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INDIANA FARMER. Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics, and the Useful Arts- P^H°jj^^ IND,, AUG. 15,1851. j gg£™ j Thanks. Many tlianks to our Editorial j Prolific yield of Flax.—Mr. Fulghum has friends who have so kindly, and in sucli flat- also sent us a stem of Flax, which had on when tering terms noticed our humble sheet—the In- ( pulled 371 boles of seed. Each bole will av- diana Farmer. Wo shall at all times be ready i erage 8 seed which will make the product of and happy in an opportunity to reciprocate the one seed 2,808 fold. It was also grown by favor. We shall take pleasure in forwarding Mr. Clevenger. Randolph bears thc palm, it to each paper in the State in exchange ; but --~™,™™~~ - _~~ . - 1 * ° \ Cattle in the London Market. those who send to tho Palladium need not > ,, _ . . ., , . „ ... c , , . 1 . Mr. Batcham visited the Smithfield market send to the Farmer. We have placed upon 1 .n ^^ an(, iakii of ^ mogt our exchange list every paper in the State, so valuable kimls of cattlo offerod therc> . far'as they are known to us, and shall add oth- j „, ... ,. ,, , , ... c . . ,. . , 1 ' j "The quality of the beef cattle at Smithfield ers as wc may become acquainted with their lo- is> as a whoi0> superior to those at New York cation, &c. Again we thank our friends of the > anJ Philadelphia ; not, however, so much ow- press, for the handsome manner in which they ing to greater fatness and size, as to their fine- have welcomed our Farmer to its present po-ness of form nn<l smallness of bone. Thc , r ,, , ,. lr n greatest number seem to be of a cross between sition before the public. We are well aware f, „, , , . ,. , , ..in 1 < the Short-horn and Ayrshire breeds, with all that no new enterprise of this character can j shades and degrees of relationship. Those succeed without the favor of the press—we I which rank nearest to the short-horns, inelu- therefore are grateful for the attention already I ding thoroughbred, are generally smaller and paid to it, and these obligations will bo in- i j!™1 boncd than most of those of this breed in , , a- . . * • i r- i-i Ohio ; thc London butchers being averse to creased by any efforts to sustain the rarmcr by , . , „„ • n.. , ; , „ i° • v. r 1 / JJ large size, and especially to large bones in beef an occasional notice, or an occasional club of 5 cattle. patrons. On this accou it, mainly if not entirely, wc ™ ~ ~~ " „ find at Smithfield a large number of the small Apologetic—Ave present, tho third number of the ?i , r - ..i c — -\<t i i .i tt- i i , T. ... ... ,v , , . . .. , , breeds of cattle from Wales and the Highlands I anner to the public to-day, and in justice to ourselves,! c o .i i i i ,, r . , i- , we express the regret that we are unable to give our of Scotland and when well fattened, a higher readers as much original matter as we had expected to be \ PUC.e 1S Paid f°r }heS% ™anc for thc English va- able to do. The chief value and interest of an agricultu- I rieties. ihe price of beef cattle at the present ral paper is the publication of the practical operations and j time> is fr°m ^ t0 4i pence (8 to 9J cents) per experience of our own farmers ; and we cannot even hope > pound—say on an average of SO per 100 lbs., to publish a paper which will be acceptable to our pat- j nett, for the best class of animals." rons unless the farmers will furnish us facts and results This rage for large, overgrown, coarse cattlo as developed in their experience. } • .i , .- .. , , ~. , 1T ... v . • i. , <■ • , • L- with an undue proportion of bone and offal rc- Until we can enlist our agricultural friends m this mat-! . * r ■" ter, we can give but articles of general interest. One of 1ulres to "e corrected and reformed among Our the causes of failure in previous attempts to publish ag-j Western breeders. Early maturity and great ricultural papers in this State, has been the little or no in- apt;tude tO fatten is of the first importance, tercst manifested by those interested. We hope however, I , ». , -, r , . , that an interest is awaking, and we hail with pleasure the j and thlS Can rarely be founfl am0nS large bon- organization of Societies throughout the State for tho pro- ed animals. We have SOD1C short-homed cat- motion of tho farming interest. tlein this vicinity, which compares very close- Wohopotobo able before long to furnish our readers , . . ., , ... • , ir n . i.„.,. ,.;(>,„„„,,. „f <• . , ,-.,_• . ly with the description given by Mr. Bateham, with engravings ot somo fine stock, owned in this county, j J r ° J „~~ „^_ j and some of our breeders will be able to fur- Wheat crops in tho Northern counties of Illinois, has j nish suitable animals to breed from, to those proved almost an entire failure. ! i i • .i _ who desire them. Tall Timothy.—In our last We gave notice Ekrata.—We re-publish an article this week from tho of a specimen of tall timothy grown in this Western Agriculturist, entitled, "Wheat-Results of high -,,r , , , \ tillage," for the purpose of correcting an error in tho county. We have now upon our table a spear arrangement of the table, which we suppose almostevery from Randolph county, grown on the land of reader has already detected. The heading of the first and Thomas Clevenger, and presented to US by J. j second column was transferred in our last issue. It is W. Fulghum, that beats old Wayne consider- corrected in""" numbcr' f ,. „ . . lU. . „, ~, '" cunsiucr in the list of premiums, for the Fair of this county, $3 ably. The spear now referred to measures six i3 published as the premium for the best grain cradle; it feet four and three quarter inches. j should have been $i.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1851, v. 01, no. 03 (Aug. 15) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA0103 |
Date of Original | 1851 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
Agriculture Farm management Horticulture Agricultural machinery |
Subjects (NALT) |
agriculture farm management horticulture agricultural machinery and equipment |
Genre | Periodical |
Coverage | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or not-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Indiana State Library |
Date Digitized | 2011-02-14 |
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Description
Title | Page 33 |
Subjects (LCSH) |
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 |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
Rights Statement | Content in the Indiana Farmer Collection is in the public domain (published before 1923) or lacks a known copyright holder. Digital images in the collection may be used for educational, non-commercial, or non-for-profit purposes. |
Repository | Purdue University Libraries |
Digitization Information | Orignal scanned at 300 ppi on a Bookeye 3 scanner using internal software. Display images generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000s; file format for archival copy is uncompressed TIF format. |
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INDIANA FARMER.
Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics, and the Useful Arts-
P^H°jj^^ IND,, AUG. 15,1851. j gg£™ j
Thanks. Many tlianks to our Editorial j Prolific yield of Flax.—Mr. Fulghum has
friends who have so kindly, and in sucli flat- also sent us a stem of Flax, which had on when
tering terms noticed our humble sheet—the In- ( pulled 371 boles of seed. Each bole will av-
diana Farmer. Wo shall at all times be ready i erage 8 seed which will make the product of
and happy in an opportunity to reciprocate the one seed 2,808 fold. It was also grown by
favor. We shall take pleasure in forwarding Mr. Clevenger. Randolph bears thc palm,
it to each paper in the State in exchange ; but --~™,™™~~ - _~~ . -
1 * ° \ Cattle in the London Market.
those who send to tho Palladium need not > ,, _ . . ., , . „ ... c , , .
1 . Mr. Batcham visited the Smithfield market
send to the Farmer. We have placed upon 1 .n ^^ an(, iakii of ^ mogt
our exchange list every paper in the State, so valuable kimls of cattlo offerod therc> .
far'as they are known to us, and shall add oth- j „, ... ,. ,, , , ... c . . ,. . ,
1 ' j "The quality of the beef cattle at Smithfield
ers as wc may become acquainted with their lo- is> as a whoi0> superior to those at New York
cation, &c. Again we thank our friends of the > anJ Philadelphia ; not, however, so much ow-
press, for the handsome manner in which they ing to greater fatness and size, as to their fine-
have welcomed our Farmer to its present po-ness of form nn |
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