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INDIANA.
Weather Report.
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Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, MARCH 17,1888.
NO. 11
Postal Card Correspondence.
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THE PURDUE EXPERIMENT STATION,
ORGANIZATION:
Prof. J. W. S.vnborn, B. S., Director.
William C. Latta, -M. S., Experimental
Agriculture.
Jasies Troop, M. S., Experimental Horticulture.
Henry A. Huston, A. M., A. C, Chemist.
Joseph C. Arthur, D. Sa, Botanist.
Francis M. Webster, U. S. Department
Entomology, Entomologist.
Theries D. Hinebauoh, B. S., V. S , Veterinarian.
Pierre Van Landeghem, Florist.
j f.iusox Co., March 12.—Hard weather
In wheat; a few are sowing oats; farm
f ork has begun; roads very muddy.
E.J.
Harrison* Co., March 10.—Since the re-
*nt fair weather the wheat is in better
ondition than was expected, it is spread-
ng nicely, but slow. I_. A. B.
Greene Co., March 10.—Little change
n the wheat crop, It generally looks bad,
few good fields only; a great many
ases of measles in both town and country.
W. B. S.
Crawford  Co.,   March   10—Freezing,
hawing and mud have  been the order of
week;  little  out door  work can be
ie; roads are nearly Impassable; feed is
farce. J. M. J.
Henry Co., March 10.—Not much
tange in the appearance of wheat, but
''e'.uent freezing and thawing seem a
"le rough on it; some stock said to bo
'Bering for want of food; health gently pretty good. W. D.
Clinton Co., March 10 Itis now known
>e wheat is badly injured in this county;
nothing but the most favorable circuin-
tances can produce more than half a crop;
19 maPle sugar crop is good; considerable
Classes made this spring. E. H. S.
'■ vrk Co., March 10.—Farm prospects
•ood for next year; wheat looks well;
■eacnbuds alive; stock in bad condition
wlng to scarcity of feed; there will be a
£8 crop of corn put in   this  spring; or-
1ard Brass seed all sown. L. E. B.
SwitzeblandCo.,  March 10.—The cold
Wis have not affected  the wheat plant
«riously;the pastures and   meadows
•knv6ar M barren a8 in midwinter without
,[',--PPearance of greening; farmers are
•hi .1! °0rn and for Wve stock have to
1(£:    . great decline  in the price  ofto-
rom°Wi11  deter  many  of  our  farmers
cultivating any this year.
C. G. B.
Oor
UUNOIS.
„„ u*i March 10.—The roads have
^ good until  to-day; it is raining and
, -vork'iS S°ing °Ut; aU V6ry qniet aS far
xro-,! g0es' here ihia week; no sickness
,cePt colds. „ t, c ■
temexviX ^&vo$.
^Viir
C..B. S.
"ft coME °°'' Maroh 10-—We are still hav-
ho-^,, 7if* weather; the*th *Dde&tt
at, y"' ,e farmers want to put in their
iov'er u * t00wet; wheat looks bad;
'« can'(a(lly fr0zeu  0ut;80me  fruit left
'.o_v u    teU how  much;  feed  	
* ^ ^althy;  no
'^^hoodyet1.'
hog
scarce;
cholera  in  this
G. A. W.
Prof*. JT. XV. Sanborn.
We take pleasure in giving to our readers a likeness of Prof. J. W. Sanborn,
whom President Smart has selected as the
Director of the new experiment station at
Purdue University.
Prof. Sanborn is regarded as one of the
ablest men in his line of work in the West,
He is personally known to us, and President Smart, Purdue and the State of Indi
ana may well be congratulated upon the
fact that he has been chosen to supervise
this great and important work.
Prof. Sanborn is a native of Now Hampshire and is 41 years of age. He was Professor of Agriculture in the Agricultural
College of New Hampshire for a number
of years, and for the past five years he has
been Dean of the School of Agriculture in
the University of Missouri. He is a man
of fine personal appearance, of pleasant
manners, a good speaker and a capital
worker in Farmers' Institutes and in addition to these sterling qualities he has
made a high reputation as a conductor of
scientific agricultural experiments.
The list of the station staff which appears in full above will show that President Smart has gathered around him some
of the ablest men in the country. With
Professors Sanborn, Arthur and Webster
added to- Professors Latta, Huston and
Troop, we believe that Purdue will prove
to have one of the best organized stations
in the country. The people will commend
the promptness and energy with which
the Purdue Station has been organized
and the institution will now stand stronger
with them than ever before.
Our readers may congratulate themselves upon the fact that they are to have
the benefit of experimental work don6
under direction of Prof. Sanborn, as we
intend to keep in communication with
him and report the results of his work as
often as any thing of importance is developed.
Within the past two days 52 head of cattle belonging to Harry Hill,in Kent county, Maryland, were slaughtered, the herd
having been affected with pleuro-pneumonia. The owner received f 1,080 for his
cattle.
Prince Bismark will be 7."i years old on
the 1st of April.
It takes 50,000 bar keepers to supply the
thirsty inhabitants of New York.
The loss of life from the recent great
floods in China has reached over 100,000,
and the number rendered destitute 1,800,
000.
Eleven thousand nine hundred and forty-seven British soldiers in India are
members ofthe Soldier's Total Abstinence
Association.
While plowing in a cotton field Jack
Reinhardt, of Lincoln county, North Carolina, stumbled upon a rich vein of gold.
He has been offered $20,000 for it, but refused to sell.
Recent adv ice9 from China estimate the
loss of life occasioned by the earth-quake
of December last, to be not less than 15,000
killed, and the number injured beyond
computation.
A Denmark government order is published forbidding the importation from
America of bacon and steam lard and other
undressed pork products. The order goes
into effect immediately.
Louise May Alcott the writer of numerous stories for young people died on the
6th inst. Among ber best known works
are Little Women, Old'Fasbioned Girl,
Eight Cousins or the Ant Hill, etc.
The Ohio Legislature has authorized the
loan of §150,000 for the use of the Cincinnati
Fire Department. This sum will give, if
properly expended, to that city a fire department unsurpassed, if equalled,by any
other city in the Union.
The Emperor of Germany died at S;30
o'clock on the morning of the 9th. The
Crown Prince Frederick William becomes
King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany
with the title of Frederick III. The new
King was born Oct. 18, 1831.
Among other matters of public interest
Congress is considering the propriety of
establishing government telegraphic lines
to all important points. It would seem
fhat Uncle Sam could as well manage the
telegraphic correspondence of the c.untry
as that ofthe mails.
A notable event in the history of the
University of Michigan is the election of
Dr. Hattie Allen, of Waterloo, Iowa, to fill
the place of assistant professorof medicine
In that institution. She is the first woman
ever chosen to a post of this nature in a
Western university.
There are living four widows of Presidents—Mrs. Grant,Mrs Garfield, Mrs Jas,
K. lVlk of Nashvllle.and Mrs. John Tyler
of Richmond. Mrs. Polk is now a venerable lady of 85 and Mrs. Tyler though in
the sixties, looks much younger. She
went to the White House as a bride In 1844.
Maria Mitchell, the celebrated Professor
of Astronomy at Vassar Collegers 70 years
old. She Is the dlscovererof eight comets,
the discovery of one of which gained hera
gold medal from tho King of Denmark,
and it is said that when she was a girl of
11 she made an accurate record of a lunar
eclipse. She has received the degree of
LL. D. from threo different institutions of
learning.
Returns of the Department of Agrlciil
ture for March gives the corn crop the
smallest since 188-1. It is estimated at 508,
000,000 bushels against 60S.000.000 last year,
and 739,000,000 two years ago. The wheat
of 1887 in the hands of formers is 132,000,
000 bushels against 122,000,000 last year.
There has been used In seeding of winter
wheat 34,000,000 bushels, 187,000,000 bushels In eight months' consumption, 61,000,
000 bushels exported in wheat and flour,
38,000,000 bushels visible supply.
A Fair That Failed.
Editors Indiana Farmer:
I see by our county paper that our fair
ground is likely to be sold_at sheriff's sale
to satisfy the indebtedness against it.
Not long sgo there was a called meeting
of stockholders, and they were asked to
vote 40 per cent, of au assessment upon
themselves to pay those claims, but they
declined, with thanks.
It looks as if this state of affairs could
have been avoided, If our directors had
had a little enterprise. Take last fair as
an illustration. There were only from 12
to 20 gambling concerns upon the ground
at a time. As near as we are to Chicago,
LaFayette, Indianapolis and Ft. Wayne,
with a little judicious advertising much
or all of the vacant space upon the ground
could have been filled—had that class
known that our directors were not only
willing to sell them "indulgences" to
gamble, but furnish them a crowd that
they could practice their snide games upon. Then with the money received from
the gamblers for this "indulgence," the
directors could have paldlarger premiums
for fast horses, which would have drawn a
big cfowd, that the gamblers could have
worked upon—so they could pay the
directors more money for "indulgences"
and the directors could pay larger premiums for fast horses, to draw alarger crowd
that the gamblers could get more money
from—so they could pay the directors
more money for indulgences that the directors could  pay bigger  premiums  for
fast horses but I  am lost.   If
yoa want to know how they "get out,"
ask our directors. They are all honorable
business men. But with only a dozen or
so of those gamesters there is not the opportunity to see and learn, there would be
if there were fifty or an hundred. I noticed thatit was too much crowded around
their stands to give the fullest chance for
observation.
There are a lew that are opposed to that
kind of an arrangement—they are classed
among the "pumpkin vine" people, and if
nof blasted in time are likely to become
"pumpkin headed," if not so by nature.
Really is it not strange that we should
have any of those "pumpkin vine" men.
I would like to know what our fairs are
for if not to show the different ways of
making a living and how to appear well
with but little work, and here It is to be
seen—and felt.
After the youth of our country have
worked all summer, with common fare,
and very common clothes, not to have a
chance to go to the "fair" in the fall and
see the sights, aud have the privilege of
seeing and knowing that well dressed genteel looking men make more money in a
few minutes than they make during a
whole summer's hard work,ln thebroiliDg
sun—and proving to them that there is an
easier way of making a living—It is just
too bad! The first thing we will know
our boys will be nothing but "country
jakes," spending their time atnothing bu
i ust digging on the farm.
Now Messrs. Editors F.VRMEii.can't you
help us out of this quandary ? Don't tell,
us to let our little fair go, and come to the
city where there will be a bigger show
and more games. We can't all come—and
we are full of "home enterprise."
Any suggestions you can give will be
thankfully received by
Jasper county. .       Enterprise.
—Your case seems well nigh hopeless,
suppose you try a legitimate farmers' fair
once, and show nothing but stock, grain,
vegetables, fruits and implements, charge
but 10 cents admission, merely enough to
cover expenses, and see how the people
will patronize it. You will be surprised
at the crowds you will have. Two or thro
days will be long enough to hold such a
fair.—Eds.