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VOL. XIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 16, 1878.—TWELVE PAGES.
NO. 46.
FOR SAJJE.
FOR SALE—A few pet rabbits.
St., Indianapolis.        	
Call at 32) N. IU.
FORSALE—A No. 1 12x24 steam engine.   Oood as
new.   MOORE A KERRICK, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE-Partridge Cochins at |2to«-pr. pair,
according to quality.   W. D. LATSHAW, Oak-
■".OR SALE
      according ._ -,_.
town. Knox county. Ind
Send order to INDI-
tf
FOR SALE—Whitney sewing machine needles, all
sizes, at 30 cents per dozen    "—-* --■'—■ *" ," *"
ANA FARMER COMPANY.	
FOR SALE—Pekln Drakes, {150 each,
a few pairs at*! 50 per pair.   JO*"""'
" Pike county, Ind.
    a few pairs at
TON, Petersburg,
Can spare
S 50 per pair.   JOSEPH I_ HREN-
FOR SALE-Thoroughbred unregistered Jersey bull
14 months old; a superior  animal.   Price MO.
WM. C. SMOCK, Indianapolis.
j!OR SALE—I have a few head of Jersey Redjiigs
JL_ now ready to ship, of undoubted pnrity.of both
sex, at reasonable prices. nARRIH SHEPPARD,
-   ~   , Ir '
Spencer, Owen Co.. Ind.
FOR SALE—The   J.'arm  Regis
Book.   Complete method of
-The   Farm  Register and  Account
keeping farm accounts. Price »l each.  Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, Indianapolis. -
ERSEY8      I       ~
calves, three cows
FOR SALE—Three bulls   three bull
and heifers; all ofthe very best
butter stock.   For price,' description,  etc., apply to
T. J. JOHNSON, Oroencastle, Ind.
100 head of pure Poland-China I'igs, bred from llrst-class iiremlum
FOR SALE VERY CHEAP
land-China I'igs, bred from llrst-class ii
stock.   Also two line yearling boars. Send for prices.
A. JOHNSON, Clifton, Ohio.
FOR SALE—Three Short-horn Bulls, one two-year-
old and one yearling. "Young Marys," red with
some white. One yearling red of the Col. Sanders' Imp.
DR. JAS. P. FORSYTH, Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind.
$151
StOC-C,
OR SAUS—150 Berkshires from my imported herd.
FOR SALE—Polana China pi(
did lot of Poland China pig;
.   We have a splen-
_____   ___    seven months old,
now on hand, for sale at prices^to' suit the times; f 15
each, or f_S per pair for first-class pigs boxed and put
on the cars. Pigs are all healthy and in good condition.
D. M ON FORT, Monroe, Butler Co.
fngood
, Oh.o.
ITIOR SALE—We will offer at public sale on Novem-
/}   ber 26th, at Frankfort, Clinton Co. *—*   -*-—-«■
, Ind., about 12
r from
3 and
Catalogues on day of feule or sent
to parties that make application in time. J. T. WI3>
LIAMSON A SON, Thorntown, Ind. ■ V ,
head of thoroughbred Short-horn bulls, ranging fr
6 to 21 months old, the get of Oakland Duk > 24153 s
Star Duke 2d 24903.   Catalogues on day of sale or s>
FOR SALE—Three yearling hogs, all bred by my-
selfj two of them pigs of Hoosier Prince, one a pig
•f a full sister to ray sow that took first premium at
cur late State Fair. They are good breeders, and
price low. Choice males and femalt for sale My herd
never had any disease among them, and what I offer
fa good. Two Devon calves from my bull that took
first premium at our late State Fair. WM. A. MACY,
LewisvIUe, Ind.
WANTED.
WANTED—To exchange spring mattresses and
lounges for country produce.  No. 45 Massachu-
getta Avenue, Indianapolis.	
\»/ ANTED—Agents to take subscriptions through
TT the country and in small towns for the Weekly
N-5WB. Largest cash commission ever paid to can-
Address Weekly News, Indianapolis.
X»ch, within thirty days: a)B».a. I__.S. ltant_i_>._VSS _'
P. Cochins at t2 50 per pair. Stock well bred. HENRY '
COMSTOCK, Liberty Milla. Ind.    -  .    • '
WANTED—Everyone to know that the Perpetual
Wick requires no trimming; don't smoke chimneys; equals gaslight, and fits any burner. Send for a
sample. Price lOcents, or three for 25 cents. No territory for sale. Good agents in counties can make
money. Address LOW & WOODBURY, Indianapolis, Ind.
LOANS.
SIX PER CENT—Loans made on>riig time on real
estate security at 6 per cent int. Special arrangements for those wishing loans ln from 6 to 12 months
at lower rates. E. A. WHITCOMB * CO., State Agts.
Offlce 72 E. Market St., successor to A. W. Pkatheb,
Att'y.. Indianapolis. Ind.	
WISt'EI.I.A»:OU.S.
ALLEN'S DRUG STORE, opposite Postofflce, is as
good a place as you will find for anything In,
drugs, patent medicines, dyes, perfumes, toilet articles, etc.
BJ 
the Blue Grass Valley of Middle Tennessee.
Price 25 cents a year.   Published b_
E. M. COCK-
»EAL ESTATE  ADVERTISER  tells  all about
Mldd
   . d by
RILL, Real Estate Agent, Gallatin, Tenn.	
O. BURGESS, Dentist.   Offlce in room 4 Va-
Jen^ Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St.
c.
TO LOAN—Money to loan
J. H. HARDEBECK, " "
dianapolls.
on  improved farms.
East Market street, In-
Ihave some good farms for sale, and desire calls and
correspondence from parties ln quest of them.   G.
W. ALEXANDER, 38 East "larket St.	
MONEY TO LOAN—Sums of 1300 to 13,000 on im-
_proved    farms.    RUDDELL.   WALCOTT   A
—NTO  -    -   -
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
tywt
jfack
Stock Notes.
The well-known horse, Black Warrior,
owned by Robert McCrea, of New York,
was lost in a Are this week.
ally known as hog cholera. In
view of this fact we assert that
the primary cause of all forms
of disease among swine, and
termed "hog cholera," is a derangement of the system, producing as it does in the human
family, tubercular and other
forms oi consumption, constipation of the bowels and liver,
worms, fever, etc., and that
such a result is produced by
breathing air laden with vegetable and animal impurities,
drinking stagnant and dirty
water, filtniness of sleeping
quarters, etc.
A cure is hard to effect. "An
ounce of prevention is worth a
pound of cure." If the disease
is of the lungs or bronchi, tbt
symptoms will be a' cough, ■*"
variable appetite and general
languor. A good medicine is
pine tar placed in their swill
troughs or smeared over their
provender. If the hogs are affected with worms, they will
"thump," eat very little, die at
a quick rate, or be sick but a
very short time. We have
never discovered a cure.
A good preventive of cholera
in all its forms, is to give your
hogs a gentle physic once
week. Bi-carbonate of soda
excellent. Turpentine will accomplish the desired effect but
must be administered carefully. Apples and pumpkins
are the best of all. We shall
feed our fattening hogs two
hundred bushelsof'cow' pumpkins this fall.
Another great foe of disease
among swine is charcoal and
ashes. Burn a brush pile or
two, once a week^and give the
ashes to the hogs. Hogs will also
eat astonishingly large quantities of rotten wood, and should be furnished with
it, when they cannot procure it themselves. Salt neverwas designed for hogs
or any other animal to use as food, and
we should like some one to try and prove
.thai-i-"™"*-*.       _____
GENERAL NEWS.
Pfre heron Xorraau Stallion BR1YO, wrlght 1450 ltc, Imported from Franco, by If. W. Dunham, Wayne., DnPage County, Illinois, Augmt, 1S77.
The first premium on ifersey cows at
the State Fair, was awarded to Messrs.
Churchman & Jackson, of the Beech
Grove Farm, near this city, on their cow,
"jrVnna Wells." It was, by mistake,
published as awarded to another.
 . —» .	
C. D. S., of Rensselaer, recommends
breaking out the black teeth when found
in the mouth of pigs. He says that such
teeth in pigs cause soreness of the gums,
which prevents them from eating.
We should be slow to adopt this plan,
and desire to hear the experience of
others before recommending it.
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Malaria vs. Hog Cholera.
A new theory ofthe cause of the swine
disease is advanced by a correspondent
ofthe Ohio Farmer in a recent number.
He says: We have no infallible cure for
hog cholera. But we believe that we
have a pretty correct knowledge of the
matter so far as it goes, and that knowledge gained in the bitter school of experience. We have noticed it as a remarkable fact that in aseason of unusual
tendency to disease, especially fever,
among the human family, the hog cholera
was also equally prevalent. Almost
every reader of The Farmer can call to
mind some season, more especially autumn, when there was an unusual
amount of sickness; and docs not he remember that at that self-same period, hog
cholera prevailed?
We believe that the samo causes that
produce malarial affections among human    beings,   produce  like  results  in
wine, and that such diseases aro gener-
Differenee ii* Frenc_ Horses. *
It is a matter of some importance for
breeders as well as importers to understand that all the big horses brought to
this country from France and called
Normans, or French horses, and various
other names, are not of the "famous Percheron race so highly prized in France,
and in fact, in all parts of Europe where
heavy, active horses are used. The
home of the Percheron, or rather of the
Percheron-Norman, as it has been decided in this country to call
them, is in a district of country lying south and west of Paris,
which was once known as the Province
of Perche, hence the name Percheron,
and it is only in this part of France that
they are still to be found in their purity.
The heavy horses ofthe north of France,
Belgium, Picardy, and the countries adjacent thereto, are of a different type,
heavier, coarser, clumsier brutes, and
dealers and importers who have bought
horses that were bred in that region have
usually brought to this country animals
without a trace of the highly prized Percheron blood excepting what they
have of an ancestry in common, centuries back. Such horses are easily distinguished from the clean-cut, hard-
boned, flinty-footed, spirited Percheron-
Norman. The one is a coarse, lop-eared,
beefy-legged, sluggish, dull brute. The
other, which frequently possessing as
great weight as the former, aro active,
sprightly, spirited T-Jows, with tho best
of feet and legs, and snowing strong,
unmistakable trace of the blood of the
Arab which entered so largely into the
formation of the breed. The former may
answer for breeding cart-horses, but the
genuine, blood-like Percheron-Norman
is the horse for the American farmer.
to keep them still, and nothing gives us
a moment's ease. You, master, would
suffer severely if your head were held in
such a position, and we could do more
work and much better without it."
Please remember that we can alwavs
soil will not be materially injured by an
oats fallow. Oats has the reputation,
among farmers, of being "hard on the
ground," but, if land can have the same
rest after a crop of oats as after other
crops, it will be found to be not more
hear your voice, and understand -what exhaustive than  they.     The   mineral
iPTspelsk^^
at us, and drag our tender, worn mouths
about. We get so puzzled and frightened
when you are in a rage with us, that we
only flounder And plunge, and make you
more and more angry.
Our last entreaty is, that when we get
old and past our work, you will not let
our poor, wasted bodies stagger along under some load, when our lives have been
spent in your service, but that you will
reward us by having us immediately out
of our pain.
as any-where in the wide
of five or six distinct
are   the black-waxy,
Shropshire Sheep in England.
At the sales of Shropshire sheep in
England, during September, the figures
realized show a remarkable raise in prices
for these sheep. One flock of 100 head
averaged nearly £9; another of 60 head
averaged over JE5; a flock of 400 averaged
nearly £8; a flock of 80 averaged nearly
£9; another flock of 70 averaged over £6.
These were prices for ewes. The highest
prices paid for individual ewes were, 24,
18, 37, 21, and 8 guinies. Rams sold from
20 guinies to 120 guineas each.
 .*>    s»»   » —
A Pew Words From the Horses.
The Tumbridge Wells Society for tho
prevention of cruelty to animals, publishes for circulation a slip from which
.we make an extract:
If they could only speak for themselves,
would not the horse and donkey say?
Don't beat our sore sides so hard and
so often, and we shall be stronger and
better servants to you. You know how
oppression only makes you set up your
back, but you will do anything for a kind
master.
Don't ride and drive us about until
we are ready to drop, and our wind is
almost broken, and wenre reeking with
heat and rough usage.
Pray let us have a little more water
when we stand, weary and thirsty, with
our poor dry tongues, unable to ask for
it.   You have felt the suffering of thirst
"And for pity's sake," the horse would
say "loosen this torturing bearing-rein-
we toss and shake our heads, or we try
Grain-Farming—Small Grain.
BY  PROF. B. T. BROAVN.
OATS.
Among the small grains, oats stands
second in importance with farmers in the
Mississippi valley—wheat occupying the
first place. In the countries of Northern
Europe, in British America and in Oregon, oats is largely cultivated for table
use, and several extensive manufactories
of oatmeal are in successful operation in
Canada,and one of the largest mills of this
description in the world is located at
Portland, in Oregon. To bring oats to
perfection, demands a cool, moist summer. In this latitude the oats harvest
does not occur till near the. middle of
July, exposing the ripening grain to the
intense heat of our mid-summer sun,
which hastens the ripening, so as to
shrivel the grain and greatly, diminish
its weight. Under this influence, the
large, full-grained oats of Norway, Sweden or Ireland rapidly degenerates to our
small-grained variety. Further South, a
variety of winter oats is successfully cultivated, as it ripens so early as to" escape
the mid-summer heat and drouth. The
experiment of cultivating winter oats i l
Central Indiana is now being made wit i
a fair prospect of success. The crop c f
last summer, however, must not be coi -
sidered a fair test, as the preceding wii -
ter was exceedingly mild. If the wintc r
oats sowed this fall shall stand the test of
the approaching winter, we may, pe -
haps, consider the question fairly settled,
affirmatively. If we can ripen oatsly
the 20th of June, the crop will be a su j-
cess, but a failure, at present, should n it
discourage us—winter oats is a possibilit; *,
and by proper care and knowledge of tl e
laws governing the acclimation of vegetables, a variety can be produced which
will endure our winters as well as wint t
wheat does.
In this region, oats is exclusively a
feed crop, and almost entirely confined
to the feed of horses. Occasionally a
crop of oats is raised to be "hoggtp
down" in order to give the pork crop an
early start in fatting. Oats, whan
ground and mixed with an equal weig&t
of wheat bran, makes one of the be|t
mixtures for feeding cattle that can be
used. In wintering sheep, oats is m
almost indispensable article of food. Tlie
oats crop, in this country, is nearly
always made to precede wheat. Th s
practice, however, violates the first la v
ofthe "rotation of crops"—that is, never
to raise two crops in succession,
which have glazed straw. But if t) e
wheat crop be followed by clover, a go' d
by a corresponding wheat crop.
BYE.
This can hardly be considered a general
crop in. this region—indeed, when it is
raised, it is more for its pasture and forage value, than for the grain produced.
In the Eastern States rye is extensively
raised, both for bread and'stock feed, but
rye bread is seldom found on a Western
table, and corn and oats have almost entirely superceded it as stock feed. On
poor land, a more profitable crop of rye
can be made than of any other grain, but
from some cause, or combination of
causes, not well understood, rye is an
uncertain crop in our rich Wertern soils.
It is, however, frequently sown among
corn at the last plowing, and furnishes a
large amount of excellent fall and winter
pasture without materially interfering
with the corn crop. This is sometimes
turned under as a green dressing for another corn crop, and sometimes it is suffered to ripen and is followed by wheat.
This last practice is attended by the danger of fouling the wheat with the volunteer rye. Rye is a very nutritious grain,
containing a larger per cent, of sugar
and gluten than any other grain, except
it be barley. But while it builds up the
wastes of work animals it cannot compare with corn for fatting purposes. It is
probable that as our farms grow older,
rye will become a more certain crop ana
be more extensively cultivated.
BARLEY
is raised to a considerable extent in the
neighborhood of our large cities, where
it is chiefly used by brewers. It is hardly
known as a bread material in this country, though extensively used for this
purpose among the lower classes in many
countries of the old world. To a limited
extent, it has taken the place of oats as
stock feed, being considered a more certain crop. But, while corn can be raised
.as cheaply as it can in this region, neither
barley nor oats will supercede it as stock
feed, and especially if it be used for fatting
purposes. ■•
 .     SS.     »	
Letter from Texas.
Shebman, Tex., Oct. 30.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
I thought it might interest some of
your readers to know how this country,
"away down in Texas," looks to a
"Hoosier." In the first place I was surprised to find so many large towns and
such an old and thickly settled country.
I had heard a great deal said about eastern and middle Texas being such a flne
farming and stock raising country that I
am inclined to think that a great many
people overlooked this beautiful part of
the State. It seems so strange to me
that there are so many men about the
towns and cities, and even in the country
in the older States, "looking for something to turn up," complaining about not
having anything to do, when they could
come here and get a home so easy. Almost everything that tbe earth produces
can be raised here, and certainly with as
little labor
world.
The soil here is
varieties.   These
black sand, red sandy, chocolate and the
gray or tallow land, &U «e.ttw«-»4 adapted
i _ .. . _\_£__gxtjm8ive jyarietyof _pf ocr__.
tions, such as cotton, corn," wheat^ oats. (
potatoes, clover, sorghum, grapes, orchard fruits and vegetables of all kinds.
This country is by no means destitute of
timber; along the streams are belts of
post oak, ash and hickory. The most
plentiful variety is post oak. The Bois
d'Aarc, tree of valuable qualities, is indigenous to this region. I wish I could
bring a Bois d'Arc wagon with me to Indiana. Wagons made of this wood never
"shrink," even when madeof green timber. Corn is planted here in March and
matures in August. Cotton is planted
in April and "picking" commences at
the close of summer. I think the crop is
about half gathered now. Wheat is harvested in May. This is about the middle of the wheat belt of northern Texas.
Land as good as the praire lands of Illinois can be bought here all the way
from two to fifteen dollars per acre, and
on long time in many instances. While
they have fine grazing for stock, you
would not find yourself alone in the world
by any means. For instance, take it
from here to Texarkana, which I think
is a fair sample of this country, along the
Texas and Pacific railroad, you have
a few miles east of here the town of
Bonhon, of 3,000 inhabitants; a few miles
more and you come to Hony Grove, a
beautiful little town of 1.000 people; still
a little farther on you nave the handsome little city of Paris, in Lamar
county. I think this one of the nicest
towns I ever was in. It was almost destroyed by fire one year ago, and already
it has been built up with magnificent
residences, hotels, banks and stores:
they have three newspapers, six or eight
churches, a fine court house, a street
railroad, and they claim 6,000 inhabitants. One remarkable thing is that a
renter can do better here, that is he can
get a larger share of what he produces,
than he can in tbe older States. Farmers that have lived here for a number of
years and have been at all industrious,
are all in easy circumstances. I think a
man can live easier and make a comfortable living with less hard labor here
than in any country I ever was in. The
health of this country will compare favorably with that of central Indiana.
The people are sociable, wide-awake and
full of business, and always ready to
welcome immigrants, let them come
from where they will. They say immigration is what they want; is what will
make their country grow as it should,
and consequently you don't meet any of
that political or clsss "prosciption," that
so often characterizes the people further
south. I go from here by the way of
Little Rock, up the Arkansas Valley,
and in my next, will have something to
say about that country, its rivers, railroads, etc. J. M. McLain.
Kansas has abolished the death penalty for murder.
Work has once more commenced on
the Washington monument.
Last year 1,237,978 pounds of American
butter were shipped to Germany.
Hogs are now lower in Iowa than they
have been since the winter of 1861-2.
Francis Murphy has begun a six weeks'
temperance campaign in New York City.
The exports of leather from Boston for
jthe month of October were 140,000 sides.
;■ There have been exported from New
York City, since 'January 1, 50,850 bales
of hay.
Hay is scarce in many localities in
Minnesota, owing to the destructive prairie fires.
A movement is on foot to construct a
large temperance tabernacle in Springfield, Illinois.
In Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, the
total shipments of cheese this year foot
up to 91,^60 boxes.
During the late war the United States
shipped to Turkey alone $27,000,000 worth
of arms and ammunition.
The annual destruction of sheep In this
country by dogs amounts to over 700,000
head, valued at $1,600,000.
Tho Western Union Telegraph Company earns $3,000,000 a year and pays
$1,200,000 a year in dividends.
The eating^f horse flesh has become
very common in European cities, but
more especially in London and Paris.
The shipment of oil from the Pennsylvania oil regions amounted to over
76,000 barrels one single day last week.
It is computed that it would take one
railroad over a year to transport the coal
that left Pittsburg by river one day recently.
The fish trade of New England exceeds $40,000,000 per annum, and that of
the city of Boston alone amounts to half
the sum.
The report of the Postofflce Department shows that the government sold
postage stamps last year to the amount of
The family of Jefferson Davis becomes
extinct in the male line, by the death of
his son, who has lately fallen a victim
to yellow fever.
Clarence Clark, a boy of fifteen, was
kicked to death by William McNeil, aged
seventeen, at Greenville, Illinois, on the
7th inst.   The murderer escaped.
The Gentile women of Salt Lake City
have sent an earnest appeal to Mrs. It. if.
Hayes and their sisters all over the United States on the subject of polygamy.
There are 28,000 acres of amber sugar
cane planted in Minnesota this year.
Last year there were 21,000 acres and
the yield of syrup was about 140,000 gallons.
Official returns show that the balance
of trade in our favor for the month of
September was over $20,500,000, an increase of about $5,000,000 over that of
the same month In 1877.
Mrs. A. T. Stewart has offered a reward
of $25,000 for the recovery of the body of
her late husband, stolen from the family
vault in St. Mark's Church graveyard,
and the conviction of the thieves.
It is proposed in New Hampshire to
petition the state legislature, at its next
session, to enact a law restraining railroad companies in the state from charging passengers more than two cent* per
mile.
Johnson's jewelry store, at New York
City, was robbed of $2,000 worth of
clocks and watches, on the Sth inst., In
the presence of the proprietors and a
large crowd. The thieves escaped with
the booty.
While Governor Hampton, of South
Carolina was hunting on the 8th inst.,
his mule became frightened and he was
thrown from the saddle. By the fall his
right leg was broken in two places, tlie
bone protruding and his ankle badly
hurt.
In England, forty bushels of wheat per
acre is not an unusual yield, and fifty or
sixty bushels per acre is often realised as
the result of nigh farming. Nevertheless, England is obliged to import each
year about 100,000,000 bushels, In addition to her own crop, to feed her people.
The great three-story barn of Jno. Taylor, in Dickinson county, Kansas, some
miles from Abilene, burned ono nifdit
last week. The barn was filled with
grain, agricultural implements, lumber,
wagons, and twenty-five head of fine
horses, all of which were destroyed, Loss
$25,000; no insurance.
Address Wanted.
Lewisville, Nov, 5.
To the Editors Indiana Farmer:
On my return home from our late
State Fair, Host the address of a brother
from Cass county. If he will be so kind
as to send me his address, I will be
pleased to furnish him the pedigree for
the Poland China pig he bought of me.
Wm. A. Macy.
Gbeen Crops.—Farmers should never
let any green crop go to wast*?, but Uiey
should always be plowed under before
frost; and that a heavy crop of eloTci
turned under In September, and not re-
plowed in the spring, would always insure
a good corn crop. Last fall I turned under*
very heavy crop of clover. Just before
planting, I went over it with a double
shovel, and harrowed It thoroughly. The
ground in fair seasons, heretofore, produced from forty to fifty bushels of cora
per acre, this year it is good for seventy-
five bushels. J. Ii.
—,—. -*..»-•. .
Edgar Thompson, of Can Hello*, ntxt
careler-sly handling bis revolver when
one of the cartridges exploded and eent
the ball into his leg jutst ul/<>ve tJ>ekiie«>.
He is now positive the old thing wan
loaded, but he did not think so before.
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