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A Weekly Journal or the Farm, Ho me and Garden
vdij. xvii.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 23, 1882 —TEN PAGES.
NO. 39.
fjitrje jiiojcli.
The State fair next week will have the
largest and .best exhibit of all classes of
live-stock ever seen at our annual fair.
ThETexas Wool'Grower expresses the
opinion tbat a ram shearing 35 pound in
Vermont would probably shrink to 25 lbs.
iu Texas in three years.
J. G. Btabs & Sou, Simpsonville, Ky.,
will be at the State fair next wonk with
some very fine Southdown and-Cotswold
sheep, which  will be  offered for sale on
the ground.       ;     .     ■  _,
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Mr. Wm. Hopgson, of Myrtle, Canada,
will be at our State fair next week with a
large lot of fine sheep, and will bring with
him the fine Cotswold premium awarded
our agent this year.
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The introduction of. English mutton
sbeep into this country has marked a new
era in sheep husbandry, and has given our
people a view of. it from an altogether different standpoint.
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"The first indication of the appearance of
Texas fever in cattle is said to be the presence of ticks on the stock. They ate hard
to remove, and are regarded aa. sure precursors of the disease. v  s\
There are the following totals, offull-
blooded cattle in the province of Ontario,
Canada ;18,119Short-horns, 3,437 Ayrshires,
1,440 Devons, 1,117 Galloways, 834 Herefords and 290 Aberdeens—or 20,287 head in
all. :-"
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We call attention to the fall series of
Kentucky Short-hom" ssles in our adver-
"' t-Eiji£f-troiumii_t.._t_ai9'welilt."". This October
series are those of Mepsrs. MegiMfcn,
Handy, Burgess, and Barton. They-e^ro-
prise some of the very best families, and
will attract those desirous of first-class
breeding animals.
David Davis, United States Senator
from Illinois, has a 900 acre sheep farm in
Macon county. It is rolling prairie land,
has never been broken up, but the wild
grass has disappeared, and it is now covered with blue grass, making a grand pasture. His flock of 2,000 sheep is made up
of representatives of many of the best
breeds, grades and natives.
The combination sale of Short-horn cattle takes ^place at the Union Stockyards
this city next Tuesday, 26th inst. The attendance will be large from all quarters.
The splendid breeding stock to be offered
should all be retained in this State, for
they are needed here.k The following families are represented in the several' lots to
be sold: Phyllis, Young Mary, White
Rose, Jubilee, Clarksville, Ruby, Strawberry, Bride, Kitty Payne, Beaiity, Agatha,
Lady Canfield, Adelaide, Mrs. Mott, and
Violante.
Cut Fodder.
Prof Sanborn of the N. W, College Farm
on his experiments with cut fodder and
grain, has the following to say.
There has been much talk in favor of
mixing grain with cut fodder. A class of
thinking iarmers and others have advocated the view that grain when fedalonegoes
directly to. the third stomach while if fol-
. lowed by drinking it is Crashed out and on
to the intestines. It is theoretically advocated that if mixed wit_£hay it necessarily
goes to the first stomach, where it undergoes a more thorough digestion and is prevented from impaction in the stomach by
division by the hay. Cut corn fodder and
cut hay were both tried, the meal with the
fodder moistened by cold water. The
cows with whom the trial was made in a
period of"l7 days would eat the cut ration
no better with meal mixed than when
whole and alone. The fodder was cut as
short as practicable to do it by hand-cutter, and at much more cost than is rprofit-
able. They gave no more milk. When
the rations were reversed no better results
were secured. As not all of the cut corn
fodder was eaten therefore all the grain
■was not eaten. This gives rise to the question whether the result would not have
been in product if not in profit better had
it all been eaten. In other words was not
the feod eaten more effe3tive. This matter I had intended to work up. As many
eut their fodder and assert what is doubtless true that they get their fodder better
eaten, they will be inclined to question
the intelligence of the trial. I only know
that the fodder was finely cut as any one
\s ever likely to do it by hand power and
thoroughly mixed with same grain as cows
having uncut fodder. My explanation of
it is that in the rations made up here the
corn fodder uncut is very much better
eaten up than feeders ordinarily get it,
and that the sharp edges of the cut fodder
were unpleasant to the mouth.
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RUSSIAN HORSES.
Tlieir   Wonderful   Speed
, Endurance.
and
Resume of the London Field.
Some interesting information as to the
origin and progress of horse-breeding in
Russia is given by ChevalierSUviinabook
which has reoently bean published. In
the thirteenth century the Mongolian
invasion led to a wholesale destruction
of horses, and for the next two hundred
years the process of reconstruction was
very slow. But by the end of the fifteenth century, the equine forces of the
couutry hadbeen much recruited, aud Ivan
II. established the first haras, the existence of which is known near Moscow. By
his orders the great landed proprietors
were compelled to have a breeding stud on
their property, and his successor, Ivanlll.,
pursued and extended the same policy. The
victory obtained by Russiiover the Khan of
the Crimea was the means of adding 60,000
very choice horses to the imperial studs,
and, during the reign of Peter the Great,
horses were so plentiful that he allowed
them to be exported. At that time the
price ranged from twelve to thirty-eight
shillings per head, but the tradedone wasa
very good one, as at the end of the seventeenth ceatury the annual yield of the tax
of three per cent, on their value was close
upon £2,000. The Empress Anne did
much ts encourage horse breeding, for in
183$ about 850 stallions aud 7,000 mares
were added to the Government stud,'van<
five-years laterthetotalnumbtrof>trt' i >rv-
belonging to the SUte was 4,11 *. j At J_r
end of tne eighteeuih-.nddtthe n>, _,ii)
of the nineteeth centuries, aw u»*'i - .u M.
Salvi, horse-breeding reirhij «►. -"fiiM"
in Russia j but, thoa?i»th« %£-£+• '«.'i o -
burred "CeTween l^o fdKa"T_lo " **Tt Jus../
reduoed the equine p >pulatiou of Russia
as of other countries, the loss was s ion
made good, thanks to the energy of the
Emperor Alexander I., who, in the five
years between 1819 and 1824, purchased
851. stallions, including 742 of Eastern
blood, and thirty-one thoroughbreds, and
178 mares, twenty-seven of which were
throughbreds. For the first time English
blood was introduced into Russia with the
hope of increasing the size of certain breeds
which hadbeen degenerating for some
years. Altogether, the Emperor Alexander
and his successor spent about £100,000 a
year on the haras until 1843, when further
changes were made by the Czar Nicholas,
who placed all the haras uncUrthe oontrol
of a Director-General, and a committee
similar to that which exists in France. The
general outcome of all this was that by
the middle of the present century, Russia
contaiued nine hundred haras, public and
private, as compared to only a hundred in
the previous century.
M. Paul Salvi estimates the total number
of horses'in Russia at twenty millions, and
the variety of breeds is very great, ranging
from the thoroughbred and the Orloff trotter to the half-wild horses of the steppes.
The great majority of them are of Eastern
origin, and are forthe most part descended
from the horses which the Tartars brought
to Moscow. The victories over the Turks
also resulted in the acquisition of some
good Arab3; and there was a very active
trade with Persia and India in horses dur-
ingthe seventeenth century. From all thesa
sources the various provincas of Russia
were well supplied with horses, the
Eastern provinces more especially. In
these latter, according to M. Salvi, there
are four distinct breeds—the Khirghiz, the
Kalmuck, the Mongolian or Siberian, and
the Baschir. "These four breeds," he
goes on to say, "belonging as they do to
nomad tribes, have, as a matter of course,
to endure the same privations, the same
extremities of heat and cold as their
owners; they are insufficiently fed, and are
constantly in danger of being attacked by
wild beasts." They are, as might be expected in the circumstatces, small, but very
hardy and sure-footed; and the foreign
animals which have been imported into
the districts have rapidly become acclimatized. The speed and endurance ofthe
Khirghiz horses more especially Ms very
great; so mnch so.that M. Silvi almost apologizes for quoting the following report of
some tests taken in 1866: "Thirty-two
horses g»llnppd twelve miles at the average
rat» "1 a inile in 2 min. 48 sec.; and in the
Autumn < f the yeer tnirty otherhoraesdid
tne same distance at the rate of a mile in 2
min 43 sec." M*ny wealthy proprietors
own t«n thousand of these horses, and a
few have as many as twenty thousand.
The average c jst of a Khirghiz horse on the
steppes is between eighteen and twenty-
seyen shillings; but at the market of Petro-
pauloff they are worth about fifty per cent,
more.
The Mongolian, or Siberian breed of
horses, is larger and bigger-boned, and
their endurance is at least as great as that
of the Khirghiz, for they otten have to
make lbug journeys, with heavy loads upon
their backs, through the frozen snow, when
the glass is below zero, and when they
have nothing to eat, except  the rqpss and
TkePrnnock Read Ma chine, Manufactured by S. Pennook «__; Sons Co., Kennett Square, Pa..
and Fort Wayne, Ind.    *l
gr»ss thoy can find under the show. The
Siberian breeders are very fond of racing
their horses, but over distances of from
pight to fourteen miU>s at a stretch. The
Kalmuck horse ha* preserved his Asiatic
type, and, though small and rather plain
abnut the head, he can go as fast as the
Khirgh'z, according to the time-test which
the Russians are guided by. The Bisehir1
horse is used for posting purposes, and,
though of the swie origin as the Kbirghiz,
he has become larger and heavier.
M. Salvi devotes, of course, a c">nsiejer.-
able space to a description of the hnrpos
from tbe Don and their Cossack riders,
and much of what he lyes to say is full of
interest. Not above 15 hand,,'ligh, these
horses, standing sttonsj/in tbe' "r legs, and
end iwed with asmuch .pfedasendtiraann,
will carry their rider and his accoutrements,
eight miles at the rate ot a mile in 2 min.
35 sec, "and he can swim a rj er as he c-m
jump a gate. M. Salv>>Vys that the 8th
Regiment of the Don' Cossack* ■ had to
cross the river Dneis.er ib ' Anirn.-t. of 18715,
at a point where it is h. -»H\
and liy.hitching a span of horses to either
eid of it, it can be taken right along without taking out the hogs, as they can be
shut up in the floored end until tho pen is
wh»re it is wanted; then open the slide
door and they rtre all right again  at their
n^w location."'
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ii, junted on tlieir oh r_rfs, took part in a
steeplechase nearly ten miles in lqngth,the
four leaders maintaining an average speed
of a mile in 4 min. 29 sec. Much of the
excellence of the Don horses is due to the
liberality of the Cossack Hetmans Platoff
Slovarsky, who, it may be rememl-ered,
has run some horses in England lately,
and Martlaofl, who impirted, at their own
expense, thirty-fourstallions and 500 mares
of the choicest Arab blood.
There is no special breed of horses in
the Ukraine; but so many different kinds
ha ve bee a importe ci and j ud iciou sly crossed
that this province furnishes excellent cavalry horses; but the Karabagh horses,
though living in a semi-wild state, have
preserved to a remarkable degree the characteristics of the Arab horse in olden times.
They are said to be descended from one of
the mares which belonged to Mahomet;
but, putting that story on one side, it is
well known that after the Persian Conquest, in the ninth century, an Emir
brought into this province—the population of which is still almost entirely Mahometan—3 number of choice Arab mares.
The smallest of landowners in the province has from five-and-twenty to fifty
mares and one good stallion; while there
are two large haras owned by Christians.
The Circassian hor.-e3, bred in the mountainous regions of the Caucasus, are mostly
the result of a crossbetween Arab stallions
and Asiatic mares; and of the many varieties of the breed, the best known is the
Kabarda, these animals being regarded by
their owners with the same affection which
the Arab has for his horse, and being
treated as one of the family.
* xheRoad Question.
'"Goo.V'ro.ds r.ie of ioestimable value to a
eouritry.?-The ..prosperity of the nation
primarily dc/__mds upon having good
tcrops; but crops once raised are of small
value until, marketed. Not only must
gravel roads be built where practicable,
Tmt also the ordinary dirt roads should be
improved as,rapidly and as thoroughly as
possible.      A
. We this week present to our readers a
cut of the l)ennock Road M chine, which
is highly recomended by its more than 700
users.    -     '    .
,It.is botj^a Grader and a Leveler, and is
cWimed  tcymake  an   ideal road  at one-
ftvurth   thd-^cost   by  ordinary  methods.
I hey areOustd as well upon gravel as earth
'ti I r >ads;and!ihe manufacturers   send them
1 *' upcf V.Tial,:'OviT farmer friends aud espec-
i«dy Hirfhjvajr" superintendents  will  do
t \\   il to see this machine which  will be in
r I opuiation during the State Fair.
I    JlcssrsS. J. Hadley tfcSons are the agents
■e-*  th'' '* rii.orltt ffor   udiannpclis ancl.vicinity,
^■wcra       aiming]     Tor further ..particulars address S. Peru
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Written for th« Indiana Farmer,
To Mike a Good Hog Pen.
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Take two pieces of good durable timber,
four by eight inches, each fourteen feet
long; dress one end of each in form of a
slei runner—or both ends may be made
in this shape—, then lay them parallel
e^ght feet apart, with the four inch edge
ontheeround; now take four scantling
and halve or tenn on in cross-wise one
pi^ce at each end, and one foot from the
ends of the runners, and place the others
so as t^ support a floor in one-half of the
pen. _Level these strips so they will set
abnut two inches below the level of upper
side ot the runners, and then lay a floor of
good oak lumber, one inch thick,overone-
half of the pen; leaving the other half a
dirt floor; or Bay make the floor, of lumber, so it will be six bv eight feet in dimensions. Then mortise in three by four
inch scantling at ea°h oorner and midway for posts on which to nail inch lumber for the enclosing. Let these p'-.sts be
flashed with the outside line of the runners; then nail the inch boirds on the inside, "allowing them to extend up some
four feet on one side and about five on the
other so as to give suitable slope for*
roof. The roof need not extend over only
the floored part so as to make a shade in a
hot time, and as a protection from snows,
sleet, etc., in the winter season, A partition may be made across on the line even
with the floored part, with a slide door so
as to shut the hogs in or out of either section,
and the pen is complete-
This makes one of the best, and most
convenient hog or pig pens that can be got
up, and is adapted to the wants of everyone who keeps a few hogs and wants to
make the most of them. If hogs are
wanted t6 fatten surely and quickly,
they must be confined to closa clean
quarters, and that is the design of this
pen. It can be moved easilv from one place to
another, and thus .be entirely free iri>xn accumulations'of filth, and if it is wanted to
be moved some distance,  it  is  portable,
Inflammation.
I have a cow that has swollen legs, swollen above
the knee on tlie back of tbe legs; seems to be mattering; she l.x.ks bad out of hereyta.ana Is falling off in
flesh; failinar in her milk. I. McC.
Of course some inflammation exists; taketincture
of arnica and saturate the parts frequently, say every
hour; as soon as the feverisdown.if swelling remains,
Wister.
Lame Hoe*
Would you be kind enough to tell me through your
valuable paper, the ailment of one of my hogs, it first
was lame 111 O-ie hind leg, in a day or two ooth hind
legs became weak so that it has no use of them; its
fore legs is losing strength the same way; won't eat;
breathes natural; no luflammation or swelling; has
been on clover and fed a little corn. J. a„A.
Give it two or three drachms of carbonate of ammonia, three times dally, and two grains of arsenic
acid, twice daily.
Thrash or Poor Teeth.
I have an old cow that loses her cud, or drops her
food out of her mouth. Can she be cured? Is very
poor. J. J. 8.
I guess she has thrush, or diseased teeth; look at
her molar teeth; if diseased, extract those affected.
If trush, take burned alum, three ounces; salt, one
hasdful; meal, one handful; make a swab of a thin
board, inch wide, cover with muslin, dip in water,
roll in mixture and swab the cheek, tongue, Ups.etc.,
twice dally.
Lame Horse.
Please tell me what to do for my mare? She has
been lame in hind leg for about three months; in tbe
last ten days the flesh has begun to shrink from the
po ntof her hip down towards her stifle joint; in the
morning ttie cannot fetch her legstraight forward,
throws it round; nothing wrong any other way.
R. F.
Take oil of spike, oil of organum. acfua ammonia,
spirits of turpentine and olive oil, of each .two ounces;
rub in hard, one-fourth every alternate day with the
hand, then grease with lard; give two weeks rest.
1 Gniled.
Please tell me what to do for my mare? Tbe skin
is worn off the points of her shoulders; she does not
fliuch in pulling; the skin-seems to oe thicker there
than at oUier places, or it is calloused; I think it was
caused by a collar too large for her. S. O. Jb\
CYou saf the skin is off the points of her shoulders;
then you say the skin is thickened by a large collar;
if the skin is thickened, paint with tincture of iodine,
once or twice daily, and put no pressure on them.
Texas built 1,460 miles of railroed and raised f97,-
380,468 worth of produce this year.
The soldiers' reunh n at Orleans was a great success, over 7,000 persons being pr- sent.
The Shelby county fair netted $9*0, the gate receipts exceeding those of last year |500.
Gov. St. John denies that there is any such suffering among the colored refugees in Kansas as reported
The Departm. nt of Agriculture ..stiniatesthewheat
crop at 529,000,000bushels, inducing both wiuter and
spring varieties.
The saloons of Jake _fvru_.li and Jesse Stiles, of Paragon were blown up with dynamite one night last week
and totally wrecked.
The re-union of the'fortieth Indiana and the tenth
battery at Lebanon, last week was largely attended
and highly successful.
Sam Hazel, of Anna, Ills., has been sent to the penitentiary for ninety-nine years for the brutal murder
of his Ave year-old son.
A party of Chicago capitalists are arranging to ship
refrigerator beef from Texas to New York. They
have a capital of (6,000,000.
The stock farm of the -late H. P. McGrath, near
Lexington, Ky., containing 417 acres, was sold Thursday to Milt Young for $4691250.
The State temperance association will hold a camp-
meeting at Conklln's grove, near Cambridge city,
Tuesday the 28th to Sunday, inclusive. .
A barn belonging to Elizabeth Williams, at Washington, Wayne county, was burned to the ground by
an incendiary.   Loss, f6C0; no insurance.
A boy named Hobert Holmes was killed near Plymouth, while stealing a ride on a train with four
companions.   Two trains collided in a fog.
The State convention of the Young Men's Christian
Association will meet in Wabash, October 23d," _Mth
and 25tq.   A large attendance is expected.
A traction engine set fire to a wheat stack belonging to Henry Johnson, near Washington. One hundred and fifty bushels of wheat were destroyed. Total
loss.
The production of salt in Michigan during August
was 341,895 b arrels. During the year to date the production was 2,091,905 barrels, against 1,976,562 barrels
laat year.
About 4C0.000 young cattle, the hacdling of which
requires 2,0tX) men, and the selling value of which is
over $5,000,000, have been driven north from Texas
this year.
The Covington Enterprise tells of a preacher whose
silver watch was melted upon his person by lightning, aijd'who preached a powerful Hardshell Baptist sermon the next day.
John TTstick was instantlykllJed by a tree falling
on him which he was chopping down In   the woods
, south'of Areola, Allen county.   He vPas thirty-three
years of age and unmarried. \
Of the 71.9,003 Immigrants landed in this country for
.■tlxG.vefr'j/nfyng\\\-' "^ V.*-»'*q.>„. j- *% "'e^V^t^e
port of !_Ncw' Yorkl^j. -        ,*«_«^,-„. ^
the commissioners mlmm*g-_aUon*&y;^->^-ft-sr^*«r
William- Wiley, a young soiS of Bishop."Wiley, Just
out of college, met a horrible death at Cincinnati on
the 16th. A coal oil lamp exploded, enveloping him
in flames. He was burned to acrispalmostinstantly.
The reports of the Illinois State Board of Agriculture show that the oat crop for 1882 will be 99,275,000
bushels, being 24,0C0,0O0 bushels larger than the crop
of IS75. Heretofore the heaviest acreage was 2,461000
and the average yield about 40 bushels per acre. The
quality is generally good.
Key. Mr. Goss, a Baptist preacher, wfcofs well
known in Harrison county, where he has frequently
held meetings, was assassinated in Kentucky last
week, by unknown parties, who fired a double-barrelled shot gun loaded with slugs, killing him instantly
While ^William Myers, was threshing on his farm,
near Napfeleon, his barn took fire from the steamer
and was entirely destroyed, together with 500 bushels
of wheat^dOO bushels of oats and a large nnmber of
farming implements. The engine and separator were
burned.   Loss (3,000; no insurance.
A large barn, 100 by 1.0 feet, belonging to Allen
Helms, five miles north of Veedersburg, Fountain
ounty, was burned last week. The barn contained a
large amount of wheat, corn, oats, potatoes, etc., a
wagon,   buggy  and  agricultural   implements,   the
whole of which was lost. The loss Is notleee than
M,ooo.
when young,
lei< for
j No Care.
What-fhould I do for a colt which
jumped» gate and tore the skin up on one
arjoui aa inch, perhaps, and the skin grew up there.
It did n<h come back where it belonged.   It makes a
lump there.   Wiu it do any good to blister ?
; H.L.M.
Ho.silr. You are at the end. If you had returned
the detached skin to its place, It would have been all
right. If you want the enlargement off, cut it off.
Blistering will not do any good.
THE FAIRS
Poisoned IIim.
I notice in late issue of Farmer, 26th inst., in veterinary department, Dr. JNavin prescribes for sick hogs.
From description o_ diseite I suppose it was what is
called "kidney w».rms;"if so I should like to know
ft. Once in a while we have a pig or nog affected that
way. I have cured several pigs in the last four years,
from three to five months old, by giving them powdered arsenic mixed in t .eir slop. But hogs that
were older than the above age have always died for
me. About one month ago I had ■» Po.and China
barrow, weighing about 2ou pounds, lose the use of his
hind legs. 1 put nimin a pen by himself, a. d, thing-
Ing perhaps 1 did not dose the larger hogs enough,
jgave him very stro ig doses of arsenic in his feed. In
about two day.-* he was up on his feet and better; but
the next morning I went out found him dead. Now,
can a hog be fed so much arsenic that it will kill him?
If It will kill them, I certainly killed that one.
C. H.
Too much of anything is good for nothing. You
poisoned your hogs. Use poisons moderately hereafter.
(General %txxxs.
Jeffersonville is to have water works.
American railroads were extended 1,274 miles during August,
The fall trade is beginning to boom'in the great
commercial centers.
South Bend has been made a free delivery office by
the ponofilce department.
E. 5f. Ivins. of St. Joseph county, raised 8,000 bushels of potratoea on forty acres.
Spain is the only grain producing country which
gives unfavorable crop reports. . -
The State Fair.
The busy notes of preparation are already to be
heard In the Exposition Bnildfng and on the fair
grounds. The west side of the grounds is entirely
changed from its foimer appearance. The old pig
pens that have occupied the position for years have
given place to a long row of neat, new stalls for cattle with three or four convenient little offices, for the
use of exhibitors interspersed. The old poultry house
will be occupied by sheep pens, and the poultry display will be made In the old agricultural product
hall. The poultrymen will have a fine chance for
Bhowi ng and selling their birds. There will be abundance of rocm and ample accommodations In all re-
Bpects, not only for chickens, but ducks, turkeys,
geese, etc. They should all be present to compare
notes, make trades and arrange for the great poultry
show In January. Several rows of new pig and sheep
pens are being made for the large display of stock in
these classes expected.
The f Aj-sa product display, including frnlt and flow,
ers will occupy the south part of the west end of tbe
Exposition Building, which will make a grand exhibition of itself.
Tbe crowd will be very large especially on the
cheap excursion days and the street cars and express
wagons will be taxed lo their utmost to convey the
people to and from the fair grounds. Extra cars will
be obtained and the Street CtrCimpany will do all
In their power to facilitate the transfer of passengers.
The Indiana Horticultural Society is fitting up, In
elegant taste, an offlce Immediately to the left of the
main entrance, and adjoining the Floral and Fruit
Department, in the Exposition Bnildlng, for an office
during the State fair, where an officer of the society
may be found In constant attendence, and where
stated meetings will be held for the purpose of deciding upon the identity of varieties of fruits, etc.; also,
where a supply of the society's reports will be kept
for all who desire to become members.
The Indiana Fakmek offlce will be in the same
lncl osure. It is the same place, by the way, that we
occ upied last year.
Montgomery Connty.
Of Montgomery county fair one of onr correspondent
writes:
"Our fair was a grand success. The attendance and
display will undoubtedly surpass anything in the
State aside from State fair."
The report of another correspondent of the Vigo
county fair is not quite so favorable. The writer
says:   .
"It waa a disgrace to Vigo county. It was not worth
two straws as; an exhibition and the amusements
were cheap and poor. The attendance was good for
two days, but it was partly through adroit scheming
on the part of th e managers and many are disgusted
with it."
We trust the enterprising farmers of this fine
county will see that a betterexhibiiion ismadenext
year.
Ito«h Connty.
Hush county, proverbial for holding laige and Interesting tabs, has eutd.ie heiself this year. The
grounds are large, well shaded with native forest
trees and admirably heated within a convenient distance of Ruehvtlle, with arailrcad on onoside and a
gravel pike on the other. Thesurfaceof the ground
is well adapted to fair purposes. A gently sloping
hill, facing both the horse and cattle show-r'.ngs,
forms a natural amphitheater, and, being well seated,
gives accommodation io all who want to see the
animals. The entire absence of drinking or gambling
opportunities Is a characteristic of the Rush ccunty
fairs, aud consequently they are patronized by the
better class or citizens; and though the attendance on
Thursday and Friday, 14 h and 15th insts., amounted
to from 10,000 to 12,000 each day.'yet we did not see an
intoxicated man, nor hear an angry, nor a profane
word on the grounds.
The display ot stock, for a county fair, was very
creditable. The class of "fast horses" and horses for
fight harness was well represented, but we did not
attempt to enumerate it. (_'. Bates, of layettecounty,
exhibited twenty-six Noiman horses of vailous agea
and colors. It. S. Miles, of Rush county, showed a
Clydesdale brood mare and four cf her colls of different ages.
Cattle—E. S. Frazee,» of Bush "county, ;had on exhibition his splendid herd ot eighteen Short-Horns,
and W. D. Cooper, of Henry county, showed a Short-
Horn herd of the same number. T. A. Cotton, of
Shelby county, exhibited a very fine Shori-llorn
bull, and D. E.Beaver, of Fayette county, a herd of
eight Shqrt-norns. It. W. lilch, ot Rush county,
showed the only herd of Jersey cattle which we
found. There were some fine samples of this class in
Mr. Rich's herd, though the Short-Horns lead at this
fair.
Sheep—B. W. Privett, of IDecaturcounty,exhibited
a flock of twenty-three Cotswolds and Merinoes, all
flne specimens of their kind. T. M. Ocheltree, of
Fayette county, showed a flock of grade Cotswolds
and T. W. Sunman, of Ripley County, displayed
twenty-six Cotswolds and Oxfords, and J. Harkness,
of Hush county, seven of the same class. S. W.
nunter, of Johnson county, exhibited eight goutb-
downs and Uriah Trivett, of Decatur, eleven fine
samples of the same class and < ight Shrorehire sheep
that will weigh 200 pouuds each.
Hogs-L. I'owtll, of Shelby county, had a fine herd
of Bert shires, and A. 8. Gilmore, of Decatur ccunty.
showed Berkshire and Poland China hogs of
monstrous proportions. E. E. Elliott, of Henry
county, and J. Cnlbertaou, of Rush ccunly, each
showed flne herds of Poland China stock.. ... "' •
I Poultry—the display here «ni "tootedions to mention." We counted thirty-one red ribbons on raw.pe.
.Furniture, women's work and field crops were all
well represented, but the display of form implements
and machinery exceeded anything we have ever
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strels, who attracted and'
ally; and afound this center were arranged portable'
engines, sep arators, harvesters, rakes, plows, cultivators, barrows, seed-drills, crnvplautf rs, and all the
other modern devices to economize human labor.
Taken altogether, the Rush county fair for 1882 waa
a triumphant success, and reflects great credit on its
managers. '
IiBwrente Tow nal |p, Marlon Connty.
This is for the present the fair of the Marion County Agricultural and Horticultural Soclely, as well as
that of the Lawrence District Agricultural society,
as the first named society appropriates a certain sum
towards paying the premiums.
I The attendance and display was a great Improvement over last year. The managers have made earnest
and successful efforts to give their patrons a fair worthy of their patronage. The entries were nearly
tbree times as numerous as last year, and the crowds
at least twice as great.
The vegetable display has seldom been excelled at
any county fair we have attended, and was superior
In some respects to that of some of our state fairs.
Potatoes were most numerously represented. They
were of all varieties and of the finest and largest.
In Floral Hall the ladles had prepared a very flne
exhibition, which was greatly enjoyed by all visitors.
On the fruit tables were several collections of apples,
pears, grapes etc. Among the latter were those of
Sylvester Johnson, of Irvington, and Mr. IJnkswei-
ler, of Dayton, O., thirty-two varieties In all. Those
of Mr. Unksweller, thirteen, were all new varieties.
There were other exhibitors, but these were the principal. Mr. Flick, of I-awrence, made a fine show of
apples. An entry in this department specially worthy of mention, was in the form of a miniature log
cabin made of fifty-three different kinds of native
weeds.' It was the work of Miss Minta Bell, of Law-
rence.
There were fifteen pens of hogs and twelve of sheep,
and representatives of two herds of JerseyB, and a
few Short-horns, and a number of flne horses.'
We congratulate the managers of the fair on their
fine exhibition, and only regret that the fair that receives the assistance of tbe Marion County A. and II.
Society can not be located at a mere central point In
t he county, so as to be accessible from all points.
It would In that case become one of tile largest exhibitions of the kind in the State.
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Flo?d Township, I'utnnm Connty.
It isteldom we have enjoyed a day at a fair more
than the one we (pent at thlsone. Itwas Wednesday,
the 13th, the second of the three days to which the exhibition was limited. The day was pleasant, roads
good and the crowd for a local affair was large, and
all were bent on havinga good time. The attractions
consisted ofthe pleasant grove in which the fair was
given, a flne display of garden anil fs rm products,
stock, etc., an address hy the w-riter and opportunity
for social intercourse and the renewal of friendship,
which such a gathering affords. We name ourad-
dress as one of the attractions beet use It was so published by the managers, not that It seemed sotoua
or to others. Before we were through we noticed a
gr owing uneasiness that reminded us that the dinner honrwasat hand when the chief attraction was
the well-filled lunch-baskets. The good wives had
made generous provision and many tasketfuls of
fragments might have been gathered upalterall were
bountifully supplied.
T he display of vegetables and field crops was large
and praiseworthy in a high degree. Potatoes of Ihe
finest quality were shown by a score or more of ex
hibitors.
Mr. Lisby of Coatsvllle displayed the largest and finest collection of apples we bave.een tblsyear. including forty varieties. We urged him tobihg Ll_ collection to the State fair. Two other ejiilwtora had
e aeh a flne collection of apples and oilier fruit.
The ladies made a fair exhibition of their handiwork, but for some unexplained reason the public
was debarred from entering the hall and Inspecting
the articles.
The display of horses and mulm wi>*'iultr e-redit
able, and tbe same may be said of sheep and swine.
Cattle were in the minority.
All Ihirgs e( j.sldere d tl:e fairvas onit. a surf*wi
and well w.r!),y of bt>lt,gct.ntlnnin, though tttmv
more equitable method of nltlng it"- money for premiums mty lave 10 teadopllil. At pHTint they are
paid by ceeesf merits tt\t t, tie Kit., s h.'lrt. t*. norn
trance fee being charged.