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AWfiEKLY Journal of the Farm,Home and Garden. VOL. XVII. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1882. NO. 13. F FOR 8ALP- OBBALK-Plymouth Bock eggs.*1 perlS:$!per 33. I* B0UO1ITON, Watseka. 111. F OK SALE—Hedge plants, hedge seed and Blount corn. EL1HHA MILLS, Farmland, Ind. F OR SALE-Pure Early Amber CaneS^ed. B.C. BLANCHAKO, Monon, -White county, Ind. F OR 8ALE-Pure Valley White seed corn. Address A. W. BEWSEY, Colfax, Clinton Co., Ind. F OR KALE—A few choice, two year old, hedge plants, cheap, I. M. BRAKBON.Farmland.Ind. F I OR S A LE— Prize-wl n nlng mammoth Bronse Tur- keys-Eggs <3 per dos.RockhllIBroe..Ft.Wayne,Ind F 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. F 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. - F 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. * 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. . s> 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. a> 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. *glxt 'gixxnx. 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." ^zXtxiuKt^o 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 \ ' 2. The breathl. g. ■ .- ... 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.
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1882, v. 17, no. 13 (Mar. 25) |
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Transcript | AWfiEKLY Journal of the Farm,Home and Garden. VOL. XVII. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 1882. NO. 13. F FOR 8ALP- OBBALK-Plymouth Bock eggs.*1 perlS:$!per 33. I* B0UO1ITON, Watseka. 111. F OK SALE—Hedge plants, hedge seed and Blount corn. EL1HHA MILLS, Farmland, Ind. F OR SALE-Pure Early Amber CaneS^ed. B.C. BLANCHAKO, Monon, -White county, Ind. F OR 8ALE-Pure Valley White seed corn. Address A. W. BEWSEY, Colfax, Clinton Co., Ind. F OR KALE—A few choice, two year old, hedge plants, cheap, I. M. BRAKBON.Farmland.Ind. F I OR S A LE— Prize-wl n nlng mammoth Bronse Tur- keys-Eggs <3 per dos.RockhllIBroe..Ft.Wayne,Ind F 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. F 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. - F 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. * 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. . s> 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. a> 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. *glxt 'gixxnx. 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." ^zXtxiuKt^o 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 \ ' 2. The breathl. g. ■ .- ... 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 |
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