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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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The war expenses 0f the British government of India are calculated to be
$•500,000 daily. It is a costiy amusement.
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