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1 OL. XXIII. INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, MARCH 24,1888. NO. 12 <$,ntv$ nn& &nsvjzv. Can you refer me to any party having 1 ,rking chickens to sell? Huntington. H. O. W. Who has them? i S lire yonr name nnd postofflce when asking qnes- M>°7 querieago unanswered for failure to Yerve tWs rule. I send in answer to J. P. H.'s query in jard to the last total eclipse of the sun> jlit it occurred at 3 p. in., August 7,1869. Hillsboro. J. H. H., }'. SI. L.: Can procure eggs of the White R. breed of fowls from Allen Beeler, litton, Union county, who advertises ith us. I have a black soil that has been in corn d wheat three years. Is it suitable to tin onions? * V. If not weedy it ought to be an excellent lace for onions. Where can I get a Newfoundland dog, nd Embden geese,also Hong Kong geese? Randolph Co, J. R. I_. Any one having such stock to sell should fhrertise in our columns. Is it proper to write on one, or* both Jes of the paper, or does it make any tference? M. H. "Trite only on one side of. the sheet if on are writing for the printer. J. D. K., answers our Kentucky corres- ondent, J. F. L., regarding a seeding ma- !_ine he asks about, saying: Let it alone; : will sow only 14 to 10 quarts of orchard ad blue grass to the.acre and is not satis- ictory. Will you please tell me what bee jour- al you consider the best and where it is nbiished? Mrs. J. S. C. Franklin. The American 'Bee Journal, Chicago, is ne of the best. We furnish it with the uuier, the two at $1 90. 7. ho is our State Chemist, or to whom aould I apply for copy of the analyses of Jediflferent fertilizers sold in the State? Switzerland Oo. I. V. Address Prof. J. N. Hurty, of this city. Ie makes the analyses provided for under ie State law on the subject. p I lease give me through the Fabmeb the ' 'luresg of some firm, or of a naturalist's „J? .'rom which I could obtain ento- '°'???sta tools, insect pins,etc.,and greater"??, e U, Hamilton Co. Tbey can be bought in this city. Mate "" a list of what you want and we will «t you know the cost. nr to —_?lve instructions in the Fabmeb LP_ 5tm*** trees,as there are different honi-i Taneed here, some claiming they thorTeu set sr» as to cover the graft, W?t ht_l_ thev ^ W the same depth as ley stood in the nursery. £. ' w- c- H- -**> article on thU subject on our second ,aSe> this number. fc<S«?4? -nforQi me who bas the Embden jiiSffi*and at what *ric£ w. E. - f». S. C. M. of Fountain county asks same question. Some one who has ,««geese ought, to advertise them in ' nw-U Pekin ducks are in de_ 7>tmlT' Whohasthemor "«»r eggs ng &?dUng trees m^6 K°°d fruit bear- gV r- SEVERAL SUBSCRIBERS.' .r^ungs generaUy are hardy and good ^dL0/1™1'-'' *«t they seldom bear a.erl * The quality is almost always >no»!r' You 8h01ild buy trees of well iab*6?alldweU tested varieties, from re- ordtA^me nuraeryiaen, who cannotaf- a to deceive you. •■•■-• Is spring barley a profitable crop in Indiana? If so, when is the proper time to sow? What amount of seed should be sown per aero? What is its average yield per acre? At what time of the year does it ripen? Will some one of experience please answer and oblige. ! Fairmount. J. O. D. Please tell me through the Farmer. what kind of timber to grow for fence posts, as I want to set out a grove. P. P. ■• Putnam Co. ■ The Catalpa Speciosa, is a valuable tree for your purpose. It growB rapidly and the posts are very durable. Locust comes next to it, but is liable to great injury from the borers. I Do you publish in the Farmer the addresses delivered before the State Board of Agriculture? II. S. B. Middlebury. We did not publish all of them. They are all published in tbe report of the Board. Address the Secretary, Alex. Heron for a copy. I see the experience of one operator from Brown's Valley, signed P. I., in your issue of March 10th. I*t me ask him what is the best way of. operating for custom work in dedicating small amounts of juice and different kinds of cane? What is tbe best and cheapest plan of making a good grade of sirup? _ ___ . Sharpsville. *" ' " -"*'~"-j*,_ p." Please give some information concerning the examination for the United States Civil Service? Where are they held, when, and by whom? S. Q. Bloomington. The next examination at Evansville will be held March 31st, and in this city on May 31st. Address the Commissioner of Civil Service, Washington, D. C, for particulars. Is there a taxidermist in your city who would prepare and stuff birds and mount them on the shares, if the birds were furnished him? Will shooting them with a rifle injure the bodies so they can not be used or prepared? K. T. W. We do not know of such a taxidermist, and doubt if such can be found. Shooting with a small bullet does not seriously injure the birds for stuffing. Please inform me how long it takes to learn photography, and how much a cam- lera will cost and oblige A Reader. We have no experience as to the time required in learning photography. Some students would learn it quickly, while others would be a long time in perfecting themselves, and perhaps never learn to make a good picture. Amateur cameras cost from ?10 to ?25. Please let me know through the Farmer; when to sow orchard grass, how much per acre,, what kind of ground is best, also where can I get the last Geological Report of Clay county Indiana? J. T. C. Asherville. ■ Sow early in spring; 20 to^30 pounds on any good, well pulverized sod, clay loam preferred. Address the State Geologist, Prof. Maurice Thompson for copy of report. I am a subscriber to your paper. I have two cisters and need only one for house use. 1. Would like to know whether one of them could be used to store ice in? The cistern can be drained very easily. 2. What Is customary in regard to keeping a hired hand's horse winter and summer? D. H. J. Otterbeln. Your cistern would make a poor ice house. Would rather trust a rail pen, with double walls well packed between with straw and covered thickly with same material, than any. cistern, however well drained. Besides you would have great trouble in getting the* ice out even if it would keep. Better make a house of cheap lumber, double walls 8 or 10 Inches apart, and fill between with sawdust. What is meant ln books that are advertised for sale by the abbreviations—quarto, 800. 12 mo. and other abbreviations ? Walnut. G. B. P. The terms refer to the size of the pages. A quarto is made by folding a sheet of paper twice, making four leaves or eight pages. The leaves in a quarto are nearly square usually. In an octavo or 8 vo. they are about half as large. In a Hi mo., half as large as 8 vo.; 12 mo. two-thirds as large. Will some one who has tried it, tell me through the Farmer, if sawdust is beneficial, or not, when used as a mulch for young apple trees and small fruits? Also at what time of the year it should be applied. Mary A. G. Clear Creek. In ordinary seasons fresh sawdust would be of but little advantage. Too much of it would be-an injury, as it would keep the ground too moist and cold. In a dry season two or three inches might be bene ficial. Apply in June or July. Please inform me through your valuable paper, the distance from Indianapolis to Knoxville, Tenn, bv Nashville, Tenn., and by Cincinnati. O., and whether a thousand mile ticket bought of one railroad is good on another road? Peru. J. S. H. We cannot give you the exact distance to Knoxville, through the points you name, but by way of Cincinnati, it* does not vary far rom 350 miles.- The railroad fare is $11 50. Thousand mile tickets is sued by one line are not good on another. What are the leading varieties of water melons? Where is] the best place to get seed. North or South? What is the best fertilizer for melons? Are any of the many kinds of bone meal and land plaster equal to. or better than stable manure? I think of planting 10 acres in melons tbi3 season and would like some information on these subjects. ■ Jackson Co. A. J. L. We hardly feel competent to talk to a Jackson county man about raising watermelons. The farmers down tnere are sup posed to be fully posted in the business,as they send a large proportion of the water melons that supply our market. Our correspondent may be a new comer there. If so we will tell him that Kolb's g6m, is a very popular variety, of good medium size, large yield, and good shipping quali ty. It is dark green with lighter shading and excellent quality. Mountain sweet is an old and favorite variety. So is the Georgia rattlesnake; but we think the first named is best for your latitude. You can get seed cheapest in your own county, and probably as good as from any source Huntington & Hoss, of this city, can sup ply you with any variety you wish. Use well rotted stable barnyard manure if you can get it. Bone fertilizers are excellent, but do not always act so promptly .and satisfactorily as the home made'article. Another Word About Southern California. Editors Indiana farmer: The reply of your Santa Barbara corre spondent resolves itself into a question of veracity between us. I am loth to take up your valuable space in making any criticism on this subject which has been worn thread bare. Our weeklies and daily papers have been freighted with matter pertaining to California, and I may say that the greater amount of said criticism has been discreditable. What I've written I shall reiterate. Mr. Delos Wood qualifies his reply by saying that he knows but little of any place other than Santa Bai- bara county. As to the weather and the possibilities of the thermometer I shall refer him and all others to the United States signal service. Statistics willshow that it is rarely down to 85° in the localities of Los Angeles,Riy- erside, Pasadena and San Diego—during the summer - months. Correspondents from there have the trick of misleading readers by giving the mean temperature Let those that desire the information ask for the highest point reached by the. mercury. Again, as to the water, where it is obtained as Mr. Delos Woods claims, by conduit, I will concede that it is considered unobjectionable. But throughout southern California it is riot procured entirely through that source. As to the' enormous profits from strawberry culture, the figures quoted savor of the redolence of the glorious climate. The profits are greater from the same line of business in the New Jersey settlements. Adjacent to New York there are thousands of gardeners that realize immense profits from small areas of land, but those that are universally successful, are practical prof essionalists.' The "frosted chestnuts" that wearily wend their way from the Pacific slope which tell of the magnitudes of profits, prove nothing, nor should be an incentive for a person to leave the East for the Occident when he can get in a few miles of the market, (where all that is raised in the Occident must eventually reach in order to command a sale.) Land can l*e bought for the business with good improvements at from ?2o to $100 per' acre. Why should one go west and pay' double the prices quoted for unimproved' property. Yes, yes, the climate? The climate I Because it' Is a warmer, is it necessarily a more healthful climate? Well no! Hardly ! Right at home, here, Indianapolis has the second lowest death rate of any city within the United States, and we are not struck on the climate. The fact of the matter is California is no better nor worse than many other States. The State is long and has some very desirable locations, but they are all north of the neighborhood of San Francisco. When we write of California from this point we generally speak, or mean to, of the southern portion of the State, which ls the stamping ground of the largest gang of characterless robbors that ever walked on God's earth. What I've written is not for the purpose of influencing people to stay away from there; not at all. But those that wish to go, go with their eyes open. I'll append a clipping from the New York Tribune, which speaks of the weather this winter, your Santa Barbara correspondent no doubt will readily explain it away. I will in connection with the clipping add, the Indianapolis People makes Mrs. Thos. II. Hendricks, deceased Vice-President's wife, say, who has recently returned from Los Angeles: that place is the "muddiest and dirtiest place she ever visited." "And, by the way, how in the world did they manage to keep the fact out of the papers that on January 7, 8 and 9 from eight to ten inches of snow fell in the vicinity of Sacramento, Cal., and that around the olive, orange and lemon orchards and vineyards of Placer County on the morning of the Oth the mercury fell to 15° above zero? And last, but not least, water froze an inch thick at Los Angeles about that time!" In conclusion permit me to charge my brother farmers to stay where they are if comfortably situated. Indiana, agriculturally, intellectually and commercially is equaled by few and excelled by none. Other States may have a few characteris- ics that differ from here, but sum up the advantages and disadvantages and Indiana will make a pres.ntable appearance in the front rank. But if determined to go west, take your time, investigate, do nothing hastily, and above all apply practical sense to your judgment and not let free booters, under the guise of land agents, beguile you into arrangements that will make you discontented and miserable. '.'.'• Wood. Fortville.
Object Description
Title | Indiana farmer, 1888, v. 23, no. 12 (Mar. 24) |
Purdue Identification Number | INFA2312 |
Date of Original | 1888 |
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 | United States - Indiana |
Type | text |
Format | JP2 |
Language | eng |
Collection Title | Indiana Farmer |
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Title | Page 1 |
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 |
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1 OL. XXIII.
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., SATURDAY, MARCH 24,1888.
NO. 12
<$,ntv$ nn& &nsvjzv.
Can you refer me to any party having
1 ,rking chickens to sell?
Huntington. H. O. W.
Who has them?
i S
lire yonr name nnd postofflce when asking qnes-
M>°7 querieago unanswered for failure to
Yerve tWs rule.
I send in answer to J. P. H.'s query in
jard to the last total eclipse of the sun>
jlit it occurred at 3 p. in., August 7,1869.
Hillsboro. J. H. H.,
}'. SI. L.: Can procure eggs of the White
R. breed of fowls from Allen Beeler,
litton, Union county, who advertises
ith us.
I have a black soil that has been in corn
d wheat three years. Is it suitable to
tin onions? * V.
If not weedy it ought to be an excellent
lace for onions.
Where can I get a Newfoundland dog,
nd Embden geese,also Hong Kong geese?
Randolph Co, J. R. I_.
Any one having such stock to sell should
fhrertise in our columns.
Is it proper to write on one, or* both
Jes of the paper, or does it make any
tference? M. H.
"Trite only on one side of. the sheet if
on are writing for the printer.
J. D. K., answers our Kentucky corres-
ondent, J. F. L., regarding a seeding ma-
!_ine he asks about, saying: Let it alone;
: will sow only 14 to 10 quarts of orchard
ad blue grass to the.acre and is not satis-
ictory.
Will you please tell me what bee jour-
al you consider the best and where it is
nbiished? Mrs. J. S. C.
Franklin.
The American 'Bee Journal, Chicago, is
ne of the best. We furnish it with the
uuier, the two at $1 90.
7. ho is our State Chemist, or to whom
aould I apply for copy of the analyses of
Jediflferent fertilizers sold in the State?
Switzerland Oo. I. V.
Address Prof. J. N. Hurty, of this city.
Ie makes the analyses provided for under
ie State law on the subject.
p I lease give me through the Fabmeb the
' 'luresg of some firm, or of a naturalist's
„J? .'rom which I could obtain ento-
'°'???sta tools, insect pins,etc.,and greater"??, e U,
Hamilton Co.
Tbey can be bought in this city. Mate
"" a list of what you want and we will
«t you know the cost.
nr to —_?lve instructions in the Fabmeb
LP_ 5tm*** trees,as there are different
honi-i Taneed here, some claiming they
thorTeu set sr» as to cover the graft,
W?t ht_l_ thev ^ W the same depth as
ley stood in the nursery.
£. ' w- c- H-
-**> article on thU subject on our second
,aSe> this number.
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