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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. ,,:,.Ji 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, ——^--■■■■■■•"■■■■■■■■■v ■■ 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. » — » 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. 23gH ".
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1879, v. 14, no. 28 (July 12) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1428 |
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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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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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.
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C. BURGESS, Dentist. Office in room 4 Va-
jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
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VV , Rose-combed Black Bantams " exclusively.
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_\ 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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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.
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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.
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"-■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
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.<;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.
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justly be proud, say fanciers.—To be continued.
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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
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