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.\>v* i TO_HAl__. -,0R SALE-OHver Chilled Plows. Best In use. r°w-. J. gEBCHEVAL. Agent. Danville, ind. ^OB SALE-Brailll»n Artichokes, six pounds for I 2$ cents. J. O. KXNGSBQ&Y. Indianapolis —0R8AI.E-I have a few G. ». Bantam eggs for sale, at« for »1. J. G, KINGSBURY, Indian- .pclJ^ __ 5tOB~8AI.E—Pure bred Toulouse Oeese eggs, at *2 H per dozen. Address M. B. SPURQEONrSeotU- i^rg^idlsna FOB SALE-Eggs from Urst-class Partridge Coch. ins at,Hying prices. Write D. M. KINNEY, Kmh-'iUe.Ind. FOB SALE—Eggs of pure-bred Pekin Docks, M 50 per 11 Address MBS. ANNA B. BAHK8, ln«in, Scott Co.. Ind F- oR SAH.—Largs second-band faintly carriage, all in,good repair for »90, at o. H. BHOVEirs 174 E. Market street. FOB SALE—Brazilian Artichokes, tl per bushel, Dark Brahma Eggs. »1 per 13. W. A. MACY utrisvUle, Ind. . •• , ...... ... FOK 8 ALE-Pure Toulouse geese eggs, Todd stock. at •*: per dozen. J. A. ECKHART. Butler, De. mdbcMnty. Ind. j : , I"S5Ts ALE—Six handsome Partridge Cochin Cock- I erelsat **fleacb. Order soon. GEORGE VE8- jiL, Cambridge City, Ind.. • , FOB BALE—Farms in. Marion, Bnsfc. and other counties in Indiana. G. w. ALEXANDER, M S. Msrfcet St., (side door Central BankJ. FOR HALE—Br Furnas «fe Sons, No. 117 South Meridian street, IndlanapoUs, near Union depot. »large stock of fruit, ornamental and shade tre^s at lowest prices. Call on, or address for price-list as tbove • « FOR 8ALE-J. L. Brown, Manilla, Rush county, Ind.. breederof Light Brahmas of Felch and Danley's stock, and White Leghorns. Send orders foreggs. : - - FOB SALE-Eggs of Black Spanish. L. Brahmas, I'ekin ducks and Jt. Tarkeys.- Ask far low rates on « postal, at once, to JOHN BENNETT, Sunman, Ripley county, Ind. FOB SALE-Send 10 cents to N. B. GROFF, Seedsman, J7 East Market street- Indianapolis, and secure an ear of his FLOOR CORN. Will malte aa jbod flour as wheat. FOR SALE-The Farm Register and Account Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price II each. Address INDIANA FARMEB COMPANY, Indianapolis. FOR SALE.—A fine Short-hom Bull of best stock in the country. Can be bought cheap for cash, lor pedigree and information, apply to ED. JONES, 20 .North Pennsylvania street. FOK SALE—Eggs from Light Brahmas, Partridge Cochins and Pekin Ducks, at tfl 60 per dozen. A few ducks for sale; Bne birds; come quick. J. L. BRENTON, Petersburg, Pike Co., Ind. F OR SALE—Eggs* for batching from high-class Brown Leghorns. I make this breed aspectalty and am prepared, to furnish eggs at {1 per dozen. lress FRANK &T0KE8, Waynesville, O. Address 1 FOR SALE.—Evergreen Broom Corn Seed. Broom Corn, Handles, Wire, Twine and Broom Tools. Write for prices. C. E and T. W. POTTAUE & CO., H West Washington St .Indianapolis, Ind. IfOR SALE—I have a few light Brahma Cockerels . at •*"*** each. - l-wan£ to close out for the season. Now Is the time for Farmers and others to improve their stock. G; A. DANLEY, Indianapolis, Ind. FORSALE—Short-horns—Fletcher syoung Marys Phylls, Agatbas, Brides, Gems, etc. Bulls and leifers, choicely* bred. Correspondence solicited. E. C. THOMPSON. Lock Box 1, Edingburg, Ind. FOR SALE—The Athens Poultry Association— Breeders of high-class Poultry. AH tbe leading Tsrieties, Eggs;SlperIS. Clrcnlarssent free on application. JOE CSRUBB, Manager, Crawrordsvllle, Indiana. ■ ■.'*■.'.< .* ■ *■ POR SALE-EGGS,. EGGS-Dark Brahmas, pen No. l,*J2perl3: No. 2, $150 per 13- Plymouth Rock, JS per 18. All prize-winning strains. Orders filled now. Chicks for sale. WILLIAM R. ZIKE, Morristown. Ind. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Four Short-horn Bull Calves, one year old, or would exchange ior Cotswold Sheep. They are all good animals and can be registered ln the A. II. B. Pedigrees furnished on application. Address _. D. OLIN, Indianapolis, Ind. FOR SALE-Short-horns-"Hazel Bluff Herd," 40 head, both sexes; Bose of Sharon, Blue Bonnet, Louan, Matilda and Flora families. Win sell entire herd, or. any part, at very low prices. Would exchange for good common or grade sheep. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, Clinton, Ind. FOR SALE-High-class poultry—White Leghorn eggs, n per 15, or S3 per 30; Pekin Duck eggs, 12 per 13, or $3 per 26. Raspberry plants. Mammoth Cluster, *ji 25 per hundred, or $0 per thousand; Boo- little, 75c per hundred, or ?6 per thousand. HENRY MENDESHALL, New London, Howard Co., Ind. FOR SALE—Eggs-actly 27 Grand Prizes at In- dianapolis and Lafayette, on our stock of Dark Brahmas, White, Black and Partridge Cochins, Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leghorns, Bronze Turkeys and Toulouse Geese. Our birds have scored from 90 to 95 points by B. N. Pierce. Eggs, $2 per sitting. WEST & WHICKER, Pecksburg, Ind. T?OR SALE-Eggs from Partridge Cochins, Dark A Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Gray Dorklns and White Holland Turkeys at }150 for 13. Light Brahmas, s. 8. Hamburgs, White and Brown Leghorns at il 25 for J.3. 25 cents less where three or more sittings are ordered at one time. I have in my Peus birds from some of the best breeders of New lork New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. T. J* JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind. FOR SALE-Jersey Bulls-Jason No. 875, A. J. H. B„ 3 years old, color bronze 8ure breeder, very fentle and large, ?75. Rip Van Winkle 2d, No. 1715, w months old, color fawn, with some white, dam g>«del2 pounds of butter in 8 days on grass,?*?.', rnnce George, N». 1.16, color bronze, 5 months old ""ia very large, dam the best butter cow I ever owned, $35. Also one 6 months old and one 1 month, asms No. 1 butter cows, bnt not registered, $25 and W* Would trade for other stock. T. J. JOHNSON, ureencaitle, Ind. IVAimSD. TlTANTEB—To exchange spring mattresses and ts lounges for country produce.. No. 45 Massachu- ■m™ Avenue, IndlanapoUs. T^rANTED—Good farms for cash. Send forde- -!», script! ve blanks. M. ARBUCKLE, Agent, 70 ***■ Market street, Indianapolis. TtrANTED-^To purchase S or 4 Plymouth Rock * *, . Pullets and 1 Cockerel; also, 2 Pekin ducks- rood birds; state price. Address S. J. HAYES, ^ghethtown, Hamilton county. Ohio TVrANTED-AIl the old settlers who lived in Ma- ,,*' Ion county 50 years ago, to go to Lacey's gai- 5JJ *">d have a free sitting for cabinet photographs. iV ' &re making a large g'onp, and Invite all old set- eS_' ,REK- F- ■****■• LACEY, Vance Block Gallery, Jan*-*-* Washington street and Virginia avenue, In- \\TANTED—Farmers wishing to buy Buggies, o,*.' Wagons, Carriages, etc., come and examine vi>J,r ,e** ■"■•* work,- We guarantee all work one vSr* "*"***• buy or trade for horses. Don't buy until iWSf ns- Auction at 10 a. m. everv day. R1P- Ki Mors* and Buggy Bazar, Nos. 82 to 71 West _ **rset street, between Illinois and Tennessee. ltr.wci.w.vEot'i. M. GOODE-Dentist, over 80 North Pennsylvania street. V®, TRADE—A new and elegant Cabinet Sewing -^Mjyhlne for a horse. Address Horse, this olBce. A«&J:N'S DHVG STORE, OPPOSITE POST- -l*-o-?*r-CE> Dmgs,Patent Medicines.Toilet Articles. C. BURGESS, Dentist. Office in room 4 Va Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St. F1**.? '»hor-saving Sawing Machine advertised In hVmi ' PaP'r i» ***" tlllU it claims to be. See adver ti»*m. " PaP« '*» a" '"at It -—^-^t. then see the saw. I u-1Haui4-a well-ilttett Job Printing OlBce, farm """trally located In Indianapolis, for a small -""■ Address Farm, this office. __ii„L,FOH HATCHING. DARK BRAHMAS, «y?HT BRAHMAS.-Dark Brahmas of Louis In n?i» and °* w* Chamberlain stock. Unsurpassed Dinii ** of excellence. Light Brahmas ot Jay and -jnaVX "t-x-k. No liner fow-ls in the West. A limited tliui J *_*rHtT> of both kinds at K for 13, or two sit- *!«Rsf f **a5a A"1*1698 W. 11. BOLLINGER. Pen- LAND 8EEKKBS-Desirin*r. to vtslt Kansas or Colorado, should address me far reduced price round-trip tickets, and Information respecting lands, prices, etc., 8. D. -stINGSBURY.Talbott Block, Indianapolis, Ind. ^ BRICK AND DRAIN TILE-Fletcher & Thomas keep constantly on hand pressed brick, red fronts, pavers, and common brick; also, drain tiie; large or small orders promptly filled. Office, room 10 Fletcher A Sharpe's block. A BALDINGSBRANCHINGCORN-Hasprov*en • Itself to be a grand success. In many cases it has yielded double the amount on the same soil as the common corn, bearing from five to fifteen ears to the stalk, and yielded last year 115 bushels to the acre.' I will send packages of seed to any address on receipt of twenty-ave cents. Postage stamps taken. Address -- . ■•*.■■.■■'■- - , A. BALDING. College Garden, Hanover, Indiana. I hereby certify that I saw this-same corn grow [ng at Areola, Illinois, last lull, and would say that it li all that it is represented to be by even more, and I must say lt beats anything In corn line J haveeverseen. W.H. BROWN A. BALOlNe.and I must say lt beats anvthing In tbe even more, an corn line.I hav^v.c. _._.,. ,.._+. _.t,^„ ... Dealer and shipper of live stock at Terre Haute,lori. lAtAJiS. LOAN—Money to loan on farms—small or large .slims; Interest 8 per cent. Reliable agents wanted. Address W. H. HAY, 51 Broadway,Indianapolis. . LOAN-MONEY'—In sums of **aoo to tlOjOOO, on .improved farms in.Indiana, at eight per cent, interest, payable annually (nocommissions charged I The principal, or any part ot lt can be paid at any time. H-. B. PALMER* CO., No. 78East Market St., Indlanapolla, Ind. LOAN—Six per cent, loans madeon long time on real-estate security at. 6 per cent, interest. Special arrangements for those wishing loans in from 6to 12months at.lower rates. A. W. PRATHER, State Agents. - . . . Agents wanted in every county in the State. Office 26 North Delaware street, Indianapolis, Ind. ||ivt : _ The cattle in some sections are dying with a strange disease. Indigestion, consequent upon so much dry food during the winter, ia the supposed cause of death. Their stomachs, upon post-mortem examination, are found to be full, while the coAta of the same are found to be without vitality and in appearance have color and condition of old dead leaves. * TIIE CO«ltnXAIU> WAGON AND CAKRIAGE FACTOItY. ;.-."■: Self-Sucking Cows. An unfeeling correspondent recommends the cruel method of splitting the tongue of a cow that sucks herself. Rather than adopt this barbarous treatment we would dry the cow and fatten and sell her for beef. .We have published, better remedies than this,* and herewith give another. Make a bridle with a medium sized wire for a* bit, and fasten it upon the head of your self- sucking cow and she will quit the habit. . .—■*>«■*.*> -.-'..-,. The Difference. Mr. A. A. Crane, a farmer residing at Osco, Henry county, 111., called at our office a few days ago, and gave us some facts and figures in regard to his business that are interesting. He had just come to the city with a lot of cattle and hogs, which he had sold as follows: 100 hogs, average weight, 496.3 pounds, at U 35, brought $2,158 90. 14 head of cattle, averaging 1,483 pounds, ?5, ?1,038, making a total forthe hogs and cattle of ?3,196 90. By a reference to the market reports of the same day we find that a large majority of the hogs sold changed hands at less than $3 85. Taking |3 85, however, as the average, we find that Mr. Crane received $24815 more for his than the average price for the day for an equal number of pounds. On the same day the quotations for fair to medium fleshy steers were ?4 to ?4 35. Taking the latter figure, we find that, by having good steers, Mr. Crane realized 65 cents per hundred more on his 20,760 pounds, making a difference of $134 94; and on tbe hogs and cattle together, the difference in favor of good animals, in good condition for market, over the average of the day for the same number of pounds, was ?383 09—a very handsome showing in favor of good stock and good feeding, over the slip-shod methods prevailing so generally among farmers. We might say lurther, that the price obtained by Mr. Crane for his cattle, although 65 cents above the average price of the day, tor fair steers,, was 30 cents below the highest price for the day—S5 30 having been paid for a fancy lot of steers averaging 1,555 for.the English market.— National Live-Stock Journal, Chicago. ^ . AA A — A Good Horse. [From illustrated paper on the Bull's Head Cattle and Horse Market of New York, In Scribner.] "I can't explain what a real good horse is," said one of the best-natured dealers in the street. They are as different as men. In buying a horse, you must look first to his head and eyes for signs of intelligence, temper, courage and honesty. Unless a horse has brains you can't teach him anything, any more than you can a half-witted child. See that tall bay, there, a fine-looking animal, filteen hands high. You can't teach that horse anything. Why? Well, I'll show you the difference in heads; but have a aire of bis heels. Look at the brute's head,—that rounding nose, that tapering forehead, that broad, full place below tho eyes. You can't trust him. Kick? Well, I guess so! Puthim in a ten- acre lot, where he's got nlenty of swing, and he'll kick the horn off the moon." The world's treatment of man and beast has the tendency to enlarge and intensify bad qualities, if they predominate. This good-natured phrenologist could not refrain from slapping in the face the horse whose character had been so cruelly delineated while he had nothing but the gentlest caresses for a tall| docile, sleek-limbed sorrel, that pricked her ears forward and looked intelligent enough to understand all that was being said. "That's an awful good mare," he added, •She's as true as the sun. You can see breadth and fullness between the ears and eyes. Yon couldn't hire that maro to act mean or hurt anybody. The eye should bo full, and hazel is a good color. I like a small, thin ear, and want a horso to throw his ears well forward. Look out for the brute that wants to listen to all the conversation going on .behind him. Tho horse that turns back his ears till they almost meet at the points, take my word for it, is sure to do something wrong. See that. straight, elegant face. Ahorse with a dishing face is cowardly, and a cowardly brute is usually vicious. Then I like a square muzzle with large nostrils, to let in plenty of air to the lungs. For the under side of the ^ead, a good horse should be well cut under the jowl, with jaw-bones broad, and wideapart under tho throttle. "So much for the head," he continued. "The next thing to consider is the build ol the animal. Never buy a long-legged, stilty horse. Let him have a short, straight back" and a straight rump, and you've got a gentleman's horse. The withers shonld be high and the shonlders well set back and broad; but don't get them too deep in the chest. The fore-leg should be short. Give me a pretty straight hind-leg with the hock low down, short pastern joints, and a round, mulish foot. There are all kinds of horses, but the animal that has these points is almost sure to be sightly, graceful, good-natured and serviceable. As to color, taste differs. Bays, browns and chestnuts are tho best. Roans are very fashionable at present. A great many grays and sorrels are bought here for shipment to Mexico and Cuba. They do well in a hot climate, under a tropical sun, for tho same reason that you find light-colored clothing most serviceable in summer. That circus-horse behind you is what many people call a calico-horse; now, I call him a genuine piebald. It's a freak of nature and may happen anywhere." A Plea for Trotting Bacea at Pairs. Editorslndiana Farmer; Being a lover of agricultural fairs I thought I would drop. you a note with views on the subject. You say horse racing is demoralizing. You take the trotting horses from your fairs and you will see a very small interest manifested. I think every county in every State ought to hold and have an association for the purpose of encouraging its farmers to raise fine stock of every description. As I am a farmer and have visited your State several times with stock I could always very readily see on the day. the trotting was to take place, from tho hills and tho valleys, the farmers and their families coming in from every direction to see the trotters get down to their work. Now don't understand that I am in favor of horse racing altogether, for I am not, but I know from experience that the day set apart for the trotting at tlie fairs bring the largest crowds, both in your St ate and every other State. I speak whereof I know. I think the managers of all iairs ought not to allow gamblers with wheels and target shooting on the grounds. That is more debusing than showing who has tho horso with tho greatest speed. R, E. H. Valley Station, Ky., April 7. —We do not say that horse-trotting is derooraiizing in itself. It is the bad conduct, the betting and gambling, ofthe pien that always attend on racing days, that is demorai izi ng.—Eds. 4 *m * There are in Boston now over l.OOOun- oecupied houses. • I QUERY AND ANSWER. : Will S. B. H. please give us his address again un a postal card? I). C. G. is informed that we can furnish the book he inquires for at the regular retail price, ?1 50, with the Farmer. "A, Subscriber" writes us complaining that oheof our advertising patrons to whom he had written had pot answered ids letter. If our correspondent was as careless in addressing the advertiser of whom he complains as he was in his card,to us, it is not straige thatho has not received an answer. Hfi 20ves us neither hia name nor postoiuce address. Ot course in such a case an answer would be impossible. Editors Indiana Farmen You will please tell J. D., of Clark's Hiil, that if he wants a site for a tile-factory, there is a good situation here. No factory closer than seven or eight miles, and a rich, level country. Men are able to buy tile, and be will do well to como here and see for himself. I will give him any information he wants, ior we want a tile- mill here. J. it. M, New Salem, Rush county. Harrowing Wheat. When is the best time .to harrow wheat? Let us hear from those that aro posted. Write to the Farmer and let us know how you have succeded. G. M. F. Whitewash for Inside Work. C. Z. S., of Kentucky, asks for-a good recipe for whitewash. Of course he knows how to make the usual lime whitewash for outside work. We take the following, for inside work, trom Dr. Chase's Book of Recipes. Take whiting, four pounds, and white or common glue, two ounces; stand the glue in cold water over night; mix the whiting with cold water, and heat the glue until dissolved, and pour it into the other, hbt; make of a proper consistency to apply with a common whitewash brush. Crossing Potatoes. Editors Indiana Farmer. Will* you or some of your many readers tell us how a cross between two varieties of potatoes is obtained? D. P. H. Hancock Co., Ind. —New varieties of potatoes,or across between existing varieties, can be made only by a resort to the seed. If you wish a cross between two varieties, plant them in the same hills, and when the balls are ripe, save the seed and sow in May,inacarefully prepared, bed. When they oome up, thin properly, and keep the bed clean. In the fall you will have a crop of small potatoes, of a great number of varieties. Select those that most resemble the cross you desire. They will reach maturity about the third crop. B. Wire Fence. Editors "Indiana Farmen Will some ofthe readers of tjie Farmer tell what they know of a combination wire fence, as Daviess county is overrun with agents who arp trying to sell township rights, at almost any price to suit purchasers, and they- claim that it has been in the West for a number of years? It was patented in New York in 1867, and it seems to me that if there was any real merit in it, it would have reached Indiana before 1879. . Epsom, April 11. T. A. W. —Our advice is, don't subscribe to any of their papers or contracts, at any rate. The fence may be an infringement of patent. We do not know that it is so, but some such reason would account for the great anxiety of the agent tosellatany price. At all events, do not sign their papers. —Eds. Cement for Fish-Ponds. In answer to the query of W. A. R., I will say, take of litharge, one part; plaster-Paris, one part; dry white sand, one part, and finely-powdered resin, one-third part; sift and keep corked, until re juired for use, when it is to be made into a putty*by mixing in boiled linseed oil, with alittle patent dryer added. Never use it after it has been mixed over 15 hours. * This cement can be used for marine as well as fresh water aquaria, as it resists the action of salt water. The tank can be used immediately, but it is best to give it three or four hours to dry. Waterloo, Ind. .'. Gus. A Marking or Checking Sled. Editors Indiana Farmer: • My plan is to take three runners, two or three feet long, eight inehes wide, two inches thick. Slope the front end, place them at a proper distance apart; take two boards, four or six inches wide, and seven and a half or eight feot long, as you wish. Bolt one of the boards six inches from the front end of the runners, the other on the back end; then take two scantlings two by three inehes for hounds and handles; uow take you wagon-tongue and place it sc the center or main-pole will reach about four inches back on the center runner; bolt your handles and hounds so the same bolt will do for the wagon tongue marker. Use bolts to fasten every part of it. If you get it together properly the tongue will rest on the center runner when you lift on the handles. G. M. F. PREMIUMS RECEIVED. Editors Indiana Farmer: I received my premium, the Howe Sewing Machine, in due timo and we are much pleased with it. It works to perfection and gives entire satisfaction. I am very thankful to the donors, the Howe Sewing Ma* chine Co., of Indianapolis, nnd to all those who gave me their names for the Farmer and thus enabled me to secure so valuable a reward. J. M. Pabkhdrst, Johnson county. *» m. A Two Dogs vs. Thirty-Seveii Sheep. Editors Indiana Farmer: H. L. Staley, of Hancock' county, furnished 14 sheep, and John M. Thomas 23 the same night for two of their neighbor's dogs, damages $67 50. So we have 37 less sheep, and one dog less, as the owner of one had his killed. The other owner refused to have his dog killed. The school fund is only $67 50 short for keeping two dogs over night. Why not keep dogs? N. H. April 11. < ■ > , Fire Insurance. Editors Indiana Farmen It appears incomprehensibly strange to me that the agricultural class, in every county, do not organize into mutual fire insurance companies, something on the plan suggested at the State Grange last winter. We have one in this county for the benefit of patrons only; and yet all patrons do not avail themselves ol its advantages. Thos. K. Hayes, of Grange No. 1,958, in all probability, felt secure enough without a policy, but on the night of the 22d, along came the fire-fiend, and now §3,000 will not replace lost property. A comparatively new barn, a pair of latticed cribs, several hundred bushels of grain, farm implements, vehicles, etc., and eleven head of horses and mules make up the holocaust. Mr. H. is an old man, in feeble health, without money, having been involved as security for others, and can ill afford to bear the loss. We 'may be careful about fire, but we cannot guard against the incendiary, as Mr. Hayes now realizes to his sorrow; and hence I would say a good "policy" would be the better policy. J. H. W. Adams, April 12. A Mammoth Factory. The illustration on our first page in this issue is a correct picture ofthe carriage andwagon manufactory of A. Coquillard, South Bend, Ind. This business enterprise was started in 1865, and from a small beginning has become one of the leading establishments in one ofthe largest manufacturing centers of the West. Mr. Coquillard is a man who, without unnecessary- noise and bustle, has bent all his energies to attain the highest standard in . excellence of his carriages and wagons. That his success is of no mean pretensions is evidenced by the fact that over one hundred men are constantly employed in his factory, which is replete with the latest improvements in machinery that cm in any way add to the perfecting of his manufactures. The Coquillard wagon is well and ftivorably known throughout the United States, north, south, east and west, and is recognized as one of the leading wagons of tho Union, equalled by few and excelled by none. It has been subjected to frequent and extraordinary tests andhasnever been found wanting in any particular; hence its popularity and the great favor of the public which it enjoys. It does not suffer in comparison with any other known to tbe trade, nor will it, probably, while Mr. Coquillard has a status in the branch of industry to which he now devotes his great ability. It is "his aim to make only tho best, and to this end thepe is used the best of timber, tho best of machinery and tlie best workmen, hence all work turned out is of the best kind in every respect. Mr. Coquillard is the owner of a largo tract, some 2,000 acres of the bost timbered land in the State, conveniently located arid bought when selections could be made to advantage, and prices were low. From these forests is procured the timber used in the construction of the celebrated Coquillard wagons and carriages, only the best and toughest being used, the culls and inferior stuff being rejected. This gives him a decided advantage over most other manufacturers, the selection of stock being a Very important matter in the construction of a good and durable wagon. All timber is seasoned under sheds from three to five years before being used. The lighter vehicles manufactured at these works have a high reputation, because they are honestly, faithfully and tastefully made, conform in all things to the latest styles of the trade and meet the wants of the public. Photographs of prevailing styles are furnished or designs are made to order. No hesitation is felt in giving assurance of perfect satisfaction to all customers. Further information can be had of Mr. A. Coquillard, South Bend, Ind. Letter from Iowa. Editors Indiana Farmen Mt. Pleasant is a thriving country town on the Burlington and Missouri railroad, 28 miles west irom Burlington on the Mississippi river. It is near the center of Heilry connty, has a population of about 6,000 inhabitants. Tho State Insane Asylum and State Female Reformatory are located here. The town is truly a Pleasant place. It, with other cities in Iowa, enjoys a kind of "local option." At its city election on the 3d, it gave the following majorities, to-wit: Against license for wine and beer saloons.. 152 Against license for billiard saloons... ,„.„ 227 Against license for ten-pin alleys....,., 190 Against license for shooting galleries.....: _...2M The city claims to have less police expenses than any other town in the State of its size. A stranger is impressed with its fine college and public school buildings, and the number of large churches, as well as perfect sidewalks, and the general comfortable and pleasant appearance of all its dwelling houses. Salem is our postoffice, with daily mail. It has four churches and good public schools and Whittier College, with good attendance. We are six miles south and three west from Mt, Pleasant and can hear the whistle of .the locomotive and the running of the cars. We are about one degree further nortj than Indianapolis, and the elevation about 200 feet higher. The climate is probably not much diflerent from that at Indianapolis, except that we may have more wind and sunshine. On our airival here on the 6th we found tho frost out of the ground and the mud at its greatest depth, a heavy rain having fallen the night before. In four days from that time farmers were busy sowing spring wheat. A good breadth of ground was sown by the 13th, and the mud well dried up, and the roads most used quite solid and in many places smooth. Since then the weather has been on the March plan—a change every day—cold, warm, snow, sun-, shine—paying respects of course to the Equinox. Winter wheat looks quite well and farmers are generally in good spirits. Hogs not plenty, but healthy. Charles Lowder. Salem, March 31. TT_
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1879, v. 14, no. 16 (Apr. 19) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1416 |
Date of Original | 1879 |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
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Transcript | .\>v* i TO_HAl__. -,0R SALE-OHver Chilled Plows. Best In use. r°w-. J. gEBCHEVAL. Agent. Danville, ind. ^OB SALE-Brailll»n Artichokes, six pounds for I 2$ cents. J. O. KXNGSBQ&Y. Indianapolis —0R8AI.E-I have a few G. ». Bantam eggs for sale, at« for »1. J. G, KINGSBURY, Indian- .pclJ^ __ 5tOB~8AI.E—Pure bred Toulouse Oeese eggs, at *2 H per dozen. Address M. B. SPURQEONrSeotU- i^rg^idlsna FOB SALE-Eggs from Urst-class Partridge Coch. ins at,Hying prices. Write D. M. KINNEY, Kmh-'iUe.Ind. FOB SALE—Eggs of pure-bred Pekin Docks, M 50 per 11 Address MBS. ANNA B. BAHK8, ln«in, Scott Co.. Ind F- oR SAH.—Largs second-band faintly carriage, all in,good repair for »90, at o. H. BHOVEirs 174 E. Market street. FOB SALE—Brazilian Artichokes, tl per bushel, Dark Brahma Eggs. »1 per 13. W. A. MACY utrisvUle, Ind. . •• , ...... ... FOK 8 ALE-Pure Toulouse geese eggs, Todd stock. at •*: per dozen. J. A. ECKHART. Butler, De. mdbcMnty. Ind. j : , I"S5Ts ALE—Six handsome Partridge Cochin Cock- I erelsat **fleacb. Order soon. GEORGE VE8- jiL, Cambridge City, Ind.. • , FOB BALE—Farms in. Marion, Bnsfc. and other counties in Indiana. G. w. ALEXANDER, M S. Msrfcet St., (side door Central BankJ. FOR HALE—Br Furnas «fe Sons, No. 117 South Meridian street, IndlanapoUs, near Union depot. »large stock of fruit, ornamental and shade tre^s at lowest prices. Call on, or address for price-list as tbove • « FOR 8ALE-J. L. Brown, Manilla, Rush county, Ind.. breederof Light Brahmas of Felch and Danley's stock, and White Leghorns. Send orders foreggs. : - - FOB SALE-Eggs of Black Spanish. L. Brahmas, I'ekin ducks and Jt. Tarkeys.- Ask far low rates on « postal, at once, to JOHN BENNETT, Sunman, Ripley county, Ind. FOB SALE-Send 10 cents to N. B. GROFF, Seedsman, J7 East Market street- Indianapolis, and secure an ear of his FLOOR CORN. Will malte aa jbod flour as wheat. FOR SALE-The Farm Register and Account Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price II each. Address INDIANA FARMEB COMPANY, Indianapolis. FOR SALE.—A fine Short-hom Bull of best stock in the country. Can be bought cheap for cash, lor pedigree and information, apply to ED. JONES, 20 .North Pennsylvania street. FOK SALE—Eggs from Light Brahmas, Partridge Cochins and Pekin Ducks, at tfl 60 per dozen. A few ducks for sale; Bne birds; come quick. J. L. BRENTON, Petersburg, Pike Co., Ind. F OR SALE—Eggs* for batching from high-class Brown Leghorns. I make this breed aspectalty and am prepared, to furnish eggs at {1 per dozen. lress FRANK &T0KE8, Waynesville, O. Address 1 FOR SALE.—Evergreen Broom Corn Seed. Broom Corn, Handles, Wire, Twine and Broom Tools. Write for prices. C. E and T. W. POTTAUE & CO., H West Washington St .Indianapolis, Ind. IfOR SALE—I have a few light Brahma Cockerels . at •*"*** each. - l-wan£ to close out for the season. Now Is the time for Farmers and others to improve their stock. G; A. DANLEY, Indianapolis, Ind. FORSALE—Short-horns—Fletcher syoung Marys Phylls, Agatbas, Brides, Gems, etc. Bulls and leifers, choicely* bred. Correspondence solicited. E. C. THOMPSON. Lock Box 1, Edingburg, Ind. FOR SALE—The Athens Poultry Association— Breeders of high-class Poultry. AH tbe leading Tsrieties, Eggs;SlperIS. Clrcnlarssent free on application. JOE CSRUBB, Manager, Crawrordsvllle, Indiana. ■ ■.'*■.'.< .* ■ *■ POR SALE-EGGS,. EGGS-Dark Brahmas, pen No. l,*J2perl3: No. 2, $150 per 13- Plymouth Rock, JS per 18. All prize-winning strains. Orders filled now. Chicks for sale. WILLIAM R. ZIKE, Morristown. Ind. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Four Short-horn Bull Calves, one year old, or would exchange ior Cotswold Sheep. They are all good animals and can be registered ln the A. II. B. Pedigrees furnished on application. Address _. D. OLIN, Indianapolis, Ind. FOR SALE-Short-horns-"Hazel Bluff Herd," 40 head, both sexes; Bose of Sharon, Blue Bonnet, Louan, Matilda and Flora families. Win sell entire herd, or. any part, at very low prices. Would exchange for good common or grade sheep. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, Clinton, Ind. FOR SALE-High-class poultry—White Leghorn eggs, n per 15, or S3 per 30; Pekin Duck eggs, 12 per 13, or $3 per 26. Raspberry plants. Mammoth Cluster, *ji 25 per hundred, or $0 per thousand; Boo- little, 75c per hundred, or ?6 per thousand. HENRY MENDESHALL, New London, Howard Co., Ind. FOR SALE—Eggs-actly 27 Grand Prizes at In- dianapolis and Lafayette, on our stock of Dark Brahmas, White, Black and Partridge Cochins, Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leghorns, Bronze Turkeys and Toulouse Geese. Our birds have scored from 90 to 95 points by B. N. Pierce. Eggs, $2 per sitting. WEST & WHICKER, Pecksburg, Ind. T?OR SALE-Eggs from Partridge Cochins, Dark A Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Gray Dorklns and White Holland Turkeys at }150 for 13. Light Brahmas, s. 8. Hamburgs, White and Brown Leghorns at il 25 for J.3. 25 cents less where three or more sittings are ordered at one time. I have in my Peus birds from some of the best breeders of New lork New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. T. J* JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind. FOR SALE-Jersey Bulls-Jason No. 875, A. J. H. B„ 3 years old, color bronze 8ure breeder, very fentle and large, ?75. Rip Van Winkle 2d, No. 1715, w months old, color fawn, with some white, dam g>«del2 pounds of butter in 8 days on grass,?*?.', rnnce George, N». 1.16, color bronze, 5 months old ""ia very large, dam the best butter cow I ever owned, $35. Also one 6 months old and one 1 month, asms No. 1 butter cows, bnt not registered, $25 and W* Would trade for other stock. T. J. JOHNSON, ureencaitle, Ind. IVAimSD. TlTANTEB—To exchange spring mattresses and ts lounges for country produce.. No. 45 Massachu- ■m™ Avenue, IndlanapoUs. T^rANTED—Good farms for cash. Send forde- -!», script! ve blanks. M. ARBUCKLE, Agent, 70 ***■ Market street, Indianapolis. TtrANTED-^To purchase S or 4 Plymouth Rock * *, . Pullets and 1 Cockerel; also, 2 Pekin ducks- rood birds; state price. Address S. J. HAYES, ^ghethtown, Hamilton county. Ohio TVrANTED-AIl the old settlers who lived in Ma- ,,*' Ion county 50 years ago, to go to Lacey's gai- 5JJ *">d have a free sitting for cabinet photographs. iV ' &re making a large g'onp, and Invite all old set- eS_' ,REK- F- ■****■• LACEY, Vance Block Gallery, Jan*-*-* Washington street and Virginia avenue, In- \\TANTED—Farmers wishing to buy Buggies, o,*.' Wagons, Carriages, etc., come and examine vi>J,r ,e** ■"■•* work,- We guarantee all work one vSr* "*"***• buy or trade for horses. Don't buy until iWSf ns- Auction at 10 a. m. everv day. R1P- Ki Mors* and Buggy Bazar, Nos. 82 to 71 West _ **rset street, between Illinois and Tennessee. ltr.wci.w.vEot'i. M. GOODE-Dentist, over 80 North Pennsylvania street. V®, TRADE—A new and elegant Cabinet Sewing -^Mjyhlne for a horse. Address Horse, this olBce. A«&J:N'S DHVG STORE, OPPOSITE POST- -l*-o-?*r-CE> Dmgs,Patent Medicines.Toilet Articles. C. BURGESS, Dentist. Office in room 4 Va Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St. F1**.? '»hor-saving Sawing Machine advertised In hVmi ' PaP'r i» ***" tlllU it claims to be. See adver ti»*m. " PaP« '*» a" '"at It -—^-^t. then see the saw. I u-1Haui4-a well-ilttett Job Printing OlBce, farm """trally located In Indianapolis, for a small -""■ Address Farm, this office. __ii„L,FOH HATCHING. DARK BRAHMAS, «y?HT BRAHMAS.-Dark Brahmas of Louis In n?i» and °* w* Chamberlain stock. Unsurpassed Dinii ** of excellence. Light Brahmas ot Jay and -jnaVX "t-x-k. No liner fow-ls in the West. A limited tliui J *_*rHtT> of both kinds at K for 13, or two sit- *!«Rsf f **a5a A"1*1698 W. 11. BOLLINGER. Pen- LAND 8EEKKBS-Desirin*r. to vtslt Kansas or Colorado, should address me far reduced price round-trip tickets, and Information respecting lands, prices, etc., 8. D. -stINGSBURY.Talbott Block, Indianapolis, Ind. ^ BRICK AND DRAIN TILE-Fletcher & Thomas keep constantly on hand pressed brick, red fronts, pavers, and common brick; also, drain tiie; large or small orders promptly filled. Office, room 10 Fletcher A Sharpe's block. A BALDINGSBRANCHINGCORN-Hasprov*en • Itself to be a grand success. In many cases it has yielded double the amount on the same soil as the common corn, bearing from five to fifteen ears to the stalk, and yielded last year 115 bushels to the acre.' I will send packages of seed to any address on receipt of twenty-ave cents. Postage stamps taken. Address -- . ■•*.■■.■■'■- - , A. BALDING. College Garden, Hanover, Indiana. I hereby certify that I saw this-same corn grow [ng at Areola, Illinois, last lull, and would say that it li all that it is represented to be by even more, and I must say lt beats anything In corn line J haveeverseen. W.H. BROWN A. BALOlNe.and I must say lt beats anvthing In tbe even more, an corn line.I hav^v.c. _._.,. ,.._+. _.t,^„ ... Dealer and shipper of live stock at Terre Haute,lori. lAtAJiS. LOAN—Money to loan on farms—small or large .slims; Interest 8 per cent. Reliable agents wanted. Address W. H. HAY, 51 Broadway,Indianapolis. . LOAN-MONEY'—In sums of **aoo to tlOjOOO, on .improved farms in.Indiana, at eight per cent, interest, payable annually (nocommissions charged I The principal, or any part ot lt can be paid at any time. H-. B. PALMER* CO., No. 78East Market St., Indlanapolla, Ind. LOAN—Six per cent, loans madeon long time on real-estate security at. 6 per cent, interest. Special arrangements for those wishing loans in from 6to 12months at.lower rates. A. W. PRATHER, State Agents. - . . . Agents wanted in every county in the State. Office 26 North Delaware street, Indianapolis, Ind. ||ivt : _ The cattle in some sections are dying with a strange disease. Indigestion, consequent upon so much dry food during the winter, ia the supposed cause of death. Their stomachs, upon post-mortem examination, are found to be full, while the coAta of the same are found to be without vitality and in appearance have color and condition of old dead leaves. * TIIE CO«ltnXAIU> WAGON AND CAKRIAGE FACTOItY. ;.-."■: Self-Sucking Cows. An unfeeling correspondent recommends the cruel method of splitting the tongue of a cow that sucks herself. Rather than adopt this barbarous treatment we would dry the cow and fatten and sell her for beef. .We have published, better remedies than this,* and herewith give another. Make a bridle with a medium sized wire for a* bit, and fasten it upon the head of your self- sucking cow and she will quit the habit. . .—■*>«■*.*> -.-'..-,. The Difference. Mr. A. A. Crane, a farmer residing at Osco, Henry county, 111., called at our office a few days ago, and gave us some facts and figures in regard to his business that are interesting. He had just come to the city with a lot of cattle and hogs, which he had sold as follows: 100 hogs, average weight, 496.3 pounds, at U 35, brought $2,158 90. 14 head of cattle, averaging 1,483 pounds, ?5, ?1,038, making a total forthe hogs and cattle of ?3,196 90. By a reference to the market reports of the same day we find that a large majority of the hogs sold changed hands at less than $3 85. Taking |3 85, however, as the average, we find that Mr. Crane received $24815 more for his than the average price for the day for an equal number of pounds. On the same day the quotations for fair to medium fleshy steers were ?4 to ?4 35. Taking the latter figure, we find that, by having good steers, Mr. Crane realized 65 cents per hundred more on his 20,760 pounds, making a difference of $134 94; and on tbe hogs and cattle together, the difference in favor of good animals, in good condition for market, over the average of the day for the same number of pounds, was ?383 09—a very handsome showing in favor of good stock and good feeding, over the slip-shod methods prevailing so generally among farmers. We might say lurther, that the price obtained by Mr. Crane for his cattle, although 65 cents above the average price of the day, tor fair steers,, was 30 cents below the highest price for the day—S5 30 having been paid for a fancy lot of steers averaging 1,555 for.the English market.— National Live-Stock Journal, Chicago. ^ . AA A — A Good Horse. [From illustrated paper on the Bull's Head Cattle and Horse Market of New York, In Scribner.] "I can't explain what a real good horse is," said one of the best-natured dealers in the street. They are as different as men. In buying a horse, you must look first to his head and eyes for signs of intelligence, temper, courage and honesty. Unless a horse has brains you can't teach him anything, any more than you can a half-witted child. See that tall bay, there, a fine-looking animal, filteen hands high. You can't teach that horse anything. Why? Well, I'll show you the difference in heads; but have a aire of bis heels. Look at the brute's head,—that rounding nose, that tapering forehead, that broad, full place below tho eyes. You can't trust him. Kick? Well, I guess so! Puthim in a ten- acre lot, where he's got nlenty of swing, and he'll kick the horn off the moon." The world's treatment of man and beast has the tendency to enlarge and intensify bad qualities, if they predominate. This good-natured phrenologist could not refrain from slapping in the face the horse whose character had been so cruelly delineated while he had nothing but the gentlest caresses for a tall| docile, sleek-limbed sorrel, that pricked her ears forward and looked intelligent enough to understand all that was being said. "That's an awful good mare," he added, •She's as true as the sun. You can see breadth and fullness between the ears and eyes. Yon couldn't hire that maro to act mean or hurt anybody. The eye should bo full, and hazel is a good color. I like a small, thin ear, and want a horso to throw his ears well forward. Look out for the brute that wants to listen to all the conversation going on .behind him. Tho horse that turns back his ears till they almost meet at the points, take my word for it, is sure to do something wrong. See that. straight, elegant face. Ahorse with a dishing face is cowardly, and a cowardly brute is usually vicious. Then I like a square muzzle with large nostrils, to let in plenty of air to the lungs. For the under side of the ^ead, a good horse should be well cut under the jowl, with jaw-bones broad, and wideapart under tho throttle. "So much for the head," he continued. "The next thing to consider is the build ol the animal. Never buy a long-legged, stilty horse. Let him have a short, straight back" and a straight rump, and you've got a gentleman's horse. The withers shonld be high and the shonlders well set back and broad; but don't get them too deep in the chest. The fore-leg should be short. Give me a pretty straight hind-leg with the hock low down, short pastern joints, and a round, mulish foot. There are all kinds of horses, but the animal that has these points is almost sure to be sightly, graceful, good-natured and serviceable. As to color, taste differs. Bays, browns and chestnuts are tho best. Roans are very fashionable at present. A great many grays and sorrels are bought here for shipment to Mexico and Cuba. They do well in a hot climate, under a tropical sun, for tho same reason that you find light-colored clothing most serviceable in summer. That circus-horse behind you is what many people call a calico-horse; now, I call him a genuine piebald. It's a freak of nature and may happen anywhere." A Plea for Trotting Bacea at Pairs. Editorslndiana Farmer; Being a lover of agricultural fairs I thought I would drop. you a note with views on the subject. You say horse racing is demoralizing. You take the trotting horses from your fairs and you will see a very small interest manifested. I think every county in every State ought to hold and have an association for the purpose of encouraging its farmers to raise fine stock of every description. As I am a farmer and have visited your State several times with stock I could always very readily see on the day. the trotting was to take place, from tho hills and tho valleys, the farmers and their families coming in from every direction to see the trotters get down to their work. Now don't understand that I am in favor of horse racing altogether, for I am not, but I know from experience that the day set apart for the trotting at tlie fairs bring the largest crowds, both in your St ate and every other State. I speak whereof I know. I think the managers of all iairs ought not to allow gamblers with wheels and target shooting on the grounds. That is more debusing than showing who has tho horso with tho greatest speed. R, E. H. Valley Station, Ky., April 7. —We do not say that horse-trotting is derooraiizing in itself. It is the bad conduct, the betting and gambling, ofthe pien that always attend on racing days, that is demorai izi ng.—Eds. 4 *m * There are in Boston now over l.OOOun- oecupied houses. • I QUERY AND ANSWER. : Will S. B. H. please give us his address again un a postal card? I). C. G. is informed that we can furnish the book he inquires for at the regular retail price, ?1 50, with the Farmer. "A, Subscriber" writes us complaining that oheof our advertising patrons to whom he had written had pot answered ids letter. If our correspondent was as careless in addressing the advertiser of whom he complains as he was in his card,to us, it is not straige thatho has not received an answer. Hfi 20ves us neither hia name nor postoiuce address. Ot course in such a case an answer would be impossible. Editors Indiana Farmen You will please tell J. D., of Clark's Hiil, that if he wants a site for a tile-factory, there is a good situation here. No factory closer than seven or eight miles, and a rich, level country. Men are able to buy tile, and be will do well to como here and see for himself. I will give him any information he wants, ior we want a tile- mill here. J. it. M, New Salem, Rush county. Harrowing Wheat. When is the best time .to harrow wheat? Let us hear from those that aro posted. Write to the Farmer and let us know how you have succeded. G. M. F. Whitewash for Inside Work. C. Z. S., of Kentucky, asks for-a good recipe for whitewash. Of course he knows how to make the usual lime whitewash for outside work. We take the following, for inside work, trom Dr. Chase's Book of Recipes. Take whiting, four pounds, and white or common glue, two ounces; stand the glue in cold water over night; mix the whiting with cold water, and heat the glue until dissolved, and pour it into the other, hbt; make of a proper consistency to apply with a common whitewash brush. Crossing Potatoes. Editors Indiana Farmer. Will* you or some of your many readers tell us how a cross between two varieties of potatoes is obtained? D. P. H. Hancock Co., Ind. —New varieties of potatoes,or across between existing varieties, can be made only by a resort to the seed. If you wish a cross between two varieties, plant them in the same hills, and when the balls are ripe, save the seed and sow in May,inacarefully prepared, bed. When they oome up, thin properly, and keep the bed clean. In the fall you will have a crop of small potatoes, of a great number of varieties. Select those that most resemble the cross you desire. They will reach maturity about the third crop. B. Wire Fence. Editors "Indiana Farmen Will some ofthe readers of tjie Farmer tell what they know of a combination wire fence, as Daviess county is overrun with agents who arp trying to sell township rights, at almost any price to suit purchasers, and they- claim that it has been in the West for a number of years? It was patented in New York in 1867, and it seems to me that if there was any real merit in it, it would have reached Indiana before 1879. . Epsom, April 11. T. A. W. —Our advice is, don't subscribe to any of their papers or contracts, at any rate. The fence may be an infringement of patent. We do not know that it is so, but some such reason would account for the great anxiety of the agent tosellatany price. At all events, do not sign their papers. —Eds. Cement for Fish-Ponds. In answer to the query of W. A. R., I will say, take of litharge, one part; plaster-Paris, one part; dry white sand, one part, and finely-powdered resin, one-third part; sift and keep corked, until re juired for use, when it is to be made into a putty*by mixing in boiled linseed oil, with alittle patent dryer added. Never use it after it has been mixed over 15 hours. * This cement can be used for marine as well as fresh water aquaria, as it resists the action of salt water. The tank can be used immediately, but it is best to give it three or four hours to dry. Waterloo, Ind. .'. Gus. A Marking or Checking Sled. Editors Indiana Farmer: • My plan is to take three runners, two or three feet long, eight inehes wide, two inches thick. Slope the front end, place them at a proper distance apart; take two boards, four or six inches wide, and seven and a half or eight feot long, as you wish. Bolt one of the boards six inches from the front end of the runners, the other on the back end; then take two scantlings two by three inehes for hounds and handles; uow take you wagon-tongue and place it sc the center or main-pole will reach about four inches back on the center runner; bolt your handles and hounds so the same bolt will do for the wagon tongue marker. Use bolts to fasten every part of it. If you get it together properly the tongue will rest on the center runner when you lift on the handles. G. M. F. PREMIUMS RECEIVED. Editors Indiana Farmer: I received my premium, the Howe Sewing Machine, in due timo and we are much pleased with it. It works to perfection and gives entire satisfaction. I am very thankful to the donors, the Howe Sewing Ma* chine Co., of Indianapolis, nnd to all those who gave me their names for the Farmer and thus enabled me to secure so valuable a reward. J. M. Pabkhdrst, Johnson county. *» m. A Two Dogs vs. Thirty-Seveii Sheep. Editors Indiana Farmer: H. L. Staley, of Hancock' county, furnished 14 sheep, and John M. Thomas 23 the same night for two of their neighbor's dogs, damages $67 50. So we have 37 less sheep, and one dog less, as the owner of one had his killed. The other owner refused to have his dog killed. The school fund is only $67 50 short for keeping two dogs over night. Why not keep dogs? N. H. April 11. < ■ > , Fire Insurance. Editors Indiana Farmen It appears incomprehensibly strange to me that the agricultural class, in every county, do not organize into mutual fire insurance companies, something on the plan suggested at the State Grange last winter. We have one in this county for the benefit of patrons only; and yet all patrons do not avail themselves ol its advantages. Thos. K. Hayes, of Grange No. 1,958, in all probability, felt secure enough without a policy, but on the night of the 22d, along came the fire-fiend, and now §3,000 will not replace lost property. A comparatively new barn, a pair of latticed cribs, several hundred bushels of grain, farm implements, vehicles, etc., and eleven head of horses and mules make up the holocaust. Mr. H. is an old man, in feeble health, without money, having been involved as security for others, and can ill afford to bear the loss. We 'may be careful about fire, but we cannot guard against the incendiary, as Mr. Hayes now realizes to his sorrow; and hence I would say a good "policy" would be the better policy. J. H. W. Adams, April 12. A Mammoth Factory. The illustration on our first page in this issue is a correct picture ofthe carriage andwagon manufactory of A. Coquillard, South Bend, Ind. This business enterprise was started in 1865, and from a small beginning has become one of the leading establishments in one ofthe largest manufacturing centers of the West. Mr. Coquillard is a man who, without unnecessary- noise and bustle, has bent all his energies to attain the highest standard in . excellence of his carriages and wagons. That his success is of no mean pretensions is evidenced by the fact that over one hundred men are constantly employed in his factory, which is replete with the latest improvements in machinery that cm in any way add to the perfecting of his manufactures. The Coquillard wagon is well and ftivorably known throughout the United States, north, south, east and west, and is recognized as one of the leading wagons of tho Union, equalled by few and excelled by none. It has been subjected to frequent and extraordinary tests andhasnever been found wanting in any particular; hence its popularity and the great favor of the public which it enjoys. It does not suffer in comparison with any other known to tbe trade, nor will it, probably, while Mr. Coquillard has a status in the branch of industry to which he now devotes his great ability. It is "his aim to make only tho best, and to this end thepe is used the best of timber, tho best of machinery and tlie best workmen, hence all work turned out is of the best kind in every respect. Mr. Coquillard is the owner of a largo tract, some 2,000 acres of the bost timbered land in the State, conveniently located arid bought when selections could be made to advantage, and prices were low. From these forests is procured the timber used in the construction of the celebrated Coquillard wagons and carriages, only the best and toughest being used, the culls and inferior stuff being rejected. This gives him a decided advantage over most other manufacturers, the selection of stock being a Very important matter in the construction of a good and durable wagon. All timber is seasoned under sheds from three to five years before being used. The lighter vehicles manufactured at these works have a high reputation, because they are honestly, faithfully and tastefully made, conform in all things to the latest styles of the trade and meet the wants of the public. Photographs of prevailing styles are furnished or designs are made to order. No hesitation is felt in giving assurance of perfect satisfaction to all customers. Further information can be had of Mr. A. Coquillard, South Bend, Ind. Letter from Iowa. Editors Indiana Farmen Mt. Pleasant is a thriving country town on the Burlington and Missouri railroad, 28 miles west irom Burlington on the Mississippi river. It is near the center of Heilry connty, has a population of about 6,000 inhabitants. Tho State Insane Asylum and State Female Reformatory are located here. The town is truly a Pleasant place. It, with other cities in Iowa, enjoys a kind of "local option." At its city election on the 3d, it gave the following majorities, to-wit: Against license for wine and beer saloons.. 152 Against license for billiard saloons... ,„.„ 227 Against license for ten-pin alleys....,., 190 Against license for shooting galleries.....: _...2M The city claims to have less police expenses than any other town in the State of its size. A stranger is impressed with its fine college and public school buildings, and the number of large churches, as well as perfect sidewalks, and the general comfortable and pleasant appearance of all its dwelling houses. Salem is our postoffice, with daily mail. It has four churches and good public schools and Whittier College, with good attendance. We are six miles south and three west from Mt, Pleasant and can hear the whistle of .the locomotive and the running of the cars. We are about one degree further nortj than Indianapolis, and the elevation about 200 feet higher. The climate is probably not much diflerent from that at Indianapolis, except that we may have more wind and sunshine. On our airival here on the 6th we found tho frost out of the ground and the mud at its greatest depth, a heavy rain having fallen the night before. In four days from that time farmers were busy sowing spring wheat. A good breadth of ground was sown by the 13th, and the mud well dried up, and the roads most used quite solid and in many places smooth. Since then the weather has been on the March plan—a change every day—cold, warm, snow, sun-, shine—paying respects of course to the Equinox. Winter wheat looks quite well and farmers are generally in good spirits. Hogs not plenty, but healthy. Charles Lowder. Salem, March 31. TT_ |
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