AWfiEKLY Journal of the Farm,Home and Garden.
VOL. XVII.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1882.
NO. 13.
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FOR 8ALP-	
OBBALK-Plymouth Bock eggs.*1 perlS:$!per
33.   I* B0UO1ITON, Watseka. 111.       	
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OK SALE—Hedge plants, hedge seed and Blount
corn.   EL1HHA MILLS, Farmland, Ind.	
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OR SALE-Pure Early Amber  CaneS^ed.   B.C.
BLANCHAKO, Monon, -White county, Ind.
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OR 8ALE-Pure  Valley White seed corn.   Address A. W. BEWSEY, Colfax, Clinton Co., Ind.
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OR  KALE—A few choice, two year old, hedge
plants, cheap, I. M. BRAKBON.Farmland.Ind.
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I OR S A LE— Prize-wl n nlng mammoth Bronse Tur-
keys-Eggs <3 per dos.RockhllIBroe..Ft.Wayne,Ind
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IOR KALE—Peed oats, pure white, yield 85 bus. per
acre.    Address  J.   W.  8LKEPER,   Lafayette
FOR   SALE-Cheap—1.000   one year-old   Catalpa
Speclosa plants.   GEO.  W.   BLUE, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE—One or two young Holstein bulls, old
enough for service.   T. H. ANDERSON, Rock-
ville, Ind.
TT7IOR SALE—Royal Pekln duck eggs from first
T class stock, Jl per 13. E. L. GUTHRIE, Adams,
Indiana.
FOR SA LE—Fine Pekins—Six ducks and one drake.
The lot for »10.   BEECH  GROVE  FARM, In-
gallston, Ind.
FOR SALE—Plymouth   Rock eggs;  best strains.
Eggs $1 per 15; p per 33.   Try me.   R. G. CRIST,
New Market, Ind.
FOB SALE—Clinton seed corn, potato onions and
vegetable dishcloth. Address W. E. JACKSON,
Knightstown, Ind.
FOR SALE—Italian  bees and  queens.   Send for
prices to  I.  C- LINDLY, Eliiabethtown, Bartholomew county. Ind.
FOR  SALE—Four  registered  Jersey bull calves,
herd second to none In  the State.   R.  S.  DORSEY, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE—A young Short-horn bull: cows, heifers and calves.   Address E. S. FKAZEK, Olen-
wood. Rush county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Plymouth Rocks and Gold Spangled
Hamburgs, J5 a pair.   Eggs J2 for 13.   T. HUL-
MAN, SR., Terre Haute, Ind.
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OR SALE—Orchard-grass seed at <2 per bushel
sack Included in two bushel lots. Address JOHN'
H. RENT, Mecbanlcsburg, Ind.
FOR SALE—A few fine pure bred young Bronze
gobblers;   nicely  bronzed; low*    Apply soon.
JOHN H. SWALES, Logan, Ind.
FOR SALE—Cheap— Half Norman stallion, dapple
gray, seven  years old.   Weight 1,600.   E.   W.
FLEECER. Seafleld, White county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs from two yards of  Plymouth
Rocks,   White and Conger strains, at 11 50 per
sitting. Address BEN S.MYERS,Crawfordsville,Ind
FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching from prize-winning
White Leg horns and Pea Comb Partridge Cochins.   ?3 for 13.   DR. W. J. ELSTUN, Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—Choice Partridge Coohin cockerels
and pullets, bred from prize winners. Cheap.
Eggs, «3 per 13. Address JOHN H. CHRISTIAN,
Roanoke, Ind.
FOR   SALE—Seed  Corn-Clark's Yellow Dent, tl
per bush: sack 25c.   Also, Pekln  duck  eggs.il
Sir dot.   Address JOHN   W.   CLARKE, Arlington,
ush county, Ind.
TCflOR SALE—20 pairs of Black Cochins f omprize-
JD winning stock, cheap, if order d soon. Also
eggs. S3 per sitting; 2 sittings, $5. H. M. ROSEN-
CRAN-?, Hope, Ind.
OR SALE—Selected seed corn—Yellow Dent,
.»_ Learning and Mammoth White,$1 25 per bushel,
sacks 25 cents each extra. Address JAS. M. BRAN-
BON, Farmland, Ind. -
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FOR SALE—10 Chester White pigs, young boars fit
for sei-vice, and young sows 5 months old. All
bred from prize ring hogs. Address JACOB RAGER,
Williams Center. Onto.
FOR SALE—300 extra flne Plymouth Rocks and
Buff Cochins, bred from my "Prize Winners.'
Send for illustrated circular with prizes won. SID.
CONGER, Flat Rock. Ind.
FOR SALE-Eggs-Lt. Brahmas, P. Rocks, P. Cochins, Brown Leghorns, Pekin ducks, f l 50 per
18. Bro- ze turkey eggs. ?3 per 13. J, L. BKEK TON,
Petersburg, Pike county, Ind.
FOR SALE—"Beauty of Hebron," "Mammoth"
Pearl and "Burbank" seed potatoes, pure at
$2 25 per bush; 5 bush, fii. pack ed, on cars. Address
A, C. HARVEY, Lafayette, Ind.
FOR SALE—One of the finest yards of Plymouth
Rocks in this State, eggs U for 15 or i*2 for 35.
Packed to ship any distance. J. CUNNINGHAM
A CO., Miami, Miami county, Ind.
FOR SALE—White Pekin duck eggs at fl for 13,
and White Holland turkey eggs at $3 per dozen.
The largest turkeys in the world. JAMES M. MAR-
LOW. Adams, Decatur county, Ind.
FOR SALE—TJlson A Kobison. Rocklane, John-
Bon county, Ind. White and Brown Leghorns,
S. 8. Hamburgs, Langhans, Aylesbury and Pekin
ducks.   Eggs. $2 per sitting; 3 sittings, i$5.
%XXXZ J>l0JCTl.
J. W. Lewakk, of Pendleton, Ind., has a
Jersey cow that recently dropped the second
pair of twins within twelve months. A
bull and heifer each time.   Three of them
arc living.
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Sid. Conger, Flat Rock, Shelby county,
Ind., has bough} the Jersey bull, Kins-
ford, one year old, which was advertised
in last week's Farmer by W. A. Bridges,
Trafalgar, Johnson county, Ind.
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Mr. J. M. Studebaker, of South Bend,
Ind., has a very fine herd of Herefords,
some of them imported. The bull Rani-
bier, at the head of this herd, is a superb
animal; his weight is 2,170 pounds. He
was purchased of J. B. &. G. II. Green, of
Herefordshire, England.
James Reason, near Pendleton, had his
entire flock of sheep killed by dogs a few
nights ago. Fortunately for him 1; e only had
six sheep, but they were good ones, had
bought them only a few days before. The
trustee of his township is about $100 behind
in the payment of losses of this kind.
FOR SALE—A fine lot of Poland China pigs, from
8 to 12 weeks old. Eligible to record in the Central P. C R. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed.   P1TZER & GWINN, Kokomo, Ind.
FOR SALE—Improved farms of from 40 to lOOacres,
good soil, healthy locations, good orchards.plen-
ty ot good water, handy to churches and schoois.close
to railroads and market. Will sell cheap for cash.
For further particulars call on, or address W. R.
PARKER, Bruceville, Knox county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching from choice lot of
Light and Dark Brahmas, Black Cochins, Plymouth Rocks, Brown Leghorns, Pekin duoks and
Toulouse geese, I am also breeder and shipper of
thoroughbred Poland China pigs. No circulars sent
out. Write for what you want. Addsees B. W. HARVEY. Bloomingdale, Iod.
FOR SALE—Selected and tested seed corn. Improved Mammoth, Ohio Hackbury and pure
white with red cob. Price 1 lb, 50c, by mail postpaid,
1 peck 75c. H bushel t\ 25,1 bushel $2, either variety
sacks included. Orders promptly attended to. Send
soon, but limited supply, see sample at Indiana
Farmer Office. Address H. S. KELSEY, Roanoke
Huntington county, Ind., Box 143.
FOR SALE—Essex, No. 65»7, A. J. C. C, 11 months
old, color fawn and white, price $60. Cecil, 13
months old, solid fawn color, very flne, not registered, price 1140. Leicester, 12 months old, bronze color,
entitled to registry, A. J. H. Book, price |35. Also
one full blooded calf, 6 months old, not entitle* to
registry; the last named would trade for sheep.
MRS. T. J. JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
FOR SALE—Plymouth Rock eggs from our fine
yards at $160 per sitting; two sittings, 12 50;
three sittings, $3. Our Plymouth Rocks are truly the
farmere fowl; large size and good layers; four flue
yards, order early. Also orders received and booked
for Poland China spring pigs. I own the herd that
took most all the. leading prizes at St. Clalrsvtlle, and
West Virginia State fair. Order early and get the
best.   Address J. H. DUNHAM, St. Clalrsville.Ohio.
T^ORSALE-Seed Potatoes-Stock direct from B.
JP K. Bliss & Sons, Beauty of Hebron, flne size and
pnre. The best for general crop. Very productive,
ripens early, soon out of the way of bugs. Price per
p£, 80c: bu., $2 50; brl., (5.
Also Bliss Triumph—The earliest potato grown, and
of finest cooking quality, even while very young. My
stock of this most excellent variety Is small. Price
per pk, p; bu., J250; brl.. J6. On receipt of price I will
Immediately ship as directed.
Also Bayvlew Melon—I have a few lbs of Beed of
this most excellent melon. Its productiveness Is
wonderful. Quality extra good. I will send an ounce
of this seed by mail to any address on receipt of 20c,
loz., 40c
. B. BOBBINS, Lawrencetmrg,  Ind.
EOR SALE—YOUNG 8HORT-H0KNS.
3 extra nice bulls, yearlings.
3 extra nice bull calves. 3 to 6 montha old. .
8 heifer calves, 3 to 9 months old.
Endora of Oakland 2d, a flne roan and splendid
milker.
Bright Promise 3d, red and white, got by Chief of
laltU" Lehigh, 31,998.
Bright Promise 4th, red, got by Forest Napier.11,973.
Donna Rosa, a show cow,      i. ,, .■_,__
Donna Rosa, a show cow, 2d, )IUU Ms,cra
The oldest cow In the above lot Is 4 years old.
They are all fine breeders and as flne individuals as
any In this country. The cows were all bred by the
well-known breeder, Hon. H. C. Meredith, Esq., of
Cambridge City. The cattle may be seen at my farm
1 mile we*t of Richmond, Ind, Address correspondence to FRANCIS A. COFFIN. Indianapolis, Ind.
Concluded on Fifth Pace.
Dave Gooding Barrett, living near
Pendleton, has a maje that recently gave
birth to a pair of twin colts; which is the
second pair of twins for her within twelve
months. The sire of these colts is a half
blood Norman horse, about 9 years old.
He was also the sire of three other pairs of
twins. None of these ten colts came to
their full time for birth and none of them
lived.
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A little pamphlet containing the scale
of points for judging and breeding sheep,
as adopted by the Indiana Wool Growers'
Association at their January" meeting,
1882, has been published, and is now ready
for distribution to members of the association only by Cal. F. Darnell, chairman of
committee, this city. The books are not
for sale, but each member of the association is entitled to a copy.
Written -for the Indiana Farmer.
The Swine Disease—Continued.
BY JOHN N. NAVIN, V. S;
It appears to me that the wrong way to
discover the source, cause, perpetuation,
or effect of any disease or plague, is to investigate the manner in which it is carried from one place to another, and the
way one or more animals transmit the
disease to others.
If stopping or impeding the sproad of
the disease were the only means of stamping hog cholera out, how readily it could
be quarantined out of a country, or district of country. Then it would be proper
to investigate all the probable means of
transferring or spreading it; and if railroad cars, wagons and rendering tanks
have contributed to its spread, punish the
proprietors by fine and imprisonment; if
streams, feed your hogs away from water
courses. If by horses' feet, they could be
readily dealt with, and if dogs and buzzards, it would pay to employ guards with
shotguns to keep the intruders off by killing them, until a national clearing out of
the disease should be effected, and then
after a certain period of time nothing
would be left to be transported.
It would pay to petition Congress to
cease voting subsidies for public Improvements, and appropriate millions of dollars
towards the utter extinction of the plague;
but no such means would avail to moie
than a palliation of its ravages, until the
source of its origin is discovered and
means established lor its extinction and
prevention. For it is my opinion that if
it was now quarantined out of existence,
and not one sick hog left in America, just
as the country stood before its advent, I
believe that in less than two years it would
be as prevalent as it is now in all its virulence. All the features of the disease goto
prove this position, so all that can be done
is to discover its miasmatic and malarial
origin, and if possible discover a preventive, wbich ia preferable to remedy. The
disease in its present stage is curable, and
I propose to prove it before I conclude my
remarks. I propose to prove by Webster
the possibility of such diseases being of
malarial origin.   Mr. Webster says;
Miasma—Infection floating in the air'the
effluvia or fine particles of any putrifylng
bodies, rising and floating iu the atmosphere and considered to be noxious to
health, deadly exhalations. '
Malaria—Bad air, air tainted by deletri-
ous emanation from animal or vegetable
matter. Especially noxious exhalations
of marshy districts, capable of causing
fevers or other diseases.—Webster and Dr.
Johnson.
We see in the London Saturday Review
the researches of Professor Klebs and Professor Tomassi Crudelli j they assert that
malaria is due to a specific microscopio
plant, which exists in the soil of certain
districts, and floats in the atmosphere
above it, and is inhaled and absorbed into
the system. It flourishes in an atmosphere
of not less than 60 to 70 degrees fahr. and
a moderate degree of permanent humidity. They say that malaria does not oxistf
chiefly in marshy soils, for the Cam-)
pagna of Rome, a very malarious district^
is not marshy, this 1 shall prove farther
on and that two-thirds of the malarial
stricken districts of Italy are situated on
hights, and are during tho summer perfectly dry. The malaria goes on just the
the same as in a moist condition. I only
sketch the article, it being too lengthy for
our space. It will be seen that low marshy
lands and some high lands are malarious.
Just so soienoe is full of proof that a
majority of the constitutional diseases of
man and beast have their origin in malaria, and why not hog choler.v and many
more diseases of the hog as well? If, as
there is little doubt, the above is a fact,
why should not investigation be carried
in that direction and see if a more certain
source of the disease than the horses' feet,
wagons, cars, tanks, dogs and buzzards
can be discovered.
As above remarked, the disease must
certainly have been propagated, and to a
certain extent fatal, before the transportation and exhuming business could have
an existence. What think you,Mr. Reader? Of course common reason will dictate an affirmative answer.
If no scientific party has pursued its
research in the direction indicated, it is
high time to start upon the trail and see if
It cannot be traced to a sporadic origin.
Of course no sensible man will deny its
contagious or infectious transmission and
innoculation to a certain extent after it is
first established, just as measles, smallpox, yellow fever, and other diseases of
the human family; not only are these
diseases- sporadic (malarial), and their
origin sporadic, but in the form of malaria are contracted from the clothing of dij^
eased parties at a distance of several miles
away from the party who has worn them,
and in no other way except by inhalation.
As before remarked almost every disease, if not mechanical, must be sporadic
in its origin before it is infectious, and if
once sporadic, why not so continue until
its cause is discovered and obliterated?
How often do we see proof that a solitary
colt in an isolated stable or pasture takes a
sporadic case of strangles, but if taken
among 100 will be most likely to
infect ninety per cent., if not the entire
number. The plank floor and straw-stack
theory is readily admitted, I believe there
is a large amount of malaria in decomposed old straw-stacks and floors. I believe it may lie there if previously infected
for an indefinite time, and believe that it
may have originated iu such places just
because I do not know that it has not, and
I believe everybody else is as ignorant of
its origin as I am. As the Irishman put
on trial for a crime said, when asked if
guilty or not guilty, "faith your honor
that's what we are here to find out."
That is just the way we must find the
origin of hog cholera.
Dr. Dunglinson, will be admitted, is
good authority, and he says in his die-
tionary, page 655-
Microphy!es—Are vegetable microscopic
spores of plants sometimes detected in
marshy atmospheres.   Again:
Bacilli—Are Crithmum-Maritimum, and
he says
Crithmum-Maritimum is a plant which
grows upon the sea-coast, has a spicy aromatic flavor.
Just so, I must therefore d< mur against
the theory of the disease crawling down
the throats of hogs to get into the alimentary canal, as whisky enters the drunkard's stomach. I therefore take the ground
that hog cholera is of malarial origin, and
fancy that Webster and Dunglinson's dictionaries go far in proof of such theory,
for no man will dare to question the ability of either. That malarial vegetable
spores enter the blood of diseased hogs I
shall not question, but am ready to admit, for that ia the position I advocate, but
from their minuteness are quite difficult
to detect. What I contend for is, that
whatever their size, or shape may be, the
'air is impregnated with them and that
they enter into the lungs in company with
the oxygen. This I shall explain in its
proper plaoe farther on by the best authority.
While the above are uncontrovertible
facts, I do not deny the fact, but admit
that poisons are absorbed into the blood
through the absorbent pores of the skin
by constant contact, and more especially
if the cuticle is scratched off and the cap-
ilaries exposed; that is the way vaccination is performed.
Before following malarial poison in its
effeot upon the system of the hog in producing cholera, I will briefly explain how
malaria affects the system of the horse in
producing glanders:
The constant contact of the peculiar animal poison emanating from a glandered
horse  so poisons  the air which comes in
tates the delicate surfaces and creates tubercles, which supperate, become running, corroding sores, and by a process
called piaema infect the general system
and especially is the above means of infection potent when oxygenized air is excluded from the stabe. This shall be again
hinted at.
In my next and'last article I shall fully
explain the effect malarial poisons produce upon the system, and what parts are
the first affected in causing the fever, and
what the fever terminates in.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
My herd of Berkshires are in good thrifty
condition, and young litters doing well,
ihe lucky agent who secures the pig I offer as a premium for subscribers to the
Farmer will be richly repaid for his
trouble, as the pig will be a beauty.
Thorntown. I. N. Barker.
Sheep at Minglewood.
About 18 years ago, I got a few sheep
and kept them for a few years as a kind
of experiment. Kept them as most of people did in those days; and as many do yet.
Paid little or no attention to the improvement of the blood of the flock. I selected
and used one the best bucks of my own
flock; and did not see the necessity of
going to the trouble and expense of changing the blood. Got 3 or 4 lbs. of wool per
head, per annum, and occasionally had a
few inferior sheep to sell at an inferior
price. But the flock became more and
more unthrifty and unprofitable. The experiment was pronounced a failure and
sheep raising abandoned for that time.
About 7 years ago I concluded to try it
it again on a different plan. Bought twelve
head of ewes with four lambs; they were
mongrels but all youngand healthy. The
first time I sheared tbem I got about 3 lbs
of wool, per sheep. Got a Cotswold buck
and kept him two years. By the second shearing I got i}4 lbs, and by the third
shearing about 6 lbs; with such a marked
improvement iu the size and appearance
Of the sheep that I felt greatly encouraged.
For about four years I have been keeping near 20 head of sheep. They yield
about 8 lbs of wool per head, which I have
sold at an average of 25 cents per lb, or
near that. Then I sell about as many
sheep as I have of lambs each year, at an
average of about $3 50 per head, after
shearing. Thus my flock yields a little
more than $4 per head per annum, and remains about the same in numbers, but is
constantly improving in quality,%-with
room yet for improvement.
Every two years, if not oftener, I get a*
new buck that is not akin to my ewes, always trying to get Cotswold if I can get it
without too rfiuch expense. I don't often
stable my sheep as I find they do better in
an open field, except in very cold wet
weather. I don't feed my sheep except
when there is a deep or crusted' enow on
the ground.
I like to have a bluegrass pasture, or a
timothy meadow stubble, well, grown up
when winter sets in, and in this the sheep
u ill take care of themselves as long as they
can reach the grass. In the winter of 1880
—811 had to feed more than at any time
since I have had sheep.
In the winter of 1881—82, I have fed less
than any winter before, and the sheep are
looking as well as usual.
I like to have my lambs come in April,
to that I can castrate and dock them when
I shear the sheep. When they come earlier
than April, they often require much care,
phelter and feed; and- even then I do not
bften succeed in saving them as well as
when the ewes can get tender grass to
make them give plenty of milk, and take
care of the lambs out of doors.
I separate my buck from the flock during the first week in August, and keep
them apart till the first of November;
then let him remain with them till the
next August. I waa never troubled by
dogs among the sheep but once. Had one
killed and one wounded.'
' Am satisfied there is as much profit in
Sheep-raising as in any branch of agriculture.
Have often he*rd that sheep need but
little water, and had a chance to test it
Once. An ewe that only gave milk out of
ime teat, dropped two lambs; to help hor
ra'se them I tethered her in a grass lot
and fed her meal and bran twice a day. I
supposed that as she was eating some dry
teed and giving milk, that she wonld need
inore water than usual. Kept her tied two
or three weeks, and she refused to drink,
although water was frequently offered.
Madison Co., Ind. J. V. K.
first domestic cattle seen in America. In
1625 eighteen ewes and two rams were introduced as a novelty into New York by
the Dutch West India Company. Th6 first
horses landed iu any part of North America were carried over to Florida by Cabeca
de Vaca in 1527; they all perished. The
wild horses found on the plains of Texas
and the Western prairie are probably descendants of the Spauish horses abandoned
by De Soto. In 1625 part of the trade of
the Dutch West India. Company was the
carrying of horses from Flanders to New
York, and that year six mares and a horse
were safely transported from France to
America. The London Company were the
first exporters of swine from Britain to
America; and in the year 1621 they carried
on their vessels no less than eighty-four,
which were all, on landing, allowed to
rotim at large, and feed and fatten on the
mast, which was very abundant in the
woods. They increased so fast that in
1027 the colony was in dafager of being
overrun with them; but the Indians acquiring a taste for fresh pork, and the
novelty of hunting hogs, that calamity
was averted. So important was it considered at that time that the cattle, horses
and sheep introduced into the infant colony should be allowed to increase, that
the governor issued an order prohibiting
the killing of domestic animals of any
kind, on pain of death to the principal,
and to the aider, abettor or accessory. In
1839 horned cattle, horses and sheep had
increased to 39,000. In 1879 there were
over 40,000,000 sheep, 30,000,000 cattle (of
which over 12,000,000 were milch cows) 15,'
000,000 horses,  2,000,000 mules and 30,000,'
Please tell me what to do for my sheep.
They have what I suppose is the rot; they
run at the nose very bad; those that aw>
worse don't eat very well. J. R.
Your sheep have not got the rot; the-v
simply have catarrh. Try and make them
inhale persulphate of iron, or burned alum
or both mixed, if not, mix and syringe
them up the nostrils. There must be u
great many gadfly botts in the sinues of
the head this spring on account of last
summer's drouth. If any die, search and
let us know your discovery.
I have a horse which was in tho
first stage of glanders last spring, and we
give him medicine till last fall, when all
syinptoins disappeared. Till lately ht>
began to cough;ho coughsoncein a while;
he also has some pimples on one side;
otherwise seems all right; eats hearty and
looks well; it is the same horse you sent
the glanders medicine for last summer.
J. B.
I sent medicine to some man in Dupont
about that time. I advised another package of medicine, and sent it by express,
and was found to have it returned at a
total loss to me. Now the best you can do
is to send for more medicine.
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Postal Card Correspondence.
Ve require the full address of persema
making inquiries in this department, as well
as contributors. We will publish only the
initials, but wish the full name, as a guar ant},
of good faith.
OOo'swiue in the 'Unsted States."
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This department Is edited by Db, Joxh N. Navin,
Veterinary Btugeon,stumor tt tTavlrsH Explanatory
Stock Doctor. v 18 '       '
Bales! to bt observed by tbos&exptfjung correct answers: V'    *
_U««*t«%..»te. of pulsed '   w    \
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8. The standlr g attitude.    ■ A   '■
4. Aprx arance of.hair. %
6. If congh, and ; secretions rttom.nose, whether
glands between the Jaws caft;bajj*lt, and how near
the bono, ' f4
e. If breathing la rapid, acccmpihled by rattle or
rushing; sound, no tlxue xui st hi lost in blistering
throat, and using tincture o? aconite root and tincture of belladonna t 20 droi s on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time Is u» short for an answer.
7. Parties desiring answers by mail must inclose a
stamp. ■   ,   . •. ....
First
Introduction   of Live Stock  in
America.
The following  account of the   first importations  of live  stock into the  United
States is  taken   from an  old copy of the
Irish   Farmers'  Gazette;   "In   1010  four
cows and a bull were, .after a long and
contact with the membrane of the nose, [dangerous passage by sailing vessel, landed
and the air cells of  the lungs, that it irri-  in Virginia from Ireland.   These were the
I have a colt that bas blocd spavin on
both of her legs', lot several months stand-
inp, which has been growing faster this
winter, till it is nearly as large as a hen's
egg.   Can sh&be curied?^,,"      -       S. II.
Blister severely and T*»l*«>tedsy with one
ounce cantharidesyjiisftf, tine "pint spirits
turpentine. ' "Rub' jii-fweH:.?i:with the hand
twice daily uhtilib^sjered.^lien once daily
for ten days at least. Yptt .should have
applied earlier* and-^stopped its progress.
It is likely td retain its present dimensions
now. V;.^'.-.,*.    ''j:-'.'„r '
What ails my sheep? I have one that
has had what I call the sniffles more or less
for the last"two years; at tin.es her nose is
almost closed and her upper lip swollen;
will not. notice anything hardly; will
eat only aa it is put in her mouth.
T. S. B. R.
That sheep affected two years, and grinding its teeth is certain to die; for the others
take persulphate of iron, and if you cannot make them snuff it, mix, with water
and syringe it into the nostrils as high up
possible.   Try alum water also.
Can you tell through the Fabmer a cure
for the horse disease called the pink eye,
also how to take a wind gall off the leg of
a mule? J. W. II.
Pink eye is no name for any disease.
Your hor ho has a combination of catarrhal
fever and influenza. Drop on the tongue
half a drachm of tincture of aconite root,
and in two hours the same of belladonna; use alternately until the pulse
comes down. If the legs swell, keep them
continually wet with tincture' of arnica
one ounce, to the  pint  of cold water.
I have a last spring's colt that has been
in good health all winter, until about three
weeks ago. I went one morniag to turn
him from the stable, and I noticed his legs
were swollen very large, and he could
hardly walk. There was fever in his
hoofs, but legs were cold. His legs continued swollen for three or four days.
Then they burst in different places and
bloody water ran from them. They continued getting worse until the hide has
como off from around his hoofs, and appears as if it would come off of his legs.
His kidneys are affected and his gums are
pale and scaling,from around his teeth.
About a month ago, he had a cough, and
ran at the' nose, but that has left. He has
been very • hearty, never refusing to eat.
It appears tome as If the colt had been
poisoned.        _ H. G. J.
I cannot name the disease. Never saw
a beast so affected. I would stimulate the
sores to healthy action by blistering.
Some may count it cruel, but I think it
more cruel to have the animal suffering so
long. You may try tincture of iodine
twice daily; burn three ounces of alum,
grind, and mix with salt one fistful, and
meal two.   Swab the mouth daily.
INDIANA.
Hendricks Co.—Stock of all kinds doing well, considering the scarcity of feed.
Corn is 80 cents per bushel, oats not
enough to sow. Finest prospect for wb.ei.tt
in years. The peach and plum buds are
swelled almost ready to burst. /
W.E.W..
Switzerland Co.—Prospect, ior wheat
good. Too much rain, and mud. No
spring plowing done yet. Stock hogs and
cattle scarce by being sold off last fall to
save wintering. I saw live grasshoppers
and chinch bugs in my wheat field the
13th of February. ji# m, IX
Fountain Co.—The late freezes are very
bad on the wheat. Fruit is not killed yet.
Not very much sugar made this year.
Wages average about f!8 per month.
Stock is doing very well and ready sale.
Not much old wheat or corn in the county. Not much plowing done yet as the-
ground is very wet. I,. ©;.
Fayette Co—The growing wheat looks
promising. Clover somewhat damaged by
heaving. Wheat worth |1 20 per bushel.
Corn, 65 to 70 cents. Prosspect for fruit tolerably fair. Stock in good condition.
Horses worth from t70 to $200. Cattle f rom.
f3 to ?5 per cwt. Hogs, |5 to f6 50. I«n<a
selling at |20 to ?80 per acre.      H. C. IX
Kosciusko Co.—Sunshine and rain, mud
and slush, freezing and thawing, is the
kind of weather we have had this spring.
Wheat is looking pretty well considering
the weather, with a large acreage sown.
Fat hogs all sold in the forepart ol winter.
Stock of all kinds looking well, but feed
getting scarce. g. jj. S.
Decatub Co.—Early sown wheat looks
very well but late sown not bo well. Corn
high and scarce. Stock plenty. Feed getting scarce and high. Some plowing for
oats. Some of the early birds havo planted
potatoes. The farmers aro behind with
their work this spring on account of rai»
and mud. E. O.
Washington Co.—Wheat looks well.
Farmers are sowing oats between showers.
There have been thousands of bushels of
corn and oats shipped here for feed and
seed this winter. The Washington County Agricultural society met on the 1st Saturday in March. I want them to give a
premium on the best piece of wheat, bnt
they would rather pay a premium on horse
racing and gambling. h. O. B.
LaGbanoe Co.—Wheat growing well.
Stock in good condition, theugh feed is
rather scarce. Corn is selling at 50e in tho-
crib. In some places, clover is badly-
frozen. A good many sheep have been fed
in this country the past winter. A wind
storm passed over portions of the county
last week, doing much damage to timber
and fences. Roads are in bad condition.
Some of our farmers have commenced
plowing. Paui,.
Jasper Co.—Wheat never better foi th*
time of year. Cattle wintering finely.
Hay plenty, there will not be over half th»
crop fed out. Stock hogs doing finely, but
very scarce. Considerable tiling being
done, and would be more if the tile could
be got. We need two or three tile factoi-
ies in this county. lands have advanced
some in price, but they are still cheap, »nd
we are within sixty-five miles of Chicago.
Any man tbat will work can do hh well
here as he can in the We^t. It is a splendid
place to raise vegetables for the Chicago
market. c. H.