INDIANA FARMER.
Devoted  to   Agriculture.   Horticulture,   mechanics,   and   thc   Useful  Arts*
D. P. Holloway,)  „
W.T. Dennis,    \ Eu'T0RS-
RICHMOND, IND., SEPT. 1,1851.
Volume I.
Number 4,
State Board of Agriculture.
The following  is  a list  of the members   of tho   State
Board of Agriculture, and their Post Office address :
A* C. Stevenson, Greencastle;
Jeremiah McBride, Trinity Springs, Martin Co.;
Roland Willard, Oswego, Kosciusko Co.;
Jacob Harris, Quereds Grove, Switzerland Co.;
H. L. Ellsworth, Lafayette ;
John Uatliff, Stilesville, Hendricks Co.;
Gen. Joseph Orr, Laporte*;
D. P. Holloway, Richmond;
J. B. Kelly, Boonville, Warwick Co.;
Wm. McLean, Bedford;
Samuel Emison, Vincennes ;
John McMaiion, Salem, Washington Co.;
Thomas W. Swinney, Fort Wayne ;
G. W. Brown, Blue Ridge, Shelby Co.;
George Hussey, Terre Haute.
Fine Sheep.—Hugh Maxwell, of Centre Township, in
this county, has just returned from Ohio with a thorough
bred Spanish Merino Buck, purchased from Mr. L. G. Collins, for which he paid $100. Those of our readers who
saw Mr. Collin's Sheep at the Fair at Cincinnati, will
remember the elegant and superior stock of animals of
which this is a member*
We congratulate Mr. Maxwell and his neighbors upon
this very valuable acquisition to the stock of sheep.
We understand Mr. M. is intending to bring in one hundred head of fine Saxony ewes this tall.' We wish abundant success to any enterprize of this kind.
Curious Fact:—Having occasion a few weeks since to
Water for Cattle.—Is it essential that dry cattle on
good pasture should have water? Or is the dew sufficient! We are informed that a farmer of this county who
fattens quite a number of cattle every year, has not a.
drop of stock water on his farm. His cattle are said to bo
equal to any fatted in the country. Will some one who
has had practical experience inform us ) If true, it would
save an immense amount of pumping in some parts of tho
country.
Tall Timothy.—Wo have referred   to several specimens of tall Timothy raised   in Eastern Indiana; but tho
\ editor of an Indianapolis paper  says   he has a   stalk from
<the farm of T. F. Tyson, in Marion county,   which meas-
\ ures seven feet one and a half inches,
f    Sheep for Sale.—Mr.  Fielding  Beelher,   of Marlon
county,   advertises seventy   head of Sheep,  from three-
fourths to full blood Merinos, for sale.   The  sale  to tako
place on the 2nd of October next.
Cape Grape.—Our neighbor Dr. Howells, has a vino of
Cape Grape which has grown this season 2S feet—another branch 24 feet, and another 22 feet, all from tho same
stem.
Our Neice Bridget.—Right cordially do we welcome the communication of our fair friend Bridget. Wo
commend her description of what a farmer's wife should
be, to all interested.
St. JosEni County Agricultural Society.
On Saturday, August 30th, this Society met  at the Court
House pursuant to adjournment.
The President and Treasurer presented the affidavit re*
dislodge a nest of Hornets   who  had  located   themselves \ qu»*ed of them by law as to the   organization   of the So
upon the lower branch of an apple tree, wo tursled up
bunch of straw and fired the nest. Some ten or fifteen
days afterwards we noticed the appearance of blossoms,
and upon examination, found that the' ends of the twigs
which had been scorched by the fire, was throwing out
new leaves and blossoms as fresh and vigorous as in May.
ciety—to entitle   it to  draw   the amount of the  County
Treasury.
Mr. Veasey, from the Committee to revise the ConstU
tution so as to make it correspond to the form designated
by the State Board, reported amendments, which were
unanimously adopted.
On motion, a committee of five was   appointed to report
officers for the ensuing year, in accordance with the pro-
_ . visions of the amended Constitution ; said committee con-
Votato Rot—We  hear  considerable complaint from J sistcdof   S. C-Sample,   H. Doolittle,  Wm. Miller,  M. B.
various points in this vicinity of the reappearance of this j Hammond, and H. L. Hurlbut.
malady among the potatoes. We believe it is generally! The affidavit of the President and Treasurer was order-
considered that the very large amount of rain which fell ?J?tobo ha"d?iS V"> Treasurer, to enable him to draw
■Km,* ti>„ .;,„   *v * *    • ~  J the amount of $o0 from the County Treasury,  being the
about the time the root was maturing has been a very effi-   amount received for Show Licenses, &c, the past year,
cient cause of the disease.   The yield in size and quanti- «    The Committee to report officers, presented the follower* has rarely been  exceeded, and we  had indulged  the \ ing report which was unanimously adopted.
President, Hon. Powers Green ; Vice President, J. J.
Deming; Secretary, Jno. M. Veasey ; Treasurer, Wm-
Miller.
Directors:—A. A. Whitlock, Olive Township; Reynolds Dunn, Warren t'p.; S. Witter, German t'p.; M. B.
Hammond, Green tp.*, Elmer Rose, Portage tp-; Alexia
Foot, Centre tp.; T. P. Bulla, Claytp.; Edwin Pickett,
Union tp,; G. C. Merrifield, Penn township.
On motion, it was resolved that any three of the j board
of Directors shall   constitute a quorum to   transact  busi-
hope that we  were  about to  have the good old substantial dish of "mealy" white potatoes, uninterrupted.
To Preserve Tomatoes.—The tomatoes roust be well
cooked as for the table, with or without salt and spices,—
put into the bottles, and the bottles put into cold water
and placed over the fire to boil; whilst the water is boiling cork the bottles and seal them with wax of equal parts
of rosin and bees-wax.   The boiling is to exclude the air.
If well corked and   sealed tho   tomatoes will  kepni" Inv \ ncss at any time that they mav b*° called together by tho
length of time- *       J   President. __- - -
On motion of Judge Deming,   the   Board  of  Director!
Cooper Corn.—We have a specimen of this Corn in
our office, grown on the farm of Wm. Merine, of Randolph county. It is very large ear and grain, and white.
The only fear entertained in regard to it, is that it may
not mature in our climate, at least for a few years after its
introduction, and in thus becoming acclimated may degenerate.
were authorized to appoint directors in each Township
not now represented on the Board, upon their obtaining
members in said unrepresented townships.
On motion of Mr. Miller, it was resolved that the Board
of Directors be instructed to invite some person to deliver an address on the day of the Fair.
And then the Society adjourned to meet again on Saturday the 13th of September, at 3 o'clock P  M
POWERS GREEN,Vr«iide»t,