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VOL. XIII. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 9, 1878. NO. 45. FOB SALE. -VrtRSALE—Partrtdee Cochins at |2 to $3pr. pair, P according to quality. W. D. LATSHAtV, Oak- g^Ti^nox county. Ind ,7»rsTlE—Whitney sewing machine needles, all v tS.fvi at 30 cents per dozen. Send order to INDI- vJTFAKMEK COMPANY. tf i^rVrTSALE—Pekin Drakes. |1 50 each. Can spare V » few pairs at |3 50 per pair. JOSKPH L. BRliN- f0yt Petersburg, Pike county, Ind. F~~ 'TmsXLE-Thoroughbred unregistered Jersey bull U months old; a superior animal. Price $40. yryl i_ SMOCK, Indianapolis. FOR SALE—The Farm Register and Account Rook. Complete method of keeping farm ac- wjunts Price *1 each. Address INDIANA FARMER COMPAN" Y, Indianapolis. •T^ORSALE VERY CIIEAP-100 head of pure Po- h land-China Pigs, bred from, first-class premium atf\r\c Also two fine yearling boars. Send for prices. A.jO*n>TSON, Clifton, Ohio. I^OR_SALE^Three Short-horn Bulls, one two-year- * old and one yearling. "Young Marys," red with ■n'me white. One yearling red of the Col. Sanders* imp. DR. JAS. P. FORSYTH, Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind. I"^OR SALE—150 Berkshires from ray imported herd. ^ Pigs weighing 40 to 100 pounds, f 10; young sows. •lStoti1). They are as fine as the finest pedigreed etock. WM. II. FALL, Lebanon, Boone Co., Ind. FOR SALE—Three yearling hogs, all bred by myself; two of them pigs of lloosier Prince, one a pig of a full sister to my sow that took first premium at our late State Fair. They are good breeders, and price low. Choice males and females Tor sale My herd never had any disease among them, and what I offer is good. Two Devon calves from my bull that took lirst premium at our late State Fair. WM. A. MACY, Lewisville, Ind. WANTED. TIT"ANTED—To exchange spring mattresses and >Y lounges for country produce. No. 45 Massachusetts Avenue, Indianapolis. -TTTANTED—Wood, potatoes, apples, butter and >> other farm produce In exchange for dentistry. C. C. BURGESS. No. 4 Vajen's Exchange Block, city. -tttaNTED—Agents to take subscriptions through W the country and in small towns fortheWEKKLY News. Largest cash commission ever paid to canvassers. Address Weekly News, Indianapolis. XfrANTED—To find buyers for forty flne Poland- » China pigs, from 60 to 100 lbs. weight, at flOUO each, within thirty days; also O. L. S. Bantams and P. Cochins at f2 60 per pair. Stock well bred. HENRY COMSTOCK, Liberty Mills, Ind. LOAN9I. SIX PER CENT— Loans made on long time on real estate security at 6 per cent int. Special arrangements for those wishing loans in from 6 to 12 months at lower rates. E. A. WIIITCOMB a CO., State Acts. Office 72 E. Market St. A. W. PRATHER, Att'y., Indianapolis, Ind. MISCEItXAXEOlTS. c. C. BUKGESS, Dentist. Office In room 4 Va- Jen's Exchange Block, N. Pennsylvania St. TO LOAN—Money to loan on improved farms. J. II. HARDEBECK, 36 East Market street, Indianapolis. • I have some good farms for sale, and desire calls and correspondence from parties in quest of thero. U. W. ALEXANDER, 36 East Market St. MONEY TO LOAN-Sums of *300 to $3,C00 on improved farms. KUDDELL. WALCOTT & VINTON, Indianapolis, Ind. Wlvt ^>iot\\. Stock Notes. On account of the increasing fatality among swine from the cholera and the consequent uncertainty of the business, Mr. James Mustard, the well known Poland China breeder, of Broad Ripple, this county, is turning his attention to other stock. He has recently purchased the four year old Short-horn bull, Forest Napier, of James Eller, of Hamilton county. He intends soon to visit Canada, with the purpose of purchasing a lot of thoroughbred sheep, for which class of stock his farm is well adapted. We wish him success in his new venture. Whilst in the northern part of the State last week, we had the opportunity of seeing some of the popular strains of Jersey red swine. Mr. C. W. Davis, of Kent- land, Newton county, had lately received two shoats of this breed from Mr. Clark Pettit, of Salem, New Jersey. They are as fine in all points, and as promising as that of any breed we have ever seen, and are especially admired by all the swine breeders and farmers in that region. Mr. Davis also has a fine lot of the J. P. Luse & Son's (Montmorency, Ind.) strains of the same breed that are also very fine indeed. So much admired are the latter that Mr. Davis, we understood, had them all sold, to be delivered when old enough. The Reds are coming rapidly into notice in that section. Clinton, Vermillion Co., Oct. 30. To the Editors Indiana Parmer: My sale of Short-horns, on the 24th ult., at Terre Haute, was fairly attended. Bulls sold very well—the eight head, mostly calves, averaging nearly $75. No °ne, seemingly, wanting to purchase females, although bulls were in good demand. After selling seven cows at extensively low prices—$45 to $155—1 asked permission to withdraw the remainder, which was kindly granted. The sale was held in good faith, all led into the ring being sold: and had there wen one single objection offered, all should have been sold, even at the ruinously low prices of the day. Claude Matthews. What Ails the Hog ? Some ten days ago, my neighbor's hog commenced moping about and refused to eat. He Anally got down on the left side. Finding her always on the same s'de, he was induced to try turning her over> but she positively refused to lie on that side, throwing herself instantly back °n the sameside. She drinks a few swallows, but refuses to eat anything. In- lormation as to what ails her, or what to ao will be thankfully received. T Em Arnold. Jackson Tp., Wells Co. -As Ihe liver lies upon the right side, " is possible that that organ is inflamed, or, it may be the inflammation of the membrane on that side of the body, what the doctors call peritonitis. In either case, the trouble was caused, most likely, by the hog's taking cold, and mild diet, mush and bran with milk, or kitchen slops should be given, if she will eat, and a warm, dry pen should be provided, by all means. Cattle Breeding on the Island of Jersey. Even the peculiarity indicated seems hardly enough to explain the great difference existing between the cattle of St. Ouen and St. Peter's, in the north-west, and St. Clement's and Grouville, in the south-east. Sii John Le Courteur ascribed this to a difference of climate; but the mouths of the valleys opening upon St. Aubin's Bay are as sheltered as is the plain of St. Clement's, and the hills about Gorey on the east are almost as exposed as those near Bouley Bay on the north. The distinction is greater than any diller- ence of physical condition can justify. It is more like the difference between the different races of cattle bred by different races of men. Both, of course, belong to the same type and have much in common—any individual specimen in either would find its counterpart in the otiier; but the pervading characteristics are quite distinct. Toward tlie north-west the grey and dark colors with little white exist as a very general rule, and black switches predominate. In the southwest the colors are much lighter, much more fawn is to be seen, and a large admixture of white prevails; black switches are here an exception. Two influences are at work to counteract this original tendency: 1. The English demand for solid colors has led a number of the larger breeders of the south and east to breed only to solid- colored bulls. 2. The larger and more intelligent breeders of the nortli and west, such as Le Gallais, the Arthurs, and Lempriere, recognize tlie superiority of the larger milking, pari-colored animals, and have many in,thoir,be,rds like the best t6T5o" found on the farms of the Labeys, Marrett and Billot. Added to these influences is the fact that every year at the Island show, tlie chief breeders at all the parishes bring their animals together for comparison and competition, and to a certain extent for exchange and distribution. In this there has come to be much more assimilation between the herds of the large breeders in different parts of tlie island than between those of their smaller neighbors. The foreign demand is largely supplied by these larger breeders, who, while frequently buying animals from their neighbors, do not often sell to them. As a consequence, their transactions do not materially affect the general quality of the local breed, which, as already stated, varies far more than any one living in a country of greater distances would believe possible. The general conclusion to be drawn from this is, that, so far as the smaller farmers of Jerseys are concerned, the class of animals sought by English breeders is to be found chiefly in the northern and western parishes, and those which we in America prefer in the southern and eastern.—Col. Waring, in Monthly Bulletin of American Jersey Cattle Club. Pall Treatment of Calves. The calf is father to the ox; and no cattle raiser will succeed who does not attend closely to the wants of the calf. Some stockmen, who deal liberally with the young calf, think or act as if the calf, six months old, could stand almost anything in the way of poor fare and exposure. We have often seen calves that were promising at three months hopelessly spoiled at eight months for the want of proper food and care during the intervening time. It is said that a man may lose his character in a day, that it has taken a lifetime to establish. So it takes but a comparatively short time for a stock feeder to lose by neglect what he had gained by early atttention to the calf. A few days of neglect can scarcely be atoned for by a month of after atten- tention. The calf should be in fine flesh to resist the cold soon to be upon it. We have often illustrated the economy and profit of the most liberal feeding of the young animal. If it takes less food to produee a hundred pounds' increase on a calf than upon an older animal—as has been abundantly proved by the most accurate experiments—then it would seem that the feeder would desire to push the calf all he could by supplying what food it could assimilate. We believe the calf should be early taught to eat grass or hay, that the flrst stomach may be developed, aiid that it may be put in full possession of all its machinery for growing beef. But as the calf is quite capable of assimilating more food than it can digest of grass alone, it should have a small grain ration in the fall, even on the best grass. We know some good feeders disagree with us on this point, and think the calf should be taught to depend wholly upon grass after some three months; but we think a full examination of the facts on both sides of this question, would convince them of their error. This small grain ration will produce a larger proportional profit than any other part of its food. The market gardener often observes that his greatest profit comes from the last load of manure, and it is even more evident that the largest profit comes from the last tenth of thefood assimilated. The feeder must study the capacity of his I young stock, and give each calf all the! The Big Giant Corn Mill. The uses of a good corn-mill are apparent Sfbrn^nr"'^'.,"50- ^ <lUiXT^ f''in the -'..proved condition of all kinds of w neat bran or middlings, or three pints t ... . ',.,., , , , . , , . of oats or corn, given tothe calf daily, stoek t0 whloh the erou»d tooA » fed; be- on good pasture, will produee a very su- sWes> the judgment of those who make a perior growth to that by grass alone, and I practice of reducing food to a pulverized this extra flesh will have a value twice US') condition, is that it becomes more nutri great as the grain required to produce it.' tious. In the ease of corn that is ground ™b„*;f?aSMr.e KP001"' oiu; 1P?und,of °51"3 just as it is plucked from tho stalk-husks, cake should be given, oradditional grain. ',, „„ , '. ... , ,. ... . „' The oil-cake o? meal is so valuable for c",b',and g™ns-it»iiho claimed that the putting on flesh, that our farmers should! alkau contained iu the cob, acts as a cor- use all that is produced in this country, rective, and is a sure destroyer of bots and not permit its exportation. The' more farmers study the laws of animal! growth, the more thev will see the economy of feeding tlie calf to its full capacity in the fall, that it may enter vigorously upon the cold season.—National Live Stock Journal. Preparing Stock for the Winter. We commend the following from the last number of the National Live Stock Journal to the attention of all stock growers: "A stitch in time saves nine," is not more true in mending torn clotlies than in getting farm stoek through the winter. 'Die calf, the colt, the cow, or tho sheep that enters upon the winter in a thrifty condition and in good flesh, will give the owner but little trouble, and can easily be kept improving during the winter months. On the other hand, animals that the storms of winter And in a weak and emaciated condition, will.require cotetant care and attention, at a very considerable expense, if they survive at all. Nine-tenths of all the losses of young stock that occur during the winter months, are animals that were in low flesh at tlie beginning of cold weather. The fat and hearty steer, cow, sheep, or colt will toss its head in the exuberance of health and strength, bidding defiance to the coldest weather, while the lean weakling stands with arched back and drooping head, shivering in the fence corner. Nothing affords a more perfect protection from cold weather and hard storms than robust health and a good supply of fat; and when to these two conditions we add artificial shelter and abundance of good food and watei,:,w\i-' have all that is required to insure the economical wintering of farm stock. If low condition as well as storms and cold must be combated, the watchfulness as well as the expense must be doubled. Cleanliness of Stables. We frequently come across remonstrances against keeping harness in stables, the reason given being that the ammonia prevalent there rots the leather and soon destroys the harness. Now, this is beginning at the wrong end to remedy an evil. We may talk and advise "year in and year out" about this matter, but harneas will be kept in the stable in spite of all. Where else can the majority of people who keep horses hang these trappings? A rich man may have a closet in which the harness may hang safely from fear of ammonia and all other dangers; but the average horse- owner will have his peg behind the beam, because he can have no other way of disposing of the harness. But the trouble would end if the production of ammonia in the stables was prevented. Enter an ordinary stable at any period, but especially in the winter when every cranny through which the wind can come in is carefully stopped, and what a pungent odor offends the nostrils and irritates the eyes! Is this odor of ammonia, strongly alkaline and irritant, injurious only to the harness? What of the horses and the tender membranes of the eye, the throat and the nasal passages? Do you think they are less sensitive than oak-tanned harness leather well greased and preserved, as it is? By no means. If the prevalent odors injuriously affect the leather, you may be sure the eyes suffer; the throat and lungs are irritated and the nasal passages become inflamed. Then occur the frequent moon blindness; ophthalmia; weeping ofthe eyes, followed hy inflammation, white -specks, clouded cornea, and Anally loss of sight; then follow coughs, bronchitis, pneumonia, heaves, catarrh, nasal gleet; and by and by, when the blood has become poisoned by the absorption of diseased matter from inflamed and suppurating membranes, farcy and glanders—dreadful and fatal to beast and man, too—result. And while we think of saving the harness and re- sioving that to a purer place, the beast, which is worth a dozen sets of it, is left to rot from these pungent gases without any help. Clean the stablesandthe harness may hang in them safely; and be sure, if the stable is not a fit place for the harness, it is no place for the horse. A barrel of plaster can be procured for about one dollar. It is wortli that as a fertilizer. It is worth ten dollars as an absorlient of ammonia, and a hundred as a health preserver to tlie horses; not counting tlie saving to the harness. Sprinkle it every-where and be liberal with it.—Rural >ew Yorker. Commercially, when tlio price of grain rules low, it is wise economy to bring your corn-mill into active uso, and by fattening slock more than secure an advance on the price of corn in addition to producing mammal deposits that, of themselves, represent cash. Since our trade with England in cattlo has assumed Die shape of a steady industry, it behooves its to keep and extend our advantage. Ono reason, it is said, why American beef is sought after, is because tho fats aro more solid, and less oily in character than nativo breeds that have boon gorged on oil-cake; therefore, to avoid this defect and keep up our standard, wo should feed our corn liberally. To do this profitably we must have a mill that will grind rapidly, •v.ivliout waste, and with the smallest expenditure 6f power. Tlio illustration of the Big CJiant Corn Mill which is given in this issue seomsto fulfill tho conditions of success. It is warmly commended by those who havo used it, both as a feed grinder and for general family purposes, inasmuch as it will, when necessary, grind fino enough to produce an excellent quality of meal. A western farmer wanted to borrow a gun from a neighbor for the purpose of "killing some yellow birds in his field of wheat, which'were eating the grain. His neighbor declined to loan the gun, for he thought the birds useful. In order to satisfy his curiosity he shot one of them, opened its craw, and found in it twohun- dred weevils and four grains of wheat, and in these four grains the weevil had burrowed. Tlio improved mill is shown in the two illustrations, and needs littlo description. The subjoined cut shows the inside grinder with cone and breaker-arm. Tlie breaker-arm (No. 1.) keeps tho corn from riding on tho arms of tho mill, stirs it in the hopper, and secures a sure self-feed. Thocono(No.2.)isvery steep and contains crushing and cutting blades The lower inside section (No. 4.) has blades similar in shape to tho furrows- in a bhur stone, which secures fineness and rapidity of grinding. The second cut represents tho outer grinding surface of tho mill, and corresponds with tho inner surface. Any wear may lx> taken up, or adjusted by means of set-screws, and tho mill may bo made to grind fino or largo by tho samo appliances, a feature peculiar to this mill it is claimed. All parts subject to wear may bo renewed at trifling cost and trouble, and tho knives being self-sharpening, will work effectively until ground fiat. Various sizes of tho mills aro made, varying in grinding capacity. All who have used it seem to be agreed that the mill does a large amount of work, proportionately to its size, and that it is an economical, durable mill, but details of this nature may bo more satisfactorily acquired, by applying to tho manufacturers, Messrs. J. A. Field, Son & Co., St. Louis, Mo. A Town of 250 Inhabitants Burned. A Chicago dispatch says: Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas advices indicate that the prairie fires are still raging in each of those states, destroying grain, bridges, barns, fences and other property. The flames were most destructive twenty | miles southeast of Sioux City, in Iowa, along the North Platte, Niobrara, and South Platte rivers in Western Nebraska, and in Rush, Neosho, Ellis, Trego, Grove, Wallace, Decatur, Graham and Rooks counties, Kansas. Many persons perished in the flames, and an unconfirmed report prevailed in Lincoln, Nebraska, yesterday that Albeau, Boone county, a town of 250 inhabitants, had been utterly destroyed. It is supposed that the fires in some cases had been lighted by the Cheyennes. For the Indiana Farmer. "Just as Bad as We Are." Under the above caption we notice in the Indiana Farmer for October 20, a quotation from our report of Holland County Fair, in which we refer to petty gambling admitted upon fair grounds, with the editorial suggestion, that they "supposed such demoralizing features were ruled out by the fair managers in the land of steady habits." We regret exceedingly to say that "they all do it" very much to their discredit, and as we fully believe, to their injury. But thanks to an awakening moral sentiment, on the very day on which we received the Farmer, we attended the annual meeting of this same Holland County Agricultural Society, at which time tlie subject was introduced to the consideration of the meeting, and it was strongly advocated that the continuance of such practices as existed at the fair reported, would drive from the membership of the society, and from the annual exhibitions, all of the better portion of tlie community. A few courageous ones attempted a feeble defense upon the ground of aiding in a financial manner, and comparing the whole system to the system of church fairs which the most intensely moral were willing to engage in for the sake of discharging church debts, etc., but to our infinite surprise, when the vote upon excluding all games of chance from the grounds was put, the yeas were so manifestly in the majority and powerfully in earnest, that not a single vote was cast in opposition; so, in one society in this land of steady habits, a noble example has been furnished which may well be followed by neighboring, and all kindred, societies. Perhaps we might mention another honorable exception to the general rule of allowing demoralizing features. The fanners of several towns organized-as the Willimantie Farmers' Club, and one year ago held an agricultural exhibition. We were chairman of the executive committee and had the exclusive management of tlie fair. It was the flrst effort of tlie club and much would depend on the stand taken. We were solicited to allow gambling on the grounds, and hesitated not a moment upon an answer: "If "a majority of the executive committee say you can come upon the grounds, we have nothing to say, but up to that time you cannot come; we have no use for you upon these grounds;" and that fair ground was free from this temptation to the young. The same rule was maintained this fall, and the club occupied honorable ground. In view of these facts at this later day we think we should receive the enconium of being not" as bad as these societies which have taken no active measures towards purging themselves of all the vilencss or iniquity that comes from the admission of games of chance upon grounds to which the young and those occupying the position of good moral citizens are invited. But few, if any, parents would think of sending their children into the pits of iniquity as found in our cities, and yet at every agricultural exhibition where petty gambling, is allowed, an invitation is extended to parents to stave their children in one of the avenues leading to infamy and crime. If agricultural fairs cannot be conducted on a good, healthy, moral basis, it were far better that they be entirely abolished, and the youth of — -_n1 *1 I^iw «s.*i-n sm^m^s, a-fc S st-\ i V* re 11 ■ yisf- /^KnAllsa GENEBAL NEWS. been our rural districts remain in quiet obscurity and away from contaminating influences. We are now firm in the hope that there has been such an over-action in the line of evil that it will result in better days. May that time speedily come. William H. Yeomans. Columbia, Conn. « ss» a, < • Timely Precaution.—The time for firing up for winter has arrived. See that the flues are cleaned out; that stovepipes are in order and do not touchwood; that bits of paper and material easily burned are not left in unused Are places where burning soot from other flues may fall upon them. In short, make not only a general but critical examination of every place where fire might possibly occur, and see that everything is right. Do this in the day time with all your clothes on and you may save yourself the trouble of getting out of bed at the hour of midnight, or thereabouts, some severely cold night and not be allowed time by the rushing flames to put on your pants.—Cincinnati Price Current. The Lockport, N. Y., Union notes a cider manufactory in that city and says: "Some ideas of the business transacted can be learned when we state that 80,000 bushels of apples will be used this season, and 6,000 barrels of cider shipped. Niagara county cannot supply the demand for apples, and agents of the mill are now buying in Wayne and Monroe counties; 20,000 bushels of apples from around Clyde have just been received. They are bought there at six cents a bushel, so great is this year's yield; ten cents is paid for Niagara county apples. They are not bought by the bushel, but by the 100 pounds; but the price per bushel, however, averages about the price stated. The blue ribbon movement has begun in England. The Emperor of Japan has ordered a portrait of President Hayes. The President has proclaimed Thursday, November 28th, a day for thanksgiving. Reports come in of serious damage to the shipping during the past few days on Lake Michigan. The Rothchilds will next week offer £8,500,000 Ave per cent. Egyptian bonds, guaranteed, at from 70 to 75. New York City will have an exposition in 1880, the centennial anniversary of the inauguration of George Washington. Bullion in the bank of England increased £1,200,000 the past week. Proportion of reserve to liability 43 J per cent. There is a heavy increase in southbound passenger trailic. The yellow fever refugees are returning home in large numbers. The Berlin government has sent three thousand marks for the relief of German sufferers by yellow fever in the United States. Yellow fever has thus far carried off fifty-six clergymen. Twenty-four were Roman Catholics, thirty-one Protestants, and one Jewish rabbi. In the Kingston. Canada, poultry exhibition tlie judges had some of the game fowls washed in a bucket of water, when it was discovered that they were only com mon fowls painted. At Parkersburg, W. Va., diphtheria is raging worse than was ever known. Twelve children died in the last few days. More than half the families have at least one case, and in some of them half of the children are down with it. In Nebraska they are using the female bison for breeding purposes with success. After the crossings the bison's color and its chief characteristics disappear. Half and quarter breeds of the female yield an abundant supply of rich milk. An insane man named Buckman, living near Kankakee, 111., assaulted his' mother and brother with a butcher-knife, wounding them severely. Hethen slashed a child in a horrible manner, causing its instant death. About 100 tramps boarded Conductor S. P. Riggins' train at Como, Miss., on the Mississippi Central. Riggins refused to start the train unless they got off. The tramps severely beat Riggins, and at last accounts were running the train to suit themsehes. James H. Wheatley, proprietor of the sugar refinery of Brooklyn, is missing with nearly a million in trust funds belonging to several estates in that city. Owing to the probable early improvement of the navigation of the Ohio river, and the approaching completion of new railroads, the prospect for the rapid growth of manufacturing in Pittsburg is brighter than for many years. On the night of the 1st inst., three men entered the house of a cattle dealer named Absolem Rutherford, who resides three miles and a half from Mt. Pulaski, HI., and after succeeding in chloroforming Mr. Rutherford, robbed him of over $1,700. Captain Pritt, of the regular army, detailed for the work, has taken forty-nine Indian children gathered from the agencies to Hampton, Va., where they will be placed at school at the government's expense. The children average about fifteen years of age. Hog cholera is raging in DeWitt county, 111., to an extent greater than ever before known. When the disease commences among a lot of hogs it seems not to stop until the last animal is buried. Many prominent breeders in that part of the state have lost every hog. The disease is also spreading rapidly in McLean and Logan counties. During the absence of the owners, thieves entered the house in Camden, N. J., of Bulson brothers, old men, and as each returned he was seized, bound and thrown into a closet. The house was then robbed of everything, including a large amount of money. In answer to a letter of inquiry Secretary Sherman states our present coin balance available for resumption purposes to be $134,231,865. The per capita of currency circulation in various countries is as follows: France, $12 48; Great Britain, $G 39; Germany, $3 46; United States, $14 65. "Three car loads of cats recently passed over the Canada Southern railroad, destined for the graneries of the West." This is a remarkable statement, but not more so than the statement that the whole number of animals necessary to fill this unprecedented order were procured in one town, and that the supply is still unlimited. Tlie people around Thompson, Pennsylvania, are earnestly searching for two tramps who entered tlie village school after the school had been dismissed, seized the teacher, Alice Kennett, and grossly assaulted her. Then to prevent her telling the story, cut out her tongue. The young woman managed to reach the black board and write the circumstances of the terrible affair and description of the scoundrels, and then died. Our Scale Premium. Stockwell, Ind., Nov. 2. To the Editors Indiana Farmer: I received the Union Scales in due time and in complete order, and am very much pleased with them. Thomas Bartholomew. t ■
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1878, v. 13, no. 45 (Nov. 9) |
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VOL. XIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, NOVEMBER 9, 1878.
NO. 45.
FOB SALE.
-VrtRSALE—Partrtdee Cochins at |2 to $3pr. pair,
P according to quality. W. D. LATSHAtV, Oak-
g^Ti^nox county. Ind
,7»rsTlE—Whitney sewing machine needles, all
v tS.fvi at 30 cents per dozen. Send order to INDI-
vJTFAKMEK COMPANY. tf
i^rVrTSALE—Pekin Drakes. |1 50 each. Can spare
V » few pairs at |3 50 per pair. JOSKPH L. BRliN-
f0yt Petersburg, Pike county, Ind.
F~~ 'TmsXLE-Thoroughbred unregistered Jersey bull
U months old; a superior animal. Price $40.
yryl i_ SMOCK, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—The Farm Register and Account
Rook. Complete method of keeping farm ac-
wjunts Price *1 each. Address INDIANA FARMER
COMPAN" Y, Indianapolis.
•T^ORSALE VERY CIIEAP-100 head of pure Po-
h land-China Pigs, bred from, first-class premium
atf\r\c Also two fine yearling boars. Send for prices.
A.jO*n>TSON, Clifton, Ohio.
I^OR_SALE^Three Short-horn Bulls, one two-year-
* old and one yearling. "Young Marys," red with
■n'me white. One yearling red of the Col. Sanders* imp.
DR. JAS. P. FORSYTH, Franklin, Johnson Co., Ind.
I"^OR SALE—150 Berkshires from ray imported herd.
^ Pigs weighing 40 to 100 pounds, f 10; young sows.
•lStoti1). They are as fine as the finest pedigreed
etock. WM. II. FALL, Lebanon, Boone Co., Ind.
FOR SALE—Three yearling hogs, all bred by myself; two of them pigs of lloosier Prince, one a pig
of a full sister to my sow that took first premium at
our late State Fair. They are good breeders, and
price low. Choice males and females Tor sale My herd
never had any disease among them, and what I offer
is good. Two Devon calves from my bull that took
lirst premium at our late State Fair. WM. A. MACY,
Lewisville, Ind.
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-TTTANTED—Wood, potatoes, apples, butter and
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» China pigs, from 60 to 100 lbs. weight, at flOUO
each, within thirty days; also O. L. S. Bantams and
P. Cochins at f2 60 per pair. Stock well bred. HENRY
COMSTOCK, Liberty Mills, Ind.
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J. II. HARDEBECK, 36 East Market street, Indianapolis. •
I have some good farms for sale, and desire calls and
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Stock Notes.
On account of the increasing fatality
among swine from the cholera and the
consequent uncertainty of the business,
Mr. James Mustard, the well known Poland China breeder, of Broad Ripple, this
county, is turning his attention to other
stock. He has recently purchased the
four year old Short-horn bull, Forest Napier, of James Eller, of Hamilton county.
He intends soon to visit Canada, with
the purpose of purchasing a lot of thoroughbred sheep, for which class of stock
his farm is well adapted. We wish him
success in his new venture.
Whilst in the northern part of the State
last week, we had the opportunity of seeing some of the popular strains of Jersey
red swine. Mr. C. W. Davis, of Kent-
land, Newton county, had lately received
two shoats of this breed from Mr. Clark
Pettit, of Salem, New Jersey. They are
as fine in all points, and as promising as
that of any breed we have ever seen,
and are especially admired by all the
swine breeders and farmers in that region. Mr. Davis also has a fine lot of the
J. P. Luse & Son's (Montmorency, Ind.)
strains of the same breed that are also
very fine indeed. So much admired are
the latter that Mr. Davis, we understood,
had them all sold, to be delivered when
old enough. The Reds are coming rapidly into notice in that section.
Clinton, Vermillion Co., Oct. 30.
To the Editors Indiana Parmer:
My sale of Short-horns, on the 24th
ult., at Terre Haute, was fairly attended.
Bulls sold very well—the eight head,
mostly calves, averaging nearly $75. No
°ne, seemingly, wanting to purchase
females, although bulls were in good
demand. After selling seven cows at
extensively low prices—$45 to $155—1
asked permission to withdraw the remainder, which was kindly granted.
The sale was held in good faith, all led
into the ring being sold: and had there
wen one single objection offered, all
should have been sold, even at the ruinously low prices of the day.
Claude Matthews.
What Ails the Hog ?
Some ten days ago, my neighbor's hog
commenced moping about and refused to
eat. He Anally got down on the left
side. Finding her always on the same
s'de, he was induced to try turning her
over> but she positively refused to lie on
that side, throwing herself instantly back
°n the sameside. She drinks a few swallows, but refuses to eat anything. In-
lormation as to what ails her, or what to
ao will be thankfully received.
T Em Arnold.
Jackson Tp., Wells Co.
-As Ihe liver lies upon the right side, "
is possible that that organ is inflamed,
or, it may be the inflammation of the
membrane on that side of the body,
what the doctors call peritonitis. In
either case, the trouble was caused, most
likely, by the hog's taking cold, and
mild diet, mush and bran with milk, or
kitchen slops should be given, if she will
eat, and a warm, dry pen should be provided, by all means.
Cattle Breeding on the Island of Jersey.
Even the peculiarity indicated seems
hardly enough to explain the great difference existing between the cattle of St.
Ouen and St. Peter's, in the north-west,
and St. Clement's and Grouville, in the
south-east. Sii John Le Courteur ascribed
this to a difference of climate; but the
mouths of the valleys opening upon St.
Aubin's Bay are as sheltered as is the
plain of St. Clement's, and the hills about
Gorey on the east are almost as exposed
as those near Bouley Bay on the north.
The distinction is greater than any diller-
ence of physical condition can justify. It
is more like the difference between the
different races of cattle bred by different
races of men. Both, of course, belong to
the same type and have much in common—any individual specimen in either
would find its counterpart in the otiier;
but the pervading characteristics are
quite distinct. Toward tlie north-west
the grey and dark colors with little white
exist as a very general rule, and black
switches predominate. In the southwest the colors are much lighter, much
more fawn is to be seen, and a large
admixture of white prevails; black
switches are here an exception. Two
influences are at work to counteract this
original tendency: 1. The English demand for solid colors has led a
number of the larger breeders of the
south and east to breed only to solid-
colored bulls. 2. The larger and more
intelligent breeders of the nortli and
west, such as Le Gallais, the Arthurs,
and Lempriere, recognize tlie superiority
of the larger milking, pari-colored animals, and have many in,thoir,be,rds like
the best t6T5o" found on the farms of the
Labeys, Marrett and Billot.
Added to these influences is the fact
that every year at the Island show, tlie
chief breeders at all the parishes bring
their animals together for comparison
and competition, and to a certain extent
for exchange and distribution. In this
there has come to be much more assimilation between the herds of the large
breeders in different parts of tlie island
than between those of their smaller
neighbors. The foreign demand is largely
supplied by these larger breeders, who,
while frequently buying animals from
their neighbors, do not often sell to them.
As a consequence, their transactions do
not materially affect the general quality
of the local breed, which, as already
stated, varies far more than any one living in a country of greater distances
would believe possible. The general conclusion to be drawn from this is, that, so
far as the smaller farmers of Jerseys are
concerned, the class of animals sought
by English breeders is to be found chiefly
in the northern and western parishes,
and those which we in America prefer in
the southern and eastern.—Col. Waring,
in Monthly Bulletin of American Jersey
Cattle Club.
Pall Treatment of Calves.
The calf is father to the ox; and no cattle raiser will succeed who does not
attend closely to the wants of the calf.
Some stockmen, who deal liberally with
the young calf, think or act as if the calf,
six months old, could stand almost anything in the way of poor fare and exposure. We have often seen calves that
were promising at three months hopelessly spoiled at eight months for the
want of proper food and care during the
intervening time. It is said that a man
may lose his character in a day, that it
has taken a lifetime to establish. So it
takes but a comparatively short time for
a stock feeder to lose by neglect what he
had gained by early atttention to the
calf. A few days of neglect can scarcely
be atoned for by a month of after atten-
tention. The calf should be in fine flesh
to resist the cold soon to be upon it. We
have often illustrated the economy and
profit of the most liberal feeding of the
young animal. If it takes less food to
produee a hundred pounds' increase on a
calf than upon an older animal—as has
been abundantly proved by the most accurate experiments—then it would seem
that the feeder would desire to push the
calf all he could by supplying what food
it could assimilate.
We believe the calf should be early
taught to eat grass or hay, that
the flrst stomach may be developed, aiid
that it may be put in full possession of
all its machinery for growing beef. But
as the calf is quite capable of assimilating
more food than it can digest of grass
alone, it should have a small grain ration
in the fall, even on the best grass. We
know some good feeders disagree with us
on this point, and think the calf should
be taught to depend wholly upon grass
after some three months; but we think a
full examination of the facts on both
sides of this question, would convince
them of their error. This small grain
ration will produce a larger proportional
profit than any other part of its food.
The market gardener often observes that
his greatest profit comes from the last
load of manure, and it is even more evident that the largest profit comes from
the last tenth of thefood assimilated. The
feeder must study the capacity of his I
young stock, and give each calf all the!
The Big Giant Corn Mill.
The uses of a good corn-mill are apparent
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