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A Weekly Journal of the Farm,Home and Garden VOL. XVH; INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1882. NO. 28. FOR 8A1.E. F OS SALE—Pore Cyprian Queens. AddreraJTE JOHNSON, laurel, Franklin conntj, ind. FOB SALE—Italian hees and queens. Send for prto-stu I. a LINDLY, Ellzabethto»n,Bartholomew connty, Ind. FOR BJLK-My yearling Poutbdown buc*. given as a premium to the Indiana Fanrer last year. Price, .15. THEO. FINCH, Oif.ird, Ohio. FOR 8ALE—Plymouth Rock eggs, {1 per 15; n per 35; express charges In Indiana paid on 35. BARCLAY MOON A SON. Jerome. Howard county. Ind. FOR SALB—A flne farm of 139 acres in Hendricks Co., Ind. For particulars addrfss ALEXANDER CLA RK, Center Valley, Hendricks Co., Ind. MOW FOR 8ALE-One of tbe finest iotof Poland China sprfngplgsin thisstate over ltxtto sekctfrom. Address J. CUNNINGHAM & CO.. Miami, Miami connty, Ind. FOR SALK—History of Poland China hog.together with a treatise on < ause and cure of diseases, 30 Sages, valuable. AddressJ. H. M Nil,! II, Boi 221, t. Clairsvllle, Ohio. FOR SALE-Forty extra Poland China pigs at flO perhead.if ordered wlthir. 30 days; aeofome showanimslsat esu to |100 each. JA_». C. CLAY- POOL, Rob Roy, Ind. FOR SALE—Pedigreed Short Horn cattle and Poland China hogs, over 15 years a breeder. Please state about wi at you want and address L. H. A1K MAN, Box 21, Dana, Vermillion Co., Ind FOR SALE—On the Ramsey Stock Farm, Shorthorn cattle, Cotswold sheep, Jersey Red and Poland China hogs at reasonable prices. Address NATHAN L. RAMSEY, Morning Sun, Preble Co., Ohio. FOR SALE—Farm—62 acres, four miles northwest of the city., Well improved. Will sell a part, or all of it, very cheap. Apply to E. CHURCHILL, on the premises. P. O. address, 417 Indiana avenue, Indianapolis. Ind. IiMJK BA LE—A beautiful Collie slot from Imported 1 stock, eighteen mi nths old. .plendid points, black and tan color,'ktiows her buMLess, is a good driver and very intellgent. Apply foT. I. M., 31 Kentucky Ave. Indianairttlis. It UK SALE—Farms, Farms!—In Howard, Miami, Tipton, Csbs and Clinton counties. Also No. 1 stock farms in White, Jasper and Pulaski counties. This is the richest tarn ing country in Indiana. We are glad to show lands to all seeking liomt-s or profitable investments. bTD_ KT & HOSS, Kokomo, Indiana. F OR SALE—GRASS FARMS. 24s acres, stock farm, excellent orchards and buildings, atout 2>_ miles south of Monrovia, Morgan county. Price, {20 per acre. 240 acres lcut a trass land, good orchard and small house, about _>_ milts foutbeast of Monrovia, Morgan county. Price, 110 per acre. 24 acres, 3 miles west of Greencastle, Putnam county. Price, «15 per acre. ]60awes,7miies west of Greencastle, house, about half plowed. Price, }15 per acre. 163 acres, about 2 miles east ol Eminence, Morgan Bounty, about half plowed, .remainder good timber. Price fl8 per acre. 151 acres in southeast corner of Parke county, two miles north of Lena; said to'be good co_l land, 60 acres cleared; small buildings. Price, ,10 per acre. 155 act es in Morgan c. unty, about 5 miles north of Martinsville; hall plowed; comfortable buildings. Price. J2.100. 1,548 acres prairie, in Newton county, 6 miles from railroad; 5U) acres plowed; excellent buildings. Price f_5 per acre. 2_0acie stock farm, good dwelling, about _J_ miles southeast o( Eminence, Morgan county. Price, |17 per acre. Th »e farms are in the best blue-grass region of Indiana, are well watered, have sufficient timber, and eminently suited for sheep or cattle. They are In healthy, well settled neigborhoods, convenient to railroad, church, school and market and market fa cilltles. They are worth much more than above prices, but being taken on foreclosure by corporations desirous to close out this class of assets, are offered at cosl, on payments of one-fourth ca;h and remainder in ten annual payments-to run at 6 per cent. Interest, payable half yearly. These are the lowest prices. No other property will be taken In exchange. ERA NCI8 SMITH 4 CO, Indianapolis, Ind. Ml SiCKL.l.AN J.OlJr*. SUNT ON TRIAL.—Our Cattle Pump waters all kinds of stock perfectly wit. out attenti. n, hand, or wind. Simple, durable, and cheap. Equals any windmill. S-end forcircular. Agents wanted. E. B. TAYLOR & Co., Indianai oils, Ind. VETERINARY INFIRMARY-Dr. Navin, V. 8., has secured as partner, Dr. M. J. Treacy, Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.Lon- don, England, and Fellow of the Royal Veterinary Medical Society, Edinburg, Scotland, a surgeon of ten years professional experience. Hospital and office, 31 Kentucky avenue. Telephone connection. Horses, cattle an' dogs scientifically treated. Residence: 76 North Mississippi street. %x\yz M>iotli. G. B. Bothwell had twenty rams sheared publicly at Bre<5ken ridge, Mo. The heaviest fleece weighed 26% lbs.; the twenty averaged 21 lbs. 5 oz., one. 20 lb. fleece cleansed 47 lbs. 3K oz. Scoured at the woolen factory of Clapp & S_.ns, Jacksonville, 111. ;■ Mr. W. H. Morris, room 2C Baldwin Block, this city, has been elected secretary of the Central Poland China Record Association in place of Mr. A. K. Saunders, whose sad death by drowning was noticed in a recent issue. Mr. Morris will also continue the publication of the Swine Breeders' Gazette. A. W. Ross, Muncie, Ind., has recently sold Ross Black Bess 1024, to J. W. Williams of Briant, Jay county, Ind., for $100. She won 5 sweepstakes and 6 first premiums last year. She raised 8 tine pigs this year. Mr. Williams will have tho best', as he intendB to stand in front with the best of breeders. The law of Kew York provides that the owner or possessor of any dog that shall kill or wound any sheep or. lamb, shall be liable for the value of such sheep or lamb to the owner thereof, without proving notice to the owner or possessor of such dog, or knowledge by him that his dog was mischievous or disposed to kill sheep. It will be noticed in the Farmer of this week that Messrs. S. R. Quick & Son propose to inaugurate stock sales at the stock yards in this city. This is an excellent movement, and one that should lead to permanence and success from year to year. This great railway center affords the best facilities for the enterprise, and the firm undertaking the work is in every way worthy, and capable of carrying it out. • The wool clip of 18S2, as estimated by those who have given the matter careful attention, will not fall below 300,000,000 pounds in the United States, and may reach310,000,000to320,000,000pounds. -The increase in the Western and Southwestern States and Territories will be large, and the Northwest will also show a fair gain while the Middle and Eastern States promise an average clip. The past winter being mild and generally favorable, the losses of sheep by death have been smaller than usual. SHORT-HORN SALES. The Great Summer Series In Kentucky. Tbe mid-summer series cf Short-horn sales In Kentucky was continued through-! ont last week, closing on Saturday last. These sales ■ were attended by the most noted breeders of this country and Canada. Kentuckyhasawelldeservedrepntationfor fine stock, including Short-horns, and the sales of her great breeders, as In this case, always attract the most noted stock men of the country. For the most part the rivalry for fine stock was lively, and the choicest animals and pedigrees sold at gocd piices. We haven't space to give the sales in detail, but present a summary of the series. , , ■ A. J. ALEXANDER, J. M. VANMETER, ALEXANDER <fc COMBS. Among the strains represented were the Thorndale, Cambridge, Heydon and Bates Red Rose tribes, all imported; others were Phyllises, Ycnng Marys and Rosejof Sha- rons. The cows in the first part of the sale and towards the last brought fair and sometimes good prices, but some inferior ones cnt down the average very touch. The bulls were of the best breeding, and several Dukes caused spirited ^bidding. The highest priced cow was No. 1 of the catalogue, which, with her calf, sold for $7,625 to Mr. A. J. Alexander. The highest price paid for a bull was $2,700, and knocked down to Mr. N. P. Clark, of Minnesota. The total amount of the sale was {36,530 —the bulls averaging $1,373 33 and the cows $396 60. f-~-- W. W. HAMILTON, W. C. GOODLOB. The offerings comprised twenty-seven head, the property of Wm. C.-Goodloe, and thirty-two head of W. W. Hamilton. Goodloe's cattle were in poor condition, bad color, and but fair pedigrees, and prices realized were very small, and in the report is- given only the better portion. Hamilton's cattle comprised Flat Creek, Young Marys, Josephines, and Phyllises. They were-of beautiful color, principally red, and were their condition improved they, would have brought much better prices. Goodloe's cattle aggregated $2,070. Hamilton's sold better, and elicited better bidding. R. H. PREWITT, E. S. CDNNINGHAM. The third offering of Short-horns was at Pine Grove, - in Clark county, ten miles from Lexington, and the cattle selected from the Dunreath herd of R. H, Prewitt and the Edgewood herd of E. S. Cunningham. The attendance was the same in general as at other sales. The cattle were principally young Marys. Two straight Rose of Sharons brought $490 and $690. Phyllises and Desdemonas and several Harriets comprised the remainder. The sale aggregated $10,645. VANMETER ct HAMILTON. The cattle were principally Rose of Sharons, bnt did not bring the prices the name would finply. Young Marys and Phyllises comprised tbe remainder sold to-day. Thirty-five cows sold for $20,592, an average of $592, the highest average of the season; ten hulls aggregated $2,150, an average of $215. The highest price paid was for a Rose of Sharon, selling at $2,025. THE HAMILTOSS SALE. Immediately after the completion of Van Meter <fc Hamilton's sale, the Hamiltons of Flat Creek held their annual sale. The Roses of Sharon seemed to have been exhausted, but in their stead reigned those fine Loudon Duchesses and Grand Kirk- levingtons, two of the best strains next lo Duchess, and whose appearancein the sale- ring was sufficient to cause the liveliest competition. T. Corwin Anderson, a veteran breeder of this section, and Williams & Hamilton, a new Short-horn firm, of Mount Sterling. Flat Creek Young Marys sold well,but Phyllises and Josephines were below par to-day. The highest price paid was for a Kirklevington, selling to Williams <fe Hamilton for $1,675; another, $1,525; a third, $1,100. The sale aggregated: Cows, $16,925, averaging $390; two bulls, $575. T. CORWIN ANDERSON. T^e best sale of the series was that of T. Corwin Anderson. They were pure Bates decendents. The splendid animals offered attracted buyers from every section of the United States and Canada. Many of the states carried offline breeders. Thirty-two cows aggregated the splendid sum of $16,955, which is an average of $530 per head. Twelve bulls averaged $125 each. J. M. BJOSTAFF * I1ASCOM. The series of the sales was completed on Saturday with that of Messrs. Bigstaff A Bascom's. This lot of cattle had individual merit, and were excellent in all points, but having little pedigree sold low, the lot aggregating $8,335. This is a marked instance of the influence of pedigree on prices. Indiana Short-Horn Sales. Editors Indiana Farmer: The Short-horn breeders have for some time past thought of the propriety of establishing a series of annual Short-horn sales, without concluding to do so. We, with Several other breeders, owing to increase in our herds, have quite anum- ber to sell at such a s_le, and after fully considering the suggestions of breeders interested and their offers of drafts from their herds, should we conduct such a sale, we have concluded to comply with their suggestions and hold a sale September 26, at Union Stcok Yards, Indianapolis, choosing this place from its being the most central, and the time because of the Increase in attendance the sale would gain from those wishing to attend the State fair. . Small drafts will ba received far this sale, we cataloguing the same and paying all expenses of advertising, auctioneering, etc., for which to remunerate ourselves we will charge a certain per cent, of sales, only large enough to defray all expenses. For further particulars, please address us at Columbus, Ind. S. R. Quick A Sons. Short-horns and the Crops. Editors Indiana Farmer: Two weeks ago myself and family took train at Richmond for a trip to the northern part of the State. It was raining when we left home, and the conductor said it had rained every day they passed over that road for ten days, and the ground was thoroughly soaked. Quite a number of acres was yet to plow and plant. The wheat looked as though it would make two-thirds of a crop. Oats looked medium; meadows looked well; pastures invariably short. Stock is being graded up somewhat, but majority of it is common. I attended the Short-horn sales,at Chicago and there met quite a number of leading Short-horn breeders representing nearly every state in the Union. I learned from them that there has been a great d^al of wet weather over the entire country. I met some parties who have on hands from eight to ten car loads of cattle. Some of them had engaged four car loads, at nine cents per pound, most of the cattle two- year-olds, that would average 1,600 pounds. I saw some yearlings that weighed 1,500 pounds, and one two-year-old that weighed 2,000 pounds; a three-year-old, 2,400; a four-year-old, 2,600; a five-year- old, 2,900, and a seven-year-old weighing 3,200. These were either Short-horns or very high grade steers. Notwithstanding the high prices paid for the best class of cattle, I saw some car-loads of yearlings that were Offered at $21 a head. I suppose they would weigh from 600 to 650 pounds each. It is an evident fact, they badn',t the advantage of good blood, or they would have been worth 10 or $15 more per head. The cattle at the sale sold at from $150 to $310, and up to $1,000, ranging in age, from eight months to two years old. Tbese were very fine specimens of Shorthorns. On my return I stopped off at Warsaw, and visited several of the leading Shorthorn herds. Mr. Joseph Rippey, of Syracuse, Ind., has a herd of 25 head, comparing favorably with any herd in tho State. The bull that stands at the head of herd is a grand show animal. He was sold at my sale June 1, 1881. R. B. Ling, Kosciusko county, also has a vory fine herd. The bull that stands at tho head of his herd is from Sugar Grove. I visited a herd of Mr. Blue, in Marshall county, a very fine herd. The bull at the head of his herd is a. good animal, one of- Comstock's breeding, East Liberty, Ind. He also has 120 head of fine steers, woighing from 1,400 to 1,600pounds. I visited another mm in the same county, who had some 20 head of steers, two and three-year-olds. Some of them he bought for $5. I suppose they would average. 600 to 700 each. He wanted to sell them at $23 a head. You can see by this that he has not the advantage of good blood. Out of seven herds I visited, five of the animals came from Sugar Grove herd. Thero are 24 counties in Ind., where there are Shorthorns, from Sugar Grove herd, of which quite a number are standing at the head of their herds. On our return via^the Ft. Wayne and Muncie railroad, the crops looked only medium. At home, in Wayne county crops looks better here than anywhere I visited. Wheat is earlier, at least two weeks, than in the northern part of the State. a. M. Wayne Co., Ind. How to Leacf the Colts. Our little article, in the last number, suggesting that the young things should receive their first lessons, lead by the halter and by the side of a good, well br.ken saddle horse, has brought a good number of commendations, and from the highest sources. Along with these commendations have come certain questions as to the danger of contracting bad habits. Ono very prominent breeder expressed the fear that in leading the colt by the side of a saddle horse, you may get him into the habit of going side ways, which is one of the most unfortunate habits that can be acquired. To avoid this possible danger he raises the question whether it would not be better to let the colt follow behind. This might do very well so far aB the mere matter of avoiding the danger of going sideways is concerned, but it utterly fails to.encourage and arouse the emulative spirit of the colt. As soon as he gets to know that he is in the "hands of his friends" like the politician, and that he is .not going to be hurt, he will begin to think he can go just as fast as that other fellow, that is along side of him, and after a few days he will begin to try to beat him. This emulative spirit is just what you want to encourage, and if you let him trail behind you will never arouse it. Indeed, the danger is that you will repress and destroy it, and get the colt to think that he can't beat anything, and there is no use trying. If the colt's head has to be pulled a little towards the saddle horse and out of the true line of direction there is a real danger of establishing faulty action. To avoid this risk, change him to tr,e other side of the saddle horse and keep a.iernating. ■ Mr. Veech suggests the plan of a regular bridle rein over the colt's bead and attached to each side of the head or the bit, and thetLlet the rider take the reins in his hand, iffljng on the withers of the colt, a|? d by a little turn of the wrist he can gylde the direction of the colt just as though he were on his back. This involves bringing the colt very close to the saddle horse, and at the same time, it re quires the saddle horse to be perfectly trained, and the rider to be skillful. With these requisites at hand, it is likely that Mr. "Veech's plan is the best, especially after the colts understand just what is required of them, and after they begin to go very fast. It is certain that some colts will require more rigid control than others, and it is probable»that some will do better under Mr. Veech's method, from a very earily period In their education, but if they go straight forward and extend themselves on a loose halter, we wouW simply give them enough to do to appear to beat the saddle horse just a little, and we would put no restraints upon them, so long as they did their work right. When the gait of a colt to a loose halter is good and correct and he extends himself well, you need not expect to improve his gait nor extend his stride by putting more restraints upon his action. Many a colt has been ruined in his gait by too much restraint and too much art.—Wallace's Monthly. races for mares, races for wood's Magazine. colts.—Black- Early Matutity and the Teeth. The National Live Stock Journal A young breeder asks whether animals that are said to mature early show this maturity in the teeth as well as in a precocious growth of the body at that age, oi1 whether they still require the ordinary time to perfect the teeth. In cases of real early maturity, the teeth are as far advanced as other indications of ripeness. Dr. Martin, of Kentucky, an intelligent breeder, made careful observations upon this point in his own herd, as well as among those of his neighbors, many years ago, and found that the best Short-horns had perfect teeth, or a full mouth, at three years old, while native cattle in the same region did not show the same maturity of teeth till five years old. There were many objections to Dr. Martin's conclusions, and some doubts expressed as to the accuracy of his observations at the time, but they have been fully corroborated by many observers since. Several years ago, the London Agricultural Gazette had a series of illustrations of the teeth of certain cattle, with the actual age stated, and remarked: -'The peima- nentdentition is often completed in bulls of the most advanced type at three jears of age, instead of five or six years, according to the old standard." This effect o* oarly maturity applies to all our domestic animals used as food. Some Englishbutch- ers have declared that their most particular customers preferred the meat of those earliest matured. This also reverses the strongly expressed opinion that the highest quality of beef requires four years to mature.- It is not probable that many animals, reared expressly for meat, will be kept beyond 31 months, a few years bence. This department la edited by Db. Jokh N. Navin, Veterinary Surgeon, author of Navin * Explanatory Stock Doctor. * Rules! to be observed by thoae expecting correct an •wen: 1. State the rate of pulse.t 2. The breathing. 3. The standing attitude. 4. Appearance of_halr. 5. If cough, and isecrettona bom (nose, whether glands between the Jaws canjbe felt, and hew near he bone. 6. If breathing is rapid, accompanied by rattle or rushing sound, no time must be lost In blistering throat, and using tincture ot aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drops on tOHgue alternately every two hours, for time Is too short tor an answer. Parties requiring answers by mall must Inclose tl for advice, otherwise reply will appear In next Issue. your horse; drove scratches into grease heel. Our veterinary advises you to take gum myrrh, gum camphor, and spirits of turpentine, of each ono ounce, in a quinine or other wide-necked bottle. Mix, pour in one .ounce of sulphuric acid very slowly, not more than half a teaspoonful at a time; keep well stirred with a strip of cut glass, Iron, or anything except wood; mix with one pint of lard. Apply to the sores; next day wash with castilo soap^ mind you use no soft soap, or any but cas- tile; when fully dry, apply again, and so continue. The above is for one leg and heel. The chances are you may have a chronic swelled leg; if so, let us know. Foundered. Please answer through the columns of your paper the following queries, also your opinion of the case referred to, as well as advice or general instruction for treatment, etc., which will be much appreciated: Having a valuable imported stallion three jears old, September, 1881, which was taken sick on arrival from what was termed by a competent veterinary surgeon, "lung lever" and '•inll.mma.ion in f> et," which caused tho horse to walk very lame or stiff in front feet for several weeks, bearing the greater part of his weight on hind feet, and moving his front feet by extending them forward in a pushing posture or attempting to bear the weight more on the rear or back part of his front feet. He w*s kept in fair condition through the winter, shoes leing removed, was not allowed to run out or got much exercise. The hoofs of front feet are sligutly concave ou top, which has now grown down t» about tho middle of the tcet, that part being tho uppor edgo of tho hoot just emerging lrom the hair when hhipped hero. During shipment he stood his whole weight on feet, and shoes ou. Hoofs are clean and sound, but somewhat brittle. . j. jj. Your horso is foundered, and if not attended to may become worthloss. You may expect either pumiced feet, or at the best contraction, and if contraction, rheumatism of the muscles of his heart, called by quacks some ,such name as stom, or stcmn; it would bo useless to advise you how to treat him at this late date. You must*employ a skillful veterinary surgeon. As far as his other trouble is concerned, paint twice daily with tincture of iodine. I hope subscribers will cease asking concerning the generative organs of stock, except by private letter, for our veterinary refuses to explain through the Farmer. A halp-blood Holstein heifer belonging to J. H. Henderson, Washington, Pa., has under unfavorable circumstances, been I making an average of one pound of butter per day. Eastern. Horse Racing. A Biloch has an intense love for horses and horse-racing, or rather mares and mare-racing; for these outer barbarians kill all their colts, partly because from the scarcity of fodder at certain seasons, rearing them would be expensive, but chiefly because the horse is almost valueless among them. One man can hold twenty mares, but not two horses. Mares neither fight nor neigh; horses do both. Mares aro gentle, easy to manage, gregarious; horses are rough, troublesome, unsociable. So argues the Biloch; and in his hills, where every man is still a predatory animal, living largely by sheep-stealing, making long, forced marclies—often 50 or 60 miles in one night, and swooping down on the sleeping prey in the early dawn—he is right. For such work horses ate not suited. No Biloch is a "man" until he possesses a mare. Until that climax to Ills ambition is. realized he is a coolie, a cutter of grass, a herder of sheep, a mere cipher, a clod, a thing of no account in the body politic of his clan. Government, seeing the wiry endurance of the Biloch mare, has for some years been wisely liberal in its endeavors to encourage horse- breeding, especially that of colts, in the district. With this view a large number of first-class Arab andT. B. E. horses have been introduced into Derah Ghazi Khan, and an annual horse-fair is held, at which large money prizes are given for young stock, particularly for colts and geldings. Thus, in spite of his prejudices, the Bl loch is, by that all-powerful destroyer of inherited customs, self-interest, slowly but surely learning that it is worth his while to rear his colts. Another me_ns, and almost more effectual, has been followed for years by successive district officers, and that is by having at tho annual What will make my mule Bhed her hair? I have given her boiled flax seed, and I have been feeding her your condition powders for about two weeks. She eats well, "but does not let go cf ber hair." W.J. Your mule has some constitutional disease whfch nobody can tell except by seeing it. Blister Him. I have a colt that got either kicked or snagged on the left hind leg, on the stifle joint, about two months ago; it makes a running sore large enough to put one's finger in. There is a knot about the size of a hen egg. Let me know through the Farmer what to do for him. J. L. H. If no fever exists, blister severely for several days. See blister in Farmer. Faint With Iodine. Please inform me through your valuable paper what will cure my neighbor's colt. It is swollen in the stifle joint and is very lame. It has been in that condition ever since two days old. I have a colt in the same condition. G. W. F. Paint daily with tincture of iodine; blister is too severe for so young a colt. See and be certain that the stifle is the part affected. Use the Blister. One of iny neighbors has a fine young mare that was all right until lately, when she began coughing and running at the nose; her cougo. has about left Tier now and her nostrils dry and distended. She gets her breath hard and long, with violent heaving of the abdomen; is just as bad when standing still as when at work. J. S. E. Place your ear to her trachea, and if you hear a rattling sound or a hollow grating noise, blister her throat severely; if no such sound is heard, look out for glanders now or by fall. Continue the blister applications three times daily until well blistered. See blister in Farmer. Scratches. 1 have a young horse hat had the scratches several weeks ago. I doctored his feet, trying nearly everything I could think of. I cured his right foot sound and well; the left foot appeared to be getting well, but the swelling did not entirely leave the leg. There were throe cracks just above the pastern joint, behind. Tbey healed up a week or ten days ago; day before yesterday his leg swelled from pastern to his heck joint, aud there were great blisters raised upon those old cracks, »nd to-d»y thick yellow water is oozing out of the leg on front part of the hock joint, and also out of the pastern joint. W. T. C. You well nigh, if not entirely ruined Farmers Fifty Tears Ago. Fifty years ago the farmers depended almost wholly upon the products of the farm for the supply of their tables, and largely for their clothing. A writer in the Boston Journal thus sketches the raising of the law material for garments and the process of manufacturing them at the farm-house: Every farmer kept a fleck of sheep, and wool constituted a largo proportion of the clothing of the family. It was carded, spun and woven at home, and made into garments for both sexes. The best clothes for the men and boys were made of what was called "fulled cloth." This was mado at home, of the finest material, and taken to the mills known as "fulling mills," whore it was put through a process of thickening, dyeing and finishing. The women used to wear gowns of cloth which was called "pressed woolen." This was simply home-made flannel, taken to tho mills above named, and pressed, so as to present a glossy surface. . Every farmer had a small patch of flax. This was pulled and spread out in rows on the ground, "rotted," and then "broken" and "swingled," and was thus prepared for the combing, carding and tho "littlo wheel," as the machine was called on which the fl*x was spun, to distinguish it from the" larger machines for spinning wool. It was woven into cloth for table covers, towelling, sheeting and shirting. The "tow," which was the coarse portion combed out'on the "hetcnel," was spun into a coarse yarn, of which a cloth was made for summer suits for the men and boys. The tow shirt, so commonly worn, was, when new, an instrument of torture to the wearer, as it was full of prickling spines left from the woody part of the stalk. The tailor the old days, with his goose, traveling from house to house to make up the clothes for the men and boys—or to cut and fit them for the gossiping "tailor- ess" to complete—is not known to tho present generation. A fruit-grower at Griffin, Ga., has 60,- 000 peach trees in bearing condition, besides thousands of other kinds of fruit trees. The peaches are ripening faster than they can be sent to market, although 300 pickers and packers aro employed, an d hundreds of bushels are cast tfside a*, too ripe for shipmeu t. Indiana, by the census bulletin, is credited with 498,437 voters, of whom 10,7.9aro colored, the 487,698 whito voters beirg divided into 414,252 native born, and 73,4 W foreign bom. i %
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1882, v. 17, no. 28 (July 8) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1728 |
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A Weekly Journal of the Farm,Home and Garden
VOL. XVH;
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1882.
NO. 28.
FOR 8A1.E.
F
OS SALE—Pore Cyprian Queens. AddreraJTE
JOHNSON, laurel, Franklin conntj, ind.
FOB SALE—Italian hees and queens. Send for
prto-stu I. a LINDLY, Ellzabethto»n,Bartholomew connty, Ind.
FOR BJLK-My yearling Poutbdown buc*. given
as a premium to the Indiana Fanrer last year.
Price, .15. THEO. FINCH, Oif.ird, Ohio.
FOR 8ALE—Plymouth Rock eggs, {1 per 15; n per
35; express charges In Indiana paid on 35. BARCLAY MOON A SON. Jerome. Howard county. Ind.
FOR SALB—A flne farm of 139 acres in Hendricks
Co., Ind. For particulars addrfss ALEXANDER CLA RK, Center Valley, Hendricks Co., Ind.
MOW
FOR 8ALE-One of tbe finest iotof Poland China
sprfngplgsin thisstate over ltxtto sekctfrom.
Address J. CUNNINGHAM & CO.. Miami, Miami
connty, Ind.
FOR SALK—History of Poland China hog.together
with a treatise on < ause and cure of diseases, 30
Sages, valuable. AddressJ. H. M Nil,! II, Boi 221,
t. Clairsvllle, Ohio.
FOR SALE-Forty extra Poland China pigs at flO
perhead.if ordered wlthir. 30 days; aeofome
showanimslsat esu to |100 each. JA_». C. CLAY-
POOL, Rob Roy, Ind.
FOR SALE—Pedigreed Short Horn cattle and Poland China hogs, over 15 years a breeder. Please
state about wi at you want and address L. H. A1K
MAN, Box 21, Dana, Vermillion Co., Ind
FOR SALE—On the Ramsey Stock Farm, Shorthorn cattle, Cotswold sheep, Jersey Red and Poland China hogs at reasonable prices. Address NATHAN L. RAMSEY, Morning Sun, Preble Co., Ohio.
FOR SALE—Farm—62 acres, four miles northwest
of the city., Well improved. Will sell a part,
or all of it, very cheap. Apply to E. CHURCHILL,
on the premises. P. O. address, 417 Indiana avenue,
Indianapolis. Ind.
IiMJK BA LE—A beautiful Collie slot from Imported
1 stock, eighteen mi nths old. .plendid points,
black and tan color,'ktiows her buMLess, is a good
driver and very intellgent. Apply foT. I. M., 31
Kentucky Ave. Indianairttlis.
It UK SALE—Farms, Farms!—In Howard, Miami,
Tipton, Csbs and Clinton counties. Also No. 1
stock farms in White, Jasper and Pulaski counties.
This is the richest tarn ing country in Indiana. We
are glad to show lands to all seeking liomt-s or profitable investments. bTD_ KT & HOSS, Kokomo, Indiana.
F
OR SALE—GRASS FARMS.
24s acres, stock farm, excellent orchards and buildings, atout 2>_ miles south of Monrovia, Morgan
county. Price, {20 per acre.
240 acres lcut a trass land, good orchard and small
house, about _>_ milts foutbeast of Monrovia, Morgan county. Price, 110 per acre.
24 acres, 3 miles west of Greencastle, Putnam county. Price, «15 per acre.
]60awes,7miies west of Greencastle, house, about
half plowed. Price, }15 per acre.
163 acres, about 2 miles east ol Eminence, Morgan
Bounty, about half plowed, .remainder good timber.
Price fl8 per acre.
151 acres in southeast corner of Parke county, two
miles north of Lena; said to'be good co_l land, 60
acres cleared; small buildings. Price, ,10 per acre.
155 act es in Morgan c. unty, about 5 miles north of
Martinsville; hall plowed; comfortable buildings.
Price. J2.100.
1,548 acres prairie, in Newton county, 6 miles from
railroad; 5U) acres plowed; excellent buildings. Price
f_5 per acre.
2_0acie stock farm, good dwelling, about _J_ miles
southeast o( Eminence, Morgan county. Price, |17
per acre.
Th »e farms are in the best blue-grass region of Indiana, are well watered, have sufficient timber, and
eminently suited for sheep or cattle. They are In
healthy, well settled neigborhoods, convenient to
railroad, church, school and market and market fa
cilltles. They are worth much more than above
prices, but being taken on foreclosure by corporations desirous to close out this class of assets, are offered at cosl, on payments of one-fourth ca;h and remainder in ten annual payments-to run at 6 per cent.
Interest, payable half yearly. These are the lowest
prices. No other property will be taken In exchange.
ERA NCI8 SMITH 4 CO, Indianapolis, Ind.
Ml SiCKL.l.AN J.OlJr*.
SUNT ON TRIAL.—Our Cattle Pump waters all
kinds of stock perfectly wit. out attenti. n, hand,
or wind. Simple, durable, and cheap. Equals any
windmill. S-end forcircular. Agents wanted. E. B.
TAYLOR & Co., Indianai oils, Ind.
VETERINARY INFIRMARY-Dr. Navin, V. 8.,
has secured as partner, Dr. M. J. Treacy, Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.Lon-
don, England, and Fellow of the Royal Veterinary
Medical Society, Edinburg, Scotland, a surgeon of
ten years professional experience. Hospital and
office, 31 Kentucky avenue. Telephone connection.
Horses, cattle an' dogs scientifically treated. Residence: 76 North Mississippi street.
%x\yz M>iotli.
G. B. Bothwell had twenty rams
sheared publicly at Bre<5ken ridge, Mo.
The heaviest fleece weighed 26% lbs.; the
twenty averaged 21 lbs. 5 oz., one. 20 lb.
fleece cleansed 47 lbs. 3K oz. Scoured at
the woolen factory of Clapp & S_.ns, Jacksonville, 111.
;■ Mr. W. H. Morris, room 2C Baldwin
Block, this city, has been elected secretary
of the Central Poland China Record Association in place of Mr. A. K. Saunders,
whose sad death by drowning was noticed
in a recent issue. Mr. Morris will also
continue the publication of the Swine
Breeders' Gazette.
A. W. Ross, Muncie, Ind., has recently
sold Ross Black Bess 1024, to J. W. Williams of Briant, Jay county, Ind., for $100.
She won 5 sweepstakes and 6 first premiums last year. She raised 8 tine pigs
this year. Mr. Williams will have tho best',
as he intendB to stand in front with the
best of breeders.
The law of Kew York provides that the
owner or possessor of any dog that shall
kill or wound any sheep or. lamb, shall be
liable for the value of such sheep or lamb
to the owner thereof, without proving notice to the owner or possessor of such dog,
or knowledge by him that his dog was
mischievous or disposed to kill sheep.
It will be noticed in the Farmer of this
week that Messrs. S. R. Quick & Son propose to inaugurate stock sales at the stock
yards in this city. This is an excellent
movement, and one that should lead to
permanence and success from year to year.
This great railway center affords the best
facilities for the enterprise, and the firm
undertaking the work is in every way
worthy, and capable of carrying it out.
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The wool clip of 18S2, as estimated by
those who have given the matter careful
attention, will not fall below 300,000,000
pounds in the United States, and may
reach310,000,000to320,000,000pounds. -The
increase in the Western and Southwestern
States and Territories will be large, and
the Northwest will also show a fair gain
while the Middle and Eastern States promise an average clip. The past winter being
mild and generally favorable, the losses
of sheep by death have been smaller than
usual.
SHORT-HORN SALES.
The Great Summer Series In Kentucky.
Tbe mid-summer series cf Short-horn
sales In Kentucky was continued through-!
ont last week, closing on Saturday last.
These sales ■ were attended by the most
noted breeders of this country and Canada.
Kentuckyhasawelldeservedrepntationfor
fine stock, including Short-horns, and the
sales of her great breeders, as In this case,
always attract the most noted stock men
of the country. For the most part the
rivalry for fine stock was lively, and the
choicest animals and pedigrees sold at gocd
piices. We haven't space to give the sales
in detail, but present a summary of the
series. , , ■
A. J. ALEXANDER, J. M. VANMETER, ALEXANDER |
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