VOL. XIV.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, MAY 17, 1879.
NO. 20.
•TOE SALE.
^_~~a\l,T.—Oliver Chilled Plows.   Best la us
fit: I. KERCHEVAL. Agent, Danville, Ind.
X —tt-. . _  _.,-,.(«, from  h1i.h-nl»«« tnnd  nnd wntt
--"TTlE— Eggs from high-class land and water
i wis Leading varieties. Address, GREEN &
*K Clayton. Ind.	
*^TT7e—Six handsome Partridge Cochin Cocfc*
V   .r?l«at peach.   Order soon.
Fit Cambridge City, Ind.
GEORGE VES-
"Lnmp
DIETZ, 77
^^TTalE—Ashton's salt for butter.
V^rock" tor salting stock. CHAS. L 1
1 .Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
-"TtTVaLE—Farms in Marlon, Rush and other
C°Lfnties in Indiana. G. W. ALEXANDER, 36
. -Xitel St., (side door Central Bank).	
-_T*k___—Superior Radish Seed. _ oz, 6 cents,
V im W cents. Pekin Ducks. 11*50 for 12. KATE
iVXETT- Sunman, Ripley county, Indiana.
|£ive jgtoflt*
,llB (.ALE—J.  L. Brown, Manilla, Rush county,
K Ind-. breederof LlghtBrahmas of Felch and
.-\tf '
l!'S_
s'stock, and White Leghorns.   Send orders
,,,B SALE-Tbe
V Boo**   Complet
lVMPANV,In
  Farm  Register and
Complete method or
Account
  .- keeping farm ac-
Address INDIANA FARMER
dlanapolis.
onF SALE—I bave a few Light Brahma Cockerels
J, .'•'r'. each. I want to close out for the season.
..\. tne time for Farmers and others to Improve
-.Ir stock.   O. A. DANLEY, Indianapolis, Ind.
V™g SALE—Short-homs—Fletcher syoung Marys
[*   pbylis, Agathas, Brides, Gems, etc.   Bulls and
for.  choicely bred.    Correspondence   solicited,
t c THOMPSON, Lock Box 1, Edlngburg, Ind.
' -npany order.   W. R. ZIKE, Morristow
rwR SALE-JERSEY RED HOGS-Sows with
r nl*. oue year old; boars tour to twelvemonths
l,  p B' HARRIS SHEPPARD,
*- Spencer, Owen couuty, Indiana,
SSiTsALE— EGGS. EGGS—Dark Brahmas, pen
P Vo 1 82 per 13; No. 2, »1 50 per 13. Plymouth
.Tf'oer 13. AU prize-winning strains. Orders
ll now. Chicks for sale. WILLIAM R. ZIKE,
_ nlstown, Ind. 	
FOR s A LE—Pampas or Northern Rice. Healthy,
nutritious food for man or beast. Very best
ten ft-ed. Now Is the time' to sow. 26 cents a
\ let or 5 for {1. Postpaid. Address J. II. BROU-
1A*, care Indiana Farmer Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
POR SALE— Eggs— actiy 27 Grand Prizes at In-
[ dlanapolis and Lafayette, on our stock of Dark
-ihmas, White, Black and Partridge Cochins,
.mouth Rocks, ;Brown Leghorns, Bronze Tur-
vs and Toulouse Geese. Our birds have scored
*.m M to 95 points by B. N. Pierce. Eggs. $2 per
n»     WEST A WHICKER, Pecksburg. Ind.
rOR SALE—A term of 104 acres adjoining Whltes-
_ ville, on the It., N. A. and C. II. R., six miles
rbeast of and connected with Crawfordsville, the
'ion-seat, by good free gravel road. The land ls
-* well underdralned with tile, has young orchard,
np'e and other small fruits, commodious barn and
*u,r outbuildings, and part of the material for a
..IlitiK-house. For sale on good terms. Address or
tlon L. J. C'OHOON, Whltesville, Montgomery
■mty, Ind. 	
FUR SALE—Eggs firom Partridge Cochins, Dark
Brahmas, Plymouth Rocks, Gray Dorklns and
nte Holland Turkeys at $150 for 13. Light
E-shmas, 8. S. Hamburgs, White and Brown Leg-
•ni at 1125 for 13. 25 cents less where three or
_ re sittings are ordered at one time. I have In my
*■«: s birds From some of the best breeders of New
lark, Kew Jersey, Ohio. Indiana, and Illinois, T.
I JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
FOR SALE—Cheap for cash. A fruit farm and
nursery. Orchard containing about 3,000 trees;
uie In bearing; all selected choice fruits for this
j tade: SO acres of land, good buildings, well, etc.;
. teres fenced; good wind break around the build-
-r. pleasant location; 5 miles from the new and
-living town of Onaga, Pottawatomie county, Kan*
*-*, farm without the nursery stock, fl,5J0. Ad-
i^mewlth stamp, until June 15, at Hutchinson,
Va*) county. Kar as, after that date at Vienna, Pot-
^atoraie county. Kansas.   J. J. MEASER.
Triplets.
Editors Indiana Farmer
Mr. Robert Salmon, living in Lincoln
township, one mile west of Brownsburg,
has a Cotswold ewe that has three well-
formed lambs, now 16 or 17 days old, and
doing and looking well. I mention it because I think it is something quite unusual.
I believe I have never heard of a similar
circumstance. A. G. R.
Pittsboro, May 8.
Bumping for Thumps.
Editorslndiana Farmer:
I have cured one hog by churning it on
the but-end, as I saw that cure recommended by some writer in the Farmer. I
would have given the hog away, for I felt
sure it would die with the thumps, but in
three days after the bumping not a sign of
thumps was to be seen. It is now well
and hearty, and is the first hog I ever know
to get well of the disease. J. II. N.
Hancock Co., May 8.
English Saddle-Horses.
The requisite qualifications of an English
lady's saddle-horse, according to the Agricultural Gazette, London, are as follows'
Here all the caprice of fashion and the
weight of the breeder's intelligence are
concentrated; the great aim being to secure an animal light in the hand, springy
iu his paces, with that due proportion of
bone and sinew which will bear wear and
tear, because ladies, once up, unless
thorough horsewomen, think, "Oh, he is a
horse, and he must go!" I can almost challenge the seller on tho point whether the
horse has carried a lady by observing tho
unequal wear of the forelegs. The near
leg in cantering bearing all the concussion,
is often very looped, if not archy, in comparison. In this class of horse, length of
limb a pastern joint is desirable—long pastern*, good knee»j* deep shoulders, * deepy
blood-like quarters, the feet Bound, and
hoof dark.
HISC ELLASEOUS.
! M. GOODE—Dentist, over 80 North Pennsylva-
O. nla street. ■
ft   C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office in room 4 Va-
u. Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
TO EXCHANGE— O.  S.   Bcntam eggsi, JhrP. R.
,    eggs or offer.
! a-tinsvllle, 111.
Address C. R. WINTERROWD
eggs
NTH
JH0RT noRNS—Bates and Booth kinds for sale.
JJ Correspondence solicted. E. C. THOMPSON,
-a* Box 1.   Edinburg, Ind.
PORTRADE-T'nincumbered lots In this city and
I  la dsin  Indiana,  for Western lands.   G   M.
5*1.LAK0, land and tax-paying agent, Indlanap-
', Indiana.
i CROP of c:.bba*jet gooseberries etc., insured to
jl all* ho have our -Worm and Pest Destroyer."
"^"•"•e. Two recipes 25 cents, cr.sh, and stamp.
•OTTMORBia, Franklin, Ind.  ■
T OST-Small bay mare, about seven years old,
y heavy mane and tail,' star in her face, white
'ton right hip, size of half doUar. A liberal re-
*"'NU be paid fer her return to MARY J.CLARK,
* Uiabeth street, Indianapolis, netir City Hospital,
(}"■' EDGE Creamery Butter can be made by
\ ev***7 Farmer at home. No extra expense for
-i^ns. FuU instructions sent for one dollar by
'UP.r 4 CO., owne.s Gilt Edge Creamery, Mount
T)BICK AND DRAIN TILE-Fletcher A Thomas
«.r,Ke*P constantly on hand pressed brick, red
™ Pavers, and common brick; also, drain tile;
__:r--^.:.,  anu  .
f*.M «mall orders
mall orders promptly tilled.   Office, room 10
& Sharpe's block.
\\ HO wm be President In 1880 Is uncertain, but.lt
*' '» rertain I am selling Hedge Plants cheaper
•-.. „., """eapest, will do to set out last of May or
'""'one. W. R. LOYD,
^_____^ Jordan, Jay county, Ind.
lY*.-1 READ THI8*—EUGENB A. ROBINSON,
"3 _, Spr,ng Hill Poultry Yards," Rockland, John-
',i, ""v, Ind., breeder of pure bred poultry. Buff
• Jr. 0V.r°01 Hnd Christian stock. Eggs. |1 50 per
<^'*'-    w. Leghorns and Aylesbury duck eggs, |l.
The Illcliinoml Royee Keatper, *MunuftM.tur<Hl by the* Wayne Agricultural Co., Rlrlnuonn*, Ind.
per cent, of their live weight. A steer may
gain 50 pounds of flesh in a month when
first changed from green to dry feed, and
yet weigh less than when on green feed,
and he may soon gain in tho spring 100
pounds when first put on green feed, and
lose it all and more too whilo being shipped
to market. Cattle that have had full feed
of corn should have some corn when turned
on grass." •
L0fmN*-MONEY-In sums of -(800 to JIO.000, on
""Proved farms ln Indiana, at eight per cent.
***. ?i* Pa/able annnally (no commissions charged).
:> p,,"cg**al,or any part ot it can be paid atany
*1-.1m     "• PALMER A CO., No. 78 East Market
~^^napolls,Ind.
Ij o^~?x P" oent. loans made on long time
"■v, ' r estate security at 6 per cent, interest.
1 '• i' L~I*a"gements for those wishing loans I n from
■Wj^Jbs at lower rates.   A. W!  PRATHER,
5 Sh Sa,°ted ln every connty In the State. Office
- ^ja Delaware street, Indianapolis, Ind.
WAJTTED.
fjj-?0— Make your Chicks and Pigs grow by
IZ'line  Ground -    - - - 	
' >r _m""g  Grou ...
' :al,at P0und3*    Ground  Oyster Sheila
Beef Scraps, 4c per pound,
JV
I
It.
E. O. BAGLEY'S, Indianapolis, Indiana.
.'' r Tt«Prf;''ile*mvn to handle the «elebrated
"•''le,, mi°_ Collars, Cuff's and Bosoms. Strictly
*■**■' i *inw hen dirty sponge off and they are bril-
- tbi il.  ,,pa>* good men commission or Halary—
.  Pj O iv Satis action."     Order   from   K.   A.  C.
""■■tip 'if jle*ral Salesman for Indiana,261 Virgianla
"*->«^*^<lianapolis.
P The "Western Mines.
%* dville> Colorado, New Mexico or
k. ("3' take the Vandalia line; the short-
''aieV !t' eheaPest and best route. For
■""i-rttt an(^ 'ov*-e9'; rates of passage and
bl  'cal1 on, or write to Major Kobert
■""nett
'^Mi,;
Th,
Eastern Passenger Agent, Indi-
Ind.
great man is he who does not lose
chll<l'8b.eart.
What Ailed the LambP
Editors Indiana Farmer.
I see in your issue of May 3, Dr. Nayln
says that the cause of our lambs dying was
too close confinement. Our ewes were
kept in two flocks aad treated as follows:
Three one-year-old ones, with one old one,
were kept in a flock of last year's lambs, of
18 head in all, in a yard 2x4 rods, with a
stable connected. They were fed on good
hay and corn fodder, with a little less than
one half-pint of grain per head twice each
day. The feed was composed of two parts
oats and one part corn. The remainder of
them, 13 in all, were kept in the general
flock of 35 head, and yarded at night in a
yard 4x8 rods, and fed good hay in a rack,
and about one half-pint, or a little less, of
corn per head, night and morning. During
the day they were allowed to run with the
young cattle in an eight-acre field, and
were fed on corn fodder. They all had
what pure well-water they wished for. I
have kept sheep for the last ten years, but
this bad luck in raising lambs, or not raising them, beats me; I cannot account for
it. D- G.
Tremont, May S.
 4  m.  . —
Feeding Cattle.
An Iowa farmer gives his experience as
follows: "I am feeding some steers now
that were good grades, and were rather extra calves, and were fed at tho troughs with
the beef cattle, all ofthe shelled corn they
would eat for two-thirds of the first winter,
then they were turned with stock cattle
and had ordinary feed and pasture till two
and one half years old. They were then in
very good condition and averaged 1,135
pounds. They are about three years old
now; I bought them last fall and have fed
them with ar>out 100 other cattle that are
now feeding for beef. They are doing the
poorest of any. It is my opinion that i f the
grain that was fed to them the first winter
had been divided, one-third fed to them the
first winter, and the two-thirds fed to them
the next winter, they would have been
much better than they now are. To let
cattle off, you lose the feed you have fed
to them while gaining the flesh they lose,
and the feed they ate while losing it, besides they will not make as good steers as
if kept gaining all the time. Any animal,
if.allowed to get poor after onco having
been fat, will never fatten as well again.
"I am now feeding a steer which is about
three years old, that weighed a few days
ago 1,500 pounds. He will probably by the
first of July next weigh 1,800 pounds. All
that would have been necessary to mako
the net profit on him ?22 less than it probably will be, would have been to have fed
the same feed to him he has eaten, and to
have extended the time bf feeding it one
year. There would havo been a loss of interest toe one year on the value of the steer,
540 at ten per cent., fl; a loss in weiglit of
say 200 pounds at five cents per pound, f 10;
and a loss of fifty cents a hundred on say
1,600 pounds for a lower grade steer, $8.
"Cattle when changed from green to dry
feed, lose in a short time from four to eight
improved breeds ot swine. But it is high
time wo were calling a halt, so far as further
development is concerned, with each of
several breeds. . It is time to look more
closely to constitutional vigor, to activity,
and general vitality, than some breeders
havo done; we must mako up our minds
that the fattest possible hog is not the best
possible type for practical utility.—National
Is%Y^-SttK— Journal.
mules low. Good prospect for apples,
other fruits scarce. Peach trees mostly
killed. Farm hands get from ?13 to ?18 per
month. About the usual acreage of wheat,
oats and corn. Times hard, but the farmers
are generally working with a will to try
and make a living. Success to the Farmer
—wish every farmer would take it.
Monroe.
Johnson Co., May 8.—We are having
nice spring weather now, had a nice rain on
Sunday night last, but not enough to help
plowing. Ground is very cloddy this
spring. Considerable corn planted, some
few pieces planted in April. Grass is short
on account of dry, cool weather. Wheat
is uncommonly good for this time; There
will be a large acreage, of corn planted in
this part, and plowing for it is well advanced; about three-fourths ot the farmers
are done breaking. Stock is generally in
good order. No hog cholera in this vicinity- at present. The grange is in a very
flourishing condition here; about three-
fourths of the farmers belong to the order.
The Farmer is a welcome visitor here and
should be taken by all farmers; it would
save them many times their cost by guarding them against traveling swindlers, such
as wire fence agents. Its receipts are
worth ten times its cost. It is plain to be
seen that its proprietors are laboring for
the interest of its patrons, and brother
farmers, and we should patronize them, aa
it is our interest to do so as well as theirs.
There will be plenty of apples and some
peaches, currants and gooseberries.
Greenwood. Cor.
Have    we   Overdone   in Pig Improvement?
Rapid growth, early maturity, ability to
convert a large quantity of food into a good,
solid product, ability to fatten readily, and
to continue the process—these are all desirable qualities in swine, and they have all
been secured in each of several breeds to a
remarkable degree. Have we gone too far
in our efforts to secure these points? This
is a question worth the asking, and it may
be that an affirmative answer will have to
be given. ■*
It is well known that we cannot secure
perfection, nor even very high excellence,
in several directions at the same time, and
that almost certainly some weak points will
accompany the unusual development < f
good qualities; hence it is reasonable to
suppose that, with such marked development in several desired qualities as our
best breeders of swine exhibit, there will
be at least obvious tendencies to some undesirable traits. If we add to this general
proposition the facts that the present development has been secured, in many cases,
by close inbreeding, and by reducing to
a minimum opportunities, at least incentives, for exercise, and that oftentimes the
breeding stock hare not been kept in the
best conditions for robust health in any
respect, we shall think it strange if the result has not been deterioration of constitutional vigor, if not the implanting of well-
marked tendencies to serious diseases. Is
it not the fact that very many of tho most
highly improved swine are not so healthful
or so able to resist disease or unfavorable
circumstances as is desirable.
But aside from all this, have we not
carried the tendency to lay on fat too far?
It is admitted that many a show cow, or
sheep, or hog, is too fat to be most profitable, either forthe butcher or the consumer.
There is a limit to the profitable production
of fat. Is it not true that the disposition to
lay on fat is in excess of what is really desirable in the case of several somewhat
highly-prired breeds? The proportion of
lean meat has been reduced to a minimum,
except in the hams and shoulders, and
greatly decreased in these. For "home
use," do any of us prefer such pigs? If
any have doubts on this point, let them examine the carcass of a "well fattened" hog,
or look at sides of bacon, or even at a ham
or shoulder. If opportunity offer, let a
comparison be mado of the carcasses ol
model, well-bred pigs, always kept in high
condition, and those of common or grade
pigs, which had more length of body, perhaps a little more length of leg, and which
have fed during part of their lives on good
grass or clover as almost their sole food,
and which have never been without a lair
amount of daily exercise. It is quite possible the decision may be, that while the
one set would give the greatest profit when
sold on the market, the other would be
much tho more desirable for family eating.
We aro not decrying the , advantages
which have been gained. No one thinks it
wise to choose the common, inferior sheep,
because it is generally admitted Bakewell
carried the improvement too far with the
Leicesters; and so there is room for our
Postal-Card Correspondence
IXDIANA.
Pulaski Co., May 5.—Weather still tool-
frosty nights. Considerable plowing for
corn done, but ground not in prime order.
Fruit trees in full bloom, with prospect of
fair crops of all kinds of fruit. Grass still
short, and an unusually late spring.
C. II. G.
Fountain Co., May 5.—Health good.
Beautiful weather. Farmers all busy preparing their ground for corn. Wheat loolcs
well. I dug from one hill »f the Brazilian
artichokes a plump half bushel at one digging.   Can any of the readers beat that?
J. A. P.
Clinton Co., May 7.—Wheat is looking
very well. Oats are mostly up, and a good
broadth was sown. More flax sown this
year than usual. A littlo corn planted,
but a good deal of ground to break yet.
Cherries not all killed; will be some apples.     * B. L. G.
Posey Co., May 5.—Wheat looks well.
Small crop of oats put in. Have commenced plowing for corn. There will be a
full crop of apples, cherries and pears
There will be no peaches. Wheat, ?1 per
bushel; corn, 35c; potatoes, fl. No hog
cholera.   Hogs are cheap. A. H. A
Montgomery Co., May 6.—Fine weather
now tor farm labor but rather cool for vegetation to grow rapidly. Some corn planting done. The farmers aro generally pretty
well along with their spring work. Wheat
looks fine. Stock looks well generally and
plenty of fine stock here in Montgomery.
M. F.
Carroll Co., May 7.—Weather fine with
occasional showers. Wheat prospects very
good. Farmers busy preparing to plant
corn. Fruit prospects: Apples not very
good, of some varieties there will be no
bloom at all. There will be some peaches
bloom in spite of the cold winter. For
small fruit the prospects are good. L.
Noble Co., May 7.—The weather continues very cold and backward. There has
been four frosts during this month up to
the 6th in this locality, but thus far little
damage is done to the fruit. Oats aro up.
Wheat looks very well. Plowing is pretty
well advanced, and tho advent of warmer
weather would bo an incentive to corn
planting.
H. M.G.
Tir-TON Co., May 2.—It is very cold for
the timo of the year; ice formed the last
two nights \_ inch thick. Wheat and
grass are suffering badly from the want of
rain. Farmers well up with their work.
Considerable corn planted. Fully 40 per cent
of the winter apple and peach trees are
killed; though the bark is bursted the trees
are putting out leaves; nevertheless they
are killed. If this is general there will be
almost a calamity. Would like to hear
from other farmers. Success to the
Farmer. W. A. M.
Wabash Co., May 12.—Wheat and oats
look well. The bulk of the corn crop will
be planted by May 17. But fow farmers are
done planting. But few fat or stock hogs.
Health good. In tho clay lands off tho
river plowing is getting tough; clods something less than a rod square.   Getting dry.
H. C
Marshall Co., May 5.—Tell F. M. G., of
Fountain -county; if-he will vritorat %—t>
kind of soil his hedge is on and what stand
he has got, I will tell him what to do to
his hedgo. I have worked with an old
hedger along timo and find that the samo
has to be treated differently on different
soils. I have no plants for sale. I read
your excellent paper and think it the bost
of the kind I ever read. G. C.
Hendricks Co., May 6.—The wheat looks
fine but grows a little too rank. Oats look
well also. Farmers are nearly through
breaking up corn ground. Some complaints of hard cloddy ground. Apples
promising as far as can be judged. Peaches
about all killed. Small fruit a promising
average crop. Hands are plentiful, more
men want work than can be accommodated.
Wages very low. /        A. G. R.
Kosciusko Co., May 8.—Weather very
cool and windy. Wheat looks well and is
very forward. Some farmers have planted
corn, others waiting for warmer' weather.
Prospects were very favorable for a good
fruit crop till last week, when the frost injured it a good deal. Peach trees that are
alivo are in bloom, so with pear, plum,
cherry and apple. Oats all sown. Grass
growing nicely. Business livening up.
Granges reviving some.   . I. B.
Howard Co., May 12.—Farmers entertaining somo fears with regard to the quality of seed corn. Wheat in this portion of
the country is dying from somo unknown
cause, principally in black, rich ground that
is well underdrained. It is not dying in
large bodies, but in small patches. Out
side of this it is as good as we ever had.
Sheep and cattle in demand at fair prices.
A fair crop of fruit survives the frost.
Times hard; money scarce. A few fat hogs
Stock hogs plenty.   Health good.
W. W. F.
—The trouble with your wheat may be
owing to the drought, which is very severe
on such ground as you describe.—Eds.
Rush Co., May 8.—Wheat looks fine in
this county so far. Corn planting going on
briskly. Some farmers about done planting. Considerable complaint about seed
corn. Clover looks fine. Some say that
their clover sown this spring was damaged
by frost—some more and some less. Oats
are coming up. Apple trees in full bloom
now, and plenty of bloom. Pear trees are
full of bloom also. Some cherry bloom.
Peach trees generally dead and cut down.
Peaches are a very fine fruit, but we seldom
have any in this county; almost certain to
miss a crop. More flax sown in this
county than usual, I think. The
ground is very hard and dry, so much so
that farmers cannot pulverize it to suit
them this spring. G. W. R.
Monroe Co., May 7.—It has been very
dry here for the last three weeks, giving
the farmers a good chance to get in their
crops. The timo has beenused to good advantage. Corn planting is advancing rapidly, a great many being done, yet it is very
oool, so that corn is coming up very slowly.
Grass and oats are needing a warm rain
very badly. Wheat is looking better than
usual at this time of year. Wheat is selling
at 80c; corn, 35c; hogs scarce, worth $3 50
per  cwt.;   cattle, good price; horses  and
ILLINOIS,
Crawford Co., May G.—The weather is
fine. Farmers are busy planting corn.
Wheat looks fine in this locality. Very few
oats sown on account of the late rains.
Hands are plenty and wages from ?10 to §15
per month. Money scarce and general cry
of bard times. J. F. O.
KANSAS.
Cloud Co., May 9.—As I am a reader of
your valuable paper I will give you a few
lines from this section. The spring and
fall wheat look well. Corn planting is
going on rapidly. The writer has fifty
acres big enough to plow. It came up well
and is a good stand; will finish planting today. Some small-pox now, but have it under control, if it is not brought in by some
one on the railroad again. Everything is
favorable for the farming community. It
rains nights and Sundays so that we can
work all the time. What has become of
old Montgomery county?  are they all dead?
J. T.
ARKANSAS.
Judsonia, May 8.—Spring has been backward in this latitude, but very favorable
for work. Crops all in. Wheat heading
out. The frosts in March and cold winds
the first week in April killed about y3 of
the peaches, but enough were left to give
a fair crop; all other fruits in abundance.
The first strawberries of the season were
shipped the 28th of April to St. Louis. Wo
are now in the midst. of the strawberry
season. The health of our country is good.
Horses, cattle and hogs are low; tho former
are of poor quality. Flour f3 to 53 50 per
cwt. Corn, SOc. Bacon, 8 to 10c. Mutton,
venison and wild turkey occasionally; theso
you can get at reasonable rates.    J. __. T.
The Richmond Hoyce Reaper.
We give on this page a cut of the new
Richmond Royce Reaper, which for the
length of time it has been before the public, has established a reputation beyond all
precedent. It now stands unrivalled as a
Reaper, for simplicity, strength, lightness
of draft and superior excellence in the
field. It will take up the worst down and
tangled grain, no matter how flat it lays
and deliver it in the best possible manner. It is perfectly under the control of
the driver, and so easily handled that a boy
can readily manage it, and cut from 12 to
15 acres a day. One ordinary span of horses
will run it all day, and day after day, without change, with more ease than a light
breaking plow in loose stubble ground.
This machine was victorious in more field
trials last harvest than any other reaper
ever was. It is just the machine farmers
have long been looking for. Every farmer
should be sure to examine the Royce. It
has been greatly improved for the season
of 1879. The Royce is manufactured by the
Wayne Agricultural Co., Richmond, Ind.,
to whom'all inquiries should be addressed,
or to their various agents throughout the
West.
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The affection of parents is best shown
to their children by teaching them what
is good and true.
 *   m.   .	
Think not of tha faults committed in
past when one has reformeu his conduct.
Never punish a child for a  fault
-which you are addicted yourself
It is good to be deaf when the slanderer begins to talk.