INDIANA FARMER.
DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, MECHANICS, AND THE USEFUL ARTS.
VOL.1.] RICHMOND,   IND., FEBRUARY 1, 1852. [NO. 12.
EDITOITS/ABLE. -      j Plow," that I am to have a large   Cattle sale
More Good Stock. , next August; and that several calves of Exeter,
There has been an addition to our stock of .(my imported bull of the same stock as Sea-
Durham Cattle lately, by tho bringing on of a ham,) are to be sold. Perhaps some of your
thorough-bred Bull, " Pontiac" the second,(people may be inclined to purchase. I paid
and three first-rate milch Cows of the same a high price for Exeter, satisfied, as I was, that
blood. The Cows were purchased of the Stephenson's blood is thc best in England.
Shakers,   at Union Village,  Ohio,   and   are Yours truly, Lewis F. Allen.
among the best of their  superior stock.    The      Black Rock, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1851.
Bull is three years old, very large and fine, and!  ~—~	
we think of more than usual promise. He took j Correction.—In the article "To Stock
the first premium at the Ohio State Fair, for! Growers" in our last number, for " Raccoon-
1850, for foreign two years old Bulls, and j root," read Pecoon root; and instead of
weighed at that time 1600 pounds. He was!" three doses per day," read one dose each
brought there by Lewis F. Allen, Esq., of New day for three days.
York, from whom, in answer to our enquiries g@» We se^'^at^u71[ndianapolis friends
in relation to the blood and pedigree of » Pon- afe up and doing in rolation tQ securing 1]]e
tiac » 2nd, we recievedthe following letter :        S(ate Fair Bf_ that place>      They  ghould place
Pedigree of Pontiac 2d., lue matter beyond controversy at once,  for the
Pontiac 2d, Red Roan and white, got by holdinS °f the State Fair there will do more
Pontiac, (125 American Herd Book,) Dam t0 rnake a "town" ofitlhan anything which
Creampot, got by Althorp, (see page 163 Amer-ican haPPen t0 iu We think E0 ln old Wayne.
ican Herd Book,) Grand Dam, Flora Hill, byjand unless the? ""wide awake they'll be
Young Eclipse, Great Grand Dam, Jenny, im- j cauSht nappmg.
ported into New York. .^ ^^^^T^^,'Bnd Wel:
I did not breed Pontiac 2d, but purchased|Come faee of our old friend, the «■ Albany
him when two years old. He was bred by Mr. Cultivator," for January, and wo wish the
Sheafe, of Dutchess county, N. Y. His dam. Editors to understand distinctly, that we can't
was a great milker, and   a fine cow.      I bred|keep house without it, and don't expect to try.
Pontiac, his sire,   and a fine  bull he was too,' -~~	
and sold him to Mr. Sheafe, when a calf. Hisj Western Horticultural Review.—We
dam was a very fine imported cow. His sire! are indebted to the gentlemanly editor, Dr.
was May-Duke, got by an imported bull, and! John A. Warder, for a file of this valuable
his dam an imported cow—all thorough bred.-Journal; and from a careful perusal, are deci-
I saw your Pontiac 2d, at Columbus, lastjdedly of the opinion that if our " reformed"
September, at the Ohio State Cattle Show.— -farmers, and Fruit-growers were acquainted
He was then badly foundered by eating'too'with its merits, its subscription list would be
much corn, and looked altogether out of sorts. j doubled in this State in one week.
But  he   will   get fine Stock on your   country!  ' ~~~~~~—
cows, and will prove a valuable animal. j     Ohio-Farmer.—We are   in rece.pt   of the
T , ,  L ,, . ,     „      i" Ohio Farmer,"   a particularly well edited,
I congratulate you on the purchase of ■'Sea- Laiinted    ^/^  week]y ^rioultural
ham.,     Hehasnot  probably, his superior mnews^ d Qt c,eveiand>  Qhio.at.
America, if he has  left one in England.    Andi        ,rtlr      r \v» fool  „„j„ Ali
T • •    . 4   .    "    ,   * ,, j two dollar? per annum.      We leel under obii-•
1 am rejoiced to hear that your people have at> ,. - .f . ., na nf ni.,.!„,, it ,,nnn „,,»
■    .      ,    ,      , ,  ,   .      r . \ gations for the privileged placing it tipon our
last waked up to a sense of their true interests, °   ,   -      .. ,
in introducing and breeding good Short-horns. e*° a"^6   .--'-- - - .
They are the cattle, par excellence,  for your      g®1* Will some  of our New York  friends
rich western lands. j favor us with a copy of " The Transactions of
You will see by an   advertisement in "The! the  New York State Board of Agriculture!"