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VOL. XVII. INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 1882. NO. 41. %xm Mock Xa Reader: The average gestation oi the ewe is about five months. Foot-and-mouth disease is reported from 120 places in Staffordshire, England. . In some regards the live-stock exhibits aTthe State lair last week were the best ever seen in the State. J. Cunningham <fe Co., have lately sold one of their fine male Poland Chita pigs to C. Smith, Butler connty, Ohio. * It is said that Australia has more meat- producing animals, in proportion to its population, than any other country on the globe. _— . The fine stock of Wm. A. Macy, Lewis- ville, Ind.,has done unusally well this season, and never was in better condition than now.' Swine-fever has become epidemic in England, and like all other live stock diseases which appear on that island, is spreading rapidly. » ■ , * Tennessee has not enough hogs by one-third to utilize its splendid corn crop this year. The grain can easily be used, though, by feeders in other sections. Hog cholera is just now causing some trouble to the farmers of Clarion county, Pa. The disease, however, is not preva- leDt.in ether sections as in other years. . J. G. Byaes & Son, Slmpsonvllle, Ky., had a splendid exhibit of South-down sheep at the State fair. So much were these sheep admired, that they sold thirty head on the ground. pathology and cure are too voluminous for a newspaper article; if the book is not in your neighborhood send for a copy to the Farmer Co. ' • Goiter. What will I do for my horse; two months sgo he ran a nail in his right hind foot, which caused goiter. I treated him for that anl he is about well, but his left hock joint is enlarged from standing on it; I used arnica and cold water to put down inflammation, and have used other liniments since, tut don't do any good; I used iodine about one week; it looks about the same. - T. R. W. Blister first one side of limb, once daily for eight or ten days, then grease with lard, and if necessary blister the other side. See liquid blister in Farmer. Rub in well with the hand. an honest,' straight-forward one, as intended from the'first. The average price of the whole lot sold as advertised, includ1 ing the calves, was about $85 per head. The Fort Worth Journal claims that Short-horn* cattle, after becoming acpli- mated in Texas, will yield more beef to the age than any other cattle which can be obtained in that region. American buyers are picking up bull calves cf the polled breeds in Scotland about as fast as they can be secured. This country is acquiringa choice lot of young breeding stcek of this kind. t The cattle sale of Messrs. J. W. McCoun & Son will take place at the farm near Danville, Ind., on the 11th inst., Wednes- , day. Free transportation will be furnished from Danville to place of sale. ' W. T. Woodford & Son, Paris Ky., exhibited a number of superb Cotswolds at the State fair, showing their skill as thoroughly experienced sheep breeders. Quite an array of red ribbons dangled upon their stock. LIVE BTOCK IN GREAT BRITAIN. The latest- returns show the following cattle, sheep and hogs in Great Britain for 1882 compared with the two previous years: Years. Cattle. 1880 5.912,046 1881 6,911,642 1882. 5,S07,5M Sheep and lambs. Hogs. 26,61-,%0 2,000,842 M.5S1,053 2,048.090 24,318,778 2,510,374 IOWA SWINE BREEDERS. At the recent meeting of the Iowa Swine Breeders' Association held at "Vinton, that State, the following resolutions were J. H. Williams, Bryant, Jay county, Ind., has just received from C.W.Jones, Richland, Michigan, the fine yearling Poland Chinia sow Abbie, by Tom Corwin 2d, out of Bess Stebbins, bred by Henry Stebbins, Oxford, Ohio. E. & J. M. Clever, Bloomingsburg, Ohio, have lately sold for $75 to J. Cunningham >k Co., Miami, Ind.J'one of their finest male Poland China pigs. This pig has taken ten sweepstake prizes recently, which speaks well for those enterprising breeders. Whereas, There is a growiug and increased interest in the development of swine and swine products, and Whereas, The wealth of our State, past and future, is largely due to this important factor; therefore be it resolved 1st. That we, the Swine Breeders of the State of Iowa, in meeting assem bled, do hereby constitute ourselves au organization for the purpose of mutual aid and tbe encouragement of our common interest. 2d. That we at once proceed to perfect said organization by the election of a president and secretary, who shall bold their offlce for one year and till their successors are elected. - 3d. That we do hereby petition the State Agricultural Society at their January meeting to incorporate in the directory, oneorx-iore of the recognized Swine Breeders' of the State.and to re-instate the sweepstakes premiums in each class of swine. To make herd premium consist of one boar and four sows over one year old, etc. To reduce the same to $25 and make com- petion in each class. To make provision for the protection of ourselves and feed while attending the State fair,and against any stock not eligible to record. Mr. S. L. Fletcher, Lewisville, Ind., has bought of J. A. Deem, Knightstown, Ind., a Poland ■ China pig which is six months old and weighs 225 lbs. This pig took first premium at the late fair held in Knightstown. These who have seen this pig pronounce it one of the best ever seen in the shsw ring. On our first page this week will be found the cut of a superb Poland China prize-winner belonging to the well-known firm of swine breeders, Duffield <fe Shellen- berger, Somerville, Butler county, Ohio. We bad the pleasure of meeting our old friend Mr. Duffield at bur State fair last week. Messrs. A. S. Gilmour & Co., Greens- burs, were remarkably successful at the State fair, not only in taking premiums, but in selling stock. They sold so many that had not enough left to make a show at the St. Louis fair, where they had intended to go. They have taken 101 premiums this fall including nine sweepstakes and five herd premiums. One of their best priz» winning males we understand is for sale. . The combination sale of Short-horns at .the stock yards here last week was fairly attended, but the prices realized were not up tb expectations. Some of the stock offered were not ia the best condition for sale by any means, and this, perhaps, together with the fact that many seemed to have the impression that there was to be by-bidding, had the effect to make the sale ' unsatisfactory. The sale throughout was British Live-Stock and Agricultural Notes. ' Editors Indiana Farmer: The Contagious Diseases (animals) Act recently received its due measure of approbation in the evidence lately given before the Royal Agricultural Commission, the witnesses examined upon the subject having given the strongest testimony to the benefits which the act has conferred upon English agriculturists. One objection however has been suggested in reference to it, viz: that the act did not go sufficiently far, and it has likewise been alleged that its provisions in many cases were not adequa_ely enforced by local authorities. Several witnesses expressed tbe opinion tbat the trade with England from infected countries should be converted into a dead-meat trade, and according to the evidence of one witness, such measures would be but very slightly injurious, if at all to the consumers of meat, because the dead meat forms so large a proportion of the total supply. While the value of live cattle imported Into England has only increased 83 per cent, the value of dead meat imported has increased to the extent of 271 per cent, In all other respects the act has met with general approbation. The fear of disease had done away with breeding to a very large extent in England, and the effect of the act above alluded to, is again to encourage it, but such effect has been to a certain extent checked by the constant fear of the re-introduction of disease from abroad. A perusal of the conclusions and recommendations of tbe commissioners on the subject will show that due weight was given to the representations of the witnesses referred to. Wherever local authorities have carried out its provisions with strictness, it haB been generally successful in checking the spread of the disease. The general effect of the disease is shown by tbe diminished number of outbreaks, and of anitaals attacked with foot and mouth disease during the last eighteen months, compared with former periods when the disease prevailed. Pleuro-pneumonia is steadily and ra- "pidly declining throughout the country. These diseases, which are both of foreign origin, are brought into the foreign animals, wharves from time to time. .Although every precaution ia taken, there can be no doubt that foot-and-mouth disease, has been introduced into England from abroad by such means. This has led to the demand for the exclusion of live stock from infected countries, which has been urged by so many of the witnesses. The evidence as to the discouragement which was given to the breeding of cattle and sheep In Great Britain, and the diminution in the supply of meat which arose from extensive disease appears conclusive. Lookiug to the great importance of the home supply of meat as compared with the supply of live animals from abroad, and to the facility with which dead meat can be imported in the place of animals that are alive, the commissioners recommended that the landing of foreign live animals should not be permitted in future from any countries as to which the Privy Council are not satisfied that they are perfectly free from contagious disease. Evidence was also given before the com- mission'upon the subject of the appointment of a minister of agriculture, it being urged that the importance of the agricultural interest was such as to justify the constitution of a special government department for its supervision and assistance. The magnitude of the interest is illustrated by a number of statistics from the Board of Trade's agricultural returns for the yeara 1874, 1&80 and 1881, from which it appears that the total acreage of corn crops in Great Britain was, in 1874, 9,431,490; in 1880, 8,875,702; and in 1881, 8,847,876. The total acreage of permanent pasture, in grass not under rotation, (excluding heath in mountain lands) was, In 1874,13,178,012; in 1880, 14,426,959; and in 1881,14,643,397. Suggestions for technical teaching of the science of agriculture have met with the approval of the commissioners, who say that, while they are not prepared to suggest the manner in which this instruction should be supplied, they are aware that the matter is well worthy of consideration. Compared with some countries, the facilities, for obtaining technical education in Great Britain are very limited, though several county schools have been established for the education of farmers' sons. The advantages of snch an institution as Cirencester College are practically limited to those who, intending to adept the career of estate agents, to farm or to emigrate are able to afford an expense beyond the reach of the ordinaryfarmer. . Some impulse has been given to scientific agricultural education by the scholarships and bursaries founded by the Royal Agricultural Society of England, and the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. In addition to these the Science and Art department holds out considerable inducement by conditions under which It offers half the cost of county scholarships. ■ ■ •'. A. This una)*fl£aent Is edited by tin. JoHir N. Navdh, Veterinary Surgeon, author ot Sarin's Explanatory Stock Doctor. Rules to be observe^ by thoee expecting correct an *wers: • * 1. state tha rate of pulse. 2. ThetnreaU-lnx. S. The standizc attitude. 4. Appearance of hair. ' 5. II ttomcb, and secret-ona from now, whether Hands betweenics Jawscash* fell,ana bow near the Don*. 6. If hreatlita j ti rapid, accompanied by rattle or rushlnc'tonnd, so time must be lost In bUsterlnf throat," 'VdMinirtiectJua at admit* root and tincture otTwliadonna B drop* on tongs* alternately very tr-photua, tor that 1* too short for an answer. Parti's requiring answers by mall mnst inclose V for advice, otherwise reply will appear In next issue. Foot Bot. What ails my sheep? They are lame in one foot; some fever in one foot, and running sore between hoof on one side; looks some like proud flesh. T. B. They have a disease called foot rot. Rub tne biflex canal duct between the hoof In front of foot with spirits of turpentine; use the finger. Postal Card Correspondence. INDIANA. Rush co.—Corn is maturing well. No frost yet. Wheat sowing is in a forward state. Real estate is on the boom. Choice farms near Rushville readily command $100 per acre. L. Posey Co., Sept. 21—Plowing for wheat has been delayed to some extent on account of dry weather, but there is a gentle rain falling to-day, and has been for the past twenty-four hours, which will put the ground in fine order for plowing. Clover hulling ■will soon be the order of the day, and a large crop is anticipated. Hogs are very scarce, therefore command a good price. Beef cattle are alao very scarce, and command a fair price. The Posey County fair ended last Friday, and was largely attended. Your correspondent was there the last day, and witnessed the killing of one boy, who was riding a horse in the novelty race, in which ten horses were running. O. W. H. KENTUCKY* Jefferson co.—Corn will make a good crop here, and is out of danger of frost. Wheat is about all sown—the usual average. There Is a decided advance in land in this county in the past year. A. CD. 111.INOIS. Richland co.—The usual average acreage of wheat is sown in this section of Illinois. The com crop is a good one, but we shall not have stock hogs enough to eat it. D. W.G. Sore Jaw. I have a cow with running sore on under jaw. ■ Can I do anything to cure it? J. A. B. Take arsenic acid, wet your finger, dip in the arsenic, and place it on the sore; repeat once daily until the parts keep white, then desist until a piece falls out; repeat if necessary; do not be alarmed ai the consequent swelling. ■ '•"''"- Contracted Feet. Can you tell me what alls my mare, and what to do for her? She has been lame for twelve months; the frogs of , her feet seem to be rotten; if you can tell me anything to do for her I will be obliged to you. E. R. Yonr mare's feet are contracted, or you keep her too filthy, or she has thrush; whatever the cause may be, have her feet spread. ' . Lame Horse. . I have a horse that is lame in left hind leg, in knee joint; I dou't kniw what caused it; supposed it was a strain and treated it accordingly; first J used vinegar and »alt and his leg continued to swell. ] AI. C. Ii. . Blister the parts severely for several days. See blister In previous Farmer; blister only one side of leg at a time, from bottom to top of swelling. ;' Indolent Sore. ' I have a colt which last spring took a disease called pink-eye; it was running out and caught cold in^ its head; swelled badly, one jaw broke and ran matter; the swelling all left, but there is a small spot on the under jaw about the center that does not heal; keeps running a little. What must I do to get it toheal? J.Y. If the colt is sound, except an indolent sore j blister all round the sore once daily for eight or ten days, then grease; if the condition is affected It may be farcy. OHIO. Champaign co.—Corn has so greatly improved as to make the general impression that we shall have about an average crop. Wheat is mostly sown, with usual acreage. E. E. R. PE_.NSY_-VA_.I_1. Perry co.—Farmers bnsy seeding; wet weather has considerably delayed them. Corn not all cut yet. Large crop of potatoes raised this year, and are turning out well. Mothers will know what to cook for the boys this winter. Clover caught well tbat was sown last spring. On oats ground young clover grew nicely. Many farmers have preferred this method, making sod plowing for wheat. Health not very good at present; malaria is prevalent along the rivers and low places. Apple- butter boilings in order now and apple- dumpllrgs plenty. C. L. S. dent Intention of smothering the flames, but had inhaled them to such an extent that she was dead when found by her husband some hours later. The bed clothing was on fire, but was soon extinguished. Chattanooga Mas shipped peaches, strawberries, blackberries, grspes, kmatoes, and beans to the amount of $63,048 65 this season. St. Louis Is building two new grain elevators, which increases the number to tblrttei), vith a total capacily of 12,500,000 bushels. The statistics of the Signal Service office show that the past mouth has been the dryest September known in this region for e'.even years. The taxable value of the railroads in- Illinois, i't which there are 7,539 miles, is $56,727,530, as deteimined by the State Board of Equalization. Near Elkhart, a barn belonging to J. Weldy was burned, containing about 800 bushels of outs and 300 bushels of wheat. Los.", $2,500; no insurance. Martin Thayer, of Ossian, attempted to collect his rent of George W. King, a saloon keeper, when a quarrel ensued, and King shot him tbrcugh the bowels. The Eighty-eighth regiment Indiana Volunteers will hold their first reunion at Auburn, Wednesday, October 10, at which It Is hoped all the members will be present. The receipts frcm the sale of admission ti ckets to the State fair amounted to $22,- 865 60, and lrcm other sources probably $5,000 mc re. The expenses are about $12,- 000. A patent has been issued from the Texas land ■ ffice to Richard King, the cattle man, conveying to him a title to 136 square leagues, or over half a million acres of land. On Saturday morning Miss Vorie, a daughter of Samuel Jones, residing in tbe western portion of Randolph county, was thrown from a horse she was riding and almost instantly killed. A great dairy exhibit ten will be held in Milwaukee in December, from the 4th to the 9th inclu. ive. There will be fourteen classifications in butter, the sweepstakes premium in class A being $250. William Mclver emptied the contents of a shotgun into the breast cf Stmuel Lane, a neighbor, in a diunke n row five miles east; oi Li.dc ga, Sunday night. It is thought Lane will die. Mclver is at large. The wool clipof Oregon forl882amounts to 10,1)00,000 pounds, 2,000,000 pounds in excess of that of last year. The quality is, however, inferior to that of last year, being heavy and lacking brightness. The national convention of the Anti- Horse Thief Association met at Palmyra, Mo., last week. They represent over two hundred lodges. No one who has stolen a hoise frcm a member of the association has ever escaped. Albert Polsner, a brick-layer of Ply- month, while nnder the influence of liquor, was killed on the 30th by a freight ou the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago. He leaves no family. He was to have been married this week. <&mzxt& UjextfSe During the last six months 3,085 horses have been used for food in Berlin. i Black Leg, Ettf. Please inform me what is the matter with my cattle? I have lost five head of full-blood sucking calves, with some new disease, (new to me at least),< within the last three weeks. They take with a chill, are very sick, live from 12 to 24 hours; seem to lose the use of the hind legs first, ears droop; there is a collection of air between the flesh and skin; after skinning the muscular parts have the appearance of beaten and bruised flesh. They have all the symptoms of pneumonia with the exception of the cough. J. T. D. It is no new disease at all; the disease is called black leg, quarter evil, black quarter, etc. For a remedy, see Navin's Stock •Doctor, page48, cattle department; the disease is easier prevented than cured. Ita X he drouth is affecting Iowa pastures. A new fire company has been organized in Greenfield. Robert Bonner has paid $382,000 for fast horses since 1859. The North Carolina tobacco crop promises to be exceptionally good. A fanner at Valdcsti, Ga., has made two crops of corn on one piece of land. The Chippewa lands, 10,000,000 acres .in nort hern Dakota, have been opened for settlement. Tbe total amount contributed annually for the support of religion in the United States is $47,635,695. The potato crop in Switzerland is a total failure. The demand for American potatoes is expected, to be brisk. A new furniture manufacturing company has been organized at Rushville, and will commence work at an early date. The English sparrows are multiplying very fast all over Kentucky,* and in some localities are complained of as a nuisance. Three thousand depositors in Connecticut savings banks have not made Inquiries about their moneys for twenty years past. Mrs. Minnie Ruoff, of New Albany, was burned to death by the explosion of a coal oil lamp. She was alone, and was just closing up the house preparatory to visiting a neighbor's when the accident occurred. She leaped upon a bed, with the evi- Ihe steamer Robert JE. Lee, while on her trip to "Vicksburg, from New Orleans, on Saturday morning, took fire, about thirty miles below Vicksburg, and was entirely destroyed, with her cargo, books, etc. A large number of lives lost. More than 15,000,000 acres will have been transferred from public to private ownership during the year 1882, the largest sale ever known. Probably more new farms will be opened in the next five years and more virgin acies broken up thanever before in a like period. James J. Hardin, who recently shot and killed Wm. Kelly while robblnghlsmelon patch at night, had a preliminary examination before a justice of the peace, at Nashville, Brown county, and was adjudged guilty of murder in the first degree, and sent to jail without bail. The one hundred and first birthday of Hon. James Parks was celebrated at El- lettBville, last week. There were present a large number of relatives and friends of the centenarian. Mr. Parks was born in Wilkes county, North . Carolina, 1781, removed to the Territory of Indiana in 1815, and settled in Lawrence, oounty, but shortly afterward located in Monroe couuty, where he now resides. He purchased the land and laid out the public square of Bloomington, and had built thereon the ccurt house and jail. He served as a representative in the Indiana legislature, having been elected to that body in lfc:j2. He has lived on hispie_ent farm sixty-two yeajs. He has eleven children, fifty-six grand-childien, eighty great-grand-cbil- dren and five great-great-grand-childreu. Mr. Parks has been a member of the liapt- tist church since 1£07. -ur*H
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Title | Indiana farmer, 1882, v. 17, no. 41 (Oct. 7) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA1741 |
Date of Original | 1882 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
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agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
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Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Call Number of Original | 630.5 In2 |
Location of Original | Hicks Repository |
Coverage | Indiana |
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Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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VOL. XVII.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, OCT. 7, 1882.
NO. 41.
%xm
Mock
Xa
Reader: The average gestation oi the
ewe is about five months.
Foot-and-mouth disease is reported
from 120 places in Staffordshire, England.
.
In some regards the live-stock exhibits
aTthe State lair last week were the best
ever seen in the State.
J. Cunningham |
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