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VOL. XIII.
IKDIA-NTAPO-LIS, I-STDIAKA, DECEMBER 14, 1878.—TWELVE PAGES.
NO. 50.'
FOB SALE—Wnltner sewing machine needles, aU
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AMA FABMER COMPANY
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FOE, SAXE—_5 of the ben Chester White pigs I
ever saw, weigh from 100 to 22S lbs, at |10 Jbr
-hole*, or (1. a pair Address, E. E. MOODY, Eminence, Kentucky. -   v   .   .'
. „         Farm Register and Account
Book.   Complete method of keeping __rm ac-
TiOT*   BALK- Th*
AJ   Book.   Complete method of keep!■	
counts. Priceileach. Addre*M INDIANA FARMER
COMPANY, IndlanapoUa. •
■T7-OB SALE-Short-horn»-Fletcher ayoung Marys,
___* Phylts, Agathas. Brides, Gems, etc. Bulls and
heifers, choicely bred. Correspondence solicited.
E. C. THOMrSOK, Lock Box 1, Edlngburg, Ind.
FOR SALE—150 Berkshires from my Imported herd.
I*Igs weighing 40 to 100 pounds, flO; young sows,
,15 to £->. They are as -ne as tbe -nest pedjgreed
stock.  WM, H. FALL, Lebanon, Boone Co., Ina.    .
-ITIOR SALE.—Purebred Poland China pigs, very
XS low. stock shipped to any part of the country
by freight or express. Correspondence solicited,
DAVID St. McCOBKLE, Richland, Ind.
-T7IOR SALE-Large, high-bred Poland China pigs,
*_F of both sexes, near descendants from the noted
prize hoga Bismarck, Tom Corwin and Perfection.
^ My herd are healthy and vigorous. Prices reasonable. Satisfaction guaranteed. T. M. REVEAL,
Fisher's Station, Hamilton county, Ind,
FOB SALE—Choice Poland China boars, read*- for
service. Also, sows, bred to my fine boar,
young Oeneral Magie. Prices low. Short-horns at
-tieef prices.   Address. L. H. AIKMAN,Dana, Ind.,
Box 21.    ■.    . , :,- :. .
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-fTTA-ITED AOENTS-Th*'Perpetual Wick re-
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estate security at 6 per cent int. Special arrangements for those wishing loans ln from 6 to 12 months
*at lower rates. A. W. Pbatrkb, State Agnet, successor to E. A. Wnltcomb-S Co. Offlce 5. E. Market
hr., Indianapolis. Ind.  ..... - -        ■ . .
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REAL ESTATE ADVEBTISER-'tells'all about
the Blue Grass Valley of Middle Tennessee.
Price 25 cents a year.. Published by E.M.COCB>
- RILL, Beal Estate Agent, Gallatln.'Tenn. •       ^jft
.  Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylyahia St.
TO LOAN—Money to loan .on Improved farms.
J. H. HARDEBECK, 36 East Market street, In-
stlanapolis. ,•-.---.
I have some good farms for sale, and desire calls and
correspondence from parties in quest of them. ; G.
W. ALEXANDER,"- East Market St.      V-.-
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ONEY TO LOAN—Sums ofMOO to J3OT0 on lm
proved . farms. RUDDELL. W.ALCQTT, A
TON -■--   *--■
VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind.
If
'for
jfatlt.
Messrs. Turner & Fosher, of Fin
eastle, Putnam county, shipped a car
load of hogs—Poland China and Chester
Whites—to Indianapolis last week that
■Weighed at home 366 pounds. They
Were of their own raising, and were the
. culls they had left after shipping their
best pigs for breeders. They brought in
market 20 cents more on the hundred
than the average sales of hogs on the day
they were sold. It pays to raise good
stock. ■ .     •    •
.   4   -» V	
We stated some time ago that Mr.
Jas. Mustard, of Broad Ripple, this
county, had bought some, fine Shorthorns and intended to breed cattle. A
few have inferred that he therefore intended to quit swine breeding. But this
is a mistake. He simply adds cattle
breeding to his business. Mr. M. is one
of our most successful swine breeders,
- and will, no doubt, succeed as well also
in this additional branch of industry.
His hogs are in a splendid, healthy condition, perfectly free from disaese, and
are doing fine.
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The Meeting of State Wool Growers.
The following is the programme for the
meeting of the Indiana Wool Growers'
Association, to be held at the rooms of
the State Board of Agriculture, commencing Wednesday, January 8th:
10 a. m.—Address by the president, the
Hon. S. R. Quick, of Columbus.
2 p. m.—Address by T. W. W. Sunman, "The Advantage to be Derived
from this Association," i-j be followed by
a discussion of the same subject. Other
subjects for discussion:
1. Can sheep and cattle be pastured together profitably?
2. The average yield of wool per sheep
for the different breeds.
3. Are old bucks the best as lamb getters?
SECOND DAY.
10 a. m.—Address of B. F. Magee, of
Montgomery, "Docs it Pay to Raise
Sheep for Wool Alone on Land Worth
$35 per Acre?" Discussion. Other subjects for discussion will be:
1. Does it pay to keep sheep after they
are four years old?
2. When should ram lambs be castrated?
3. The mode of castration.
Any other subject pertaining to the
wool growers' interest.
All members are urged to attend, as
the election of officers takes place at this
meeting.
For the Indiana Fanner.
Stock Fanning.
,.'        BY PROF. K. T. BROWN.    -■'.'•{'
:-.'';"     FEEDING AND WATERING,       r
In the care of stock, special Regard
should be had to brood animals. As the
the period of parturition approaches,
they should de separated from the herd
and furnished with comfortable shelter
and a dry, pleasant lot where they can
take proper exercise. This is especially
necessary in the winter season, or early
winter monttjs. Pigs and lambs will require careful looking after, and all animals rearing young will demand a full
supply of the best quality of food. At
this period the material instincts overcomes the desire to associate with other
animals, and usually mothers are contented in their separation. Cows,' after
the first week, will generally ;leave their
calves most of the day," and return to the
hei*d. ; p?':'.-';'•._''.■' -_"' . '-' ...„■',' '.*.■ "
- The method of fatting hogs by turning
them into the cornfield, as is sometimes
practiced in;this "coflntry, has been
severely criticised by our neighbors of the
Eastern States. They * call it our/extravagantly watsteful practice. , There ia-
however^ really less waste in this method
of feeding, than many-people' suppose*
For the lire. day,.__ogs will busjf them?
-selves .in tearing down more com.ithan
they ieat— after that, they grow lazy .and
seldom disturb a*r standing stalk if they
can find an ear on the ground..; If the
weather iis not ^excessively'- rainy, there
wiU be but little 'corn wasted' in this
method of ^feeding, and: if the price.of
labor is high and <»m cheap, it will be
economy to make the hogs.gather the
corn on which they are to be fatted." By
this method of feeding we return nearly
the whole material of the crop to the
soU. A succession of corn crops may be
*Usedonthe (jam© field, and: the gji^und
fnipfc)v&i lYohl-"year' to ye'iir if tlulSTop
be "hogged down."- If the field is large,
it will be economy to use. a portable
fence, and set off lots of about an acre for
every ten hogs, and let them gather each
lot pretty clean before removing them to
,^ new one. -        ,
WATERING VSTOCK. '•-.
In the care of stock nothing is more
important than an ample supply of good,
pure water. Even hunger can be endured with less suffering than thirst can.
In summer pastures, the best arrangement is a stream of running water, fed
by never-failing springs, where stock can
drink at will; but this is a natural prt>
vision, and when wanting cannot be
readily supplied by any artificial device.
There are districts in Southern Indiana
where the rocks are porus and cavernous
and will not hold water. In these
regions, when dry seasons occur, stock
water becomes scarce from the failing of
springs and the drying up of streams.
Tlie Fat Stock Show at Chicago.
We gather the following incidents of
the fourth evening of the great Fat Stock
Show, held at Chicago last week, fl-om
the, report published in the Inter-Ocean:
• At 8:30 o'clock the band belched forth
an animated tune, and the line of cattle,
which had been forming, began its cumbersome waddle,   by courtesy called a
fore that time I never knew what chicken
cholera was. Since I have been breeding Une chiekens and taking extra care
"eft them it is a hard matter for me to get
through the year with a dozen live ones.
1 I would like to hear from others on the
imported cholera subject.
5,V   i:-. Jas. A. Guiixiams.
;f Fincastle, Putnam Co.
3?he Berkshire is generally considered
march    In the leadicame that mountain -one,0f our best breeds of hogs, and we
of flesh, Miller's bullock, weighing 3,loofl   '
pounds. .Its ponderous movements were
like the graceful amble of an elephant,
and the heavy boards groaned beneath
the  weight.     Next   came   "Governor
Morton," the
e property of George Grey,
of Rush ville, Ind.. This creature pulls
3,000 pounds, and, though somewhat
smaller than his predecessor, is a finer
specimen of a,steer. The third was
"Hoosier Boy," also the property of, Mr.
Grey,weighing 2,660 pounds. These mag?
niflcent sacrificial. objects were followed
by eighteen steers and bulls, making up
a calvacade Which would have made
Zeus cry aloud for hecatomb. The crowd
pressed in so closely that often it was im?
culty in separating them. Now and
then a steer evinced a disposition 'to be
recalcitrant, and - theH ■ the stampede
among men. and-women "wasquifcdi-'
verting. ^Following behind the; "cattle
tame eight or ten sheep, scarcely able to
stagger under the burden of fat and wool.-
The procession made a circle around the
center lot of stalls, followed by the crowd,
and greatly admired.." It was an, exhibition seldom seen and mightily to be enjoyed..   ,  '■■/.:_  , . ".. ; ;.....-*■'•   ''../■*_...,■;■.•:
< PREMIUMS AWARDED.     T;      *
The following premiums were awarded
yesterday by the committee:  ■.- -    - ,  v
Devon steers j 4 years old and over. ■'•.
: '.First premium, Sanford Sauh, Kingston Station, 111.- date of birth, May 20,
io_. .     .„_,  - CE0. -;„t„w'-v.-o'  Merino wool Js for clothing what wheat
4-nrt* ?*£-** ^J^T-^?r^'J-:'B'ft«,-;&«1; *1s the chief material for
I8j8,1,64o; a gam or .98 pounds perday.J ■* -    ■  -
Second   premium, • Devon,,   Sanford
.doubt if the facta will substantiate Mr.
iGuilliams' opinion of them, as being
inore subject to disease than other breeds.
JtEds:. - , ....;
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Characteristics of American Sheep
/>; Husbandry. .
■j-SDr. ,Hayes,'in his recent address before
jpie National Agricultural Congress, remarking that an inadequate idea is given
qt a. nation's resources by the number of
sneep raised—the character of the ani-
fOals- being of the first consideration—
proceeds .to show some of the character-
possible to distinguish the different cat-< -_Xli,, of   American   sheer,  husibandrv
tie, arid the drivers had the utmost difil-  S^f- ?    ^mer can ^sneep  husbandry
Heistates that the sheep of the United
Statei. consist,  first,' of what are called
liitive sheep; second, descendants from
ji-nproved English races, third, the
Mexican sheep .found in Texas, New
'Mexico,. Colorado, and California;
l&ufth, the melTho'sbeep, and crosses of
that r_breed witlA^-the three preceding .faces. The me^nos constitute the
Eincipal and charaoVjristic race of the
lited States; and thm is the most im-;
pprtantfact in the enfrneration of our
Jr^onrces for sheep, husbandry and the
wools manufacture.' England has no
-nerihos, except in her colonies. Russia
has but 12,000,000 merinos; ^France, but
9.0QOJOOO. , The merinos and grades in
the United   States  exceed   25,000,000,
" h
In tms condition the best that 'can be
done is to make reservoirs, or ponds, to
store the water of winter or spring rains
for summer use. These should be
located in shaded positions to reduce
evaporation from sun-heat, and the bottoms and sides of these ponds should be
well puddled with the most tenacious
clay that can be found. The pond should
be enclosed so as to prevent stock from
wading into it, and especially geese and
ducks should be excluded. The water
can be conducted into convenient drinking tanks where the stock can have access to it at will. With this precaution
pond water may be kept comparatively
pure; but stock-water ponds, as commonly seen on farms, are unpardonable
nuisances. On the Central plain ot
Indiana and Illinois, where the soil lies
on a heavy drift formation, the streams
are frequently so shallow as not to cut
the reservoirs of water below, and consequently permanent springs are scarce.
In these regions, however, and inex-
haustable supply of water can generally
be obtained Dy sinking a well from
twenty to forty feet deep. _ But pumping
water for stock is a heavy tax on farm
labor, and especially sowhen other work
is crowding, for stook must have water if
the plow and reaper stand still. The
windmill, however, to a great extent relieves this difficulty. Let proper drinking tanks or troughs be supplied and a
small windwheel will almost always
keep them filled. A waste pipe should
be arranged to carry the surplus water
back into the well to prevent mud about
the drinking tanks. There are many
places in this region where a tube passed
through the lower blue clay will bring a
constant stream of pure water to the surface, and form a flowing well. The
reservoir will be found at depths varying
from 50 to 100 feet, or more; but the
water from it will not always overflow.
Stock kept in stables should have water
tliree times a day, though in winter they
will seldom drink so often. Sheep and
hogs drink less water than cattle or
horses, but it is a mistake that either can
thrive without a regular supply of water.
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As sliowing the prices that really good
beeves still bring in the market, we ma}*
note that the late sale by J. G. Gillette,
of Elkheart, 111., of 130 head of cattle to
be shipped to Liverpool direct, the price
paid being CJ centson the farm.—Drovers
Journal.
Satin, May 26, 1874, age in days, 1,652;
"weight, 1,870; Gain per day, J.13.
, The two. steers exhibited "were very
well developed, and.excelled in theev^e*!-
hes4 Of fleshj-which was well 'distributed
—straight, well packed backs and thick
loin; 'good quarters, smooth shoulders,
excellent fore-rib, well filled out, smooth,
uniform throughout, small, short neck,
and can not De too highly commended
as first class butcher's stock.
» The second premium animal did not
have his fat as well distributed, and was
not as well quartered.
Devon steers, 4 years old and under 4.
First premium, Thomas Bid well,-
Gurnee, 111.; date, March 3,1875; days,
1,371;  weight, 1,471;   average per day;
••Lie.
Second premium, Thomas Bidwell,
Gurnee, DJ.; date, June 13,1875; days,
1,267; weight 1,475; average weight, 1.16
per day.
The two steers entered in this ring
were evenly matched, the first-prize animal, considering age, shows the best
growth. Both were well proportioned,
with good quarters, broad backs, and
thick loin, with straight top line. The
flesh was well matured, and evenly distributed, rather heavy in bone, short
neck, bottom line not straight.
The second-premium steer was not
so fat; lighter in weight, but fine in
bone.
Cloth at the present day, the coarsest as
Well as the finest. While the softest, it
..Is the strongest of all fibers. From its
fulling and spinning qualities, it is the
f-adheslve for   the cheap  fabrics—  _  _   _
8^^;.woaH;c^
mixture of merino wool mcreasr_W*tn^ T^i^i^~^r^^Ai.'3~'-^.\^^Tli
definitely the material for cheap cloth- tracted pneumomas anrTwill ifo-lf
An abundance of merino wool is
Hog and Chicken Cholera.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I read an article in the Farmer for
November 23d, headed "Hog Cholera;
Is it Imported?" which strikes me as being the most common sense treatment of
the subject I have noticed for some time.
Whether the cholera, or what ever it
may be, has been imported or not, I am
unable to say; but the first hog disease of
any kind that ever made its appearance
in this part of the country was among
the Berkshires. One breeder lost about
one hundred head of this breed - at one
time. Another noticeable fact is in the
reports from Illinois, and other States,
where hogs have died in great numbers,
nine times out of ten the disease has
originated with the Berkshires. But
when the disease is once started all
breeds of hogs will take it and die. It is
a fact, as Mr. Ott remarks in his article,
that we never had hog cholera here until
the Berkshire hogs were imported.
Another cause of hog disease I think
may be in over-feeding and stuffing
j-oung hogs that are intended for breeders.. It is certain that a hog that
has been fed on mush and milk
from the time it is a pig until a year old
has. not the constitution or hardiness
that the same hog would have if he had
been raised on grass and dry corn. A few
years breeding of hogs that are stuffed
on mush and milk will produce a breed
that is liable to take disease in almost
every form, whenever there is a severe
change in the weather. And when once
the disease is started it spreads in every
direction. Take for instance a colt; keep
it in a warm stable on a bed of straw;
feed it on the best feed; give it but very
little exercise, until five years old, and at
that age it can not stand the hardships
it would had it never seen shelter or corn;
consequently a few years breeding of
horses in this manner would bring on a
horse disease similar to our hog disease.
As for chicken cholera, I have been
breeding fine chiekens for five years; be-
INB-AHA.
Royal Centeb, Cass Co., Nov. 25.—Corn
all gathered; average 45 bushels per acre; a
poor yield for this part. Wheat looks well;
small acreage sown. No hog cholera here;,
hogs worth f- SO per hundred. Corn 20c
per bushel. >V'heat, SOc. Buckwheat, 75c.:
Potatoes, 50c. Apples, 35 to 50c. A snow
storm yesterday, .left to-day. Success to
tbe'FABMEB, A. G. V.
' Fbanklin, Johnson Co., Nov. 30.—Farmers pretty well through gathering corn; it
will not be as good as was expected; not so'
good as last year. Wheat looks well, and
about an average acreage sown. Farmers
are ranch discouraged over the low price for
hogs; Johnson raises a great many hogs,
and of course, it Ls going to come pretty
hard on us; cholera is also bad, more with
young hogs, I think. Wheat don't pay,
and what will _we do? Can't pay our debts
under the present system. Grangers rather
negligent and careless, would be glad if we
could have a lecture in onr county some
time this winter. '     -   • J. Z. D.
Bloomftelb, Greene Co.,' Nov. 25.—We
think we can raise as much com to the acre
and of. as good quality, here as anywhere;
but this year finds ns with half a crop, and
generally of poor quality; one bushel of last
year's corn crop will make as much pork as
one and a half of, the present crop. No
freezing last winter; cold nights in May
and June. <*an8ed a very slender, feeble
stalk, a storm in July blew it .-down; these
are the reasons why we have, only part of a
crop. ',•.>"'..   .""-^.T  ;:';'\?* JfcV.'^
Decatur Co- Nov. 30.—Corn gathering
has ceased on account of recent heavy rains;
old gronnd produced 35 and'aew 55 bushels
per acre. Wheat is growing fast, with no
enemies todistnrb'it; sells at 80c per bushel.
Fat hogs are soiling at f2 40 per; hundred;
hogs are not'doing Jwell Singe__Jlha^l'^e cold
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ing.
the greatest boon the world has received
from the animal kingdom in the last
century. It is, in fact, in its extended
cXiItHre the product of the last century.
A century ago all the merinos in the
world, confined exclusively to Spain, did
not number 1,000,000. 1765 marks the
epoch of' the first exportation of the
merinos to Saxony; 1786, to France;
1833, to Australia; 1802, the introduction
of the first merino sheep to this country;
and to Oen. Humphreys, of Connecticut,
and to the introduction to his farm of
twenty-one rams and seventy ewes, may
be directly traced the most celebrated
breeds of the American merino; producing individuals actually sold for
$5,000 each, others for $2,000 to $3,000,
and one for which $10,000 was refused.
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Sales of Thoronghbred Sheep.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
We have recently made the following
sales of Cotewolds: To G. O. Childs, of
Claysville, one pair of lambs; to Miles
Thompson, of Columbus, one pair of
lambs; to Harvey Townsend, of Franklin, one shearling buck and two ewe
Iambs; to Henry Stoner, of Union City,
one shearling buck; to F. P. A. Phelps,
of Martinsville, one two-year-old buck;
to Louis Mulendor, of Franklin, one buck
lamb; to James Fisher, of Clifford, one
shearling buck; to Ed. Brevort, of Wales-
borough, one shearling buck; to M. Doup,
of Columbus, one shearling buck; to Silas
Anderson, of Columbus, one four-year-
old buck; to E. McSweeny, of Tailors-
ville. one buck lamb; to Mr. Faslin,' of
Shelby, one buck lamb; to John Brown,
of Newbern, one buck lamb.
Also of Short-horns lately sold: To Conrad Coon, of Shelby, one bull calf; to
Thomas Amos, of Shelbyville one heifer;
to Wm. Downs, of Six-mile, one two-
year.old bull.   All this stock was sold at
fattenf
men will lose money on them faster than
usual; no cholera in this vicinity. Dogs
are such a terror to sheep that but few are
kept in Marion township. JM. W. H.
Tipton <A>., "Nov. 25.—The corn frop Is
mostly gathered in good order; the yield
is far helow the expectation of the farmers,
falling fully one-third short of last year's
crop; it is hard to make an estimate of the
average per acre in the county, but it is not
over 25 bushels, and very probably five
bushels less. W. A. M.
WASHINGTON TERRITORY.
Wattsburo, Walla Walla Co., Nov 14.—
The wheat, oats, barley, and corn crop has
been very good in this part ofthe country this
year, but prices low to correspond. Fruit crop
very short. Improved land high, and abundance vacant. Farmers' wages $25 to $35 per
month. Boom for more emigrants here.
A. C. D.
KKNTrtrKir.
Slick Bock, Barren Co., Ky., Nov 22.—
Corn gathering mostly done; a better yield
than was expected, worth 45c per bu. Early
sown wheat looking bad; cause supposed
to be Hessian fly; wheat worth 75c per bu,
Hogs worth $2 25 to $2 40 gross; no cholera
at present; some farmers talk of packing
their hogs rather than take the prices. Stock
cattle worth lj^c per pound; fat cattle 2c
per pound gross.
D. W. E.
■ McAfee, Mercer Co., Nov. 27.—Wheat
looks well; about 10 per cent, more sown
this fall than last, and is selling at from 60
to 70c per bushel. Corn husking is about
over; will make an average of from 8 to 12
barrels per acre, is selling at ?1 60 in field,
and $1 85 in heap per barrel. Hogs about
all sold at from 214 to 2__c per pound;
cattle, 3 to 4c; sheep, 3 to 4Jfc.   One of the
ers aro most aH skk of hogs, think they
don't pay. ■      S. R.1'
Clinton Co., Nov. :>0.—The corn crop is
not so good as was anticipated, only about
three-fourths of an average crop,'it is being rapidly cribbed, andhut Uttle marketed,
yet, as the price is only 28 to SOc.   The
wheat prospect is quite flattering, except in
a few localites whore the fly has. slightly
damaged the yonng plants, b»t,th_8 Is confined to such-parts of the fields as were not
manured, salted or limed,''/ J believe tho
wheat crop will ultimately prove one of our
surest crops when all the; conditions of its
cultivation   are  observed-rdrainago, top-
dressing with manure, salt, or lime, etc.
Hogs are very cheap, and in some parts of
the county the cholera has been very destructive.   Ordinary stock cattle are plenty
and eheap, while good bloods "command a
good price;, good Short-horn cattle of good
breeding are in demand, but fictitious prices
have had their, day, and the business has
settled down on a legitimate basis. My cattle are coming into winter in healthy condition, with seven calves on hand and five
more due in ■ the course'of tho next'three
weeks.   Sales have been satisfactory.     *"" .
James II. Terry. '''
Kynehurst, New "Vienna.     ; . >;' '
ALABAMA.
Ozabk, Dale Co., Nov. 30.—Crops of all
kinds the best they have beon in tqn years.
Corn, 50 to 75c; cotton, 8c; syrup, 35c; fruit,
no sale; horses and mules are worth on an
average $75 to $100.'J Land very low, worth
fhrnJ 50c to $10 per acre. Labor is rather
scarce, good hands $10 with board; without
board, $6.: -'Southeast Alabama \ is .* very
healthy and peace prevails. ',. ■ j, H. _EL P.
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; Valley Falls, , Dec. 3.—A^corrcspon-
dent last week exhorted us Kansas correspondents to tell the truth, etc. Well, the
truth ofthe matter in, that this is one ofthe
best States Iti the Union for a man of moderate-means tomake a start.in;- We have,'
had the best crops in' the past four yearf.
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remumerative prices, and most of them '       d best farms in Me'rcer ^t-
we consider were made through our ad-I     6 ■"
vertisements in your valuable paper
S. R. Quick & Son.
"Forest Shade Farm."
Quite a number of horses have been
poisoned in Kansas by being fed raw
castor beans, as they are ten times more
poisonous than the oil, because by pressing out the latter most of the acrid substances contained in the seeds remain in
the oil cake. A few ounces of raw beans,
or castor-bean oil cake will produce a
fatal diarrhoea in an animal.—Drovers
Journal
Sheep husbandry in Western Texas
has grown at a marvelous rate. In
1866 San Antonio received but 600,000
pounds of wool, while in 1877 she received 2,000,000. In 1866 there were
shipped from Corpus Christi 600,000;
this year there will be shipped 6,500,000.
Turkeys are selling for from 35 to 50
cents a pair in Quebec; fowls are 25 cents
a pair, mutton is 4 cents a pound and
butter is from 10 to 15.
It was the remark of a fugitive cashier
that no man ought to go into the banking business without a lively pair of legs.
—N. Y. Star.
containing 750 acres, sold at $52 10 per acre;
another of 187 acres at $80. Hemp is selling at $4 per hundred, and potatoes at 30c
per bushel.
OHIO.
Williams Co., Nov. 25.—We have had a
nice fall. Corn husking all done; good
average crop. Wheat looks well. Stock
looks well, on grass yet. Hogs are being
shipped fast at the low price of $2 to $2 25
per hundred. Wheat, 55c; corn, 25; oats,
20c. Apples plenty; good winter fruit
worth 20 to 25c; cider, $1 50 per barrel.
F. B.
Pkatt, Shelby Co., Dec. 3.—Wheat looks
fair; corn nearly all in cribs; weather has
been very favorable for all kinds of farm
work; wages, 75c per day, or $13 to $15 per
month, and plenty of hands. Com, 25c;
oats, 18c; wheat, 85c. Hogs, plenty for sale
at VA.c, but buyers only offer 2Jic Horses
are no sale, and cattle very low. Land
ranges from $25 to $60 per acre, according
to quality and location. J. C. K.
Farmer Center, Defiance Co., Nov. 25.
—We are having very fine weather for the
time of year; roads good; corn husked, and
30c a bushel; hogs, $2 to $2 25; potatoes a
short crop and small, worth 45c.   The farm-
where; We are now having a heavy immigration from Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio
and Pennsylvania. The general inquiry is
for good, improved farms, which can be
bought at from $15 tov $25 por aero, the lat-****.
tQr.pricjybr chi»ioe.'i'VVre have atjout eij_\t'
inches of snow. ~ t .'■''.-.  " B. Ml     ■'■'■>
Labette, Labette Co., Doc. 1.—Having
seen nothing from'thjs part of the Stato for
some time, I will write a few lines to let
our brother farmers know how it is with us
out here. It is pretty rough as we have to
take from $1 50 to $2 per hundred gross for
our hogs; 10 to 12c for oats; wheat, 50 to
60c; corn, 10c, and scarcely any of them a
half crop, owing to the wet weather of last
winter and spring, and the dry weather of
the latter part of the summer and first part
of the fall. We had some rain yestesday,
the first for over a month. There was not
more than one half a crop of wheat sown;
a great deal of that was sown after the
middle of October, since the ground was
too dry and hard to plow before that time.
Tlie prospect is" not flattering for a crop of
wheat next year. Cattle are low. Horses
are not selling, except for home use.
Health pretty good at present, but there
was an unusual amount of Blckness through
the summer and fall, mostly chills and
fever. Long may the Indiana Fakmeh
prosper. J. H. C.
MICMrOVRI.
Walker, Vernon Co., Nov. 24.—There
are a few old Hoosiers down here, in Southwest Missouri, and there's room for plenty
more; plenty of good land here for $3 to $5
per acre, and plenty of good range for stock.
There is not more than one-fifth of the
country under cultivation. Persons wishing stock farms need not go farther than
here. The health of the country is very
good. Farmers are pretty woll done gathering corn, and are preparing to feed their
stock, and get in fuel for winter. Three
car loads of hogs were loaded at Walker
last Wednesday at the low price of 2c per
pound; cattle .are only 2 to 3c; mostly
shipped that will be this fall; some are holding their hogs for better prices; some are
also holding their cattle; the present price
for hogs don't paf r~ ***". corn they eat at
25c per bushel; wheat worth 65c; prospects
good for a good crop of wheat the coming
year, but not very much sown on account
ofthe dry fall. I). T. B.
Those Scales.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I got the scales all right, and am well
pleased if they work as they seem to do
now. I tried them with our merchant's
and think the weighte did not vary to
the amount of three grains of coffee. • 5
Nelson Hoole.
Philadelphia, Nov. 28.
Indiana Fabmer and Jn-Door-and-
Out, both one year for $2 50.
The best quality of Baldwin apples are
only worth $] a barrel in Maine, including barrel. Corn is wortli six cents per
bushel 'at Vjrden, ID., and oats oniy
eight cents per bushel at Den Moines?,
Iowa.