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NO, 29.
for eggs.
OR SALE-A  new'
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SSSvJ^filS.  AddreSS H^BV.l_^J_Sl,,P?.1Dto
FJlmS;™?1',"11 of Po,an0 China sow
made *S__ \____onL.?.0j!*,:_-!n v™*'* HO each, weir
ROSS'.^ncTejnd Sat"fartlon guaranteed.   A. W.
ican ham. After the true American hams
had been shown him, he acknowledged that
they were free, from trichina, and were
sound and good. His false statement, however, had been copied into all the foreign
exchanges ofthe National Livestock Jour-
___r_."_£r^
'■T¥MWSf^^W^^tel^z    _   — - -
Eft^S?!.. ^^^^-^hiSSX?. j ^™. there was a>at number ofThat
In one of them.
ing to our growing foreign "trade .s"thfs
miserable prejudice, which haunts the
American pig even into the frying nan
Against all these odds, however, he is
steadily winning his way into general use
and favor.
Mr. Samuel Dysart, from Illinois, special
commissioner from our government to report upon the live stock at the Paris Exposition, writes concerning the show of swine
there, as follows: The exhibit of swine was
not equal to that of one of our Western
quality of animals exhibited.
soil, given not to him only, but to his sfe^ttipon pressure; when found keep the parts
after him. . ^Mlteeped continually with a solution of tine
As men shall get clearer and higher vie\tf*|iare of amica.and cold water, one ounce of
of their duty to their country and posteritf Wrnica to a pint of water. If any swelling
there will be better farming, and better caff! S-mains, blister. See page 487 of my work,
1° !.?•__.°Ur farmS UP t0 a hiSher degree pf-Aavin's Explanatory Stock Doctor. If/.he
No  man Jives   unto  himself.* *-/ifle  was  dislocated  the  foot would be
nal, but his retraction has not yet appeared  fertility
ie or th-oni     ConternDtn...*. n  A /. -  -   -   --	
,„_. ,_„*L   ean.adamag-|Everyoneis somehow interested in or rather  set out  from   under the body, or
sponsible to some one else. Duty to our*$aarned in in front of the other limb, ac-
selves, to our families, to our neighbors, toilbrding as the patella is thrown in or out.
our State and to our country, demands ourgj\ * —
__..*»r .k 1° Pr°dUC*e the be8t results onT^at is the Matter with my HorseP
our soil, to keep our land to its present ca-'ii'
pacity of production.   Italy has fields as
productive, to-day as when Virgil taught'
F°" SALE-FARMS-or 80 to *»
the best-Tain l.nd. 1. S-.fX.___
might be termed breeds,
, represented by
k:^_^s^^^9^S^m^1L'_ii1-7
■■ ;F °?_!?^___"S__i_^^^^^»V&,«1J^g=«»i«««-.   .°e Pj& ofthe world, too, is yet to be found"
j °^X%oc-r.l-'£ _1_fi7l?S«?F^«S£:  » ™» P'°*^ed land, the land of plenty of
*»feK^ ?T ha™*»»!° excellencies-of
S_-H___SSi£: ^T_!»_«wj=_k?«Sri?J>_?___S.,U__«/^SSb,rS^ »ow»*!?«• ^'^^o™ or ti,«i_r
defects.   The demand, for ourpork has fairly begun.   The tide is changing in the hog
or narrow.   Price, f 150.
Address In3iawaFa__i___
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S . Mni2°s?r?e.7Den"^0ver »^*S^^syT
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'Prelum oirds.
" *IOB_«S—Bates and Booth kinds for srIa"
^-dfollrTilT * c- ™oJB*«8_.;
tin
street, Indianapolis. '  87 East  Slarket
city and fa*
no— I
threeTo teffi,7j V"™ "C-^-K.«'0.*0«>on
at reasonable rates, on
ill. TX >   . '""onaoie rates, on
'» JO; tat Washington street
'Jw6 M U d!d ln thS CaUle trade*
■gtSgland has already ordered pigs from
American breeders, and acknowledged their
superior excellence. Very recently a choice
half dozen of fine specimens of American
breeding started fo.r Australia via San Francisco. We wist themabon voyage, and
give -if health to the enterprising buyer
We anxiously, yet confidently, await the
results of these experiments.
One of the recent ventures in the trans-
Atlantic shipping of stock is that made bv
a company of Liverpool butchers, who have
peasants the rotation of crops/ of fallows
;and culture, of pastures and flocks It is
said that parts of Italy produce better than
they did in the days of Augustus.
The acres of England are not diminishing
in yield. Mechi, Laws and Gilbert tell us
of increasing production on their oldest
fields. The temptation is great in America
to reach out for the broader farms, to make
the increased acreage do for us what we
should do by improved culture.
We have at hand a ready means to keep
up and improve our soil.   Instead of corn
and cereals and plowing all the land each
year and hauling off the crpp, we hope to  ,
see the day when every farm shall have Italy
clover and grass lots, and herds of well bre^T
cattle, swine and sheeb.   Improved culture"
with improved stock must solve for us the
problem of eternal fertility of soil;—To be
continued.
IJ>* $
arm.
Postal-Card Correspondence
We have received the sale catalogue ot
pure Short-horns, owned by Vanmeter &
Hamilton, at Stock Place, dark county
Kentucky, July 3ist. '(«
T    _      — ■»—■«- :	
J. V. Clark, of Brownsville, Tenn., has
AVhite pigs from J. B.
ville.
pair of fine Chester ft
Fosher, Carpenters-
\ a. o. holman. '.to .t.-Vnrjv-.*-
; Put afloat a double-decked vessel for ship- ~
> ping'live; hog*--" cattle fro,. «N«w *Tork •*"''"
. I to J/Vorrvv-**-
ditors Indiana Farmen
I have a horse that I do not know ex-
■tly what ails her. Her front ankles are
*^ery badly swollen; the joints do not seem
[to be stiffened' much if any; one ankle
l*/atherc**and broke.and run freely for some
Lime; there is a little fever in one joint, the
ope that runs? but the other is a hard swelling. Her shoulders and legs are all right
J-herwise; also, her feet, the frogs of her
i*et are not shrunken any. She was taken
'ery suddenly, and for a long time could
bt stand on her feet. Some thought it was
flammatory rheumatism, but doctoring
r that did not relieve her. I think it must
ve been from over-feeding millet and
rn. Please answer as soon as convenient
.rough the columns of your paper.
-> Geo. W. Birch.
i.Brookville, Ks., July 1.
.'i-George W. Birch: Take and blister your
nare's pastern joints with Spanish flies 1
. unce, spirits of turpentine 1 ounce, mixed,
lib   in   well   with   the   hand   on   one
-. ,V  of   the    limb "only,   and   continue
\ritil it pains.   Go at all of the swelled
Sint>s alternately at the same time until she
►.ts to restless.   Tie her up for half an
;_ur till the pain ceases, else she will blister
\c mouth*   Repeat twice per day until the
Hrts become rough, and then once per day.
er five daily applications grease, and
^r the other side if necessary.   Rub in
vt;the first few times.
INDIANA.
Wayne Co., July 7.—Wheat about all
cut. Corn backward but growing fast
Oats is promising better than expected.
Farmers all very busy, as all the work
comes at one time. II. C. M.
Clinton Co., July 5.—Wheat harvesting
about over. Oats are short. Flax not a
very good crop. Hogs about all sold at
from S?3 20 to $3 30; oats, 32c; wheat, new,
85c; corn, 32c. Fruit scarce; some apples,
and a good many cherries. R. T. M.
Porter Co., July 6.—Wheat is in excellent condition. The work of harvesting
will be for the most part done this week.
A heavier crop than is now promised was
perhaps never cut in Northern Indiana.
Corn is of but fair promise.   Oats are good.
M.L. P.
Tippecanoe Co., July 8.—*Blue ruin along
the Wabash. Well, I can't do it justice, so
I will let it rain until it gets ready to stop.
S. S.
—We presume our correspondent alludes
to damage done by the heavy rains of last
week.—Ers.
Vermillion Co., July 8.—Stacking and
threshing commenced yesterday—big rain
this morning has stopped everything for
the present. I think that we have more
wheat in this county than ever was raised
here in one season. Oats short. Corn uneven, growing finely now. Meadows light.
No flax raised here. Late potatoes small
crop, planted late but looks well.
A Granger.
r„J'::*&
a.yx
.ana, at e.*u tit per ten*-
Distemper,
v*F(Viner:.       *     .'
jiapoHs, Ind.
uallyY/ commissions charged).
' "   can be paid atany
No. 78 Ka     Market
, or any part ot it can be paid atany
PAIiMEB&CO.   "        "   "
WAJCTED.
. TASTED—Agents, local and general for Indiana
fY - .IMorv, Family Bibles, and the Voters Text-
■\qo\c   8. L.MAREOW, Indianapolis.
WANTED— Make your Chicks and Pigs grow by
feeding Ground Beef Scraps, 4c per pound,
f* per 100 pounds. Oround Oyster Kl_ell3 2c per
p-'jiid, at
E. G. BAGLEY»S, IndlanapoUs, Indiana.
.XIT'AISTED—Agents everywhere to sell trees and
>V plants. A profitable and permanent employ-
aent. I have agreed to give 15 per cent, of safes to
ihe education of ministers at Asbury University.
For this purpose I ask your patronage. Let us do
»wa> 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. B_.KNUM,at Barnum House. 190 East Mar-
■ ket street, Indianapolis.
Ipttc jlMfltlt.
n3A,*_a*aon — "
iSawjI-^tna** Ails my Mule?
Editors IuoiKua |*_rmcn
Please inform me what is the matter with
'my mule? He takes spells when he cannot drink with the bits in his mouth; while
at other times he can drink all right.
H. W. g:
—See that your mule is salted regularly.
His mouth may be sore. If so wash it or
swab it out occasionally with a solution of
alum, or better, borax 1 ounce, tannin Ji
ounce, glycerine 8 ounces, mix and apply
two or three times a day with swab.—Eds.
*    A Plea for t&e Pig.—Continued.
'        BY It. N.  BONHAM, Of OXFORD, OHIO.
Delivered before the Indiana Swine Breeders* Association at its meeting, January, 1879. Published
at the request of the Association.
Oar hog is a machine for converting farm
products into pork, and the machine which
can do this the fastest, and give us the
greatest number of pounds of pork to the
bushel of feed, and with the least waste and
greatest safety, is the best machine. You
may have the pork machine what color you
like, and put on such ornaments of ears,
tail, toes, etc., as you fancy; but the wise
breeder will not lose sight ot the main use
of the hog. He will not sacrifice all for
color, ear and tail; not give the greater for
the less.
England has long been as . full of prejudice against any thing American, as an egg
is of meat. Even her men of letters and of
liberal culture have lent their powers to defame the swine of America. Dickens in his
travels painted him a scavenger. Stuart
granted that they were useful in destroying the snakes that infest the country^
Welch says that in some parts of Indiana a
triangular yoke is fixed about their necks
to keep them from breaking through fences.
The late traveler and stock writer for the
London Times'did not see much to praise
but our vast resources, and kindly expressed the belief that at some future day
enough choice graded stock might be produced here to justify the establishment of a
meat trade between England and this country.
The most miserable piece of foreign blind-
" ness, however, is Prof. Herchell, of Vienna,
in a letter to the press, saying, that one out
of every five or ten hams from America has
trichina. If his lessons in morals were
taken at tbe same school in which he was
brevetted professor, heaven pity the school.
Thanks are due Mr. Post, our consul at
Vienna, who compelled the professor to
publicly admit that be had no personal
knowledge on the subject; that his statement was based on certain German reports
of 1874, and that he had never seen an Amer-
"i*   -j.       a&uter house.   It it Onej of
many experiments made, and yet to' be
made, in the effort ofthe world to solve the
question of food supply. For the last thirty
years England and Europe have made
drafts on us to supplement meat for their
masses. That which has the least bulk and
most nutriment is the article demanded.
Where can such an article be found as
readily or as cheaply as in America?
-The Italian Commissioner of Agriculture
has shown us where the meat supply is.
We will take from his table only statistics
of the four great powers. For every one
thousand inhabitants Great Britain has 325
cattle, 111 pigs; Russia has 319 cattle, 137
pigs; France has 312 cattle, 146 pigs; while
the United States has 691 cattle, and 792
pigs.
Here we see that, in meat producing animals, the United States leads the world.
Her resources have scarcely begun to be
developed. Hew countries do not give their
first attention to swine raising. Swine especially flourish after the soil has been
brought under the dominion of the plow,
and the country has passed from the grazing to the grain producing period. The
best beef and pork will be found near the
best filled corn cribs, and on the best
tended farms. Land shads and Texans may
exist by roaming through the brush, and
over the grass covered plains of the South
and Southwest; but our fastidious, well fed
customers will not pay a long price for that
class of meat. The well bred pig keeps pace
with the best culture and advancing civilization. The Suffolk, Essex, Berkshire,
Chester or Poland Chinas did not originate
in canebrakes, nor in the swamps, grubbing for themselves. They are high-bred
aristocrats, living on the fat of the land,
and served by the loving hand of the husbandman. No place on the farm is too good
for him. That Irishman was a philosopher
who, when asked why he gave his pig the
best corner in the shanty, replied, "Why
shouldn't I?. He is the gintleman that pays
the rint."
Intelligent husbandry extends to the
stock as well as to the soil. In fact it is
higher culture to develop the finer animals, than it is to develop the immense
crops of cereals and grasses. In our farming in the West, they must go hand in
hand. He, who would keep up his farm,
must not haul off his corn, year a'.ter year,
to the miller and distiller, but must teed it
on his lands and concentrate it there into
meat, and leave the residue on the farm to
enrich and enliven it for future crops. To
a certain extent the farmer, who feeds his
produce to cattle and hogs, becomes a manufacturer, before he becomes a shipper. He
thus concentrates his coarse and bulky feed
into a refined article of beef or pork, and
packs it into sacks on four good legs to
walk off with it to the nearest market. An
endless and doubly profitable trade herein
opens up to the farmers of America.
When we shall have fairly entered the
age soon to dawn on us, the farmer will
cease to butcher and skin the virgin Boil,
and then press on West, to repeat his work
of impoverishment and destruction of a
._.--__-__<?__ ine spring.  Itlefther
j_d condition. To ride or drive her out
a walk causes convulsive coughing and
gating, even unto gasping for breath.
Her throat gathered and was lanced. She
\j doing well, at least, when not used any.
•.That must I do lor her? Please answer
through the Farmer. S. S.
June 30. .
—S. S.: Your mare is upon the road to
glandfers, the fruit of ill-treated strangles,
/disteiiper. The disease may not fully de-
jvelop itself until cold winds and rain in the
.fall seJ in. Perhaps it may terminate sooner
l>n catajrh fever and choke her to death,
thice t^e ear against her throat, windpipe,
tlid if _*ou detect a gurgling rattle in her
breathing, there is no time to be thrown
away. Make a liquid blister of spirits of
turpentine one quart and Peel's Spanish fly
{wo ounces, blister the throat from the
jowl between the jaws, to the full length of
Diphtheria in Horses.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Will one of your many readers give a sure
cure for diphtheria in horses. E. E.
Huntington county, Ind.
—E.'E., Huntington Co. Grange:   Your
horse  has not/ got diphtheria.   No horse
ever had. I suspect he has catarrn fever, [tbe windpipe at the breast; don't m.nd her
or laryngitis. Whenever you wish in-1 frantic action after the first application, but
structions, please do not determine the dis- persevere, keep the parts-continually satu-
ease, simply give the symptoms fully, rated, well rubbed in, until the parts be-
My mission then will be to diagnose the neath the {„,*,„ are chuck full of fluid, then
disease and give remedial instructions; in/tegpit wet tm all symptolns disappear;
this case I am shut out.
What Ails my Colt?
Editors Indiana Farmen
I have a four-year-old colt that has a large
lump above the knee on the hind leg.
When the horse stands with his weight on
the leg, tho lump is very hard, but when hf
rests it, it seems to be soft. The lump cam(
very suddenly. Will some kind readei
please tell me what it is, and what wouli
be a remedy. W. D. M.
Morocco, Newton county, June 27.
—VT. D. M.: Your horso has a thorough
pin if above the hock. If upon the inne*
forward part, and the center ofthe joint j.
is a blood, bog spavin. I am forced
these conclusions from the fact that horsii'
have no knee upon their hinder legs. 1'
the tumor is above the hock joint and bt*
tween the astragalus, point of hock, anL*
the main tendon, hamstring, so-called, it I
a thoroughpin, and very little can be don.'
Blistering may be of service, thougi'
doubtful. \
 «—»  i
Query.
Editors Indiana Farmen
I turned one of my horses loose in the o**j
chard a few nights ago, in which there aa
some peach trees, and while rolling he fas!
ened his left leg in a peach tree crotch, ailf
sprained or dislocated the stifle joint, tij
can't bear his weight on it. Will Dr.Na* ii
please tell me what to do for it? Is th s*
such a thing as getting it out of joint?      '.
Halstead, Henry Co., Ks., June 29.        {.
—P. B.: Your horse could not h .«
dislocated his stifle by being caughtJl»1
the leg in the crotch of a peach, or a:*fj
other tree. He may have sprained one fl
more of the tendons, but most likely tej
hock, or pastern joints, one or both, or iny!
have inflamed the back tendon just aboia
the fetlock. Wherever the sprain has <*]
curred vou will feel heat and tendertn'*i
while blistering drop alternately upon the
tongue ]4 drachm of tincture of aconite,
and in one hour J_ drachm of the tincture
of belladonna, using them alternately as remarked above till well. Do not iear that
the blister will affect you in the open air.
Do not allow it to run along your arm and
saturate your shirt, else you will blister
too. If this is not the case look out for
glanders.
*
Hamilton Co., July 8.—Wheat crop all
harvested in this county.   Never had a better crop than this one.   The corn crop will
be an average one if weather is favorable
I      rom. this,, time.,  Meadows   good  'Flav
Iheavy":        ^.—._._. .    .-a. .«
selling at 90c for first half of this month delivery. W. W. H.
Wabash Co., Jnly 7.—Had somewhat of
a storm to-day. It blew a good part of the
corn down. The corn is doing well. Wheat
nearly all reaped. Apples getting ripe and
taste delicious. Late cherries are ripe and
farmers are disposing of them to the best
advantage. Weather tolerably warm, but
not at the extreme. Some sickness in the
country. The hog cholera is doing some
damage.   Success to the Farmer.    N. S.
per dozen; hens, J3.   Some cherries, some
apples, some pears and a very few poaches.
O. M. M.
Hknry Co., July 7.—Wheat all in shock,
and threshing will commence to-day in
this neighborhood. Wo think thero will bo
over an average in quantity and of good
quality. Corn is suffering for want of rain,
haviug had but one good soaking rain since
it was planted. It is universally the most
uneven, smallest and sorriest prospect that
I ever saw since I have been in tho State,
35 years. We would have plenty of apples
but they are falling oft. Potatoes are also
suffering for rain. Oats will be a fair crop
if not forced t. premature ripening by the
drouth. Meadows are rather light. AVheat,
old, fl; new, 93c; corn, 30c; hay, old, %.;
hog market quiet; no cholera; harvest
hands, % 1 50 per day; common labor, 75c to
51; hands plenty, but none idle necessarily.
P. P. R.
NORTH CAROLINA.
Alamance Co., July 7.—We are haying
very dry weather; have had but little "rain
since the 10th of February. Threshing has
begun. Wheat is about ?_ of an average
crop. Oats are a failure. Corn is suffering
for rain. The hay crop is short. Health
tolerably good. Stock is suffering on account of drouth. II. M. It.
IOWA.
Henry Co., July *_.—The season here so
far has been quite favorable, although part
of the time too dry in May, aud some of
the time too wet in June. Corn stands
well on the ground and has been well
worked, and now looks very promising.
Oats looked short for awhile but with l.ito
rains has improved very much. Wheat a Ii!
cut and put up in good order—yif id and
quality better than for several years. Apples will be a fair crop but not a large one
Grapes doing well so far. C. L.
TEXAS.
Audubon, July 8.—We are havii**. verr
hot •■ *>n*hcr jicst !"iv.■'*. ' ;i •■■--■'   '
The Horse Racing Question.
Editors Indiana Farmen
I thank you for the true, brave words you
have recently said against horse racing at
t***four State fair. Stock raisers in Indiana
have something better to do than breeding
fine horses. I am gratified to'know that a
numerous and intelligent body of farmers
in this State have the training and development of its future men. The fathers of
these boys understand their duty too well
to permit their precious charge to mingle
in the society of the bad element that settle
down at a horse race like vultures around
a carcass. Intelligent farmers do not believe in prize fighting to develop human
muscle, nor in war to make men shoot
well, nor in savage brutal street fights
and murders to make men brave and chivalrous. They believe in securing the good
by intelligent management and avoiding
the unnecessary vicious adjunct. The man
who does not know that horse racing is not
necessary to produce the highest type of
the horse needs development himself, and
to learn that, the great body of farmers in
this country recognize a higher standard
of morality than to accept horse racing and
gambling as necessary evils, much less do
they regard them as harmless. I am profoundly sorry that our State board have
made this mistake and thus by the example
of the State fair make the b ittle against this
thing at our county fairs more difficult to
win. An Old Farmer.
Clinton Co., July 9.—Some little excitement here about the Chicago, Delphi & Indianapolis railway. A few large farmers
have some wheat to cut yet. Wheat well
filled and generally good. Corn looks tolerably well. Oats and flax were doing very
well, but are now getting down very badly.
It rained here the 7th and 8th and raised
the streams, doing considerable damago,
and is raining again to-day. Hogs dying
some; worth %_ 30. Harvest wages $2.
Succes to the Farmer. B. L. G.
DeKalb Co., July 7.—Wheat harvest just
fairly commenced. AVheat good. Oats
doing finely; prospect of a large crop. Corn
backward, great deal of second and even
third planting. Weather has been poor for
corn, but all right for wheat, grass and oats,
and the indications are that good corn
weather is now upon us. The grass crop is
a good one and mostly secured in good
condition. Apples scarce; peaches none to
speak of; small fruit plenty. Taking all
things into consideration, I think old DeKalb is blessed with a prosperous season,
J. E. T.
Clinton Co., July 9.—We have just finished harvesting one of the heaviest wheat
crops ever raised in this part of the country.
We are having heavy rains and the little
streams are wild; the fields are covered
with water, and if it don't cease raining
soon we are fearful that our wheat will be
damaged, as it is all in the stiock yet. Corn
is coming on finely, and is generally in good
condition. The timely showers brought
out oats and flax wonderfully, and there
will be a fair crop. AVith economy, industry, good crops, and honest money, times
are improving and the farmer has reason to
rejoice. A. A. S.
Putnam Co., July 12.—Since my last report more than three months have elapsed.
We had a very severe storm Tuesday, the
8th; fences were blown down, barns unroofed, and trees blown down. About four
miles from Greencastle, east, a man's large
two-story frame house was moved six
inches off the foundation, and the roof of
his barn was blown to the road. Eight
miles east of town the hail was as large as
a hen's egg, the largest, and the most common size was about the size of a walnut.
The corn was literally cut to pieces. About
two miles north there was no storm.
Thursday, the 10th, was the hottest day we
have had for years. Wheat, % 1; corn, GOc;
eggs, 10c; butter, common, 10c; good, 15c;
prime, 25c; young chickens, 20c each or f 2
._,^_*t*^-«
crop, if nothing happ-.us.    .'attle >.     r
ferent prices;   yearlings, $5; two-year-old, /
?10; three-year-cld and four, from $14 to $15 .
per head.   Horses from ?15 to $100, according to quality.   Wild land from $2 to $5 per
acre; improved, $4 to $10, according to improvement   and   location.     AVages r"*,nge
from  $10  to  $15 per  month,   and   labor
scarce at that; bands get $1 por hundred for
picking cotton and board themselves.
W. R. M.
KANSAN.
Harvey Co., June 29.—Plenty of rain;
hoppers most all gone; took somo oats but
very little corn and garden vegetables.
Corn is splendid, much of it tasseling out.
Oats short, will bo about half crop. Much
of the wheat is cut and in stack; rain has
retarded cutting for the past few days.
AVheat will not be more than half a crop
this year in this county. Dry weather and
grasshoppers have cut the potato crop short.
Fruit of all kinds scarce. The Faumer
comes a welceme visitor to us once a week,
and as I am a Hoosier by birth, could not
do without it.   Long may you prosper.
P. B.
Reno Co., July 9.—For the last three
weeks plenty of the long looked for rain
has faU*-*T.J and the farmers all through tlie
land are in first-class spirits. The rains
came just in time to do the corn much good;
in fact, three weeks of dry weather, such as
we wero having, would have again given to
our State its old name, "Drouthy Kansas."
The reported damage by grasshoppers to
the crops was a delusion, they being nothing more than our regular natives. . The
farmers generally are agreeably surprised
by having their small grains turn out much
better than was at first Jexpocted, although
the wheat crop in this section will not
come upto tbe averago. Plowing for fall
wheat has already commencod and the
farmers are in the best of spirits.
J. A. AV.
Sowing Timothy for Meadow,
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My way of sowing timothy for meadow
is to prepare tbe ground well, and sow
about the 1st of September alone, then
after sowing, roll, and with good weatner
it will make a good crop next year. If the
ground is rich, and it is desired, there
might be some turnip seed mixed with the
timothy. I do not approve of sowing timothy with or on wheat in the fall, as it often
chokes out the wheat, if tbe spring is wet,
and also might mold the wheat. If the
weather is damp or wet in harvest, by tying
grass and wheat together. If I sow on
wheat at all, I sow in spring; and as a rule,
I sow all my small grain in grass or clover,
and think a few weeks' pasture after harvest pays well for seed and labor, if I even
want to plow it up that soon. It also helps
to keep down weeds. C. S. K.
Vigo Co., July 3.
The address of Robert Hamilton, of Rush
county, this State, is wanted by a subscriber.
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