Devoted   to   Agriculture,   Horticulture,   Mechanics,   and   thc   Useful  Arts
D. P. HoUcrwtayT
W. T. Dennis,   J
D,p,HoUov*ay,{Edit0„.      RICHMOND, IND., DEC. 15, 1851.        |        kSXEt &
EDITOR'S TABLE. j Earl of Seaham.
, .t.:,j'„f      ^T{! are gratified to be oble   to announce to
Ourselves.—We are now about one third ot c .
,     ,     ,   , . t,     r-„ „„   0ur readers that the imported  short horn Bull,
the wav through   the first year of the 1-armer,, r '
0   „   , .      , ,  ".Karl of Seaham     has been purchased by a
and wc cannot   forbear pausing for a moment ,...*, ' ,
,    ,.   ,        . r   , ., .     ,        .company of our enterprising stock-men,  and
on the little eminence we   have attained,   and c     ' ' ° ,      .     ,
,    ,   ,     , ,  ~       , , •    ..       11  j    will be    brought  to   Richmdnd   early   in tho
look back on the road we have  mst travelled, .   ° /
, , ,    .1 j coming Spring.     He was  bought of   Messrs.
as well as cast our   eyes   forward to  tho scene < °    v     ° s
,.,,.,   . ; Sherwood & Stevens, of Auburn,  New York,
which lies before us. <,        , , . ,     TT    . ,    ,
„,,    , r ,       . , '   .,   ; by whom he was imported.    He is undoubted-
The first   year of a paper s existence, is the  / r . .
rl       •       ... ,       ,. ,   ,. ,' „     ily at this time, the finest  Bull   in the United
eventful one, and the one too which "makes or;  '
•      ,    »      mi    „t- »   •    .u    r u   ,(States; and when he arrives,   Wayne   county
breaks."      Tho "Farmer,"   in the four  short . ' .' '   . '
,      r.    ,   .      , ,    . ,  ..     (may safely challenge the Union for  his equal,
months of its being, has reached a  circulation! ' °   ■ ^
.        , .    °     , .,,.,. j Owners of thorough   bred  Cows  in   Western
of nearly two thousand ; and the daily increase; _, . , _, T   ,. ,     ,,        r ,      ,
, ,..,.. .   ,:.     . Ohio and Eastern Indiana, should profit by the
of our subscription list, is a sure  indication  to} .        ,.,.,,, ,   , ,
.  ,     ,      .      , . . opportunity which will   be presented  here for
us, that tt has but lUst begun its  career of use- j ■ , ,,    ..        ,,     ,,. ,       ,
.. TTT       .,      ,      r        , J some of the finest blooded imported stock,
fulness.      We  wish,  therefore,   to assure   our! r
..,,,, . ,       ,   ,. „ Ihe "iiARL   is a rich roan, three years old,
friends,  that  we  deem the   Indiana barmer\      ... , , '
,      , ... . and weighs two thousand pounds.    He receiv-
placed on a sure basis; and   no pains   or ex-     ,   .    . . ,     ,T       -,-.   ,    „
...  , . .   . ,.      ed the first premium at the New  York  State
pense will be spared   to improve   it in matter  „ .,„_.,,. .       ...      „
, ,       . .    • ■ ,     r air, 1851; and first premium for foreign Cat-
and manner; and to increase its powerstodoj . ,    ™.    „        V, .     ,.    r
,       T ,     . r    ,      .,      < tie at the Ohio State Fair, 1851 ;   and is from
good.      Let each of  our  present  subscribers;*,    , .,, . , .   _,    ,
.                           ,      .,              ,         < the best milking stock in England,
procure   us but   owe new subscriber,   and   our) "	
calculation will be doubled.    The beginning olj     ggf-Weare  expecting  to receive early in
the new year will be a favorable  time to com- j tne Spring,  one  hundred   head   of thorough-
mence, and we hope our farmers  will be ready   bred, old fashioned   Merino Ewes,   from  Ver-
to try it. j mont, in lamb, by imported  Bucks,  which we
„                 ~        ~        -           | intend to supply our farmers with  at cost and
Suggestion.—Our newly formed   agncultu-j
, „    .   .        ...             ,         ,                          , j carriage,
ral Societies will, or ought to be soon   engaged! ° —: '
in making out their schedule of premiums for «@~ In another column wil1 be found the
the Fall of 1852 ; and we suggest for their con- proceedings of the Gibson county agricultural
sideration, the awarding of copies of the "In- Society- We earnestly hope that every coun-
diana Farmer" for their smaller premiums.— {l7 ,n lhe State wlU orSan>z° a Society in the
There will bc good accomplished by this in two < course ofthc Present winter' and make ar-
ways. j rangements  for sending   something up to the
In the first place, the   successful competitor  Indiana State Fair, in the Fall of 1852.
who receives the "Farmer"  for one year, will       B®1* Mr. Holloway left on the first of this
have placed in his  hands a varied and useful   month for Indianapolis, where he  will spend
Journal, which will lead the way for him to more \ the winter in the discharge  of his official du-
extended and important results. i ties, as Senator for this district.
In the second place, it  will give encourage- j     In the meantime we want our friends to bear
ment to, and sustain the only agricultural Jour- j in mind that a little  assistance   in the way of
nal in the State, and enable its conductors to \ essays  and   communications   forthe Farmer,
increase its  usefulness.      Will some   of   our   would be very gratefully received.
county Societies bear this in mind ? —~ TT~\
 .™__ ^ "It is a fact, but not generally  known,   that
E3» Persons subscribing for the Farmer can   the common strawberry is a natural dentifrice ;
«.l- :. A...1..  .. • ' and that its iuice, without any previous  prepa-
take it forthe year  commencing  Tnmmrv  i«» ! .    J       • ,.     i        ir.   ,        r   K
I        <-umniencin0 January  is*. J ration whatever, dissolves the tartareous   m-
18o2,orfrom the beginning, and have the back', crustations on the teeth, and makes the breath
numbers furnished. Uweet and agreeable."