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VOL. XIV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, APRIL 26, 1879.
NO. 17.
fOR SAUL.
»,0R SALE—Oliver Chilled Plows.   Best In use.
I    \r. J. KEBCHEVAL, Agent, Danville. Ind.
—OR SALE—A  few bushels of Barley at si ner
"bushel.   It. A. LOCKWOOD, Lafayette, I__y
ORBALE— I have a few G. 8. Bantam eggs for
sale, at 8 for |1.   J. O, KINGSBURY, Indian.
.polls.
F"   OB SALE—One handsome Poland China male
pig-.   Address W. O. REVEAL, Clermont, Ma-
rtoBcounty. Ind.
F~  OB SALE—Large second-hand family carriage,
all ln good repair for ffSO, at O. 11. 8H0 VER*8,
j>4 E. Market street.
_,,.—. -  	
TTtOB SALE— Brazilian Artichokes, It per bushel,
_ Dark Brahma Eggs, (1 per 13. W. A. MACY;
"£»lsville, Ind.
FOB S ALE—Bli handsome Partridge Cochin Cockerels at %2 each.   Order soon.   GEORGE VESTAL, Cambridge City, Ind.
FOB SAXE—Farms ln Marlon, Rnsh and other
counties in Indiaua.   G. W. ALEXANDER, 38
__ Market St., (side door Central Bank).
FOB SALE—J. L. Brown, Manilla, Rush county,
Ind., breeder of Light Brahmas of Felch and
Danley's stock, and *Whlte Leghorns. Send orders
for eggs.          •
I^OR SALE^-Eggs of Black Spanish, L. Brahmas,
' Pekin ducks and B. Turkeys- Ask for low rates
on a postal, at once, to JOHN BENNETT, Sunman,
Ripley county, Ind.
OB SALE—The Farm Register and Account
_^ Book. Complete method of keeping farm ae-
rounu. Prlcejl each. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, IndlanapoUs.
F
FORSALE.—A flne Short-horn Bull ot best stock
in the country. Can be bought cheap for cash.
For pedigree and information, apply to ED. JONES,
30 North Pi ' '-
Pennsylvania street.
OB SA-LE-Eggs for hatching from high-class
__ Brown Leghorns. I make this breed aspecialty
and am prepared to furnish eggs at fl per dozen.
Address FBANK STOKES, Waynesvllle, O.
F
FOR SALE—I have a few bushel Brazilian artichokes to spare; price, fl per bushel. I paid J.
j II. Gregory last year to pe* bushel for the seed.
Address K. A. LOCKWOOD, Lafayette, Ind.
FOR SALE.—Evergreen Broom C«rn Seed. Broom
Corn, Handles, Wire, Twine and Broom Tools.
Write for prices, C. E and T. \V. POTTAGE A CO.,
M West Washington St, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE—I have a few Light Brahma Cockerels
at 12 each, l want to close out for the season.
Now Is the time for Farmers and others to Improve
their stock.  O.A. DANLEV, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE—Short-horns—Fletcher syoung Marys
Phylis, A gat has. Brides, Gems, etc. Bulls and
heifers, choicely bred. Correspondence solicited.
E. C. THOMPSON, Lock Box 1, Edingburg, Ind.
FOR SALE—EGGS—Dark Brahmas, Pool A Bag-
ley's Importations.   Plymouth Rocks, Conger't
strains, -$2 per 13: *3 50 per 26 at one time.   Money to
accompany order.
. ZIKE, Morristown, Ind.
OR SALE—JERSEY   RED   HOGS—Sows  with
pig, one year old; boars tour to twelve months
old. HARRIS SHEPPARD,
Spencer, Owen county* Indiana.
F
FOR SALE—The Athens Poultry Association-
Breeders of high-class poultry. All the leading
varieties. , Eggs, (2 per 13. Circulars sent free on application. JOE GRUB3, Manager, Crawfordsville,
Indiana.
FOB SALE—Some fine farms io Marion and ad-
Joining counties at low figures. Call on or address
CLEAVELAND A CO., 1 and 3 Talbott and News
Block, first stairway south of the Postoffice, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE—EGGS, EGGS-Dark Brahmas, pen
No. I, $2 per 13; No. 2, f 1 50 per 13. Plymouth
Rock, |2 per 13. All prize-winning strains. Orders
filled now. Chicks for sale, WILLIAM R. ZIKE,
Morristown, Ind.
FOR SALE—PINE STOOK—We have for sale ten
Jacks, best Kentucky stock; also, a number of
Jersey Red Sows, from one to to three years old;
also, Jersey Bulls, of all ages, very low. J. P. LUSE
& SON, Round Grove, White county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Look here! a buzzard dollar will get a
setting of 13 eggs from high-class fowls, either
Light Brahma or White-face Black Spanish. My
fowls won premiums at State Fair and Poultry Show.
Address G. A. STANTON, Greenwood, Ind.
FOR SALE—ARTICHOKES—Red or Brazilian, 6
pounds for 25c, or 10 pounds for 40c by express.
Genuine Sweet or -Sugar Corn, excellent variety, 2
ounces for 10c by mall, postage prepaid. J. G.
KINQSBPRY.34 East Market street, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Four Shorthorn
Bull Calves, one year old, or would exchange
lor Cotswold Sheep. They are all good-animals and
can be registered In the A. H. B. Pedigrees furnished on application. Address E. V. OLIN, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE-Short-horns—"Hazel Bluff Herd," 40
head, both sexes; Rose of Sharon, Blue Bonnet,
Louan, Matilda and Flora families. Will 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, f2 per 15 or $3 per 30; Pekin Duck eggs, *2
per 13, or $3 per 26. Raspberry plants, Mammoth
Cluster,-f I 25 per hundred, or $9 per thousand: Doo-
HtUe, 75c per hundred, or 98 per thousand. HENRY
MENDENHALIi, New London, Howard Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs-act!y 27 Grand Prizes at Indianapolis 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 W to 95 points by B. N. Pierce. Eggs. »2 per
Bitting.    WEST A WHICKER, Pecksburg, Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs from Partridge Cochins, Dark
Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Gray Dorklnsand
White Holland Turkeys at »150 for 13. Light
Brahmas, S. S. Hamburgs, White and Brown Leghorns at fl 25 for 13; 25 cents less where three or
more sittings are ordered at one time. I have in my
pens birds from some of the best breeders of New
York, New Jersey, Ohio. Indiana, and Illinois. T.
J. JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
this
PLYMOUTH 'ROCKS-A New Book  ui
popular variety, by   F. H. Corbin,  M .
handsomely bound in cloth. Price 75c, postpaid. Address FERRIS PUBLISHING CO., Albany, N. Y
* pages,
dd.   " ~"
GILT EDGE Creamery Butter can be made by
every Farmer at home. No extra expense for
apparatus* Full Instructions sent for one dollar by
STUART A CO., owners Gilt Edge Creamery, Mount
Carroll, 111.
LAND SEEKERS-Deslrtng to visit Kansas or
Colorado, should address me for reduced price
round-trip tickets, and Information respecting lands,
prices, etc., 8. D. KINGSBURY, Talbott Block, IndlanapoUs, Ind.
BRICK AND DRAIN TILE-Fletcher A Thomas
keep constantly on hand pressed brick, red
fronts, pavers, and common brick; alBo. drain tile;
large or small orders promptly filled. Ofllce, room 10
Fletcher A Sharpe'a block.
3 Superior A. J, C. C. H. B. bulls, dams of them
made each l6S*bs. liHtba, 16tt»s butter In 7days.
Select herd, 4 females, I bull, recorded Ayresblrea.2
Rose of Sharon Short-horn females, 1 choice Bates
bull. Choice Plymouth Rock fowls. Bronze turkeys
and eggs. Come and see before purchasing. H. C
GROFF, Kensington, Ohio. ■>■•.'■_
T7SGGS FOR HATCHING. DARK BRAHMAS,
JliLIGnT BRAHMAS.—Dark Brahmas ot Louis
Wright and C. W Chamberlain stock. Unsurpassed
In points of excellence. Light Brahmas ot Jay and
Danley stock. No liner fowls in the West. A limited
quantity of eggs of both kinds at J2 for 13, or two slt>-
tings for $3 50.   Address W- H. BOLLINGE
dleton, Ind.
, BOLLINGER. Pen-
II>OR THIRTY CENTS IN POSTAGE STA!
we will-mall you, postage paid, the Fehi
and March numbers of the Poultry Monthly
"MPS,
ostage paid, the February
__    je Poultry Monthly; the
PpuLTRY Monthly Almaxac for 1879, and Prb-
mium Award Supplement of 25 leading Poultry
Exhibitions—making nearly two hundred' pages of
—' —sting reading, oil for thirty ee,
FERRIS PUBLISHING CO
oil for thirty cents.   Address
   —    Albany, N.Y.
IsOAlSH.
LOAN—Money to loan on farms—small or .large
sums; Interest 8 per cent. Reliable agents
wanted. Address W. H. HAY, 51 Broadway, Indianapolis.
LOAN-MONEY-In sums of |300 to 110,000, on
improved farms ln Indiana, at eight per cent.
Interest, payable annually (no commissions charged).
The principal, or any part ot It caa be paid at any
time. II. B. PALMER* CO., No. 78 East Market
St., Indianapolis, Ind. '
LOAN-Six per cent, loans
on real-estate security at  _
Special arrangements for-those wis!
6 to 12 months at lower rates.
made on long time
6 per cent, interest,
ism nr loans In from
    A. W. PRA	
State Agents.
Agents wanted ln every county ln the Stat.
26 North Delaware street, IndlanapoUs, Ind.
PRATHER,
Wxvt jiMoflt.
Driving Three Horses Abreast.
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the DltpjaloTe  Gate Co.,
FOR SALE—A flne farm of 72M acres, one-fonrth
mile south of Center Valley, Hendricks county.
All of the Improvements are the very best. Two
good houses and all other improvements that are
needed. A large lot of fruit trees, grape vines and
strawberries, all young and thrifty. On a (rood road.
Good running stock water all the year In all the pasture on the farm. Society extra geod. Haifa mile
to a good school. Handy to church For further Information, address JOHN J. TURNER, Center Valley. Indiana.
■WASTED.
WANTED—To exchange spring mattresses and
lounges for country- produce.   No. 45 Jfassachu-
setts Avenue, Indianapolis.
WANTED—Good  farms for cash.   Send for de-
scriptlve blanks.   M. ARBUCKLE, Agent, TO
**. Market street, Indianapolis.	
"TVTANTED— To   exchange   "Sanders*   Domestic
I ?     Poultry" and Stoddard's "An Egg Farm," for
Lewis' Practical Poultry Book," or offers books ln
good condition. FSAK K WILLIAMSON, Nora, Ind.
TTTANTED—Every one who has a horse with
» V ringbone or spavin to send me their address
.or free circular of new and remarkable method of
jurlng such without blemish. R. W.CHAMBERS,
HOState street, Rochester, N. Y.
T\TANTED-AU the old settlers who lived in Ma-
." rion county 50 years ago, to go to Lacey's gallery and have a free sitting for cabinet photographs*
We are making a large group, and Invite all old settlers, pree. F. M. LACEY, Vance Block Gallery,
corner Washington street and Virginia avenue, Indianapolis.
WANTED—Farmers wishing to   buy" Buggies,
Wagons, Carriages, etc., come and examine
our prices and work.   We guarantee all work one
year.   We buy or trade for horses.   Don't buy until
i .x?.^ us*   Auction at 10 a. m. every dav.   RIP-
I »      s Horse and Buggy liazar, Nos. 62 to 74 West
Market street, between Illinois and Tennessee.
MlSt GLLANIOCS.
SM. GOODE-Dentist, over so North Pennsylva-
  nla street.	
CO. BURGESS, Dentist.   Ofllce in room 4 Va-
 »_ien*s Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
■"iO TRADE—A new and elegant Cabinet Sewing
Machine for a horse. Address Horse, tbls office.
*U.EN*S    DRUG    STORE,   OPPOSITE   POST-
*■*»£FCE. Drugs.Patent Medlclnes.Toilet Articles.
TKS. WESCOTT has the golden rule for removing superfluous hair.
Address. Richmond, Ind.   Inclose stamp.
PO TRADE-A well-titted Job Printing Office,
ii_ centrally located In tndiaiapoUs, for a small
wm.   Address Farm   this office.
The above cut shows an arrangement of
the lines by which the driver has perfect
control cf each horse and only two lines in
band. It is very simple; you only add an
extra check to each line crossing the center
horse.
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Chicago Fat Stock Show.
Among the rules and regulations for the
Chicago fat stock show in November next,
are the following:
In all thoroughbred classes, authentic pedigrees must be furnished. Statements showing, so far as known, the proportion of improved blood in each animal exhibited in
lots for grades or crosses, must be furnished
at time of entry.
The following iees will be charged, and
must accompany applications ior entries:
for each horse stall, ?5; for each cattle stall,
?2; for each hog or sheep, ?1, and for each
coop, 50 cents, and for each pen.for car lots
of hogs or sheep, ?5.
Every animal must be entered for competition in the name of the owner, but such
name shall not appear on the entry card.
The judges are instructed to award premiums to such animals as present thegreatest
weight in the smallest superficies—taking
into consideration jige, the quality of flesh,
and its distribution in the most valuable
portions of the carcass.
 . — ♦—:	
Cow Barns, and how to tie  Cows.
Editors Indiana Farmer
. A correspondent asks how to tie cows,
and as he does not state that he has his
stable or sheds built, I presume he wants
to begin at the ground,
A cheap way to provide a large amount
of room for cows, and to make them perfectly comfortable, as I have found by experience, is to build what are called lean-to
sheds. These sheds, as their name implies,
are made adjoining the barn or stable which
almost every farmer has in some position
where he can make cow stables attached.
I have stabling of this kind, some of which
runs back 14 feet from the barn, and others
22 feet. A part is framed on sills, and tho
other is framed and spiked on oak posts set
in the ground. I like that framed on Bills
the best. It costs a little more, but is much
more substantial. The roof can be made
with two layers of boards, 10 to 15 inches
wide, which makes a good coyer for a few
years, or it can be shingled, if intended to
be permanent. A steep roof is best, with a
pitch of at least three and a half or four feet
in 14 feet stables. A flat roof, or one nearly
so, rots whether mado of boards orshingles.
The stables are arranged for the cows to
face the main barn, and if by any means an
opening can be made in the bam, it is very
convenient to feed irom. and the .'eed can
generally bo placed in troughs and mangers
without leaving the main barn. The stalls
are made 7 to 8 leet wide for good, large
cows, and two can stand together. They
are chained at the side by regular cow-
chains, on sale at all hardware stores, the
end being passed through an augur-hole in
the side of the Btall or partition. The
hole should be made about two and a
half feet from the floor, and six inches back
of the trough or manger. It will then not
interfere with her comfort, either standing
or lying down. My mangers are two to
two and a half feet high from the floor to
the top, being built close to the floor, as lt
does not interfere with the cows getting up
when down. It is also much more comfortable for them to eat from. The troughs
are large squarebcxes built in the mangen>,
sixteen inches deep and eighteen square.
This will hold a good feed of cut hay, with
mill-feed over it, and not allow the feed to
waste. No farmer in this country ought
to feed his cows on any grain without grinding, and it should then be mixed with cut
hay, straw, or cornstalks, any of which ia
good.
If your stables are for milch cows, they
should have a manure gutter behind them
to keep them clean.   This can be arranged
at distances to suit the Bize of cattle.   A
paved boulder gutter is the best, as it is
cheap, being made from small boulders;
and any smart young man with a sleight
at ordinary affaire, can easily make it as
well as any mechanic.   He only needs some
coarse Band or fine gravel, a shovel and an
old hatchet, and by being careful to placo
every stone firmly he can do as well as any
one. A great advantage a stone gutter has,
in additon to cheapness and durabilty, is
that cows stepping in it are not liable to
slip and injure themselves, as they might
if the gutters were made of wood.   Doors
wide enough to admit a wagon or cart are
best, and then the manure can be loaded on
and taken directly to the field, which saves
much time, and expense. , In my stables,
that are 22 feet from front to back, I have
calf-pens five feet wide, in the rear.   These
are made of convenient sizes to hold two
or three calves each, and are provided with
a hay-rack   and trough.   Hay is  always
kept in the rack, and calves soon begin to
pick at it; and a little shelled corn put in
the trough once each day, is soon taken
hold of.   These calf-pens can be made larger
if thought better, but I prefer to keep but
few together, never more than four, as they
can then  be better eared for.    The partitions around these calf-pens are about five
feet high, and are boarded up tight.   Doors
on hinges readily let the calves out to suck,
and they are soon trained to go back when
through.   Calves can bo kept in a dark
stable   during   tbe   daytime   of summer
months and turned out to grass at night,
and they will thrive and do better than if
the flies are constantly biting their tendar
hides.   During winter, calves can run out
in daytime and be stabled at night, when
tbe weather is bad.   It is economy to stable
them day and night.   If, however, calves
are to  be raised by hand, they should be
kept in a more convenient part of the barn,
and from near the cows, as their bawling
always excites the cows.   I have known
farmers who for years have expressed a
desire to get some more stock, and of some
improved kind, but they would make an
excuse that they were not prepared to take
care of them.   I have noticed that theso
men never get ready, unless they get the
stock  first, and then provide a way for
taking care of them.   This can always be
done at less expense than is at first supposed, and the caro of good stock, instead
of being the great burden many suppose,
is a pleasure, and no man of sense will say
there is any more interesting study than to
watch carefully the habits and growth of
animals.   At the same time the farm is enriched  with their manure, and the man
who raises a family bad far better interest
them in good cattle or other  stock as a
moral and intellectual pursuit, than to allow them to spend the winter months in
doing little or nothing, as many farmers'
children are brought up to do.   The farm,
to be profitable, must have its work to run
through all tbe year, and the farmer, to be
happy and prosperous, must be busy at all
seasons.
Below I give the ground-plan for lean-
to cow stables at each end of the barn:
Calf Pens.
Shed.
8 foot stalls.
Triplets.
Editors Indiana Farmer
M. E. Quick, near Blooming Grove,
Franklin county, has a cow that had three
heifer calves in March. They averaged 60
■pounds. Two of them are doing well.
Thoy were about tho same size,       E. G.
Blooming^Grove, April 9.
 .—* «. » '■	
Poland China Sows as Mothers.
E. M. C, complains that a fine Poland
China sow he owns, does not raise her pigs.
Out of two litters she has saved but one
pig. She is careless, and kills her pigs by
lying down on them. He wants to know
if this is characteristic of the breed, and]asks
for the testimony of those who have had
experience as to the success they have in
raising their litters.
QUERY  AND   ANSWER.
Editors Indiana Farmer
I would like to know if there is a way
by which ducks and geese can be dressed as
easy as chickens. Also if some one knows
of a good girl to do housework, one that
understands how to make good butter? If
so, direct immediately to M. S. R., care of
the Indiana Farmer Co.
Indianapolis, April 18.
—ilton Indiana Farmen . "•
Can any of the readers ofthe Farmer
tell me how to cure a mare with milk leg,
or as some call it snake bite, or grease heel?
If such information can be given it will be
thankfully received. _,. D. M.
Freedom, Owen Co., April 17.
—Give your mare a clean bed and keep
the parts diseased coated with grease and
sulphur.    Blue vitrol is  also a  remedy.—
Eds. ,
•*. ,
Editors Indiana Farmer      \      '*
Your correspondent, F. E. C, recommends equal parts of lard and sulphur
underthe hen's wings to prevent the chicks
from having gapes. I know from experience that sulphur is a dangerous remedy if
applied carelessly, and I am almost sure
that equal parts of lard and sulphur will
kill ten chicks for every one that.it cures.
I recently visited G. A. Danley's well-arranged poultry farm, and Mrs. D., who is
the presiding officer of the hen-house, told
me that she had entirely discontinued the
use of sulphur on account of its dangerous
qualities. Frank Williamson.
Nora, Marion Co., April 22.
Applying Bone-Dust.
Editors Indiaua Farmer ■    ■
Will you please state in next issue of the
Farmer at what time and in what quantity should dry bone-dust bo applied to
potatoes? . M. S.
Montgomery, Daviess Co., April 18.
—It is best to apply it at  the time of
planting and in the hill.    Two or three
tablespoonfuls of pure bone-meal to the
hill is suflicient.—Eds.
K -
C
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C
A. W. Ross, of Muncie, wrltes'us in testimony to the good results he has had in
advertising his Poland Chinas in this paper.
He speaks of the Indiana Farmer as the
best medium he has ever tried. In the
same connection be says that his sales the
past season have bien very satisfactory to
himself and his customers. His pigs are
all healthy and doing well.
^dcrmarii*
8 foot stall*.
H.
Recent   Sales    of    Thoroughbred
Stock.
Editors Indiana Farmer
G. J. Hagerty & Sons, of Hanover, Licking county, Ohio, have sold since February
3, the following.Short-horns to H. A. Claypool, Nashport, Muskingum oounty, Ohio:
the bull Champion, red, with white marks;
calved October 14, 1877, got by Barrington
18976; dam Patroness 3d, by Leonidas
6915, etc, tracing to imp., Rose of Sharon,
by Beividcre 1706. To J. G. and L. T.
Hillis, of Mt. Pleasant, Jefferson county,
Ohio, tho Rose of Sharon bull, Earl of
Chatham, A. H. B., vol. 18, calved February 4, 1878; got by Barrington 18976; dam
Lady of the Lake, by 6th Earl of Lake
View 14164, etc. The Princess heifer, 10th
Lady Sale of Hanover, red and white,
calved February 20,1877, got by 6th Earl of
Lake "View 14164, dam 4th Lady Sale of
Hanover, by Duke of Orleans 6346, etc.
Also the Lady Maynard heifer, 7th Lady of
. Woodlawn, calved Jane 12,1877, got by 6th
Earl of Lake View 14164, dam by 4th Lady
of Woodlawn by Royal Lad II, 15410, etc.;
both bred to tho pure Princess bull Baron
28499. To John Wenger, of New Philadelphia, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, the young
bull Pearl A. IT. B., vol. 18, calved May 11,
1878, got by Barrington 18976, dam Pear-
lette by 14th Duke of Airdrie 7879, etc.
Berkshires—ToW. II. Carlisle, Plymouth,
Ohio, one male pig No. 19.   To E. S. Kemper, Brownsville, Ohio, one pair Nos. 22 and
23.   To B. Lugenbral, one male No. 20.
April 13.
What Ails My HorseP
Editors Indiana Farmen
I have a horse four years old this spring.
About six weeks ago he got the scratches
very bad. About the same time I noticed
something wrong with his eyes; one was
very milky looking, and he could see but
Uttle out of it; the other seemed to be affected in the same way, but not so badly.
His eyes have never mattered nor seemed
the least bit sore, but when the sun shines
on them I can see something in them that
looks like a fungus or mushroom growth,
coming out from the edge of the sight, or
iris. They seem better than when I first
discovered the trouble, but I do not know
what the matter is, nor what to do for them.
An answer from Dr. Navin would be thankfully received by A. B.
Mr. A. B.:
Your letter of inquiry just received,
through the editors of the Indiana Farmer.
In answer, I will state that scratches, and
the affection of your horse's eyes have
neither relation to nor bearing on each
other, except that a filthy yard and stable
generally cause scratches, and that filthy
stabling is a prolific cause of many affections of the eye, especially when fresh air
is excluded. My opinion is that your horse
has cataract, and the chances for a cure are
quite doubtful. If the eyes were soft or
watery, something could be done to either
to cure or paliate the malady. A remote
chance of arresting the difficulty might be
resorted to for a trial. Take a hen egg, one
that is about a week old; break the end
of it enough to admit the handle of a teaspoon; pour out the white and retain the
yolk; mix it with common table-salt until
it becomes a stiff paste, too stiff to be
poured out by heat; place it in a fire of red
hot coals, covering it with coals also; very
soon it will blaze and burn; as soon as it
quits blazing and is thoroughly charred,
let it cool and grind it to a fine powder; inject this powder into tho eye through a
goose-quill, or by flipping it into the eye
like shooting marbles, once perday. Blister
underthe eye severely with half an ounce
of Spanish flies and half a pint of spirits of
turpentine, once per day.
John N. Navin, V. S.
Sowing Blue-Grass.
Editors Indiana Farmer
I have a field that has been in clover
three years. I want to sow it in blue-grass.
Can any of the readers of the Farmer
tell me when to sow, and how much to sow
per acre, and what kind is best to sow
for early pasture? The clover is about half
frozen out by the severe winter. Can any
one tell me where I can obtain the seed?
This is my first year with the Indiana
Farmer and I like it well. J. H.
What Ails the Lambs.
Editors Indiana Parmer
Can some of your many readers tell m«
what is the matter with our lambs? They
all die at, or soon after birth; they never
stand up. Even when nursed and helped
up they cannot stand and soon die. The
ewes are grade Merino and Cotswold, and
vary in age from one to six years, and are
in fine condition, healthy and have plenty
of milk. The lambs were sired by a young
high grade Cotswold ram. The lambs are
Well matured, and in good flesh. D, G.
Fremont, April 13.
To Measure Hay in Stack or Mow.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What is the rule for  measuring hay in
the stack or rick to get the number of tons?
Hugo, 111., April 17. J. W. I.
—The following is thought to be a'reli-
able rule:
Hay in the stack—For timothy, square
the diameter of the stack, multiply by
eight, and that by the height of the stack,
reckoning up to one-third of the distance
where it begins to taper off, to the top of
the apex; cut off the right hand figure and
divide by 75. The result will be in tons.
Should there be a remainder multiply it
by 2,0*90, and divide again by 75; the quotient will be pounds.
Hay in the mow—Multiply the length of
the mow by the breadth; divide by 600 for
timothy, and 800 for clover. The result will
be tons. To the remainder, if any, annex
a cipher and divide by three. The result
will be pounds.—Eds.
A Fact Worth Knowing
That the Vandalia Line is tbe shortest,
quickest, safest and best route to all points
West or Southwest. For lowest rates for
passage or freight write to, or call on Major
Robert Emmett, Eastern Passenger Agent,
Indianapolis, Ind.
New Agricultural Society.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Brick Chapel Agricultural and Horticultural Association propose to change their
association into a joint stock company, with
siares at $5 eacb. Should we be successful
we propose to locate permanently, erect
suitable buildings, and conduct our fair
strictly on moral principles. No horse
racing or gambling of any kind will be allowed. We ask the assistance of every
farmer and lover of fine stock in this and
adjoining counties in this enterprise. Our
fair will commence Monday, September 8,
and continue five days.
J. B. Fosher, Sec'y.
Carpentersville, April 21.
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Editors Indiana Farmer*.
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while, butthink itthe best paper thatl ever
saw of the kind. I intend to take it as long
as I can raise fl 60 for subscription. Success
to its editors, and long may it wave.
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