VOL. XVII.
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, SATURDAY, NOV. 11, 1882.
NO. 46.
FOR HAL.14.
OR SALE—Farm  of   71   acres oue mile  from
__ Bloomington, Ind.   J.F.BLAIR.
InOR SALE—Cluster White pigs at .10 each.   Ad-
?    dress P. D. 8HRADER. Jerome, Ind.
OR SALE—Farm, BO acres near Martinsville, Ind.
Address J. M. ST. JOHN, Franklin, Ind.
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OR SALE—Canada bucks, two years old, extra
good.   Address A. S. REEL, Vincennes, Ind.
FOR SALE—White Angora rabbits.  |2 50 per pair,
vers-flne.   CHARLIE BARKER, Thorntown,
Indiana.
FOR SALE—FARMS—Of every variety of description and prioe.  STUART * HOSS, Kokomo,
Indiana.
FOR SALE—A   few Cotswolds—One shear rams.
Prices very low.   J. H. SWALES, Logan, Dearborn county, Ind.
ITIOR SALE—Eignt Merino rams, one and two year
1    olds. .10 each, if  taken  soon.   URIAH PRIV-
ETT, Greensburg, Ind.
FOR SALE—Pure female Scotch shepherd pups of
highest  breeding.    Sire,  imported  "Jumbo."
Trice, |6, write.   Addiess A. HADLKY, Clftyton.Ind.
FOK SALE— Full blood Plymouth Rockand Brown
Leghorn cockerels (very best strains) at 75c and
tl each.   Address IRA. N. DELINK, Plymouth, Ind
FOR SALE—A few very flue Ch-ster White pigs,
either sex.   Also Plymouth  Rock cocks.   Address A. W. BEWSEY, Collax, Clinton county, Ind.
F
OB SALE—One of the finest lot of  Poland China
spring pies In the State I over 100 to select Irom.
j.  ou-n;  "
Address
eounty, Ind,
S'NINGHAM & CO., Miami, Miami
FOR SALE—The registered Jersey bull, "Hands
S*?lplo," from herd of G. R, Bykeman, of Pa. A
rare opportunity to get a pure ^Alphea" bull cheap.
A. J. KTAIIL, iaporte, Ind.
FOK SAlaE—A Campbell Ditcher with improved
capstan, new rope and one pair of oxen, for sale
or trade. Cuts ditch 2 feet deep ond 5 feet wide. W.
S. LINGLE, Lafayette, Ind.
FOR SALE—Pedigreed Short Horn cattle and Poland China hogs, over 15 years a breeder. Please
tate about what you want and address I>. H. AXK
MAN, Box 21, Dana, Vermillion Co., Ind
FOR SALE—A few choice Shepherd pups, Scotch
Collie crossed with English  Shepnerd.   Price,
gearhf male and female, if ordered eoon.   GEOBOE
UCKLEW, Wolf Creek, Marshall couDty. Ind.
FOR SALE—40 extra Poland Chinas, full pedigreed
—Fine yearling hog, proven an extra breeder.
Pew aged sows soon to farrow. Five Cotswold bucks,
one a yearling, all from imported ewes and bucks.
WM. A. MACY, Lew.svmat Ind.
FOR SALE—A fine lot of Poland China pigs; sired
by Star of the West, Prince 2d and other boars;
ancestors all recorded. Also, Plymouth Rock cock-
erells. Prices reasonable. BARCLAY MOON &
SON, Jerome. Howard county, Inc.
FOR SALE—Two registered bulls, grandsons of Le
Brocq's Prize. Dam of one has Alphea blood,
with grand escutcheon; the other from imported
prize-winning cow; will sell cheap, if sold soon. J.
JL TaTMAN, Connersville, Ind.
FOR SALE—Partridge. Buff and Black Cochins,
White Leghorns and Plymouth Rocks.   AJsol
" pair of Pekin ducks, 1 pair Brown Leghorns,  and 4
gairs of Games  and Game  Bantams from Premium
irds.   L. L. DAUGHERTY, Wabash, Ind.
FOR SALE—Light Brahmas, pure "Duke of York'
strain; 100  selected fowls and chicks, also trios
and 1 pair Plymouth Rock chicks, 1 trio Buff Cochins
■ and 1  pair Pekin ducks.   Prices  low.   Satisfaction
guaranteed. Write D. F. niOHLEY, Mier, Ind. eow
FOR SALE—Farms, Farms!—In Howard, Miami,
Tipton, Cass and Clinton counties. Also No. 1
stock farms in White, Jasper and Pulaski counties.
This is tire richest farming country In Indiana. We
are glad to show lands to all seeking homes or profitable investments, STUART & HOSS, Kokomo, Indiana.
FOR SALE—A choice lot of Poland China pigs of
either sex, decended from a hfrdof the very
best strains that have been producedandmostlysired
by the Justly celebrated hog, Star of the West" No.
535, Vol. 1, C. P. C. Record, all eligible for either record.
Address T. M REVEAL, Clermont, Indiana, Marion
county.
FOR SALE—Farm of 210 acres .Tich land, in Monroe county, Ind., 6 miles of Bloomington. Z}£ JE1-
liottsville and railroad: 150acres plow land, balance
timber; frame house of 7rooms; barn and other
buildings; plenty of lasting water, and fruit; church
and school near; 75 acres sown in wheat, Price, $33,^
per acre,   C. M. HOUSTON, Bloomington, Ind.
FOR SALE—A choice lot of Poland China pigs, of
either &ex, from the most popular families, all
elliglble to record, being sired by '"Star of the West,"
•'Tom Corwin, 2d," "Give or Take" and other good
breeders. 'T'airs furnished not related. Sows bred
and safe In pig before shipment, if desired.- Address
W. O. REVEAL, Clermont, Marlon county, Ind.
%mt m^tk*
A malioant outbreak of hog cholera is
reported from tho neighborhood of Iowa
City.
The Fat Stock Show opens at the exposition building, Chicago, next Thursday,
the 16th inst.
R. D. Craft, Kingsbury, Ind., has
bought a fine Poland China of Williams
Bros., Bryant, Ind., sired by U. S. 1105.
English papers say that the American
cattle arriving over there are far below
the standard in oondition,and show alack
of corn in their ripening.
The St. Louis Beef Canning   Company
has increased its capital stock  from $400,-
000 to ?!K)0,003, with the intention of shipping, dressed beef to the Btst.
 .	
The Fourth Annual Meeting of the
American Clydesdale Association will be
held at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago,
November 16,1882, at 7K o'clock p. m.
An international sheep show is to be
held at Hamburg, Germany, from the 3d
to the 11th of July, 1883, at which prizes
aggregating $375,000 are to be offered.
There are 88 classes, under 8 groups and
14 principal sub-divisions.
A good deal of grain and rough food ar9
wasted every winter because feeders are
careless in selecting places for feeding.
Where one does not wish to resort to the
use of troughs and racks, the selection of
high or at least dry ground is essential to
anything like economy in the use of food.
No man should feed in the mud.—The
Pittsburg Stockman.
The cost of the live stock imported into
United States in 1881 was $3,675,581. This
exceeded the sum paid out for this purpose
during the first fifty years of the present
century. It is believed that nearly $5,000,-
000 will be expended during this year for
same purpose. These figures show something of the increased enterprise in this
field of agriculture.
R. S. Russell, _ Zionsville, Ind., took
first premium over all white hogs at the
St. Louis fair and made many fine sales
on his Chesters, among others two fine
premium sow pigs three months old to
Mr. R. B. Vale, Bonaporte, Iowa, for $50.
apiece. Mr. Vale refused $100 apiece for
same pigs before removing them from the
fairgrounds. *
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OR Sale—a thoroughbred boar pig, farrowed
      April 3.1-"S_,  color  darfc, sire  Pluto, 853; dam,
Black Bess 20th, No. 1688, Central Kecord. This pig
is targe, well formed,styIish,and has no superior in the
the country. Will make a very large hog. Also a
one year old pure Durham bull. For price, address
WM. H. BUCHANAN, rooms 1 and 3 Thorpe Block,
Indianapolis, Ind.        * *
FOK SALE—A flue lot of Poland China pigs will
weigh from 60 to 200 lbs. Our breeders are all recorded in the Central P, C. It., we showed at two fairs
and took 15 ribbons. Prices reasonable and satisfaction guaranteed, reduced rates by express. Corre
spondence solicited and visitors welcome. PITZER
& GWINN, Kokomo, Ind.
FOR SALK—Farm of 200 acres iu Wabash county,
Illinois, near Friendsville. on public road, timber soil, water, orehard, buildings, fences, society,
schools, good; adapted to grain, grass and stock; 150
acres in cultivation. 50 timber, will sell the farm or
. 365 acres of it fer $25 per acre. For further information ca'l at farm, or address N. B. BROWN, Friendsville, Wabash county. 111.
IT^OK SALE—Garien farms at half price. 15 acres
} nnderdrafned, rich land; 1 rick house of 9 rooms;
i-unning wat_r; terms $S00 cash, fSOOin 3 years. 47
acres in two pieces, with vrchard on each; good barn
aud small house on one piece; terms, $1,500 down and
Sl,450on time. All within four miles of the city,
northwest. Inquire at first toll gate on the Lafayette
road. Apply at once. E. CHURCHILL, 417 Indiana
avenne, Indianapolis, Ind.
MISCEl.L,ANEOUh.
TO EXCHANGE-A few pairs of White Leghorns
fer Plymouth Rocks.  Chicks and eggs for sale
at all times.   L. J. KERN, Klizavtde.lud.
"TTT" ANTED—I have cash customerj for some goo_
VV     farms within 15 miles of this city.   Address
giving price and  description, D.  F.  SWAIN, real
' estate agent, 60 East Market street, Indianapolis, Ind.
SENT ON TRIAL.—Onr CatUe Pump waters aU
kinds of stock perfectly wit&out attention, hand,
. ar wind. Simple, durable, and cheap. Equals any
windmill. Send for circular. Agents wanted. E. B.
TAYLOR * CO.. Indlanapolla. Ind.
TTTANTED-We want an agent in every township
TT between this and tbe Holidays to take orders
for our splendid list of new bM>ks, Bibles_Albumsand
Cyclopedias. Price list, descriptive circulars andsam-
ple pages sent to any address. >'ree. on application
to J. M. OLCOTT, Indianapolis, Ind.
The Texas Live Stock Journal figures
it out that one hundred pounds per head
has been the - beef ration in the United
States for a number-of years, with an export of twenty pounds per head, making
an annual consumption of one hundred
and twenty pounds per head; that the
beef product of 1883 will be adequate for
furnishing only about fifty pounds of
beef per head, making a half supply,
and exorbitant prices next spring.
VETERINARY INFIRMARY—Dr.NaTln.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 ana dogs scientifically treated. Residence: 78 North Mississippi street.
During the last week in September 7,855
immigrants from Europe were landed at
New York. The number arrived during
ihe month of September was 32,843, as
against 36,378 during the corresponding
month last year. In the total number.of
immigrants arrived during the first nine
months of this year, however, the statistics
show a large increase over the arrivals for
the same months of last year, about 29,000.
Feeding Live Stock.
Mr. F. D. Curtis, of New York, who has
long experience with management of live
stock contributes seme good suggestions
on this subject to the Tribune, He "says:
In order to keep animals in good health
there must be a combination of fat forming, and at the same time of waste material to give the necessary distention and
action of the bowels. Bntire carbonaceous
food, liko cornmeal, will not answer the
purpose alone, although this is sufficient
to make rich blood, which will produce
fat and maintain all of the animal functions except those which must necessarily
be kept healthy by carrying off unassimil-
ated portions of food: These last, while
not so essential as the nutritious part of
tho food, must be provided, but as their
use is less important, there may be less
care in their selection. Almost anything
will do.to furnish the bulk to distend the
stomachs and bowels and give them the
required action, but where such coarse
fodder is given—wanting in nutrition—
the lack must be made up in the concentrated forms of food, such as cornmeal,
oilcake, cottonseed meal, etc: Foryoung
animals there should be a further combination by reducing the amount of the fat-
forming food, such as corn, linseed or
cottonseed meal, uniting with it flesh and
bono formors, such as oats and wheat
middlings.
For full grown animals these latter
foods are not necessary, as they only require' fat -to fill out muscles already
grown and to rouad out bodies already
formed. Young animals want food to
make muscle and bone as well as fat te
make heat and to renew the bodily wastes.
HORSES AJJD OXEN.
Two horses, one about twenty years,
were fed oat straw in the morning and at
buckwheat straw, which had been housed
and was quite bright and palatable. They
filled themselves with buckwbe it straw,
which made a change for them, and
strengthened the appetite for the oat straw.
It cost to keep oiie of these horses one
week, for the meal 81 cents, and 60 cents
for the straw: on hay alone it would cost
$2. The meal was worth in our market
$1 50 per hundred, and the oat straw, in
the barn, 40 cents per hundred pounds.
This is the most economical way I can
winter old horses and keep them in good
condition. The working team got eight
quarts of cornmeal per day and oat straw
three times a day. These horses all improved in condition after winter begun.
The oxen were fed oat straw twice a day
and fodder corn once. They did not lose
flesh. The older calves were the only animals fed hay; they got buckwheat bran,
about three pints each day, divided into
two feedings. The buckwheat bran contains a large amount of canaille, which
makes it excellent feed for them. They
were in fine condition.
FEEDING COWS.
The eows giving milk got all of the fodder corn they could eat up clean, and the
dry cows given fodder corn in the morning, straw or chaff at noon and fodder
corn at night. The milch cows got two
quarts of buckwheat bran and two quarts
of cornmeal each twice a day. The cows
were kept out of the oold and were only
in the yard long enough for all to drink.
They gave good messes of milk and nice
butter was made from it. All of the stock
had excess to a box of salt always standing under the shed. They took a lick
every day, and this helped to keep them
healthy. They will never eat too much,
and consequently do not have an excessive thirst,and injure themselves by drinking cold water beyond a natural desire.
Such, in brief, was the result in feeding
in which an effort was made to. eoonopaiaa
food and have everything converted into
manure. All of the refuse straw was used
to bed the horses, and this in turn was
wheeled into the barnyard and spread
around where it was picked over by the
cattle while in the yard, and the most of
it eaten up. The yard was consequently
clear of straw or cornstalks, and the manure consisted almost entirely of droppings, and was ready for immediate use.
THE YOUNGER CALVES
were fed skim-milk, hay and wheat middlings mixed with linseed meal in proportion of three to one. The beef cattle
were fed fodder corn, buckwheat bran
and cornmeal, mixed together, with roots.
Only about half the amount of meal was
fed lo fat cattle which was formerly given
to them, as experience and close observation have taught me that a less quantity
fully digested is better than more partly
voided without digestion. This buckwheat bran has so much canaille in it
that it is very fattening, and four quarts
of it and four quarts of cornmeal daily are
as much as a full-grown bullock can digest and assimilate, with a peck of roots
to each feeding. A bullock, or even a
cow, will eat more, but eating and digesting are two different functions, and one
does not necessarily follow the other.
Farmers aro apt to forget this and to keep
on stuffing animals when they want to
fatten them, without considering whether
it is doing any good, and when it does not
do good, it always does harm, as au overloaded stomaeh is sure always to become
disordered.
The horses used for driving were fed
oats and oat straw, with a feeding of carrots three times a week. They got six
quarts of oat3 a day when standing still,
and working times twice as much.
injured, the price of mutton sheep is made
lower by" poor sheep being forced upon
the market by such persons. Now let
him buy a cheap suit of knit underwear
and he will get stuck with some of the
same kind of stickers that get ia the wool
by careless feed, runuing to straw stacks,
etc. If we expect to do well with any kind
of stock we must take care of it.
Jay Co., Ind. F. M. W.
THE SILO.
Notes on Feeding Ensilage,
Straw Stacks for Sheep.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Some one asked: Will it injure the wool
for sheep to run to straw stacks during
winter.
We can see in every county flocks of
sheep running at large in a stalk
field and to a straw stack for .shelter. When the ground is covered with
sqow aud no grass to be had the
sheep will eat straw, and the chaff
will shatter down on the back and
neck of the sheep. The wool is spoiled,
tho beards and trash will stick to the wool,
and will not wash out. One can scarcely
pick them out«^ The beards will stick in
the skin and irritate it and cause the sheep
to rub and pull out wool. Hence a loss of
wool from one to two' pounds, and the
sheep will not thrive and do well with
such treatment. The wool-grower that lets
his sheep run to a straw stack complains
to the wool-buyer because he will not give
him full price for his wool. In fact he
gives much moro than it is really worth.
That olass of wool is almost worthless, especially if a few burs are found in it. It
injures the  Bale of  good wool.   He gets
discouraged and says  no money in sheep
I night, with two quarts  each of  cornmeal I and sells in disgust.
) Aj-l .a-,. A*      «„.„  +1.^      nAM      .;-..nn   I rpU«o  *\.r.    ^nain^c
Diphtheria is still raging at Anderson.   " twice a day.   At  noon they   were  given '    Thus the bnsiness  of  wool-growing Is
[From the Government Record of Practical Tests^
Otis Risbee, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
gives the following summary relative to
his silo and ensilage: The top of my silo
is even with a plateau, the bank descending fifty feet to the stable, and very1 steep.
The ensilage is taken out by a hoisting apparatus over to top of.the stone wall, and
carried in a car on a gently descending
grade into a small house, built on the roof
of the stable, where the bottom falls out
and the ensilage drops to the floor over
the stable. My silo is double, 7 and 8 leet
wide respectively, by 24 feet in length aud
15 feet in depth. The walls are of stone.
The outside walls dry, 30 inches thick at
the bottom and 20 at the top.
CONSTRUCTION OF SILO.
The division wall is 20 inches thick and
laid in cement. All walls are plastered
with cement. The walls were built by
masons, in accordance with their notions
of fitness, with the result of an extravagant cost. Above the silo walls is a curb
of matched boards 6 feet high, for settling
room. A roof covers the whole. Hemlock
plank were used on top the ensilage. The
weighting was done with stone 14 inches
thick, and earth banked at ends of plank.
The cost of my silo was between $700 and
$800. ;
PBElfARI>A>TO FILL; SILO. , \
The fodder ' corn was planted in drills
thirty inches apart, harrowed when small
and the ground afterwards stirred with
the cultivator. I cut the corn when the
blossom appeared on the tassel. I found
in the bottom of both silos a large quantity
of the juice, '.which I was obliged to bale
out, hence on this account I shall hereafter allow the crop to become better matured before cutting. Last year I planted
in drills four feet apart, and got about
fourteen tons per acre. This year I planted
much thicker. The maximum crop cannot be much greater than thirty tons per
acre. Several stalks of my last year's crop
weighed S}i pounds each, and the general
growth w?s quite uniform. .1 planted the
Southern horsetooth variety of corn. In
the preparation of the fodder for the silo
it is best to cut the stalks into short lengths;
mine were cut in lengths of three-eighths
inch. If any part of the feed is loft it ap-.|
pears to be long bits of stalks. In filling
the silo, the corn from the field is out on
the upper grade, and descends into the silo
until the top is reached, when the curb is
filled with a shovel. It is expedient, when
nearly full, to alternate, so as to give time
to settle. A ' covering of six inches will
control the surface heat. When packing,
I tread it all I can, but depend moro on
the natural settling. I drew my corn VA
miles; the cost of filling the silo per ton of
fodder put in was $2. At the end of thirty-
three days from the time of filling I opened
the silo and found the ensilage spoiled
two inches deep from the top. Exposure
to the air destroys the* surface slowly in
cold weather, but more rapidly in warm
temperature. ;
FEEDING ENSILAGE.
■ As late as June 30 I fed corn ensilage to
four cows, it being the only fodder given
except grain.' Cows that ate nothing but
ensilage thought April and May came oat
in the finest condition. The effect of ensilage on dairy products ' was not as good
as tender grass, but far better than hay.
For young cattle ensilage is good for
growth and thrift; for fattening cattle it
is excellent; some horses are benefited by
its feeding, while others are not. My experience indicates that cornmeal and wheat
bran, equal parts of weight, or something
equivalent, should supplement the ensilage. My cattle and one of my two horses
have sleek coats, look healthy about tbe
eyes, and bear the general appearance of
thrift. With'the second horse I have not
succeeded in feeding ensilage. As to tho
profitablonfess of ensilage, much must depend on circumstance. "Where the silo is
near the crop I cannot see how it can fail
to be profitable. Even with the disadvantage of having the crop raised at a distance,
I think I realize returns for all I expend,
and more. It seems to me that chemical
analysis reaches only a part of the whole
question. The vital forces concerned in
digestion are more important. A mere
boy sees the connection between flush,
tender pasturage, and full pails of milk.
Tell the boy that the tender grass is little
else than vapor, that such a large percent, is
such a small percent, is ash, thatthe parts
that go to make fat and muscle and butter, after the water is removed, are au insignificant amount, and he may stare and
wonder at your learning, but you will fail
to convince him that the dried grass is
better for milk than the fresh grass in the
pisture. I will add that a young child fed
on the milk of an ensilage-fed cow has no
irregularity of the bowels, is good natured
and grows finely.
J. C. WHITTEN, OP MASS.,
has two silos, 44  feet long, 22  feet  deep,
and 17 feet wide,  built into a bank, eighteen inch walls of flat  stones laid  in cement with drain under the bottom of wall,
the whole constructed in tho most workmanlike manner.   The ensilage is covered
with two-inch chestnut plank and weighted with stones convenient to handle weighing from 80 to 100 pounds apiece,   and aggregating not less than 200 pounds to the
square foot.   As to crops for ensilage, corn
proved the best and rye was  unsatisfactory.   Sweet  corn was planted in  rows
with planter SK feet apart, five kernels to
the   foot.   When   three   Inches  high   a
smoothing harrow was used and repeated
as long as it could be done without breaking the corn over, then  the common cultivator was used  as long as  practicable.
The fodder was cut when the ear was half
grown.   Sanford's or  Stowell's evergreen
was  used, sweet  corn  being  considered
better   than   any  field   variety.   About
twenty tons was produced to the acre. The
fodder was  cut up in lengths  of Ji-inch,
the cutting performed at the upper door
at  top of  silo.   Men  were  employed in
leveling and tramping the ensilage.   The
cost of filling the silo was f 1 per ton.   The
silo was  not open vfor  two months  after
filling, but the ensilage was found  to be
in perfectly good condition, except a little
on top.   The cutting down for the cattle
was commenced at one <5nd and the weights
were removed only as the 'cutting proceeded.   Milk and butter were  improved
both in quantity and quality under ensilage feeding.   Its use is best for ruminant
animals, and it is  especially  valuable for
fattening cattle.   As to quantity, an average of forty pounds was given to each animal in  two  feedings  of twenty  pounds
each.   Ensilage  was not fed alone.   Two
quarts of  some kind  of meal  was given
each time  it was fed  and  two  or three
pounds of hay fed to each animal just after
the ensilage.   At night middlings or roots
and hay were given.   All the stock that
were thus fed showed a constant gain and
exhibited  good  health.   For  every  one
who Jieeps cows ensilage must be very profitable.
been convinced that it had some good
effect, which is quite improbable. Quit its
use and I assure you, yen will never regret it. John N. Navin, V. S.
Split Hoofs.
What is the matter with my mare's
hoof? There is a toe crack about half
way to the hsir. Her foot seems to be all
right as far as I can see. Does contraction
of hoof come on lame sudden always?
How can I tell sure? C. M. C.
Split hoofs in many cases cause lameness. So if your beast's foot is split, it
may probably be the canso of the lameness. If not, look at the main tendon,
posterior and superior to the pastern joint.
If swollen and tender, with fever, keep it
constantly wet with tincture of arnica and
oold water; one ounce of the former to one
pint of the latter; full strength will not
hurt. If the hoof is smaller than its mate,
it is contracted.   Have it expanded.
Spinal Disease.
What is tlie matter with my cow ? She
is rather thin in flesh, and seems stiff in
her hind legs. As she was near her calving
time when first attacked, I waited thinking she would get better, but since calving
three weeks ago, seems to get worse.
When she tries to walk her legs are weak
and give way at the pastern joints.knuck-
ling forward and  dragging her feet back.
I think your cow's trouble is in the
spinal column, having partially lost control of the muscles of her limbs. In spinal
meningitis the feet are generally pulled
back in severe cases. Blister the back
and lcins, and if the pulse rates over 45,
drop on her tongue alternately every two
hours, half a drachm of the tincture of
aconite and tincture of balladonna.
This department la edited by Im. Jobs S. Navts,
Veterinary Burgeon, author ot Navlnl Explanatory
Btock Doctor,
Roles to be observed by thoae expecting correctan
swera;
1. state the rate of polae.
2. Tbe breathing,
3. The ntandlng attitude.
4. Appearance of hair.
5. If cough, and secretion* from mm, whether
elands between the Jaws can be felt, and how near
the bone,
«. If breathing i* rapid, accompanied by rattle or
rushing oonnd, no time ant be lort In Ulliterlng
throat, and aging tincture of aconite root and tincture of belladonna 20 drop* on tongne alternately
very two hoare, for time It too rhort for an answer.
Parties requiring answers by mall mnst incloee tl
for advice, otherwise reply will appear In next lsaue-
Ihave just lost a pig, six weeks old.
About one week ago I noticed it drooping, and it seemed to walk with difficulty.
Soon after I noticed a knot or puff on in-
sid« of . .hoek-on leg, aud in a few hours a
similar knot appeared on the other leg in
same place, both of which disappeared in
the course of two days. It continued to
droop, standing with head down and lying
on its belly, but would be occasionally
seized with a chill and shako as if it had
the ague, during which it would turn over
on Its side, but as soon as the chill would
pass off it would turn back on its belly,
and when forced to walk it did with great
difficulty, as if it was stiff in the legs. It
died in about one week from the time it
was first taken sick. Immediately after
death I held an autopsy and discovered in
the vicinity of its heart and just outside
large quantities of clotted blood, and upon
opening the heart, I found inclosed within
a sac or striffln, about tbe size of a hickory
nut, a quantity of thick dry cheesey matter, the sac seemed to be secured to the inner wall of the heart. Now what is your
theory? Mace.
It is difficult to tell. If an old hog I
would think it a clot in the heart, but it
must have been there before birth, for
either a clot or menalotic tumor would
scarcely form within six weeks. The
blood discovered was the result of a ruptured vein, etc., perhaps being tramped or
laid on by its dam.
Died from Unnatural Causes.
You will please find inclosed.a portion
of a horse's stomach for your examination. Please answer through the veterinary column of the Farmer. The horse
was in harness at work and fell instantly,
bnt got up and lived about 20 hours, and
was cut open and the food was all out of
the stomach, and the stomach literally
eaten up, as you find the piece inclosed.
W. H. R.
I have examined the specimen of horse's
stomach you mailed me, and find that it
consists of tbe muscular fiber only, the
other two coatings being destroyed by
some unnatural means. If by gastritis,
or its effects, you could scarcely have
missed seeing him violently sick. My
opinion is that the animal had eaten, or
drank some corrosive substance, perhaps
he had drank lie, either at your place or
that of some neighbor, or he may have
partaken of some poison, or a long con-
tin nance of the us* of wood ashes in too
large quantities, which is all sufficient to
set up a corroding disease of stomach or
bowels, or both. I have been a long time
ba ttlihg the use of salt and ashes. Why
men will persist in feeding ashes I cannot
see. If asked what good effect they have
on a horse, their most sanguine advocate
cannot tell, neither can I. One thing I do
know is, that those who feed the stuff,
would not dare to hold a finger in lie very
long at a time. If the salt is left out the
poor brute will exhibit more sense, than
bis owner, by refusing the ashes alone.
Except,  indeed,   a  horse   having   been
Big Pumpkin.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
Seeing a notice in a late isssue of a largo
sweet potato, I will send you a notice of a
pumpkin we raised this year. It measures
in circumference5 feet 4inchesand weighs
81 pounds.   Who can beat that?
Rexville, Ind. J. C. V.
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The Weather in October.
The following is the summary of the
Meteorological Observatious taken at the
U. S. Signal office in this city during the
month of October,]882.
Highest barometer 30.2.6; lowest, 29.723;
and the average for the month, 30.024
inches.
Highest temperature 79; lowest, 35.5;
and the average 58.8 degrees.
The prevailing direction of the wind
was from the southeast; total movement
of the air 3,044 miles, greatest velocity 19
miles per hour. Number of clear day b, 12;
fair, 11; cloudy, 8; average cloudiness during month 0.44. Rain fall on 11 days, and
the total amount was 2.18 inches.
„    , o-*   coaxed with salt.   I would never think of
water, easily procured at the brook, that > administering ashes to a horse until I had
An Eastern exchange  remarks that the
remarkable feature in American agriculture   at the present  time is the  great  increase in acreage of wheat.   This is not altogether in the West, but also in the Eastern States, where wheat growing has been
partly superseded.   The use of phosphates
is again making wheat growing successful
i n the older sections.   Whether  the present low price  of wheat  will warrant  the
use of these costly manures remains to be
seen.    At present the best brands of phosphate   sell at  more per  pound than   the
best wheat.   It is claimed that wheat bran
is a good fertilizer, and as it contains most
of the mineral matter of the grain it may,
perhaps, take the place in part of the mineral fertilizers.   In the  moan times, some
farmers find  it profitable te sow oats, rye
or wheat on naked land, to be turned under as green manure.   Mr. Ives of Jiatavla,
N. Y.,   recommends oats  as the best crop '
for this purpose.