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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. - ||iue 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 , — -—-*-, - ^ 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. . ■»- — »—'■ 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. a) ■—■ « 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. ___ ♦* 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,- •sncevVt' «*-*v "' *.v>n tha. ~-iall mili«b_i«V~>- - —*.> the —.. j>*juv',S[., you will greatly oblige, jr***»v 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.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1897, v. 14, no. 10 (Mar. 8) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1410 |
Date of Original | 1879 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Date Digitized | 2010-10-26 |
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Description
Title | Page 1 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
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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.
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