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vol,, xrv. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, NpV. 22, 1879.—TWELVE PAGES. NO. 47. FOB SAU2. F OR SALE— Pure Chester *Whlte boar pies. Beady ise. R. S. RUSSELL, Zionsvllle. Ind. F OR SALE— 5R head of yearling steers. Address A. J. PATTERSON, Union, Pike Co., Ind. FOR SALK—Farm ot 95 acres, 8 miles northeast of Indianapolis, to close an estate. G. W. De- FORD. Castleton, Ind^ FOR 8ALB—A few choice Chester White pli show fix;' also, some aged hogs. Address Moody, .Eminence, Ky. fl, in fl. R. FOR BALE—Chester White pigs. Boars ready for service. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address 8. U McCORMICK, Cartersbarg, Indiana. FOR SALE—Jersey bull 9 months old; Golden Spanish Hamhurg and Plymouth Hock Chickens; also iancy pigeons. TvHULMAN,Sr. I, OR SALE—Farms In Marlon, Rnsh and other comities ln Indiana. G. W. ALEXANDER, 36 Market St., (s-lde door Central Bank). "1J10R SALE—160 acres of excellent land one mile \T from Kokomo. WUl require $1,500 to ♦2.000 cash, balance on time at 6 per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In- dfapolls. FOR SALE—Bronze grblers.'Pekin ducks. Partridge Cochins, and Plymouth Rock cockerels. Writ* at once to J. L. BR&NTON, Petersburg, Pike county, Ind. IOR SALE—The Farm Register and Account JL' Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price II each. Address INDIANA FARMER COMPANY, Iadlanapolis. F FOR S\LE— Fifty bead of Jersey Red swine. Pigs from 8 to 12 weeks old. Shoats from 5 to 9 months old. Sows with pig, or without. HARRIS SHEPPARD, Spencer: Owen county, Ind, ""CiOR-HALE—Twenty head of choice Poland China JF pigs, ready for service, either sex. Special offer for 30 days. Please write me before you purchase. Address L. H. AIKMAN, Dana, Ind. FORSALE—I have one of Zimmerman's galvanized iron Fruit Drying and Baking Machines, which I will trade for wood and produce. A bargain to any one. J. A. RIPPETO, office Indiana Farmer. ITIOR SALE—Fine farm of 103 acres in Hamilton . county. 14 miles north of city, nt»ar I'armel, 'ell improved, and unsurpassed for block and grain. s'bls Is a rare bargain. Address J. F. MEN DEN- HALL, Carmel, Ind. *S? F ^ OR SALE—Thoroughbred Shorthorn bulls, two yearlings and four calves, seven to nine months old; also yearling belters and heifer calves, all the getofOaKlandDuke,'i4153. J, T. WILLIAMSON A SON, Thorntown, Ind. . — — . f FOR SALE—Four pair White Holland tuikeys at $3 a pair, or $4 50 a trio; also a few pairs or trios ef Dark Brahmas S. G. Dorkins and B. Leghorns, and some cockerels of Wnite Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks. T.J JOHNSON, GreencasUe, Ind. ^ FOR SALE—Poland China pigs, from five to eight months old, extra fine, and bred from registered stock, representing Black Bess, Black Tom, and /Perfection stock. Prices low. GEORGE. F„ PARENT, Union City, Randolph county, Indiana. FOR SALE—A farm of 160 acres, 7 miles northwest of Indianapolis. This farm is under a high state of cultivation, and is thoroughly tile-drained; has a substantial brick house ot 10 rooms, _s barns, aud all other necessary buildings. Q. T., care Indiana Farmer Co. FOR SALE—Owing to the removal to Cincinnati of Cowen A McUrath. the wholesale auction and commission dealers in Boots and Shoes, at 114 Sooth Meridian street, the stock on hand, about (25,000 T*ortn of prime Mrst-class Boots and Shoes will be sold at the above place at retail at auction and commission prices, to close up the store. The b toe it consists of the best New York, Philadelphia, Rochester and Cincinnati manufactures. Everybody ^ot wanting to go barefooted or pay big "prices for Boots and Shoes, must come to this sale, which will only last two or three weeks, at 114 South Meridian street. Store open till 8 o'clock in the evening. WANTED. "TIT"ANTED—Agents, local and general for Indiana TV History, Family Bibles, and the Voters Text- Book. 8. L. MARROW, Indianapolis. —— * 1 -• "'TTT" H. ALLEN A Co., Druggists, opposite post- - VV • office, keepa complete stock of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Oils, Toilet Articles. Best goods and lowest prices. "T\r ANTED -Agents for "The Voters Text Book.*' VV published in English and German. A standard Political History to date. Not partisan. Will have a big sale next campaign. Secure territory at •nee. FRED. L. HORTON A CO.,66 fcast MarketSt. MIN^ELLANKOL'*. c C. BURGESS, Dentist. Office in room 4 Va- • Jen's Exchange Block. N. Pennsylvania St. CCHARLEY LINCOLN-Formerly at the Arcade j ls now at the Oak Hall Clothing Store, 9 West Washington street. "Give Charley a call. EXCDRSION-November 26,1879. to all points In Kaos»as by land department ofthe Kansas Pacific railway, who have 6,000,000 acres of lands for sale on the most favorable terms. For mil particulars as to lands, price of tickets and freight, and get a homestead paper and other printed matter, bee or address JOHN C. FULLj&NWlDifiR,44 Louisiana, street, Indianapolis. THE old reliable Indianapolis Business College, Bates Block, opposite the postoffice. Imparts a Practical, Useful and Profitable Education, meeting the wants of nine-tenths of the young men and fcoys. Young men wishing to enter busiuess will here receive such aid as will insure a successful future to them. For circulars of Information, address KOERNER A GOODIER, Indianapolis, Ind. LO AN.N. M 'ONEY to loan on Improved Farms. VINTON, IndlanapoUs, Ind. 'M. E. LOAN—MONEY—In snms of •J3C0 to |10,000, on Improved farms ln Indiana, at eight per cent. Interest, payable aDnaally (no commissions charged). The principal, or any part ot It can be paid at any time. H. B PALMER A CO., No. 78 East Market St. .Indianapolis. Ind. The bnlllon valne of the new silver dollar ls 89 mats gold. » m » Last year the United States consumed over 600,000 tons of foreign sngar, _ * SA . ■ It Is stated that the quantity of wheat and flonr la sight In this conntry and afloat for Europe ls equal to about •2,OM,O0O bushels. Gold Receipts from Europe. Europe has sent to the United States over (60.000,- 000 since the first of last January, ln payment for produce. The bnlk ol this vast sum has been received within the past 80 days. The receipts of fold from foreign countries will continue heavy at least until next harvest. _ mm,. Export* of Wheat. 1 S« exports of wheat, and Hour at Its equivalent ln gra\n, from American Atlantic and Pacific ports. Including Montreal, from July I to November 1 amonnt to S8,010,M8 bushels, ln which are Included abont 15,000,«00 bushels of wheat from the crop of 187S. ?'early one halt the export surplus ot the wheat of 1S7» has gone out ofthe country. Am A There are coal mines in Germany in which the phenomenon of subterranean waters having a regular ebband flow has been observed. The scientific academies of Vienna and Berlin are study ing it, and ' look for valuable additions to our knowl- ' edge of the earth's interior. CARING FOR THE STOCK. Methods of Making the Most Money Ont of the Different Kinds. Curing Balky Horses—The Best Breeds of Sheep—The Most Profit in Hogs. WINTER FEEDISi-O AND RIIELTEB. There are. many farmers yet, who thoughtlessly or deliberately cast away and utterly destroy one-third ofthe winter feed given to stock. If any one of this class were asked to give this one-third of their grain and other winter feed to some charity, they would think it a hardship. But they do worse than this—they utterly waste it. Every one knows or should know that it takes about one-third more teed to winter stock of any kind without .shelter than with it. All perhaps are not situated to have good warm barns large enough for all their stock. Yet all who have stock may have good shelter. Sheds may easily be made of the extra straw going to waste. A few posts and poles and the straw, with a hit of thoughtful industry is all that is required to provide shelter and save thirty three per cent of the feed. The grain and feed will bring cash, and there is no use of utterly throwing such a per cent of the product away. Besides, the stock will be more valuable in any event for a little careful winter keeping. If this class of farmers have no feeling for their stock, the money consideration ought to move them In the""' direction of this kind of winter care. . ._,.,., TUT AMD COOKED FEED. By actual trial and experiment, times without number, it has been found that the cutter and feed cooker may be used with a large per cent of profit in feeding most stock. Experiment shows that ground or cooked corn will produce a considerable number of pounds more of meat per hundred than when fed dry and in the ear. Grinding mills and feed cookers can now be had cheaply, and they will soon pay f*»r themselves on the tarm, in the saving of grain. The extra milk and butter from the cows alone will pay ior them. SELECTING! GOOD COWS. There are scores of poor milk cows which are kept actually at a loss from year to year by their owners. There are well-known points by which a prospective good cow may be known, while yet young, and these should be studied, and the poor heifer calves be gotten rid of. A cow with her second calf that gives no more than 300 pounds of milk per year should be fatted and killed without delay, for her keeping is costing more than the value ofthe milk. A cow that pays anything should give from five to six hundred pounds of milk per year. It will pay any farmer to study the points Of good cows. The promising calves at ten months or younger by the Guenon method may be selected with certainty from the poor ones. CASE OF HOUSES. "Very many of the diseases and ailments with which horses are afflicted are brought on by indifferent care. Pampering and overfeeding is no less a source of these troubles than irregular feeding, Improper watering, and indifferent grooming. Horses have frequently gone blind from standing in dark stables. The stables should be so lighted that the light will not fall directly on the horses eyes. The windows should be at or near the rear of the stalls. We have known several instances where horses were killed by watering them after a heavy feed of grain. The water drank washed the undigested food out of the stomach and into the intestines, causing irritation, inflamatlon and finally death." Horses should always be watered before being fed grain. CUBING RALKV HOUSES. A writer in one of our Canada exchanges gives his method of curing balky horses. He says: I would prepare myself with a good strap—I want no whip; perhaps he has got a taste of that already, and still he is master. But some fine day when I was at peace with myself and all around, I would hitch bim to the buggy, turning his head to the village. He goes half the way very well indeed; then he begins to consider he has gone far enough in that direction and stops. I step down; he expects me to nse the whip. He is mistaken. As a criminal I treat him on the silent system. I push him back a little out of tbe way. I show him the strap, putting it up to his nose. I go to the off side and buckle it to his off fore leg, close up to his breast, throwing the other end over his shoulder! I then raise his near lore foot and fix it with tho hoof nearly touching the belly. This done, I say, "Now old chap, you just: stand there:" I dOD't smoke, so I take a) paper from my pocket, and finding a 'place where I can sit down and he see me, I be-J gin to read. This is something he did not bargain for, and the novelty of standing on three legs somewhat diverts his mind from the cause that stopped him. I think this is the chief point to be gained and the most humane. When the strap is taken off, I show it to him, caress hin |t l't'le, and we move on without irritation. The strap will now become a part of the harness for a month or two, till at last the sight of it will act as a talisman. short below the knee and hock, with slo ping shoulders, lean and well formed neck and head, powerful enough to carry fifteen stone through a couple of hours, run across country, and with some little training to give him a good mouth, and teach him to hjmp, would fetch any thing that might be properly asked for him. SHEEP-BEST BREED, Etc. England greatly excels us in sheep husbandry. The English farmer knows better the value of this stock. It gives a larger profit to the farm in all respects than anj^ nutil help comes. Thus buried, they have The black faced Scotch sheep, the oldest breed in Scotland, are very muscular, active and extremely hardy, able to endure the privations incident to a life of continual exposure upon tbe bleak and storm beaten mountains. In storms, they instinctively herd together, and, although completely buried in a snow drift, will manage to push the snow from their bodies and form a cave over them, in which they will live on what scanty herbage may be within their reach, other stock. Of course we must have othet* managed to live two or three weeks before Btock on the farm, but we should have a due proportion of sheep. The question as to which is the best breed "must depend largely upon locality. For their wool value many hold, that in the most porthem latitudes, the Merino is the best, while in th», south the pure Saxony. When situated near good markets, where the flesh is in demand, the long wool breeds are best, as they yield many more pounds of meat. \ The answers to the following queries are given by John N. Navin, V. 8., of this city, author ol Narln's Explanatory Btock Doctor. Disease of the Eye. Editors Indiana Farmer: ' Ihave a fine mare that has for some time had weak eyes. One of them she can't see outof, but itlooksclear and nice,except for qA Lockridge, Greencastle, Indiana; Treasurer, the latter we may mention the Cotswolds/] Claude Mathews, Clinton, Indiana which mature quite young, and their quarters weigh from twenty to thirty pounds. The Leicester are a little heavier, but not quite bo hardy. The Southdowns are also highly esteemed in this class. No stock on the farm relish or do better with changes of feed than sheep. In order to have healthy sbeep no buck under two years old, or over seven should be permitted to run with the flock. Sheep husbandry is on the rapid advance in this country and should be encouraged in every way. The tiniie' should soon come when we shall import no,. a Mqa 0, gla8sy appearance/ The other eye more wool, for our lands.an*} climate artr!('-t,'0^,„„*„iA„*A,„t„. *■-.*.»-* -*■ -i— highly adapted to sheep hustnndry. WHAT ABOUT it OOST To make this stock most profitable none but breeding animals should be kept over winter. It don't pay to winter any others. There are several improved breeds which mature at eight to ten months, and are made to weigh from three hundred to five hundred pounds at that age. To mature this stock rapidly, pigs should be given what they will eat from the hour they begin to eat till the time of marketing. The warm weather is the best time to grow and fatten, as pork can be made faster, and with less food than during the cold weather. It is a wonderful waste of food to allow the pigs to get poor before fattening them. The process should go on from the day they first eat till marketing time. It pays largely to grind and cook the grain beforo feeding. A little charcoal is good for health if kept convenient where hogs can get it. Hereditary Diseases in Horses. Darnin sums up his researches on this subject as follows: j I have consulted many *v^orks, and the unanimity of belief by veterinarians ofall nations, in the transmission of various morbid tendencies, is surprising. Authors who have wide experience, give in detail many singular cases, and assert that contracted feet with the numerous contingent evils of ringbones, curbs, splints, spavin, founder, and weakness of the front legs, broken and thick wind, melanosis, specific ophthalmia and blindness, the great French veterinarian, HugariJ, going so for as to Bay that a blind race could soon be formed, crib-biting, jibbing and ill temper —are all plainly hereditary. ... Youatt sums up by saying that there is scarcely a malady to which the horse is subject that is not hereditary, and Hugard adds, that the doctrine that there is scarcely a disease that does not run in the stock is gaining new advocates every day.' I may add to these facts, established by such weight of concurrent testiinony, what I before remarked is general, namely, that it is not the actual ailments, such as contracted feet, ringbones, curb, splints and spavin but the predisposing causes that are transmitted. The disposition of *,parts, the imperfect shape and sizel or the faulty texture of any tendon, borne or muscle most favorable to a particular disease, are transmitted from sire to son. The same may be said of those disorders that affect the internal organs or the* whole body. The abnormal oondition of the blood, and not the scrofulous symptons it produces, is hereditary. The weakn iss in some of the muscles of the larynx tiat cause roaring has a hereditary tende icy. The nar* row loins and flat sides thi t gives a prone- ness to attacks ot diarrhoc a and colic belong to certain lineage. The Kind of HorseS to Breed. A gentleman from this a untry, who had recently made a trip thi >ugh England, gives the following descrif .ion of tbe kind of horsn that is in demand n that country. He says that a horse three- arts bred, about sixteen hands high, with blenty of bone, they have been found and extricated. At the late National Short-horn convention the following gentlemen were elected officers of the association for the coming year: President, T. J. Megibben, Kentucky Vice Presidents, John Scott, Iowa, and M. H. Cochrane, Canada; Secretary, S. F. has*running'water, and a kind of film or white scum Is over It, thicker at the bottom than at the top of the eye, and seems to hurt her very much. A Rbadeb. —Your animal has opthalmia junctavo, and the chances are unfavorable for one eye and very little hope for the other. If f any chance remains it is in the remedy given in tho Farmer of November 1st, first page, Sth column. What Ails my HorseP Editors Indiana Farmen My uncle has a four-year-old horse that was either kicked on the knee of his fore leg, or bruised, leaving a callous and enlarged joint. Can it be removed? A. B. C. Mooresville. —If the tumor on your colt is not of too long standing you can remove it by blistering with the fluid blister; one ounce of pulis capsicum and one pint of spirits of turpentine. , Eub in well with the hand, once per day, until it becomes roughly blistered, then grease with lard and let go. If this fails it -will stay for life. What Ails Our Co*wP Editors Indiana Farmen Our cow has been drooping around for seven or eight days; her ankles are swollen and also her teats are sore. At first her throat was sore, and she could hardly eat slobbered some, but she has got over that now. A Subscribeb. . Staunton. —Your cow has had epidemic murrain, called in Europe, "Epidemic of 1840." Having been away I could not answer your request sooner. The disease ls described in the Explanatory Stoek Doctor, with treatment. A mild physic may be given, and a dose of sweet spirits of nitre three times a day to keep down fever and act on the kidneys. For sore mouth wash twice a day with carbolic acid,'two drachms, water one pint; mix. Anasarka. Editorslndiana Farmen My horse has a swelling between the fore legs. It broke and healed up again and now it has broken again. The hair does not grow on it and it is all scabby. What is the matter and what shall I doT G.S. Henryville. —Your horse has a disease called Anasarka, erroneously called water farcy. Anoint the parts once per day, to remove the scab, with tincture ot iodine. Apply with a small sponge on the end of a stick. If much swelling prevails puncture with a sharp pointed knife, to the depth of a \ of an inch, in several places. Give one teaspoonful of the following, three times per day in chop feed, mill feed, or wet feed: Ginger, black antimony, nitre, resin, sulphur, aud sulphate of iron, four ounces of the ginger and two of each of the lattpr. $!» 4 arm. Postal-Card Correspondence Mellon sllrer dollars are senior at 92 to M cent* gold ln the New Tork market, Growing Wlieat Crop in the West. Condition of the Crop in Ten States. FARM TOPICS IS GENERAL. mcni«AN. Calhoun Co., Nov. 15.—Plenty of rain of late, and wheat looking fine. Large acreage. D. W. J. KESfTCCK-r. Bourbon Co., Nov. 15.—The dry weather was hard on the wheat and pastures, but the late rains are helping both, and if the weather is favorable a little while both will fully recover. Stock in fine condition and health. S. J. D. UTAH. Salt Lake City, Nov. 13.—Wheat crop only fair on account of drought; price 90 cents per bushel. Lucerne hay crop moderate, and ?12 per ton, timothy J 15. Short crop of apples and worth Jl to J2 per bushel. The corn crop is poor. J. M. C ARKANSAS. Fobt Smith, Nov. 12.—The crops fine here, corn yielding 30 bushels peracre; cotton one bale. Corn worth 60c per bushel. Stock of all kinds, including horses, are very cheap here. Land can be had cheaply near this place. H. VT. H.' COIORADO. Botxlder Co., Nov. 12.—This is one ofthe best counties in the State. Our wheat is mostly consumed here in the West. The price now ia 93c per bushel. Oats 75c and corn the same. Good steers 3 to 4c. We have had two light snows only. N. H. S. -TEW JlAJirSIHBE. TuFTONBOKOuaH, Nov. 14.—Farmers here are plowing. The late rains have dispelled the fears of a dry winter. No. 1 Baldwin apples (150 per barrel; common at Jl; chickens 8 to 12c per pound. Stock ofall kinds selling at fair prices. J. L. H. OHIO. Butler Co., Nov. 15.—The growing wheat looks well. It has a larger growth than I ever saw at this time of year. C.B. Clabke Co., Nov. 15.—The wheat crop f-tood the dry weather well and is now looking fine to enter winter. Stock in very fine condition. Corn crop a little short of average. Prices good for everything. E. F. J. XEW TOBK. Fobestville, Nov. 10.—Apple crop lar gest known for years, selling at Jl per barrel. Wheat fair. Oats rather light. Corn about the average. Winter wheat looking finely. This section of the country is devoted chiefly to dairying, butter and cheese being the chief commodities. Cheese worth 10}*Jc. Butter scarce at 18c. We have had a very rsmarkably dry fall, many being obliged to feed cows while at pasture. To-day, November 12th, it is raining, and the people rejoice. The water is low everywhere in this part of the State. Do any of your readers know of a large farmer who wishes a practical, scientific overseer? Think this the most valuable feature of your paper. Scriptus. FLORIDA. Leesbubo, Nov. 8.—The orange buyers are now canvassing the country, paying from VA to 2c apiece for oranges in the groves. They will commence picking and shipping in a few days and continue all winter—a fair crop. Sugar cane about ma tured, will begin the manufacture of syrup and sugar very soon. Bananas ripe, but owing to the severity of last winter the crop is short. The merchantsare filling up their warehouses with cotton, which the farmers are carting in and bartering for dry goods and groceries. Gardening progressing; peas in bl >om; Irish potatoes coming up; radishes, turnips, onions and cabbage look well. Insects plenty, though not so numerous now as two weeks ago. Very little sickness. W. H. M. , KANSAS. Crawford Co., Nov. 14.—Growing wheat loofes fine. Corn worth 20c per bushel. Potatoes 40c per bushel, Flour worth J3 per hundred; hogs worth J2 80. B. X). Cowley Co., Nov. 12.—Wheat looks better than I ever saw it. We are having fine weather down here. Farmers are gathering corn and arranging stock for wiuter. J. H. M. Harvet Co., Nov. 8.—We are having a >ery nice rain to-day. Corn is fair; wheat looks splendid; bave bad enough rain now to insure a good crop of wheat next bar- vest, but I have not been here long enough to know anything about the weather. This is a beautiful looking country. If it is as good as itlooks I will be very well satisfied. Land ranges around here, improved farms of 160 acres, from J1500 to 25i)0; m acres, Improved, from JS00 to $1500. The weather here is very changeable, but seems to be healthy. Wheat Jl; corn 20c; oats 20c; coal, our fuel, Osage shaft, J5 50 per ton. J. S. ILLINOI*. Clay Co., Nov. 14.—Wheat looks well; most early too large. Some complaint of fly and some littlerust. Ilogs are fattening finely, all healthy; pastures a little short. I think I will be able to send in a club for the Fabmeb in a few days. A great many want it but money is so scarce, but business is reviving in Illinois and the Farmeb is a welcome visitor. W. II. J. Champaign Co., Nov. 13.—Copious rains this week. The wheat completely covers the ground, and in every way looks well- promising another big crop. Success to the Farmer. J. M. A. Marion Co., Nov. 15.—The wheat is doing well since tho late rains, and promises another big crop. Stock in fine condition (or winter. The season very warm. Corn dry and in good condition, cribbing and selling in market. The Indiana Fakmer is well liked in this part of Illinois. Chas. W. G. Sangamon Co., Nov. 13.—Wheat * sti*i looking fine. Corn gathering the order of the day here. Stock healthy and in good wintering condition. Splendid rains. J. VT. a. Edoar Co., Nov. 14.—The dry season ended this week with fine rains. Growing wheat looks fine here, equal to that of any season at this time of year. Corn ripened and dried for cribbing as well as I ever saw It. Crop is fair. D. W. WDIAX*. \ Adams Co.,' Nov. 15.—Growing whWt crop first rate. Apples per barrel, picked, Jl. Stock oi all kinds in good condition. J. A. B. , Ktrsn Co., Nov. 13.—Growing wheat was damaged some by drouth. Corn about % crop. Potatoes fair crop. Apples rotting badly. Corn shuckers 75c per day and boarded. G. VT. R. Hendricks Co., Nov. 14.—About % morx. wheat sown here than last year, and it looks better. Corn not quite as good as last year. Good winter apples are scarce. Potatoes average crop. J. K. Cass Co., Nov. 10.—We have had fine weather this fall; the growing wlieat never looked better at this season of tho year; a great deal of it is of such rank growth that farmers are pasturing it. A large acreage sown. Corn not an average crop. C. Vermillion Co., Nov. 14.—Corn is not good in quality or quantity. A largo acreage of wheat sown and looks well except some fields on sandy soils. Plenty of hogs- potatoes scarce at 40c per bushel; no hog cholera at present. A great amount of the wheat crop sold here for 85 to OOc per bushel. Pioneer. Gibson Co., Nov. 15.—Wheat crop since the rain looks better. The late dry weather thinned out much of the wheat. The damage done by insects cannot yet be predicted, as it may recover from that before hard winter. Corn was damaged about a tenth. Hogs a short crop. Very heavy rains jthis week in Southern Indiana. R. M.~"" Blackford Co., Nov. 14.—Tlie growing wheat crop is in splendid condition, except tha rapid growth. A great many farmers are pasturing it, as they think it too rank. Apples splendid crop. Corn crop not yery good; plenty of tbe kind but too loose on ear, but sound grains. Good * upply of stock. A. G. B. Knox Co., Nov. 14.—On the night of the 8th inst. we had a glorious rain, which just came ln time to save some of our wheat. Some of my neighbors have told me tbey would have to put some of their wheat fields in corn next spring. I think a great many persons were scared too soon, however, as all the fields which I examined Bhowed dead leaves only, while ttie stalk was alive. Those who plowed deep and pulverized well have sustained very little injury. Knox. Steuben Co., Nov. 13.—All the cereals and such fruits as apples and pumpkins are successfully grown in this connty. There never was a larger amount of wheat yielded per acre than the last crop. More wheat was sown this fall than a year ago. It looks finely, and has not been injured by the fly. There is an average corn crop but not as large as last year's crop. Apples are plentiful; they Bell for Jl 60 per barrel, the barrel valued at 30c and the apples at Jl 20, delivered on the cars. Car loads of this fruit are Bent from this county to Kansas, Cincinnati and New York city. The live stock of thin county is of a wry commongri.de. Breeders of choice swine and cattle ought to send their card* to tin farmers of Steuben. It. V. (.. ■ -cr»?p^5
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1879, v. 14, no. 47 (Nov. 22) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1447 |
Date of Original | 1879 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
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Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Transcript | vol,, xrv. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, NpV. 22, 1879.—TWELVE PAGES. NO. 47. FOB SAU2. F OR SALE— Pure Chester *Whlte boar pies. Beady ise. R. S. RUSSELL, Zionsvllle. Ind. F OR SALE— 5R head of yearling steers. Address A. J. PATTERSON, Union, Pike Co., Ind. FOR SALK—Farm ot 95 acres, 8 miles northeast of Indianapolis, to close an estate. G. W. De- FORD. Castleton, Ind^ FOR 8ALB—A few choice Chester White pli show fix;' also, some aged hogs. Address Moody, .Eminence, Ky. fl, in fl. R. FOR BALE—Chester White pigs. Boars ready for service. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address 8. U McCORMICK, Cartersbarg, Indiana. FOR SALE—Jersey bull 9 months old; Golden Spanish Hamhurg and Plymouth Hock Chickens; also iancy pigeons. TvHULMAN,Sr. I, OR SALE—Farms In Marlon, Rnsh and other comities ln Indiana. G. W. ALEXANDER, 36 Market St., (s-lde door Central Bank). "1J10R SALE—160 acres of excellent land one mile \T from Kokomo. WUl require $1,500 to ♦2.000 cash, balance on time at 6 per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In- dfapolls. FOR SALE—Bronze grblers.'Pekin ducks. Partridge Cochins, and Plymouth Rock cockerels. Writ* at once to J. L. BR&NTON, Petersburg, Pike county, Ind. IOR SALE—The Farm Register and Account JL' Book. Complete method of keeping farm accounts. Price II each. Address INDIANA FARMER COMPANY, Iadlanapolis. F FOR S\LE— Fifty bead of Jersey Red swine. Pigs from 8 to 12 weeks old. Shoats from 5 to 9 months old. Sows with pig, or without. HARRIS SHEPPARD, Spencer: Owen county, Ind, ""CiOR-HALE—Twenty head of choice Poland China JF pigs, ready for service, either sex. Special offer for 30 days. Please write me before you purchase. Address L. H. AIKMAN, Dana, Ind. FORSALE—I have one of Zimmerman's galvanized iron Fruit Drying and Baking Machines, which I will trade for wood and produce. A bargain to any one. J. A. RIPPETO, office Indiana Farmer. ITIOR SALE—Fine farm of 103 acres in Hamilton . county. 14 miles north of city, nt»ar I'armel, 'ell improved, and unsurpassed for block and grain. s'bls Is a rare bargain. Address J. F. MEN DEN- HALL, Carmel, Ind. *S? F ^ OR SALE—Thoroughbred Shorthorn bulls, two yearlings and four calves, seven to nine months old; also yearling belters and heifer calves, all the getofOaKlandDuke,'i4153. J, T. WILLIAMSON A SON, Thorntown, Ind. . — — . f FOR SALE—Four pair White Holland tuikeys at $3 a pair, or $4 50 a trio; also a few pairs or trios ef Dark Brahmas S. G. Dorkins and B. Leghorns, and some cockerels of Wnite Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks. T.J JOHNSON, GreencasUe, Ind. ^ FOR SALE—Poland China pigs, from five to eight months old, extra fine, and bred from registered stock, representing Black Bess, Black Tom, and /Perfection stock. Prices low. GEORGE. F„ PARENT, Union City, Randolph county, Indiana. FOR SALE—A farm of 160 acres, 7 miles northwest of Indianapolis. This farm is under a high state of cultivation, and is thoroughly tile-drained; has a substantial brick house ot 10 rooms, _s barns, aud all other necessary buildings. Q. T., care Indiana Farmer Co. FOR SALE—Owing to the removal to Cincinnati of Cowen A McUrath. the wholesale auction and commission dealers in Boots and Shoes, at 114 Sooth Meridian street, the stock on hand, about (25,000 T*ortn of prime Mrst-class Boots and Shoes will be sold at the above place at retail at auction and commission prices, to close up the store. The b toe it consists of the best New York, Philadelphia, Rochester and Cincinnati manufactures. Everybody ^ot wanting to go barefooted or pay big "prices for Boots and Shoes, must come to this sale, which will only last two or three weeks, at 114 South Meridian street. Store open till 8 o'clock in the evening. WANTED. "TIT"ANTED—Agents, local and general for Indiana TV History, Family Bibles, and the Voters Text- Book. 8. L. MARROW, Indianapolis. —— * 1 -• "'TTT" H. ALLEN A Co., Druggists, opposite post- - VV • office, keepa complete stock of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Oils, Toilet Articles. Best goods and lowest prices. "T\r ANTED -Agents for "The Voters Text Book.*' VV published in English and German. A standard Political History to date. Not partisan. Will have a big sale next campaign. Secure territory at •nee. FRED. L. HORTON A CO.,66 fcast MarketSt. MIN^ELLANKOL'*. c C. BURGESS, Dentist. Office in room 4 Va- • Jen's Exchange Block. N. Pennsylvania St. CCHARLEY LINCOLN-Formerly at the Arcade j ls now at the Oak Hall Clothing Store, 9 West Washington street. "Give Charley a call. EXCDRSION-November 26,1879. to all points In Kaos»as by land department ofthe Kansas Pacific railway, who have 6,000,000 acres of lands for sale on the most favorable terms. For mil particulars as to lands, price of tickets and freight, and get a homestead paper and other printed matter, bee or address JOHN C. FULLj&NWlDifiR,44 Louisiana, street, Indianapolis. THE old reliable Indianapolis Business College, Bates Block, opposite the postoffice. Imparts a Practical, Useful and Profitable Education, meeting the wants of nine-tenths of the young men and fcoys. Young men wishing to enter busiuess will here receive such aid as will insure a successful future to them. For circulars of Information, address KOERNER A GOODIER, Indianapolis, Ind. LO AN.N. M 'ONEY to loan on Improved Farms. VINTON, IndlanapoUs, Ind. 'M. E. LOAN—MONEY—In snms of •J3C0 to |10,000, on Improved farms ln Indiana, at eight per cent. Interest, payable aDnaally (no commissions charged). The principal, or any part ot It can be paid at any time. H. B PALMER A CO., No. 78 East Market St. .Indianapolis. Ind. The bnlllon valne of the new silver dollar ls 89 mats gold. » m » Last year the United States consumed over 600,000 tons of foreign sngar, _ * SA . ■ It Is stated that the quantity of wheat and flonr la sight In this conntry and afloat for Europe ls equal to about •2,OM,O0O bushels. Gold Receipts from Europe. Europe has sent to the United States over (60.000,- 000 since the first of last January, ln payment for produce. The bnlk ol this vast sum has been received within the past 80 days. The receipts of fold from foreign countries will continue heavy at least until next harvest. _ mm,. Export* of Wheat. 1 S« exports of wheat, and Hour at Its equivalent ln gra\n, from American Atlantic and Pacific ports. Including Montreal, from July I to November 1 amonnt to S8,010,M8 bushels, ln which are Included abont 15,000,«00 bushels of wheat from the crop of 187S. ?'early one halt the export surplus ot the wheat of 1S7» has gone out ofthe country. Am A There are coal mines in Germany in which the phenomenon of subterranean waters having a regular ebband flow has been observed. The scientific academies of Vienna and Berlin are study ing it, and ' look for valuable additions to our knowl- ' edge of the earth's interior. CARING FOR THE STOCK. Methods of Making the Most Money Ont of the Different Kinds. Curing Balky Horses—The Best Breeds of Sheep—The Most Profit in Hogs. WINTER FEEDISi-O AND RIIELTEB. There are. many farmers yet, who thoughtlessly or deliberately cast away and utterly destroy one-third ofthe winter feed given to stock. If any one of this class were asked to give this one-third of their grain and other winter feed to some charity, they would think it a hardship. But they do worse than this—they utterly waste it. Every one knows or should know that it takes about one-third more teed to winter stock of any kind without .shelter than with it. All perhaps are not situated to have good warm barns large enough for all their stock. Yet all who have stock may have good shelter. Sheds may easily be made of the extra straw going to waste. A few posts and poles and the straw, with a hit of thoughtful industry is all that is required to provide shelter and save thirty three per cent of the feed. The grain and feed will bring cash, and there is no use of utterly throwing such a per cent of the product away. Besides, the stock will be more valuable in any event for a little careful winter keeping. If this class of farmers have no feeling for their stock, the money consideration ought to move them In the""' direction of this kind of winter care. . ._,.,., TUT AMD COOKED FEED. By actual trial and experiment, times without number, it has been found that the cutter and feed cooker may be used with a large per cent of profit in feeding most stock. Experiment shows that ground or cooked corn will produce a considerable number of pounds more of meat per hundred than when fed dry and in the ear. Grinding mills and feed cookers can now be had cheaply, and they will soon pay f*»r themselves on the tarm, in the saving of grain. The extra milk and butter from the cows alone will pay ior them. SELECTING! GOOD COWS. There are scores of poor milk cows which are kept actually at a loss from year to year by their owners. There are well-known points by which a prospective good cow may be known, while yet young, and these should be studied, and the poor heifer calves be gotten rid of. A cow with her second calf that gives no more than 300 pounds of milk per year should be fatted and killed without delay, for her keeping is costing more than the value ofthe milk. A cow that pays anything should give from five to six hundred pounds of milk per year. It will pay any farmer to study the points Of good cows. The promising calves at ten months or younger by the Guenon method may be selected with certainty from the poor ones. CASE OF HOUSES. "Very many of the diseases and ailments with which horses are afflicted are brought on by indifferent care. Pampering and overfeeding is no less a source of these troubles than irregular feeding, Improper watering, and indifferent grooming. Horses have frequently gone blind from standing in dark stables. The stables should be so lighted that the light will not fall directly on the horses eyes. The windows should be at or near the rear of the stalls. We have known several instances where horses were killed by watering them after a heavy feed of grain. The water drank washed the undigested food out of the stomach and into the intestines, causing irritation, inflamatlon and finally death." Horses should always be watered before being fed grain. CUBING RALKV HOUSES. A writer in one of our Canada exchanges gives his method of curing balky horses. He says: I would prepare myself with a good strap—I want no whip; perhaps he has got a taste of that already, and still he is master. But some fine day when I was at peace with myself and all around, I would hitch bim to the buggy, turning his head to the village. He goes half the way very well indeed; then he begins to consider he has gone far enough in that direction and stops. I step down; he expects me to nse the whip. He is mistaken. As a criminal I treat him on the silent system. I push him back a little out of tbe way. I show him the strap, putting it up to his nose. I go to the off side and buckle it to his off fore leg, close up to his breast, throwing the other end over his shoulder! I then raise his near lore foot and fix it with tho hoof nearly touching the belly. This done, I say, "Now old chap, you just: stand there:" I dOD't smoke, so I take a) paper from my pocket, and finding a 'place where I can sit down and he see me, I be-J gin to read. This is something he did not bargain for, and the novelty of standing on three legs somewhat diverts his mind from the cause that stopped him. I think this is the chief point to be gained and the most humane. When the strap is taken off, I show it to him, caress hin |t l't'le, and we move on without irritation. The strap will now become a part of the harness for a month or two, till at last the sight of it will act as a talisman. short below the knee and hock, with slo ping shoulders, lean and well formed neck and head, powerful enough to carry fifteen stone through a couple of hours, run across country, and with some little training to give him a good mouth, and teach him to hjmp, would fetch any thing that might be properly asked for him. SHEEP-BEST BREED, Etc. England greatly excels us in sheep husbandry. The English farmer knows better the value of this stock. It gives a larger profit to the farm in all respects than anj^ nutil help comes. Thus buried, they have The black faced Scotch sheep, the oldest breed in Scotland, are very muscular, active and extremely hardy, able to endure the privations incident to a life of continual exposure upon tbe bleak and storm beaten mountains. In storms, they instinctively herd together, and, although completely buried in a snow drift, will manage to push the snow from their bodies and form a cave over them, in which they will live on what scanty herbage may be within their reach, other stock. Of course we must have othet* managed to live two or three weeks before Btock on the farm, but we should have a due proportion of sheep. The question as to which is the best breed "must depend largely upon locality. For their wool value many hold, that in the most porthem latitudes, the Merino is the best, while in th», south the pure Saxony. When situated near good markets, where the flesh is in demand, the long wool breeds are best, as they yield many more pounds of meat. \ The answers to the following queries are given by John N. Navin, V. 8., of this city, author ol Narln's Explanatory Btock Doctor. Disease of the Eye. Editors Indiana Farmer: ' Ihave a fine mare that has for some time had weak eyes. One of them she can't see outof, but itlooksclear and nice,except for qA Lockridge, Greencastle, Indiana; Treasurer, the latter we may mention the Cotswolds/] Claude Mathews, Clinton, Indiana which mature quite young, and their quarters weigh from twenty to thirty pounds. The Leicester are a little heavier, but not quite bo hardy. The Southdowns are also highly esteemed in this class. No stock on the farm relish or do better with changes of feed than sheep. In order to have healthy sbeep no buck under two years old, or over seven should be permitted to run with the flock. Sheep husbandry is on the rapid advance in this country and should be encouraged in every way. The tiniie' should soon come when we shall import no,. a Mqa 0, gla8sy appearance/ The other eye more wool, for our lands.an*} climate artr!('-t,'0^,„„*„iA„*A,„t„. *■-.*.»-* -*■ -i— highly adapted to sheep hustnndry. WHAT ABOUT it OOST To make this stock most profitable none but breeding animals should be kept over winter. It don't pay to winter any others. There are several improved breeds which mature at eight to ten months, and are made to weigh from three hundred to five hundred pounds at that age. To mature this stock rapidly, pigs should be given what they will eat from the hour they begin to eat till the time of marketing. The warm weather is the best time to grow and fatten, as pork can be made faster, and with less food than during the cold weather. It is a wonderful waste of food to allow the pigs to get poor before fattening them. The process should go on from the day they first eat till marketing time. It pays largely to grind and cook the grain beforo feeding. A little charcoal is good for health if kept convenient where hogs can get it. Hereditary Diseases in Horses. Darnin sums up his researches on this subject as follows: j I have consulted many *v^orks, and the unanimity of belief by veterinarians ofall nations, in the transmission of various morbid tendencies, is surprising. Authors who have wide experience, give in detail many singular cases, and assert that contracted feet with the numerous contingent evils of ringbones, curbs, splints, spavin, founder, and weakness of the front legs, broken and thick wind, melanosis, specific ophthalmia and blindness, the great French veterinarian, HugariJ, going so for as to Bay that a blind race could soon be formed, crib-biting, jibbing and ill temper —are all plainly hereditary. ... Youatt sums up by saying that there is scarcely a malady to which the horse is subject that is not hereditary, and Hugard adds, that the doctrine that there is scarcely a disease that does not run in the stock is gaining new advocates every day.' I may add to these facts, established by such weight of concurrent testiinony, what I before remarked is general, namely, that it is not the actual ailments, such as contracted feet, ringbones, curb, splints and spavin but the predisposing causes that are transmitted. The disposition of *,parts, the imperfect shape and sizel or the faulty texture of any tendon, borne or muscle most favorable to a particular disease, are transmitted from sire to son. The same may be said of those disorders that affect the internal organs or the* whole body. The abnormal oondition of the blood, and not the scrofulous symptons it produces, is hereditary. The weakn iss in some of the muscles of the larynx tiat cause roaring has a hereditary tende icy. The nar* row loins and flat sides thi t gives a prone- ness to attacks ot diarrhoc a and colic belong to certain lineage. The Kind of HorseS to Breed. A gentleman from this a untry, who had recently made a trip thi >ugh England, gives the following descrif .ion of tbe kind of horsn that is in demand n that country. He says that a horse three- arts bred, about sixteen hands high, with blenty of bone, they have been found and extricated. At the late National Short-horn convention the following gentlemen were elected officers of the association for the coming year: President, T. J. Megibben, Kentucky Vice Presidents, John Scott, Iowa, and M. H. Cochrane, Canada; Secretary, S. F. has*running'water, and a kind of film or white scum Is over It, thicker at the bottom than at the top of the eye, and seems to hurt her very much. A Rbadeb. —Your animal has opthalmia junctavo, and the chances are unfavorable for one eye and very little hope for the other. If f any chance remains it is in the remedy given in tho Farmer of November 1st, first page, Sth column. What Ails my HorseP Editors Indiana Farmen My uncle has a four-year-old horse that was either kicked on the knee of his fore leg, or bruised, leaving a callous and enlarged joint. Can it be removed? A. B. C. Mooresville. —If the tumor on your colt is not of too long standing you can remove it by blistering with the fluid blister; one ounce of pulis capsicum and one pint of spirits of turpentine. , Eub in well with the hand, once per day, until it becomes roughly blistered, then grease with lard and let go. If this fails it -will stay for life. What Ails Our Co*wP Editors Indiana Farmen Our cow has been drooping around for seven or eight days; her ankles are swollen and also her teats are sore. At first her throat was sore, and she could hardly eat slobbered some, but she has got over that now. A Subscribeb. . Staunton. —Your cow has had epidemic murrain, called in Europe, "Epidemic of 1840." Having been away I could not answer your request sooner. The disease ls described in the Explanatory Stoek Doctor, with treatment. A mild physic may be given, and a dose of sweet spirits of nitre three times a day to keep down fever and act on the kidneys. For sore mouth wash twice a day with carbolic acid,'two drachms, water one pint; mix. Anasarka. Editorslndiana Farmen My horse has a swelling between the fore legs. It broke and healed up again and now it has broken again. The hair does not grow on it and it is all scabby. What is the matter and what shall I doT G.S. Henryville. —Your horse has a disease called Anasarka, erroneously called water farcy. Anoint the parts once per day, to remove the scab, with tincture ot iodine. Apply with a small sponge on the end of a stick. If much swelling prevails puncture with a sharp pointed knife, to the depth of a \ of an inch, in several places. Give one teaspoonful of the following, three times per day in chop feed, mill feed, or wet feed: Ginger, black antimony, nitre, resin, sulphur, aud sulphate of iron, four ounces of the ginger and two of each of the lattpr. $!» 4 arm. Postal-Card Correspondence Mellon sllrer dollars are senior at 92 to M cent* gold ln the New Tork market, Growing Wlieat Crop in the West. Condition of the Crop in Ten States. FARM TOPICS IS GENERAL. mcni«AN. Calhoun Co., Nov. 15.—Plenty of rain of late, and wheat looking fine. Large acreage. D. W. J. KESfTCCK-r. Bourbon Co., Nov. 15.—The dry weather was hard on the wheat and pastures, but the late rains are helping both, and if the weather is favorable a little while both will fully recover. Stock in fine condition and health. S. J. D. UTAH. Salt Lake City, Nov. 13.—Wheat crop only fair on account of drought; price 90 cents per bushel. Lucerne hay crop moderate, and ?12 per ton, timothy J 15. Short crop of apples and worth Jl to J2 per bushel. The corn crop is poor. J. M. C ARKANSAS. Fobt Smith, Nov. 12.—The crops fine here, corn yielding 30 bushels peracre; cotton one bale. Corn worth 60c per bushel. Stock of all kinds, including horses, are very cheap here. Land can be had cheaply near this place. H. VT. H.' COIORADO. Botxlder Co., Nov. 12.—This is one ofthe best counties in the State. Our wheat is mostly consumed here in the West. The price now ia 93c per bushel. Oats 75c and corn the same. Good steers 3 to 4c. We have had two light snows only. N. H. S. -TEW JlAJirSIHBE. TuFTONBOKOuaH, Nov. 14.—Farmers here are plowing. The late rains have dispelled the fears of a dry winter. No. 1 Baldwin apples (150 per barrel; common at Jl; chickens 8 to 12c per pound. Stock ofall kinds selling at fair prices. J. L. H. OHIO. Butler Co., Nov. 15.—The growing wheat looks well. It has a larger growth than I ever saw at this time of year. C.B. Clabke Co., Nov. 15.—The wheat crop f-tood the dry weather well and is now looking fine to enter winter. Stock in very fine condition. Corn crop a little short of average. Prices good for everything. E. F. J. XEW TOBK. Fobestville, Nov. 10.—Apple crop lar gest known for years, selling at Jl per barrel. Wheat fair. Oats rather light. Corn about the average. Winter wheat looking finely. This section of the country is devoted chiefly to dairying, butter and cheese being the chief commodities. Cheese worth 10}*Jc. Butter scarce at 18c. We have had a very rsmarkably dry fall, many being obliged to feed cows while at pasture. To-day, November 12th, it is raining, and the people rejoice. The water is low everywhere in this part of the State. Do any of your readers know of a large farmer who wishes a practical, scientific overseer? Think this the most valuable feature of your paper. Scriptus. FLORIDA. Leesbubo, Nov. 8.—The orange buyers are now canvassing the country, paying from VA to 2c apiece for oranges in the groves. They will commence picking and shipping in a few days and continue all winter—a fair crop. Sugar cane about ma tured, will begin the manufacture of syrup and sugar very soon. Bananas ripe, but owing to the severity of last winter the crop is short. The merchantsare filling up their warehouses with cotton, which the farmers are carting in and bartering for dry goods and groceries. Gardening progressing; peas in bl >om; Irish potatoes coming up; radishes, turnips, onions and cabbage look well. Insects plenty, though not so numerous now as two weeks ago. Very little sickness. W. H. M. , KANSAS. Crawford Co., Nov. 14.—Growing wheat loofes fine. Corn worth 20c per bushel. Potatoes 40c per bushel, Flour worth J3 per hundred; hogs worth J2 80. B. X). Cowley Co., Nov. 12.—Wheat looks better than I ever saw it. We are having fine weather down here. Farmers are gathering corn and arranging stock for wiuter. J. H. M. Harvet Co., Nov. 8.—We are having a >ery nice rain to-day. Corn is fair; wheat looks splendid; bave bad enough rain now to insure a good crop of wheat next bar- vest, but I have not been here long enough to know anything about the weather. This is a beautiful looking country. If it is as good as itlooks I will be very well satisfied. Land ranges around here, improved farms of 160 acres, from J1500 to 25i)0; m acres, Improved, from JS00 to $1500. The weather here is very changeable, but seems to be healthy. Wheat Jl; corn 20c; oats 20c; coal, our fuel, Osage shaft, J5 50 per ton. J. S. ILLINOI*. Clay Co., Nov. 14.—Wheat looks well; most early too large. Some complaint of fly and some littlerust. Ilogs are fattening finely, all healthy; pastures a little short. I think I will be able to send in a club for the Fabmeb in a few days. A great many want it but money is so scarce, but business is reviving in Illinois and the Farmeb is a welcome visitor. W. II. J. Champaign Co., Nov. 13.—Copious rains this week. The wheat completely covers the ground, and in every way looks well- promising another big crop. Success to the Farmer. J. M. A. Marion Co., Nov. 15.—The wheat is doing well since tho late rains, and promises another big crop. Stock in fine condition (or winter. The season very warm. Corn dry and in good condition, cribbing and selling in market. The Indiana Fakmer is well liked in this part of Illinois. Chas. W. G. Sangamon Co., Nov. 13.—Wheat * sti*i looking fine. Corn gathering the order of the day here. Stock healthy and in good wintering condition. Splendid rains. J. VT. a. Edoar Co., Nov. 14.—The dry season ended this week with fine rains. Growing wheat looks fine here, equal to that of any season at this time of year. Corn ripened and dried for cribbing as well as I ever saw It. Crop is fair. D. W. WDIAX*. \ Adams Co.,' Nov. 15.—Growing whWt crop first rate. Apples per barrel, picked, Jl. Stock oi all kinds in good condition. J. A. B. , Ktrsn Co., Nov. 13.—Growing wheat was damaged some by drouth. Corn about % crop. Potatoes fair crop. Apples rotting badly. Corn shuckers 75c per day and boarded. G. VT. R. Hendricks Co., Nov. 14.—About % morx. wheat sown here than last year, and it looks better. Corn not quite as good as last year. Good winter apples are scarce. Potatoes average crop. J. K. Cass Co., Nov. 10.—We have had fine weather this fall; the growing wlieat never looked better at this season of tho year; a great deal of it is of such rank growth that farmers are pasturing it. A large acreage sown. Corn not an average crop. C. Vermillion Co., Nov. 14.—Corn is not good in quality or quantity. A largo acreage of wheat sown and looks well except some fields on sandy soils. Plenty of hogs- potatoes scarce at 40c per bushel; no hog cholera at present. A great amount of the wheat crop sold here for 85 to OOc per bushel. Pioneer. Gibson Co., Nov. 15.—Wheat crop since the rain looks better. The late dry weather thinned out much of the wheat. The damage done by insects cannot yet be predicted, as it may recover from that before hard winter. Corn was damaged about a tenth. Hogs a short crop. Very heavy rains jthis week in Southern Indiana. R. M.~"" Blackford Co., Nov. 14.—Tlie growing wheat crop is in splendid condition, except tha rapid growth. A great many farmers are pasturing it, as they think it too rank. Apples splendid crop. Corn crop not yery good; plenty of tbe kind but too loose on ear, but sound grains. Good * upply of stock. A. G. B. Knox Co., Nov. 14.—On the night of the 8th inst. we had a glorious rain, which just came ln time to save some of our wheat. Some of my neighbors have told me tbey would have to put some of their wheat fields in corn next spring. I think a great many persons were scared too soon, however, as all the fields which I examined Bhowed dead leaves only, while ttie stalk was alive. Those who plowed deep and pulverized well have sustained very little injury. Knox. Steuben Co., Nov. 13.—All the cereals and such fruits as apples and pumpkins are successfully grown in this connty. There never was a larger amount of wheat yielded per acre than the last crop. More wheat was sown this fall than a year ago. It looks finely, and has not been injured by the fly. There is an average corn crop but not as large as last year's crop. Apples are plentiful; they Bell for Jl 60 per barrel, the barrel valued at 30c and the apples at Jl 20, delivered on the cars. Car loads of this fruit are Bent from this county to Kansas, Cincinnati and New York city. The live stock of thin county is of a wry commongri.de. Breeders of choice swine and cattle ought to send their card* to tin farmers of Steuben. It. V. (.. ■ -cr»?p^5 |
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