being difficult for farmers to determine which of the
many diseases their animals are attacked
with, we give below a cure covering all the
various phases of hog cholera:
Barbadoes aloes, pulverized- „         2 lbs
Glauber salts  ... a to
Carbonate of ammonia     'i ft
Alum - _.         ')_ a.
Gum camphor „    '_ „
Spirits of nitre  \       l pint
Muriatic tincture of iron „     a pint
Peruvian bark, pulverized  r.  )i ft.
Jamaica ginger, pulverized   _ _i ft,
Tincture black-snake root         6 oz
Tincture of gentian.:         6 oz
Extract of conium _ _ 6 oz
Oil of American worm seed „.„        8 oz
Tincture of Capsicum  . oz
Laudanum  .          8 oz
Sulphuric acid  ......      _ drms
Sulphuric ether _     6 drms
Spirits of hartshorn  4 oz
Mix all together and give three times
daily in food, or as a drench. One tablespoon to each hog.
In cholera among mankind the first stop
is to administer a cathartic which will
operate quickly, accompanied by such
medicines as will soothe the nerves and relieve irritation of the internal organs. The
philosophy of the above treatment is, the
aloes and salts remove constipation; the
carbonate of ammonia neutralizes the acidity of the stomach; the alum and gum camphor soothe and relieve irritation; the nitre
reduces fever, and with the oil ot worm
seed operates on the kidneys, destroying
worms; the Peruvian bark prevents chilliness; the tincture of iron restores vitality
of the blood; the tinctures of capsicum,
snake root, extractof conium and sulphuric
acid relieves irritation and inflammation of
the throat and lungs; the gentian, sulphuric
ether, ginger, laudanum and hartshorn correct tbe discharges of the bowels.
. A   a»»    »	
As the bee collects honey and departs
without injuring the flower, so let him
who is wise dwell on the earth.
fijolpnel, as no civilian in Texas orS^tatl'srn
California ranks below captain), who, by
tbe by, is a brother Hoosier, has tested a
variety of fruits at his charming homestead
in Montocito valley, near Santa Barbara.
Here I have seen growing the Cape Jessamine, from the East Indies; gravellla, from
Africa; acacia and encalyptus, from Australia; Cyprus, from China; cedar, from
Lebanon; palm and tea, from Japan;
myrtle and yew, from England; pine, from
Pacific Isles; dragon and magnolia palm,
from India; juniper, from Italy* India rubber and pepper trees, from South America,
growing side by side with the orange,
lemon, lime, citron, shaddock, peach, apricot, nectarine, quince, pomegrante, dati-j, fig,
apple, pear, plum, native, black and English walnut, almond, olive, chestnut, and
many others I cannot now remember. Mr.
Bond was the first to fairly test the orange.
It was formerly believed that we were too
near the ocean to grow good oranges, but
from his orchard I have sampled better
oranges than from any otherportion of California, or from Florida.
CALIFORNIA FARMS AND FARMING.
When California was under Mexican rule
large tracts of land, sometimes more than
100,000 acres were deeded to individuals,
and by treaty stipulation these.were confirmed by our government. But they have
been detrimental to the prosperity of Southern California, and there is now a tendency
to subdivide those large tracts and sell them
to small farmers. It is fully demonstrated
that small farming pays best in this section, and probably throughout the State.
Many of our farmers are turning their attention to bean culture*, from -tfhich they
realize from $50 to ?100 per acre. The average yield is about one and one-fourth tons
to the acre. They are usually planted in
May or June, after which, as a rule, nothing more is required until they ripen in
September, when the vines are pulled, and
the beans threshed out and put into sacks
of 50 pounds each, and sent to market.
Corn yields from 40 to 80 bushels to the
acre, requiring no attention after planting
(except in some instances to remove suckers), until gathered. Corn and beans, like
potatoes, are not planted until the rainy
season is past, and is never plowed, as
weeds do not come up after tbat date, and
plowing will only cause the ground to dry
out and injure the plants. Wheat, barley
and oats do well, except in rare instances!
.wheat may rust when very near the ocean.
When the rains come on the stubble land
which has yielded a crop of wheat or barley (often from 40 to 60 bushels to the acre),
sends up a volunteer crop from which the
farmer may realize, say, 25 bushels to the
acre. This will volunteer a second and
third time.
Nearly everything grows to perfection
with only the labor of planting. A farmer
need not be hindered more than two weeks
in a year on account of inclement weather.
Our rains come on about the first of the
year, and are soon past. Up to this date
we have had over 12 inches of rain, sufficient to insure  crops for  this year;  yet
Castings.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I wa*nt to know through your paper if
there are any machine shops in Indianapolis that can cast small cog wheels? I want
some of different sizes. Are there any shops
where they cover said wheels with white
metal? J. M. A.
Sullivan county, Feb. 26.
—There are plenty of foundries here
where the castings can be done if you can
send the pattorns, or give correct drawings
of them; but we do not know of any place
here where galvanizing is done.—Eds.
.'-...*..;   H6dge Pences. ;**'■ ./';••■ .'..-<
'■Editors liiulaha Farmer: ' *."■"     -'       i''":'"-
-xnrunswer-u*. irr-iKra. rv
best method of managing a young hedge, I
will give you "my plam, which I settled on
after trying various ways. I allow the
plants to grow until one inch in diameter,
then trim off all tho branches; hack close to
the ground all the plants, leaving one in
every four feet unbacked; cut it off 3A feet
from the ground; plait the hacked plants
around the standing ones at an angle of 45
degrees. In one year you will have a No.
1 fence. If you plait or bend the hedge
when too small it will die out in places.
R. A. L.
Octagon, Tippecanoe Co., Feb. 25.
To Prevent Cow, Etc.
Editors Indiana Farmer: (
Mr. R. II., of Chattanooga, Tenn., to prevent your cow from sucking herself, you
have only to take a piece of board half an
inch thick and 4A or 5 inches square, and
in one side of the piece cut a notch so as to
admit the portion of the nose at the extremity of and between the nostrils, the
extremity of the notch should be much
smaller on the back part. It is some trouble
to get one to fit the cow's nose so as to stay
on, but it can be done. J. A. C.
Morgantown, Feb. 25.
—We hope It. H. will understand how to
make and apply the board.   We confess
we cannot.—Eds.
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Self-Sucking Cows.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
In answer to R. H., in regard to cows
sucking themselves. I cured one of mine
by the simple process of putting a board in
her nose. Take a board four inches long
three wide, cut a place in one side so that it
will hang on the division of the nostrils,
by a little forcing it will stay till taken off.
Tlie sucking is done while lying down.
See cut:
Fertilisers.
Editors Indiana Farmer
Where, and of whom, can the best and
purest fertilizers be had? When is tho bost
time to apply them on wheat? How muoh
and in what way, are they applied?
Wayne, FeV 25. * k, m. B.
—Fertilizers, either bone meal or ammo-
niated phosphate can be ordered through
this office. A card, giving price, etc., can
be furnished to thoso wishing to uso either
article on application. Bone meal is usod
most economically when drilled with thc
wheat at seed time, but may be sowed
broadcast in March or April. Ono hundred
pounds per aere, of either of tho articles
above named, will make a decided improvement in the crop, but threo hundred
pounds may be safely used.—Ens.
Chestnut Timber.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
How may chestnut and horse-chestnut
trees be made to grow without being frozen
—I mean to plant them in the spring after
the frost is over? Will French chestnuts
grow in this country? A. E. A.
Pawnee county, Ks., Fob. 23.
—Acorns, chestnuts, beechnuts and that
class of nuts generally loso their vitality
when dried. Chestnuts and horse-chestnuts,
fresh gathered and packed in moist sawdust and kept in a cool place may bo planted
in the spring successfully, but if they are
suffered to dry they will seldom sprout.
Freezing has little or nothing to do with it.
French chestnuts, if you can get them un-
dried, will grow here, but they are liable to
suffer from our severe winters.—Eds.
Millet.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I would like you or some of your readors
to tell me when is the time to sow millet,
the kind for this country, and tho amount
peracre? As I have never had any experience with this crop I would liko to get all
the information I can in regard to the same.
Will you, also, tell me what is tho diffej,-
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you will greatly oblige,
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Sunman, Feb. 28. R. W. T.
—The opening should not be over a half
or three-quarters of an inch wide, we presume.—Eds.
Studies  Taught in Public Schools.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I saw in your paper, or some other, a
short time ago mention made of the right
of parents to choose the branches to be
studied by their children in the public
schools. It was said they could not go outside of the branches taught in said schools.
I have lost the paper, please reproduce the
article and oblige, D. L.
—We do not recall the article referred to,
and think D. L. must be mistaken in regard to its having beefi published in tho
Farmer. Prof. W. A. Bell, editor and publisher ofthe Indiana SCi. _ ^ournal, of this
city, informs us, howcKbfJi^;^ "the law
upon the point referred to, is that children
must pursue studies prescribed by the authorities, otherwise all system and gradation
are at an end." This law seems right and
just for the reason given.—Eds.
"—The cat-tall or Pearl millet is the largest
ofthe millet family—growing to tho hight
of eight or ten feet. It hardly ripens in
this climate. The golden millet is bost
adapted to this latitude. It ripens early
and is very productive. Sow it from the
first to the middle of May. Soed can be
obtained at soed stores. Hungarian grass
is a variety of millet.—Eds.
Sowing Orchard Grass, Etc. ,
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Sow with oats, thus: Whon you have harrowed in the oats ono way, sow orchard
grass seed at the rate of one bushel and a
half por acre, when there is no wind, thon
cross harrow, and if the oats como up and
do well the grass seed will also. If you desire to raise seed you want no othor kind
sown.
If you. wish pasturage, sow half a bushel
per acre, one quart of clover, same of timothy and two quarts of blue-grass, then you
have a variety in season to suit anything
tLat eats grass.
If you wish hay, put on ono bushel orchard grass and ono quart of clover; both
mature for cutting at the same time. The
mixture is good. The former gives a heavy
bottom and the latter a thick top.
Thus much I know. Now I wish to learn
if any ono has tried seeding with orchard
grass or clover in June, July or August.
As a rule.most seeds of grains and grasses
do bost if sown at the poroid of falling to
the ground. . F.
Wheat Culture.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I see a correspondent of tho Country Gentleman states that he has been growing
wheat in rows 12 inches apart.' I want to
know what kind of a machine he uses for
sowing his wheat? What kind of a machine he uses for cultivating? When he commences to cultivate his wheat and how long
ho continues it? Please answer the above
questions and oblige. A Subscriiser.
Princeton, Feb. 28.
—Wo are not able to say what kind of a
drill and plow the correspondent of the
Country Gentleman used in planting and
cultivating wheat. The necessity for cultivation grows out of the fact that tho heavy
spring rains, falling on the recently thawed
ground, beats it down till tlie soil is nearly
as compact as it was before the fallow was
broken. The hot sunshine of April bakes
a crust on this through which the air is
scarcely admitted. A heavy harrow is
sometimes used to break this crust, and
though much of the wheat is torn up, yet
the good effect on the remainder more than
compensates for the loss. We have no
properly constructed plow for cultivating
wheat. More than twenty years ago, I had
a.plow built to order, for tlio purpose of
cultivating wheat, whether drilled or broadcast, and made experiments with it that
were very satisfactory. Witli time and
opportunity, I hope to renew those experiments. Tlie last of April is the proper
season for wheat cultivation. Ji.