FOR .SALE.
FOR SALE—Six handsome Partridge Cochin Cock
_ eIels at ,*? eA$}*;   Qrder soon.   GEORGE VES
TAL, Cambridge City, Ind.
good second-hand 1-Vhorse power
""    ~   WRIGHT, 151 South
Meridian street, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE-
threshing engine.   H.  C.
FOR SALE—Farms ln Marion, Rush and other
counties in Indiana.   G. W. ALEXANDER, 36
E. Market St., (side door Central Rank).
FOR SALE—J. L. Brown, Manilla, Rush county,
Ind., breeder of Light Brahmas of Felch and
Danley's stock, and White Leghorns. Send orders
for eggs.
FOR  SALE—The   Farm   Register  and  Account
Book.   Coi     _ •"    "    * "       ------
counts. Price*
COMPANY, Indianapolis,
        Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price Jl each. Address INDIANA FARMER
FOR  SALE-A
acres  ln   Washington township,
fine
well-Improved farm of 200
____       ton township,   In Hamilton
county. Price. $30 per acre. This Is a rare bargain.
Inquire of VINSON CARTER, No. 21 Vance Block,
Indianapolis. ■
FORSALE—Ayrshire Cattle.deep milking strains,
yellow skins, and large fore-bags, bred and for
sale at low prices. Send for special list. Calves
ready to shin. WM. FAIRWEATHER, McLane,
Erie county, Pa.
FOR SALE-Pampa. or Northern Rice.   Healthy,
nutritious  food for man or beast.   Very best
chicken feed.   Now is the time to sow.   25 ce-nts a
Sacket or 5 for ?1.   Postpaid.   Address J. II. BIIOU-
■ US,care Indiana Farmer Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE—FARMS—Of 80 to 400 acres, among
the best grain lands in Southern Illinois.   Offered now at $10 to $20 peracre, on 5 years time at
low Interest.   Possession at once     For particulars
address G. W. CONE. Nashville, 111.
&&~3&y you saw this in the Indiana Farmer.
FOR SALE—The Ashland Adjustable Bag Holder,
the most complete device for the purpose ever
offered to the public. Every farmer, miller, thresh-
erman, grocer, grain dealer,'and all others who use
sacks, should not be without It. It Is adjustable,
made of iron, will not get out of order, and will last
a lifetime. It will tit any sack, long or short, wide
or narrow.   Price, $150.   Address Inijian-a Farmer.
WISC CX_I_AN_EOIJS_
SM. GOODE—Dentist, over 80 North Pennsylva-
»<_ nia street. 	
;
C. BURGESS, Dentist.   Office in room 4 Va-
jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
Q_>
VV ,   Rose-combed Black   Bantams " exclusively.
iFii '	
_\ J.TER SHORTJUDGE^IndianapolIs, breeder
Rose-combed     " ...
f'remluin birds.
">RT HORNS—Bates and Booth kinds for sale.
Correspondence solicted.   E.   C. THOMPSON,
In ■ k** _Jox 1 .  Edinburg. Ind.	
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a.*.*1*
of InsK*1
du-e**' ■>*.
E .LOANS NEGOTIATED AND
• Arc Insurance placed on aU classes
' operty, farm-houses and barns ln-
, Market street.   G. G. HOLMAN.
*•*  f
1 »»-~'v*.ident in 1830 is uncertain, but It
*_!_. t„„- ;-      a;X* am selling Hedge Plants cheaper
SntAr? ct"- ( Pest, will do to set out last of May or
nrst "'June. 'y W. R. LOYD.       -
Jordan, Jay county, Ind.
STOJ.e'*
. ait.
«'
"-■Blarlc mare; 8 years old, square build
"it tet. white hairs on tij_ot nose: paces
: X will pay for return of maTe $20. either
.V*»c*. Ti**i.*.. ■ 'at Gates A PraVs
;**-*»*"AZK..,;;..,-*..
.<;C\g v _e
..    .,_ Interest.
__   ,i*ihiu*r loans ln from
, i_te».   A. W. PRATHEH,
very connty in the State. Office
reet, Indianapolis, Ind..
give way until Johnny Bull In turn paid
his thousands for some of our fancy animals. The dukes and duchesses have lound
a congenial climate and soil in the west,
and their quality is so rare, and their handling so exquisite, that all the arts ot the
British breeders have not excelled them.
By degrees a national and reciprocal prejudice has yielded to the omnipotence of
facts.
The short-horn epidemic has left its victims a.little sore, and lean in purse. They
had the disease too deeply seated to recover
without some loss of vigor.
IKDIANAPOLIS, ISn^NA, JULY 12, 1879.
r
justly be proud, say fanciers.—To be continued.
 A   ■-   _	
Jersey  Red Hogs.
Editors Indiana Farmen
We have been extensive hog raisers, pre-
fering heretofore the Chester White. Last
year we bought two Jersey Reds of Luse &
Son, Round Grove, White Co, Ind. We
were so well pleased with them that we
have just bought of them 18 more, selecting them from a splendid herd which tiiey
now have. We are now satisfied that the
Jersey Red and its crosses" will hereafter
speedily grow in favor for quick growth,
In the light of such experience,* and with j healthiness, hardiness, and general utility.
VT. T. Perkins * Son.
the losses of cattle men fresh in memory,
sympathizing friends are anxiously await- |
ing the outcome of the importation mania
that rages among swine breeders. It can
not be denied that fancy prices have been
paid for imported swine, which have too
often failed here in the show ring and the
breeding pens. Yet for high toned pedigrees and aristocratic naming they were a
success. How could it be otherwise/yhei*>,
the vocabulary of royalty *had been ransacked, and even tho Queen, Victoria,-tbe
Empress ot all the Indies, rejoiced, or perhaps mourned, to have her name attached
to some noted sow. After such extravagant complimenting, our English friends
have naturally enough concluded that
Americans must be very short of good hogs.
Ou the other hand some men of sound judgment have questioned whether the importations of late have justified the long prices
paid; and whether if the whole business
could be stripped bare of prejudice and
vanity, and we could get down to clear
pork, the honest hard-pan of facts and figures. We Americans are net paying too dear
for the whistle, when one pig merchant can
boast of yearly sales of imported swine to the
amount of 512,000. Fashion and prejudice
blind many of us. The lady who paid §40,-
000 last year for a lace shawl, is not the only
blind devotee to the fickle tyrant.
; Just now a color blindness is prevailing.
*j'he. ladies have had the cardi'ial re*.- *-*>*-*'
Goodland, Ind., .Tfine 25,
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H.w a Young Horsfe jan be Spoiled.
When a young horse acts badly in harness,
it is because he has not been properly
taught his bnsiness. To whip and misuse
him is to spoil him. A horse is naturally
willing and docile, if well used, ard much
may be done by kindness, patienco, and
judgment in removing the ill effects of
wrong tre' •.-oent. A colt should be trained
when youngs and gradually taught its duties; the greatest care should be taken to
avoid frightening or irritating the animal,
and much patience should be exercised. If
the animal refuses to do what is required,
punishment will make matters worse;
something should be done to distract its attention, when it will generally become
docile,—American f-grieulturist. /
Lot:
TF ANTED.
tT__6—Jt suitable location to erect a Tile
Factory. Address A. C. BOWLBY, Fair-
diana.
"TED—Make your Chicks and Pigs grow by
•* -ling  Ground Beef Scraps, 4c per pound,
•er -lOu pounds.    Gronnd Oyster Shells 2c per
pound, at 	
E. G. BAQI/EY*S. Indianapolis, Indiana.
WANTED—Agents everywhere to sell trees and
. plants. A profitable and permanent employment. I have agreed to give 15 per cent, of sales to
the education of ministers at Asbury University.
For this purpose I ask your patronage. Let us do
. away with dishonest tree agents and know what we
are doing. We expect the people to show their
colors. Please correspond with us in regard to your
probable wants: also, for terms to agents. Address
T. C. BABNUM, at Barnum House, 190 Bast Market street, Indianapolis.
A Plea for the Pig.
BY It. N. BONHAM, Of OXFOKD, OHIO.
Delivered before the Indiana Swine Breeders' Association at its meeting, January, 187». Published
at the request of the Association.
In this day of many lectures and discussions at our farmers' clubs, granges and
fair associations, it has become a difficult'
matter to present anything fresh or attractive to a company of experts, associated
together for the improvement of their
specialty. Their fields of investigation
have been thoroughly worked by the best
men of their department of agriculture. I
had not dared to accept the honor conferred
upon me by so distinguished an association
had I not felt assured of sympathy with and,
from men engaged in kindred pursuits
with myself. It is pleasant to meet friends
having a common interest with us, and to
hear what they have to say by way of encouragement or way of instruction. Dr.
Fletcher has given us the instruction, practical and scientific. It used to be the custom for the regular preacher to deliver a
set sermon, and after him some young
brother, wishing to learn how to preach,
would follow with an exhortation. The
Doctor has delivered the sermon, and I invite your attention to the exhortation,
which I will call
A PLEA FOB THE PIG.
1. The pig is the victim of several miserable prejudices.
2. These are ill-founded and scandalous,
since he is the factor which has put more
ready money into the pockets of the farmer
and merchant than any other animal; and
he will yet do more for solving the two
great questions of eternal fertility of the
soil and of food supply for the-older nations of the earth. To these points I invite
attention. I am aware that it is always
dangerous to attack the prejudices of mankind, yet I always feel like helping the
under dog in the fight, if he is a good one,
though it be at the risk of getting hurt,
which is very probable if the upper dog is
powerful and plucky.
Dr. Stetson, in his well-received address
at Champaign, Illinois, put in somo good
, kicks, and made good points in favor of
swine's   flesh as an article of diet, but I
and*** int'eiu__-_l**lng throiigh the wilderness; x'heir nomadic life and short rations
wou * it have suited his notions of comfort an x prosperity. He loves good living,
and that served at regular times in generous quantities. The savage mode of feast
and famine is not suited to his wants or to
his cultivated tastes. He would have been
an unprofitable member of the Israelitish
camp. That was a masterly stroke of policy
on the part of Moses, when he would banish the troublesome beast from his camp.
He appreciated its hold on the peopl,*** when
he arrayed against it the national pride and
religious bigotry of his ignorant followers.
His success showed him to be a powerful
leader of a "peculiar people." The Jewish
prejudice had no sway over the cultivated
Greek and Roman, nor over the independent old barons of England and Germany,
who gloried in the chase and crowned it
with a royal feast, at whi-th the boar's head
was the dish of honor. The Anglo-Saxons
had no Jewish ideas, but abundance of
wine. This prejudice is old, and fortified
by ignorance. This is seen by two orders
issued by the Jewish council, which were,
"Cursed be he who breedeth hogs," and
"Cursed be he whoteacheth his son the
learning of the Greeks."
The sublime style of Virgil or of Homer
was not too good to be used in the praise of
swine, and instruction of the husbandmen
in the arts of breeding and rearing them.
Its study was respected, and dignified with
the name of Porculatio. At the matchless
Roman feasts and banquets, the chief dish
was the porcus troyannus. This was a hog
which had beetr carefully fattened on dried
figs and delicacies, and drenched to repletion with honeyed wine. When dressed,
this hog was stuffed with larks, thrushes,
oysters, nightingales and delicacies of all
kinds, and the whole mass was bathed in
rare wines and rich gravies. Among the
Greeks and Romans, a Jew was as unclean
as is the pig among the Jews. Hence the
pig stood there on his own merits, and his
flesh was a choice dish at table or feast; and
the world over, where the curse of the Jew
had not weight, swine's flesh has been held
in high esteem.
The pig is the victim of another prejudice, founded on ignorance of his habits at
home. He is called a dirty beast. The fact
is, a well-bred pig, and I am not the advocate of any other kind, has gentlemanly
instincts. He loves his ease in a good,
clean bed, and will never defile it if allowed his own way. He is the only one of
our farm animals that carefully deposits
his droppings in the corner of their pen or
house, and even in his lot he will have a
place for vile uses. Oae old writer says,
he is the cleanest of all animals, and will
never dung in his sty if he can get forth.
Should you chance to find a house-dog or
cat so neat as he, it is at once the pride ot
the household, and the talk of the neighborhood. Yet the dog and cat are admitted
into the palors and dining-rooms of lords
and ladies? We do not recommend the pig
as a parlor pet; though he be neat in his
habits, he has the reputation forgetting his
nose into other people's business. He is
enterprising, and his prying nature lead*
A Brief History of Jersey Catties *u
Off the coast of France, in the English
ch-y?nel, is a group of islands known as the
dj-'g' nel Islands, the inhabitants of which
na* ve from time immemorial been noted for
their industrious and frugal habits, but
chiefly for their successful breeding of dairj
cows. *,
The soil of these islands is of a rugge'd
nature, and consequently cattle raising is
not <*ar*-i_.i on to any very great extent*
but. ijo the care best**™**"**'*'* *
. '-ty, and expects tohan-j
dl m this summers   He sellsW
them out ti> mere, feeders and specula-11*
tors. The raising of lambs for city markets is attracting a good deal of attention East. Indiana will find that corn and
sheep will pay better than shipping corn
and sheep to New Jersey, or putting corn
into hogs to die of cholera.   R. M. Bell.
_v the Stoek on the Farm May be
Improved.
questionably the most profitable course
he general farmer to adopt in improv-
(the quality of his live-stock, is to begin
' e purchase of first-clans thoroughbred
The calves got by a thoroughbred
ofanyof the well-established breeds,
oiK of a mixed average lot of cows, will al-
H st invariably possess much of the excel-
lt * ce of the thoroughbred sire, and the fe-
n* lies of these half-bloods again, bred toa
h* f bred sire, will produce animals, for all
pi .ctical purposes, except that of procrea-
ti h .quite equal to the average thorouhgbred.
T t same is true of sheep, swine, poultry,
ai A in fact, ofall kinds of farm stock. By
p; louring thoroughbred malesof the purest
lh/.age, and of great individual merit, and
carefully selecting the best of the female
pr {duco for breeders, using thoroughbred
m1 ([es only, for three or four generations, the
fa; lier may engraft effectually all the ex-
ence of the thoroughbred stock upon
flocks and herds.
ut for thus grading up common stock,
is ofthe utmost importance that the male
!i throughbred in the strictest sense. A
ngrel or a grade will do better anywhere
! than in this place. The more purely
d the sire, the more valuable, as a rule,
1 he be for this purpose. , A grade may
cm •ftsionally be found that is an impressive
si /but such cases are rare, and exceptional
X< (Its are never safe precedents upon
■tt- •*__*. to base a practice in any sort of busi-
n I Thoroughbreds of all the leading
<ds of live-stock are now so plentiful
a so cheap, that there is no longer any
e hse for general farmers continuing the
ii ;of any other. In fact, in these times of
1 (prices and active competion, the man
v !> has the best stock, and who practices
"most economical methods of feeding, is
as low as is safe to pare it, commencing at
the inner point or edge of the toe, and following it back to the heel; leave the inner
wall untouched, except to level it. If this
is not sufficient make the inner arm thicker
than the outer arm, increasing the thickness from the toe back to the heel. This
throws the joint out of the passing foot,
which you can do very little with to remedy
the evil, for it will pass in its natural direct
tion by the control of the horso's form.
Take no foolish advice; do as I say to you,
and your horse will strike no more, and if
young his shape will be changed.
Jnan who will mako]:       fi ney, while
''^It-jvjll find iecti      *? on the
'ICl'tKr" __'.■>'
TO   OCR  AGENTS.
The Campaign Opened for 1879-80.
We propose to present to our agents a
larger and more valuable list of premiums
at the close of the next •clubbing season
than %ve have ever before done. The announcement of these premiums will appear
in this column from time to time, and we
would particularly recommend the persons
and firms making their offers to the confidence of our readers:
A Trio of Brown Leghorns.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I will place upon your premium list a
trio of Brown Leghorns. My fowls are
from VT. _. Bonney and F. J. Kinney, two
of the leading breeders of Massachusetts.
With wishes for your succes, I am, truly
yours, Ran Beuoy.
Pig, or Pup.
Office of Todd, Clifford A Co., Vermillion, Ohio, July
5, 1S79.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We will place upon your premium list a
choice Berkshire pig, or a Scotch Collie
pup, agent's choice .of sex. Either premium to bo from imported stock with good
pedigrees.   Respectfully,
Todd, Clifford & Co.
We have received the catalogue of Shorthorn cattle to be sold at Woodbum Farm,
A. J. Alexander's, near Spring Station, Ky.,
on the Louisville, Lexington and Frankfort
Railroad, on Wednesday, July 30. The list
includes pedigrees of 31 head.
^clmnarji*
The answers to the following queries are given
John N. Navin, V. 8., of this city.
by
u—ttatrS—t'.
.e, however, that the hot
'only cautery in use, for all
ties and acids which destroy
,e, or tissue, are termed cauteries [
jirinary profession,and are equally
ie if carelessly or improperly used.
Light Brahmas.
"Editors Indiana Farmer:
*-/t?ir ^;*4no«^l *
•*••> e,f
Sick Ewe.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please request Prof. Navia or some one
having experience with sheep, to inform
me what ails my ewe. She acts a good deal
like a hog with the staggers; her legs
tremble when standing, and if she tries to
walk, staggers and falls; her head appears
to move involuntarily with a slight jerk,
almost continually; eyes roll some; has
been sick one day and night. - What shall I
do for her?   Please answer and oblige a
Orangeville. Subscriber.
—According to your pathology, your
sheep is affected with either of two diseases, viz.: Hydatia on the brain, called
giddy, sturdy and half a dozen others; or
it may be epilepsy; called by some shepherds gorouna, not indeed an inappropriate name. To describe and give remedies
for both would occupy two full squares of
the Indiana Farmer. I shall therefore
refer you to Navin's Veterinary Practice
or Explanatory Stock Doctor, second part,
for hydatia, page 170; and for epilepsy,
page 172. You will be able to borrow from
some neighbors out of the 26,000 sold ia
Indiana.
What Is ItP
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Can you tell me what ails my Dare?
She is lame in the right hind leg, has been
for a long time, and I can't see arything
wrong. I first thought it was in tb» stifle,
now I am almost persuaded it M in the
hock joint. It don't seen) that wrfk effects
it much; after she goes about 50 yards she
quits limping and goes all righ, but when
she stands awhile its the samrway again.
I never have seen any swellng or found
any fever. She don't turn hi toe but like
the stifle was slipped; her le* hind leg was
affected the same way but got well. Can
any one give me any causfto remedy?
/. L. Brenton.
^ —Your mare is not st^ed; not one in a
Thousand is that are prooancecl so by those
who pretend to know. Sour mare is bone
spavined. If you sqvit down in front of
her and look back at *ae inner forward part
of the hock joint, ar** compare it with the
like portion of the'ther joint, it will present a larger, oimc* prominent appearance,
however, is the one most gen*
ea ported to and is therefore the more
t> 'aded;   I repeat dreaded, from the
let 1 in seven-tenths of all the opera-
iol ping under my observation, the
epe        a is performed either unscientific-
»lly      tupon parts that in the darkest days
if tl    /profession  nobody dared to pass a
aot' iii-bn.   In the name of humanity, who
wouliu have thought that a man could have
beeni|tnet with in this, the nineteenth century ,;'ignorant enough to cauterize, or try
to cajiterize the vertebral process anterior
to tho bony processes of the withers for
caries.   In this attempt the hide, the cellular tissues, the trapezius, the ligamentism
coli, main tendon, must be burned before
reaching the disease.   Another knight of
the cautery, several years ago, tried to persuade* me that he found a splint upon the
back of the cannon bone beneath the tendon, that he fired it and cured it.   Could I
believe, would any sane man believe the
splint, as he called the exostosis could be
reached through the hide, the cellular tissue, the two plies of tendon, the tissue between and the periosteum, until all were
burned through and the horse totally destroy ed?   No sir!   I told him so and am
read r to tell any other party that dares assert such a monstrous impossibility.   O,
igno *ance, ignorance, how thou prevailest.
Tl e cautery had been resorted to in times
goni by for the suppression of synovial en-
larg iments until better remedies were dis-
cov< ted, but if still in use as the only
rem dy, the  manner in  which  it is per-
forii ed in the West, it could be of no lasting leneflt whatever.   Do I hear the honest
asto lished reader inquire how else it is to
be j so-formed to run the fire iron over the
hid.  and score it deep or light.   I answer,
any quack can heat an iron to be sure, and
scoi) the hide, but in his ignorance of its
eon! traction he is more likely to ruin the
aninal  than  benefit  his  complaint.   To
full;' understand the performance of the
barbarous  operation,   the  operator  must
fully and thoroughly understand the structure of the hide, for if the scoring is directed either lengthwise or across the fibre
of which the true skin is composed, the
operation fails of the purpose it was intended for, but is an eyesore as great as the
one it was intended to remedy.
Anatomical view of the hide.—The hide
is composed of three distinct lay ers, namely
the cutis or true skin within, that which
constitutes its main bulk when made into
leather; the retemucosum or middle layer,
a weblike structure, and the cuticle or scarf
skin, tne outer scaley covering. The cutis
is composed of fibres running in the direction ofthe hair and length ofthe limb, and
the scales forming the cuticle run in a like
direction, but the middle layer, the retemucosum, is composed of a weblike structure
joining the two others together into one
covering called hide. To prove this position, the shank of a calf-skin after being
* the v-taut..    ,   .*■*■*,
that, the main tendon hadbeen*
,spra. midway between the knee and
pastern^ In the name of anatomy, physiology and the laws of nature, who ever
knew of the main tendon being sprained
midway of its length, although I admit
tbat the term "sprained tendon" clapped
sinew, etc., are often used for a short name
for inflammation of the sheath of the tendon, and for an inflammation of the faschia
cellular tissue, etc., placed along on each
side of the leg posterior of the canon bone
and anterior of the tendon through which
the blood vessels and nerves pass to and
from the foot. Should the tendon be capable of elasticity and of being sprained it
would be rather hazardous for a man weighing 175 pounds to ride a horse over a wall
five and a half or six feet high, accidents
frequently happen to the secreting sheaths
of tendons and to the cellular faschia along
the length of tendons, inflammation setting
in, and the man that adds fuel to the fire
to put it out possesses less common sense
than either the horse so fired, or Thompson's colt who they say sought refuge from
a shower by jumping into a river. I shall
here remark that I have no enemy to punish, nor no friend to screen, except humanity and justice. I expect some barking done at the course I have adopted, but
I shall pursue my course persistently, and
fully discuss any barriers thrown across
my path, in kindly feeling to all men, and
in as gentlemanly a manner as I have all
my lifetime, using no vulgar epithets even
to open enemies. It will be observed that
I never use personalities.—John N. Navin,
V. S., in the Western Sportsman.
nial root; or if preferred a peck of Boauty
of Hebron or any other of my 12 choico varieties of potatoes.
I can furnish illustrations of Sharpless
strawberry, and Hydratjcia Paniculata
Grandiflora, if wanted at any time.   »
E. Y. _J.:as.
Dunrelth, Henry Co., Ind., July 2.
Churn and Butter "Worker.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We offer you a No. 2 Square Box Churn
and a No. 2 Butter Worker for premiums
to your paper. Our rectangular and squaro
box churns aro the cheapest and best. There
is no inside fixtures, and they are always
reliable. We make six sizes of each kind,
and three sizes of the lever butter worker.
Best material used, and every churn and
butter worker warranted exactly as represented. Wo sell at wholesale where wo
have no agent. Send postal for circulars.
Cornish & Curtis.
Fort Atkinson, Wis., July 3.
A Pair of Dorkins.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
You may put me on your premium list
for a pair of S. G. Dorkins. I havo 175
chicks of Dorkins, Plymouth Rocks, Dark
and Light Brahmas, Brown and Whito
L eghorys and S. S. Hamburgs. I have no
breed of .owls that is as good as the former
or for any one who only wishes to keep ono
variety, as.the Dorkins will lay mbre eggs
than any of the Asiatics, are very thrifty
and hardy, are ready for the frying pnn before any other variety I have and are better
flavored. In fact, they aro the chicken for
general purposes.   Yours truly,
T. J. Johnson.
Greencastle, July 3.
Merino Lamb. *.,
Editors Indiana Farmer:      .     ,;    . ,        t
We will place one of our best Merino
lambs, ram or ewe, on your premiiim list,
value ?30, will box and deliver at *"J»ne-
subjectto your order.   Wo ha*-***,.'
1,500 sheep d»scend<v'.' fr-*r> *
in ^"**   * --'
llOu ,'**ljj" •,.'•.__>
whit       -*ns  consumeo,
Hai        Tassel, aged seven,  *•.*, i_
sho:    i.cA two children of Faulknei,
eleven and three.   No cause is given
the brutal aflair.
.<■
Sick Turkeys. ""
Editors Indiana Farmer:
What ails my young turkeys? They
commence drooping, their crops fill with
phlegm, and they soon die. An early answer will be thankfully received.
D. S. D.
GENERAL  NEWS.
The Iowa Agricultural College is this
year operating a creamery.
There are 10,000,000 barrels of lager beer
brewed in America annually.
Houston, Texas, has repudiated her public debt, which amounted to ?2,000,000.
The Arnold print works at North Adams,
Mass., now make 125,000 yards of prints a
day.
There are more than the usual number of
Texas cattle on the drive northward this
year.
In 28 years New York has sent 48,000
friendless children to the West and found
homes for them.
The daily average receipts of milk in New
York city for the last week were 11,237 cans
of 40 quarts each.
Our minister at Copenhagen reports a
proposed general European Tariff League,
for protection against the United States.
Many farm laborers are leaving England
this year, and the exodus would assume
larger propostions if those desiring to emigrate knew where to go.
The hoard of silver in the Bank of France
since resumption has increased so rapidly
that it now considerably exceeds the gold
reserve, and fears are expressed for the continuance of resumption. It amounted to
1200,000,000.
Sundries.
Editors Idfana Farmer:
Will some reader of the Farmer please
tell me through its columns, how to put up
cucumbers so as to be ready for use at any
time, without putting them in brine? Also
what to put in cane molasses while boiling
to clarify it? We have the early Amber
and white Siberian. T. II.
Johnstown, Bates Co., Mo.
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Threshing Machinery.
The music of the thresher will soon be
reverberating all over the land, as it is now
in the southern latitudes. The Aultman <k
Taylor Company, of Mansfield, Ohio, and
their number of local houses all over the
country, have had a wonderful run for
their machinery this season, exceeding all
previous experience in their business, which
has of late grown to wonderful proportions.
The great wheat crop of this year has mado
and is still making a great draft on their
resources for machinery. Its well-known
excellence, and the wide reputation of the
firm has brought them new customers from
all the distant quarters of the country. We
quote from the letter of Mr. Dunham, the
president of the Nebraska Stato Board of
Agriculture, who visited the factory this
sping:
The superior excellence of your work . is,
we think, in a great measure due to the variety and ingenuity ofthe machinery used,
and the superior skilled labor employed,
and each machine manufactured can be but
a counterpart of the other, so that in case of
an accident to a machine tho owner can
send for the part needed and know to a positive certainty that it will fit. The superior quality of tho steel, iron and various
kinds of lumber used guarantees durability in the machine, which is the great desideratum with those who purchase and
live at longdistances from the manufactory,
and then; too, every year of "extra life" in
a Threshing Machine is worth at least ten
per cent, of the original cost to the owner,
and from the perfect manner in which the
Aultman & Taylor Company Machines are
manufactured we think they average five
years longer life than the ordinary machines. After examining your manufactories, your supplies of material, and the
manner in which each machine is manufactured, we are not surprised at the enviable
and wide-spread reputation of your goods.
Where one machine goes others aro bound
to follow.
We congratulate you upon your manufactories as a whole, and in detail and upon
the assurance with which you can press
|your claims upon all farmers and ujx;n the
certainty of retaining all customers who
shall once try your goods.
We can salely say of the "Starved lino*-
ter Machines"  that the "Brepd" is good,
and the quality superatively excellent.
Yours very truly,
Martin Dunham. President,
Nebraska State Board of Agriculture.
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