A "weekly Journal of the Farm.Home and (Sarden.
VOL. XVII.
FOR SALE.
IriOR SALE-A   few  pairs of   V. Kocas, hrsl-class
1     stock.   J. CUNNINGHAM, Miami, Ind.	
«.   TJIOR SALE-Graded Jersey cows and heifers.   Ad-
*   X    dress THEO. P. HAUOHEY, Indianapolis, Ind.
UDR SALE— Prlie-winnlng mammoth Bronie Tur-
keys.Eggs in Beason.BockhlllBros.,Ft.Wayne,Ina
FO
ki
FOR SALE—White Leghorn chicks.   DR. W. J.
EL8TTJN, 11 North Meridian street, Indianapolis, Ind.  .
FOR SALE—White and Brown Leghorns, Aylesbury and Pekln ducks.   TILSON <t ROB1SON,
Rocklane, Ind.
FOR SALE—Yearling and bull calves of good form
and pedigree.   E. C. THOMPSON, Lock Box 1,
Edinburg, Ind.
FOR SALE—A few good Chester White male pigs,
old enough  for service: also young sows bred.
B. S. RUSSELL, Zionsville, Ind.
FOR SALE—A few fine pigs from the prize winner,
"Hoosier Tom."   lie has taken 1st at four Slate
fairs.   D. L. THOMAS, Rushville, Ind.
FOR S \LE—Chester Whites—Sows bred If desired,
and boars ready for servire.   Prize animals this
year.   Address E. R. MOODY', Eminence, Ky.	
"ITlOR SALE—Short-born bull calves, sired by Duke
_F Vanmeter, 11872; also Jersey lied pigs. Reasonable prices. Address C.V.KINyLEY.Morristown.Ind.
1710R SALE—a* extra fine Plymouth Rocks and
Buff Cochins, bred from my "Prize Winners.'
Send for illustrated circular with prizes won. SID.
CONGER, Flat Rock, Ind.
FOR SALE—Two Berkshire boars good ones,
about 14 months old. Price |25 each aboard cars
here. Write soon if you want them. HENRY C.
MEREDITH, Cambridge City, Ind.
FOR SALE—A choice lot of yearling Cotswold
ewes, bred to my imported- ram, Duke of Glos-
ter—prefer to sell in lots of five or more. HENRY' C.
MEREDITH, Cambridge City, Ind.
FOR SALE—Bronze turkeys and Toulouse geese,
from the stock upon which we took $32 in premiums at the National Poultry Show In 1880. Address J. P. FORSYTH & SON, Franklin, Ind.      eow
FOR BALE—Cotswolds, Shropshires and South-
downs, Imported from Canada; ram and ewe
lambs of either breed: 12 yearling Cotswold rams Imported last year. PERRY KESLING, Onward, Cass
county, Ind.
FOR SALE—For the next SO days a flrst-elass lot of
young Poland China sows. Will breed them if
parties wish. Eligible for record In the Ohio Poland
China Record. Address S. C. COY, Mauds, Butler
county, Ohio.
FOR SALE—A few Poland China boars from 5 to
8 months oldby "Starof theWest."535.and'*Pet*s
Star," 639, Central Record. Also, youngsows bred,
and 2 two-year-old good brood sows. No. 720 and 1410,
Central Record. Address T. M. REVEAL. Clermont,
Marion county, Ind, ^^^^^^^
1710R SALE—One of the finest farms ever offered in
' the market, adjoining town of Edinburg, Ind.,
230 acres; 200 acres under cultivation; house, barn, orchard, etc.; verv best soil; everybody knows what
Blue-river lands are. Would sell 130 acres only. If
you are ready to buy with spot cash and mean business, if farm suits, come and I will go and show it to
you. Price, 565 per acre. V. K. MORRIS, 58 East
M'rkct street, Indianapolis, Ind.
MISCELLANEOUS.
CHOICE  L. Brahmas, Buff and P. Cochins, Plymouth   Rocks and Sebright Bantams.   Send for
circulars.   I. N. BARKER, Thorntown, Ind.
FARMS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-In Howard and adjoining counties, ranging in price,
size and payments to suit purchasers. Some special
bargains.   STUART & HOSS, Kokomo, Ind.
JW. WATSON,' Merchant Tailor, 33 East Market
. street, Indianapolis, Ind., has received a second Invoice of fine fall and winter goods. Get a suit
of him and you will surely buy another. New Fashion
Plate just received.	
ONE of the Largest Nurseries in the states. Geneva Nursery, Geneva, N. Y., established, 1846,
by W.st T.Smith. Has 500 acres of fruit and ornamental stock, roses, shrubs, etc. B. E.,'RANDALL,
Aurora, Hamilton Co., Ind., is our only duly authorized agent in Central Indiana, to whom all inquiries
should be addressed.
LOANS.
TO LOAN—Money to loan on first mortgage of improved city and farm property in Indiana and
Ohio, at very low interest. Prompt parties, with desirable security, can be accommodated without delay. All local securities—City, County. Town and
Railroad Bonds—negotiated. JOS. A. MOORE, 84 E.
Market street. •'
WANTED.
"Y\7" ANTED—First class capable solicitors to sell
W     for the largest, most thoroughly reliable nursery firm West.   Address,L. II. SPAULDING,Spring-
field. 111.   Name this paper.
|k Motli*
In 1880, there were 12,412,000 milch cows
in the United States, or3,476,800 more than
there were in 1870.
Disease is rapidly destroying flocks of
goats in South Africa. Iri some instances
seventy per cent, of the flocks attacked
have died.
m
Mr. J. Wise, Grant county, Ind., says
that ho is greatly pleased with the fine
stock he lately bought from Mugg & Sea-
grave, advertised in our columns.
 a
Mr. L. L. Mileoubn, Fountaintown,
Ind., lately purchased from R. G. Crist,
New Market, some fine   Cotswold sheop,
and is well pleased with his purchase.
■   •	
At the recent Birmingham Fat-Stock
. Show, a prize pen of three Siiropshires
weighed 840 pounds; a pen of Oxfords,
under 22 months, weighed 871 pounds, an
astonishing weight for age. A Shropshire
ewe weighed 274 pounds. The heaviest
pen of three sheep weighcd9S2pounds,but
the breed is not stated in accounts at hand.
Statistics recently published show that
in Great Britain there were in 1881, of
cattle 5,911,042, in 1880 there were 5,912,040;
of pigs in 1881, there were 2,04S,000, in 1880
there were 2,000,000; in 18SI there wero 24,-
681,000, against 20,019,000 in 18S0,—a loss of
8 per cent, last year, and making a total
decline of 19 per cent, iu the sheep supply
since 1874.
  m	
"J. T. G." wants to know whether the
old fashioned short legged china hog is still
bred or not. We may answerno, and yes,
for both are true, though paradoxical.
Tho" old fashioned" china hog is merged
into tho now fashioned Poland China hog,
a muelfbctter animal, as tho process of
merging expelled the last of the "olm-
poeler" blood with which the other was
burdened.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JAN. 14, 1382.— TWELVE PAGES,
NO. 3.
Sheep Husbandry in Indiana.
BY HENRY C. MEREDITH.
A paper read before the State Board of Agriculture:
The number of sheep in Indiana in 1880,
was 1,013,032 and 525,828 lambs, making a
total of 1,538,860. The esti nated value of
which at ?3 per head for sheep and ?2 for
lambs makes a total valuation $4,090,752.
There were in 1880 17,017 breeding rams in
the State at an estimated value of $11 each,
making them worth $187,187:
In 1870 there were 1,612,680 sheep in the
State, as lambs were not estimated,it was a
larger number by over 50 per cent than we
had ten years later, or even a larger number thanin 1880 counting the lambs.
In 1860 Indiani had 991,175 sheep; not
nearly so many as in 1870.
In 1850 we had 1,122,493 sheep, showing
that thirty years ago there were more
sheep by over 100,000 in the State than we
had one year ago.
In 1880 with 1,013,032 sheep, we produced
a crop of 3, 893,715 pounds of wool, an average of nearly four pounds per head, or
to be exact 3.85 pounds.
In 1870 with 1,612,680 sheep, we produced
5,029,023 pounds of wool equal to 3.12
pounds per head; of the 100,000,000 pounds
produced in the United States we produced
about one twentieth part.
In 1860 we produced 2,552,318 pounds
from 991,175 sheep making an average of
2,57 pounds per head,' being that year
about 1.24 part of the total production in
the United States.
In 1850 Indiana produced 2,150,112 pounds
from 1,122,493 sheep, giving an average of
less than two pounds per head and about
1.25 part of the total wool production in
the United States.
In 1850 we had about 1.29 part of all the
sheep in the United States and in 1870 the
1.17 part, and ours was the 5th State in num
bers, showing that we have a great  sheep
growing State.
Comparative Talue of Sheep and Hoss.
Indiana has been known as a great hog
producing State, yet we find that in 1870
there were 146 manufactories of woolen
goods employing 2,395 hands with a- capital of §3,770,513—the wages amounting annually to §717,176—materials used were
worth §2,995,604, and the products thereof
brought the splendid sum of §4,212,737—
while the pork packing establishments
consisted of 11 in number employing 452
men with a capital of §1,598,000. The materials used were worth §2,262,737, and the
products only brought §2,780,031. It will
thus be seen that the products from woolen
factories in one state exceeded in value by
more than one and a half times that of the
pork packed. This makes a good showing
for the sheep and we have his carcass left.
There was only one manufacturing industry in the State in 1870, the products of
which exceeded in value that of woolen
goods, viz. sawed lumber. From the foregoing it will be seen that the total number of sheep was not so great in 1880 as in
1850—thirty years previous.' Yet from the
lesser number we produce more than
double the amount of wool in the aggro-
gate, while the average per head is almost
trebled; in addition the quality is far superior, and the carcass is much more valuable for the market.
Progress In Sheep Ilnsliandry nnd Methods.
These advances show that we are progressing both in the care and breeding of
our sheep—two requisites of success.
The improved breeds th it are being
crossed upon our native sheep (the valuable results of which may be seen on almost every firm), may be classed in three
general varieties:
1. The long or coarse wooled breeds—
Cotswold, Leicester  and Lincoln.
2. The medium wooled breeds—Southdown, Shropshire, Oxford and Hampshire.
3. The fine wools—Merinos.
The first named is most largely used, a
cross of which upon our native sheep gives
a much longer and heavier fleece, greater
sizo of carcass with improved mutton
qualities. This cross is generally desira-
ablo where the flock is kept on the low rich
lands.
Tho Downs are used principally to improve the mutton qualities—to give vigor
and constitution, and toadd to tho market
value of the carcass. The South-down
particularly gives fiaoness of texture and
delicacy of flavor to the flesh, with the fat
and lean well marbled. English butchers
leave the black hair on tho legs of tho carcass to show their customer-i that tho
sheep is a Down. Theso shcop are preferable on the higher lands whoro the grass
is short and a hardy, active, thrifty sheop
is req aired.
Purpose of Crossine Breeds.
Tho fine wools are used to cross on the
natives to reduce tho toxture, increase the
density aud weight of tho wool. They
also add to their mutton qualities, but are
not noted for this property, owing to their
size.
This  cross  is  most  valuable in largo
flocks as they herd well together. They
are not so prolific nor so good mothers as
either the Cotswolds or Downs. The lambs
are harder to raise than those of any of the
other breeds. Pure bred rams should
at all times be used on 'the flicks—otherwise a mongrel is produced that has no
distinctive type nor increased value over
the parent. Farmers can improve an ordinary flock from 20 to 50 per cent every
year by using well selected, pure bred
rams, but they should never be tempted
to save their nicest ram lambs to sell or
keep for breeders. When the cost of extra
oare, annoyance of would-be purchasers,
and trouble of shipment are all accounted
for, it will be found that more money
will be made to buy from the flock of a reliable professional breeder who makes
the highest order of professional merit a
specialty. The gain made in the increased
value of the produce of the flock will in
one year moref than pay the price of a good
ram.
Indiana Well Adopted.
The lands of In liana are well adapted
to sheep husbandry from their production
of the sweetest and most nutritious
grasses, the purest water is plentiful, and
the climate is well suited to the successful
pursuit of this most profitable industry;
while the market, through our net work
■of railroads, is at our own door. Where
lands are highest in market value, nocrops
or stock yield revenue like that which
comes from a flock of sheep and where the
soil is thin, hills steep and rocky, its most
profitable use is for sheep. .
More than any other animal do they
enter into the economies of the farm.
They produce two crops per year—wool
and offspring. Their flesh is healthful
and delicious. Their products bring a
ready cash price and as .they are easily
cared for, there is no reason why sheep
husbandry should not bo greatly extended
in the State. The Intelligent care of domestic animals is both elevating and humanizing; none more so than the care of
the flock. With all the rough usages, the
constant care of things lovable and helpless cannot but make one simple minded
and tender hearted. Gen. Wallace says
of the Shepherds of Judea: "If in narrative they dwelt long upon affairs of trifling moment; if one of them omitted
nothing of detail in recounting the loss of
a lamb, the relation between him and the
unfortunate should be remembered; a'
birth it became his charge, his to keep all
its days, to help over the floods, to carry
down the hollows, to name and train; it
was to be his companion, his object of
thought and interest, the subject of his
will; it was to enliven and share his wanderings; in its defence he might be called
on to face the lion or robber—to die."
Indiana Swine  Breeders' Association.
This association met January 4th, in
this city. Yice President T. W. Sunman
in the chair, Wm. A. Macy, secretary.
The committee on classes of swine and
premiums at State fair reported, and after
full discussion on tho low premiums paid
by Indiana State fair, in comparison to
other neighboring State associations, and
also in considering the high position as to
wealth that Indiana now occupies. The
association directed the committee, Messrs.
Jones, Dragoo and Macy, to again petition
the State Board of Agriculture to
increase the prizes and premiums in swine
department.
Tho treasurer, James Mustard, not being present is directed to report at next
meeting.
The following officers were elected:
President, Dick Jones, Columbus, Ind.
Vice-president, Jesse Y. Domaree,Frank-
lin, Ind.
Secretary, Wm. A. Macy,LewisviUe,Ind.
Treasurer, D. L. Thomas, Ruskvillejnd.
Executive committee, T. M. Raveal,
Clermont, Ind.; S. Dragoo,Edinburg,Ind..
and B. L. Mugg, Center, Iud.
D. L. Thomas desirod to know how
much concession should bo made on the
part of a breeder when an animal proved
barren, or a non-breeder.
S. Dragoo—Should make good barren
animals.;
D.Jones—IE a breeder sells a pig and it
is a non-breeder,houor demands he should
bo made good.
'Wm. Robbing—If pig is sold at buyer's
risk he should be the loser, otherwise
breeder stands good. Aged hogs should
always bo guaranteed.
E. Caldwell—His practice is always to
allow the difference betweon selling price
and stock hog price on non-breeders.
Similar romarks wore made by Messrs.
Macy, Mugg, Thomas, and others.
D. Jones suggested the propriety to
breeders of not shipping "stock C. O. I).,
but in all cases let the niouoy precede tin;
shipping. This was his practice, and ho
thought if all wero to adopt such a. course
it would be the safest, and avoid anxiety
and much trouble and loss.
AH thought such a course the best, and
if the individual who wishes to purchase
cannot place confidence enough in a
breeder to order on his word, it would be
best to cancel order.
J. G. Kingsbury of the Indiana Farmer, desired to have the opinion of the association on Dr. Haas' swine remedies:
D. Jones—So far as I know hogs that
were treated by his sanitary measures and
without his medicine, did much better
than those treated with his medicine and
sanitary measures. He thought it a good
appetizer.
M. Dragoo—Knew of cases where it failed,
and questioned its widespread reputation.
E. Caldwell—Thought other resources
more to be depended upon than the Doctor's medicine.
Wm. A. Macy spoke of its complete failure in parts of Henry, Rush ana Fayette
counties, being fully tested by reliable
breeders and well-to-do farmers. May do
as au appetizer.
There were some similar testimonies
given by other breeders present.
D. L. Thomas read a valuable condensed
review of the late publications ol Congress
on swine diseases. On motion, tho association returned thanks to him for the
paper read. It will appear soon in the
Farmer.
S. Dragoo read a paper on the value and
best manner of keeping and feeding swine.
Thanks were returned to him lor his
paper. It will also be given in the Farmer.
J. G. Kingsbury made some valuable remarks on the objects of the association,
and assured us that the Indiana Farmed,
was always ready to print any matters of
interest in this department of husbandry.
LA. number thought that the Farmer was
increasing in valuable information, especially in the stock department.
»~ Owing to a severe snow storm a number
£« oujrynembers were prevented from at-
iending^—buVas- a—tvholeJ the members
thought the occasion was a profitable one
and paid well. On motion the Association, adjourned as provided by the con-
stution ou call of Executive*Committee.
Wm. A. Macy, Sec'y.
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Wool Growers' Association.
The annual meeting of the wool growers
of Indiana was held iu the city last week.
: President Fielding Beeler in the chair,
and J. W. Robe, of Putnam county, Secretary. The regular reports were read and
referred, aud the association listened to
and discussed the followiug papers: '-How
to castrate and dock suceessfully," Mr.
Clark, Rush county; "What course shall
we jrursue to increase the number and
quality of the sheepof Indiana?" C. F.
Darnell, city; "What is Tariff, aud What
Has it Done for Sheep Husbandry?" J. W.
Robe, Greencastle; "Sugar Beets, Mangel
Wurzels, Rutabagas, Carrots, aud Parsnips iu Relation to Sheep Husbandry,"
T. W. W. Sunman, Spades, Ind.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President.Fielding Beeler, Indianapolis; Vice President, R. J.
Farquhar, Trenton; Secretary, J. W.
Robe, Greencastle; Treasurer, S. W. Dun-
gan, Franklin.
A committee on program, consisting of
Messrs. Robe, Thompson, Farquhar, and
Cotton, was appointed, and roported the
following program for the  next meeting.
1. President's address.
2. What is the best mode of wintering
a flock of fifty or more sheep?—W. L.
Schooley, Arcana, Ind.
3. What course shall we pursue to increase the number and quality of sheep in
Indiana, or what are the requisities to
success?—Dr. J. P. Forsythe, Forsythe-
dalo, Iud.
4. What is the most profitablesh?epfor
Indiana?—C. A. Howland, city.
5. Judging the different brands of
sheep by standard—T. W. W. Sunman,
Spades.
6. The reason why every farmer should
raise sheep—I. X. Cotton, Traders' Point,
Ind.
7. How shall we breed and manago a
flock of common or grade sheep with the
greatest profit?—J. W. Clark, Arlington,
Ind. ~
S. What is tho best mode of handling
onr rams through coupling season, and
the best mode of taking care of ewes after
coupling time until lambing? Also, the
best mode of caring for ewes and lambs
until weaning time?—F. W. Hudson,
London, Ont.
We hope soon to be able to publish
some ot the papers road before tho association.
Live Stock of the World.
The following figures, showing the li e
stock in the various countries of the world,
are from* the United States Department of
Agriculture:
Countries.      Horses.   Cattle.     Sheep.    Hogs.
Great Britain.... 2,347,845    5,912,046   26,021,724   2,000,722
Ireland _.    871,803     3,924,026    3,561,361      849,046
Total  2,919,648
France'. 2,852,419
Germany _. 3,352,231
Russia 16,160,000
Austro-Hung'y. 3,543,443
Italy     657,544
Spain     680,373
Portugal       79,716
Sweden     458,977
Norway „.    151,805
Denmark     352,262
Holland     267,859
Belgium     2S3.1C3
Switzerland     100,935
Boumania     426,859
Gre ece      97,176
Ceylon        4,196
Cape O.ll     241,341
Natal "       21,375
Mauritius      18,969
N. 8. Wales     326.40S
Victoria     210,105
S. Australia     120,533
W. Australia      32.800
Queensland _    147,076
Tasmania      24,117
N. Zealand    137,768
B.N.A.Provinc-s    866,129
Jamaica      74,157
Uraguay      875,044
Argentine Bep... „
Chill. ...I  _483,9S0
Mnlted States..".ll,201,806"
Mb. Wm. Siuerson has lately imported
from Canada, two car loads of CotswoHl
aid Lincolnshire sheep, said to bo very
fine animals.
D;iring the pasty;-ur there werein Louisville, Ky., seventy-three murders* seventeen suicides, and sixty-six accidental
deaths.
9.833,072   39,183,083 2,819,768
11,351.2:0   23,902,077 5,801,002
15,776,702   24,999,409 7,324,088
23,601,000   48,585,000 10,332,000
12,627,865   20,003,389 6,995,252
3,491,550    6,704,569 1,563,574
2,760,303   22,468,968 4,351,786
520,474    2,706,777 716,868
1,534,461 425,718
686,306 101,000
7,719,249 503,607
894,090 352,207
6S6.097 602,301
2,162,637
1,016,617
1.348,322
1,439,125
1,242,145
1,036,000
1,812,786
279,440
889,637
5S0.00O   2,000,000
4,786,317      836,944
,291,917
73,226  .
179,662
1,329,445 11,279,743
4C0.9O0 436,660
3000O 23,000
2,771,583 23,967,053
1,184,843 9,379,276
251,602
56.058
2,483,567
126,275
9,377,802
869,235
5,503,460
1,838,830
578,430   13,069,338
2,701,242 • 3,431,659
121,643
21,760
6,092,488: 12,489,510
13,387,860 . 57,501,060
' 1,528,003 ^2,344,505  ~	
"35,018,391   40,765,900 34,034,100
132,373
13,874
30,318
220,320
177,373
103,422
16,762
50,301
39,095
207.33*
1,418,597
9,086
68,911
342,156
Total 47,181,384 157.588,521 382,763.015 81,990,330
'tytUxhmxq*
S This department la edited by Dr. John N. Navim,
Veterinary Surgeon, author of Savin* Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Rules] to be observed by theme) expecting correct answers:
1. State the rate ot pulse,
2. The breathing.
3. The standing attitude.
4. Av.'.'aranceof hair.
5. If coag'u, «wd secretion froir i.t a, whether
glands between the Jaws can be (elt, and how near
the bone.
6. If breathing is rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, n*> time must be lost In blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time Is too short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mall must Inclose >
stamp.
Z. D. W- Kemp:—The case you mention is
of too longstanding, and I think cannot
be remedied.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My horse has an enlargement on his
small pastern joint. To rub over it does
not cause pain. The horse is not lame.
People say it is not ring-bone. What is it?
Sun.
Cannot tell what it is, not having seen
him. Blister severely; see blister in
Farmer.
editors Indiana Farmer:
My horse does not fatten; his hair is
very rough; hind feet swell when standing in the stable; eyes bright; has good
appetite; seven years old; never knew
him to be sick for over three years that I
have known him. R. H. S.
Give him the powders so often recommended in the Farmer; to be given in
mixed feed three times daily one teaspoonful.
Blister It.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a horse that has a lump on the
side of his neck about the middle, nearly
on top. Has been there aboutsixmonths.
When first noticed it was small, but has
kept growing, till now it is as large as nn
egg and hard as bone. The horse appears
very well; is in good flesh; eats heartily;
stands work well. F. S.
I fear you let it run until nothing except cutting will remove it by blistering
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a mare that is lame; has been so
for four years. She limps on rough roads;
in the fields does not. I think she is hoof
bound; her feet are hard, and are inclined
to grow long. I see the expansion shoe
recommended. Will it cure her, and how
long will she have to wear them? She is
seven years years old; she eats well, and
is in good condition. A Reader.
Dr. Navin, the inventor and patentee,
will inform you, and furnish the shoes, if
not larger than No. 3.
Bloody'Wart.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have a colt that lias a large bloody
wart on fore leg; took it off once by tying
line hair around it, but it veiy soon grew
on again. w, js.
Cut it off again, and if over a joint, heat
an iron to a white heat and sear its
base. If not on a joint, cut and apply arsenic, once daily for four to six daj's,
or until a hard scab is formed and falls off.
Megrims.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Please tell mo what is the matter with
my horse.. Sometimes when driving him.
lie will begin stepping high and crouching
down, and then he will begin staggering
back and sometimes fall down. I/'t him
stand a little while, and he will go along
as usual. When he lias those sjiells, lie
trembles all over; eats well; looks well.
A Si'TiKcniiiFH.
Your   horse has   got  megrims, cans'']
by tight reining, or tight collar while pulling. It is incurable. The arteries of the
brain'are enlarged.
Consumption.'
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have got a heifer two years old that has
been ailing about Uireo months. She has
a cough; eats well; drinks well; was in
good condition ; but is poor now; runs at
the nose; horns cold; hair rough.
D. C. S.
Most likely she may have consumption.
If so, a cure is difficult if at all possible,
or her liver may be affected. Give her
podophyllin, flour of sulphur, pulverized
niter, and black antimony, of each two
ounces, ginger four; dose in mixed feed
three times daily one teaspoonful. If
benefited, renew the prescription, ^..,
, Flatulent Colic.
Several horses have died in this vicinity
the last few weeks under peculiar circumstances. They est heartily in the morning
and appear well, but in a few hours they
begin to swell up and in a short time the
abdomen becomes so full that it t-eems as
if it must burst. The horse sutlers intensely, remaining all the time on its feet.
All remedies for moving the bowels or removing the gas from tbe stomach fail, and
after eight or ten hours suffering,the horse
drops dead es suddenly as if shot in the
brain. S. E. O'N. *
Your horeeH have died of ordinary flatulent colic, a liberation of carbonic acid
gas from the indigested aliment in the
stomach. They die of suffocation. A
failure to inhale into the luDgs, tho enlargement of the bowels by gas, so presses
the diaphragmagainstthelungs,- that they
cease breathing. It is foolish to give
physic, for it never operates before 24 to
28 hours, unless too strong, or croton is
used. They were too highly fed with
grain and watered after, and perhaps
worked, or their digestive organs, tho
stomach, Especially, were out of order.
Drench erery two hours witli the following: Tincture of onium, tincture of camphor, capsicum, and of peppermint,of each
one ounce, and of sulphuric ether two
ounces in water, warm if possible."'; (
Postal Card Correspondence.
INDIANA.
Dubois Co.—Plenty of rain. Wheat prospering, also stock. J. T. C.
Rush Co.—Wheat looks well. Pastures
good and stock doing well. A. C.
SrENcr.R Co.—Average crop of wheat
sown. Fat hog« scarce and stock hogs
even scarcer. J. A. II.
LaGrange Co.—Hogs scarce and bring
a good price. Considerable fall plowing
is being done. Stock and wheat looks
well. PAtir.,
Clinton Co.—Growing wheat doing well.
Fine winter pasture. Hogs scarce and selling at top prices. Enough fruit for homo
consumption. J. F. G.
Knox Co.—Apples scarce. Growing
wheat looks well. Fat hogs are dying
with the cholera. Cattle doing well on
plenty of pasture. K. W.
Switzerland Co.—Too much rain for
out-door work. Wheat looks fine. Fat
hogs and cattle about all sold. Stock
hogs and corn scarce H. M. D.
Il.I.IISOIH.
Wii.i. Co.—Potatoes very short crop.
Fruit of all kinds a failure. No wheat
sown here.   Land in demand.       W. C.
Hardin Co.
KKNTIICKY. >
Crops about average. Splendid yield of
fruit. Price of land from ?20 to $100 per
acre. Farm labor from £20 to £.'!0 per
month. T. V. W.
Indiana Patents.
List of patents issued to oitizonH of tho
State of Indiana,  December 27, 1881,   and
each bearing that date.
David C. Baughman, Albion, for improvements in lantern.
Richard H. Cosby, Indianapolis, for improvements in car truck.
James F. Coulter, Aurora, for improvements in draft and buffing apparatus for
railway cars.
Thomas F. Davidson, Covington, for.im-
provements in stock guard for ra.ilwnyn.
William T. Font, LoRoy, and J. I). Summers, Evansvillc, for improvements in
shutter work.
• Fdniund Holdprman, liberty MIUp for
improvements in device for ilro-'f-ino-ti.iv/
teeth.
Wesley Hull, Fori Wnyre, for boprove-
mf nts in r.ut' nmtic yair i.irpr.
J)»r>ip) Lirdahl, (),istfrt'-ivn, for improvement in plow.
Tl'Oinns A. I-Tirlin, I a ;,,> • ii!o, f,,r im-
provonionts in fly fan.
MMuiol Noli'ii, l!i-!,-.;;;', r,.r ;,.,, rr,vr.
me nts in rovo'vi-"; \y\.),. ',.,- t;j„ „,ji;...
John Ritrn'V.' K"|o,t<. r, , !,,,,.„,„..
mrjitv jr ''I "yr To, t), (...n;,.^ ,,,
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