INDIANA   FARMER,
TOL  II.]
Caroled to Agriculture, Horticulture, Mechanics and the Useful Arts.
THO. 82.
W. T. Dennis,     ( Editor*,  j
I. IND.,JUL? wm
Uollowny <fc Co.,
Pvausnas..
Exhibition of   the Indiana State Agricultural
,.    . Society for 1854.
Notice is hereby given, that the State Board
of Agriculture will meet in the Hall of the
House of Representatives, at Indianapolis, on
Thursday, the 4th, (being the Thursday after
the first Monday,) of January, 18S4, at one o'clock, P. M., and among other things, will then
determine the time and place of holding the
next Annual Fair, and arrange the schedule of I
premiums, &c.
Counties desirous of having the Exhibition,
will then have an opportunity of making proposals.
The place at Which the Exhibition is proposed to be held, will be expected to furnish the
Board the amount in cash, to be paid by the
1st of July, 1854; or at their option, the furnishing the grounds, enclosed with a suitable board
fence, including a grove if practicable, and embracing an area of at least twenty acres; all
the necessary halls, and structures for the exhibition of manufactured articles, and the products of the earth; a Speaker's stand, and seats
in front for the accommodation of two thousand
persons; a Mechanic's Hall, two hundred feet
long by twenty in width; a Manufacturer's Hall
of the same size; well covered pens, and other
structures, for cattle, sheep, swine, and fowls;
two hundred good, substantial stalls for horses,
within the enclosure; ample forage, of good
quality, on the grounds, for horses, cattle, and
sheep; and an ample supply, on the grounds,
>6f water, for man and horse; business offices for
the Secretary and Treasurer, to be built under
the direction of the Superintendent appointed
by the. Boatd; and the ground to be in full preparation for the Fair by the 20th of September.
The proposals in each case are to be accompanied by the names of responsible persons known
lo the State Board.
For fuither information, application may be
made to the Secretary, at Richmond.
The members of the Board are anticipating
a large and enthusiastic meeting of the friends
•uf Agricultural and Mechanical labor, at the
Capital, at this meeting. And to aid the cause,
it is respectfully requested of all who attend, :
that they bring with them the best specimens j
of fruits, grains, vegetables, flowers, &c, that
the Exhibition may be made the more interesting, j
The Halls ol the Senate, and House of Rep- \
resentatives, the Supreme Court Room, and
Committee Rooms, will be open to receive the
productions of the State; all of which will be
exhibited during the session of the Board. We
fire expecting some interesting essays, and addresses during the meeting.
JOSEPH A. WRIGHT.
President of the Board.
Wm, T. Dex.nis, Sec'y, Richmond, la.
For trie Indiana Farmer.
To Keep Wheat from turning to Cheat.
Messrs. Editors:—In order to effect. this
great object, we would recommend thefollow-
ing plan: We would say, take a field that has
been in corn this season, and next spring after
you get your corn planted, plow said field well.
The weeds and cheat by this time will be pretty
well grown, but no seed ripe; this, with cornstalks, if well turned under, will make a tolerable good coat of manure—then dig around the
stumps, so that not one spear of cheat be left—
then harrow the ground, well, and if you wish to
enrich, your ground, you may sow it with corn
or buckwheat about the 15th of June. Let all
grow that will until you plow for wheat, which
should be done before any seed gets ripe, when
you will again turn all under. This will make
the ground clean and in good order; then put in
your wheat in good time, say the first of September, and in good order, and sow no cheat, and
if any body has wheat, I think yqii Will.
We see an article inthe twentieth No. ofthe
Farmer, second volume, from ,G. S. Trabue, on
this subject. We recommend it to those who
believe wheat turns to cheat, We acknowledge
that things of the same species belonging to the
vegetable kingdom will mix—corns and different wheats will mix. The animal kingdom also
—men or animals of the same species will mix.
We see the source from which came the mule,
<fec. But wheat never did turn to cheat, and
cannot according to the laws of nature.
I have had out a standing offer for 15 or 20
years, that I would give S>5 for one Stalk of
wheat and one of cheat that had grown together
at the root from the same grain, arid I have my
money yet.
I do not know that this is worth publishing,
but I wish your correspondents would keep up
them dog tales—as I have no dog to feed, I have
time plenty to read dog stories,."and I love it
better than I love the dogs. Mr. S. S. B. is
right good on that subject'., We were well
pleased with the closing remarks of his last article on free soil and free and equal rights of the
inhabitants thereof—dogs not included.
A. Allek.
Boone co., tnd., June 28, 1853.
Indemnification.-$53,853;10 have been paid
to twelve Spaniards of New Orleans, by the U.
S. Assistant Treasurer, for property destroyed
in that city on the reception of the news of
the execution of Cuban expeditionists in 1851.
J*@**0ne ofthe best remedies for chronic
diseases is industry. A few months since the
managers of the Albany Alms House attached
a Labor Institute to the establishment. Since
then the number of sick paupers in the eity has
fallen off twenty per cent.