FOR SALE.
FOR 8ALB—Plymonth Bock eggs,fl per 15; »2per
83.   L. BOUOHTON, Watseta. I1L	
FOB SALE—Hedge plants, hedge seed and Bloont
corn.   ELI8HA MILLS, Farmland, Ind.
FOR 8ALE-
tam eggs.
- Japanese and Golden Sebright Ban-
FRANK LONG, ElUavlIle, Ind.
FOR SALE— Artichoke*— Fine red   Brazilian, f
per bnshel.   I. L. KENYQN. Indianapolis. Ind
FOR BALE—Pnre  Valley White seed corn.   Address A. W. BEW8EY, Colfax, Clinton Co., Ind.
FOR SALE— Prize-winning mammoth Bronze Tnr-
keys.Eggs J3 per doz.RockhtllBros. JXWayne,Ind
FOR   SALB—Cheap—4,000   one-year-old   Catalpa
Speclosa plants.   OEO. W. BLUE, Indianapolis, Ind.
FOR SALE-        .
class stock, t> per 13.
Indiana.
Royal  Pekln dnck  eggs, from first,
"    E.L. GUTHRIE, Adams
FOR SALE
3i.   BAV
ard coanty, Ind.
    Plymonth Rock eggs. tl per IS; tl per
M.   BARCLAY   MOON A BON, Jerome, How-
FOR SALE—Plymouth  Rock eggs; best'strains.
Eggs 4U per 15; p per 33.  Try me.  R. o. CRIST,
New Market, Ind.
-Golden Italian bees and Beauty of He-
_ bron Potatoes. W. A. BENHKR, Bweetser,
Grant oounty, lrid.
-Italian  bees and  qneens.   Bend for
_    „  C.  LINDLY, Elizabethtown, Bar
tholomew connty. Ind.
FOR SALE—A young Short-horn bull; co» s. heifers and calves.   Address E. S. FRAZEE, Glen-
wood, Rush county, Ind.
"C>OR SALE-
FOR  SALE-
prices to I.
"I7IOR SALE—Plymouth Rocks and Gold Spangled
JO    Hamburgs, »5 a pair.   Eggs p for 13.   T. HUL-
MAH, SK., Terre Haute, Ind.
FOR BALE—A few  flne pure bred young Bronze
gobblers;   nicely bronzed: low.    Apply soon.
JOHN H. SWALES, Logan, Ind.
FOB SALE—Four registered  Jersey bull calves,
and one cow, herd second to none in  the State.
B. 8.  DORSEY, Indianapolis, Ind.
%xxxt jiitfjcfe.
W. II. Scoville, Hamilton Co.,Ind., has
turned his attention to raising pure-bred
Poland China hogs, and has very fine ones.
J. A. Conover, Monroe, Ohio, has sold
another Collie pup to Elba E. Whistler, of
Monitor, for which a good price was paid.
a>	
N. B. Shaffer.oI Newcastle, says bring
on your big lambs. He has a Cotswold
ewe that on tbe 15th of March dropped a
lamb weighing 17 ibs.
 •	
Ross' "Black Bess" 1024, that won the
1st prize and sweepstakes at tbe last State
fair has nine very fine pigs, all doing well.
Black Be's won prizes at six fairs In 1881.
field-cured fodder, but the difference in
favor of ensilage was by no means so great
as some have made It out to be by their
own experience.
Editors Indiana Farmer;
I think I have the boss Shropshire Down
lamb. When 12 hours old it weighed 14
lbs. Its dam was imported by Wm. Mills,
of Canada, and sire was the buck lamb
that took first premium at State fair, entered by George Allen. E. J. Reel.
Vincennes.
FOR SALE—The coming cane seed, Early Orange,
and Minnesota Amber, by express IS cents: mall
S pounds $1.   C A. GING, Star P. p., Rush Co.. Ind.
FO» SALE-14 Poland Cl)IiraSiIgs (from recorded
sows), 3 to 4 months old, at f 10 per head, if ordered in 20 days.   JAS. CLAYPOOL,  Rob Roy, Ind.
FOR SALE—Eggs from two yards of  Plymouth
Rocks,   While and Conger strains, at f 1 SO rer
sitting. Address BEN 8.MYl:RS,Crawiorasvllle,Ind.
FOR SALB—Eggs for hatching from prize-winning
White Leg horns and_Pea Comb Partridge Co-
ehins.  $3 for 13.
; horns and:.
DR. W. J. EL8TUN,
Indianapolis.
FOR SALE—EgES for hatching from high-class
Brown Leghorns and Houdans.   Beit egg fowls
known.  f2 for 13.
Indiana.
CHESTER C. FOSTER, Muncie.
eggf
, Mu
FOB SALE—Choice Partridge  Coohls  cockerels
and pullets, bred from prize winners.   ""
Eggs, B per 13.
Roanoke. Ind.
Address JOHN
Cheap.
H.  CHRISTIAN,
FOR BALE—20 pairs of  Black Cochins f cm prize-
winning stock, cheep, if order.d soon.
eggs, S3 per sitting;  2 sittings, $5.   R.  M
CHANS, Hope, Ind. 	
Also
R08EN-
FOR   SALE—Selected  seed   corn—Yellow Dent,
Learning and Mammoth White, fl 25 per bushel,
~ ress JAS. St. BRAN-
sacks 25 cents each extra.
BON, Farmland, Ind.
FOR SALE—Two-seated carriage, very cheap,
newly painted. In No. 1 order, just suited for a
farmer. Call at Room 17 Talbott block, or 9s Fletcher
avenue, Indianapolis.
FOR S A LE—10 Chester White pigs, young boars fit
for service, and young sows S months old. All
bred from prize ring hogs. Address JACOB RAGER,
Williams Center. Ohio.
FOR SALE—Early Orange cane seeds very pro-
. ductive; no red pith; by mail, 30 cents per
'pound; 15 cents per pound by express. Address A.
H. BRAY, Noblesvllle, Ind.
FOR SALE-Eggs—Lt. Brahmas, P. Bocks,
chins, Brown Leghorns, Pekii
13.   Broi ze turkey eggs, $3 per 13.   J
Petersburg, Pike countv, Jndt
chins. Brown Leghorns, Pekin ducks, Ii 50 per
.  _,      ..      —    „   j^ BRE*KTONi
Eggs from prize-winning Plymouth
— Tend for Illustrated
mating, etc.  SID.
FOR SALE-     „_ . .     .
Rocks and Buff Cochins.  Send for illustrated
circular with list of prizes won,
CONGER. Flat Rock, Indiana.
"TiTORSALE—One of the finest yards of Plymouth
_C Rocks in this State, eggs tl for 15 or »2 for 35.
Packed to ship any distance. J. CUNNINGHAM
& CO., Miami, Miami county, Ind.
FOR SALE—White Pekln duck eggs at ttt 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—Grant Russian White seed corn, per
peck,ft; halt bushel, (ISO: bushel, $3. All orders promptly attended to. SIMON SUMMERS <fe
BRO., Windfall, Tipton county, Ind.
FOR SALE—Tilson A Robison. Rocklane. Johnson county, Ind.' White and Brown Leghorns,
8.8. Hamburgs, Langhans, Aylesbury and Pekln
ducks.   Eggs, $2 per sitting; 3 sittings, (5,
FOR SALE—One pair of pure bred White Holland
turkeys;   f3 per pair.   Whlte^Holland turkey
eggs, |2 per dozen.
•1 for 15.    " J '	
Also imperial Pekln duck eggs.
Address A. W. SHELT, Napoleon, Ohio.
FOR SALE—A flne farm of 225 acres, 12 miles from
c
terms.poL        „_       .	
will sefv .20 acres, Bplendid land. If you are ready to
bnv come at once. HAve other farms. V. K. MORRIS, 58 East Market street.
city, and nicely improved, at very reasonable
isse&sion  given immediately if sold soon, or
Stock Sales.
Dr. J. P. Forsyth & Son have lately sold
Short-horn bulls to the following named
parties: J. Cunningham, Miami, Ind.;
Newton Campbell, Goldsmith, Ind.; Wm.
Hague, Spearsville, Crystal Springs; C. S.
Barclay, Iowa, ten head; all sired by the
noted bull "Heir of Oakland, 6852." Also
twelve head for Wyoming Territory.
These sales were all made at satisfactory
prices, and with two exceptions within
the last six weeks.*
Watering Horses.
One thing in the treatment of work
horses in hot weather we are disposed to
deprecate, viz: the custom of watering
them three times a day and no more. It
is simply cruelty on the part of man tc>>
ward his beast, to compel the team to plow
or mow from early morning until noon,
or from noon until night without allowing it the privilege of a refreshing draught.
It is inconvenient, many times, to water
the team during the forenoon or afternoon,
and we are apt to think the time thuB
taken, lost, but when the farmers' millennium comes, there will probably be drinking in every field, supplied from some elevated spring, or from a running stream.
In the meanwhile time "lost" in doing
good, even though it may be in behalf of
the dumb animals, is well "lost"—it may
regained. Could they speak, it might be
to say that they would like to be treated,in
the matters of times for food and drink,
somewhat as we—their wise masters—are
accustomed to treat ourselves.
A Fine Jersey Cow.
In connection with the Jersey interest
I wish to note the slaughter of the Jersey
oow Dandelion of Hilcrest, 7833, nearly four
years old. This animal was purchased by
me 10 months ago as sound, but refusing
to breed, and after examination by a Veterinary surgeon, she was pronounced barren. Whether her sojourn in the South
caused it, or not, I don't know. After
death a dissection proved that there was
no cure. I regretted the sacrifice very
muoh as she was one of the most beautiful
of the daughters of Champion of America.
She dressed 526 lbs. net beef, 64 lbs. hide,
10 lbs. liver; total 600 lbs. The beef was
delicious, but I hope on account of the
high cost that I may not have to eat any
more soon. G. R. Dykeman.
Shippensburg.
FOR SALE—Eggs for hatching
Light and Dark  Brahmas, I
from choice lot of
   Hack Cochins.Ply-
mouth Rocks, Brrwn Leghorns, Pekin ducks and
Toulouse geese, I am also breeder and shipper of
thoroughbred Poland China pigs. No circulars sent
out. Write for what you want. Addseas B. W. HARVEY. Bloomlngdale, ind.
Large Exportation of Prize-taking
Cart Stallions for America.
On Saturday last there were shipped 24
English shire stallions by the Bulgarian,
of the Ley land line, to Boston, en route
for Chicago. Among this lot are several
first prize winners at the the principal
shows that have been held throughout
England in 1881. Mr. Little, of the Peter-
boro Agricultural Horse Society, and several other influential gentlemen witnessed
their departure. The horses come from
the Fenn districts, in Cambridgeshire, the
district from which the Earl of Ellesmere's
now world-famed stud were originally
purchased by him. The stallions are nearly all bought from the Duke of Beaufort's
tenantry, on the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, and are to be sold by auction iu
Chicago on the 5th of April by the Tatter-
sall of America, Colonel Judy.—Liverpool
Journal, of March 14.
FOR SALE-Essex, No. 6597, A. J. C. C. 11 months
old, color fawn and white, price $50. Cecil, 13
months old, solid fawn color, very flne, not registered, price $40. Leicester, 12 months old, bronze color,
entitled to registry, A. J. H. Book, price (35. Also
one full blooded calf, ft months old, not entitled to
registry; the last named would trade for sheep.
MRS. T. J. JOHNSON, Greencastle, Ind.
FOR BALE—A highly bred Jersey bull calf, dam
ChutonUe, No. 7478: grand sire. One Ton, No.
2100. tracing back to Dahlia. No. 439, imp., and fancy
Ko. 9, Imp. Sire, Stella's Jersey Boy, No. 3581, Imp.,
In dam. Grand sire. Neptune 2d; grand dam, Stella
of St. Brelards. 7468, Imp. Color principally fawn,
dropped March 7,1882. I will also seil two heifer
calves and one cow. S. P. BOOTH, Arcadia, Hamil-
ton county, Ind.	
FOR 8ALE— Plymouth Rock eggs from our fine
yards at »150 per sitting; two sittings, *2 50;
three sittings, $3. Our Plymouth Rocks are truly the
farmers fowl; large size and good layers; fonrfl'ie
r'ards, order early. Also orders received and booked
or Poland China spring pigs. I own the herd that
took mont all tbe leading prizes at St. Clairsvllle, and
West Virginia State fair. Order early and get the
best.   Address J. II. DUNHAM, St. clairsvllle,Ohio.
FOR  BALE—Seed   Potatoes—Reduced
Beauty of Hebron.  Stock direct from
Bliss & Sons, fine size and pure,
productive, good keeper, an<* '
soon out of the way of bugs.
price.
productive, good keeper, and best for general crop;
soon out of the way of bugs. Price, per peck, 75c;
bushel, (2; barrel,M- Also Bay View melon. I have
afewpoundsof tbls most excellent melon. Its productiveness is wonderful. Quality extra good. I
will send an ounce of tbls seed by mail to any address
on receipt of 15c, or four ounces 50c. DR. 8. B. ROB-
BINS, Lawrenceburg, Ind.
-CIOR SALE-YOUNG SHORT-HORNS.
£    3 extra nice bulls, yearlings.
> extra nice bull calves, S to 6 montha old.
I heifer calves, 3 to a months old.
Eudora of Oakland 2d, a fine roan and splendid
milker.
Bright Promise 3d, red and white, got by Chief of
Wttsi Lehigh, 31,998.
Bright Promise 4th, red, got by Forest Napier,11,973.
Donna Rosa, a show onw,      \ , „ „•,.,_
Donna Rosa! a show cow, 2d. j ,nU Bs,«ra
The oldest cow in the above lot Is 4 years old.
Tbey are all flne breeder* and aa flue 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 weft of Richmond. Ind, Address correspondence to FRANCIS A. COFFIN. Indianapolis, Ind.
Concluded an Fifth Face.
Experiment with Ensilage.
The Nineteenth Bulletin of the New Jersey Experiment Station contains some new
and important facts in regard to ensilage.
Analyses have been made of the green fodder as put into the silo, of dried fodder
made In the ordinary manner from the
same corn, and of the ensilage; it is shown
thereby that in the process of field curing
each ton of the green fodder lost, besides
the water that evaporated, 86 pounds of its
dry substance, while each ton put into the
silo lost 90 pounds, and that this loss fell,
as has hitherto been supposed, on thecoun-
paratively cheap carbhydrates. Thus the
objection to ensilage of corn fodder, made
by some writers, that it involves a serious
loss of fodder substance by the fermentation, is left with but little to stand on; a
loss of only 90 pounds in 2,000, and of only
four pounds more than is lost when the
fodder is field-cured, may easily be balanced by a small part of the advantages so
widely claimed for ensilage .by most of
those who have tried the process. Experiments at the station in feeding dried fodder and ensilage showed that when the
former is cut and crushed in a proper manner (and doubtless at no greater expense
for this preparation than is laid out in cutting the green fodder before It goes into
the silo), it is eaten as readily and with as
little wa$te aa the ensilaged corn. With
milch cows, in some trials, the ensilage
gave a greater yield of milk than did the
Management During Lambing.      j
The care of breedin g ewes and their lambs
should interest every one owning or having the charge of a flock at this time of the'
year.        ' .- ,    ' , ,<
We-wilLonly give a brief sketch of the
duties of the shepherd for the benefit of
the young begin ner. The success in lambing will largely depend on the care and
feed tho ewes have had previous to lambing. When a ewe shows indications of
lambing she should not be disturbed, but
circumstances are frequently such that the
shepherd finds it necessary to move the
ewe to a more protected place, this should
be done slowly and in such a way as not)
to excite or worry the ewe.
be done by driving the entire party to the
desired place.
It requires great skill and care, in the
shepherd in successfully assisting in the
case of difficulty of lambing. Every move-i
ment should be slow, cautious and, if pos-f
sible, in concert with the efforts of the ewe
If the presentation is natural (both fore,
feet and nose being presented) and the ewe.
seems to make but , little progress, the
shepherd may uso considerable power by
pulling on the legs and back of the head
or neck; this should not be attempted by.
one not acquainted with tho case, while,
the ewe is making any progress. A shepherd of long experience may frequently
give assistance which will be of advantage,
without waiting very long to see what nat-.
ure can do. When only one leg comes
forward with the head the lamb can usually be taken from the ewe without bringing the other leg into position, but sometimes this cannot be done, in such cases
the lamb should be pushed and worked
back until the other leg can be brought
into position. More difficulty will be ex-<
perienced in cases whre both legs have remained back and it is rarely safe to attempt
to take it from the ewe without first bringing the legs into position. It is a more
difficult case when the legs are presented
and the head remains back. In this brief
sketch we cannot give full and minute directions how to assist successfully in these
cases. Greater trouble may be expected
with a flock of ewes that have been shipped, driven or worried in any way shortly
before lambing.
When a ewe  refuses to own  her lamb
the shepherd's patience  and ingenuity  is
severely taxed.   The ewe and lamb should
be placed in a pen about four or five feet
square and if she seems like trying to kill
the lamb, she should be closely confined,
this can best be done by two upright stanchions, made about two inches in diameter,
shaved or planed  smooth, the lower ends
placed in the floor,  the ewe's neck placed
between them, just tight  enough to. pre?
vent her from pulling  her head out.   Tho
stanchions should also  be fastened at the
top.   A rack well supplied  with the best
hay should be placed in easy reach.   She
will require extra care and feed while confined in a close pen.   The sight and bark
of a strange  dog will  sometimes  be  the
means of causing  a ewe to  acknowledge
and assume the proper maternal relations
to the lamb.   A ewe that is in good condition, properly managed and has plenty of
milk, will  vere rarely  disown her lamb.
After lambing the ewe should be supplied
with water (not very cold) and plenty of
green feed, such as growing rye, wheat or
grass;   roots are particularly valuable for,
feeding to breeding ewes. The advantages
of feeding soft feed cannot be easily overestimated.   This can   be supplied by  cut-'
ting hay very  fine  and  mixing it  with
ground grain and feeding it wet.   There
is no time  when high  feeding can  be as
safely and as profitably supplied as to ewes
after lambing.—Shepherds' Journal.
The Polls Victorious.
The following is a letter from a dealer in
Polled Angus, or Aberdeen cattle, at Aberdeen, Scotland:
"If I forget not.before you left Scotland,
I promised to write you what the Aberdeen
Polled cattle did at the great Christmas
fat stock shows. But hardly did I expect their victories, as a breed, would
stand unparalleled as furnishing the best
two beasts at the London show—an ox and
a heifer of this breed proving to be the
best male and female exhibited of all
breeds.
"In 1880,£40 of prizes were rarely offered
at the London show, which is the oldest
fat stock show in the world; now £3,500
are awarded. In the year 1800 George III.
was an exhibitor, his ox weighing 26 cwt.,
live weight, at ten years old,and standing
seven feet high; showing a gain of live
pounds per week since birth. Now how
different is the increase! Standing in the
great agricultural hall, in London, when
all the first prize cattle were being led out
for the champion prize of all braeds, you
may suppose I felt a little proud of my
favorite Aberdeen Polls when, one by one,
all the breeds, Short-horn, Devon, Hereford, etc.,were sent to their stalls, until
only two animals were left—the two being Aberdeen Polls! Eventually the female won the first prize; she weighed
1,900 pounds at two years and eight
months old, thus giving a weekly increase
since birth of over twenty-two pounds.
The black bullock was the reserve, or next
winner, weighing 2,000 pounds, and giving
a weekly increase of eighteen pounds.
"An ox which I sold last year to Her
Majesty, the Queen, was the second prize
ox in the show, weighing 2,050 pounds,
and showing a weekly increase of eighteen
and one-half pounds. At the great Christmas market in London the top price was
made by the Polled Aberdeens. Animals
from Aberdeen bulls are so even in flesh,
This "can besti;ftnd Kl'veso little waste te ths bctcher and
opened    her;   found     nothing    wrong;
sawed her he*d open; no grubs.       S. W.
Your ewe had inflammation of, or a cist
on the brain.
I have noticed blistering recommended
for callous on horses. I have a fine yearling c>lt with a lump on the front part of
the hind leer, above the pastern joint. I
have blistered it with eorrosive liniment
several times with no effect. I see the
Farmer recommends blister. The lump
is not fast to the bone. T. I. B.
Blistering will avail you nothing at this
late date.   It must be cut off if at all.
My horse has been lightly sweenied.and
apparently cured. Will it lame him again
when worked? J. A. Q.
If once properly cured, the horse should
be no worse than if never so affected. If
badly cured will most likely have a recurrence of the disease.
Postal Card Correspondence.
We require the full address of persona
making inquiries in this department, as welt
as contributors. We will publish only tha
initials, but wish the full name, as a guaranty
of good faith.
I have a horse whose wind seems short
like a man who is just getting over a spell
of sickness; not wind troken ; eats well;
seems to feel well, but is thin in flesh;
hair ruff and shnggy. He's been so since
last summer; had a spell of lung fever
then.   Cau he be helued? R. A. L.
You let the case run too long.
My mare's appetite for grain is very
poor. I feed ground feed all together,
corn meal, oats, rye. Appetite good for
hay and grass; hay good. Like to know
what will give her appetite.        J. E. M.
Withdraw grain feed entirely for a week
or two; then feed moderately.
consnmer, that they  are  deservedly the
premium breed for beef.
"Our bull sales take place in February,
and should any or your friends think of
trying the Aberdeen Polled bull on the
grade cow, lam certain the produce would
be a class of bullocks worth more per
pound  than the over-fat Short-horn."
^jetmtmrcjo
This department Is edited by De. Jonh N. Savin,
Veterinary Burgeon, author cf Navln's Explanatory
Stock Doctor.
Ralesf to be observed by those expecting correct an
«wen:
1. Bute the rate of pulse/;
2, The breathli g.
t. The standlr g attitude.
4. App« arance of.hair.
5. If cough, and , secretions from .nose, whether
glands between the jaws can.be felt, and how near
the bone.
6. If breathing la rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing sound, no time mi Bt be lost In blistering
throat, and using tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drc, s on tongue alternately
every two hours, for time Is w. short for an answer.
Parties requiring answers by mall must inclose tl
for advice, otherwise reply will appear In next Issue.
Please inform me through the columns
of your paper, why there are so many complaints about mares slipping their colts
this spring. A Sub.
It is entirely due to their treatment.
Whatever that may be, the owners should
know better than anybody else. >
KANSAS.
Pottawatomie Co.—We have had a,
mild winter here. But little snow has
fallen, and no rains or storms. Lately,
a light shower passed over for the first
time. Winter wheat is looking fine, spring
wheat but little sown. Oats, a larger ae-
reoge than usual. Ihe fruit crop is still
very promising. There will a full crop of
reaches, if the weather contiues mild.
Stock tAinterirg well, but many cattle
have died from some unknown cause; seem
perfectly well atnight and in the morning
are found dead. I havo examined two and
found the lurgs badly affected. Feed is
getting scarce. Many are out of hay and
no grass yet, but it is thought by the 10th
of April it will be so that cattle can help
themselves. Land changing hands and
improvements are being made more than
usual. M. J. J,
I have a two-year-old steer with a swollen jaw; he is supposed to have a disease
commonly known as big jaw. Can it be
cured? - If so, what la the remedy?
J. N. H.
There is no such disease as big jaw,
except in the imagination of fellows
having the big head and too ignorant to
know it. It is hurt or bruised. Cut the
skin on the most prominent part of the
tumor, and apply arsenic acid once daily,
until a hard, stiff crust is formed. Let it
alone until a piece falls out, then apply
again, and so continue until you remove
the entire.
Whit was the matter with my cow?
Was well in evening when fed and milked.
Went out in morning and fouud her rubbing her head; had all the skin off the left
sido of her head, and kept up the rubbing
till in afternoon, when her suffering was
so great that when she breathed sue would
almost raise herself clear off the ground.
Every one that saw her said she h*d mad
iu-h. Isthete auy such disease? Died that
evening. J. A. F.
Your cow has eaten some indigestable
food which could not be assimulated in the
alimentary canal; so she died of a disease
called erroneously m»d itch.
III have a mare that is a very free worker.
For the last six months when she gets
excited or works very hard, she roars
or wheezes, apparently the noise seems to
be in her nose or nostrils. Sometimes ste
can be heard for six or eight rods. What
is the matter, and can she be cured?
I. P.S. .
Your mare had a cold, strangles or s ime
inflammation of the air passages, aad left a
chronic thickening of the mucus membrane, or a polypus. Blister for the former; the latter cut ont.
What ailed my ewe? I had a fine Shrop-
shireUown ewe. She became stiff in her
limbs; head up higher than natural;
looked wild out of her eyes; in two or
three days went down; never got np; her
bowels moved regularly until dead; 24
' hours before she  died, had hot  fever.   I
Lack of Intelligent Farm Hands.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
In a conversation with a prominent
farmer and stock breeder, he spoke at
length of the serious vexations attending
the hiring of farm hands. To find men
who.would do an honest day's work was
n ot difficult, but to find those who would
apply themselves with interest, intelligence and judgment was another matter.
In all mechanical pursuits, there is a vast
number of human machines. It cannot
be denied that this class is well represented
among farmers. For evidence, interview
those who employ hands, or take observations as you ride through certain districts
and^notice the pervading atmosphere of
shiftlessness; the dilapidated gates, fences
and barns, the brambly fence corners, the
stumps on tbe fields.^ They eke out a living on. these farms and strive to do no
more. In their home life we find few of
those mental and bodily enjoyments
which are within the reach of all. The
girls are stunted in nature from much solitude; tbe boysfrequenttownsjustenough
to acquire the vices of society without its
advantages. As they arrive at manhood,
the more ambitions desert the farm, leaving to his pqor. pay and dreary routine,
the farm drudge. In connection, I recall
two young men, excellent farmers, with a
real affection for their work, but the utmost
their services could command was $ 18 to $20
per month. This, allowing very sligbtex-
penses,would amountto a savingof |140 to
$150 peryear, at which rate, it must be many
years before they could hope to buy and
stock farms. Thaconsequence is that one of
these parties is now commanding $35 to (40
per month on a New York steamboat, while
the other manages a drilling machine at
treble his farm pay. The probability is
that neither will return to the first love,
and farming baa lost two men who would
have been ornaments to the calling.
This is merely a statement of facts. Is
due cognizance taken of these facts, and
are vigorouaand intelligent efforts being
put forth to remedy this serious evil?
G. S. C.
ILLINOIS.
Crawfokd Co.—Wheat good, except
late sown which is almost a failure. Butt
little plowing done for oats. Stock in
poor condition. Feed scarce on account
of last summer's drouth, lt cost the county at least one hundred thousand dollars
for corn and oats to feed, one hundred
thousand for seed and not all told.
AIsARAIHA.
Moboan Co.—Wheat and oats are look-
ingfine. Farmers are planting corn. Tha
outlook for a good crop is flattering. IS
there is no late frost, -vte shall have ^n
abuDdanee of fruit.. Prices fer all kinda
of farm produce, fair. U. T.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Lexemuel Boeson, an old and respected
resident of this neighborhood, was taken
with a congestive chill on the 25th of
March aud died the evening of the next
day. He leaves a wife and four children.
On the day after Mr. Beeson's death, the
front'part ofthe house was struck by
lightning, doing considerable damage.
Miss Hattie Jack and Mrs. Francis Shaw
were both struck and at first were thought
to be dead. Miss Jack's thoes were torn
to pieces and one of Mrs. Shaw's, the brass
heel-plate being partly melted. Both
ladies were soon restored to consciousness.
Miss Jack was in a dangerous condition,
but is now ont of danger. B. E. R.
Hamilton Co.
Stop It.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I have sold all my orchard grass seed so
you may discontinue my advertisement,
until I harvest another crop, when I will
advertise again as I find it pays to advertise in the Indiana farmer.
John H. Ratur.
Mechanicsburg, Ind.
Chemical Manures on Wheat. CZ^;
Professor J. M. McBryde, of the Agricultural Department, University of Tennessee, givis in the last number of the Agricultural Review an interesting account ©S
experiments made with chemical manures,
on wheat.
In summing np the results of the exper-
mtnta for 1881 it appears that these wex<*
decidedly in favor of nitrogenonsmannres.
The two best returns, a gain of 7.34 bushels per acre in one plot and of 7.04 bushels
in the other, were given by what is termed the complete manure—a mixture of tho
three mineral matters, phosphorio acid,
potash and lime, with compounds of nitrogen. This perfect or normal manure
was compounded as follows: 200 pounds
ef acid phosphate of lime, 200 pounds of
sulphate of potash, 200 pounds ot
sulphate of lime and 200 pounds sulphate of ammonia. The two,next best returns were afforded by applications ot
nitrogenous salts.
The reports of similar experiments
made in 1880 show results agreeing very
closely in many particulars with those of
1881. The salts were applied in the same
manner each fall, by spreading them
broadcast over the plots before the wheat
was drilled in. There was a close correspondence of results in the case of sulphate
of ammonia, nitrate of potash, tbe combination of muriate of potash and sulphate
of lime, and the mixtuie of phosphate,
potash and lime. In each see son the muriate of potash gave better results than the
sulphate, snd the sulphate of snimouia
proved superior to the nitrates, and the)
nitrates of soda to the nitrate of potash.
In 1680 the returns of the sulphate of
ammonia were by far the best of any; in
1881 they were the third best, UDd nearly
equal to the other two. The combination
of mineral salts and sulphate of smmonia
gave the largest increase in 1681; tbe next
largest in 1880. The average results of
t he two years incline to the side of nitro-
K en, and support the main conclusions
drawn from those of 1881.
Growing Melons and Cucumbers.
Mr. Samuel Johns, Eldora, Iowa, de-
t-cribes in the Kansas Farmer his method
of raising cucumbers by the barrel:
"Take a common salt barrel, kneck both
ends out, set it in a convenient place, and
fill nearly full of well-rotted manure.
Form three hills for the vines, one on the
east, ore on the west and the other on the
south side of the barrel. Have but three
plants in a hill, then place brush to keep
the vines up from the ground. Keep the
barrel well watered, and if those three hills
don't furnish enough pickles for s larg,
family, then thiDk me a false prophet."
The same method is employed Just as sac
eessfully in growing melons. We have
tried it with the best aurcess. Water
should be pourett Into the barrel daily
Half-rot ted manure serves admirably for
filling the barrel.