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VCXL. XIV. ISTDIAKAPCXLIS, INDIANA, DEC. 27, 1879. NO. 52. FOB HAJamZa FOB SATjE—Pekin ducks, good birds, $2 50 per pair IT taken soon. T T «»^*-"™w d...«k„™ Pike county, Ind. "j. -L. BRENTON,"Petersburg, FOB SALE—Fin« Berskshlre pigs by W. II Lebanon, Ind. t at {3 apiece for 30 days. ' to more to Nebraska. Pall, Sell! ag FOR SALE—Chester White plga. Boars ready for service. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address S. L. McCOBMICK, Cartersburg, Indiana. FOR SALE—Farms in Marlon, _ _ counties In Indiaua._ "' ' , Bush and other G. W. ALEXANDER, 36 E. Market St., (side door Central Bank). FOB SALE—160 acres of excellent land one mile from Kokomo. Will require f 1.500 to $2,000 cash, balance on time at 6 per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In- diapolis. "TT^OB SALE—Thoroughbred Jersey cattle—Begis- X? tered in American Jersey Cattle Clnb. ' butter strains known. Address W. J. MAN. Indianapolis, Indiana. Best HASSEL- IT^OB SALE—A few good Berkshire pigs. 4 months ? old, both sexes, Saille and Oxford strains; also, Dark Brahmas and Bronze turkeys. "VT. A. KELSEY, Areola, Allen county, lad. FOR SALE OR TRADE—Honse and lot, with store room attached, stock and fixtures Ina country Tillage. For further particulars, address "J. P.," Greeubnsh, Preble county, Ohio. FOR SALE—I shall breed, in the next 30 days, 10 of my choice Poland China sows. If you want one please write me before you purchase elsewhere. Address L. H. AIKMAN, Dana, Ind. FOR SALE—Beautiful Shetland pony, (weanling colt,) dark brown or black; will be about S6 or 38 inches high. Price f7i. delivered at the express office, or railroad. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, Clinton, Ind. T^OR SALE- _„ -Ten extra good ShorVhorn bulls, 10 to 15 months old, out of Rose of Sharon, Louan. Raspberry and Blue Bonnet cows. Price for next thirty days 850 to $75, delivered aboard the cars. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, Clinton, Ind. FOR SALE- city, on a pike. -Farm of 140 acres, 1% miles of this -_-. . _ , ,' lOOacresin cultivation,balance timber and pasture; brick house of 5 rooms, and good barn; nice situation; adapted to stock or grain; price $37 per acre. M. ARBUCKLE, 70 East Market street, Indianapolis. FOR SALE—A farm of 100 acres, west of Indianapolis^ . _... , 7 miles north- r This farm launder a high" state of cultivation, and is thoroughly tiie-drained; has a subftantial brick house of 10 rooms, 2 barns, and all other necessary buildings. Q.*»T., care Indiana Farmer Co. FOR SALE—I have A No. 1 farm foi sale of two hundred acres, good Improvements, two miles west ot Greensburg, Decatur county. Ind. Any person desiring to purchase such a farm can correspond with me by letter, or call on meat my premises. JAS. W. UAUEE, Greensburg, Ind. ifaivt )\0C\\a Mr. O. F. Darnell, of this city, has an imported Cotswold buck -with wool measuring seventeen inehes long. Thk flne Cotswold lamb oi Mr. VT. It. Smith, Connersville, Ind., mentioned in the Farmer, was a prize winner at the fell fair. J. W. Baker, of Summersville, Ohio, has bought the fine boar pig Black Dick, of A. W. Boss, of Muncie, this State, for which he paid _ 75. *m Mr. J. D. Van Doren, of Albion, Nebraska, who has had years of experience in breeding the Essex swine, has spared no pains to improve them, by importing and Infusing new blood of the best strains, and now has one of the finest and purest Essex herds in America. At the close of the late Chicago fat stock show ones bullock each of the Devon, Hereford and Short-hom breeds of about the same age were killed to test the weight of each and their value. The Devon netted per cwt. 65 3-10, Hereford, 67 1-10, and the Short-horn 65 7-10. The Hereford belonged to Mr. T. __. Miller, of Beecher, 111. T-jlOR SALE- small place of 20 acres ln Orange county, Ind., 2.S milea from Orleans, 3*4 from "Mitchell. A cottage liouse ol 3 rooms cistern, smokehouse, stable, plenty of Bmall fruits, 800 budded peacb trees of best eorta, larjre enough forbearing. Price ~_r4), one half down, balance on time. Call on or iu (.V.ss HENBY REED, Orleans, Orange Co., Ind. Mr. I. N. Harris, of Rush county, Ind., has sold to Bev. Samuel Frazee two highly bred young Mary's. Young Mary Frazee, named after a deceased daughter, and Lenore Taylor, both sired by Gilt-edged Young Mary Bulls, are out of his fine Young Mary cow Lenore. If any one has doubts about Young Mary blood and pedigree, just try to buy those heifers. Mr. Frazee informs us that he has sold every young bull on his place. gold times that will make us forget all the squealing for corn we ever did. The best bed for a hog is a clean oak floor, swept off clean once a day, with no litter at all. I used to give my hogs straw for bedding, and when I would go to feed in the miorning they would cough until they would shake the pen, now I find my hogs keep much cleaner and have n» cough. Jas. Swank. Shipping Stook. i Kdltors Indiana Farmer: I see in your railroad notes a reference to the Illinois Central R. R. Ompany prohibiting the partitioning of stock in the cars on their road, and hoping all other roads would do the same, which I will bave to take exceptions to. I commenced shipping stock in 1854, and have followed it every year since, and for nine years have shipped all the time, and I find it a great convenience to the shipper and also to the farmer. Shippers can get a few hogs but not always enough for a load. He will buy them and a few sheep or cattle and make up his load, when if he had to get whole loads he would not buy the hogs, therefore the farmer would have to hold his stock until somebody else had some ofthe same to sell. It wonld have this tendency, that a farmer would not feed his cattle, sheep or hogs unless he had a load, and all men are not able to feed a full load ol stock, therefore it would be a drawback to the farmer and to the shipper and also to the railroad. The I., C. & L. R. R. is giving us this advantage and we appreciate it very much. We should put in good solid partitions to not endanger cruel abuse of stock. * Jerry Duoan. Shelby Co., Ind. -V Henry county, Indiana, within half a mile of a railroad station on P., C. and St. L. railroad, well Improved; 115 acres in cultivation, balance in timber Land gently rolling; well watered; large orchard and good buildings; will take part pay in good Indiana, or Western laud satisfactorily located. Call on, or address. L. B. LEONARD, Lewisville, Henrj county, Indiana. FOR SALE-Trotting stallion bred ty CoL " - • ~ "Abdallah Clay," _ __ . Robt. Simms, Nicholas county, Ky., rich bay. 16 hand*:, foaled 1870 Sired by American Clay (he by.C M. Clay. Jr..) dam by Alexander Abdallah (sire of Goldsmith Maid,) gr. dam by Veach's Highlander, (he by Hunt's Brown Highlander ( g gr. dam by Bertrand, (thoroughbred son of old Sir Archey). Abdallah Clay is sound, quiet andgentle driver on the road, either single or double. Had little handling for speed, yet on good track can trot in 2:40. Has good style, and his colts possess good style, size and action. Price $600. Would exchange for Short-horn or Jersey cows and heifers. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, Clinton, Ind AsrsrocjfCEMrEjfis. TJOBERT C. LOSEY will be a candidate for Re- _LV corder of Marion coanty, Indiana, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. CAL. F. DARNELL will be a candidate for Recorder of Marion county, subject to the Republican nominating convention. DAVID E. SWAIN will be a candidate for Recorder of Marion county, subj ect to the Republican nominating convention. HENRY Sheriff of Marlon _C. ADAMS will be a candidate for county, subject to the decision ofthe Republican nominating convention. ENGELBERT J. METZGER. deputy sheriff, will be a candidate for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention of Marion county. D*W. GRUBBS will be a candidate for Sheriff of • Marlon county, subject to the Repullcan nominating convention. A LARgE and important sale of Cotswold sheep owned ;by William Hodgson^Iyrtle, Ontario, Canada, is announced t'o take place on Wednesday, January 7, 1880. The sale comprises one hundred pure bred sheep, and will afford our sheep breeders an excellent opportunity to improve their stock. Mr. Hodgson will lie remembered as the breeder who won the greater part of the premiums on Cotswold sheep at our fairs in 1877 and '78, and who also won the premium offered by the Indiana Wool Growers' Association of ?50, for the best general purpose flock. His flock has won a great number of premiums in other States and at various fairs in Canada. petcrhwrjr* EXPEBIMEHT IK FATTENING HOGS. A farmer tells us that lately he tested the value of his corn put into hogs with the following result: He commenced with a lot of hogs weighing 175 pounds each on the 20th of September. He fed them two weeks and when weighed found that at the price of pork then ruling, $3 50 per hundred, his corn so fed had brought him sixty cents per bushel. These two weeks were"mild weather. He weighed and fed them again two of the coldest weeks in November, and on weighing found that the corn fed, at the same price for pork, had brought him only fifty cents per bushel. He says this teaches him that hags ought to be fatted early and in the warm fall weather to get tho greatest value for the corn fed. This dep**rtment.t%edUpd by Dr. John N. ^Tr'jrl:*., Vt/terinary'Surgeon,autlioi">,i Navin's Eiplauo'j'ory Stock Doctor. . Blood Spavin. Editors Indiana Farmer: What will cure my mare? She is five years old, well formed, has a puffin front of the hind leg at the hock joint which is soft. J. H. L. Warsaw, Ind. Your colt has blood spavin. Blister it severely. You cannot take it all away, but will stop its further progress. Lame Pigs. Editors Indiana Farmer. I wish to know what is wrong with my pigs. They are lame in their lore feet. Their feet seem to be sore on the bottom. Subscriber. Examine lateral posterior or surface of your pig's knees, rather the inside and back part, and you will find little pores through which a secretion called sweat passes out; those may be stopped, and the secretion when stopped often falls down to the feet and causes an inflammation. Rub those little pores with a cob dipped in alcohol until fully stimulated, but not irritated so as to form a sore; spill a little spirits of turpentine between the hoofs and rub iu with the finger for a few days. JW. HSSS will be a candidate for Sheriff of Ha- • rlon county, subject to Republican nominating convention. GEORGE F. BRANHAM will be a candidate for Sheriff of Marlon county, subject to the Republican nominating convention. XISVEAJtASEOVS. c. C. BURGESS, Dentist. Office In room 4 Va- Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St. CHARLEY LINCOLN—Formerly at the Arcade -is now at the Oak Hall Clothing Store, 9 West Washington street. Give Charley a call. LANDS bonght and sold, titles straightened, and taxes paid ln all States. Cash paid for land Warrants. G. M. BALLARD, 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 boys. Young men wishing to enter business will here receive such aid as will insure a successful future to thero. For circulars of Information, address KOERNER A OOODLER, Indianapolis. Ind. "VTOTICE ,s hereby given that a petition has been A*i Bled with the IIonorableBoardof County Commissioners for its action at the next January term.to vacate so much of Record's fourth addition to the town of Lawrence, Marlon county, as is included in lots (1-25) ene to twenty-five Inclusive, of Record's subdivision of lots (5 and 6) live and six, bearing this date. Plat boot No. 4, page 138. LUELLA F. McWHIRTER, Petitioner. IndlanapoUs, Ind,, Nov. 25,1S78. WANTED. "TTTANTED—Agents, local and general for Indians VV History, Family Bibles, and the Voters Text- Book. S. It. MARROW, Indianapolis. *TTTANTD-Salesman—for each State. Salary 175 VV to flOO and expenses. Goods sold by sample. La BKLLK Manci'g Co.. Chicago, 111. ■\\7" H. ALLEN A Co., Druggists, opposite post- VY • office, keen a complete stock of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Oils, Tolle' * * * - " ' lowest prices. rollet Articles. Best goods and "XTr ANTED—Live agents to sell "Grant's Tour VV Around the World" ior $1. Also latest photographs of Grant and wife for 25c per pair. |5 pe day can be eailly made. FRED. L. HORTON A CO.. Publishers, Indianapolis. rONEY to loan on Improved Farms. VINTON, IndlanapoUs, Ind. M. E. TO INSUEE DISEASE AMONG SWINE. In response to the complaint of a certain class of farmers, that with them clover "freezes out" during winter, we have before suggested it was because they permitted their fields to be grazed to the bare ground, leaving no aftermath whatever for winter protection, and if they were to attempt to weather the winter storms with linen coats or no coats, they would probably "freeze out" also. It is pretty hard to get a little bit of the philosophy of common sesse into some people's heads. It has to be done in a very concrete method of statement. Now, it seems to us that the way to insure catarrh, congestion, what is called hog cholera, and other diseases among swine, is to have filthy pens, no drainage from them,but plenty into them, where the water and urine and slop.and filth of every kind mix and stagnate and stink, producing conditions that nohuman could live in for a day, and where hogs live longer only in the ratio of their natural capability over human physical possibilities. We think that we may insure some kind of disease that will sicken and probably kill the hogs if this filthy and eareless method is followed faithfully. It is only a question of time. Farm and Stook Notes. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have been farming 33 years, and have learned that the only way to make a success of any of the varied crops is to keep digging into it. If we fail this year, plow, plant and cultivate more thoroughly next year. As to stock, I have found sheep the most profitable ol any kind according to the investment made, and raising torses the least. As to hogs, if we only »(,ick to it and turn off a good lot every year we will Bhoep Ticks, or Scabs. Editors Indiana Farmer: Please state in your paper what ails my sheep? They appear itching and scratching themselves and are losing their wool. Florence, Ind. E. S. Your sheep are either afflicted with ticks, vermin, or they have a disease called itch, scab, or mange; those names indicate three stages of the disease. Salt and water will kill the ticks. For acare, itch,take mercurial ointment 1 once, lard 2 ounces, and rub the itchy parts, or take tobacco ooze, 1 quart, spirits of turpentine one-half pint, corrosive sublimate 1 or 2 drachms, open the wool o'ver the affected parts, scratch the little blister-like spots, and pour the mixture upon them. If the skin is too thick and scabby scarify the spots. • Blemish on Colt. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a colt that came up from pasturing in July with a small speck of blood on the outside of pastern joint of left fore foot. A few days later a callous lump about the size of a small hen's egg was formed on the spot and still remains there; is very hard, has a small opening in the center, from which matter runs. Joint is not swelled and seems to bave good use of it. What will remove and cure it? S. E. O'N. ' Dupont, Ind. Blister the parts severely with the liquid blister, viz.: Spanish fly 1)4 ounces, spirits of turpentine 1 pint; rub in well with the hand twice per day for two or threo day*; then every alternate day for 10 or 15 days, then grease with lard. Fistula. M. C. W., Patoka, Ind., in a late number asked for a cure for this disease in the horse. In response, only the treatment was given in these columns, and the printer omitted the recipe for the cure. In case,as it was with his horse, where tbe sore was running, as follows; Verdigris powdered J4 ounce, blue *vitriol powdered 1 ounce. dered 2 ounces, arsenic 3 drachms, spirits turpentine 1 ounce, aloes powdered }4 ounce.alum powdered % ounce, fresh lard 1 quart. Mix to form an ointment and keep well covered. Squeeze matter out of abscess and drop it full of this ointment. This to be repeated once a day. Shake up I well before using)each time. For internal treatment use the following: Ground ginger 4 ounces; black antimony, flour of sulphur, sulphate ol iron, resin and nitre, of each two ounces. Give one teaspoonful three times per day in chop feed. Glanders. Editors Indiana Farmen Can you tell me what is wrong with my tvo-year-old colt. Last winter it ate bsarty, but did not thrive at all, its hair looked bad, and it became very poor. In tue spring it had the distemper which reduced it still more. It still eats hearty,'but food does it no good. Every two or three weeks it will get down entirely and appears to be cramped. Will first lay on its side, then get square on its back; will be this way for an hour or two, then get up and go to eating again. Greensburg, Ind. J. M. C. Examine your colt and if you find the submaxillary gland, or both of them enlarged, they are found between the jaws, and' a secretion from one or both nostrils, give him the treatment for glanders: Crude nitre 1 ounce, carbonate of iron 2 ounces, phosphate of lime 2 ounces, ground sassa- parilla 8 ounces, ground sassafras 8 ounces, asafcotida 2 ounces; mix, give one ounce twice per day in feed. If be refuses to eat it drench into him. If not the above disease, the lacteals of a portion of his bowels are dormant or stepped, you can give the following: ground ginger 4 ounces, flour oi sulphur 11 ounces, Pulis nitre 4 ounces, Pulis resin 11 ounces, sulphate of iron 11 ounces, black antimony 11 ounces; mix and give one teaspoonful three times per day in ground or Cho(>-feed. ''*• "\v',% '\-c»pti4al0i«a.^Et*^--»'!£_ -.-.. EdJtoti^a.'aria Farmer: I haVe a horse with Opthalmia, periodical I think. His eye became sore about two and a half months ago. It was sore and watered for a few days, then a film was over it, then became apparently well, only it seems smaller than the other. There is a film forming over it now. I will give f 10 for a cure. Your egg remedy I do not quite understand. Do you burn the yellow with the salt mixed in the shell, or the white in another vessel, or how? , What will remove pin-worms from horses? What will cure hogs with kidney worm? I have read the Farmer for several.years and I am very much interested in the Veterinary Department. W. H. B, Sr. Mitchell, Ind. The egg powder is made thus: Break one end of theegg, pourout the albumen, white, mix the yolk with fine salt until so stiff tbat it will not pour out when heat is applied. Place the egg in a fire of clear coals, let it burn while it will blaze, when burned grind and blow into the eye with a quill once per day, use the small end of a teaspoon to mix in the salt. To remove pin-worms from the bowels of horses use sulphate of iron, one teaspoonful in chop-feed once per day. . Feed arsenic acid to your hogs for kidney worms. ^* $ 'arm. Postal-Card CorresDondeiice m,V\ESOTA. Winona Co., Dec. 17.—Wheat, our staple crop, now brings us ?1 11 per bushel. Weather very cold; the thermometer ranges from 30 to 40 degrees below zero. * E. A. Gilliat. ■nicmaAs. Kalamazoo Co., Dec. 19.—Farmers got alarmed about the wheat in this county and pastured it. Corn a good crop. Hogs mostly soli at f3 25 to $3 75. Clover seed medium crop. Good sheep here ?3 to f3 50. Stook of all kinds look well. James Milhak. ALABAMA. Mobile, Dec. 15.—Weather warm and wet along the gulf coast. Have had no killing frost up to the time of this writing —not enough to kill maderia vines on our trellises. Sweet potatoes about all harvested; the' crop has turned out unusually large. They are now selling at 40c per bushel, and dull at that. J. P. S. KAXSAS. Clay Co., Dec. 19.—This county is about 100 miles due west of Leavenworth, and through it runs the Republican river. It is a fine wheat county. The highest yield of wheat reported was on a 12 acre field, which weighed out 51 5-9 bushels per acre. We also have very large corn crops. Clay county is one of tbe very fine counties in the State, where failures never come in the Crops, J. T. CarIUNGTON. HIMOIUI. Springfield, Dee. 20.—The growing wheat here looks quite well where it was sown in good season, but much was sown late. Corn is good. This is quite a cotton market, a^^p^ii^ is that ^fj£«t££&£ •bates will £je R-pgt-tfcei-e thisseason. I/i)e ] nn p])nWn in cotton factory here consumes about 1,000 bales per year. Lands can be bought very law, but it will soon advance. Business is brisk. Wilson Cort. Brown ■QUERY AND A1VSWEB. B. F:.M., enquires for a machine ior cutting and filling tile ditches and laying the tile. Who knows of such machine? . F. W., Nora: The apples you left' with us for name are the Smith's Cider. • They are a trifle larger than the average of that variety. * , H. H., Hageman, Porter county, informs B. S., that there is a good opening for a tile-factory at Hageman, at the crossing of the M. C. and __. S. railroads. Also wants good blacksmith. A. C. C, Kosciusko county: We have evidence that Mr. James E. Franklin, who advertises in another column a reduction of royalty on driven wells in use in certain counties in this State, is authorized to act for the patentee. Detective Company. W. J. B., Charlestown, desires a copy of the constitution and by-lawB of some horse thief detective company. Will the secretary of some such company please address him in our care? To Borrow Money. D. S. J., Steuben county, desires to borrow ?2,000, on a good 80 acre farm worth $4,000, first mortgage. He will pay 6 per cent but no more; or, will trade for unimproved land. He has written to a number of loan agencies, all of which ask him a 1 **""?e bonus for effecting a loan, one de- flw mded 20 per cent. Address him through this offioe. K-BXTl'CKT. Hopkins Co., Dec. 19.—We have a large yield of corn in this section. Wheat looks well. Pork worth 5c per pound. C. C Harrison. Barren Co., Dec. 18.—The drouth last summer made short corn and hay crops. Oats was moderate and wheat good. Growing wheat looks fine. There are but few fat hogs here. D. W. Eubank. MoNroe Co., Dec. 17.—Wheat sowing just over in this section. It was too dry in the early season. Larger acreage sown than usual. Corn % of a crop. Cattle, sheep and hogs not so plenty as usual. Horses and mules in good demand, lor good prices. J. A. Williams. ILLINOIS. Hamilton Co., Dec. 19.—Wheat looks fine, and we have a large acreage. Many farmers are pasturing it, but I doubt the wisdom of this, except in case of early sown, and that I think ought not to be pastured after December lst. Corn was a large yield this season, but quality not good. J. G. Clay Co., Dec. 18.—Large acreage of wheat sown this fall and looks well. Corn not very good. Pork hogs not plenty. All kinds of stock in good condition." All kinds of farming is carried on here. Wheat, grass and apples flourish best in our soil, the other crops do well. Times are looking up; business of all kinds has revived. Money plenty for all purposes. All we lack is having something to buy it with. The farmers' faces are growing shorter and wider. The Indiana Farmer is well liked here. B. F. Cunningham. INDIANA. Co., Deo. 19.—Wheat looking fine. Corn average crop. Hogs average crop. Young cattle higher than for years. R. J. M. Fulton Co., Dec. 20.—This oonnty is improving in every department of industry. Wheat looks well at present. Fat hogs are about all sold, and stock hogs scarce. J. K. Henry Co., Dec. 18.—Farmers have been pushing their work, but not all tho corn gathered yet. The growing wheat is not doing as well as I have seen it. Corn crop large in bulk, but light in quality. Hoosier. Madison Co., Dec. 19.—The last six weeks have been favorable for the growing crop of wheat. Observing farmers say it looks as well as it did a year ago. Full % of the hog crop is marketed. Corn inferior in quality and below average yield. L. W. H. Tipton Co., Dec. 20.—Wheat looks well and a large acreage sown. Corn a poor crop. Hogs scarce, and all sold. The weather is cold and dry here. Stock doing well this fall. Farmers are in good spirits, for better times are coming. Long may the Farmer live. H. E. Barniiart. Wabash Co., Dec. 18.—Since last Friday we can walk on top of the ground. Hogs most all sold. Corn not more than half crop, and very poor quality except where thoroughly underd rained. Most of the stock is going into winter quarters in good condition; but fear they will not look so well by spring as hay is very scarce. A. P. Jennings Co., Dec. 19.—I have two ears of corn which grew on ono stalk, one ear having 1,150 grains and tho other ear 1,000 grains, making a total of 2,150 grains, Wheat in this vicinity looks well; thero is a greater acreage sown this year than there Hiat/been fo*^ *>**** -<-r;,r.*^. . l**j^s -j-a^ enty of buyers./j We have"i^d nocholei-flin this vicinity nf Jong hogs,. for some time. ; C. D. Huntington Co., Dec. 19.—Wheat looking well, a much larger acreage sown than usual. The past crop the best tho county ever -produced. Corn about % crop .in quantity and very poor in quality; caused by wind in August, early frost and bad seed. Hogs about all sold; isoine hog cholera. Cattle doing well, about the us-^al number being fed. Health good. Times improving, and everybody happy. A. T. *»—»—»•—•.^—.^^— be able to raise a jingle these silver and corrossive sublimate 4 drachms, resin pow The Russian government haa decided to transport Siberian prisoners by sea in most cases. They, have a portrait in Harrisburg Pa., of Cortez, painted in 1520. OHIO. Clark Co., Dec. 18.—Farming is a delightful occupation. Wheat is looking well. I think there will be a good harvest. Corn is poor generally. J. W. R. Warren Co., Dec. 20.—Both our wheat and barley crops were fine the past season. The acreage in growing wheat is large and condition good. Corn averages 60 bushels peracre. -yy, j*_ Wahrbn Co., Dae. 19.—1879 closes a bountiful year to husbandry in this section of Ohio. Wheat yield large, Miami bottoms 25 to 35 bushels per acre, generally threshed from the shock, and hence mostly marketed. Growing crop premising and acreage large. Corn crop short of usual quantity, owing to light stand and imperfect filling. Hog crop an average as to number but sold lighter in weight as our best feeders start their hogs with clover pasture cut short this year by drouth; all made up however by increased prices. Our fanners are generally educated, thrifty and the independent life-enjoying men of the land. They knew how to add a thousand dollars in appearance to their farms by spreading two or three bushels of lime on their yard, fences and out buildings. J. L. W. What is a Model Ear of CornP Editors Indiana Farmer: Having seen considerable in your columns concerning large corn, "boss corn," etc., I would like to bave tbe opinion of a few of our leading farmers as to what constitutes a model ear of corn. The breeders of stock, poultry, etc., have certain established points that each breed or variety must possess. In noticing the corn throughout the country we find that it lacks in uniformity, size, shape of grain, stem, color, etc. I think it high time that we, as fanners, should give this matter attention, and if we have a good variety of corn, try to purify it and get it to be of uniform shape, size, color, etc. We look upon this matter as one of vital importance to the farmers of Indiana, and Wonld like to have the above subject fully discussed in your columns. Nortiifield. Northfield, Dec. 20. . m . Profitable Advertising. Mr. James Riley, of Thorntown, the old and well-known breeder of pure Berkshire swine, in a business letter remitting amount for advertising, says: I have dropped all my advertisements in all papers except the Indiana Farmkr, and it is selling my pigs very fast. I receive letters of inquiry from a great many different States, taken from my Indiana Farmer advertisement, which shows that it is getting a wide circulation. Agricultural Societies. Editors Indiana F-rmer. The officers of the Greene County Agricultural Society elected for the year ]j?«o are as follows: President, Frank Stalcup, Marco, Oreene county; vice-president, 1). B. A. Rose, Linton, Green county; treasurer, D. O. P. MtKinick, Lyons, rjrece county; superintendent, A. W. Harbin, Pleasantville, Sullivan county; secretary' P. Schult-r,e, Linton, Greene county. The eleventh annual fair will be held at Linton October 4th to Sth inclusive, 1880. P. Scuvi.tzk, Sec'y. Dec. 13. The first gold mine in the United States waa discovered in Routh Carolina, in 1790. Twelve years ago, Texas f*hipj>ed only 75,000 bales of cotton, last year ulie shipped 1,0©0,000 biles. « ** A . The war expenses 0f the British government of India are calculated to be $•500,000 daily. It is a costiy amusement. I V ;S^M
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1879, v. 14, no. 52 (Dec. 27) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1452 |
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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Transcript | VCXL. XIV. ISTDIAKAPCXLIS, INDIANA, DEC. 27, 1879. NO. 52. FOB HAJamZa FOB SATjE—Pekin ducks, good birds, $2 50 per pair IT taken soon. T T «»^*-"™w d...«k„™ Pike county, Ind. "j. -L. BRENTON,"Petersburg, FOB SALE—Fin« Berskshlre pigs by W. II Lebanon, Ind. t at {3 apiece for 30 days. ' to more to Nebraska. Pall, Sell! ag FOR SALE—Chester White plga. Boars ready for service. Satisfaction guaranteed. Address S. L. McCOBMICK, Cartersburg, Indiana. FOR SALE—Farms in Marlon, _ _ counties In Indiaua._ "' ' , Bush and other G. W. ALEXANDER, 36 E. Market St., (side door Central Bank). FOB SALE—160 acres of excellent land one mile from Kokomo. Will require f 1.500 to $2,000 cash, balance on time at 6 per cent. T. A. GOODWIN, In- diapolis. "TT^OB SALE—Thoroughbred Jersey cattle—Begis- X? tered in American Jersey Cattle Clnb. ' butter strains known. Address W. J. MAN. Indianapolis, Indiana. Best HASSEL- IT^OB SALE—A few good Berkshire pigs. 4 months ? old, both sexes, Saille and Oxford strains; also, Dark Brahmas and Bronze turkeys. "VT. A. KELSEY, Areola, Allen county, lad. FOR SALE OR TRADE—Honse and lot, with store room attached, stock and fixtures Ina country Tillage. For further particulars, address "J. P.," Greeubnsh, Preble county, Ohio. FOR SALE—I shall breed, in the next 30 days, 10 of my choice Poland China sows. If you want one please write me before you purchase elsewhere. Address L. H. AIKMAN, Dana, Ind. FOR SALE—Beautiful Shetland pony, (weanling colt,) dark brown or black; will be about S6 or 38 inches high. Price f7i. delivered at the express office, or railroad. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, Clinton, Ind. T^OR SALE- _„ -Ten extra good ShorVhorn bulls, 10 to 15 months old, out of Rose of Sharon, Louan. Raspberry and Blue Bonnet cows. Price for next thirty days 850 to $75, delivered aboard the cars. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, Clinton, Ind. FOR SALE- city, on a pike. -Farm of 140 acres, 1% miles of this -_-. . _ , ,' lOOacresin cultivation,balance timber and pasture; brick house of 5 rooms, and good barn; nice situation; adapted to stock or grain; price $37 per acre. M. ARBUCKLE, 70 East Market street, Indianapolis. FOR SALE—A farm of 100 acres, west of Indianapolis^ . _... , 7 miles north- r This farm launder a high" state of cultivation, and is thoroughly tiie-drained; has a subftantial brick house of 10 rooms, 2 barns, and all other necessary buildings. Q.*»T., care Indiana Farmer Co. FOR SALE—I have A No. 1 farm foi sale of two hundred acres, good Improvements, two miles west ot Greensburg, Decatur county. Ind. Any person desiring to purchase such a farm can correspond with me by letter, or call on meat my premises. JAS. W. UAUEE, Greensburg, Ind. ifaivt )\0C\\a Mr. O. F. Darnell, of this city, has an imported Cotswold buck -with wool measuring seventeen inehes long. Thk flne Cotswold lamb oi Mr. VT. It. Smith, Connersville, Ind., mentioned in the Farmer, was a prize winner at the fell fair. J. W. Baker, of Summersville, Ohio, has bought the fine boar pig Black Dick, of A. W. Boss, of Muncie, this State, for which he paid _ 75. *m Mr. J. D. Van Doren, of Albion, Nebraska, who has had years of experience in breeding the Essex swine, has spared no pains to improve them, by importing and Infusing new blood of the best strains, and now has one of the finest and purest Essex herds in America. At the close of the late Chicago fat stock show ones bullock each of the Devon, Hereford and Short-hom breeds of about the same age were killed to test the weight of each and their value. The Devon netted per cwt. 65 3-10, Hereford, 67 1-10, and the Short-horn 65 7-10. The Hereford belonged to Mr. T. __. Miller, of Beecher, 111. T-jlOR SALE- small place of 20 acres ln Orange county, Ind., 2.S milea from Orleans, 3*4 from "Mitchell. A cottage liouse ol 3 rooms cistern, smokehouse, stable, plenty of Bmall fruits, 800 budded peacb trees of best eorta, larjre enough forbearing. Price ~_r4), one half down, balance on time. Call on or iu (.V.ss HENBY REED, Orleans, Orange Co., Ind. Mr. I. N. Harris, of Rush county, Ind., has sold to Bev. Samuel Frazee two highly bred young Mary's. Young Mary Frazee, named after a deceased daughter, and Lenore Taylor, both sired by Gilt-edged Young Mary Bulls, are out of his fine Young Mary cow Lenore. If any one has doubts about Young Mary blood and pedigree, just try to buy those heifers. Mr. Frazee informs us that he has sold every young bull on his place. gold times that will make us forget all the squealing for corn we ever did. The best bed for a hog is a clean oak floor, swept off clean once a day, with no litter at all. I used to give my hogs straw for bedding, and when I would go to feed in the miorning they would cough until they would shake the pen, now I find my hogs keep much cleaner and have n» cough. Jas. Swank. Shipping Stook. i Kdltors Indiana Farmer: I see in your railroad notes a reference to the Illinois Central R. R. Ompany prohibiting the partitioning of stock in the cars on their road, and hoping all other roads would do the same, which I will bave to take exceptions to. I commenced shipping stock in 1854, and have followed it every year since, and for nine years have shipped all the time, and I find it a great convenience to the shipper and also to the farmer. Shippers can get a few hogs but not always enough for a load. He will buy them and a few sheep or cattle and make up his load, when if he had to get whole loads he would not buy the hogs, therefore the farmer would have to hold his stock until somebody else had some ofthe same to sell. It wonld have this tendency, that a farmer would not feed his cattle, sheep or hogs unless he had a load, and all men are not able to feed a full load ol stock, therefore it would be a drawback to the farmer and to the shipper and also to the railroad. The I., C. & L. R. R. is giving us this advantage and we appreciate it very much. We should put in good solid partitions to not endanger cruel abuse of stock. * Jerry Duoan. Shelby Co., Ind. -V Henry county, Indiana, within half a mile of a railroad station on P., C. and St. L. railroad, well Improved; 115 acres in cultivation, balance in timber Land gently rolling; well watered; large orchard and good buildings; will take part pay in good Indiana, or Western laud satisfactorily located. Call on, or address. L. B. LEONARD, Lewisville, Henrj county, Indiana. FOR SALE-Trotting stallion bred ty CoL " - • ~ "Abdallah Clay," _ __ . Robt. Simms, Nicholas county, Ky., rich bay. 16 hand*:, foaled 1870 Sired by American Clay (he by.C M. Clay. Jr..) dam by Alexander Abdallah (sire of Goldsmith Maid,) gr. dam by Veach's Highlander, (he by Hunt's Brown Highlander ( g gr. dam by Bertrand, (thoroughbred son of old Sir Archey). Abdallah Clay is sound, quiet andgentle driver on the road, either single or double. Had little handling for speed, yet on good track can trot in 2:40. Has good style, and his colts possess good style, size and action. Price $600. Would exchange for Short-horn or Jersey cows and heifers. CLAUDE MATTHEWS, Clinton, Ind AsrsrocjfCEMrEjfis. TJOBERT C. LOSEY will be a candidate for Re- _LV corder of Marion coanty, Indiana, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention. CAL. F. DARNELL will be a candidate for Recorder of Marion county, subject to the Republican nominating convention. DAVID E. SWAIN will be a candidate for Recorder of Marion county, subj ect to the Republican nominating convention. HENRY Sheriff of Marlon _C. ADAMS will be a candidate for county, subject to the decision ofthe Republican nominating convention. ENGELBERT J. METZGER. deputy sheriff, will be a candidate for Sheriff, subject to the decision of the Republican nominating convention of Marion county. D*W. GRUBBS will be a candidate for Sheriff of • Marlon county, subject to the Repullcan nominating convention. A LARgE and important sale of Cotswold sheep owned ;by William Hodgson^Iyrtle, Ontario, Canada, is announced t'o take place on Wednesday, January 7, 1880. The sale comprises one hundred pure bred sheep, and will afford our sheep breeders an excellent opportunity to improve their stock. Mr. Hodgson will lie remembered as the breeder who won the greater part of the premiums on Cotswold sheep at our fairs in 1877 and '78, and who also won the premium offered by the Indiana Wool Growers' Association of ?50, for the best general purpose flock. His flock has won a great number of premiums in other States and at various fairs in Canada. petcrhwrjr* EXPEBIMEHT IK FATTENING HOGS. A farmer tells us that lately he tested the value of his corn put into hogs with the following result: He commenced with a lot of hogs weighing 175 pounds each on the 20th of September. He fed them two weeks and when weighed found that at the price of pork then ruling, $3 50 per hundred, his corn so fed had brought him sixty cents per bushel. These two weeks were"mild weather. He weighed and fed them again two of the coldest weeks in November, and on weighing found that the corn fed, at the same price for pork, had brought him only fifty cents per bushel. He says this teaches him that hags ought to be fatted early and in the warm fall weather to get tho greatest value for the corn fed. This dep**rtment.t%edUpd by Dr. John N. ^Tr'jrl:*., Vt/terinary'Surgeon,autlioi">,i Navin's Eiplauo'j'ory Stock Doctor. . Blood Spavin. Editors Indiana Farmer: What will cure my mare? She is five years old, well formed, has a puffin front of the hind leg at the hock joint which is soft. J. H. L. Warsaw, Ind. Your colt has blood spavin. Blister it severely. You cannot take it all away, but will stop its further progress. Lame Pigs. Editors Indiana Farmer. I wish to know what is wrong with my pigs. They are lame in their lore feet. Their feet seem to be sore on the bottom. Subscriber. Examine lateral posterior or surface of your pig's knees, rather the inside and back part, and you will find little pores through which a secretion called sweat passes out; those may be stopped, and the secretion when stopped often falls down to the feet and causes an inflammation. Rub those little pores with a cob dipped in alcohol until fully stimulated, but not irritated so as to form a sore; spill a little spirits of turpentine between the hoofs and rub iu with the finger for a few days. JW. HSSS will be a candidate for Sheriff of Ha- • rlon county, subject to Republican nominating convention. GEORGE F. BRANHAM will be a candidate for Sheriff of Marlon county, subject to the Republican nominating convention. XISVEAJtASEOVS. c. C. BURGESS, Dentist. Office In room 4 Va- Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St. CHARLEY LINCOLN—Formerly at the Arcade -is now at the Oak Hall Clothing Store, 9 West Washington street. Give Charley a call. LANDS bonght and sold, titles straightened, and taxes paid ln all States. Cash paid for land Warrants. G. M. BALLARD, 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 boys. Young men wishing to enter business will here receive such aid as will insure a successful future to thero. For circulars of Information, address KOERNER A OOODLER, Indianapolis. Ind. "VTOTICE ,s hereby given that a petition has been A*i Bled with the IIonorableBoardof County Commissioners for its action at the next January term.to vacate so much of Record's fourth addition to the town of Lawrence, Marlon county, as is included in lots (1-25) ene to twenty-five Inclusive, of Record's subdivision of lots (5 and 6) live and six, bearing this date. Plat boot No. 4, page 138. LUELLA F. McWHIRTER, Petitioner. IndlanapoUs, Ind,, Nov. 25,1S78. WANTED. "TTTANTED—Agents, local and general for Indians VV History, Family Bibles, and the Voters Text- Book. S. It. MARROW, Indianapolis. *TTTANTD-Salesman—for each State. Salary 175 VV to flOO and expenses. Goods sold by sample. La BKLLK Manci'g Co.. Chicago, 111. ■\\7" H. ALLEN A Co., Druggists, opposite post- VY • office, keen a complete stock of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Oils, Tolle' * * * - " ' lowest prices. rollet Articles. Best goods and "XTr ANTED—Live agents to sell "Grant's Tour VV Around the World" ior $1. Also latest photographs of Grant and wife for 25c per pair. |5 pe day can be eailly made. FRED. L. HORTON A CO.. Publishers, Indianapolis. rONEY to loan on Improved Farms. VINTON, IndlanapoUs, Ind. M. E. TO INSUEE DISEASE AMONG SWINE. In response to the complaint of a certain class of farmers, that with them clover "freezes out" during winter, we have before suggested it was because they permitted their fields to be grazed to the bare ground, leaving no aftermath whatever for winter protection, and if they were to attempt to weather the winter storms with linen coats or no coats, they would probably "freeze out" also. It is pretty hard to get a little bit of the philosophy of common sesse into some people's heads. It has to be done in a very concrete method of statement. Now, it seems to us that the way to insure catarrh, congestion, what is called hog cholera, and other diseases among swine, is to have filthy pens, no drainage from them,but plenty into them, where the water and urine and slop.and filth of every kind mix and stagnate and stink, producing conditions that nohuman could live in for a day, and where hogs live longer only in the ratio of their natural capability over human physical possibilities. We think that we may insure some kind of disease that will sicken and probably kill the hogs if this filthy and eareless method is followed faithfully. It is only a question of time. Farm and Stook Notes. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have been farming 33 years, and have learned that the only way to make a success of any of the varied crops is to keep digging into it. If we fail this year, plow, plant and cultivate more thoroughly next year. As to stock, I have found sheep the most profitable ol any kind according to the investment made, and raising torses the least. As to hogs, if we only »(,ick to it and turn off a good lot every year we will Bhoep Ticks, or Scabs. Editors Indiana Farmer: Please state in your paper what ails my sheep? They appear itching and scratching themselves and are losing their wool. Florence, Ind. E. S. Your sheep are either afflicted with ticks, vermin, or they have a disease called itch, scab, or mange; those names indicate three stages of the disease. Salt and water will kill the ticks. For acare, itch,take mercurial ointment 1 once, lard 2 ounces, and rub the itchy parts, or take tobacco ooze, 1 quart, spirits of turpentine one-half pint, corrosive sublimate 1 or 2 drachms, open the wool o'ver the affected parts, scratch the little blister-like spots, and pour the mixture upon them. If the skin is too thick and scabby scarify the spots. • Blemish on Colt. Editors Indiana Farmer: I have a colt that came up from pasturing in July with a small speck of blood on the outside of pastern joint of left fore foot. A few days later a callous lump about the size of a small hen's egg was formed on the spot and still remains there; is very hard, has a small opening in the center, from which matter runs. Joint is not swelled and seems to bave good use of it. What will remove and cure it? S. E. O'N. ' Dupont, Ind. Blister the parts severely with the liquid blister, viz.: Spanish fly 1)4 ounces, spirits of turpentine 1 pint; rub in well with the hand twice per day for two or threo day*; then every alternate day for 10 or 15 days, then grease with lard. Fistula. M. C. W., Patoka, Ind., in a late number asked for a cure for this disease in the horse. In response, only the treatment was given in these columns, and the printer omitted the recipe for the cure. In case,as it was with his horse, where tbe sore was running, as follows; Verdigris powdered J4 ounce, blue *vitriol powdered 1 ounce. dered 2 ounces, arsenic 3 drachms, spirits turpentine 1 ounce, aloes powdered }4 ounce.alum powdered % ounce, fresh lard 1 quart. Mix to form an ointment and keep well covered. Squeeze matter out of abscess and drop it full of this ointment. This to be repeated once a day. Shake up I well before using)each time. For internal treatment use the following: Ground ginger 4 ounces; black antimony, flour of sulphur, sulphate ol iron, resin and nitre, of each two ounces. Give one teaspoonful three times per day in chop feed. Glanders. Editors Indiana Farmen Can you tell me what is wrong with my tvo-year-old colt. Last winter it ate bsarty, but did not thrive at all, its hair looked bad, and it became very poor. In tue spring it had the distemper which reduced it still more. It still eats hearty,'but food does it no good. Every two or three weeks it will get down entirely and appears to be cramped. Will first lay on its side, then get square on its back; will be this way for an hour or two, then get up and go to eating again. Greensburg, Ind. J. M. C. Examine your colt and if you find the submaxillary gland, or both of them enlarged, they are found between the jaws, and' a secretion from one or both nostrils, give him the treatment for glanders: Crude nitre 1 ounce, carbonate of iron 2 ounces, phosphate of lime 2 ounces, ground sassa- parilla 8 ounces, ground sassafras 8 ounces, asafcotida 2 ounces; mix, give one ounce twice per day in feed. If be refuses to eat it drench into him. If not the above disease, the lacteals of a portion of his bowels are dormant or stepped, you can give the following: ground ginger 4 ounces, flour oi sulphur 11 ounces, Pulis nitre 4 ounces, Pulis resin 11 ounces, sulphate of iron 11 ounces, black antimony 11 ounces; mix and give one teaspoonful three times per day in ground or Cho(>-feed. ''*• "\v',% '\-c»pti4al0i«a.^Et*^--»'!£_ -.-.. EdJtoti^a.'aria Farmer: I haVe a horse with Opthalmia, periodical I think. His eye became sore about two and a half months ago. It was sore and watered for a few days, then a film was over it, then became apparently well, only it seems smaller than the other. There is a film forming over it now. I will give f 10 for a cure. Your egg remedy I do not quite understand. Do you burn the yellow with the salt mixed in the shell, or the white in another vessel, or how? , What will remove pin-worms from horses? What will cure hogs with kidney worm? I have read the Farmer for several.years and I am very much interested in the Veterinary Department. W. H. B, Sr. Mitchell, Ind. The egg powder is made thus: Break one end of theegg, pourout the albumen, white, mix the yolk with fine salt until so stiff tbat it will not pour out when heat is applied. Place the egg in a fire of clear coals, let it burn while it will blaze, when burned grind and blow into the eye with a quill once per day, use the small end of a teaspoon to mix in the salt. To remove pin-worms from the bowels of horses use sulphate of iron, one teaspoonful in chop-feed once per day. . Feed arsenic acid to your hogs for kidney worms. ^* $ 'arm. Postal-Card CorresDondeiice m,V\ESOTA. Winona Co., Dec. 17.—Wheat, our staple crop, now brings us ?1 11 per bushel. Weather very cold; the thermometer ranges from 30 to 40 degrees below zero. * E. A. Gilliat. ■nicmaAs. Kalamazoo Co., Dec. 19.—Farmers got alarmed about the wheat in this county and pastured it. Corn a good crop. Hogs mostly soli at f3 25 to $3 75. Clover seed medium crop. Good sheep here ?3 to f3 50. Stook of all kinds look well. James Milhak. ALABAMA. Mobile, Dec. 15.—Weather warm and wet along the gulf coast. Have had no killing frost up to the time of this writing —not enough to kill maderia vines on our trellises. Sweet potatoes about all harvested; the' crop has turned out unusually large. They are now selling at 40c per bushel, and dull at that. J. P. S. KAXSAS. Clay Co., Dec. 19.—This county is about 100 miles due west of Leavenworth, and through it runs the Republican river. It is a fine wheat county. The highest yield of wheat reported was on a 12 acre field, which weighed out 51 5-9 bushels per acre. We also have very large corn crops. Clay county is one of tbe very fine counties in the State, where failures never come in the Crops, J. T. CarIUNGTON. HIMOIUI. Springfield, Dee. 20.—The growing wheat here looks quite well where it was sown in good season, but much was sown late. Corn is good. This is quite a cotton market, a^^p^ii^ is that ^fj£«t££&£ •bates will £je R-pgt-tfcei-e thisseason. I/i)e ] nn p])nWn in cotton factory here consumes about 1,000 bales per year. Lands can be bought very law, but it will soon advance. Business is brisk. Wilson Cort. Brown ■QUERY AND A1VSWEB. B. F:.M., enquires for a machine ior cutting and filling tile ditches and laying the tile. Who knows of such machine? . F. W., Nora: The apples you left' with us for name are the Smith's Cider. • They are a trifle larger than the average of that variety. * , H. H., Hageman, Porter county, informs B. S., that there is a good opening for a tile-factory at Hageman, at the crossing of the M. C. and __. S. railroads. Also wants good blacksmith. A. C. C, Kosciusko county: We have evidence that Mr. James E. Franklin, who advertises in another column a reduction of royalty on driven wells in use in certain counties in this State, is authorized to act for the patentee. Detective Company. W. J. B., Charlestown, desires a copy of the constitution and by-lawB of some horse thief detective company. Will the secretary of some such company please address him in our care? To Borrow Money. D. S. J., Steuben county, desires to borrow ?2,000, on a good 80 acre farm worth $4,000, first mortgage. He will pay 6 per cent but no more; or, will trade for unimproved land. He has written to a number of loan agencies, all of which ask him a 1 **""?e bonus for effecting a loan, one de- flw mded 20 per cent. Address him through this offioe. K-BXTl'CKT. Hopkins Co., Dec. 19.—We have a large yield of corn in this section. Wheat looks well. Pork worth 5c per pound. C. C Harrison. Barren Co., Dec. 18.—The drouth last summer made short corn and hay crops. Oats was moderate and wheat good. Growing wheat looks fine. There are but few fat hogs here. D. W. Eubank. MoNroe Co., Dec. 17.—Wheat sowing just over in this section. It was too dry in the early season. Larger acreage sown than usual. Corn % of a crop. Cattle, sheep and hogs not so plenty as usual. Horses and mules in good demand, lor good prices. J. A. Williams. ILLINOIS. Hamilton Co., Dec. 19.—Wheat looks fine, and we have a large acreage. Many farmers are pasturing it, but I doubt the wisdom of this, except in case of early sown, and that I think ought not to be pastured after December lst. Corn was a large yield this season, but quality not good. J. G. Clay Co., Dec. 18.—Large acreage of wheat sown this fall and looks well. Corn not very good. Pork hogs not plenty. All kinds of stock in good condition." All kinds of farming is carried on here. Wheat, grass and apples flourish best in our soil, the other crops do well. Times are looking up; business of all kinds has revived. Money plenty for all purposes. All we lack is having something to buy it with. The farmers' faces are growing shorter and wider. The Indiana Farmer is well liked here. B. F. Cunningham. INDIANA. Co., Deo. 19.—Wheat looking fine. Corn average crop. Hogs average crop. Young cattle higher than for years. R. J. M. Fulton Co., Dec. 20.—This oonnty is improving in every department of industry. Wheat looks well at present. Fat hogs are about all sold, and stock hogs scarce. J. K. Henry Co., Dec. 18.—Farmers have been pushing their work, but not all tho corn gathered yet. The growing wheat is not doing as well as I have seen it. Corn crop large in bulk, but light in quality. Hoosier. Madison Co., Dec. 19.—The last six weeks have been favorable for the growing crop of wheat. Observing farmers say it looks as well as it did a year ago. Full % of the hog crop is marketed. Corn inferior in quality and below average yield. L. W. H. Tipton Co., Dec. 20.—Wheat looks well and a large acreage sown. Corn a poor crop. Hogs scarce, and all sold. The weather is cold and dry here. Stock doing well this fall. Farmers are in good spirits, for better times are coming. Long may the Farmer live. H. E. Barniiart. Wabash Co., Dec. 18.—Since last Friday we can walk on top of the ground. Hogs most all sold. Corn not more than half crop, and very poor quality except where thoroughly underd rained. Most of the stock is going into winter quarters in good condition; but fear they will not look so well by spring as hay is very scarce. A. P. Jennings Co., Dec. 19.—I have two ears of corn which grew on ono stalk, one ear having 1,150 grains and tho other ear 1,000 grains, making a total of 2,150 grains, Wheat in this vicinity looks well; thero is a greater acreage sown this year than there Hiat/been fo*^ *>**** -<-r;,r.*^. . l**j^s -j-a^ enty of buyers./j We have"i^d nocholei-flin this vicinity nf Jong hogs,. for some time. ; C. D. Huntington Co., Dec. 19.—Wheat looking well, a much larger acreage sown than usual. The past crop the best tho county ever -produced. Corn about % crop .in quantity and very poor in quality; caused by wind in August, early frost and bad seed. Hogs about all sold; isoine hog cholera. Cattle doing well, about the us-^al number being fed. Health good. Times improving, and everybody happy. A. T. *»—»—»•—•.^—.^^— be able to raise a jingle these silver and corrossive sublimate 4 drachms, resin pow The Russian government haa decided to transport Siberian prisoners by sea in most cases. They, have a portrait in Harrisburg Pa., of Cortez, painted in 1520. OHIO. Clark Co., Dec. 18.—Farming is a delightful occupation. Wheat is looking well. I think there will be a good harvest. Corn is poor generally. J. W. R. Warren Co., Dec. 20.—Both our wheat and barley crops were fine the past season. The acreage in growing wheat is large and condition good. Corn averages 60 bushels peracre. -yy, j*_ Wahrbn Co., Dae. 19.—1879 closes a bountiful year to husbandry in this section of Ohio. Wheat yield large, Miami bottoms 25 to 35 bushels per acre, generally threshed from the shock, and hence mostly marketed. Growing crop premising and acreage large. Corn crop short of usual quantity, owing to light stand and imperfect filling. Hog crop an average as to number but sold lighter in weight as our best feeders start their hogs with clover pasture cut short this year by drouth; all made up however by increased prices. Our fanners are generally educated, thrifty and the independent life-enjoying men of the land. They knew how to add a thousand dollars in appearance to their farms by spreading two or three bushels of lime on their yard, fences and out buildings. J. L. W. What is a Model Ear of CornP Editors Indiana Farmer: Having seen considerable in your columns concerning large corn, "boss corn," etc., I would like to bave tbe opinion of a few of our leading farmers as to what constitutes a model ear of corn. The breeders of stock, poultry, etc., have certain established points that each breed or variety must possess. In noticing the corn throughout the country we find that it lacks in uniformity, size, shape of grain, stem, color, etc. I think it high time that we, as fanners, should give this matter attention, and if we have a good variety of corn, try to purify it and get it to be of uniform shape, size, color, etc. We look upon this matter as one of vital importance to the farmers of Indiana, and Wonld like to have the above subject fully discussed in your columns. Nortiifield. Northfield, Dec. 20. . m . Profitable Advertising. Mr. James Riley, of Thorntown, the old and well-known breeder of pure Berkshire swine, in a business letter remitting amount for advertising, says: I have dropped all my advertisements in all papers except the Indiana Farmkr, and it is selling my pigs very fast. I receive letters of inquiry from a great many different States, taken from my Indiana Farmer advertisement, which shows that it is getting a wide circulation. Agricultural Societies. Editors Indiana F-rmer. The officers of the Greene County Agricultural Society elected for the year ]j?«o are as follows: President, Frank Stalcup, Marco, Oreene county; vice-president, 1). B. A. Rose, Linton, Green county; treasurer, D. O. P. MtKinick, Lyons, rjrece county; superintendent, A. W. Harbin, Pleasantville, Sullivan county; secretary' P. Schult-r,e, Linton, Greene county. The eleventh annual fair will be held at Linton October 4th to Sth inclusive, 1880. P. Scuvi.tzk, Sec'y. Dec. 13. The first gold mine in the United States waa discovered in Routh Carolina, in 1790. Twelve years ago, Texas f*hipj>ed only 75,000 bales of cotton, last year ulie shipped 1,0©0,000 biles. « ** A . The war expenses 0f the British government of India are calculated to be $•500,000 daily. It is a costiy amusement. I V ;S^M |
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